Monday, April 16, 2012

IT News Head Lines (I4U News) 4/16/2012

I4U News



Leaked photo of this Samsung Galaxy S III Hits Internet

There've been a few rumors of the Samsung Galaxy S III floating around. One of the most interesting was that the screen was large enough to support five rows of icons across. The screen is been...


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Q1 2012 Mobile Phone Sells for the Worst in Years

All Things D reports that cell phone sales in Q1 of this year were the worst in many years. In fact, the numbers show that this may be the first quarter that the number of postpaid customers actually...


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Valve Job Listing Points To Hardware

Valve is apparently looking for people to help it emerge into the hardware market.Valve is one of the biggest names in PC gaming, and could arguably be considered the biggest name in game companies...


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Amazon Overstates Streaming Library Size with Creative Arithmetic

Anyone who has ever looked at Amazon's Amazon Prime catalog and wondered where the 17,000 movies and TV shows it boast about are has probably experienced disappointment at the juiced up claims. It...


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Apple Loses iCloud Appeal in Germany

A while back Motorola won an injunction against Apple over the push e-mail feature of iCloud. Apple appealed the decision in Germany. This week the German appeals court upheld the previous ruling...


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Sony Rejects Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer Events

If you've been playing Mass Effect 3 on either of the other platforms, you probably don't know, but the PS3 version of the game is being restricted from Bioware's many multiplayer events.To help keep...


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Larry Page Says Google Will Focus on Low End Tablet Market

Google CEO Larry Page was asked during recent earnings conference about Google's plans for the tablet market. Page admitted that Google had stiff competition, and while he didn't mention the iPad,...


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DARPA To Test iOptik Contact Lenses

DARPA is set to get the first set of new iOptik contact lenses that it will test to see if the lenses can provide more situational awareness to soldiers. The lenses have dual filters that allow the...


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Deadliest Warrior: Ancient Combat Available for Pre-Order at Amazon

Deadliest Warrior: Ancient Combat is available at Amazon for $29.99.
New video games are coming out all year long. This time of year is a great time for games to be released because summer is not...


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Sorcery is Available for Pre-Order at Amazon

Sorcery is available at Amazon for $36.99.
If you have the PlayStation Move then you know how much fun it can be to play alone or with family and friends. If you do not own one you need to order...


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Kyocera DuraPlus Phone is a New Phone from Sprint

Kyocera DuraPlus Phone is available at Amazon for $0.01.
Many of the phone companies are coming out with great new cell phones in the next months. If you are in the market for a new cell phone then...


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Phantom Breaker - Special Edition is available at Amazon for Pre-Order

Phantom Breaker - Special Edition is available at Amazon for $39.96.
With so many new video coming out it can get hard to decide which ones are for you. The great thing about buying from Amazon is...


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Risen 2: Dark Waters Special Edition Available for Pre-Order

Risen 2: Dark Waters Special Edition is available at Amazon for $59.99.
In the coming months many new video games will be released. It is a great time to get the newest and hottest games on the...


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Comcast Updates Its Xfinity TV App for IOS

If you're a Comcast subscriber and you use the Xfinity app on your iPhone or iPad it has been updated. The update is significant too, adding in integrated DVR management. The DVR management will...


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Sony Will Spend $926 Million on Restructuring

It has been a bad week for Sony. The company has announced it expects to take a massive loss this year and will restructure resulting in the loss of 10,000 jobs. Not all those 10,000 employees will...


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Dow and Ford Work Together to Develop High-Volume, Low-Cost Carbon Fiber Parts for Cars

When it comes to the use carbon fiber in automobiles, the material is typically limited to racing cars or very expensive exotic sports cars. The material costs a lot to make and body panels...


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Amazon to Add Used CDs to Its Trade-In Program

If you have used the Amazon Trade-In Program in the past you're familiar with the service that allows you to trade in things for gift card credit. Apparently, Amazon has added an option to trade in...


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Kinect Voice Command Support Coming in Xbox 360 Version of Skyrim

I know a lot of you out there were big fans of Skyrim. The game is tons of fun and if you play on the Xbox 360 a new update is set to come this month that will add some fantastic new functionality to...


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Sony SmartWatch Puts Android on Your Wrist

I'm so far from sold on smart watches I wouldn't consider buying one. I used fancy watches in the past that had all kinds of functionality, and never liked them. I can do all the stuff on my smart...


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