Thursday, May 3, 2012

IT News Head Lines (VR-Zone) 03/05/2012

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How to Circumvent ISP Block of The Pirate Bay
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No to The Pirate Bay
The week started with the British High Court ordering UK Internet Service Providers (ISPs) BT, Everything Everywhere, O2, TalkTalk and Virgin Media to block. Read on how to laugh at the block and continue using the site.


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OCZ readies up 1TB Octane SSD for market
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Where HDDs still have the upper hand over SSDs in terms of storage capacity in line of their respective price points, for those seeking out the best of both worlds and cost not being of primary concern, OCZ has just been confirmed to have updated its consumer level Octane series of SSDs with a new 1TB variant that remains 2.5-inch in size and sports the SATA 6Gb/s interface.


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First official gameplay trailer for Black Ops 2 released
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No more than a couple days after we learned of its release date, that being November 13th this year, Activision has unveiled the first official trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops II.


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ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe Review
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Cynically speaking, Z77 motherboards are just refined versions of their P67/Z68 predecessors, giving motherboard vendors a chance to build on on existing innovations and eradicate notorious design flaws, particularly in the UEFI BIOS firmware and electrical engineering department. Today we review a refined and feature packed offering in ASUS's P8Z77-V Deluxe, and run benchmarks with an Ivy Bridge i7-3770K processor at 4.8GHz against two other contenders.


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Huawei provides Android 4.0 ICS update for its 7-inch MediaPad
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The Huawei Mediapad tablet which first launched in October of last year has just been given the ability to be updated to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich via the Huawei download center. As the 330MB update isn't available for download over the air, to update you will need to download software for your PC to be able to apply it.


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Japanese Cell Phone Sends Vibrations Directly to Eardrums
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A technology has been developed by ROHM, an electronics supplier in Japan, allowing handset users to listen by touching the phone's corner to their ears.


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Gmail Now Includes Auto-Translation
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Google today announced the graduation of three labs: Automatic Message Translation, Title Tweaks, and Smart Mute.


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Microsoft preps Union Flag themed Xbox 360 Bundle for May 25th
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Another bold themed Xbox 360 bundle pack is just around the corner which is all about the UK. In timely fashion for the Olympics in London (although Microsoft aren't directly linking it to this), Microsoft's upcoming Xbox 360 Celebration Pack will hit shelves donned with the Union Flag on the console itself, the bundled Kinect sensor and the wireless controller.


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Angry Birds Space reaches for the stars with 50M downloads in 35 days
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Rovio has just reached yet another milestone in rapid pace with an announcement pertaining to its latest entry in the Angry Birds franchise, Angry Birds Space. The game has tipped a staggering 50 million downloads in just 35 days.


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Calvin Klein iPhone 4/4S cases now available in Singapore
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Calvin Klein
Calvin Klein is a popular fashion brand, although it seems like the company has also come up with the line of accessories for the Apple iPhone. The Calvin Klein iPhone 4/4S cases are now available in stores.


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HGST cranks up SAS SSD interface speed to 12Gbps
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By the look of things we can expect a doubling in SAS speeds in the not too distant future from 6Gbps to 12Gbps and HGST – soon to be a part of Western Digital – is set to demo its first SSD using the new 12Gbps SAS interface next week at a SCSI trade association technology showcase in the US. However, it looks like this is only the beginning when it comes to new SAS SSDs, as it's apparently possible to put two SAS interfaces on a single drive for double the bandwidth.


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Pioneer goes 3D with new Blu-ray drive
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Blu-ray never really took off as far as optical drives in computers are concerned, but there are still a few companies like Pioneer who's trying to push for the format to replace the humble DVD drive. Its latest addition, the BDR-2207 adds support not only for BDXL discs, but also 3D Blu-ray content and a few Pioneer specific features.


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Samsung launches the Series 7 Gamer with Ivy Bridge CPU
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When it comes to notebooks, Samsung has as yet to become a go to brand for most of us, but the company keeps improving and its Series 9 notebooks caught the attention of more than one notebook buyer. Now the company is trying to get into the already fairly crowded gaming notebook sector with its Series 7 Gamer and even though the company has a rather understated design, there's some serious hardware to be found inside the Series 7 Gamer.


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Intel's LGA-1356 Xeon's coming this quarter, follows by Pentiums
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It would appear that Intel is finally getting ready to unveil its LGA-1356 Xeon processors later this quarter and initially we'll see the Xeon E5-2400 series, a platform that will support up to two sockets. Oddly enough, Intel is said to be planning a couple of Pentium models that are compatible with the LGA-1356 socket, something that doesn't make sense at first.


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First Skyrim DLC details to be announced today
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Bethesda will provide details today of the first downloadable content (DLC) for its popular role-playing game Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.


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Apple predicted to become direct mobile service provider
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A veteran wireless industry strategist has predicated that Apple will launch a direct wireless service for the iPad and iPhone, while Google will follow suit.


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UK watchdog widens iPad 4G investigation after Apple compliance failure
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The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is to widen its investigation into false advertising for Apple's new iPad over the tablet's 4G capabilities after Apple failed to comply with its initial requests.


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Microsoft Investing in Barnes & Noble's Nook e-Reader
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Microsoft invests $300 million in Barnes & Noble, giving them a large stake in a newly forming subsidiary company of the bookstore giant.


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Silicene Could Beat Graphene to Market
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Silicene, a single-atom thick layer of silicon, could beat graphene to the components market due to the industry’s familiarity with silicon and its properties.


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Tim Cook Says Apple Will Not Combine iPad and MacBook - Mocks Windows 8
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According to Apple CEO Tim Cook, Apple will not be combining the iPad and Macbook Air into a new product. Cook compares Microsoft's decision to run Windows 8 on multiple products to meshing a refrigerator and toaster.


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UK ISPs Ordered to Block 'The Pirate Bay'
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The British High court has ordered UK ISPs Sky, Everything Everywhere, TalkTalk, O2 and Virgin Media  to block The Pirate Bay, self-proclaimed "galaxy's most resilient BitTorrent site" and "world's largest BitTorrent tracker".


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NVIDIA Prepares Two More GK104-based cards - GeForce GTX 660 Ti and 670
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NVIDIA HQ in Santa Clara, California
According to our sources, NVIDIA was delighted with the yields achieved by the 28nm GK104 (Kepler) chip, that they decided to launch not one, but two high-end SKUs before they start releasing value parts.


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Judge Rules Facebook "Likes" Not Free Speech
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In the US District Court of Eastern Virginia, a judge has ruled that “Likes” on Facebook do not garner the same protections as other forms of expression as laid out in the First Amendment.


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Crytek backtracks on used games ban controversy
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Crytek caused major controversy last week when it said that a used games ban on next-generation consoles would be “absolutely awesome,” but after a player backlash the studio now says its comments were “not intended to be taken seriously.”


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Nintendo announces Midnight Purple 3DS
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Nintendo has announced a new colour for its 3DS handheld gaming console, Midnight Purple, set to release with Mario Tennis Open in late May.


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Dell launches Alienware high-end gaming laptops
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Dell has launched three new Alienware laptops to fulfil the needs of mobile gamers, with a wide variety of choices available for an ideal gaming rig.


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Google Knew About Wi-Fi Data Harvesting
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New evidence suggests Google’s collection of personal data from Wi-Fi networks by its Street View cars was not the work of a rogue engineer.


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