Tuesday, August 21, 2012

IT News Head Lines (VR-Zone) 21/08/2012

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McDonald's testing online ordering and payment method with PayPal
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Fast food empire McDonald's is hoping to bring its artery-clogging cuisine to the digital age with an app that lets customers order and pay for their meals online, powered by PayPal.


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Japan to Singapore undersea cable opens with 40Gb/s speeds
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A new fibre optic cable spanning 7,800km from Japan to Singapore and capable of delivering speeds of 40Gb/s has opened.


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Nintendo launches New Super Mario Bros. 2 and 3DS XL
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Nintendo has launched its latest Mario game, along with a new version of its popular handheld gaming system with a much larger screen.


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Antec One Case Review
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Antec is a well-known computer case manufacturer with a long line-up of products. We have reviewed many of their premium cases in the past, including the massive Eleven Hundred gaming case and the elegant P280. Today we will be having a look at another, differently orientated case from Antec, the One. As simple and essential as its name suggests, the One has been developed for system builders and integrators, or simply for people who would like something just above the bare minimum but do not want to break the bank in order to acquire it.
Also, stand a chance to win a brand new Antec One! (more details at the end of the article)


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Samsung's YP-GP1 media player beats iPod touch, but not quite a tablet
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A recent tip within Samsung via an anonymous source is suggesting that the South Korean tech giant will launch a media player that’s right in between the iPod Touch and a budget 7’’ slate.


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Julian Assange to address the public today
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After two months of shacking up in the Ecuador embassy in London, Julian Assange will finally make an official public appearance to address the press and followers in the safe confines of the embassy’s balcony.


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Researchers develop self-charging battery
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Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia have published their study on self-charging power cell in a recent issue of Nano Letters, making the possibility of never having to plug your gadgets in for fresh juice a reality.


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Xbox LIVE Gold free this weekend to raise money for charity
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An Xbox LIVE Gold subscription usually costs gamers quite a fee, but this weekend it’s free, and best of it all, it’s for charity.


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Latest deals from China - from $90 1920x1200 screens to 110-inch 4K displays
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Had to go to Taiwan or Korea for that super duper LCD monitor fix? Not anymore... China's got some interesting goodies, too, and much more to come.


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Better late than never? AMD Steamroller, not Piledriver, to be the 'saviour'
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The substantial, if not indefinite, delay of Trinity desktop parts, as well as server-centric focus of the remaining Piledriver chips that are expected - like 16-core 'Abu Dhabi', raises some questions.


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Intel's "MIC" Xeon Phi die has 62 cores, and was aimed for clocks much higher than ...
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Our Theo covered a bit of the current stage of Xeon Phi a.k.a MIC sampling. Is there more meat left on the table?


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Penny Sized Micro Thrusters Could Drive Satellites
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Micro-thrust engines smaller than a postage stamp could move future small satellites in space, according to researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.


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Mark Zuckerberg Down To His Last $10 Billion
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Mark Zuckerberg may have conquered the internet at a young age, but investor's doubts about Facebook have seen his personal fortune drop by $9 billion.


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Apple stock closes at an all-time high riding iPhone 5 rumors
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Apple shares closed at an all-time high today at $648.11, which, undoubtedly, is due to speculations of the iPhone 5’s launch in September and the iPad mini in time for the holidays.


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