IT News Head Lines (VR-Zone) 28/02/2013

Undersea canyon discovered in Red Sea

The Royal Navy ship, HMS Enterprise, discovered and mapped a 250 meter-deep canyon on the seabed of Red Sea. The ‘Grand Canyon’, as they nicknamed it, was captured in 3D images by the high-tech echo sounder fitted to Enterprise’s hull. Without this top-notch technology no human eye would have ever seen this underwater sight.


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Armored Core: Verdict Day unveiled, added screenshots out

Armored Core: Verdict Day, the newest game in the Armored Core series, is set to be released later this year by From Software in Japan and by Bandai Namco Games internationally. Screenshots are also now available for gamers to see a glimpse of the game.


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LG acquires Hewlett Packard's webOS for new smart TV line

LG just recently acquired Hewlett Packard’s WebOS and says they will be using it in their new line of smart TVs.  LG will be the second such company to try and make something consumers will like with the operating system.


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Ford Motor partnering with Spotify music service

Spotify, which is an Internet streaming music service, has joined up with Ford Motor Company in an effort to allow customers to use the music service in their cars and trucks equipped with SYNC.


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Smartphone launched into space to see if screams can be heard

Researchers have launched a smartphone into orbit in order to the test whether or not anyone can hear you scream in space.


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Dead bird turned into robot

Scientists in the US have turned a dead bird into a robot to help study the behaviour of swamp sparrows.


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Apple offers compensation for in-app purchases made by kids

Apple has agreed to pay compensation to parents in the US over in-app purchases made by children without their permission.


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Samsung doesn't plan on producing Firefox OS smartphones

Samsung, a major driving force behind the Google Android movement, won’t support Mozilla in their Firefox OS effort for the time being, according words that trickled down from top level execs.


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iOS 6.1.3 will kill Evasi0n jailbreak

When the Evasi0n jailbreak tool was finally released shortly after Super Bowl Sunday, many iPhone 5 users who were waiting for, what seems like an eternity, an untethered jailbreak of iOS 6.1 were ecstatic.  As expected from Apple, however, the exploits will be plugged in iOS 6.1.3, according to David “Planetbeing” Wang.


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Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13 Review

Lenovo's IdeaPad Yoga 13, the poster child of many recent television commercials, was one of the first convertible Ultrabooks that hit the market shortly after the launch of Windows 8. Is there any appeal in its unique form factor?


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