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IT News Head Lines (VR-Zone) 08/03/2013



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Members of Congress getting in on cellphone unlocking ban

Chances are the Library of Congress didn't realize the hornet's nest they were unleashing when they decided to ban consumers from being able to unlock their cellphones outside of their carrier's offers.


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Sony reveals screenshots of PS4's user interface


Sony has recently revealed the General User Interface for PlayStation 4, giving gamers around the world a first-hand look at what they can expect with the new console's streamlined GUI.


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FBI increases spying data bank using Google's database


Google just revealed for the first time how many ‘National Security Letters’ (NSLs) they are getting from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.  These NSL requests are now part of Google’s Transparency Report, which is publicly available online.


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IBM's Watson supercomputer will soon be diagnosing and curing diseases


IBM’s supercomputer, Watson, first became known as the best question giver on the Jeopardy! TV game show.  Now it is a lot smaller, more powerful and will soon be diagnosing, preventing and even helping to cure diverse cancers.


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EU fines Microsoft 561 million Euro for not promoting rival web browsers


The European Union has fined Microsoft €561 million ($729 million) for not promoting rival web browsers to its Internet Explorer.


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Valve prepares Steam Box console for testing


Game studio Valve is preparing prototypes of its Steam Box gaming console for testing within the next few months, according to the company's CEO.


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FBI investigating drone sighting near New York airport


The FBI has launched an investigation into a report that an unmanned drone was seen flying around the John F. Kennedy airport in New York.


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Canon develops 35 mm full-frame CMOS sensor with impressive low-light video capability


Canon just announced their latest creation, which is an extraordinary full-frame CMOS sensor.  This sensor was made expressly for shooting video at nighttime and it can take incredible images at very low light levels.


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Toshiba goes cute with Hello Kitty USB drive and SD cards


Toshiba, in collaboration with Sanrio, plans to release special edition USB flash drives and SD cards that feature Hello Kitty.


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ZTE to develop smartphone featuring Intel's Atom Z2580 Clover Trail+


ZTE has announced that it will be partnering with Intel to develop smartphones that feature the Atom Z2580 processor, known as “Clover Trail+”.


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New fossil findings reveal giant arctic camels


Bone fragments discovered in northern Canada give evidence that camels actually hail from the arctic cycle and their ancestors are possibly thirty percent larger than modern camels.


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Razer launches Collector's Edition League of Legends Naga Hex gaming mouse and gaming mats


Razer recently released some League of Legends gears that promise to raise your MMO gameplay prowess, and do so in style.


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Chinese officials say Google controls too much of China's smartphone market


Google has too much control of China’s smartphone market according to China’s Ministry of Information and Technology, and that the limitations placed upon Chinese firms by Google is causing the country’s mobile innovation to become stagnant.


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Playing video games makes old people happy, says study


A new medical study has discovered that among a group of older people, those who played video games were generally happier than those who didn't.


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Hindenburg disaster solved after 76 years!


76 years after the Hindenburg disaster, scientists have finally figured out exactly what made the dirigible explode into a ball of flames on May 6, 1937


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SimCity experiencing launch troubles


Sim City just launched in North America, and the first few hours have been bleak for many, with delays, locked games and waiting.


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Malala Yousufzai, advocate of education for women via Internet, nominated for Nobel Peace Prize


The young Pakistani girl, Malala Yousufzai, that was brutally shot in the head by the extremist Taliban group for publicly advocating women education via the internet has been nominated as a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize. She is the youngest such nominee for the prize in history.


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The Pirate Bay, now served from North Korea?


In an unexpected turn of events, The Pirate Bay have just recently announced that they will be operating their website out of North Korea, one of the most dysfunctional states in the world.  Is it just an elaborate hoax or trolling attempt?


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BlackBerry Z10 sees price cut in Europe prior to U.S. launch


Some recent news out of Europe is suggesting that BlackBerry isn’t attracting as many consumers as it would like to with its latest Z10 smartphone.  Various retailers have begun slashing prices on the comeback BB10 smartphone, which only adds to the growing woes of the once proud Canadian handset maker.


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Hackintosh lover's dream and Apple's nightmare: the Z77MX:QUO-AOS motherboard


Hackintosh builders will be happy to know that soon there will be a motherboard that will support Apple’s popular desktop OS out-of-the-box. Quo Computers is seeking to make the process of building your own Mac OS X rig much simpler than before with the introduction of its Project Q: Z77MX:QUO-AOS.


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