IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Digital Trends) 20/05/2013

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IT News Head Lines (Digital Trends) 20/05/2013

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Love museums? Hate pants? Try these virtual museum tours from your PC
Numerous museums have put parts of their collections online and easy to explore with the click of a mouse. Here are some of the best online tours and collections of the famous museums in the world.

Bowie in space, atrocious local commercials and more in this week’s Staff Picks
Andrew Couts: 3D-printed guns are for wussy elites So, 3D-printed guns are now a thing. The Texan libertarians at Defense Distributed unveiled last week their so-called Liberator pistol, a funny-looking all-plastic firearm created with a fancy 3D printer that costs $8,000 … used. They even put the designs up online for anyone to download for [...]

Rising level of car tech opening door to mobile cyberattacks? Federal agency taking pre-emptive action
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s announcement that it will open an office specifically devoted to car-centered cybersecurity threats raises a number of concerns about the future of in-car technology.

Porsche reveals new 918 Spyder hybrid specs and tech; it’ll go 93mph on electricity alone
Active aerodynamics, four-wheel steering, and five driving modes will make the 918 Spyder plug-in hybrid supercar a terror on the track.

What it’s like being an outsider invited inside the Yelp Elite circle
The Yelp Elite have been characterized as a mafia - but what's it really like at one of their inner circle events? And are any of us really above it?

Say the Same Thing: OK GO’s smartphone game is more than OK
OK Go is a band known for its web savviness and creative projects. Now it's trying out mobile games, but it's all about words not music. We try out the asynchronous word association game Say the Same Thing, available for iOS and Android.

Google Play Store in-app purchases jump 700 percent in one year
At this year's Google I/O conference, the technology leader announced that revenue from in-app purchases via its Play Store jumped 7x in one year. Developers were advised to create more free apps, and monetize on post-install purchases.

DT Deals: Nothing beats a pair of classic, all-white earbuds (except a $20 savings)
Headphones are as much as a style accessory as they are functional gadgets. Today's DT Deals offers an all-white Apple Depot pair for $20 off retail value, so get them while they last!

Miss Netiquette’s guide to using Craigslist without acting like a total weirdo
Social media can be a tricky thing to navigate and no one has written the rules on codes of conduct. We're here to help you with best practices for sites Web-wide, including the Internet's black market, Craigslist. Here's how to keep from alienating your followers and friends before it's too late.

Playing God: Meet the man who built the most lifelike android ever
Robot-building "genius" Dr. David Hanson will unveil the world's most lifelike humanoid robot at the GF2045 conference in June. Here, he gives us his insights on the future of robotics, and how they could change civilization as we know it.

10 games we’d like to see turned into movies (and how we’d make them)
Hollywood hasn’t traditionally been the best caretaker of video game properties when it comes to film adaptations. That could soon change though, and once the flood gates are lifted, there will be plenty more to follow. Here are a few we’d like to see.

Best Buy stocking 4K Ultra HD TVs to spark sales
Best Buy has announced that 700 of its stores in the U.S. will start selling Sony 4K Ultra HD TVs on Sunday as part of an initiative to generate more sales in its stagnant TV business.

Connected cars are the next mobile frontier, and BlackBerry has a head start
While BlackBerry’s smartphone business has notoriously struggled in recent years, its QNX operating system has made major inroads in connected cars, which could lend it an advantage down the line.

The inevitable happens and BangWithFriends gets the App Store boot
If you want to use BangWithFriends, don't look in Apple's App Store - it's banned. The BWF app has only been available for iPhone for a mere week, and already the prudish Apple has given it the ax.

Anthony Gallo Acoustics shows off new audiophile satellite speakers
Anthony Gallo Acoustics, known for trying to pack in big sound in small packages, has unveiled a new set of satellite speakers with the Micro SE and A'Diva SE, both geared towards audiophiles who might be a little crammed for space.

The Financial Times falls victim to the Syrian Electronic Army
The Syrian Electronic Army continues its hacking tour and claims The Financial Times the organization's latest victim.

Filling Civilization V’s Brave New World with all sorts of pretty things
We build the Moroccan Empire up into a global superpower for culture that embraces the ideological tenets of freedom in Firaxis' latest expansion for Civilization V: Brave New World.

First Drive: Smart’s gasless ‘ED’ can’t get it up (to speed) very quickly
Eco-conscious buyers get amped as yet another electric car has hit the market. Smart, makers of the Fourtwo, have just debuted an electric version of its funky city car and we take it for a spin to see just how well it stacks up.

Epson’s augmented reality smart glasses show off gesture control at Google I/O
APX Labs showed off its enhanced Moverio BT-100 smart glasses from Epson that can navigate a virtual wall of YouTube videos with a just tilt of your head. The $700 smart glasses feature a pair of transparent lenses so you can see 3D augmented reality content.

The Last of Us gallery
Check out this newly released batch screenshots and concept art for Naughty Dog's upcoming game The Last of Us.

Recapping the latest Nintendo Direct reveals and release dates
The latest Nintendo Direct video stream offers up release date details on The Wonderful 101 and other Wii U games as well as reveals of Sonic: Lost World and Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games.

Worried about your dirty Snapchats being found? This app promises to clean ‘em up
Worried about accidentally saving Snapchat data? New research says it's possible to recover snaps - but an update to Android app Clean Master is able to wipe this all off your phone.

Tumblr will make Yahoo as cool as that Hot Topic shirt made you in 6th grade
Yahoo is considering purchasing Tumblr for $1 billion. That's a lot of money, but it will also ruin Tumblr. Seriously, you just cannot buy cool.

Samsung releases TecTiles2, new generation of programmable NFC tiles
Samsung announced the release of TecTiles 2, the next generation of programming NFC smart tiles. The tags are compatible with all NFC-enabled Samsung devices, including the Galaxy S4.

2014 BMW 6 Series M Sport Edition has plenty of tech, but not much sport
Is this upgraded Bimmer meant to bridge the gap between the 6 Series and the fire-breathing M6, or just give buyers a little something extra?

TiVo will use your iPad to help you figure out what to watch
Once a DVR force all its own, TiVo is adding a new feature called “What to Watch Now” to its iPad app to help users find what’s worth watching on live TV as an alternative to the standard program guide.

Next Ferrari 458 Italia could ditch its V8 for a turbocharged V6
A smaller engine would make Ferrari's next supercar greener, while preserved its connection to Formula One racing.

VIDEO: 2014 Subaru Forester tops national safety honors for small SUVs in new crash test
The new Subaru Forester crash test earned top safety honors from the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS) and aced a new challenging small overlap front crash test, which accounted for nearly a quarter of the frontal crashes involving serious or fatal injury to front seat occupants. The 2013 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport also earned top IIHS safety honors.

Integra unveils its first AV receiver with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi
Integra has begun shipping its first AV receiver, the DTR-30.5, with built-in Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, plus support for pass-through and up-scaling for 4K Ultra HD TVs.

‘The Last of Us’ preview: Survival of the fastest
With just under a month to go before ‘The Last of Us’ is released on the PlayStation 3, Sony gives us a closer look to show off the combat system. Your best bet: run for your life.

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