IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (CNET) 7/30/2013

Rights group alleges worker abuse at Apple partner Pegatron
Apple hardware manufacturer accused of safety violations, poor living conditions, and withholding of worker identification cards, according to the Wall Street Journal. [Read more]

Bob Mansfield bio vanishes from Apple executive leadership page
Executive was at the center of a shakeup that began with his announced retirement and ultimately led to a promotion. Apple says Mansfield will remain at Apple working on special projects reporting to Tim Cook. [Read more]

Michael Dell plans to stay with company if his buyout bid fails
Dell's chief executive tells the Wall Street Journal he would not support an asset sale or leveraged recapitalization. [Read more]

Now that we have Chromecast, is it time for 'Xbox TV?'
Microsoft's Xbox can stream plenty of Internet content to your TV. But it might get overlooked by those considering Chromecast, Roku, or Apple TV because of its high price. Is it time for Microsoft to make non-gaming version of Xbox? [Read more]

Dad's perfect gift for son: A 737 cockpit simulator in his bedroom
Laurent Aigon knew exactly what his kid wanted. So, despite not being a pilot himself -- nor an engineer -- he orders the parts online and begins to build. [Read more]

Google has a 'near perfect' universal translator -- for Portuguese, at least
The company's Android product head says Google has prototypes of a device that will one day erase language barriers. [Read more]

Will Nexus 7 beat iPad Mini by out-cooling it?
To coincide with the launch of the new Nexus 7, Google releases one very touching ad. And that seems to be it for now. Is that enough to beat the ad onslaught that will come with a new iPad Mini? [Read more]

Yandex co-founder Ilya Segalovich dies at age 48
The co-founder of Russia's largest search engine died Saturday in London after bouts with cancer. [Read more]

Spike Lee: Tech is a double-edge sword in filmmaking
What's given moviemakers tools like crowdfunding and YouTube has also led to a CGI-centric Hollywood where everything looks the same, the famous film director tells CNET. [Read more]

Can the designer of an $80,000 speaker also make a great $129 one?
What do Pioneer's remarkable $129 SP-BS22-LR and TAD's legendary $80,000 Reference speakers have in common? Andrew Jones designed both of them. [Read more]

Packaging for a rumored budget iPhone 5C shows up online
It's uncertain whether the image is the real thing, but many Apple watchers expect the company to reveal a "budget" iPhone in the fall. [Read more]

Road Trip Pic of the Day, 7/28: What is this?
If you know what today's picture is, you could be eligible to win a prize in the CNET Road Trip Picture of the Day contest. [Read more]

Progress! An app that sends a breakup text for you
BreakUp Text is an app that does the dirty work for you. Because, well, why bother telling your lover sayonara yourself? Who needs the grief? [Read more]

Nexus 7 teardown for 2013: Wireless charging, easy repairs
iFixit's teardown of the 2013 Nexus 7 uncovers the hardware that supports wireless charging -- the first time the repair site has seen this on a tablet. [Read more]

Nexus 7 finds Apple napping
Uh-oh: iPad Mini meets the new Nexus 7. It's not looking good for Apple at the moment. [Read more]

Twitter to simplify the reporting of abusive tweets, after outcry over rape threats
Following outrage in the U.K. over tweets containing threats of rape, the company says a feature designed to make it easier to report abusive tweets when using Twitter on the iPhone will be coming to other platforms. [Read more]

Man gets fake FBI child porn alert, arrested for child porn
A man is fooled by an Internet virus into going to a police station to pay a fine for child pornography. He gives the police his computer to examine. They allegedly find child pornography on it. [Read more]

'Inside' vs. 'outside' headphones, what's the difference?
It's not just size, some headphones are better suited to on-the-go use, others are mostly stay-at-home types. [Read more]

Extreme Reality turns skeletons into biometric signatures
The software technology captures full-body 3D motion using a 2D camera to recognize an individual's gait as a unique biometric signature. [Read more]

The Week in Pictures: Chromecast and Cassini shots
Some of the top tech images of the week include Google's attempt to change the way we watch TV, CNET's big news on appliance reviews, and paleontologists digging up a huge dinosaur tail. [Read more]

Road Trip Pic of the Day, 7/27: What is this?
If you know what today's picture is, you could be eligible to win a prize in the CNET Road Trip Picture of the Day contest. [Read more]

Rolling through the world's largest rail yard
Bailey Yard, a key to Union Pacific's massive rail network, can handle 14,000 rail cars every day. CNET Road Trip 2013 checked out the eight-mile-long facility. [Read more]

Boeing shows off first fully-painted 787-9 Dreamliner
The aviation giant sent out a photograph of the first 787-9 that had been fully painted. Decked out in Boeing's new livery, the plane will eventually go to Air New Zealand. [Read more]

Was this FedEx worker filmed tossing your iPad or Nexus 7?
FedEx says it has fired a Manhattan employee caught on camera tossing boxes, as if they were empty boxes. [Read more]

New app could curb underage drinking by spotting fake IDs
The barZapp app lets users scan licenses from every U.S. state as well as the Canadian provinces with an iPhone. [Read more]

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IT News Head Lines (CNET) 7/30/2013

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