IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (CNET) 8/22/2013

Zuckerberg's Internet.org aims to bring Internet to the world
Coalition of mostly mobile tech companies hopes to connect the 5 billion people in the world who do not have Internet access. [Read more]

Sony in brilliantly crude Avril Lavigne product placement
In a new video that has Lavigne kissing Winnie from "The Wonder Years," Sony insists on getting the singer to call her Xperia phone her "Sony phone." Marvelous. [Read more]

LG Display lays claim to world's first Quad HD smartphone LCD
Panel maker says its new 5.5-inch panel sports a 2,560x1,440-pixel resolution featuring 538 pixels per inch. [Read more]

iPhone 5S, 5C will reportedly land in Japan on Sept. 20
iPhone 5S with gold option coming to Japan about 10 days after the expected U.S. rollout, Japan's Nikkei reports. [Read more]

Bill Gates pitches in for online education resource Graphite
The Microsoft chairman and longtime donor to educational causes partners with Common Sense Media to launch a Web site that offers free apps, games, and curricula to teachers. [Read more]

NSA said to have broader Net reach than previously thought
Agency has built a system that can reach 75 percent of all U.S. Internet traffic, The Wall Street Journal reports. [Read more]

Facebook goes dark for some users across the U.S.
Many users report being unable to access the social network in a sporadic outage that seems to have been happening off-and-on for the last 24 hours. [Read more]

Judge approves Kodak's plan to emerge from bankruptcy
Pioneering photography company has been operating under Chapter 11 while it restructured to focus on digital imaging. [Read more]

League of Legends is hacked, with crucial user info accessed
One of the world's most popular online video games falls prey to a security breach involving usernames, e-mail addresses, salted passwords, and 120,000 salted credit card numbers. [Read more]

AR startup Meta displays 'Toy Story' on a piece of paper
At startup incubator Y Combinator's Summer Demo Day, the augmented reality company catches the crowd's attention with its vision of the future of computing. [Read more]

'If I want to use my iPad as a phone, then let me' and other great CNET comments this week
Each week, we round up some of the most thoughtful comments from the CNET community. Here are some of this week's best. [Read more]

First batch of Firefox phones sell out in U.S., U.K.
It's a sellout for the eBay-only ZTE Open smartphone, a first, tentative stab at bringing the Firefox OS to the American and British markets. [Read more]

BlackBerry's encryption patents could be its saving grace
While the struggling smartphone maker searches for a potential buyer, its healthy portfolio of 130 encryption patents could help sweeten the deal. [Read more]

Eureka! A scientific formula for the perfect grilled cheese
Scientists at the British Royal Society of Chemistry have revealed the science for creating the ideal grilled cheese on toast. Now that's an experiment we can get behind. [Read more]

Apple dev site hack linked to remote code vulnerability
Last month's Apple developer site shutdown has been tied to a vulnerability that was successfully spotted by researchers. [Read more]

Big data to make driving safer
Nokia shows CNET its location-based data tracking and mapping technologies, and how its driving behavior analysis will lead to safer cars. [Read more]

App turns old iPhones, iPads into a home security system
Planning to upgrade your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch? Instead of selling or recycling your old iOS devices, you can turn them into home security cameras with the Presence app by People Power. [Read more]

Microsoft reveals Xbox One launch titles
Microsoft announced the titles, which will be available in November 2013 for the launch of the Xbox One console. [Read more]

Lego tower measuring 11 stories claims Guinness record
School community in Delaware builds world's tallest Lego tower, measuring just under 113 feet tall. [Read more]

PlayStation 4 to arrive November 15
Sony sets a date for its new system, TiVo unveils the Roamio, and Google Maps adds Waze traffic reports. [Read more]

iWatch in 2013? Maybe. Big-screen iPhone 6? Not till 2014 -- Citi
In a note to investors, Citi comments on the time frame for an iPad Mini Retina release. The investment bank also says an iWatch could land before the year is out and comments on pricing for a low-cost iPhone 5C. [Read more]

Hacker community rallies to reward Facebook bug finder
In just 24 hours, supporters have pooled together more than $9,000 to reward Khalil Shreateh for discovering a vulnerability in the social network. [Read more]

The Rail Reach can handle it
This portable handrail grabber for public transportation that's now making a run on Kickstarter is either totally ridiculous or fairly clever. [Read more]

A star is born -- literally -- and it's stunning
Meet Herbig-Haro object HH 46/47, a very energetic youngster of a star 1,400 light-years away. [Read more]

Battlefield 4 charges forth with multiplayer trailer, beta in October
Don't miss these hot updates from the Gamescom expo in Germany -- details on Premium membership service and expansions await. [Read more]

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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

IT News Head Lines (CNET) 8/22/2013

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