IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (I4U News) 8/22/2013

Sony will Launch $399 PS 4 on Nov. 15 in US, Nov. 29 in Europe for €399

Sony has unveiled the launch date of its much awaited PlayStation 4 today at the press event of Gamescom 2013 in Cologne. It is already announced by the tech giant that PS4 will come during this...

iPhone 5S and 5C Ship Early September

The new iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C could ship as soon as early September. This would be awesome as it would be only a few weeks away. The Wall Street Journal just issued a report that says Apple has...

iPhone 5C to Make Apple No. 1 in China

Provided that the iPhone 5C gets sold for $400 per handset in China, Apple could become the top contender in the Sino-sphere. One other condition for these plans to go as per schedule is Apple’s pact...

Groklaw Closes Over Fears of NSA Email Snooping

The founder of and editor of Groklaw law site has declared that only if her site’s email facility is granted security status would she continue updating it. But thanks in no small part to the NSA,...

Wacom Brings $99 Intuos Creative Stylus to iPad

Are you the kind of person who loves to make cartoon figures on paper all the time just for the fun it affords you? Well, Wacom has got a little surprise for you! Its latest pen-on-paper experience...

Amazon Outage Ends After a Brief Period

It was a Manic Monday alright and we all know many people already hate the first day of the week. A power outage at Amazon.com caused many buyers to miss out on their novels and items of interest....

$27 Million Ferrari Sold for Charity

NART Spyder's 1967 Ferrari model 275 GTB/4*S has become the most paid car at auction in United States. It beats others by a huge margin as 1997 McLaren F1 roadster was sold for $8.5 million at...

Apple Hires Fitness Expert Jay Blahnik to Work on iWatch

Apple wants its wearable device to be the best trio of smartphone, wrist watch and fitness tracker. Yes a fitness tracker. Why we can say this? It is confirmed by both 9to5Mac and AllThingsD that...

Introducing TiVo’s Brand New Roamio DVR Series

The company known by the name of TiVo has launched digital video recorders that allow the storage of viewing material. Recordings in excess of six shows are now possible via this wonderful gadget....

Nokia Manufacturing 6-Inch Bandit Windows Phone

The niche market for “phablets” is going berserk. Nokia is about to come up with its six inch Bandit Windows phone. It has a full HD 1080p display screen. And a Qualcomm Snapdragon quad-core...

Instagram Bans the Words “Insta” and “Gram” in Connected Apps

Instagram has laid down some tough rules for third party apps. It wants them to cancel the words “Insta” and “Gram” from their repertoire. These are words which it considers its sole property. It has...

Tales of Xillia is $15 off at GameStop

The hit JRPG Tales of Xillia washed up on North American shores on August 6th, 2013 - about two weeks ago for the PS3. Popular JPRG re-releases tend to hold their value well, as was the case with Ni...

Apple Partner Hon Hai to Manufacture Smartphones and Tablets for 7-Eleven

Originally, Hon Hai manufactured web-based television sets for 7-Eleven stores in Taiwan. Over 10,000 TVs got sold out in a matter of one and half months. Now the company is looking towards selling...

LinkedIn to Launch University Pages on September 12

There have been rumors regarding Facebook’s loss of its younger generation who have turned elsewhere for their entertainment needs. But LinkedIn has taken the youth under its wing in an attempt to...

Yahoo Closes its Email Service in China Yesterday

Yahoo has already announced back in April that it will shut down its email service in China. After 4 months of closure announcement, Yahoo email service is now closed today for Chinese users. Sunday...

New Twitter Record: Castle in the Sky Hits 143,199 Tweets/Second

A world record number of tweets per second have taken place thanks to a classic anime movie in Japan. The mid-80s movie by Hayao Miyazaki held such a fascination and attraction for the fans that it...

Has Voyager 1 Spacecraft left Solar System or Not?

In March of this year NASA issued a report saying that reports about Voyager 1 having left our solar system are not valid. Edward Stone, Voyager project scientist based at the California Institute...

Microsoft is About to Terminate its Tag Technology

The year 2015 has been set as the future time when the Tag barcode service by Microsoft will meet its doom. However, there is hope since all is not lost. It will continue in a different form under...

Dr. Dre's Beats Electronics Can End Partnership with HTC

Dr. Dre is on the lookout to buy back the 25% share that HTC has in his company, Beats Electronics. This has occurred a year after HTC slashed its shares by half. The breakup of the two giants will...

Researcher Takes Over Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook Page

Facebook has a policy of welcoming people who point out vulnerabilities in the system. They even pay $500 per breach which is shown by well-wishers. This is hacking for a good purpose. But recently a...

Is iPhone 5S Gold Really Coming?

The rumors are flying here and there like crazy. The Apple iPhone 5S is going to sport a gold/champagne look. Until now Apple had given only two choices: black and white. While quite boring this was...

Top 10 iPhone Rumors

Most of the Apple rumors and speculations are in circulation these days are mostly about the next-generation iPhone with aluminum body as well as the low-cost plastic iPhone. Release date,...

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IT News Head Lines (I4U News) 8/22/2013

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