Sunday, September 1, 2013

IT News Head Lines (VR-Zone) 9/2/2013

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Asus teases new Transformer Pad, will be officially announced at IFA
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Asus teased an image of a tablet on Facebook, which might be a new Transformer Pad. The image mentions that the tablet will be revealed in four days, which is just in time for the IFA. Sony is set to announce the Z1, and Samsung the Galaxy Note III and the Galaxy Gear at the [...]
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LG officially announces the G Pad
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LG has announced the G Pad tablet today with a scheduled availability of Q4 2013. The 8.3-inch tablet features a full-HD screen. The G Pad is the first tablet to come out of LG since the ill-fated Optimus Pad. LG teased the tablet in a trailer earlier this week on YouTube, and has officially announced [...]
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HTC’s design team arrested for fraudulent activities and stealing trade secrets
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A handful of HTC’s employees have been arrested on charges of fraudulent activities and stealing trade secrets of the company. Recently, several employees of the Taiwanese manufacturer have been arrested in Taipei for committing fraudulent expenses as well as for stealing trade secrets before leaving the company to start their own design firm in China. The employees [...]
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Biofuel implants can turn snails into spies
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Snails are slimy things that most of us would want to be kept out of sight, and for that exact reason they should be used as spies. A slow moving snail that leaves behind sticky footprints is no 007, but its ability to go squirm around unnoticed makes it an ideal prospect for future government [...]
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HTC runs out of ideas, quietly launches brilliant laser pointer
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HTC has unveiled the Mini+, a multifunctional doohickey that is best described as a glorified laser pointer. When we say glorified, we mean there are additional features (some might be useful, and some not so much) built into the cordless phone-looking device.  HTC seems to think that people (rather, their limited user base) want to [...]
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Moto X gets $100 price cut, signaling weak demand?
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When a flagship smartphone gets a price cut, it’s usually because there’s a new handset just over the horizon or that demand for the phone is mediocre. In the case of the Motorola Moto X, the latter is probably the case since the relatively accurate leaker @evleak has tweeted that the price will drop by a [...]
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Bell Labs tested these quirkly 17 phone dial button layouts before deciding on today’s design
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Bell Labs is known for the development of the transistor, C / C++ programming language, Unix, the laser, and – brought to my knowledge today – the design of the modern phone dial.  The famous research and development laboratory tested more than fifteen phone dial button layouts, ranging from the familiar clockwise and anti-clockwise increasing [...]
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Haswell in a cube-sized PC
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Shuttle lets users build a tiny Haswell powerhouse with its new SH87R6 XPC  barebones PC. Ask a PC-builder what the go-to company for a barebones PC is, and the answer will likely be Shuttle. It’s impossible to deny that Shuttle is the most responsive company out there to the changing chipset market, announcing new barebones PCs [...]
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‘Arkham Origins’ will look gorgeous on PCs according to Nvidia
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Nvidia and Warner Bros. are joining hands to make Batman : Arkham Origins on PC the most eye-popping version of the game. PC users normally get the short end of the stick whenever a multiplatform game arrives on their preferred system. The perception is that developers don’t take advantage of the superior specs that a [...]
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Godus beta launching September 13th
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Peter Molyneux’s latest crowdfunding game, Godus, is entering beta on September 13th through Steam’s Early Access. Godus was first announced on Kickstarter and went on to make $750,000. Peter Molyneux’s 22cans studio announced today that Godus will be available through Steam’s Early Access program for $19.99. It will be available on both Windows and Mac. In [...]
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Facebook takes another feature out of Twitter’s playbook, testing new feature for trending topics
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After successfully replicating #hashtags, Facebook is directly taking on yet another popular Twitter feature. With Trending Topics, Twitter displays #hashtags and keywords for the most actively discussed topics worldwide (or by region). It’s excellent for staying in the loop with the pulse of the internet. Facebook’s big objective is to be the all-in-one solution for [...]
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Twitter launches beta testing program on Android to test new features
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Twitter has launched a beta testing program for its Android app on the Google Play Store, in order to let interested users test out new features before they go public. Back at Google I/O, Google launched a new Play Store feature wherein app developers can test beta versions of their apps with new features through [...]
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Penguin and Macmillan notify customers of e-book settlement, after Apple conspiracy suit
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Today, publishers Macmillan and penguin sent emails to eligible customers informing them that they could receive compensation from a settlement following the US Department of Justice antitrust against these companies, three other publishers, and Apple. The notification follows a guilty verdict passed this Summer regarding the two publisher’s collusion with Apple, and three others, to [...]
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Cooler Master unveils the HAF Stacker
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Cooler Master unveiled the HAF Stacker today at PAX Prime 2013 in Seattle, WA. The Stacker is the first configurable modtower case, and is aimed at DIY enthusiasts. The HAF Stacker is a case like no other. It features high levels of modularity, and allows users to create different configurations based on their needs. Cooler [...]
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NASA preparing to launch equipment to the moon to test laser based communication
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Next week  NASA will be launching equipment for the Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration, via Orbital Science’s Minotaur V rocket. The equipment will be headed to the moon, so NASA can test two way laser communications between earth and space. The LLCD is NASA’s chance to prove the validity and usefulness of laser communications, which have [...]
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Three UK document reveals launch dates for Sony Z1 and Galaxy Note III
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Users in the UK wanting to know when the Sony Z1 and the Note III will be available need not wait any longer as a Three UK document revealed the launch dates for both devices. Both the Sony Z1 and Galaxy Note III are going to be officially announced next week at the IFA in [...]
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Google quietly assembles the right pieces to its own smartwatch division
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When it comes to wearable technology, Google (among many others) isn’t joking around.  We’ve all seen the Google Glass and the possibilities that it holds in terms of augmented reality, but smartwatches are also on the agenda. For now, we don’t know much about what Google designers and engineers are cooking up, but what we [...]
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Sony’s cloud-based service Gaikai is coming first to North American PS4′s in early 2014
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SCEE CEO Jim Ryan reveals that Sony's cloud-based service Gaikai will roll out first for North American PS4's early next year, and that plans are still in the works for a European release and eventual PS3 and Vita support.
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Man sues Apple alleging he was burnt by his iPhone 4, seeks $75,000 in damages
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Apple has been hit with a new lawsuit by a man from New Jersey. The man claims that he was burnt by his iPhone 4, which resulted in “severe, permanent, disfiguring and disabling injuries.” He now seeks $75,000 in damages, excluding medical and other costs.  Only recently there have been a number of reports about iPhone [...]
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Purported iPad 5 front panel and real housing combined to form the entire shell
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The major purported parts of the iPad 5, its rear housing and front panel, have been leaked quite a few times. The two parts have been combined to form an entire shell, which hints what Apple’s next flagship tablet might look like. Rumors have been circulating for quite a few months now that the iPad [...]
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