Sunday, September 29, 2013

IT News Head Lines (VR-Zone) 9/30/2013

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Indie hit ‘Minecraft’ cited as cause of 9-year-old boy bringing weapons to school
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A nine year-old boy was caught with multiple weapons--including a firearm and a sledgehammer--on school grounds, and his father cited that the boy was just "playing a character he learned" from Minecraft.
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‘Resident Evil 4′ rose from the ashes of the Gamecube remake of ‘Resident Evil’
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The former creative force behind the Resident Evil series reveals that the critical and commercial blockbuster that was Resident Evil 4 might have been a very different game had things gone according to plan for Capcom. Shinji Mikami is one of most respected names in the video game industry today. The mastermind behind the Resident [...]
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‘Grand Theft Auto V’ voice actors reflect on the experience of voicing a blockbuster
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The three “heroes” of Rockstar’s open world smash hit give their two cents about success, regrets, and controversy. Grand Theft Auto V is still cutting a swathe through everything in its path. Almost two weeks on from release the game is breaking every sales record in the books, making over a billion dollars in the [...]
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Valve’s new Steam Controller is absent of joysticks and is fully mappable
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Valve's new Steam Controller is a different kind of input device that is set to optimize gameplay on all Steam titles, and will be compatible with the upcoming Steam Machine console.
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Job opening on Apple’s Maps team talks about a ‘new secret project’
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Its not unusual to hear that Apple is working on a secret project. The latest indication of such a project hints at the fact that it might be tied to Apple’s Maps service in some way. Apple has posted a new job listing on its careers site. It is looking for a frontend web designer, [...]
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Apple reportedly poaches top design director from Nike to work on its wearable gadgets
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There’s no shortage of rumors that Apple is working on wearable devices. According to a new report, the company has hired one of Nike’s top design directors to work on said devices. Wearable gadgets are seen as the next frontier. A lot of companies are already putting a lot of time and resources behind their [...]
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Watch this: Steve Ballmer tearfully saying goodbye to Microsoft, set to Dirty Dancing’s soundtrack
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Steve Ballmer’s is set to officially step down as Microsoft CEO in a few months. See – after the break – his energetic, and tearful goodbye to an arena full of thousands of Microsoft employees. The video was exclusively received by The Verge. Lasting just short of 5 minutes, it shows a weepy Steve Ballmer [...]
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China’s Free Trade Zone in Shanghai might mean an end to console ban
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The 13-year ban on consoles is finally coming to an end in China, thanks to the recently established free trade zone in Shanghai. China’s State Council published a set of regulations that govern how international vendors conduct sales and function in the free trade zone. It states that international manufacturers can undertake production and sales [...]
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Virgin Mobile hops on iPhone 5S wagon, available starting October 1
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Virgin Mobile will begin offering the iPhone 5S later in just a few days, but don’t expect some sort of subsidized pricings as the phone will likely come with an off-contract tag. The nice thing about prepaid is that you’re not tied down to a two-year contract upon getting your phone, but the catch is [...]
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‘South Park: The Stick of Truth’ RPG gets official Dec. 10 release date
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The definitive South Park RPG adventure has been pushed back and delayed over and over, but Ubisoft has finally delivered a concrete release date that's right in time for the holiday season.
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iPad 5 Smart Covers allegedly leaked
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Apple is yet to announce the iPad 5, its next generation tablet. The Smart Covers accessory for iPad 5 has apparently already leaked. Recent rumors suggest that Apple might conduct a media event in the second week of October to launch its new iPads. The time-frame itself is plausible, given that Apple is nearing the [...]
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Purported iPad 5 schematics reveal exact dimensions of Apple’s upcoming tablet
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A set of purported iPad 5 schematics have been leaked online. They apparently reveal the exact dimensions that Apple’s next generation tablet touts. There have already been a lot of rumors about a thinner and lighter iPad 5. It is also expected to borrow design elements from the iPad mini. Alleged parts of the iPad [...]
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Gionee Elife E6 launching October 3, pre-orders live already for $350 a pop
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For an OEM that doesn’t have Samsung’s impeccable reputation or whopping marketing budget at its disposal, Gionee has surely taken its sweet time before making the Elife E6 official. Actually, the flagship still isn’t official, though apparently the grand (and kind of tardy) unveiling will go down on October 3. Leaked to the press for [...]
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Forget about the One Max: waterproof HTC Butterfly 2 coming January 2014 with S800 CPU
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Though unannounced and unreleased, HTC’s biggest and baddest phone yet, the One Max, is already shaping up to be a lemon for speed addicts. Sure, it will come with fancy fingerprint recognition technology, plus a huge and crisp display and plenty of RAM to go around, but chances are it won’t use the sizzling hot [...]
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iPad Mini 2 with Retina Display may not happen this year
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The long awaited iPad Mini 2 with Retina Display might not make its way to stores this year as Apple struggles to churn out enough units. The iPad Mini was Apple’s first foray into the sub-10″ tablet market. Prior to that Steve Jobs had rubbished the idea of a small tablet as the market was [...]
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Asus TUF Gryphon Z87 (mATX) Motherboard Review
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Can Asus’s latest microATX motherboard for Haswell SFF system builders live up to its mythical namesake? We all like mATX motherboards – they allow for relatively small form factor builds while still keeping the essential I/O ports intact, still have all four DIMM slots, two-way multi-GPU capability and space for a comfortable amount of VRM [...]
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What’s the deal with AMD’s Mantle?
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AMD announced a new API called Mantle at its #gpu14 conference in Honolulu. Although most of the details are still under wraps, here’s what is publicly available right now. In the shadow of announcing the R7 and R9 series of cards, and TrueAudio at its #gpu14 conference, AMD gave the first glimpse at Mantle — [...]
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Alleged pictures of gold iPad mini 2 show fingerprint scanner
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Gold could be Apple’s favorite color going forward, as pictures leaked by Chinese website Weibo show off a iPad mini 2 in gold, with what looks like a fingerprint sensor-enabled home button.  The images back a previous rumor that the upcoming iPads would feature Apple’s new Touch ID sensor, so users can look forward to [...]
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Microsoft makes a ten-year commitment to the Xbox One
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According to Phil Harrison, Microsoft won't be jumping ship with their newly crafted next-gen console any time soon: the Xbox One will be supported for an entire decade.
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Square Enix’s acclaimed J-RPG ‘Final Fantasy V’ now available on Android
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Now Android users can enjoy one of of the most iconic J-RPG's in history on-the-go, with a host of new and improved updates including enhanced graphics and visuals and much more.
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