Sunday, October 6, 2013

IT News Head Lines (HardOCP) 10/7/2013





New Nvidia GK110 Based Card Launch – GTX Titan Ultra?
Speculation has it that Nvidia may be getting ready to launch a GK110 core based card and according to sources, the debut could be as early as October 16th at the Montreal Gaming Conference.





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Dark Horse and CD Projekt Red Have Partnered on a New Project
The duo released a teaser trailer to hint at what they may be up to, but details are sketchy and will be announced in full at New York Comic Con on the 11th.



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France Wants to Make Amazon's Free Shipping Illegal
French lawmakers are laboring under the delusion that restricting Amazon's free shipping policy will drive Internet buyers to brick and mortar stores. Shutting down the Internet would also drive all users to go to the park and play everyday.

If the law passes, it would be a considerable setback for Amazon's business within the country.

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Apple Buys Cue for Over $40M to Compete with Google Now
It was learned this week that Apple has purchased the personal assistant app, Cue, for an estimated price of over $35 million. The acquisition of Que will possibly be used as an enhancement for Apple's entry into the Personal Assistant App market.

Cue was born as Greplin, a social search startup. The company will not be shut down post-acquisition, though it did recently shut down its app.

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California Passes Anti-Revenge Porn Bill
Hot off of the desk of Governor Jerry Brown, the Governor has signed into law a bill that makes publishing pornographic images without prior consent, punishable by six months in jail or a $1K fine.

The passage of this bill is a big step in protecting victims of revenge porn, but there seems to be a big loophole: the bill does not protect victims who took the photos themselves.

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Gates, Ballmer Seek Re-Election to Microsoft Board
Well, everyone kind of figured Bill Gates wasn't going anywhere anytime soon, but after Ballmer's tearful goodbye to Microsoft last week, most observers thought we had seen just about the last of him on the Microsoft Campus. Au Contraire Mon Frere'!

It is highly likely both Gates and Ballmer will be re-elected by shareholders at the annual meeting on November 19.

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Grand Theft Auto Online Update Now Available for PS3
Tuesday brought the launch of GTA Online and it has been a glitchfest ever since for Rockstar. The game developer has been promising an update as soon as possible and delivered an update late Friday night.



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Deep Web Users Are Ready To Launch Silk Road 2.0
Law enforcement may have cut off the head of the snake when the FBI busted Silk Road's founder Ross William Ulbrich, but the body still lives on. Reports have surfaced that former Silk Road Admins are getting ready to launch Silk Road V.2.

Our site has all the features of the original one and we have kept the same style of forum for your ease. The new SilkRoad will be sending out anonymous invites to former vendors and then open to the Tor-using public soon after.

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Microsoft to Patch Zero-Day IE Bug Now Under Attack
Patch Tuesday is upon us again, this time addressing eight security vulnerabilities. One update will patch the Internet Explorer issue that has been exploited recently.

Security experts identified the IE update as the one to deploy first, citing the fact that one of the vulnerabilities has been used by cyber criminals in targeted attacks against users in Japan and Taiwan.

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NASA's Next Mars Probe Cleared for Takeoff
The Federal government may be in shutdown mode, but NASA is leaving all of that noise behind them and blasting off for Mars as scheduled.

"We have already restarted spacecraft processing at Kennedy Space Center, working toward being ready to launch on Nov. 18."

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Time for All of Us to Meet Siri in Person
Meet Siri or at least the actress whose voice is very well known now to the entire world. If you are wondering what she looks like, check out the CNN broadcast on YouTube. Another Apple mystery unveiled.



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Ban on Robocalls and Texting Spam Gets Stronger This Month
As of October 16th, the FCC is tightening their restrictions on companies making telemarketing calls and now, unsolicited text messages to cellphones.

But not all unsolicited messages are banned. Your wireless carrier is still free to bug you. The FCC order says, "We do not require prior written consent for calls made to a wireless customer by his or her wireless carrier if the customer is not charged

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New Call of Duty: Ghosts Squads Trailer
Activision has released a new trailer for Call of Duty: Ghosts called Squads mode. Interesting new customizations or just a rehash of the same old same old? Call of Duty: Ghosts will be released for major platforms on November 5th.




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Samsung Reportedly in Talks to Acquire Stake in Best Buy
Flush with surplus cash from this quarter's sales, mega-corp Samsung is looking for long term investments and the company has Best Buy squarely in its sights.

Samsung has already partnered with Best Buy to open "Samsung Experience Shops" that have been rolling out in Best Buy stores all around the country.

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Apple's New OS X Mavericks Ready to Go Gold
OS X Mavericks Golden Master has been released to developers late this week, leading to the release for all users sometime this month with the exact date still unnannounced by Apple.

But back to reality: Mavericks was announced at Apple Worldwide Developers Conference this June, and is essentially an under-the-hood tune-up of Mountain Lion.

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