Saturday, October 12, 2013

IT News Head Lines (VR-Zone) 10/11/2013

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Pantech unveils Vega Secret Note, a 5.9-inch Galaxy Note 3 contender with stylus and fingerprint scanner
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Don’t look now, Samsung, but your reign of terror over the booming phablet market is about to end. Or at least be seriously challenged for a change, though Pantech’s spanking new Vega Secret Note is likely to keep it modest and only go for South Korean gold. But boy, are Koreans on the lookout for [...]
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Foursquare starts to push location-based recommendations to iPhone users
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Foursquare is rolling out a new update for iOS users, which will automatically push recommendations for places and establishments even without the user’s intervention. Convenient? Or intrusive? Foursquare is rolling out a feature in its latest iOS app that might be received with mixed feelings. While Foursquare is more popularly known as an app that [...]
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A new strongest material ever has been found
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A new carbon structure has been discovered and it may be the strongest material yet. However, curious properties also give it interesting electronic and energy storage applications. It wasn’t too long ago that graphene made the news as the world’s strongest material; it even won the Nobel prize in 2010. Already though, it may have [...]
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New job opening at Apple hints at impending China Mobile iPhone launch
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The iPhone has long been rumored to debut on China Mobile, a new job opening at Apple hints at the impending launch yet again. Over the past few months it has been consistently rumored that the new Apple iPhones will be launched on China Mobile, but so far an announcement has not been made. China [...]
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Archos GamePad 2 goes official: same old design, same price, but faster CPU, more RAM and crisper display
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Anyone remember the first-gen Archos GamePad? You know, the 7-inch budget-friendly Android tablet designed with gamers in mind, but heavily criticized by everyone for shoddy build quality, weak gaming support and an overall disappointing set of specs. Still can’t recall it? Don’t sweat it, as most people that do would rather wipe it off their [...]
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Facebook iOS apps expected to receive major updates in the near future
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Facebook is rumored to be working on major updates for its iOS apps. The updated apps are expected to release in the near future. It was only last month when Facebook rolled out an updated version of its iOS app. That particular update brought user interface changes for the iPhone app, making it blend well [...]
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Square Enix expresses interest in bringing ‘Final Fantasy VII’ to iOS and Android
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Square Enix is currently working on an iOS and Android flavor of the 1994 J-RPG classic Final Fantasy VI--but Takashi Tokita, director and producer with Square, reveals that the company has expressed interest in bringing the much-beloved Final Fantasy VII to the market as well.
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Purported space gray iPad 5 rear housing seen in high resolution pictures
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The first high resolutions pictures of a purported iPad 5 rear housing in the new space gray color have appeared online. Apple is expected to unveil the next generation iPads soon, possibly even later this month. The iPad 5 is definitely going to be one of the tablets that is going to be announced. There [...]
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Apple’s iPhone trade-in program could be launched soon in the UK and Europe
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The iPhone Reuse and Recycle program, which Apple launched in the U.S. in August, is likely to be expanded into the UK and Europe in the near future. Apple’s retail and carrier partners have long offered trade-in programs for the iPhone through their own stores. This is the first time that the company launched such [...]
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Nokia Lumia 1320 “Batman” to be a low-end, large screen device?

Nokia might be preparing to add another mid-range device with a gigantic screen to its Windows Phone lineup, as a successor to the Lumia 625. Evleaks first revealed the Lumia 1320 with the Nokia “Batman” codename, and now The Verge believes the device will be a large-screen handset that fits in Nokia’s budget lineup, just [...]
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‘Shadow of the Colossus’ offered as this week’s PS Plus freebie
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Team Ico's widely acclaimed PS2 classic 'Shadow of the Colossus' is featured as this week's free game on PlayStation Plus, and Sony is also offering sales on a variety of digital games including select Activision titles.
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Nokia Asha 503 leaks, looks to be Asha 502′s single SIM variant
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Does evleaks have an agenda against Nokia? The prolific leaker has leaked out images of upcoming Nokia devices with almost a religious fervor over the past few weeks, and, well, he’s doing it again.  Of course, when you have a total of six new devices lined up for unveiling at a single event, it’s not [...]
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Return to the submerged city of Rapture in the new ‘Burial at Sea’ gameplay trailer
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Irrational Games has released a brand new gameplay trailer for BioShock: Infinite's upcoming Burial at Sea DLC, which takes players back to the submerged city of Rapture for a whole new iconic journey.
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Second Galaxy Note 3 commercial: collapsing buildings, kids singing and Lionel Messi doing nothing (video)
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Ever since Samsung has decided to quit mocking Apple in its Galaxy commercials, things have gone from weird to weirder to weirdest. Remember the dancing ninjas/goat-centric Icelandic ad for the Galaxy S4 (though technically Sammy did mock Apple if you paid close attention)? Unfortunately, the confusing direction and unclear message have transpired to the Galaxy [...]
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Around the world in 80 days: Apple launching iPhone 5s and 5c in 50 countries by November
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Despite apparent initial supply shortages and (new) record-breaking sales, Apple is ready to pull another rabbit out of its hat and expand iPhone 5s and 5c availability all around Mother Earth. From Rome to Madrid and Bogota to Manama (look’em up), iFans will reportedly be able to score their own spanking new iPhones (including in [...]
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No more distorted text with playable Captchas
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Future Ad Labs is developing a new gamified Captcha system that completely rids itself of distorted text windows and lets you play instead. Captchas are the annoying little apps that show up on password recovery screens, logins and in various other places throughout the web. They come in many shapes and sizes, but they usually [...]
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UK Police orders suspension of torrent domains
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British police are conducting an aggressive anti file-sharing campaign and have asked several registrars to remove the domains for torrent sites. The London police department recently launched its Intellectual Property Crime Unit, and it has already begun an aggressive campaign against file sharing. One of it’s first orders of business has been to order registrars [...]
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Folding batteries increases energy density
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Researchers have found that by folding paper-based Li-Ion batteries, the energy density of the cells can be increased 14 times. By folding a Lithium-Ion paper-based battery in a Miura-ori pattern (a folding pattern similar to how maps are often folded), one can increase the energy density and capacity of the cell by 14 times. The [...]
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Fusion power breaks even for first time
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For the first time, an experimental fusion reactor in the US has broken even, providing more energy than is absorbed by the fuel. Nuclear fusion is the power source of your dreams; providing cheap, safe and virtually limitless energy. Unfortunately, it is still just that: A dream. While experiments have successfully managed to create fusion [...]
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Samsung Galaxy Megas and S4 Mini among first devices to get Android 4.4 KitKat?
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With Android 4.4 KitKat official for more than a month now, it’s certainly a little odd to still be left in a fog as to what exactly will the new OS bring to the table in terms of updates and new features. But what’s even weirder is no OEM looks keen to announce any kind [...]
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