Sunday, October 6, 2013

IT News Head Lines (VR-Zone) 10/7/2013

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‘F1 2013’ now available on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC
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Codemasters’ latest Formula 1 game comes with a host of online features, along with a classic mode that includes iconic Formula 1 cars from the ‘80s and ‘90s. F1 2013 is now available on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC through Steam. The game is largely an iterative version of F1 2012, and includes additional [...]
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Moto Maker could be coming to Verizon on November 11
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A new tweet from @evleaks states that Verizon will get the Moto Maker customization suite on November 11. Currently, the Moto Maker customization utility is exclusive to AT&T. A new tweet from @evleaks mentions that Verizon will also be getting access to the customization suite from November 11th. For now, Verizon is selling black and [...]
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New paper details robot previously deemed impossible
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An MIT researcher has managed to create a modular robot with no external moving parts that can still move thanks to an internal flywheel. In 2011, MIT senior John Romanishin proposed an idea for a new type of robot: The robot would shaped like a cube, with no external moving parts, but could nevertheless move, [...]
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Microsoft asked HTC to include Windows Phone on its Android devices
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News out of Bloomberg suggests that Microsoft is asking HTC to include the Windows Phone platform on its Android devices. Microsoft’s struggles to get users more interested in its Windows Phone platform are well documented. The platform, which is three years old, currently has a global market share of only 3.7 percent. As such, it [...]
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‘SimCity’ offline mode is finally on the cards
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Developer Maxis is working on making the game playable without an internet connection. There are bad launches, and then there’s SimCity levels of catastrophic launches. When it was released earlier this year, the always-online game was an unplayable mess. The spectrum of problems ran the gamut from minor annoyances such as long loading times, all [...]
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Snowden reveals NSA and GCHQ target Tor online anonymizer network
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Top-secret documents disclosed to The Guardian, have revealed that both American and British intelligence agencies have been desperately trying to crack the online anonymity network, Tor. Edward Snowden released today several top-secret documents to the The Guardian which reveal that the Tor online anonymizer network is currently and has long been a top-priority target for [...]
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Samsung to use MediaTek processors in its devices in 2014
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Samsung’s partnership with MediaTek would allow it to push into developing markets. Chinese daily DigiTimes stated earlier today that Samsung is looking to source processors from MediaTek that will be used in its devices launching in 2014. MediaTek is well-known in countries like China and India, where its processors are used in 80 percent of [...]
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‘Assassin’s Creed Heritage Collection’ announced
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Games to be bundled for $64 for now, no listings yet outside of Europe. Ubisoft announced the Assassin’s Creed Heritage Collection today, which bundles all five games in the Assassin’s Creed franchise. The bundle will be available for sale only in Europe. Games in the Assassin’s Creed Heritage Collection include Assassin’s Creed, Assassin’s Creed II (GOTY [...]
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Rumor: Google ‘Gem’ Nexus Smartwatch Landing October 31 Alongside Nexus 5 and Android 4.4
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In this day and age, when it’s harder to keep a secret linked to an unannounced mobile product than, say, pass a bill in Congress (and we know very well how hard that is), Google is this close to dropping the second bomb in a matter of less than two months. Or rather was, because [...]
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Russian ‘space troops’ are ‘not yet ready to fight aliens’, warns official
Russia's Aerospace Defence Troops are 'not year ready to fight aliens', a defence official has warned.
Even with years of training and the nickname of “space troops”, Russia’s Aerospace Defence Troops would lack the ability to handle an extra-terrestrial attack, a Russian defense official has warned. The official’s warning came in response to a question asked by a journalist at a media conference at the Titov Main Test and Space Systems Control Center, [...]
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NASA’s Mars rover will continue to be operated during US shutdown
NASA's Mars Curiosity rover will continue to be operated from Earth, despite the recent federal government shutdown
The recent ‘shutdown’ of all none-essential United States government departments and services has left NASA almost completely nonfunctional. The organization’s current Martian exploration mission will go on according to a spokesperson from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which operates the Mars Curiosity rover. The news was welcomed by many, as the recent government shutdown has left the [...]
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Archos details new Platinum tablet range, iPad and iPad Mini ‘clones’ included
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Aside from entering the smartphone arena with a number of fairly intriguing products (especially from a pricing standpoint), Archos has recently cranked up its tablet volumes, even going so far as to tackle niches than no one knew existed. But the OEM is not all about eccentricity, which is why the mainstream Platinum slate family [...]
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Various display changes for future Apple devices predicted
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Its not unusual to hear predictions about future Apple devices. The latest prediction deals with displays and the changes Apple might make in the devices it is going to launch next year. This particular prediction reiterates some of the rumors that we’ve already heard about future Apple devices. These include the possibility of iPad mini [...]
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Google Music app for iOS rumored to launch later this month
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iOS users have been waiting for an official app ever since Google Play Music All Access was announced back at I/O 2013. A new report claims that the app might be launched later this month. The Google Play Music All Access service was announced back at the I/O 2013. Its a music streaming service that [...]
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AMD’s R9 290X specs and price leak
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AMD’s hopeful Titan-killer is priced at $729.99 on NewEgg, comes with 4GB GDDR5 memory, and has a base clock of 800 MHz. Information about AMD’s upcoming R9 290X card has began to appear online. TechPowerUp spotted the card’s price in the source code on NewEgg’s listing for the MSI edition. The card comes in at [...]
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Twitter files for $1B IPO, but won’t ‘push for the extra dollar’ like Facebook
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Twitter has made public its S-1 filing with the SEC, formalizing its planned IPO. The company has opted to be more conservative in its valuation, however, in an effort to ensure investor and consumer confidence. For the past months, rumors have abound that Twitter is about to go public. With its S-1 filing with the [...]
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Ads coming to Instagram in the coming months
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Instagram announced on its blog earlier today that ads will make their way onto users’ feeds in the coming months. Instagram, which was bought by Facebook last year for $1 billion, boasts a total userbase of 150 million. In a bid to monetize and become a sustainable business, it announced that advertisements will be rolling [...]
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Adobe server hacked, 2.9 million customers affected
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Company says customer banking data was not accessed, but reports that source code for Acrobat, ColdFusion, and ColdFusion Builder was stolen. Adobe announced today that one of its servers has been hacked, resulting in the personal information of 2.9 million customers being leaked as well as source code theft. The organization said that hackers were [...]
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Samsung estimates it had a $9.4 billion quarter
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Samsung estimates its quarterly profits rose 25 percent due to strong memory prices. Samsung announced its earnings guidance for the July to September quarter today, with estimates of a profit of $9.4 billion on revenue of $53.9 billion. While’s the company’s mobile phone division continues to struggle, a spike in prices in the memory market [...]
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Diesel exhaust confuses honey bees
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A new study has found that pollutants found in diesel fumes may affect the honey bee’s ability to recognize floral odors. The University of Southampton has conducted new research into honey bees, and have found that the pollutants commonly found in diesel exhaust can keep the bees from recognizing various floral scents. The diesel literally [...]
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