Sunday, November 10, 2013

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

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Instagram user nabs an early PS4, promises to showcase UI tomorrow
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An Instagram user has posted up pictures of a PS4 he acquired with "family connections", and makes plans to show off video footage of the console's UI on the morrow.
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Target admits to shipping blunder that resulted in early Xbox One shipments
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Target has recently shipped out a few Xbox Ones more than two weeks early, citing a "shipping error" as the cause.
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Gamer receives Xbox One early via shipping glitch, reveals game details & more
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Twitter's Moonlight Swami has received an Xbox One early from Target and has proceeded to uncover things like game download sizes, the console's finalized UI, and more before being banned by Microsoft.
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New augmented reality surgery takes big leap forward
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A new telepresence system for Google Glass has allowed two surgeons to cooperate during an operation as if they were both in the room. A surgical team at the University of Alabama has performed the world’s first surgery using an augmented reality system called VIPAAR that works with Google Glass. VIPAAR, which stands for Virtual [...]
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Watch this jet fighter get destroyed by a missile
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The MEADS missile defense system just underwent it’s first interception test flight in New Mexico. The system successfully targeted and destroyed two remote controlled jets coming from opposite directions. America’s new missile defense system just made its first intercept test flight at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, where it targeted, tracked, intercepted and destroyed [...]
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New 4K2K class SD card announced
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A new class of SD card has been announced with write speeds of 30MB per second minimum. The new cards are aimed at the emerging 4K video market. The SD association has just announced a new class of SD-card, aimed at 4K2K television and video products. The Ultra High Speed (UHS) Class 3 (U3) card [...]
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Retina iPad mini release reportedly delayed due to LCD burn-in problems
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The delay in Retina iPad mini release is reportedly due to display panel problems, particularly due to LCD burn-in issues on panels made by Sharp. Much has already been written about the delayed release of the Retina iPad mini. Apple is yet to announce when it intends to release the tablet. Analysts believe that supplies [...]
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Fix for Late 2013 Retina MacBook Pro keyboard and trackpad issues released
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Apple has finally released the fix for the keyboard and trackpad issues that were plaguing the late 2013 Retina MacBook Pro models, which were released last month. Late last month, Apple Support Communities started filling up with threads that were started by users who were facing said issues. Complaints indicated that the keyboard and trackpad [...]
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Star ratings on Facebook Pages: A better way to determine user sentiment than just number of Likes
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Facebook is now testing the use of star ratings prominently displayed on Pages, in an effort to give users more information on beyond the ambiguous “Like” and to aid in discovery. Facebook Pages have become a big part of businesses’ social media efforts. Pages are helpful in engaging both potential customers and loyal clients alike, [...]
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‘World of Warcraft’ expansion ‘Warlords of Draenor’ revealed
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World of Warcraft developer Blizzard confirmed that the next expansion for the blockbuster MMORPG will be titled “Warlords of Draenor” and will take place in the past. Despite what the naysayers will tell you, World of Warcraft is still a juggernaut of the MMORPG genre, and developer Blizzard isn’t letting up on the gas just [...]
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‘Street Fighter’, PS4, and a taxi service merge to form one big question mark
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A video showing a fictional Street Fighter themed taxi service with mention of the Playstation 4 is making the rounds on youtube. Here’s a head scratcher for you. What do you get when you combine Street Fighter, the PS4, and a taxi service? That’s the question on everyone’s mind after this video went viral on [...]
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Some crow poop contain deadly drug-resistant bacteria
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Research done on the droppings (or poop) of crows has revealed that it is becoming increasingly difficult for human isolate and prevent the spread deadly drug-resistant microbes. In the study, researchers found that about 2.5 percent of the fecal samples of crows in Massachusetts, Kansas, New York and California had microbes that were resistant to [...]
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Apple reportedly joined other vultures in circling BlackBerry’s carcass
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Apple was reported as being one of the vultures that fancied the remains of BlackBerry’s once prosperous mobile business. According to Reuters, Apple was just one of the many well-known tech companies that were circling BlackBerry’s dying business.  Although BlackBerry’s mobile hardware and software offerings aren’t doing well in the market place, the Ontario-based company [...]
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Stephen Elop may neuter Bing and trim Xbox if elected CEO
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Stephen Elop, if elected as the next chief executive officer, may make the move to sell off the company’s search engine product, Bing, and restructure or split the Xbox gaming console division from its parent company. Elop is among one of the two external candidates that are still in the hunt to become the next [...]
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iPad Air explodes at retail store in Australia
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An Apple iPad Air reportedly exploded at a Vodafone retail store in Canberra, Australia, prompting the need to call the fire department to put out the flames and smoke. Whenever word of a mobile device exploding or melting or what have you gets out, one of the first thoughts on everyone’s minds is usually “that [...]
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HP Omni 10 tab goes on sale, costs $400 with full Windows 8.1 and Full HD panel
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HP is preparing to roll out one of the most budget-minded 10-inch Windows 8.1 tablets around, the Omni 10. Available on pre-orders already for $400, the slate should start shipping any day now. Can’t make up your mind between Microsoft’s Surfaces and Dell’s Venue 11 Pro? Then how about we make the choice even more [...]
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Moto Maker will likely be available on all carriers by next week
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@evleaks shares some details about Motorola’s upcoming Moto Maker. A series of tweets by @evleaks indicate that the Moto Maker customization utility will be available to all major U.S. carriers by next Monday. Moto Maker for all. pic.twitter.com/wLJsnViV2D — @evleaks (@evleaks) November 8, 2013 The Moto Maker customization utility for Motorola’s Moto X has been [...]
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Jen-Hsun Huang calls Android the most ‘disruptive’ and ‘versatile’ OS he’s ever seen
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Nvidia CEO praises Google’s mobile OS during quarterly earnings call.   Although Nvidia’s Tegra shows no sign of being a profitable venture in the immediate future, that didn’t stop the company’s CEO from praising the OS he hopes Tegra will power on a greater scale during a recent earnings call. “Android is the most disruptive [...]
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Panasonic goes bonkers, prices 20-inch 4K Windows tablet at $6,000
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The world’s first 20-inch 4K tablet, confusingly dubbed Panasonic Toughpad 4K UT-MB5, has been official for many months now, but it’s only rolling out stateside next January for a redonkulous $5,999. No, really, there’s no typo there and I’ve personally counted the zeros (or rather nines) in Panasonic’s press release half a dozen times to [...]
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Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 tablet shipping at last, pricing starts at $379
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Just as the tech world was on the verge of completely forgetting about Amazon’s Kindle Fire HDX 8.9, formally introduced back in September, the amazingly cheap tablet has started shipping. Amazingly cheap all things considered, or at least compared with some of the competition (cough, iPad Air, cough), because $380 is still a pretty penny. [...]
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