IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Digital Trends) 05/02/2014

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

IT News Head Lines (Digital Trends) 05/02/2014

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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 gets yet another villain.
Actor B.J. Novak of The Office and Inglorious Basterd’s fame, will play Alistair Smythe in the upcoming film, The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Smythe is better known to comics fans for his Spider- Slayers.
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Think full-frame DSLRs are too expensive? Check out Hasselblad’s $11,500 HV camera
Hasselblad announced a new full-frame DSLR in its collection of luxury cameras, the 24.3-megapixel HV. Although the HV is a repackaged Sony A99, the exterior is an entirely new design.
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Grand Theft Auto 5 inches closer to Tetris on all-time best-sellers list
In an investor relations call, Take-Two announced that the company has shipped a staggering 32.5 million copies of Grand Theft Auto 5. 2K’s NBA 2K14 has also shipped 5 million.
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Look, it’s a futuristic toaster, it’s a router, no! It’s a PC from Asus!
It seems as if small form factor desktop PCs are the thing these days. Asus, one of the heavyweights of the PC industry, has tossed another combatant into that arena. Read on to learn more here.
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Mozilla testing account logins for Firefox
Mozilla, the developer of popular Firefox browser, is testing a login feature that'll allow users to easily carry over their settings and preferences from one device to another. Read on to learn more.
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Gentlemen, start your engines. Audi sets driver lineup for 2014 World Endurance Championship
Audi will contest the 2014 World Endurance Championship with an updated version of its R18 e-tron quattro hybrid and a battle-tested slate of drivers, but will it be enough to fend off Toyota and Porsche?
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Samsung’s latest washer lets you do your laundry … from your phone
Getting notifications is one thing, but Samsung's upcoming WW9000 washing machine raises the bar and actually lets you start, stop and customize a cycle from your mobile phone. Read on to learn more here.
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Audi’s glass engine is a literal window into how its synthetic new ‘e-fuels’ burn
Audi says its new "e-fuels" are cleaner than gasoline or diesel, but running them through a glass engine was just a way to see how they'd react during use. You still can't wash dishes with them.
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Twitter wants to be the place where you’ll discover the next Justin Bieber (Updated)
Step aside, YouTube. Twitter announced a partnership with Lyor Cohen's music company, 300, to develop software and analysis tools that could help discover the next Justin Bieber.
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Facebook Paper is half social network, half Flipboard, and fully awesome
Facebook turns ten tomorrow, but today it reinvented its image with Paper. The social network and news reader hybrid changes the way that users interact with Facebook and is available for iOS devices.
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LuMini is the affordable smart lighting solution we’ve been waiting for
If you like the idea of smart lighting, but are turned off by the steep prices of smart bulbs, check out this new Kickstarter project for LuMini - it's less than half the price of most smart lighting solutions.
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Apple still celebrating Mac birthday, uses itself to pay tribute to … itself
A week and a half later, Apple is still celebrating the Mac's 30th. You can watch their newest tribute clip here. While it's cool, the timing for the video's release has us scratching our heads.
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Hollywood sponsors its first eSports tournament
Lionsgate is teaming up with Twitch and Major League Gaming to host the first gaming competition sponsored by a major motion picture studio. The tournament will feature StarCraft II, and it will coincide with the Blu-ray and home media release of Ender’s Game. The tournament, dubbed the “Ender’s Game on Blu-Ray Tournament,” will feature some […]
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BMW’s 4 Series Gran Coupe is the ultimate no-compromise 4-door coupe
The BMW 4 Series Gran Coupe looks like a 3 Series sedan with a lower roof, and that's exactly what it is. BMW released pricing and other details on Gran Coupe, which is nearly identical to other 3 and 4 Series models.
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Dish Network and Disney to kiss and makeup over Auto Hop
Dish Network and Disney are making up, according to recent reports, settling on their current legal battle over Dish Network's Auto Hop feature. The deal would end one of four lawsuits currently being waged against Dish Network by the four major networks.
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The Last of Us wins Writers Guild 2014 top honors
Naughty Dog wins the Writers Guild award for Outstanding Achievement in video Game Writing for its 2013 title The Last of Us. The developer won previously for Uncharted 2 and Uncharted 3.
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Here are the 8 biggest problems with the iPad Air, and what to do about them
Your new Apple tablet should be perfect. If you’ve been afflicted by iPad Air problems then it’s time to demand satisfaction. We’ve got potential fixes, workarounds, and advice to solve your issues.
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Remember the Aereo: Streaming broadcast TV service launches in San Antonio February 19
Aereo shows it is still still expanding, announcing its service will soon be available in the metropolitan area of San Antonio, TX. After reaching full capacity in its home city, New York, just ahead of the Superbowl, the company proved it has no plans of slowing down.
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The most anticipated games of 2014
From current-gen to next-gen to PC, here is a list of the games coming out in 2014 that we already have our eye on. This list is by no means comprehensive, so if you think we missed one, let us know in the comments!
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Windows 8.1 marketshare rises, but can’t sniff XP or Windows 7 levels
Last week, Windows 8.1 was poised to leapfrog the dated and widely disliked Windows Vista in marketshare. It didn't take long for 8.1 to hop past Vista, but that doesn't mean that people are flocking to the tiled OS in droves.
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Facebook Paper is now yours to download, provided you have an iPhone
Facebook has released Paper, its new app which brings Flipboard-style looks and usability to the familiar Facebook News Feed, creating an attractive social new reader app.
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Quant E-Sportlimousine will test new battery tech (and the limits of the term ‘sport’)
The Quant e-Sportlimousine is an electric luxury car set to debut at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show with all of the bravado of a Top Gear project. Will it be vaporware, or should Tesla be worried?
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Did you watch the Super Bowl? Here are the best ads from The Big Game
Did you watch the Super Bowl? Whether you liked watching the Seahawks kill the Broncos or not, you probably enjoyed the ads. Here are the best ones that aired during, before, and after the game.
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Keep your kids safe with this smartwatch, now on AT&T
If you want to keep track of your kids, make sure they can contact you in an emergency, or just expose their little white lies, then you'll want the Filip. It's a smartwatch designed especially for all these tasks, and hits AT&T this week.
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Nintendo to buy back shares from the family that built the company
Nintendo sets the terms for a share buyback that will see the company purchase as much as a 7.4-percent of itself from the family of founder Fusajiro Yamauchi.
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Toyota TS040 Hybrid prepares to do all-wheel drive battle with Audi and Porsche at Le Mans
Toyota helped start the hybrid Le Mans prototype trend back in 2012 with the TS030 Hybrid. Its latest TS040 Hybrid will battle hybrids from Audi and Porsche in this year's endurance-racing season.
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Upcoming Windows 8.1 update leaked to file-sharing sites, according to multiple reports
When Windows 8 launched in late 2012, Microsoft was trying to steer people away from the classic desktop UI. If reports of a leaked Windows 8.1 update are true, it appears as if Microsoft is set to take the focus off the tiled portion of their newest OS.
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PlayStation 4′s latest update adds support for Sony Pulse wireless headsets
The latest firmware update for PlayStation 4, v1.60, adds support for Sony's Pulse wireless headsets, as well as the soon-to-be-release PlayStation Gold Wireless headset.
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Newly published Canon patent shows design for 11-24mm f/4 ultra-wide-angle lens
Canon has filed a patent for an 11-24mm f/4 ultra-wide-angle lens for its full-frame DSLR cameras. However, as with all patents, it's not a guarantee that it's being produced or if it will actually get made.
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Floatifications is like Facebook Chat Heads, but for all app notifications
Which you could get Facebook Chat Heads-style notifications from other apps? Now you can with the extremely customizable Floatifications app for Android. Get handy pop up bubbles to inform you of activity on your favorite apps.
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