Sunday, February 16, 2014

IT News Head Lines (VR-Zone) 17/02/2014

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‘Titanfall’ beta is now open to all Xbox One users, coming to PC today
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Titanfall is now in the public beta stage for all Xbox One users. PC users might not have long to wait either, as the public beta is set to arrive on Windows sometime later today. Titanfall has been in closed beta since Friday, but Xbox One users can now join in without a code. Respawn [...]
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Lian Li launches the PC-A51 mid-tower chassis with a reverse airflow design
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After seeking customer feedback with the prototype version of the case, Lian Li has made the required changes and officially launched the PC-A51 mid-tower chassis. Back in November, Lian Li announced that it was working on a new case called the PC-A51, and that it wanted customer feedback and suggestions on what can be done [...]
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Kickstarter gets hacked via security breach, credit card info not jeopardized
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Kickstarter, the popular crowd-funding website, has been hacked via a security breach, but the company's co-founder affirms that credit card info was never compromised.
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Gearbox puts ‘Borderlands 3′ on the back burner in favor of two new IP’s
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Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford reveals that the studio isn't working on Borderlands 3, and is instead breaking ground with two new franchises.
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‘Dragon Warrior IV’ jumps from PS to DS to iOS (and Android)
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Adding to the long line of remade games by Square Enix, Dragon Warrior IV: Chapters of the Chosen for the Android and iOS is finally revealed. Last year, Square Enix made a big announcement. Plans were unveiled to release remade versions of Dragon Warrior (Dragon Quest in Japan) I to VIII for the iOS and [...]
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Big business in instant messaging: Viber acquired by Rakuten for $900M
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Instant messaging has grown to be among today’s big revenue drivers. The most recent success story: Viber, with its recent acquisition by Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten. With the ubiquity of smartphones and other mobile devices like tablets, instant messaging has grown to become an essential communication and collaboration tool. Cross-platform and cross-device communication is the [...]
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Square Enix gives ‘Final Fantasy XV’ top priority, assures the game is ‘far into development’
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Final Fantasy XV has been anticipated for quite some time, and Square Enix assures gamers that the celebrated release is the team's top priority, and that they are making strides in its development.
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The Sinister melds the advantages of a gamepad with the precision of a mouse
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Tivitas has a new adaptive gamepad on their Kickstarter that melds the "advantages with a console controller with the flexibility and precision of a mouse", making for a unique new peripheral for pro PC gaming.
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The transforming force of Nadella
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Satya Nadella is Microsoft’s third CEO in its 39-year history. He has the unenviable task of turning things around as Microsoft looks to re-organize itself into a devices and services organization. Microsoft’s latest CEO, Satya Nadella, takes the helm at a time of uncertainty for the organization. Microsoft has managed to gain a foothold in [...]
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Master Chief voice actor confirms ‘Halo 5′ coming in 2015
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In a recent interview, Steve Downes, the voice actor behind the legendary Spartan 117, sheds some light on the future of the Halo franchise.
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Asus RT-AC68U review
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Asus’ RT-AC68U offers great performance on the 5 GHz band with the 802.11ac protocol, but at a price. Asus is known for excellence in whatever product line it takes to: motherboards, videocards, laptops, and monitors. With routers, a line which Asus is a relative newcomer to, there is no exception to this rule. Recently Asus [...]
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PlayStation 4 gains momentum and sells twice as much as Xbox One in January
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Sony claimed victory over Microsoft in the U.S. market by selling nearly twice as many PlayStation 4 units in the month of January. While Sony’s PlayStation 4 managed to beat the Xbox One when it came to global sales in December, Microsoft’s offering had the lead in the U.S. market. However, it looks like the [...]
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64-bit octa-core BlackBerry tipped for September intro, ‘Jakarta’ possibly benchmarked
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BlackBerry’s staging a comeback, there’s no question about it, as rumors of multiple future handhelds, both low-end and (extremely) high-end, are gaining credibility. It only took former mobile market ruler BlackBerry a couple of years to go from hero to zero in the fickle, shifty landscape, with the company’s financial state reaching a point so [...]
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Asus’ Radeon R7 265 card comes with DirectCU II cooling technology
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Asus is bringing its DirectCU II cooling technology to mid-range cards, with the R7 265 the first card to feature this technology in this segment. AMD launched its latest mid-range R7 265 video card yesterday, and Asus is wasting no time in launching its variant of the card.  The Asus R7 265 DirectCU II features [...]
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Has Facebook finally killed the meme?
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Memes have become an integral part of the Facebook experience due to the virality of content and the curiosity of Facebook users. But with focus on more newsworthy items on the News Feed, has Facebook killed viral sites like Upworthy and ViralNova? Whether it’s pictures of cats in bread, pictures of dogs photobombing other dogs, [...]
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Cheap wireless organic circuits may soon make band-aids smart
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New research by the University of Tokyo and the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) features organic circuits that can give thin disposable items a whole new function. What if we told that, in the near future, you would instantly know the exact chemical composition of somebody’s urine? Or the risk of infection from a [...]
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Square Enix’s Shinji Hashimoto talks ‘FFX’ and ‘X-2 HD’ Remaster
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VR-Zone speaks with Square Enix’s Senior Executive Managing Officer Shinji Hashimoto on the difficulties they faced in remastering Final Fantasy X/X-2 in HD, as well as the future of the Final Fantasy series. Square Enix’s Shinji Hashimoto and Motomu Toriyama visited Singapore (photos and videos of the meet-the-fans event here) this week as part of an Asia tour [...]
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Toshiba launching 5TB hard disks this February
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Keeping up with the competition, Toshiba unveils its upcoming large capacity hard drives, with samples coming as early as before the end of this month. Toshiba may well not have the title of owning the largest data-capacity hard disk to date, but at least it is not getting left behind. Among its latest HDDs, the [...]
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iPhone 6 with 4.7 and 5.5-inch displays rumored again, iPhone 5c to get the axe
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No one can be sure of anything so early in iPhone 6’s production process, but reports are piling up to nearly set in stone two large-screen versions, a 4.7 and 5.5 incher. You’d think that, since September is still far down the line, either Apple iPhone 6 gossip would be kept to a minimum, or [...]
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Samsung to launch variety of new devices and Galaxy Gear 2, Galaxy Tab 4 refreshes at MWC
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Samsung is continuing its tablet and mobile onslaught, with the Galaxy Tab 4 series and new mid-tier mobiles set to launch at the Mobile World Congress along with the Galaxy Gear 2. Samsung is set to unveil three new tablets in the Galaxy Tab 4 series at the MWC next week. Details of the tablets [...]
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