Thursday, February 5, 2015

IT News Head Lines (HardOCP) 2/6/2015





CoD: Advanced Warfare Havoc For PC This Month
Those of you just itching to get your hands on the PC version of the Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Havoc DLC will be glad to know the wait is almost over. Head on over to Blue's for all the news.

Havoc, first DLC pack for Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare (2014's top-selling console video game in the world, according to the NPD Group and Gfk based on physical game unit sell-through), is coming to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PC on February 26. Packed to the brim with content, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Havoc includes four new, epic multiplayer maps, access to the versatile AE4 directed energy assault rifle, the AE4 Widowmaker custom variant, plus an exciting all-new cooperative mode called Exo Zombies.

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Corsair Graphite Series 760T
The review editors at LanOC took the Corsair Graphite Series 760T around the block a few times to see how it handled.

Today I'm going to see what Corsair has going on in the full size market with their 760T. It shares a lot of the same features as the 380T so I have high hopes. Sadly, the 760T is only available in white or black so there isn't an eye catching color like the 380T's yellow but our "Graphite Black" sample still looked good at first glance. Let's find out what it has going on when we give it a closer look.

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ID-Cooling T60-SFX Mini-ITX Case
If you are building a HTPC or LAN box, this review of the ID-Cooling T60-SFX mini-ITX case over at techPowerUP might be of interest.

We have the pleasure of reviewing the T60-SFX today. The chassis garnered some attention after it was first revealed, instantly putting ID-Cooling, the company behind it, on the map. The chassis aims to be extremely tiny, but it does offers the ability to install a long GPU within its walls even though it is less than 0.012 cubic meters in size.

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YouTube's Latest Experiment: Multiple Camera Angles
This is a fantastic idea *cough*for porn*cough*. YouTube? Not so much.

A video of artist Madilyn Bailey performing at YouTube Music Night lets users click through a choice of four camera angles as they watch, without pausing. We got the best results by letting the video load a bit before jumping around (apparently pulling down four streams at once can take up a bit of bandwidth) but it still seemed to hesitate occasionally when switching.

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Kingston Releases FIPS 140-2 Level 3 Encrypted USB Flash Drive
Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced a pair of next-generation encrypted USB Flash drives designed to safeguard an organization's valuable data. The DataTraveler® 4000 Gen. 2 and DataTraveler 4000 Gen. 2 Management Ready protect sensitive information with high-level encryption.

DataTraveler 4000 Gen. 2 is FIPS 140-2 Level 3 certified so it provides a tamper-evident seal for physical security to detect and respond to attempts to access, use or modify the cryptographic module. Data is protected by hardware-based 256-bit AES encryption in XTS mode and the drive casing is made of titanium coated stainless steel. The drive is designed to reduce the possibility of successful brute force attacks as it locks down and reformats after 10 failed password attempts.

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Semi-Auto Nine Inch Nail Launcher
This is just awesome. Sure, the video itself is pretty damn cheesy but the payoff is worth it.



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FAA Allowing Companies To Start Claiming Territory On The Moon
This sounds a lot worse than it actually is. Honestly, I was half expecting something like this:



In a previously undisclosed letter obtained by Reuters from the FAA to Bigelow Aerospace, the agency says it's aiming to "leverage the FAA's existing launch licensing authority to encourage private sector investments in space systems by ensuring that commercial activities can be conducted on a non-interference basis."

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China Requires Real Names For Internet Accounts
Imagine what it would be like here if you had to use your real names to have access to the internet.

Starting March 1st, residents will have to register internet accounts (including on blogs, chat services and social networks) using their real names. They won't have to display a real name, but they can't create a completely anonymous ID. It'll also be illegal to impersonate other people or organizations, and neither your avatar nor your nickname can include illegal content -- including something that "subverts state power" or promotes "rumormongering."

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Google Granted Patent On Annotating Maps With User-Contributed Pronunciations
Google has been granted a patent on a method of determining the most typical pronunciation of a location name on a map by using audio clips submitted by locals.



A server generates a reference speech model based on user pronunciations, compares the user pronunciations with the speech model and selects a pronunciation based on comparison. Alternatively, the server compares the distance between one the user pronunciations and every other user pronunciations and selects a pronunciation based on comparison. The server then annotates the map with the selected pronunciation and provides the audio output of the location name to a user device upon a user's request.

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Popular Android Apps Infected Millions With Adware
If you've downloaded anything that is on Google Play recently, you'll probably want to read this.

First of all, the apps are on Google Play, meaning that they have a huge target audience – in English speaking and other language regions as well. Second, the apps were already downloaded by millions of users and third, I was surprised that the adware lead to some legitimate companies.

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FCC Chairman: This Is How We Will Ensure Net Neutrality
As predicted, FCC chairman Tom Wheeler announced today that the agency will be invoking its Title II authority to ensure an open internet.

Broadband network operators have an understandable motivation to manage their network to maximize their business interests. But their actions may not always be optimal for network users. The Congress gave the FCC broad authority to update its rules to reflect changes in technology and marketplace behavior in a way that protects consumers. Over the years, the Commission has used this authority to the public's great benefit.

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Why Taiwan Is Right To Ban iPads For Kids
Hell, why stop at children in Taiwan? The ban should be for everyone...everywhere.

Parents who fail to comply with the new "Child and Youth Welfare Protection Act" -- or rather, fail to enforce it upon their children -- may be fined 50,000 Taiwan dollars ($1,576). Now, as much as I dislike the excesses of bloated, interfering governments, I couldn't help but emit a yelp of joy when I read of these developments in Taiwan (which follow similar measures in China and South Korea).

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