Wednesday, March 18, 2015

IT News Head Lines (VR-Zone) 3/19/2015

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Chinese company to sue Qualcomm for $100 billion
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A China-based company wants Qualcomm to fork over $100 billion for trademark infringement. Genitop Research said Qualcomm deliberately used the trademarked phrase “Gaotong” in its Chinese company name and product brand.  The phrase, which means “high communication”, was purportedly registered to Shanghai-based Genitop Research in 1992.  The company sought $16 million in compensation, but has...

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EIZO announces new Ultra HD 4K 23.8-inch monitor
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EIZO today announced a new 23.8-inch 4K monitor the ColorEdge CG248-4K. The monitor features 3840 x 2160 Ultra HD resolution aimed at professional users looking for a high-resolution monitor for photo and video editing purposes. The CG248-4K features an IPS LCD display with 178 degree viewing angles and a wide color gamut coverage. EIZO is...

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Samsung working on an Exynos 7420 powered ‘Orbis’ round smartwatch
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Last year, a Samsung patent application revealed that the South Korean consumer electronics giant was working on a smartwatch with a round dial. Earlier this year, we learnt that the device will be dubbed the ‘Orbis’ and feature a rotating bezel ring. Today some new information has arrived on the smartwatch from Korean media, claiming...

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Nintendo will make Super Mario available on smartphones
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Nintendo is bringing Mario to smartphones with the help of DeNA. Many have wondered whether or not Nintendo will ever bring Mario to platforms other than its own proprietary hardware and software, but now we have our answer.  The Japanese video game maker announced today that it has entered into a partnership with Japan-based DeNA...

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NVIDIA officially launches the new $999 GeForce GTX Titan X
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NVIDIA revealed the GTX Titan X card at the Game Developers Conference earlier this month but decided to keep the specs a secret. Finally the company has formally announced the card today at the GPU Technology Conference and it is every bit as impressive as the rumors had claimed. The GTX Titan X is based...

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Nintendo teases ‘NX’, it’s next-gen console
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NVIDIA today held a press conference where it announced its partnership with Japanese mobile game publisher DeNA to bring new games for smartphones. At the press conference, Nintendo also teased its next-gen console, codenamed ‘NX’. One of the slides that Nintendo showed during the press event today referred to ‘dedicated game system NX’. Nintendo’s Chief...

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Sony Xperia Z2 joins Z3 and Z3 Compact on Android 5.0 Lollipop boat
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There’s no stopping Sony now, at least until the Lollipop love is spread across the entire Xperia Z family. God knows this particular Japan-based device manufacturer dillydallied for months as the competition slowly but steadily brought their contemporary flagships up to date. Yet as we’ve come to expect from Sony, they seem to have taken...

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Apple rumored to launch an internet TV streaming service later this year
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Possibly during the fall. For long it has been rumored that Apple is working on an internet TV streaming service of its own. So far the company has neither confirmed nor denied if it is working on such a product. If it does launch this service it would directly compete with the likes of Sling...

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Apple has not made appointments mandatory for the Apple Watch
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You won’t have to call ahead if you just want to try it. In a press release sent out recently Apple wrote that people interested in its first smartwatch can head over to its retail stores to “try on by appointment.” There was confusion over this language as many believed Apple had made appointments mandatory...

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iOS downgrade tools might become relevant again
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About time. Before iOS 6 came out there was a very vibrant jailbreaking community. Not only were software exploits easier to come by but because there were bootrom exploits for iOS devices back then jailbreaking them was very easy. Things changed when Apple made it difficult to locate software exploits and none of its newer devices...

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Slow Apple Watch production rumored again, standalone 2.0 version on deck
Apple Watch
Clearly, Cupertino’s first-gen wearable is meant to limitedly probe the market until a much better, less experimental second model comes to light. Psyched about the Apple Watch? Ready to ignore taunts from rivals, and countless little imperfections suggesting this thing’s expiration date is right around the corner? You may still want to stand by. No,...

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HTC blames as-yet unpolished software for One M9’s reported overheating
HTC One M9
The final, consumer variant shouldn’t suffer from the same woes, and therefore Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 810 chip can’t be held responsible. Overheating speculation on smartphones powered by the sizzling hot (wink, wink) S810 processor, particularly HTC’s One M9, refuses to simmer down. This has been one of the alleged reasons why Samsung went with an in-house...

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Samsung Galaxy Tab A goes official in Russia in 8 and 9.7-inch mid-end variants
Samsung Galaxy Tab A
Samsung’s first slate duo of 2015 looks fairly lackluster on paper, and may not be priced as sensible as 2014’s GTab 4 lineup either. It’s been more than nine months since the kings of Android diversity (and brand dilution) last unveiled a roster of mainstream tablets, which has to be some kind of record. After...

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Alibaba wants people to use selfies to pay for goods
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The massive online merchant Alibaba has its sight set on making money through facial recognition. Jack Ma, the founder and executive chairman of Alibaba, took the stage at this year’s CeBIT in Hanover, Germany and debut his company’s plan on using selfies as a form of digital signature. Facial recognition technology in addition to the...

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