IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Digital Trends) 13/08/2015

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IT News Head Lines (Digital Trends) 13/08/2015

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Plex for iOS gets total redesign, video chapter support, now free
Revamping the existing format and design of the mobile Plex application, Plex has launched a new iOS application for the iPhone and iPad with a bevy of new features for both brand new and veteran users.
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Want to peel an entire head of garlic in seconds? Try the Garlic Shaker
Definitely useful if you spend a ton of time in the kitchen cooking with garlic, the Garlic Shaker is a new kitchen gadget that will take all the cloves from a head of garlic and peel away the skin quickly.
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Firefox 40 launches with Windows 10 support, more malware protection
Perhaps ideal for anyone that's already installed Windows 10, Mozilla has upgraded the popular Firefox browser to offer a more streamlined user experience as well as stronger protection against malicious add-ons.
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Should you use iPhones as brake pads? No, but these guys did it anyway
An Apple-centric YouTube channel recently asked the age-old question, “Can iPhones be used as brake pads?” We’re not sure we needed that one answered, but the folks at EverythingApplePro went ahead and did it anyway.
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LG gets curvey with new Music Flow wireless sound bar
LG unveils the latest piece in the company's Music Flow sound system, the LAS855M wireless curved sound bar. The bar offers multiple hardwired connections, as well as wireless Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi-based multiroom audio playback via Google Cast.
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New report: Free music streaming will bring in $1 billion by 2017
A new report from Juniper Research expects free, ad-based music streaming revenue to cross the $1 billion mark by 2017. This expected growth is in spite of industry backlash against free music streaming and new streamers not offering a free option.
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Say goodbye to mail-order CD service Columbia House
The CD and DVD mail-order company, which once brought home as much as $1.4 billion a year, has gone bankrupt. The precursor to modern streaming music services, Columbia House fell to the age of iTunes, Spotify and Netflix.
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Lawyer demands Game of Thrones-style trial by combat
A Staten Island lawyer by the name of Richard A. Luthmann has asked for a trial by combat ala Game of Thrones. He's asked a judge to allow the practice to settle a lawsuit in which he's the defendant.
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Tower of power! Check out Astell&Kern’s new hi-res home audio system, the AKT1
Astell&Kern has taken all the best components from the company's high-res portable audio players, and moved them into a new, all-in-one monolith of sound called the AKT1. With a versatile design, and everything on board, the system is dressed to impress.
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Even Tim Cook wants a Nebia, the lavish, hyper-efficient Tesla of shower heads
The key to the Nebia shower head's crazy low water consumption is the nozzles. Nebia uses aerospace-grade spray nozzles deigned to atomize water under extreme pressure, causing the stream of water to be broken up into millions of tiny droplets.
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Déjà vu: Kendrick Lamar slated to be Stephen Colbert’s first guest on the Late Show
When Stephen Colbert takes over for David Letterman on Late Show next month, there will be one familiar face on the show (for a night): Kendrick Lamar. The rapper was previously Colbert's last musical guest on The Colbert Report.
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Leaked slides show Intel’s upcoming Skylake notebook chips
A set of leaked slides seem to show Intel's upcoming mobile CPU lineup. It predictably includes several dual-cores, most of which have Hyper-Threading. The chips will likely debut no later than September.
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Self-proclaimed ‘hacker’ is caught after using Gmail at home
Texas teenager Zachary Lee Morgenstern pleaded guilty last week after swatting and, before that, making threats to a Minnesota high school.
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Tom Hardy will produce and star in DC’s 100 Bullets
While a scheduling conflict with Alejandro González Iñárritu's The Revenant kept Tom Hardy out of Suicide Squad, it will take more than 100 Bullets to keep the actor away from DC Comics' newest project.
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Miley Cyrus dogs Taylor Swift’s new ‘violence revenge’ video Bad Blood
Miley Cyrus attacks fellow pop starlet Taylor Swift in the upcoming issue of Marie Claire magazine. Specifically, Cyrus disapproves of Swift's violent "Bad Blood" video and questions Swift's reputation as a role model.
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Listening to Mozart may actually prevent seizures, new study claims
According to researchers from Ohio State University, people with epilepsy have different neural reactions to certain types of music, such as that of Mozart and John Coltrane, than those without epilepsy.
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Khloe Kardashian cleans up group messaging with an app that polls your friends
There’s a new app called Begroupd that wants to solve all of your problems when it comes to organizing plans with your friends and family members, and it’s backed by Khloe Kardashian.
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Netflix lands the latest from Spinal Tap director Christopher Guest, Mascots
Netflix lands the latest mockumentary from Spinal Tap director Christopher Guest. Called Mascots, the film will follow contestants vying for the prize of the Gold Fluffy award in the 8th World Mascot Association championships.
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77% Off TaoTronics Wireless Bluetooth Headphones
Now through August 24,Amazon is offering 77 percent off the sport friendly TaoTronics wireless earbuds.
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Intel’s Compute Stick will soon come with Windows 10 pre-installed
Those worried about buying an Intel Compute Stick with Windows 8.1 and upgrading themselves can rest easy, as it looks like Intel is doing the work for them.
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BMW, not Google, owns the trademark Alphabet and Alphabet.com
BMW owns the trademark Alphabet and Alphabet.com, which is problematic for Google's newly formed parent company of the same name. The German automaker says it's determining whether trademark infringement had taken place.
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Built by engineers at MIT, the HERMES robot combines machine strength with human agility
It's the best of both worlds, really -- a robot that moves and reacts like a human. In the never ending quest to turn man into a machine (or vice versa), engineers at MIT are moving yet another step closer by developing HERMES.
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Say it three times: Winona Ryder confirms Beetlejuice 2 is happening
Winona Ryder is the latest participant in the 1988 cult-classic Beetlejuice to claim that a sequel to the film is in the works, some 30 years after the fact. Ryder told Seth Meyers that she will be back, along with Michael Keaton and Tim Burton.
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California wants all new vehicles to boast zero emissions by 2030
The state of California is proposing a requirement of all new vehicles to boast zero emissions by 2030. CARB also wants all vehicles on the road to be zero-emission by 2050.
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Samsung builds its own super-dense SSD chip to fight off SanDisk and Toshiba
In early August, SanDisk and Toshiba announced the world's first 256Gbit, 48-layer NAND chip for solid state drives. Now Samsung has its own version of the same, and the race is on to bring it to retail products.
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Clinton’s encryption remark makes Silicon Valley nervous
Hillary Clinton stepped into the ongoing debate over encryption during a town hall in New Hampshire, leaving tech companies wondering about her intentions. She has yet to take a firm stance on either side of the issue.
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Dream wheels: The top ten most expensive cars in the world
If you’ve recently discovered an oil reserve in your back yard, you probably have some extra cash to spend. Look no further, because we’re counting down the ten most expensive cars in the world.
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Ordering a beautiful Galaxy S6? We’ve got 20 cases you may want
The new Samsung Galaxy S6 is a beautiful fusion of metal and glass, but it’s a fragile beauty prone to cracks and scratches if you don’t wrap it in something protective. It’s time to shop for Samsung Galaxy S6 cases.
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AudioQuest Nighthawk review
Audioquest’s freshman headphone effort mixes brilliant innovation with a powerful sound that brings big bass to the upper-class headphone genre.
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Stagnant? Nah. PCs are improving faster than you thought
Today's software often doesn't need a powerful PC to run smoothly, but that doesn't mean progress is slowing. In fact, the home PC is quicker than ever, and easily puts every other consumer electronics device to shame.
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