Wednesday, October 14, 2015

IT News Head Lines (CNET) 15/10/2015





Microsoft lab working on multi-person augmented reality
Project Comradre will allow multiple people, each wearing an AR headset, to interact with the same virtual object.











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Engineer builds 'working' Thor's hammer that only he can lift
Using powerful electromagnets and a fingeprint scanner, an electrical engineer builds a replica of Thor's hammer Mjolnir that can only be lifted by the worthy.











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Twitter to trim 8 percent of its staff
New CEO Jack Dorsey tells employees the cuts will help the company focus on the "experiences which will have the greatest impact."











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Lightning strikes again for Apple, as new accessories go their own way
Apple's newest Mac accessories use the same proprietary connection as its iPhones and iPads, dashing the hopes that it would embrace a common alternative.











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They don't need no stinkin' salads! A look at what Stonehenge builders ate
Who's hungry? A dig at the site believed to be the residence of those who built Stonehenge reveals what was on the menu for the construction crew.











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Google's vision of self-driving cars is wrong, says MIT professor
Technically Incorrect: MIT's David Mindell says NASA moon missions weren't self-driving, so why should cars be? He describes handing over power to an "opaque" corporation like Google very troubling.











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'Very distasteful': Not everyone supports #NoBraDay
Tuesday, in case you hadn't heard, is #NoBraDay, a call to ditch the bra to supposedly raise awareness of breast cancer. Instead, it's raising a lot of ire.











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A tour of Cité de Carcassonne: The real-life castle from video and board games (pictures)
On a hill in Carcassonne, France, sits an epic and ancient castle straight out of a fairy tale. Or a video game. Or a board game.











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Japanese construction firm using robotic bulldozers guided by drones (Tomorrow Daily 257)
Ashley discusses a construction company's futuristic solution to Japan's aging population, two Brazilian VJs using tricycles loaded with audio-visual gear to entertain citizens and an electrical engineering professor who invented a pollution-absorbing bikini.











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Take a tour of the Citadel of Carcassonne, the real-life castle seen in video and board games
In southwest France, in sight of the Pyrenees, sits an epic and ancient castle on a hill, the Cité de Carcassonne. A stunning example of medieval design, and inspiration for board games, strategy video games and more. Here's a full tour.











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Great Scott! Vehicle soccer game Rocket League adds the DeLorean
Get ready to go "Back to the Future," Rocket League players. The popular vehicle soccer video game is getting Doc Brown and Marty McFly's DeLorean for Back to the Future Day.











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All the PlayStation 4 bundles available for the 2015 holiday season
Not to be outdone by Microsoft's avalanche of console bundles, a handful of PlayStation 4 console packs are hitting just in time for gaming's busy holiday season.











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Surprises revealed in new 4K Jupiter close-up by Hubble
The space telescope is taking a close look at the gas giant and finds that a massive wave on the planet seen decades ago wasn't just a fluke.











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Cheap prosthetic arms let kids become a Jedi Knight, Iron Man or Elsa
Open Bionics, a UK-based company that makes affordable prosthetic limbs, has partnered with Disney to create bionic arms that let kids feel like Elsa from "Frozen," Iron Man or a Jedi for less than $500.











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Microsoft to control software updates for Windows 10 Mobile
The mobile carriers will test the updates, but Microsoft will ultimately decide when to roll them out.











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All the Xbox One bundles available for the 2015 holiday season
If you're buying an Xbox One this holiday season, odds are Microsoft is offering a bundle for you.











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Adobe, Dropbox team up to help you better manage your PDF files
Dropbox users will be able to open, edit, save changes to and share their PDF documents directly from Dropbox.











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Snapchat kills original content plans -- because of cost?
Snapchat may be run by the youngest billionaire, but it apparently doesn't like the price of creating content and pulled its Snap Channel off Discover. Meanwhile, Twitter fires more than 300 employees, and one employee found out in a nasty way.











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Why humans prefer robots as flawed as we are
The slick, seemingly flawless robots of our sci-fi dreams may not be the best kind of bots to play with our kids and help care for us when we're sick, research suggests.











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This Kickstarter project wants you to build your own smartwatch
The Blocks smartwatch is meant to be customized and upgraded piece by piece to give you a choice of features like better battery life and GPS.











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