PlayStation TV to cross pond, make way to US, Canada for $99

From CNET: The Sony set-top box that allowed gamers to play PlayStation Vita games on their televisions and launched last year in Japan is heading to North America.

That device, formerly known as the PlayStation Vita TV and now known as the PlayStation TV, is headed to the US and Canada later this...

Google unseats Microsoft as the U.S. browser powerhouse

From InfoWorld: Google has unseated rival Microsoft as the leading browser maker in the U.S. for the first time, Adobe said last week, citing data from its analytics platform. The rise in Google's domestic fortunes followed Microsoft's reduction to second fiddle worldwide in May 2013.

According to...

Motorola debuts 64GB Moto X with a 'Try then buy' promo

From PC World: We're still waiting on Motorola to officially out the Moto X+1, which is expected to launch in late summer or early fall. In the meantime, however, the company has quietly introduced a 64GB version of the company's current flagship device, the Moto X, for $450 without a contract...

Computer fools humans, passes Turing Test

From CNET: It wasn't Siri, nor a souped-up Scarlett Johansson.

However, it seems that artificial intelligence has gone even further toward a time when it will fool us that it's just like us.

A Russian-based team is said to be the first to create a program that passed the Turing Test. Named after...

Microsoft's $399 Xbox One Goes on Sale Without Kinect

From DailyTech: As promised, Microsoft is today opening up sales of its Xbox One console that isn’t bundled with the Kinect camera accessory. First announced back in mid-May, the Kinect-less console won’t hit your wallet as hard thanks to its price tag of $399 ($100 less than the Xbox One/Kinect...

Kingston MobileLite G3 Review

Since November of last year, I have been taking pictures with my dSLR, as I picked a Canon T3i during the most recent Black Friday. Hopefully you have seen the difference in the photos compared to my last camera, a small Canon PowerShot SD780 IS. Of course, I still have a lot to learn, and getting a better camera does not necessarily make you a better photographer, but it sure makes it more fun. After that, the next thing I purchased was a Canon...

Safari, Chrome push to mask URLs

From InfoWorld: Safari on OS X Yosemite will mask most of a URL in its top-of-window address bar, following in the footsteps of Safari on iOS, and beating Google's Chrome, which is experimenting with the same design, to the desktop.

While not strictly a trend, the decision by Apple to mask all but...

Verizon threatens to sue Netflix in war of words over video quality

From PC World: Verizon has threatened to sue Netflix after the video streaming company started displaying error messages that blamed Verizon for low-quality video streams.

In a letter Thursday to Netflix’s General Counsel David Hyman, Randal S. Milch, Verizon’s general counsel referred to reports...

Microsoft: Xbox One is 10 percent more powerful without Kinect

From CNET: PlayStation 4 fans who have long pegged Microsoft's competing Xbox One as the weaker console may have to rethink their stance on the next-gen graphics crown.

After Xbox head Phil Spencer tweeted yesterday that June Xbox One developer kits would have access to more juice from the console...

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