From DailyTech: Midway through the eighth generation of the console wars, Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) is hard doing its best to close the gap with Japan's Sony Corp.'s (TYO:6758) Playstation 4 (PS4). The efforts -- including software bundles and a price drop to $399 USD -- appear to be working. Now...
From InfoWorld: Beleaguered smartphone manufacturer BlackBerry could go Android with its next device, abandoning development of its own platform in the interest of getting a more robust ecosystem of apps into the hands of its few remaining users, according to a report from Reuters.
Citing anonymous...
From PC World: Amazon.com has published its first transparency report describing how it has responded to requests from law enforcers for information about its customers.
The company fielded 813 subpoenas, 25 search warrants, 13 court orders and fewer than 250 national security requests from U.S...
From PC World: Asustek Computer may be considering a bid for HTC, but HTC said Monday it wants nothing do with it.
On Friday, Asus Chairman Jonney Shih said he wouldn’t dismiss the possibility of buying HTC.
Such a move could help both companies: Asus has been trying to move beyond its traditional...
From CNET: Bethesda Softworks, the company behind some of the most popular video game franchises in the world, is launching a specialized social network connecting game players together to compete and discuss its games, as well as share modifications they'd made, such as custom multiplayer maps...
As a country that is "True North strong and free", Canada has a vast amount of land that can be considered as "tundra". Yet, with climate change on the move, what people used to consider as tundra is becoming more like the tropics. Well, maybe not to that extreme, but you get the point. As one would expect, no one in the right mind would ever walk around way up in the Canadian Arctic with nothing but a T-shirt and shorts. Instead, you would...
If you have read my other reviews, you will find I am quite involved in sports, whether it be playing them or watching it on television. All sports, whether team-based or individual events, have famous rivalries between opponents. This can put friends against friends, and even form match-ups within a family. You have probably heard of many blood relations in the same sport, whether it is the Williams' sisters in tennis, Pau and Marc Gasol in...
From InfoWorld: Embattled Twitter CEO Dick Costolo will leave the social networking company on July 1, a move that comes after months of intense pressure from disgruntled investors.
Twitter co-founder and Chairman Jack Dorsey will be taking over as interim CEO while the company looks for a new...
From PC World: A deal for Taiwanese PC maker Asustek Computer to buy struggling phone-maker HTC makes sense to some, and on Friday Asus’s chairman said he wouldn’t rule it out.
An acquisition of HTC would certainly help the PC maker boost its presence in the smartphone market. Asus has only...
From CNET: Nvidia is acquiring TransGaming technology designed to tie the disparate worlds of PCs, game consoles and smart TVs closer together.
The US chipmaker's acquisition, announced on Thursday, adds TransGaming technology to Nvidia GameWorks, a project designed to improve the gaming industry...
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