Google unveils showcase games for indie developers conference

From CNET: Attendees at next month's Google Play Indie Games Festival will have a chance to play more than two dozen new games, some of which are not yet widely available.

Google on Monday unveiled the 30 Android games selected from more than 200 submissions vying for a chance to be exhibited at...

Cloud player Rackspace goes private in $4.3B deal

From InfoWorld: A private equity firm has signed an agreement to buy major cloud player Rackspace for $4.3 billion.

Rackspace announced today that Apollo Global Management, a U.S.-based investment manager, will acquire the company in a deal that will give Rackspace shareholders $32 per share.

"Our...

SteelSeries Rival 700 Review (Page 1 of 4)

A few weeks ago, I was hanging out with some of my friends, when suddenly someone I did not know jumped into a conversation with me. About ten minutes later, I realize the guy just would not stop talking, even though I was clearly not interested in carrying on the discussion. When he started to go on about how the FBI wanted him because he knows some secret the American government does not want out (Seems legit -- I mean, we are in Canada), there...

Intel spreads 3D NAND to inexpensive consumer and enterprise SSDs

From InfoWorld: Intel is expanding its lineup of SSDs with its 3D NAND chips with more affordable consumer and enterprise drives.

The 3D NAND chips have a structure that makes SSDs durable and fast but was only available in a handful of drives. The new SSDs support the NVMe protocol, which offers...

Sprint launches pricier unlimited plan with HD video

From CNET: Sprint now has an unlimited plan for people who can't get enough video on their phones.

The nation's fourth-largest carrier unveiled "Unlimited Freedom Premium," which offers the same free-for-all as its "Unlimited Freedom" option, but also throws in high-definition video. The plan costs...

Dropbox urges some users to change their passwords

From PC World: Dropbox is asking users who signed up before mid-2012 to change their passwords if they haven’t done so since then.

The cloud storage service said it was asking users to change their passwords as a preventive measure, and not because there is any indication that their accounts were...

Google Fiber reportedly ordered to cut costs, downsize

From CNET: Google Fiber, a subsidiary of Google parent company Alphabet, has fallen "well short" of its subscriber goals and is now looking to cut costs, according to a report Thursday from The Information.

Alphabet co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have been unhappy with the rollout and costs...

Google Fiber flips the switch on super-fast internet in Salt Lake City

From CNET: Google Fiber is live in Salt Lake City and ready to serve the internet needs of Utah's capital.

The web giant made the announcement Tuesday in a tweet that invited residents to check whether the super-high-speed Internet and TV services are available at their address and sign up for...

New GDDR6 memory could hit GPUs in 2018

From InfoWorld: Virtual reality and gaming are changing the way PCs are built and driving the development of new types of memory for GPUs.

A successor to the GDDR5 memory used in most GPUs -- called GDDR6 -- will be on its way by 2018, according to a presentation by Samsung executive Jin Kim at the...

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