BlackBerry results paint a bleak future for its phones

From CNET: The clock is ticking on BlackBerry's phone business, and it looks like time is almost up.

BlackBerry CEO John Chen has repeatedly vowed to exit the phone business if it continued to be unprofitable. If Chen sticks to his word, BlackBerry phones may soon be a thing of the past. The...

Instagram will soon automatically translate foreign languages in-app

From CNET: Fresh off hitting 500 million users, Instagram has announced that user bios, comments and captions posted in foreign languages will be automatically translated to the user's native language.

Now, we can better enjoy the snaps of breakfast, dogs and memes posted by our friends abroad (and...

Google Fiber will add urban coverage and wireless by acquiring Webpass

From PC World: Google Fiber is acquiring Internet service provider Webpass to be able to increase its urban coverage quickly and offer customers a combination of fiber and wireless delivery of high-speed Internet.

For Google Fiber, which has typically worked with cities in planning and building a...

IBM wants to sell Power servers based on OpenCompute designs

From InfoWorld: IBM is warming up to the idea of adding servers using its Power processors and the OpenCompute open design to its product portfolio.

"I'm going to bring OpenCompute servers into my portfolio at some point so that I'm offering directly to the marketplace if there's a demand for it,"...

Sony to pay millions to settle spurned gamers' PS3 lawsuit

From CNET: Sony has agreed to pay millions of dollars to settle a long-running class-action lawsuit over the removal of support for the Linux operating system in its PlayStation 3 console.

The lawsuit stemmed from Sony's decision in 2010 to eliminate the "Other OS" option available in all pre-Slim...

Samsung's Gear 360 goes on sale in US on 'limited basis' for $350

From CNET: VR enthusiasts in the US can finally get their hands on Samsung's Gear 360 virtual reality camera -- if they're going to an online video conference in California.

The South Korean company on Wednesday said it will start selling the camera in the US "on a limited basis" for $350...

Amazon leapfrogs to third biggest video streamer by traffic

From CNET: Amazon's video service has surged in usage in the last year, jumping to third place behind Netflix and YouTube by traffic in North America.

Amazon Video accounted for 4.3 percent of downstream internet traffic during peak evening viewing hours in North America, according to network...

Microsoft invokes Supreme Court opinion in Ireland email case

From InfoWorld: Microsoft believes its refusal to turn over email held in Ireland to the U.S. government got a boost from an opinion of the Supreme Court on Monday, which upheld that U.S. laws cannot apply extraterritorially unless Congress has explicitly provided for it.

In a decision Monday in a...

Cooler Master MasterBox 5 First Look

Customization is an interesting thing when it comes to computers. For a while, just being able to swap out parts and components was as custom as you would get. This did not stop users from painting their cases, adding internal lights, and making it look nice. However, with Cooler Master's continuous campaign to "Make it Yours", it is no wonder practically all of their current products have some sort of customization in it. Today is another interesting case, but it is not anything new. Considering it was already showed to us at CES in January, it was just a matter of time when it would show up at our doors. Today we are taking a first look at the Cooler Master MasterBox 5, a more budget friendly case with a lot of ways to make it your own. Let us see what Cooler Master has delivered to us in today's preview.

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