Sony sells off Sony Online Entertainment, maker of EverQuest and H1Z1

From PC World: Sony has sold Sony Online Entertainment, an Internet games company it established in the 1990s, to investment firm Columbus Nova.

SOE has been renamed Daybreak Game Company and will operate as an independent game development studio producing titles for the PlayStation and Xbox...

Lollipop nibbles off 1.6 percent of Android devices

From CNET: Android 5.0 Lollipop finally has enough market share to appear on Google's radar.

According to the latest version of the Android Developers Dashboard, published on Monday, Lollipop has found itself a home on 1.6 percent of Android devices. That percentage accounts for all Android devices...

ARCTIC Z2 Pro Review

Just like the difference between the letter of the law and the spirit of the law, there is a difference between being correct, and being merely technically correct. As someone who was born near the very beginning of the nineties, it is fair for me to say I grew up in the nineties. Recently, someone told me they were also born and grew up in the nineties -- except for the fact she was born in November 1999. Can someone born in November 1999...

Raspberry Pi 2 is six times faster than Pi 1, supports Windows 10

From PC World: The Raspberry Pi 2 is now shipping, and you can buy it for the same price as the previous model. And get this: For the first time the mini-computer will support Microsoft’s Windows—specifically, Windows 10 for the development of smart devices and appliances.

At $35, the new computer...

Yahoo search steps up in US with Firefox deal

From CNET: Yahoo's deal with Firefox maker Mozilla seems to have reversed years of hard times trying to reclaim its search-engine popularity lost to rival Google.

Under the late-2014 deal, US Firefox users see search results from Yahoo instead of Google unless they specifically set their browser's...

Noctua NH-U9S Review (Page 1 of 4)

You probably have heard the saying "good things come in small packages" before. I have heard this a lot, as they generally say this to make shorter people feel better. However, I can say it can be very true. In the winter of 2010, I was going to have my wisdom teeth extracted. When my sister had nothing to do for the weeks following she lost her wisdom teeth, I realized I should find something to occupy my time with. Thus, I decided to learn an...

Intel wants to banish cables, connectors with new Broadwell chips

From InfoWorld: Bring a laptop into the room, and it wirelessly links to your monitors, external hard drive and printer. That's Intel's vision of a wire-free world for PCs with its new Core chips based on the Broadwell microarchitecture.

Intel announced Thursday the availability of the new fifth...

Subscribe to Daily Computer + Technology News, Reviews, Discussion