From InfoWorld: Netflix, accused of taking advantage of Internet fast lanes while calling on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to prohibit them, has defended its practice of signing traffic peering agreements with large broadband providers.
Netflix's traffic interconnection deals with...
From PC World: Do you trust Facebook to do the right thing with Oculus Rift? Would you trust any multi-billion dollar company to so thoroughly dominate a new technology that there's no room for competitors to maneuver?
Probably not.
But that's what Razer hopes to short-circuit with its OSVR, or...
From CNET: Samsung may be releasing Tizen on all of its 2015 smart TVs, but owners of its older devices are out of luck.
Joe Stinziano, executive vice president of Samsung Electronics America, told CNET on Monday that it won't work for the company to update older Samsung smart TVs to Tizen.
"It is...
From DailyTech: Xiaomi, Inc. -- a Chinese gadget maker who's rocketed to third place in global sales and first place in sales in its home country -- reported some results of its record-setting 2014 year of sales, hot on the heels of its recent $45B USD valuation.
The OEM, who just raised $1.1B USD...
From PC World: Move over, Tegra K1, you’re already obsolete. At a Sunday night press conference, Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang launched a new mobile superchip, the Tegra X1. If Nvidia has its way, the X1 will be the graphics and artificial intelligence engine for the car of tomorrow.
The Tegra X1...
From InfoWorld: Thinner, lighter, faster ... expensive: Here come Lenovo's new ThinkPads, which also have longer battery life.
Lenovo hasn't radically changed the new ThinkPads, and for good reason. Its committed user base resists product overhauls. Headlined by the ultrathin ThinkPad Carbon X1 and...
From PC World: Launching a feature phone at the beginning of 2015 may seem strange, but Microsoft is convinced there is still a market for the Nokia 215 as a second phone and in parts of the world were electricity is scarce and budgets are small.
Microsoft calls Nokia 215 the company’s most...
From CNET: HP's biggest consumer PC announcement at CES 2015 is a very small one -- a pair of pocket-sized desktop computers called the Pavilion Mini and the Stream Mini.
Small form-factor desktop PCs enjoyed their greatest popularity several years ago. It was the era of the media center computer...
Happy New Year! When it comes to being a position of great importance, it is easy to think being the first in command is the most desirable job. However, I would like to propose today that, while being at the top does have its perks and benefits, being second-to-one may actually be better than being second-to-none in many ways. For example, in US politics, it seems to me that no matter who the President is, or what he does, at least half the...
From PC World: If you got a PlayStation 4 for Christmas but network outages spoiled your fun, Sony wants to make it up to you.
Sony Computer Entertainment America will offer 10 percent off PlayStation Store purchases including games, TV shows and movies as a gesture of thanks for users’ patience...
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