Netflix Announces 7-to-1 Stock Split, Eyes Explosive Overseas Growth

From DailyTech: Thus far 2015 has brought a series of key moral victories for the market's top streaming video service, Netflix Inc. (NFLX). CEO Reed Hastings' persistent promotion of net neutrality helped to rally the political momentum necessary for February's ratification of new open internet...

RubyGems DNS flaw now patched after second try

From ComputerWorld: A revised patch has been released for a flaw in the distribution platform for Ruby applications, RubyGems, which could be used to deliver malware to someone trying to download a program.

RubyGems lets people search for a "gem," which is a packaging format for Ruby applications...

Oracle completes its stack of cloud services

From PC World: Oracle has launched a number of new cloud services that the company claims will provide enterprises with all the tools they need to run their operations in the cloud.

“We’re now able to call our cloud services complete, with today’s announcement. You can now move all your...

Verizon closes $4.4 billion purchase of AOL

From CNET: Verizon and AOL are officially hitched, closing a $4.4 billion tie-up the companies unveiled last month.

AOL, which started as one of the most prominent pioneers of the early Internet, will now become a subsidiary of Verizon, the largest wireless carrier in the US. Despite that lesser...

Xbox Outsold 108-to-1 By PS4 in Japan, Weekly Sales Fall to 100 Units

From DailyTech: Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) can expect that Japan would be somewhat of a challenging market, given national pride in its domestic rivals of Microsoft -- PS4-maker Sony Corp. (TYO:6758) and Wii U/Nintendo 3DS-crafter Nintendo Comp., Ltd. (TYO:7974). Still, given a market of 120 million...

Apple quietly dumps the original iPad Mini

From ComputerWorld: Apple quietly stopped selling the original iPad Mini, the 7.9-in. tablet that debuted in 2012.

The smaller sibling to the 9.7-in. iPad no longer appears on Apple's online store, a fact first reported by 9to5Mac.com earlier Friday.

The iPad Mini had been superseded by a pair of...

Fingerprint sensors on their way to more smartphones

From PC World: Fingerprint authentication will become a lot more common on smartphones of all prices as sensors get cheaper—and Google’s integration of the technology in the next version of Android will make it much easier for app developers and service providers to make use of them.

Today...

PlayStation 4 to get 1-terabyte treatment in July

From CNET: Sony has confirmed that it will offer a 1-terabyte edition of its PlayStation 4.

The new 1TB PS4 Ultimate Player Edition will launch in select European and PAL territories starting July 15, Sony said in a blog post published Monday. PAL is the video standard used across most of the world...

SilverStone Tundra TD03-E Review (Page 1 of 4)

Taking a short trip down memory lane, I could still remember the days when I was still in elementary, and would be ecstatic when the teacher announced there will be group projects in the class. This was a time of exploring the computers at school, and doing online activities to find out more information about the material we were learning about. The first project I was assigned in my Grade 4 geography class was a project about the different types...

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