Xbox One Could Be Microsoft’s Fertile Ground for Massively-Multiplayer Games

Kyt Dotson | May 23rd

The Xbox isn’t the place to go to for MMOs, free-to-play or otherwise. As a whole, consoles have not been that big of a breeding ground for massively-multiplayer online games and part of that may be due to...»

Twitter Finally Adds Two-Step Authentication To Block Hackers

Mike Wheatley | May 23rd

Twitter has finally done something about all the high-profile accounts hacks its been seeing, introducing a form of two-step authentication in order to help users better secure their accounts. The security measure means that those who...»

HTC’s Executive Exodus & Webbies Celebrate the GIF – SiliconANGLE News Roundup

Mellisa Tolentino | May 22nd

In today’s NewsDesk news roundup: HTC is losing more execs; AMD loses more sales despite processor market growth; Google Plus redesign rolls out to mobile and mobile web; Intel appoints Mike Bell to head emerging technology efforts;

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Has Xbox One Forgotten Its Roots? Hint: It’s Gaming.

Mellisa Tolentino | May 22nd

Microsoft finally unveiled the Xbox One, an all powerful all-in-one living room entertainment system that you could talk to to control other gadgets in your home.

Aside from being able to talk to it, Kinect

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Google Compute Engine’s Entry Into the Public Cloud Highlights Industry Pricing War

Ryan Cox | May 22nd

Google Compute Engine's (GCE) entry into the public cloud market highlights the pricing war going on amongst the web giants that have begun to commoditize their infrastructure. The playing field in the cloud...»

Big Data, Internet-of-Things, Fast Analytics Driving Business Change

Bert Latamore | May 22nd

The combination of Big Data, Internet-of-Things, and fast analytics is creeping into our personal and business lives. CIOs need to pay attention and develop strategies for their companies to take advantage of the possibilities,

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HTC’s Doomed. It’s Dying, Dead, No One Can Save It. Goodbye.

Mellisa Tolentino | May 22nd

It's no secret that the HTC ship is sinking, but the smartphone maker could be about to expire faster than we realized if the rate at which executives are abandoning ship is any indication

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Microsoft Gets Gangsta: Xbox One Muscles In On Used Games Market

Mike Wheatley | May 22nd

The Xbox One looks fantastic, but one thing that gamers have been worried about is their ability to play pre-owned games on the console. The good news is that Microsoft has confirmed that this will...»

How To Use Google Search with Conversations

Mellisa Tolentino | May 22nd

Google has quietly introduced “conversational search” to Google Search users using the Chrome browser.  The feature was introduced during last week’s Google I/O, and though some claim it’s not really new since the feature already exists on

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Java SE Gets New Version Numbering Scheme

Isha Suri | May 22nd

Oracle recently announced the new version numbering scheme for Java Standard Edition (SE). The new release numbering scheme has been devised for upcoming Java SE releases.

“With the recent increase of security releases we have been skipping numbers
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