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Landmark ruling blocks counterfeit e-tailers, and freedom of speech?
The UK high Court has made a first of its kind ruling in determining that internet service providers must crack down on websites selling fake goods. Five of the U.K.’s ISP providers, BT, EE, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin, which amounts to 95 percent of broadband users in the country, were ordered to “block or at ...
What you want: Top 10 requests for Windows 10
Prior to Microsoft.Corp’s release of Windows 10, the company has opened its ears to users by allowing the public to give feedback on what new features they would like to see. Soliciting consumer expectations on the upcoming version of Windows, Microsoft launched a suggestion forum via the Uservoice site. Users can also follow the creation of Windows ...
Microsoft smartwatch bets on 2-day battery life as speculation, rivals circle
Microsoft Corp. is gearing up to launch its smartwatch in a matter of weeks, according to a recent Forbes report. Not only will the device connect to your smartphone – Microsoft’s own Windows phones, Google Inc.’s Android phones and Apple Inc.’s iPhone, but it will act as a fitness tracker. The smartwatch will measure users’ heart rates throughout ...
Xbox One outselling Playstation 4 with its free games strategy?
In a bid to attract customers before the holidays and solidify a recent Xbox One sales boom that won’t go unnoticed by rivals, Microsoft Corp. is giving away two different special editions of the game Assassin’s Creed: Assassin’s Creed Unity and Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, when purchasing the new Xbox One, with or without Kinect ...
How to alienate women (and karma): Microsoft CEO’s sexist comment spotlights industry inequality
Following Microsoft Corp. Satya Nadella’s comment at last week’s Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing conference, that women shouldn’t sweat it if there is vast inequality of man-to-woman pay scales within the tech industry because “karma” will put things right, a media furor lambasting Nadella has taken place. The comment that sparked the controversy – following ...
Should Facebook cave to the growing need for online anonymity?
Considering the avalanche of customers choosing anonymous mobile chat apps these days, from WhisperText, LLC to Yik Yak, Inc., it may not come as a shock to hear that Facebook, Inc. plans to offer its users something similar in the way of anonymous interaction. A report in the New York Times revealed that the public could ...
Lookout’s big in Japan, where smartphone users will pay $275 to protect data
One in five Japanese smartphone owners have lost or misplaced their phone, according to a recent study by Lookout Inc. The mobile security provider also said that half of smartphone owners in Japan would be willing to pay up to $275 just to recover the data from a lost or stolen mobile device. Forbes reported that Lookout ...
The cloud is the future of television: new DVR Comcast service moves into San Francisco
Spreading cloud-connected television across the U.S., Comcast’s X1 DVR with Cloud Technology is now available to customers in the San Francisco Bay Area, joining Philadelphia, Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Houston and Washington D.C. The new service allows users to record their favourite shows and movies in the cloud, and subsequently stream those recordings to their ...