Dell to sell off “non-core” businesses to pay back EMC debt
With just weeks to go before EMC Corp. shareholders meet to vote on whether or not to go ahead and merge with Dell Inc., the two companies have put together documentation arguing the case…
Dropbox bails out of Amazon’s cloud
Dropbox Inc. built the world’s most popular file sharing and storage service on the back of Amazon Web Service’s cloud infrastructure, but after years hosting its services in the cloud, it’s now using its…
Microsoft to open up Minecraft world for AI developers through open-source AIX program
Microsoft has said it’s going to make its AIX platform for testing artificial intelligence projects open-source. AIX is currently used by Microsoft Research, Redmond’s boffin lab, and is also available as a private beta…
John Oliver on why Apple’s products aren’t really safe, but why the tech giant has every right to protect our privacy
In an ongoing case that is surely going to become a landmark issue concerning how we live today, satirist and comedian John Oliver laid down his views concerning Apple vs. FBI. If you don’t know…
Skype for Web gets an update: How to make calls, receive notifications, add non-users to a chat, more
By Collen Kriel
A web version of Skype was introduced last year, allowing you to access your Skype conversations from any computer without first having to install the desktop app. To align Skype for Web with the…
Windows 10 Store Bitcoin payment removal “a mistake,” says Microsoft in statement
By Kyt Dotson
Last night, many people noticed that Microsoft had quietly removed the Bitcoin payments option from the Windows 10 and Windows Mobile stores—speculation has gone far and wide as to exactly why that happened. After…
Running the VR gauntlet at #GDC: Hands on virtual reality reviews
Gamers and developers agree: virtual reality (VR) is the next step in immersive gaming. Until the day we get holo-chambers with infinite space for movement, it’s the best we’re going to get as well.…
Hands on: Virtual reality with Intel RealSense at #GDC 2016
The Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco is just picking up, and already it’s clear that virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) will be big focuses of the show. So one would…
Public cloud performance: You don’t always get what you pay for
When it comes to features, security and support from public cloud service providers (CSPs), there’s often a direct correlation between price and what is delivered. That isn’t the case with performance, according to research…
Alooma raises $11M to make ETL less of a pain
Before an analyst can dig into a new dataset, the information has to be physically moved from its original host system to an environment with the necessary tools for the job, which is much…