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Star Citizen gets star studded cast for Squadron 42, including Gary Oldman, Andy Serkis, and more

By Eric David Oct 12, 2015

Despite the occasional delays and a few inflammatory news reports, Star Citizen remains one of the most highly anticipated games in development, and over the weekend developer Cloud Imperium Games raised expectations again with the announcement of…

Can Microsoft’s Surface Book help revitalize a PC market in steady decline?

By James Farrell Oct 12, 2015

During Microsoft’s big hardware event last week in New York perhaps the device that caused the biggest stir was the company’s first ever laptop, the Surface Book. At first glance it would be hard…

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What you missed in Big Data: Chasing the competition

By Maria Deutscher Oct 12, 2015

The buzz at Amazon Inc.’s annual re:Invent cloud conference last week spilled over into the analytics world following the introduction of a new business intelligence service promising to simplify the visualization of data stored on…

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What you missed at re:Invent: Container mania

By Maria Deutscher Oct 12, 2015

Five days every year, the industry takes a break from its usual competitive routine and turns its collective attention to Las Vegas, where Amazon Inc. sets the agenda for the next 12 months in the…

Biggest tech & Big Data takeover ever: Dell acquires EMC for a staggering $67b

By Duncan Riley Oct 12, 2015

It’s official: Dell, Inc. has announced a formal takeover offer for rival cloud computing company EMC Corp. The deal has been described by Bloomberg Business as the largest technology acquisition ever, with a deal…

iOS 9 tips and tricks: How to use the new News app in iOS 9

By Collen Kriel Oct 12, 2015

Currently available for download in the U.S., U.K., and Australia, Apple’s new News app – introduced alongside iOS 9 – lets you keep abreast of news articles from your favorite publications in one app. If…

iOS 9 tips and tricks: How to set a six-digit passcode in iOS 9

By Collen Kriel Oct 12, 2015

In addition to a new two-factor authentication method, Apple improved security in iOS 9 by changing the default length for passcodes on Touch ID-enabled iPhones and iPads to six digits, up from the four…

Alibaba’s AliCloud launches second U.S. data center

By Mike Wheatley Oct 12, 2015

AliCloud, the cloud computing arm of China’s Alibaba Group Holding Limited, has announced the opening of a second data center facility in Silicon Valley, and is inviting potential customers to sign up for its…

Big data takeover set to be announced Monday with Dell to acquire EMC for $50b+

By Duncan Riley Oct 12, 2015

Dell, Inc. is set to announce a formal takeover offer for rival cloud computing company EMC Corp. later today (Monday). Re/Code makes the claim on the timing of the announcement, first rumored last week,…

Social justice warrior forces Google to drop .bro extension in Brotli due to it being misogynistic

By Duncan Riley Oct 12, 2015

When does the file extension .bro come with sexist, evil, female-hating misogynistic overtones? Apparently it does when you live in the social justice-obsessed world of Silicon Valley with Google being forced to replace the…