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Windborne becomes the latest cancelled Early Access game

By Eric David Jun 17, 2015

Buying an Early Access game is not without risk, and Steam even explicitly states “you should only buy an Early Access game if you are excited about playing it in its current state.” There…

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Vera launches metadata kill switch for Office 365

By Maria Deutscher Jun 17, 2015

Securing the growing volumes of data that employees keep in cloud-based services such as Office 365 has emerged as one of the greatest challenges for CIOs, but it still pales in comparison to the…

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Syncsort | Dell reference architecture to accelerate Hadoop ETL

By Mike Wheatley Jun 17, 2015

Big Data integration software provider Syncsort Inc. is teaming up with Dell Inc. and Cloudera Inc. in a bid to make Hadoop easier for enterprises to get up and running. Syncsort and Dell have…

TechStars acquires UP Global, the company behind Startup Weekend

By Duncan Riley Jun 17, 2015

Startup accelerator TechStars has acquired UP Global, the company behind Startup Weekend, Startup Week, Startup Next and Startup Digest programs. The acquisition isn’t hugely surprising given the two have had a long and illustrious relationship, with Startup…

Cloudera hires Google exec to lead its Hadoop development team

By Mike Wheatley Jun 17, 2015

Hadoop vendor Cloudera Inc. has made an interesting hire in the shape of Daniel Sturman, an 8-year Google exec who was most recently a VP of Engineering at the Internet giant. Sturman joined Cloudera…

Bedding down with your enemies: Now you can create and edit Microsoft Office documents from Box

By James Farrell Jun 17, 2015

In April we announced integration between Dropbox on the web and Microsoft Office Online. Now it seems that Box Inc. is following in the footsteps of one of its closest rivals by doing the…

iPhone 7 vs. Galaxy S7: Rumored release dates, specs, pricing and more

By Collen Kriel Jun 17, 2015

Rivals Apple and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd. compete for the high-end smartphone market and both companies are rumored to have new devices in the works. The rumor mill has, at different stages, reported that Apple’s…

Bitcoin exchange Kraken launches new dark pool exchange service

By Duncan Riley Jun 17, 2015

Bitcoin exchange Kraken (Payward, Inc.) has launched the Kraken dark pool, a new trading feature that allows Kraken clients to privately place Bitcoin orders and execute against similar-sized orders at potentially better prices than…

3 new messaging features coming in iOS 9

By Collen Kriel Jun 17, 2015

We know a fair bit about the new features in Apple’s upcoming iOS 9 – some Apple announced onstage last week, while others have been uncovered in the first beta by industrious developers. A…

Feds are investigating the St. Louis Cardinals for hacking the Houston Astros … seriously

By Duncan Riley Jun 17, 2015

In news you probably didn’t expect to read today, or any day for that matter, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced Wednesday that it is currently investigating Major League Baseball (MLB) team the…