Microsoft releases Office 2016 Mac Preview
Microsoft has unwrapped a surprise for Mac users after releasing a preview of Office 2016, available now. Mac users have been waiting sometime for a successor to Office 2011, and the preview, which is…
Police arrest five people over HK Bitcoin marketplace MyCoin scam
By Duncan Riley
Five people connected to disgraced Hong Kong-based Bitcoin marketplace MyCoin are reported to have been arrested Thursday. The South China Morning Post claims that the five arrested may not have been running the scam, but…
Strange bedfellows: Google deal with Microsoft sees AngularJS 2 adopting TypeScript
By Duncan Riley
In one of the more interesting meetings of minds in recent times, Google Inc., and Microsoft Corp. have announced that they are working together to merge two of their javascript technologies into the one…
Search solutions startup Swiftype raises $13 million Series B
By Duncan Riley
Search solutions startup Swiftype Inc. has raised $13 million Series B in a round from New Enterprise Associates. Based in San Francisco, Swiftype offers a hosted search solution that allows site owners to deliver customizable…
ESL announces mobile app for Katowice Intel Extremes Masters esports competition
By Kyt Dotson
If you’re an esports enthusiast going to Katowice, Poland to watch the Intel Extremes Masters Expo and ESL One tournaments this March 12-15 and you own a smartphone you are in for a treat.…
Wikibon
Syncsort acquires William Data to boost mainframe-Splunk integration
By Paul Gillin
Syncsort, Inc., one of the most durable independent software vendors, has acquired U.K.-based William Data Systems as part of its campaign to help enterprise mainframe users leverage the power of modern Big Data technologies to…
Smartwatch surprises at MWC 2015
Rumors were abundant regarding smartwatches to look out for at the Mobile World Congress 2015, including the LG Urbane, HTC Petra, Samsung Orbis and even a smartwatch from Huawei. So, which of these devices…
Sunday marks the first annual Bitcoin Women’s Day
By Kyt Dotson
This upcoming Sunday, March 8th, 2015, will be the first annual Bitcoin Women’s Day, an event designed to highlight and promote the accomplishments of women within the Bitcoin community. The event takes place on…
SanDisk shakes up the storage stack with new all-flash storage appliance
SanDisk, a company that’s best known for making consumer thumb drives and SD cards, made waves in the storage world this week by entering the market with a flash array that is claimed to be the…
Big Data
Understand Hadoop’s limitations in order to realize its full value
By Guest Author
A major issue facing Hadoop early adopters is… now what? While all the excitement about Hadoop is well justified, many people don’t fully understand its limitations – such as the difficulty of connecting and…