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Valve confirms it will showcase Steam Machines at GDC 2015

By Eric David Feb 13, 2015

After rumors arose that Valve Corporation had finalized its innovative haptic feedback controller design, the company has confirmed that it will be showcasing its Steam Machine console designs at Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2015 next…

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Catalogic unleashes ECX 2.0 to tame duplicate data in the enterprise

By Maria Deutscher Feb 13, 2015

Catalogic Software Inc. has launched a new version of its copy management platform that promises to help organizations make more efficient use of their storage capacity amid the rapid growth in unstructured data. The…

Xiaomi enters U.S. market without its smartphones

By Collen Kriel Feb 13, 2015

Xiaomi Inc., the fast-growing Chinese smartphone maker, has announced its cautious entry into the U.S. market. At the company’s first ever press event on U.S. soil in San Francisco yesterday, Xiaomi said that it…

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Rising SDN wave, Cisco sees demand for programmable gear soar in the second quarter

By Maria Deutscher Feb 13, 2015

Software-defined networking poses a threat to the expensive proprietary appliances that the current industry leaders make most their living selling, but that hasn’t stopped Cisco Systems Inc. from achieving record growth in the second…

Apple adds two-step authentication to iMessage and FaceTime, security expert says it’s not enough

By Collen Kriel Feb 13, 2015

Apple Inc. has rolled out two-step authentication to users of its messaging app, iMessage, and its video chat app, FaceTime, on iPhone, iPad and Mac. (via The Guardian) Two-step authentication aims to protect users…

Respected hedge fund loses faith in Apple and bets on Microsoft

By James Farrell Feb 13, 2015

Bridgewater Associates, a huge hedge fund – largest in the world says Institutional Investor – based in Westport, Connecticut, has revealed that it has diminished its holdings in Apple by almost 50 percent, according…

Web presence management company Conductor raises $27 million Series D

By Duncan Riley Feb 13, 2015

Conductor Inc. has raised $27 Million Series D in a round led by Catalyst Investors that included previous investors FirstMark Capital, Matrix Partners, Investor Growth Capital and new investor Blue Cloud Ventures. Founded in 2010…

Candy Crush Saga maker King acquires Seattle games studio Z2

By Duncan Riley Feb 12, 2015

Candy Crush Saga maker King Digital Entertainment PLC has acquired Seattle-based mobile game studio Z2Live Inc. (Z2) for $150 million, consisting of $45 million in cash up front, and up to $105 million of additional…

Blizzard’s virtual pet goat raises $1.9 million for Ebola charity

By Kyt Dotson Feb 12, 2015

During December 2014, World of Warcraft players raised $1.9 million by buying a special charity pet in game. Agri, a $10 blue goat stylized after the draenei race from the game, went on sale December…

Facebook reveals open-hardware network switch; should Cisco worry?

By Bert Latamore Feb 12, 2015

Facebook announced at its Networking @Scale event today that it will contribute the design of a new modular, open source data center network switch, nicknamed “6-pack”, to the Open Compute Project (OCP). This will…