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MongoDB 3.0 takes aim at the enterprise
MongoDB Inc. is rolling out a new release of its namesake document database aimed at addressing some of the enterprise requirements that have so far gone overlooked in the rush to move away from…
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VMware reboots its virtualization stack for the hybrid cloud
Not wanting to keep the industry waiting until its annual user conference in August, VMware held an offbeat webcast on Monday afternoon to introduce the next generation of its cloud technologies. The main highlight…
Soon RuneScape players will be able to buy virtual items with bitcoins
By Kyt Dotson
Jagex Games Studio, UK-based massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) developer, just announced that it has enabled bitcoin payments for the ever-popular and venerable MMO game RuneScape. This means that gamers who inhabit…
Too smart home? Here’s the old school alternatives to uber-techie tools
As technology continues to advance with each passing day, the focus on upping the ante on consumer convenience has never been higher. Simple products have evolved into high-tech gadgets with the primary purpose of…
KnCMiner raises $15 million in Series B investment, announces 16nm chip
By Kyt Dotson
Bitcoin mining hardware vendor KnCMiner AB announced today that it raised $15 million in Series B investment. This round is led by Accel Partners with participation from existing investors Creandum, a Stockholm and Palo…
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Hortonworks takes Hadoop governance into its own hands with new community initiative
Hortonworks Inc. is launching a new community initiative aimed at tightening the control around the growing amounts of information that organizations are feeding into their Hadoop clusters. The initiative builds on the newly public…
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DataStax buys TitanDB developer, enters red-hot graph database market
By Paul Gillin
In a bid to bring together two of the hottest new database management technologies – the Apache Cassandra NoSQL columnar store and graph databases – DataStax, Inc. today announced that it has acquired Aurelius…
DARPA wants behavior-based biometrics to replace passwords
The United States’ military mad-tech unit, better known as DARPA (the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency) is building a behavior-based biometric identification system that it believes could one day replace traditional passwords. DARPA apparently…
Old fridges get connected with GE-Wink collaboration
This week’s Smart Living roundup features one company’s plans for connecting your old refrigerator to the Internet, news of a giant chip maker acquiring a semiconductor company for its push into the Internet of…
Ubisoft reactivates fraudulent game codes for some players
By Eric David
Ubisoft Entertainment S.A. has changed its mind about blocking players who bought game codes from less than reputable sources, and today the company announced that it would be reinstating access to the owners of…