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H1Z1 fans outraged by “Pay-to-win” mechanics

By Eric David Jan 16, 2015

Fans of Sony Online Entertainment’s (SOE) upcoming zombie survival game H1Z1 are outraged at the developer for allegedly breaking promises not to include pay-to-win mechanics. H1Z1 has just launched on Steam as an Early Access game, allowing players to…

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Google cloud gains ground in public sector with Australian pilot

By Maria Deutscher Jan 16, 2015

Google appears to have the inside track on a pilot cloud computing contract with the Australian Department of Defence, giving it an important victory in the race among cloud service providers to tap into…

China pumps $6.5B into state-backed venture capital fund

By Mike Wheatley Jan 16, 2015

China’s government is placing a big bet on its ability to innovate in the technology sector, with the creation of a state-backed venture capital fund worth $6.5 billion to invest in local startups. The…

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MapR CEO confirms plans for late-2015 IPO

By Maria Deutscher Jan 16, 2015

The race to to the stock exchange in the Hadoop ecosystem is entering its second phase. A month and a half after Hortonworks Inc. became the first distributor of the data crunching framework to…

Social media relieves stress in women—except when it causes it

By Eric David Jan 16, 2015

Does social media stress you out? The answer is more than likely “not really,” but a new study by the Pew Research Center’s Internet Project shows that social media can have a big impact…

Cloudian integrates Apache Hadoop to turn Big Data into ‘smart data’

By Mike Wheatley Jan 16, 2015

Hybrid cloud vendor Cloudian Inc. has expanded into Big Data analytics by fully integrating the Apache Hadoop platform into its HyperStore software. In addition, it’s also joined the Hortonworks Technology Partner Program and achieved…

Bitcoin payment processor EgoPay ceases trading, founders may have stolen millions

By Duncan Riley Jan 16, 2015

Bitcoin payment processor EgoPay has ceased trading, with unconfirmed reports that the founders of the company may have stolen millions in funds from clients. Problems at EgoPay surfaced late December when merchants started reporting that…

Xbox One drops price again, annoys early January buyers

By James Farrell Jan 16, 2015

There must be a good few Xbox One buyers out there feeling a little peeved at the moment after purchasing their console early in January when the Redmond company had decided to bring the…

Ross Ulbricht lawyer claims Mt Gox’s Mark Karpeles is Dread Pirate Roberts at Silk Road trial

By Duncan Riley Jan 16, 2015

Lawyers representing alleged Silk Road mastermind Ross Ulbricht have accused disgraced former Mt Gox CEO Mark Karpeles of being Dread Pirate Roberts, the operator and owner of Silk Road. As we reported January 13th, the…

Obituary: Google Glass 2011-2015

By Duncan Riley Jan 15, 2015

Google Glass. Born 2011 at Google X Lab, Mountain View, California. Died: January 15th, 2015 Mountain View, California. Glassholes across the world today mourned the passing of Google Glass, Google Inc.’s failed attempt at wearable…