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PlayStation Network and Xbox Live hacked on Xmas Day, forcing millions of gamers offline

By Mike Wheatley Dec 26, 2014

Thousands of video gamers had their Christmas Day fun ruined yesterday thanks to a bunch of mischievous hackers who contrived to knock out both Sony’s PlayStation Network and Microsoft’s Xbox Live online gaming service…

Smokin: Bitcoin comes to Burning Man

By Duncan Riley Dec 25, 2014

Bitcoin is headed directly to the Black Rock Desert, Nevada by way of the annual Burning Man festival. The Burning Man Project, the 501(c)(3) nonprofit public benefit organization behind the festival started accepting Bitcoin…

Pirates flock to The Interview as Sony blocks global distribution

By Duncan Riley Dec 25, 2014

Seth Rogan & James Franco’s new movie The Interview was released yesterday and it looks like it might be a hit, at least on BitTorrent. The movie features a plot to kill North Korea’s President Kim Jong-Un…

Facebook tests the waters with new video pages

By Eric David Dec 25, 2014

Facebook Inc. is trying out a new format for video pages, using a small number of big name Facebook pages to test out the new design. One of the first pages to get the new look…

Bitcoin voted worst currency in 2014

By Duncan Riley Dec 24, 2014

Bitcoin has been voted the worst currency in 2014, following a year of downward fluctuations in the still young open cryptocurrency market. Bloomberg makes the claim, highlighting that Bitcoin did even worse than the Russian…

Predicting DDoS into 2015: Distributed attacks will only get badder maybe not bigger

By Kyt Dotson Dec 24, 2014

The use of distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS) has become the mainstay of Internet mayhem groups, hactivist protests, and even hacker warfare. Across 2014 there has been a certain amount of evolution of…

The Interview now available on Google Play, Youtube & Xbox

By Duncan Riley Dec 24, 2014

Seth Rogan and James Franco fans will have something extra to celebrate this Christmas with news that The Interview is now available on Google Play, YouTube and Xbox. The distribution of the movie had previously been canned following…

Embedded analytics will drive smarter decisions, says Pentaho: 2015 Tech Predictions

By Suzanne Kattau Dec 24, 2014

In 2015, Big Data will meet the “Big Blender” where unstructured data will blend with more traditional, relational data; Big Data will transform traditional industrial businesses, and business users will increasingly consume analytics embedded…

LibertyX makes it easy to buy Bitcoins this Christmas

By Mellisa Tolentino Dec 24, 2014

Buying Bitcoin is now as simple as paying for a pack of gum at your favorite convenience store. Just pay cash and get the product in return, but in this case, you get a…

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IDC says one-third of IT equipment spending now goes to cloud deployments

By Maria Deutscher Dec 24, 2014

Nearly one-third of combined worldwide server, disk storage, and Ethernet switch infrastructure spending in the third quarter of 2014 came from cloud deployments, with payouts split nearly evenly between public and private clouds, according…

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PlayStation Network and Xbox Live hacked on Xmas Day, forcing millions of gamers offline

Smokin: Bitcoin comes to Burning Man

Pirates flock to The Interview as Sony blocks global distribution

Facebook tests the waters with new video pages

Bitcoin voted worst currency in 2014

Predicting DDoS into 2015: Distributed attacks will only get badder maybe not bigger

The Interview now available on Google Play, Youtube & Xbox

Embedded analytics will drive smarter decisions, says Pentaho: 2015 Tech Predictions

LibertyX makes it easy to buy Bitcoins this Christmas

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