2012-05-17

Dell and IBM Announce Servers with New Intel Xeon Chips

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IBM and Dell both announced their new servers, which will feature Intel’s new Xeon E5-4600 and E5-2400 processors. The processors specialize in efficiency, producing faster and more powerful performance, while reducing data center costs. The new Xeon chips are faster, more powerful, and are specifically designed to handle faster data pathways on servers, allowing them [...]

GameStop to Sell Steam Wallet Codes in Stores

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GameStop plans to sell Steam Wallet codes in its stores for interested gamers. The two code types will value $20 and $50 dollars and will be redeemable online for Steam game purchases. GameStop announced its new partnership with Valve, the company responsible for Steam, yesterday in order to give its in-store customers easier access to [...]

Rovio Announces New Game with No Angry Birds

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Rovio is a software company that has skyrocketed to fame on the backs of wingless birds. Now, the Angry Birds developer has announced a new game, one that does not involve birds or snorting pigs. The new game is called Amazing Alex and has no connection to Angry Birds at all. Amazing Alex is actually [...]

Mozilla: Microsoft is Not Playing Fair, Again

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This week Mozilla has been rather vocal in its disgust with Microsoft’s plans to restrict the usage of third-party browsers on the mobile version of Windows 8. While Microsoft has been promoting the fancy new Metro user interface, it has also been busy locking it down, forcing users who want third party browsers to use [...]

Google to Test Driverless Cars on Nevada’s Public Streets

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If you’re in Nevada and run across a driverless car, don’t panic, it’s not really any danger to you, it’s not an apocalyptic scenario, it’s just a new technology being tested by Google on the state’s public streets. And they are not really driverless… The Internet and search giant has just received permission from the [...]

Grocery Shopping Relies Heavily on Mobile Technology

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Grocery shoppers use a variety of digital tools to research and plan purchases as a new study shows. Moreover, even if there aren’t many online grocery shoppers, those who purchase using online environments are frequent shoppers.

Nevada Gives Google a License to Drive without a Driver

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The state of Nevada is now issuing autonomous vehicle driver’s licenses to Google that will allow the company to test its self driving cars. Approved back in February, the new laws have several unique regulations that go along with the license plates. The new plates will have a red background with the infinity symbol, representing [...]

ICANN Collects $350 Million in gTLD Application Fees

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ICANN has revealed some shocking numbers for its new generic top-level domain (gTLD) applications. Since the application window opened in January, ICANN has received over 2,091 applicants and collected $350 Million. The application window closed April 12. It is not clear exactly what ICANN is going to do with all that money, as it is [...]

Microsoft Introduces $99 Xbox 360 Plan

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The advertisement for the plan reads “Jump into The Xbox Experience for only $99″ with a rather large asterisk next to the $99. In an unprecedented move for a gaming console, Microsoft is now offering the 4GB Xbox 360 for $99, along with a two-year commitment to pay $14.99 a month for Xbox Live Gold. [...]

The FBI Wants Backdoor Access to Social Networks, VoIP and Web Email Services

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The FBI is using its lobbying skills, negotiation tactics and convicting techniques to get backdoor access to social networks, VoIP providers and web email online services, warns CNET. Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo, and Google and many others are being approached in an attempt to convince their representatives not to oppose a rather shady legal proposal that [...]