Sony Acquires Cloud Gaming Company Gaikai

From X-bit Labs: Sony Computer Entertainment has purchased cloud gaming company Gaikai for about $380 million.

The latest acquisition is meant to build on Sony's gaming platforms, but it is currently unclear how the company will use Gaikai's technology. Some potential applications...

Nokia: We Have a Contingency Plan if Windows Phone Fails

From X-bit Labs: After the announcement of 10,000 global job cuts sent shares of Finnish phonemaker Nokia Oyj.'s (HEX:NOK1V) stock into a deeper tailspin, the executive ranks were rustled and a new chairman -- Risto Siilasmaa -- was installed.

Speaking with YLE.fi, a Finnish news...

G.Skill Ares F3-1866C10D-16GAB 2x8GB Review (Page 1 of 10)

Can you possibly have too much RAM? Back in the days, plugging in an extra set of memory into your computer is a simple upgrade that will bring you a big boost in performance. Nowadays, unless you are using very specialized applications (Hello, my proud fellow engineers), 8GB is usually than enough for majority of the users out there. Of course, I don't know what holds for the future, but for people like yours truly who classifies...

Rumor: Microsoft Office 2013 Beta Next Week

From DailyTech: A Dutch website called bouweenpc.nl claims to have sources reporting that Microsoft has completed the first public beta of Office 2013 and it will be released sometime next week. Microsoft has already showed a live public demo of the Windows RT version of Office 2013...

Apple to Update iTunes with iCloud Integration, Music Sharing

From DailyTech: Apple is planning to give its iTunes media player program a makeover later this year, which is to include new ways of sharing music and further iCloud integration.

ITunes has been Apple's media player since January 2001. It is used for playing, downloading and...

Micron Finalizes Deal to Acquire Elpida for $2.5 Billion

From X-bit Labs: Micron Technology has finalized terms of the deal to acquire Elpida Memory, the bankrupt maker of dynamic random access memory (DRAM), from Japan, according to a local media report. The U.S.-based maker of computer memory will pay around $2.5 billion for Elpida's...

HP Improves Thin Client Performance With New Tool

From PC World: Hewlett-Packard's new Velocity software helps IT staff optimize network performance for users who work on its thin or zero clients, the company said on Wednesday.

The Velocity software, which is installed on both client and server, has been designed to improve thin...

Google Unveils Android 4.1 Jelly Bean

From DailyTech: Google Inc. (GOOG) had a big day today announcing Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, the successor release to Ice Cream Sandwich. The new operating system build comes packing a plethora of new features and improvements, including adding some neat GUI animations that will be...

Google's Nexus Q Media Streamer Hits Site Before I/O Conference

From DailyTech: A mysterious device has appeared on the Google Play website ahead of its possible announcement at Google's annual I/O developer conference today.

The Nexus Q "social streaming media player" is cloud-based and can stream Google Play Music, Google Play Movies/TV, and...

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