Microsoft pays Machinima partners to mention Xbox One on Video


A report has surfaced today that claims Microsoft has done something that seems a bit shady. The report claims that Microsoft is paying Machinima video partners to post videos on YouTube that mention...

Dr Dre’s Beats Music Service Launched Today


Finally, Dr Dre’s brainchild has entered the scene and it looks like it is here to stay. Beats Music comes with unlimited streaming service. You get to choose from millions upon millions of songs by...

Drew Barrymore has No Regrets


Actress Drew Barrymore appeared in Steven Spielberg’s E.T. as a child actor. What happened after that is another story. She entered rehab at the young age of 13 for drug abuse and alcoholism. Then...

The Sad Case Of Sony’s Locked Sony Xperia Z1S Bootloader On T-Mobile


The news that T-Mobile USA will be locking the bootloader of the Sony Xperia Z1S (a custom variant of Sony’s flagship Android handset the Xperia Z1) is a surprise to me for two reasons. The first is...

New Flash Solutions To Enable All Flash Data Centers


Flash memory is finding its way into more storage systems, augmenting and sometimes replacing slower digital storage technology, such as hard disk drives.  As flash memory gets less expensive...

Startup Kateeva Aimes at Killing LCD TV Displays


There are few problems harder in technology than bringing a new type of display to market. Since the invention of television and the CRT in the early 1900s, it’s been successfully pulled off twice....

The iPhone 6: Five Features It Must Have To Stay In The Game


Having owned the last three major revisions of Apple’s iPhone and had extensive use of other handsets besides, I believe the iPhone 6 will be one of the most significant launches yet of an Apple...

Gabe Newell Is ‘Fine’ With EA’s Origin On Steam Machines


While Valve’s fleet of Steam Machines may be laying the groundwork for some massive future shift in console and PC gaming, in their current form, it’s hard to think off too many reasons to run out...

Court Prods FCC In Unexpected Direction In Last Week’s Verizon Ruling


By Andy Oram A court ruling this past Tuesday on FCC “network neutrality” regulation closes and opens a few paths in a three-way chess game that has been going on for years between the US District...