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19 Mar 2015
Sony’s PlayStation Vue online TV service launched
Sony’s PlayStation Vue online TV service launched NEW YORK: Sony has launched its PlayStation Vue web video service in three cities, targeting customers looking for cheaper alternatives to cable with packages starting at $50. The web and cloud-based television service, which allows users to access live TV and on-demand video, has been in test mode
19 Mar 2015
Didn’t pay for Windows? You might still get Windows 10 for free
Didn’t pay for Windows? You might still get Windows 10 for free Microsoft hopes to convert pirate users into paying customers — or at least get them off XP The dust is beginning to clear following Windows chief Terry Myerson’s presentation in Shenzhen, China, a few hours ago. Bottom line, as best we know: If
19 Mar 2015
Microsoft open-sources .Net build system
Microsoft open-sources .Net build system The MSBuild engine is now available on GitHub, and Microsoft intends to bring it to Linux and Mac OS X MSBuild, the build platform for Microsoft’s Visual Studio toolset and the .Net Platform, is now open source, marking the software giant’s latest embrace of the open source movement. Made available
18 Mar 2015
Adobe reinvents Acrobat for mobile and cloud
Adobe reinvents Acrobat for mobile and cloud Adobe is repackaging many of its existing e-signing and form-routing tools into a pay-as-you-go service akin to its Creative Cloud Talk of the paperless office has come and gone for years, with common document formats, like Adobe’s PDF, partly bridging the gap. Adobe’s new service, Document Cloud, is
18 Mar 2015
New 3D printer claims to be 25X to 100X faster than the competition
New 3D printer claims to be 25X to 100X faster than the competition Carbon3D says its Continuous Liquid Interface Production printing process can create objects in minutes versus hours A 3D printing company has just emerged from quiet mode to announce its technology: a machine that can create objects 25 to 100 times faster
18 Mar 2015
Hundreds of Android and iOS apps are still vulnerable to FREAK attacks
Hundreds of Android and iOS apps are still vulnerable to FREAK attacks Hundreds of Android and iOS apps are still vulnerable to a dangerous attack revealed two weeks ago that can compromise encrypted data, a security vendor said Tuesday. The apps have not yet been patched against the FREAK attack, short for Factoring attack on
17 Mar 2015
Nokia’s new $29 Lumia sets new bar for low-cost connectivity
Nokia’s new $29 Lumia sets new bar for low-cost connectivity At CES today, Nokia unveiled a new ultra-low-cost phone that’s meant to increase basic internet and phone options for buyers on tight budgets in developing markets. The Nokia 215 is a modest device, with a 2.4-inch screen, 0.3 megapixel camera, 320×240 pixel display, and dual
17 Mar 2015
Why Apple will offer a stylus for the iPad Pro
Why Apple will offer a stylus for the iPad Pro There is quite a bit of hand-wringing over rumors that the likely iPad Pro will feature some type of active stylus — as if it would be a betrayal of Jobs’ “let them use fingers” legacy. The reality is that the iPad has already moved
17 Mar 2015
Windows 10: Microsoft raises the stakes for mobile Windows
Windows 10: Microsoft raises the stakes for mobile Windows In the two-plus-hour Microsoft press event revealing the details of Windows 10, none of us on the ET staff can recall hearing the words Android or iPhone, or any mention of how Windows would be improving its interoperability with them. Instead, Microsoft hammered away at how
17 Mar 2015
Microsoft tries to thwart Google by investing in Cyanogen
Microsoft tries to thwart Google by investing in Cyanogen Windows Phone still hasn’t set the world on fire, so it seems Microsoft is investigating other ways to compete against Google and Apple in the mobile market. Reports are coming in that Microsoft will participate in a round of funding for Cyanogen, Inc. — the commercial enterprise