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Today Aereo, tomorrow Dish? Broadcasters hope for a slippery slope
The Supreme Court’s ruling against Aereo last week may have done more than just shutter the fledgling streaming service. It’s now being cited by broadcast networks in legal battles with other providers of streaming video. Fox is currently tussling with … Continue reading
With Mario Kart, Zelda, and cross-buy games, Nintendo could turn the Wii U around
We’re a year and a half into the Wii U’s lifespan, and the sales performance has been lackluster to say the least. Nintendo had lightning in a bottle with the original Wii, and it simply couldn’t replicate that same hype … Continue reading
Sniper Elite 3 review: Sniper sim sequel aims high, but still falls slightly off target
Taking aim at both PCs and consoles, Sniper Elite 3 is a third-person/first-person shooter hybrid that casts you in the role of an elite American sniper in World War II, and it’s shockingly—even brutally—violent, just like its predecessor. Ostensibly this … Continue reading
Anger mounts over Facebook’s news feed experiment, company denies wrongdoing
Facebook’s admission that it manipulated news feeds to measure how it would impact user response is kicking up a great deal of controversy — and the company doesn’t seem to understand the problem.
The best iPhone lens kit: Put a little DSLR on the front of your iPhone
Looking to outfit your iPhone’s camera with an external lens or two? Dave Johnson put five lens kits to the test to figure out which one reigned supreme.
Microsoft accidentally reveals plans to bring folder support to Windows Phone 8.1
Support could arrive in July or early August as Microsoft tries to reach parity with iOS and Android.
Facebook researcher: ‘We care about the emotional impact of Facebook’
A Facebook researcher behind a controversial psychology experiment on users has defended the research, saying it was aimed at looking into a common concern that seeing friends post positive content on the social networking website leads people to feel negative … Continue reading
Farewell, Orkut: Google shuts down its first social network
A decade ago, Google launched its first social network. Called Orkut after its creator, Google software engineer Orkut Buyukkokten, Google launched the network just months before Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg brought Facebook to the world. Orkut never amounted to much, … Continue reading
Intel Skylake leak predicts DDR4 support, configurable TDPs, dramatic power reductions
Intel’s Skylake is rumored to pack a great many improvements and enhancements — including a new GPU core, AVX3, DDR4 support, and additional security extensions.
Some Surface Pro 3 users complain of Wi-Fi woes after first-day firmware update
Ten days after launch, Microsoft is still trying to squash the bugs in its Surface Pro 3 tablet. As Ed Bott at ZDNet reports, some users have been complaining of connectivity problems over 802.11ac Wi-Fi networks. Complaints have also popped … Continue reading
