Month: December 2015
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Street Fighter V beta now live on PlayStation 4 and PC with Steam support
The fifth installment of the legendary Street Fighter video game series is now available as beta for Sony’s PlayStation 4 and PC on Steam. The video game’s release date has been scheduled for some time during 2016, though no precise day has been provided by Capcom yet. Besides the much-anticipated Windows support, the game maker…
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Microsoft Corporation acquires Metanautix big-data-focused startup
The Redmond giant has just announced through a blog post that it has obtained the low-profile big-data-focused startup, called Metanautix, specializing in assisting large enterprises in filtering the in-house data. Metanautix was founded back in September of 2014, by Toli Lerios and Theo Vassilakis, who have formerly worked for Facebook and Google tech companies, respectively. Furthermore, a…
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New Kingdom Hearts III trailer for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One shows gameplay
The latest trailer of the forthcoming Kingdom Hearts III video game has surfaced online showcasing new info about its content. The video was released at the Jump Festa event in Japan and projects both Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue and a glimpse at some gameplay of Kingdom Hearts III with Goofy and Donald Duck in tow.…
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Juniper Networks’ NetScreen firewalls reportedly spotted with backdoor code
Juniper Networks revealed via officials from the company, that one of its operating systems used to manage firewalls contains unauthorized code, that surreptitiously decrypts traffic sent through virtual private networks. Bob Worrall, chief information officer at Juniper, explained that the company had uncovered the issue in the ScreenOS software and was working to fix it,…
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FCC requires AT&T, Comcast and T-Mobile response to data cap exemptions
The FCC ( Federal Communications Commission ) has asked AT&T, Comcast and T-Mobile carriers to answer questions about their implementations of zero-rating practice, according to which, end customers are not charged for data used by specific applications or internet services through their network, in limited or metered data plans. All three companies received letters by…
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Xbox Live under DDoS attack, ‘Phantom Squad’ hacking team claims responsibility
Phantom Squad, an infamous hacking group, has recently initiated a copycat DDoS attack against Microsoft’s Xbox Live service, aping the work of the equally notorious hacking team ‘Lizard Squad’. It all lasted a few hours and the service is now back up and fully functional, but there were some users who reportedly experienced problems logging…
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Android 6.0 Marshmallow update coming to LG G3 smartphone
New leaked documents that have surfaced online suggest that the much-anticipated Android 6.0 Marshmallow update for the LG G3 is finally on its way to release ahead of Christmas. LG’s former flagship, released back in 2014, has been waiting to receive the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update for months now. Rumors intensified during November, when a…
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Xiaomi and Huawei to enter the Drone market in 2016
A new report has surfaced online suggesting that Huawei’s and Xiaomi’s first entry to the drone market could hit the shelves sooner that we thought. Rumors claiming that the two Chinese smartphone giants have drones under the works, have been flooding the web for months now. Though, we now have more concrete intel regarding the…
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Microsoft Corporation brings 16 Xbox 360 titles to Xbox One
Microsoft Corporation has just unveiled the sixteen Xbox 360 titles that will be bringing to its latest generation Xbox One video gaming console. The third iteration of the Xbox video gaming console line-up, the Xbox One, was officially launched back in November of 2013, carrying a lot of weight on its shoulders, as it predecessor,…
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Microsoft Corporation launches Cortana app for iOS and Android
Microsoft Corporation has just released its digital voice assistant application for Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android mobile operating systems. The application is available on both iOS App Store and Android Play Store for download, out of charge. Cortana has been in beta for iOS and Android for months now, while it made its debut with Windows…