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Rumor: Google Drive cloud storage to launch in April
- Google's cloud-based storage service, dubbed Google Drive or GDrive, could arrive as early as next month, according to "well placed sources familiar with company’s plans" talking to GigaOM.
HP to launch Amazon Web Services competitor within 2 months
- HP is getting ready to launch a cloud computing service to rival Amazon Web Services in the next two months, according to a report by The New York Times. The move was revealed by Zorawar “Biri” Singh, senior vice president…
Dropbox meets BitTorrent: Space Monkey unveils hybrid cloud/local storage solution
- Space Monkey has announced a new hosted cloud storage service that puts the cloud in your house. The company says the new product is a hybrid of Dropbox, Pogoplug and BitTorrent and will be available for considerably less money than…
Box offers 50GB of free cloud storage for Android users
- For the next 30 days, Box will be offering 50GB of completely free online storage space to users who download their Android-based app. The generous amount of digital space earned through this offer is permanent and is available for both new and…
Digital game purchases: do we really "own" them?
- Gaming website Rock, Paper and Shotgun has published an interesting piece chronicling the ill-treatment received by one of its readers, a PC gamer by the name of Gimperial, from Valve.The gaming firm disabled his Steam account without citing an exact reason and thus…
Google's cloud storage service 'Drive' to launch soon
- Google is reportedly getting ready to launch a cloud-based storage service that would rival the likes of Dropbox and Microsoft's SkyDrive. Citing people familiar with the matter, the Wall Street Journal says the service will be known as 'Drive' and…
Dropbox offers an additional 5GB of cloud storage to beta users
- For users willing to be guinea pigs, Dropbox is offering an opportunity to score 5GB of free space through the popular cloud storage service. PCWorld is reporting the 5GB is actually in addition to the standard 2GB issued to free…
NetLED: Japan's cloud-based, smartphone-controlled lighting system
- Japanese citizens who are conscious about the environment and have more money than reason can look forward to the latest in lighting technology: the cloud-based NetLED system. Launching this upcoming February in the land of the rising sun, the system…
Upcoming LG TVs will stream PC games with Gaikai
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Gaikai, a video game streaming platform akin to OnLive, has announced a partnership that will allow it to deliver games to high-end TV owners. LG has agreed to add Gaikai's offerings to its products, including Cinema 3D TVs expected to ship later this year...
New Apple TV details emerge, iCloud-based DVR a possibility
- Representatives with Apple have reportedly been meeting with media executives as the Cupertino-based company draws closer to jumping into the television market. It is believed that the long-rumored Apple television, collectively known as the iTV by most media outlets, will…
HTC to offer users 5GB of free storage via Dropbox
- Smartphone maker HTC has confirmed that they will be offering 5GB of free storage through Dropbox to anyone that buys a new HTC handset. All future HTC phones running Android will come with a Dropbox application pre-loaded, although it isn’t…
Razer Synapse 2.0 puts your peripheral settings in the cloud
- Razer introduced Synapse five years ago to let gamers store macros, key binds, and profiles directly to their Razer devices' onboard memory. Today, the company is taking the technology one step further with the all-new Razer Synapse 2.0, which moves…
Google’s plans for Chrome keep moving forward
- As noted last week, Google's Chrome browser usage has risen to 16.2 percent according to the latest stats for desktop and laptop computers released by Net Applications. If this growth continues, it could see the browser break the 20 percent…
OnLive launches game streaming service in the UK
- OnLive, the on-demand game streaming service, has officially launched in the UK this morning at the Eurogamer Expo gaming convention in London. Users can sign up for free and stream triple-A games via almost any broadband Internet connection to their…
GameStop to launch Android gaming tablet in 2012
- GameStop has announced their intentions to launch an Android-based gaming tablet next year complete with a custom controller. The plans were made official by company president Tony Bartel in an interview with GamesIndustry.biz.
Amazon launches cloud service for U.S. government agencies
- Online retailer Amazon has announced a new division to their cloud computing service strictly for government agencies and contractors. Amazon Web Services (AWS) GovCloud is designed to comply with strict federal regulations on sensitive workloads.
Spotify at 1.4 million users in the US, 175,000 paying
- Streaming music service Spotify is said to have reached 1.4 million users in the US after less than a month of going live. The service, which is already popular overseas, is believed to have 175,000 paying members.
iCloud beta available to devs, pricing revealed
- On Monday evening, Apple granted developers access to iCloud.com, Apple's online home for its new online storage and synchronization service. The service is intended to provide ubiquitous cloud synchronization features across all Apple devices. iCloud is still in beta, but…
Amazon eyeing success in cloud computing
- Cloud-based computing services aren’t new by any meaning of the word, but only in the past few years have we been hearing an increasing buzz in the community on the subject. Big names like Microsoft and Google have already established…
OnLive wants to bring its game streaming service to consoles
- OnLive is reportedly in talks with Microsoft and Sony about bringing its streaming service to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles. The revelation was made by the company's vice president of engineering Joe Bentley in an interview with CVG,…
Microsoft revamps Windows Live SkyDrive with HTML5
- Microsoft has launched a new version of its Windows Live SkyDrive website that is faster and easier to navigate thanks to the use of HTML5 and hardware acceleration. The new SkyDrive is rolling out gradually, as there are 100 million…
Apple iCloud will not support Windows XP
- Apple has decided not to support Windows XP for its iCloud synchronization service, revealed earlier this week. Given that iCloud's predecessor, MobileMe, supported XP just fine, this is a minor shock, though it makes sense.
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