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Microsoft to Buy Mojang, Maker of Minecraft, Reports Say

What Minecraft lacks in finesse, it more than makes up in popularity. According to a recent report in The Wall Street Journal, Microsoft is...

Google’s Ms. Smith Goes to Washington as New CTO of U.S.

Little did we know that back in June 2013, while on a special mission from San Francisco to London for the United Nations called...

eWEEKChat Sept. 10: How the Internet of Things Is Already Changing Our Lives

On Wednesday, Sept. 10, at 11 a.m. PDT/2 p.m. EDT/7 p.m. GMT, @eWEEKnews will host its 23rd eWEEKChat event. The topic will be "How...

Why Apple’s Most Important News Was About a New Service

CUPERTINO, Calif.—Apple Watch, introduced Sept. 9 and destined to go into general availability early next year, is a huge deal for the world's most...

Xbox One September Update Finally ‘Dis-Kinects’

Following up the Xbox One's August update, which came loaded with social features, Microsoft is making it easier for users that have purchased the...

Daily Tech Briefing: Sept. 9, 2014

Microsoft has rolled out a series of changes to its MSN.com homepage which it says are designed to meet the needs of the “mobile-first,...

HGST Includes First 10TB HDD in New Product Rollout

SAN FRANCISCO--HGST, the largest and most influential data storage company without a generally recognized name, launched a set of new products at a media...

IEEE Predicts Top Technologies for 2022

Curious about what the technology landscape will look like in 2022? The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), which represents more than 400,000...

Google Developing Quantum Computing Chip

Google is teaming with researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara, to develop processors for quantum computing systems, expanding an effort that the...

Hillary Clinton Encourages IT Execs to Help Share the Wealth

SAN FRANCISCO—Hillary Rodham Clinton, odds-on favorite at this early date to become the Democratic Party candidate for president in 2016, admittedly does not know...