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Microsoft is making its Xbox Music streaming service available for free on the Web _ even to those who don't use Windows 8. The expansion beyond Windows 8 devices and Xbox game consoles starting Monday is intended to bring new customers into the software giant's ecosystem ofdevices and services and could help it compete with other digital music offerings like Pandora, Spotify and ¡Tunes. It's also an acknowledgement that the music service hasn't done much to drive sales ofthe Windows 8 operatingsystem. The move represents another step toward Microsoft's goal of becoming a company that sells devices and services, ratherthan primarily software, said Michael Turits, an analyst with financialadvisoryfirm RaymondJames. Itcomes on the heels of Microsoft announcing it would buythe mobile phone handset manufacturing business of Nokia Corp. for $7.2…

Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) announced today that it will be showcasing a range of its product and service innovations at its global Universe client and partner event being held here this week. The innovations - including a breakthrough new fabric server platform, a powerful new high-end ClearPath server, and advanced solutions for cybersecurity, cloud, big data, and mobility - provide organizations with new approaches to reducing costs, simplifying and securing their IT operations, and delivering IT services more cost effectivelyto end users, customers and citizens. Keynote presentations for the event willbe delivered by Unisys Chairman and CEO Ed Coleman and by Apple Computer co-founder Steve Wozniak "Businesses and government agencies today are facing a perfect storm of disruptive IT trends that are creating both challenges and opportunities within their organizations,"…

Anvato Reduces Video Encoding and Storage Costs by 50% With Universal Player Anvato, Inc., developer ofdigital video supply-chain solutions for TV broadcasters, today unveiled an innovative playertechnologythat eliminates the need for encoding to multiple video formats. The Anvato Universal Player is capable ofplayingApple HLSon desktop and mobile devices alike, allowing digital broadcaster to reduce their encoding and storage costs by half. The player supports both live streaming and VOD playback. The First Universal Playerfor Live and VOD, Mobile and Desktop The traditional encoding model is inefficient. Master files need to be encoded to multiple formats: Adobe HDS (HTTP DynamicStreaming) for desktop, Apple HLS for iOS Mobile, not to mention Android formats. All ofthese formats and renditions take up storage space. "Monthly encoding and storage bills climb fast," explainsAlperTurgut, CEO ofAnvato.…

Genre: Country Released: Sep 10, 2013 16 Songs Price: $14.99 4.0/5.0 540 Ratings Fuse Keith Urban Keith Urban is back with an exclusive album. His new album has more of a pop feel and hasn’t been well-received among his more hardcore fans. His album only has one song available outside of purchase of the album, Even the Stars Fall 4 U. His neocountry feel brings us an album with only about four hits, but it’s sure to be good. FIVE FACTS: 1. Urban has born in New Zealand and raised in nearby Australia. 2. Keith was one of the first country artists to embrace drum loops and elements of Top 40 pop. 3. Urban picked up a guitar and started learning at the tender age of 6. 4. Despite his…

Following the incredible success of Despicable Me 2 in theaters worldwide, the game companion based on the franchise, "Despicable Me: Minion Rush," has been an epic hit on the App Store and Google Play. The free-to-playtitle has been downloaded over 100 million times since its release less than three months ago. Thanks to close collaboration between mobile and social game developer Gameloft (GFT. PA), Universal Partnerships & Licensing and Despicable Me creators Illumination Entertainment, "Despicable Me: Minion Rush" has become a major sensation. That success is due in no small partto the polished look and feel ofthe game, which is infused with the genuine heart and soul ofthefranchise "We've been luckyto workwith such creative and visionary minds like the team at Illumination Entertainment," saysJulien Fournials, SVP Production atGameloft. "Bringingthe Minions…

The highly anticipated news from the Cupertino campus regarding the debut of the iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s earlier this week turned into thoroughly engaging subject matter for tech types from around the world. However, this wasn't the only crowd listening. Beyond the nerd-worthy, fashion arbiters of all description were also paying close attention to the announcement heralding the fresh gadgets from Apple. But why would that be? Why would these two different worlds ever see the need to collide? What would bring such highly diverse entities together in such unlikely circumstances? Well, hang on to your proverbial (and very stylish) hat. As it happens, the latest smartphones are no longer meant for simply staying on task wherever you roam. Not at all. In fact, these compact wonders of industrial…

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Seagate Technology pic (NASDAQ: STX) today announced Seagate Business Storage in 8-bay and 4-bay 1U rackmountform factors. Seagate Business Storage delivers centralized backup, data protection and remote access to critical information for small and medium-sized business organizations (SMBs) in capacities rangingfrom 4 to 32 terabytes. For business collaboration and data protection, the newSeagate BusinessStorage 1U rackmounts provide the performance needed for businesses to support multiple simultaneous connections and enable everyone within an organization to easily backup and share files. Designed to backup all Windows and Mac computers within a networkto a single centralized location, these new NAS solutions are compatible with backup software for Windows PCs and are also compatible with Apple'sTime Machine(R) software for Mac OS X computers. Additionally, 8-bay and 4-bay rackmount NAS solutions feature the new Seagate…

Ifyou were following the news and rumors about the iPhone 5s, you knew a lot of what to expect for the most part even before Apple made the big announcement on September 10. You knew about the fingerprint sensor, the new gold color, and all about ¡OS 7. But what you didn't know about was the much-improved camera. The cameras on iPhones include improvements every year, but they're not often this exciting. Last year's improvement of adding the panoramic option was a great improvement and did garner some definite excitement. However, it doesn't even come close to the excitement now registering over iPhone's present and future users. This camera is now going to be comparable to the digital cameras photographers use. Is this even possible? Can a simple little device…

Yahoo is auditioning for a bigger role on iPhones and iPads with the release of its first mobile application tailored for watching video on touch-control screens. The app, called Yahoo Screen, is set up to make the experience of sifting through video on smartphones and tablet computers more like channel surfing on a television. Instead of relying onaTV remote control, users ofthe Yahoo Screen app unveiled Monday will use their fingers to flip through programs and sortthrough roughly 20 different channels separated into categories such as celebrities, sports, games and food. The app is available only for Apple Inc.'s iPhone and iPad, but Yahoo Inc. intends to develop a version compatible with the much larger universe ofdevices powered by Google Inc.'s Android software. Yahoo Screen is the latest offshoot of…

The design and music worlds are coming together to help fight AIDS in Africa. Apple Inc. chiefdesignerJonathan Ive and industrial designer Marc Newson are collaborating with rocker Bono. They're producing 40 original designs to benefit The Global Fund. The event is called the (RED) auction. It's scheduled for Nov. 23 at Sotheby's New York. The highlights include a Leica digital rangefinder camera and a Neal Feay Studios aluminum desk. Other items include a customized white and red Steinway parlor grand piano and a 2012 Range Rover. There's also a one-of-a kind pair ofApple EarPods in solid rose gold. Sotheby's will exhibit the items from Nov. 18-22. Bono founded the (RED) charity in 2006 to raise funds to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.…

Apple once again hosted one of its legendary 'special events' on Tuesday, September 10, and with it we got product announcements, such as Elvis Costello's "new song from an album we're just about to release next week/'in the words ofthe venerable singer-songwriter who closed the show. As for Apple itself, well, some might suggest that it was easier to count what didn't happen. In the run-up to this event, the rumour pages were all aflutter, as they always are with all things Apple. The Cupertino firm, of course, has had its detractors in recent times with mutterings about a lack of innovation, a sliding share price and struggles to remain at the front of an increasingly competitive smartphone market all giving potential reason to worry. Just ask Gartner Inc., the…

by Unknown Genre: Drama Released: 2013 Price: $19.99 5.0/5.0 176 Ratings World War Z Former UN employee Gerry Lane is a loving family man who has found himself in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. He is called on to help stop the epidemic and try to bring peace for the panicking citizens. It’s up to Lane to protect his family and possibly save the planet in this fast paced movie that has George Romero reconsidering hitting the drawing boards! FIVE FACTS: 1. World War Z is based off of a novel of the same name. 2. This movie has plans to be the first in a trilogy. 3. Elyes Gabel from Game of Thrones is in the film as the man who has the possible cure. 4. Marco Beltrami,…

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Gameloft, a leadingglobal publisher in digital and social games, today announced that one of its most popular games, The Dark Knight Rises, will be available for download from LG Smart World on the LG CINEMA 3D SmartTV. Combining power, performance and elegance, the LG CINEMA 3D Smart TV offer players an immersive game experience like never before. Players will be able to use their smartphones or tablets as game controller thanks to an application that can be downloaded from the App Store, Google Play and Amazon Appstore. "We are thrilled to offer a successful HDgame that will look incredible on the big screen," states Alexandre Tan, Vice President Business Development & Brand Partnerships at Gameloft. "The Dark Knight Rises on LG CINEMA 3D Smart TV will make this platform even…