Batman: Arkham City Switching From GFWL To Steamworks

Add another one to the list. A new post on the Steam community forum for Batman: Arkham City has a post from Warner Bros Erik Miller who stated that Rocksteady is working to convert Arkham City and the GOTY Edition of the game over to Steamworks before Games For Windows…

Posted on: October 31, 2013 2:00 pm

SharePoint Users Get Live Data Feed from Seismic Integration

After raising $4.5 million in venture funding two months ago, Encinitas, CA-based Seismic says it is moving up the food chain in content management software. Seismic was founded three years ago, following a lean startup model. CEO Doug Winter tells me the company used much of that time to build out…

Posted on: October 31, 2013 2:00 pm

Download Microsoft Office, Windows 8.1 Pro, and more for free–if you’re a student

October 28, 2013, 12:28 PM Going to college has its perks. Students, faculty, and staff at eligible education institutions can save a bundle on usually expensive software, including Microsoft Office, Windows 8.1 Pro (the upgrade from Windows 7), Adobe Creative Cloud, Parallels Desktop, and more. OnTheHub is like a one-stop clearinghouse for these academic software…

Posted on: October 30, 2013 7:00 pm

Microsoft Upgrades Search for SharePoint Online

In keeping with its push to be the productivity suite of choice, Microsoft announced today two new search features for SharePoint Online, which will be rolled out globally over the next few days. The new Content Search Web Part (CSWP) enhances overall search functionality and result displays, while Cross-Site Collection…

Posted on: October 30, 2013 7:00 pm

Steam user count tops Xbox Live ahead of Valve’s console push

Anyone who thinks PC gaming is in trouble hasn’t heard of Steam. Valve’s popular PC game store and online service now has more than 65 million active accounts, the company announced, up 30 percent from a year ago. The number of PC gamers using Steam is now greater than the Unmentioned by…

Posted on: October 30, 2013 7:00 pm

US spy agency grabs Yahoo!, Gmail, and Hotmail address book data

America’s National Security Agency is gathering email and instant messenger contact lists from hundreds of millions of ordinary citizens worldwide, many of them Americans, The Washington Post reported late Monday.The US agency’s data collection program harvests the data from address books and "buddy lists,” the newspaper said, citing senior intelligence…

Posted on: October 30, 2013 7:00 pm

Google Wants 9th Circ.’s Take On Gmail Privacy Case

Share us on: Facebook LinkedIn By Beth Winegarner Law360, San Francisco (October 29, 2013, 10:40 PM ET) — Google Inc. urged a California federal judge on Tuesday to allow the tech giant to immediately appeal her decision to keep alive claims that Google violates the Wiretap Act by scanning users’ Google’s attorneys told…

Posted on: October 30, 2013 7:00 pm

Newest Edition of Michael Linenberger’s Bestselling Microsoft Outlook Book …

Announcing the 4th and fully-updated edition of the number 1 best-selling Outlook book, Total Workday Control Using Microsoft Outlook by Michael Linenberger, (Available Now, 416p, $21.95. http://www.amazon.com/Total-Workday-Control-Microsoft%C2%AE-Outlook/dp/0983364729). In this updated edition, workplace efficiency expert, Linenberger, presents the straightforward and simple methods to seize control of your inbox and your workday….

Posted on: October 30, 2013 7:00 pm

Google Adds SMS Support To Its Android Messaging App As Facebook Axes It

A few days ago, a set of leaked images pointed to some pretty drastic changes to the Google Hangouts Android app, the biggest of which was that users would be able to send SMS messages without having to switch into another messaging application. Well, Vic Gundotra trotted onstage at a…

Posted on: October 29, 2013 7:00 pm

NSA Collects Americans’ Email Contact Lists

The National Security Agency collects contact lists of email and instant message services from users worldwide, and Americans are among those whose data is being harvested. The revelations, from senior intelligence officials and documents provided by NSA leaker Edward Snowden, were reported by The Washington Post on Monday. The program…

Posted on: October 29, 2013 7:00 pm