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About All Those Things at CES 2015

Michael Crichton saw this one coming The buzzword at this week's CES 2015 in Las Vegas is of course "The Internet of Things," an annoying term for something—interconnected embedded devices—that has been around for many years. This isn't the first time the tech industry has jumped the shark with a new term for something old—cloud computing is an obvious recent example—but surely there is a better way to discuss this technology and how it will impact our lives. read more

Posted January 07 / by WindowsITPro - Paul Thurrott's WinInfo News

AT&T Follows T-Mobile (Again), Offers Rollover Data

And consumers win Continuing a theme that persisted throughout 2014, where T-Mobile blazes a path, the bigger wireless carriers follow, and more consumers benefit. This time around, the innovation is rollover data, a plan by which customers of the carriers can move unused data bandwidth to the next month. read more

Posted January 08 / by WindowsITPro - Paul Thurrott's WinInfo News

PlayStation 4 Sales Hit 18.5 Million

With no need for price cuts Sony on Monday announced that it had sold 18.5 million PlayStation 4 consoles to consumers since the device's launch in November 13, further distancing the front-runner from the Xbox One. Furthermore, the consumer electronics firm sold 4.1 million PS4 consoles in the final six weeks of 2014 alone, a healthier-than-expected end to an already dominant year. read more

Posted January 06 / by WindowsITPro - Paul Thurrott's WinInfo News