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A New Hope: How Going Free To Play Brought Redemption To Star Wars MMO

You've heard the rumblings before. Free doesn't work. Or perhaps it was that free doesn't work for big time franchises. More specifically for video games, you may have heard that when a game goes from paid to free it's a sign that it's a dead game.

Can Enterprise Tech Avoid The Fate Of The Automobile Industry?

Things seem so good in the enterprise technology universe right now it is a little scary. The IT transition to cloud/mobile/social has entrepreneurs and investors salivating, with three significant forces at work:

• Real, not PowerPoint, multi-billion dollar opportuniti

How Amazon's Rising Headwaters Could Threaten Google

Jeff Jordan, a partner at Andreessen Horowitz with the Midas touch, recently opined that Amazon"s e-commerce capabilities and successes represent a meaningful threat to Google"s product-search-related advertising business.

Here Comes Jolla, Yet Another Deviant Linux Smartphone

When Nokia decided to jump off its burning platform a few years ago and go with Windows Phone, there were no people more disappointed with the decision than the hundreds of engineers that had been working on the company"s own mobile operating system, MeeGo.

Mageia 3 Released

Freshly Exhumed writes "Forked from Mandriva Linux back in 2010, Mageia Linux has hit a new release milestone.

Goldman exits China's ICBC, seven years and billions later

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs launched on Monday the sale of about $1,1 billion worth of Hong Kong-traded shares in Industrial and Commercial Bank of China , offering to sell its entire remaining stake in the world's biggest bank by market value.

Dan Dare Dreams Big: British Astronaut Tim Peake To Visit Space Station in 2015

Former Apache helicopter pilot and test pilot Tim Peake is to become the first British astronaut to visit the International Space Station, making him the first UK astronaut in space for more than 20 years, according to an announcement by ESA and the UK Space Agency.

QUARTET (UK 2012) Glee for Seniors!

After 45 years in front of the camera, starring in such classics as THE GRADUATE, MIDNIGHT COWBOY, THE MARATHON MAN, or RAINMAN - to name but a few - Dustin Hoffman, at age 75, has finally turned his considerable talents to directing.

James Franco Hosts a Cannes Bash for Former Girlfriend and Current Costar Ahna O'Reilly

James Franco toasted Ahna O'Reilly at a dinner party held on a yacht last night in Cannes. The event, thrown by James and the Art of Elysium, honored the actress's impressive debut at the film festival. Ahna is starring in not one, but two movies being presented at the cinematic celebration.

Big 12: What Could Have Been in the NCAA Softball Tournament

I know we all kind of kick softball to the back burner when it comes to other sports, but it's important to note how dominant one conference has been in the NCAA tournament.