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Microsoft Eats Minecraft, Buys Generation. Time To Ditch This Old PC! iPhone 6, 9 File Sharing Apps, Credit Card Security, Earth Nullschool Weather! (1x522)

: 16, 2014

Microsoft acquires Minecraft, buying a generation. Is it time to ditch your old PC? iPhone 6 preorders, 9 File Sharing Apps, and Credit Card Security! Microsoft Bought Minecraft, Apple Sells All The iPhone 6 Microsoft bought Minecraft... er Mojang, for 2.5 billion dollars. Notch says I'm leaving Mojang, Penny Arcade says given that MS is "functionally purchasing a generation. Two billion dollars starts to look like a steal. The real question is what is Microsoft gonna -do- with Mojang. In other news, Apple pre-sold a mother ton of new iPhone 6 and 6Plus... we want the camera! Yes, It's Time To Give Up That Old Laptop/Desktop... We're notorious for keeping old hardware forever, but when Jesus wrote in, my "laptop is limited to 2GB of memory, and I'm running big photo files and would like to substitute SSD for memory," our first thought was 'it's time to replace this machine.' We explain how your machine is -already- using your HD or SSD to add more memory, different ways to make Photoshop (and other photo editing apps) run faster, and show off a nice two-in-one laptop that might substitute for Jesus' Dell Duo ... and explain why he might want to go with a desktop instead. Earth Nullschool Makes Wind Gorgeous! Beautiful weather? Sure. Why not. Beautiful wind? You won't believe how mesmerizing wind can be until you see the animated visualizations of weather conditions all over the globe on this week's "Website We Just Can't Get Enough Of," earth.nullschool.net! Wait till you see a hurricane in the middle of the ocean slowly creeping up to a coastline! Perfect Automated File Sharing On All Operating Systems?!? It's 2014 people! And we need a generic multi-platform way to share files of any size. Watch as Shannon walks through the problems of no less then 8 different file sharing tools and websites, and find out the 9th one that actually makes it -kind of- easy to share wedding photos around her family. Will SmartSwipe Protect My Credit Cards? Bob