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Watch Doom being played on an Apple Watch and Apple TV

If you’re searching for diverting entertainment this weekend then the Facebook team in Tel Aviv has you covered. The developers managed to get Doom running on an Apple Watch and an Apple TV as part of a 10-hour hackathon event. YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXhf_SpO6wA Part of this is thanks to the improved capabilities of watchOS 2: apps can now run natively on the watch rather than offloading the processing duties to

New images show off Microsoft's next flagship phones

Now that Apple and Google have had their fun with their 2015 flagship smartphone launches, it’s Microsoft’s turn: the company has a special media event scheduled for Tuesday when we’re expecting to see some new kit. The event is likely to focus on the Surface Pro 4, but there’s a chance we’ll finally see some brand new Windows 10 Mobile phones as well – and a fresh batch of prototype

Week in Gaming: Don't get angry over 'Best Games' lists – go and smooch some more games instead

So. Edge has just published its Top 100 Games Of All Time list. (SIT BACK DOWN, child. You will not be finding any rank-related bitching here. This is a place of calm. Shoo.) Unsurprisingly, said list has caused a bit of a ruckus on the fragile planet that is The Internet, where the atmosphere is 97% vitriol and all the extinct species died of having wrong opinions. Top 100 lists

Bye bye Google, hello Alphabet

(Reuters) – Google Inc has morphed into Alphabet Inc. After U.S. markets closed on Friday, Alphabet replaced Google as the publicly traded company that will house Google’s search and Web advertising businesses, maps, YouTube and its “moonshot” ventures such as driverless cars. Google’s class A shares and class C shares will automatically convert into the same number of Alphabet class A shares and class C shares and start trading on

Investment, pricing helped Orbital beat Aerojet for rocket boosters: ULA

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Orbital ATK Inc beat out Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc to become the future sole supplier of solid rocket boosters for United Launch Alliance by offering better long-term pricing agreements, substantial cost reductions and more investment, ULA said Friday. Tory Bruno, chief executive officer of the 50-50 venture owned by Lockheed Martin Corp and Boeing Co, said the deal with Orbital, announced last week, was

Scottrade says victim of hackers who targeted financial firms

(Reuters) – Discount broker Scottrade said on Friday that it was the victim of a cyber attack from late 2013 to early 2014 that compromised client names and addresses in a database with information on some 4.6 million customers. The firm said it learned about the attack from federal law enforcement officials who were investigating the theft of data from Scottrade and other financial services firms. News of the attack

Investors brace for stocks to fall again ahead of earnings

The global market volatility of the past month that sent U.S. stocks to their worst quarter in four years shows no signs of letting up just because the calendar turned to October. Investors say they are bracing for another leg down in the S&P 500 stock index despite its positive showing last week by increasing cash and other defensive positions in their portfolios. “Do I think we go into a