Oil And Gas Company Drills For Data In A Volatile Market

Few industries face bigger challenges today than oil and gas. A steady decline in U.S. rig counts reflects the intense cost pressures brought on by a drop in oil prices of more than 70% during the last two years. However, even as the price of oil fluctuates, the value of the data already generated by exploration and development projects remains high.

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Five Tips For Navigating The Data Privacy Obstacle Course

If 2015 was the year that business leaders began to take data security seriously, 2016 might be remembered as the year that they were forced to confront data privacy. Governments and regulators around the world are putting a stronger focus on protecting the privacy rights of individuals, raising the threat of massive penalties for companies that fail to comply. With violations of data privacy incurring sanctions of up to 4% of global annual sales revenue, business leaders are taking heed.

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Awesome archive brings ancient Windows games to your browser

Windows 3.1 in Google Chrome. Screenshot: Cult of AndroidRemember the days before high-speed broadband and photo-realistic graphics, when the best games you could get on PC were things like Win Pool, Brickbuster, and Gopher-It? Now you can go back in time and relive them right inside your web browser. Archive.org is preserving classic Windows 3.1 apps and games by making them available to anyone who has access to

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Google Clock finally gets resizable home screen widgets

Google Clock is now resizable. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of AndroidGoogle is rolling out a nice new update for its official Clock app that finally gives you the ability to resize its home screen widgets. The company has also tweaked the design of its digital clock, and fixed some pesky bugs. Since its inception, Google Clock has shipped with two widgets, and neither of them

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Microsoft boasts 1 billion gaming hours for Xbox One but Sony PS4 was still top seller in January

NPD’s data for the first month of this year has arrived and its reveals status quo in Xbox One vs PS4 battle. Like December 2015, Sony’s gaming console held onto the top spot in terms of sales in the US. As is usually the case, specific sales numbers weren’t revealed.

“Thanks to our fans and partners for making PlayStation 4 the top-selling platform and software sales leader in January, according to NPD,” Sony said. “PS4 also saw impressive year-over-year growth in both hardware and software sales. We appreciate the support and will continue to deliver on our promise to bring the best entertainment experiences to gamers.”

While Microsoft again had to settle for the second spot, it still had something to trumpet – the number of gaming hours. “In January, the total number of hours spent gaming in one month on Xbox One worldwide surpassed 1 billion hours,” the company said.

“Looking ahead to this spring, fans can enjoy more great games with the upcoming releases of ‘Quantum Break,’ ‘Rocket League’ and ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division.’ We can’t thank our fans enough for their continued support and passion for Xbox, and we’re looking forward to bringing more of the games and experiences our fans want most in 2016.”

The NPD report revealed a decline in overall hardware sales. “As we enter 2016, the majority of console hardware sales will occur on eighth generation consoles as evidenced by the 96% share of console hardware sales from eighth generation consoles, up from 84% in January 2015,” the market research firm said.

In the battle of games, Call Of Duty: Black Ops III bagged the top spot – it was at the top in December as well as for the whole of 2015,…

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