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Latest News - February 2016
- ASUS Settles With FTC After Selling Inadequately Secured Wireless Routers
- Facebook Reactions Emojis Leap Beyond Mere ‘Likes’ In Global Debut
- ASUS ZenFone Zoom Review: An Android With True 3X Optical Zoom
- Siri Reportedly Landing On Macs Later This Year Via OS X 10.12
- Boston Dynamics' Next Gen Atlas Robot Takes Abuse From Its Master, Plots Skynet Revenge
- Bethesda Confirms April Release For Fallout 4 Creation Kit
- Innovative 'Fairphone 2' Beats LG G5 And Google Project Ara To Market With Modular Design
- Handsome McLaren 570GT Shows Its Softer Side, But It’s Still Ridiculously Fast
- Xiaomi Mi 5 Targets The Establishment With Flagship Specs And Bargain Pricing
- Microsoft, Logitech And Other Wireless Keyboards And Mice Reportedly Susceptible To Hijacking
- Samsung Galaxy S7 And Galaxy S7 Edge Pre-orders Open In U.S., Include Free Gear VR Headset
- Dell Inspiron 14 Laptop w/ Office 365 Subscription Now $199, 1-day Sale on Samsung SmartThings Hub Bundle And More
- Waze GPS App Now Features The Voice Of God, Err, Morgan Freeman
- Bill Gates Seeks Neutral Territory In Encryption Spat Between Apple And FBI
- Google Fiber Comes To Huntsville Using Existing City-Owned Fiber Lines
- Fallout 4 1.4.124 Beta Update Brings Add-On Support And Slew Of Bug Fixes
- ilumi LED Smartbulbs Discounted In The HotHardware Shop
- Sony Launches Three Xperia X-Series Smartphones Including X Performance With Snapdragon 820
- U.S. Justice Department Demands Apple Unlock A Dozen Other iPhones Citing 220-Year-Old Law
- This Is What The HoloLens Augmented Reality Start Menu Looks Like
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All News for February 2016
ASUS crafts some of the highest-performing and best-looking wireless routers on the market, but as far as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is concerned, it's also crafted some of the most insecure.
The FTC alleges that ASUS put "hundreds of thousands" of users at risk because they were oblivious to some serious...
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We’ve been talking about Facebook’s revamp of its “Like” system for months, but the social network giant today finally performed a global launch of new “Reactions” which should better allow people to express their feelings about a post. The long-standing thumbs up is now joined by a heart (Love), and emojis signifying...
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At a glance, you may assume the phone we're testing here is one you've seen before -- a Nokia Lumia 1020 clone perhaps? Despite having a similar circular camera fixture on the handset's back side, suggesting a strong focus on photography, this is actually a newly released phone produced by ASUS. The ASUS ZenFone Zoom...
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Anyone that has used an iPhone or iPad in the past few years should be pretty familiar with the Siri digital assistant. Siri, which was initially introduced on the iPhone 4S back in 2011, has grown in its capabilities over the course of its 4-year lifespan and has recently been expanded to the Apple Watch and Apple TV...
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Google-owned Boston Dynamics as released new footage of its latest robot called Atlas, and it's both marvelous and frightening at the same time. It's marvelous because we see just how advanced the company's bipedal robot is at this point, with movements that eerily mimic that of a human, and frightening because...
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You have to hand it to Bethesda, the company isn't letting the success of Fallout 4 get to its head. After winning Game of the Year honors (plus a spattering of other awards) at the DICE Awards show in Las Vegas last week, it would be easy to call it a day and more onto the next project. Instead, Bethesda has some fun updates planned, including
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Have you ever tried repairing a broken screen on your smartphone? It can be done, though in most cases, it's not easy—smartphone makers don't build handsets with a mindset towards DIY repair or upgrades. That's not the case with Fairphone's second generation handset, the Fairphone 2, a modular handset that's now...
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Nearly a year ago, McLaren went huntin’ for venerable Porsche’s 911 Turbo and the new-age Audi R8 with its 570S supercar. Nestled in its carbon monocoque chassis beats a 3.8-liter twin-turbo V8 which pumps out 562hp and 443 ft-lbs of torque.
For some people, the 570S was perhaps a bit too raw to deal with on a...
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Chinese handset maker Xiaomi unveiled a new smartphone at Mobile World Congress 2016 in Barcelona, Spain, called the Mi 5 and it underscores why the company is the third largest phone maker in the world (and No. 1 in China) behind only Samsung and Apple. The Mi 5 is a flagship device with a low-end price tag.
It's...
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The greatest benefit wireless peripherals offer is what they help cut down on: wires. Fewer wires means that our desktops are easier to keep clean, and we're not kicking wires as often under our desk. It's a win-win overall. Or is it? As with most things convenient, wireless peripherals can suffer exploits just like...
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If you were wowed by the introduction of the 5.1-inch Samsung Galaxy S7 and 5.5-inch Galaxy S7 Edge over the weekend, you’ll be glad to know that pre-orders for both smartphones have now opened up in the United States. All four major wireless carriers — Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint — are carrying the phone along...
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Welcome back for the latest installment of HOT deals, direct from our friends at TechBargains. On tap for you all today, we have deals on a Dell Inspiron 14 (3452) Celeron N3050-based laptop, an AUKEY Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 USB Wall Charger, a LG G Flex 2 H950 32GB 5.5" OLED Curved 4G LTE GSM Unlocked Smartphone...
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There are very few voices as recognizable as Morgan Freeman’s. In addition to playing God in the “Almighty” movies alongside Jim Carey and Steve Carrel, and the unforgettable “Red” in the Shawshank Redemption (which is still the top rated movie of all-time on IMDB), among countless other unforgettable parts, Morgan...
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There’s a new voice speaking up in the battle between FBI and Apple over unlocking an iPhone that belonged to one of two San Bernardino terrorists that killed over a dozen people back in December. While tech giants including Facebook, Twitter and Google quickly came to Apple’s defense, a tech pioneer is striking a...
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If there’s one thing that monopolistic (via region) ISPs like Comcast and Time Warner Cable hate, it’s competition. If your small town or city is looking to startup its own high-speed fiber Internet service to provide its residents with the speed and access that the big boys just won’t offer, chances are that the...
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Bethesda has some neat things planned for Fallout 4, its hugely popular open-world role playing game, and you can sample an early taste of them on PC by applying the latest beta update, version 1.4.124, now available on Steam. Among other things, the beta update introduces support for downloadable add-ons
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If you’ve been toying with the idea of adding some customizable LED lightbulbs to your home, we’ve got a good deal running in the HotHardware Shop that may be right up your alley. ilumi LED Smartbulbs that you can control and configure right form your smartphone are 25% off, with free shipping...
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Given all the hoopla surrounding the announcement of the modular LG G5 and the revised Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge, it’s easy to forget that there’s another big name player in the smartphone game that doesn’t perhaps get the attention it deserves in the sector: Sony. Sony has always produced high-quality...
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Apple is currently fighting a court order to provide the FBI with technical assistance in thwarting the security and encryption schemes of an iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters. The company's fear is that building a so-called backdoor into the iPhone would compromise the security of all iOS...
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There are some exciting and potentially game changing products and technologies in the pipeline for 2016. Namely, several virtual reality releases and one very interesting augmented reality solution from Microsoft, HoloLens. Microsoft's been a little quiet about HoloLens lately, but thanks to a leaked video, you can...
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Samsung announced its latest flagship Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge smartphones, along with a slick 360-degree portable camera dubbed the Gear 360, yesterday at its Unpacked event at Mobile World Congress. If you’d like to check out the original announcements, you can find our coverage of the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge here...
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Would you like to know how your current gaming rig fares when it comes to handling virtual reality gaming? Considering that the Oculus Rift is priced at $599 and that HTC Vive is priced at an eye-popping $799, we’d expect that only well-heeled gamers would be taking the VR plunge this early, which in turn means that...
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