Brandon Hill
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It looks as though Google isn’t the only big name in tech that plans to resell wireless service as a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO). According to a new report, Comcast is looking to become an MNVO with the help of none other than America’s largest wireless carrier: Verizon Wireless.
In 2011, Comcast a...
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Ever since we first saw renders of the One A9 leak to the web, we all took notice of its similarity to the iPhone 6 (and the iPhone 6s). Some thought that the overall shape of the smartphone and the plastic antenna lines running across the back of the device bared more than a passing resemblance to the Apple’s...
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We here at HotHardware are suckers for fast SSDs, and the fine folks at Samsung decided to light up Dell World 2015 with two storage products that are sure to knock your socks off.
We’ve reported on the PM1725 before, which is a half-height, half-length (HHHL) NVMe SSD that shows no mercy when it comes to transfer...
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If anyone has earned the luxury to take some time off from a busy work schedule to spend more time with family, it’s Joe Belfiore, Microsoft Corporate Vice President, Operating Systems Group. Belfiore has been a key evangelist for the Windows Phone platform in recent years and introduced us to the new Windows 10...
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The growing list of manufacturers jumping on the Android Wear bandwagon today grew by one. Fossil has announced its new Q Founder which will take on the likes of Samsung, Motorola and Apple in the growing wearables category.
Fossil isn’t providing many concrete details about the Q Founder, but we do know that it is...
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We haven’t even closed out October yet, and we’re already getting a sneak peek at what’s in store for Black Friday 2015. One of the first hot deals to kick off the holiday shopping season comes from none other than Dell, and it’s a doozy.
Dell will offer the Xbox One Gears of War: Ultimate Edition Bundle (500GB)...
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Nearly a week ago, Microsoft released Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview Build 10549 to testers. The test software brought updates to Cortana, the Messaging apps and the Lumia Camera app. But Build 10549 was probably most notable for forcing testers to revert back to Windows Phone 8.1 before updating due to a last...
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What Consumer Reports giveth, Consumer Reports taketh away. Consumer Reports has waxed poetic about the Tesla Motors Model S electric car for well over a year, giving the vehicle a 99 out of 100 rating — the highest honor it has ever bestowed upon a vehicle -- that was until the Model S P85D came around. The...
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General Motors is no stranger to electric vehicles, having given America one of the first somewhat “modern” entries into the sector with the GM EV1 (later called the Saturn EV1). We won’t get into the politics that resulted in the untimely death of that vehicle, but GM has had greater success with its first generation...
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Today’s unveil of the HTC One A9 was simply a formality; images, renders and specs for the smartphone have leaked like crazy over the past few weeks. Unfortunately, those of you expecting a crazy, high-powered follow-up to the One M9 will be disappointed. The HTC One A9 has its feet firmly planted in mid-range...
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Intel unleashed a slew of Skylake processors which are aimed at desktop and mobile users. As a result, we’ve seen numerous new products on a weekly sporting the new chips (especially on the mobile side).
But what about the workstation market, where your scrappy little Core i5 or Core i7 just won’t cut the mustard?...
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Fallout 4 will soon be upon us, and gamers around the globe will will pull out their mouse and keyboard (or respective gamepads) to devote countless hours to the latest installment in the Fallout franchise. The day of reckoning is November 10th for all three major platforms: PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4.
Today...
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Earlier today, Google kicked off sales of one of if two new Android 6.0 Marshmallow flagships: the Nexus 5X. However, that isn’t all that Google has in store today for Nexus fans, the company has also opened up a 24-hour windows in which Nexus owner can get an instant invite (click here) to try out the Project Fi...
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Lenovo is showing its flexibility as the world’s largest PC OEM with the release of two new products under its YOGA product family. The YOGA 900 convertible laptop and YOGA Home 900 all-in-one PC both run Microsoft’s Windows 10 operating system and keep portability in mind.
The YOGA 900 is being touted as the...
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BlackBerry CEO John Chen definitely didn’t leave a good impression when he demoed his company’s upcoming Android slider: the PRIV. The PRIV is BlackBerry’s latest effort to remain relevant in the smartphone market, and Chen’s antic on camera revealed a chief executive that wasn’t familiar with the product he was...
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Notebook computers running Google’s Chrome OS — aka Chromebooks — seem to be all the rage these days, especially in the education sector. Schools that were once hip to the idea of providing students with expensive iPads are now getting more bang for their buck — along with the convenience of a built-in keyboard — with...
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Motorola reportedly has two smartphones on tap for a special event to be held on October 27th. The first of the two smartphones, both of which are destined for Verizon Wireless, is the Droid Maxx 2.
We’ve talked about the Droid Maxx 2 on a few occasions here at HotHardware, and it is essence just a rebadged version...
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$234 million is a lot less than $862 million in damages that Apple could have faced for infringing on a University of Wisconsin-Madison patent, but it’s still a lot of money — even for a company as large as Apple. The larger figure was the maximum amount of damages that Apple was facing for infringing on Patent No...
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If you have an Android smartphone running on AT&T or Verizon’s wireless network, you could be at the mercy of hackers according to a new advisory posted to the Carnegie Mellon University CERT database. The vulnerability, which was discovered by a group of South Korean researchers, targets LTE wireless networks.
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At a hardware event earlier this month, Microsoft unveiled its 2015 lineup of hardware products which included the Surface Pro 4, Lumia 950, Lumia 950 XL and the all-new Microsoft Band. However, the “drop the mic” moment occurred when Panos Panay unveiled the Surface Book...
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Microsoft really wants folks to upgrade to Windows 10, even going so far as to make the operating system free for Windows 7 and Windows 8 users during the first year of availability. And so far, the decision to make the OS free has allowed Microsoft to rack up over 100 million installs since July 29th.
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It might not be cute as a button, but Intel’s button-sized Curie Compute Module (just a fancy name for a new SoC) promises to greatly advance the low-power wearables market. The chip giant first introduced Curie at CES earlier this year, but Intel today announced that the first product that will use Curie is the...
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