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Brandon Hill

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Brandon received his first PC, an IBM Aptiva 310, in 1994 and hasn’t looked back since. He cut his teeth on computer building/repair working at a mom and pop computer shop as a plucky teen in the mid 90s and went on to join AnandTech as the Senior News Editor in 1999. Brandon would later help to form DailyTech where he served as Editor-in-Chief from 2008 until 2014. Brandon is a tech geek at heart, and family members always know where to turn when they need free tech support. When he isn’t writing about the tech hardware or studying up on the latest in mobile gadgets, you’ll find him browsing forums that cater to his long-running passion: automobiles.

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Well, we’re guessing that this isn’t the response that indie developer Twisted was expecting. Earlier this week, Twisted announced that it was releasing its own native app for Windows that provides remote play capabilities for PlayStation 4... Read more...
Microsoft tasted the sweetness of victory during the month of October; it was the first time that the Xbox One had surpassed the PlayStation 4 in sales in months. You can chalk the victory up to aggressive pricing and the launch of Halo 5:... Read more...
Earlier this week, some funky things started happening with the Windows 10 November Update. For starters, some people noticed that the update removed some of their apps without permission. In addition, Microsoft removed the Media Creation Tool... Read more...
T-Mobile CEO John Legere isn’t just content with passing Sprint to become America’s third largest wireless carrier. Legere is looking to kick dirt in Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure’s face and give him a purple nurple for good measure. Legere... Read more...
If you’re one of the chosen few that is still sticking around with Microsoft’s smartphone operating system despite the clear domination of smartphones running iOS and Android, Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) US Mobile will have a respectable deal for you on Cyber Monday. The company... Read more...
Microsoft definitely has a hit on its hands with Windows 10, as Gartner is predicting that the operating system will become the most used Windows version of all time. However, Window 10 has also been plagued with concerns regarding privacy and... Read more...
We’ve all heard about Wi-Fi — the ubiquitous wireless networking standard is commonplace in just about all of our gadgets (smartphones, tablets and notebooks) and even our cars, as well as some home automation and IoT products. It’s hard for... Read more...
Thanks to the New Xbox One Experience update, Xbox One users not only get a Windows 10-esque user interface, but they also get Xbox 360 backwards compatibility along with Xbox One to Windows 10 game streaming. Given all of these fresh goodies... Read more...
Yesterday, we brought you the rather unfortunate news that a few models of new Dell laptops were shipping with eDellRoot, a self-signed root certificate that had its private key stored directly on the affected systems. Needless to say, this... Read more...
Elon Musk’s SpaceX hasn’t been able to find complete success when it comes to testing a completely reusable rocket for commercial space travel, but SpaceX’s failures were just greater incentive for Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. You see, Bezos owns a... Read more...
If you’re PC giant Lenovo, you’d probably like to forget all about the Superfish security debacle from earlier this year. Lenovo installed Superfish adware on its IdeaPad notebooks earlier this year complete with a self-signed HTTPS... Read more...
Comcast doesn’t exactly have a sterling reputation when it comes to customer service or its business practices, and its latest stunt isn’t likely to win it to win it much praise either. Comcast doesn’t take too kindly to its customers pilfering... Read more...
Late last week, we were greeted with the wonderful news that Microsoft is cutting prices by $50 across-the-board for its Xbox One consoles. That means the “lowly” 500GB console bundles will be priced at $299 from November 26th through November... Read more...
Back in July, we brought you the news of a “real life” Star Trek Communicator that was patterned after the prop used in Star Trek: The Original Series. Produced by The Wand Company, the Communicator is little more than a glorified Bluetooth... Read more...
Tesla Motors is recalling every Model S electric sedan that it has ever built — a total over over 90,000 vehicles to date. And wouldn’t you know, just a single part is at fault for the recall, and not a single person has been injured as a... Read more...
Well, that was a bust! AT&T just launched the LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition LTE smartwatch on its network last week, and Google proudly announced a new update for Android Wear in preparation for the always-connected wearable. However, AT&T and LG... Read more...
Microsoft is taking some initiative of its own to make sure that gamers get an excellent deal on an Xbox One during the Black Friday sales rush. The company is temporarily trimming the price of all its Xbox One bundles from November 26th... Read more...
Tell me if you’ve heard this one before. Sprint is making another move to persuade customers from competing wireless carriers to hop over to its last place network, and it’s doing so by offering to cut their bills in half. Yep, this is the... Read more...
Although NVIDIA revealed some high level information on its next generation Pascal GPU architecture earlier this year, the company revealed some more interesting details this week at NVIDIA’s GPU Technology Conference in Japan. NVIDIA announced... Read more...
Apple released its much-hyped Apple Watch in April to much fanfare. At the time, Apple didn’t include a charging dock in the box for the wearable and simply provided a MagSafe charging adapter. With no option from Apple available, third-party... Read more...
If you’re a fan of classing gaming console, then you’ve likely no doubt heard of Nolan Bushnell. Bushnell helped found Atari and developed the classic game Pong. Apparently, the apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree, as his sons, Tyler and... Read more...
Microsoft has its sights set on boosting enterprise security, and instilling confidence in government agencies that its Windows 10 operating system is fit to withstand attacks from third-parties. To advance these efforts, Microsoft has... Read more...
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