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- Samsung’s Newest PCIe SSD Sips Power, Cranks It To ‘Ludicrous Speed’
- Buoyed By Record Breaking iPhone 6 Sales, Apple Grows Market Share In U.S., China
- LG’s Mystery Smartwatch At CES Is Actually Running webOS
- Microsoft Outs Gold Editions Of Nokia Lumia 830, Lumia 930
- Sony Delays Chinese Launch of PlayStation 4
- Lagging Smartphone Division Prompts Samsung To Report First Annual Profit Decline Since 2011
- Amazon Fire Phone Now Available For $189 Unlocked With Free Year Of Prime
- T-Mobile Reaps Rewards From Uncarrier Strategy, Sees 8.3 Million Customer Additions In 2014
- BlackBerry Passport Receives Plastic Surgery For Its AT&T Debut
- Intel’s Diminutive ‘Compute Stick’ Runs Windows 8.1, Costs $150
- Intel Pledges $300M To Boost Workplace Diversity
- Apple’s Radically Thin 12-Inch MacBook Air To Reportedly Drop Full-Size USB Ports
- AT&T Rides T-Mobile’s Coattails, Introduces Rollover Data
- Comcast To Roll Out Gigabit Internet Service In 2015
- Facebook Users Duped Over Another Privacy Notice Hoax
- AMD At CES: FreeSync Monitors, Carrizo Mobile APU Front And Center
- Dell Launches 34-Inch Curved Monitor, Adds 4K Option And RealSense 3D To Inspiron Laptops
- Corsair Showers CES With New Flash Drives, Cooling Products, And Neutron XT Series SSDs
- LG G Flex2 Brings Subtly Curved Full HD Display, 64-Bit Snapdragon 810
- Kingston Readies 90MB/s microSDXC, Ridiculously Fast HyperX Predator PCIe SSD
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All News for January 2015
Kingston first showed off its HyperX Predator PCIe SSD back at CES 2014, and this year at CES 2015 announced that it would finally be available this quarter. We were duly impressed, as the SSD promised read speeds of 1,400 MB/s and write...
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It was always assumed (outside of Cupertino, anyway) that if Apple released a bigger size iPhone model to compete with large screen Android devices, it would be a huge hit. Well, that notion was proven right when Apple launched its...
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The smartwatch market is finally starting to gain some traction. Samsung is shipping smartwatches that run its own Tizen operating system and numerous OEMs (including Samsung) are shipping smartwatches that run Google’s Android Wear operating system. And we can’t forget that the Apple Watch...
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If we learned anything over the past couple years, it's that gold is best! It's a lesson Apple VP of Gold Raffi Jaharian drove home in a Conan O'Brien skit when he said, "You think gold, you think all the best stuff: Jet ski, nice watch, sports car...shrimp." It's a lesson that's not lost on...
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In the race to sell the most game consoles, Sony suffered a slight setback when Chinese officials asked that it make adjustments to its PlayStation 4 (PS4) system before launching it in China. Sony originally planned to release the PS4 in China on January 11, 2015 (this Sunday), but has now...
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After a rapid rise in the mobile market to become Apple's chief rival (and target of many lawsuits), Samsung hit a rough patch in 2014, one that will challenge the South Korean company going forward. And as expected, Samsung today...
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The Fire Phone has been a disaster for Amazon, with initial reviews panning its gimmicky 3D interface and its high price of entry compared to more established players in the smartphone market. In addition, the fact that the smartphone runs...
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T-Mobile has been aggressive in its campaign to woo customers away from the competition, which it's successfully been able to do through its so-called "Uncarrier" campaign. So far it's working like a charm -- the wireless carrier today...
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The BlackBerry Passport is one odd device. On the one hand, its hardware is fitting for a 2014-era flagship with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor (3GB RAM), 32GB of internal storage, 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.1, a 13MP rear camera with OIS...
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Windows 8.1 with Bing, an operating system that Microsoft provides for free to OEMs under strict guidelines, has enabled a new wave of low-cost desktops, laptops, and tablets to flood the market. Intel is the latest to embrace Windows 8.1...
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Workplace diversity has become a hot topic in the tech industry, with companies like Microsoft, Twitter, and Facebook all admitting the need to do a better job. Go ahead and clump Intel into that category. Intel said it's making a concerted effort to take advantage of the available talent...
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First it was the floppy drive that, for the most part, has gone the way of the dodo bird, and then the optical drive, which is now the exception instead of the rule on laptop devices. Are I/O ports next? The current rumor is that Apple is...
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During T-Mobile’s Un-carrier 8.0 announcement held last month, John Legere introduced the Data Stash program which allows customers to rollover unused data from month-to-month. T-Mobile even sweetened the deal by adding 10GB of data into customers’ Data Stash for free to get them...
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At present, Google and AT&T are the two companies making the most noise about gigabit Internet service for consumers. It's high time other ISPs jump on board as well, don't you think? If you agree, you'll be happy to know that Comcast and Liberty Global (a major ISP in Europe) are two other...
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The Internet at large has proved a breeding ground for hoaxes, and the platform of choice these days appears to be Facebook. Makes sense, considering it's audience of 864 million daily active users, and 1.35 billion if tallying active users on a monthly basis. So, if you've used Facebook...
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CES is the time of year when computing companies of every type show off their next-generation hardware, and AMD is no exception. Hot Hardware sat down with the Sunnyvale-based company to talk about its major plans for 2015 in both gaming...
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Earlier today, we brought you news of the exciting new XPS 13 notebook, refreshed Alienware 15 and 17 notebooks, and the availability of the Venue 8 7000 Series tablet that was originally announced in September of last year. But those...
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One of my favorite companies to watch out for at every CES is Corsair, as the company doesn't only offer a wide-range of products, most of what's seen is usually really solid in design and instills me with that "I WANT IT!" feeling. This...
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The original LG G Flex was introduced nearly a year ago and was quite an odd entry into the smartphone space. The smartphone featured a massive 6-inch screen, but had a lowly resolution of 1280x720. And we can’t forget the hallmark feature...
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Whether you're in need of a super-fast solid-state drive, a speedy microSD card, or an ultra-secure thumb drive, Kingston has got you covered at this year's CES. I think the "super-fast" SSD I mentioned will whet the most appetites, so...
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Dell is stepping up its game for the Consumer Electronics Show, and is launching what it deems the “best portfolio of consumer devices in company history.” The company is rolling out a number of new products including the XPS 13, new...
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Thermaltake is showing off its roomy, new Core X cases at the Consumer Electronics Show, with an eye towards liquid cooling enthusiasts – particularly “hardcore enthusiasts.” The company announced its new Tt LCS Certified badge, which is...
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