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Latest News - January 2016
- Villainous Darth Vader Reportedly Force Chokes His Way Into Upcoming ‘Rogue One’ Star Wars Spinoff
- Popular WhatsApp Messaging Service Kills $1 Subscription Fee, Will Remain Ad-Free
- SpaceX Crashes And Burns For Third Time At Sea With Falcon 9 Reusable Rocket
- Amazon Echo Gains Ability To Read Kindle eBooks
- Supreme Court To Hear Microsoft Appeal Regarding Xbox 360 Disc Scratching
- Microsoft Airdrops Fresh 1TB Xbox One Bundle With ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’
- Apple to Shutter Underperforming iAd App Network June 30th
- After Windows RT Implosion, Microsoft Could Be Giving ‘Windows on ARM’ Second Look
- Microsoft HoloLens AR Headset Is ‘Totally Wireless’ And Features Up To 5.5-Hour Battery Life
- Microsoft Word Flow Keyboard Heads to iPhone, Furthering Windows Phone Dilution
- Skylake Users Have Until July 2017 To Install Windows 10 Or Lose Support From Microsoft
- Researcher Circumvents Patched OS X Gatekeeper Malware Prevention Software In Minutes
- Yahoo Releases Staggering 13.5TB Data Cache Treasure Trove For Machine Learning Research
- Netflix Cracks Whip On Unauthorized U.S. Streaming Overseas Via VPNs And Proxies
- Rare Discount On Lenovo Y700 15-Inch Gaming Laptop, Half Off BRAVEN Bluetooth Speaker With Powerbank And More
- Netgear Nighthawk X8 R8500 AC5300 WiFi Router Review: Amplified AC
- Windows 10 Mobile Hits Closer To Home As OTA Upgrade Arrives In Latin America For Lumia 535
- Tech Pioneers And Bitter Rivals Bill Gates, Steve Jobs Subject of Upcoming Broadway Musical
- ESPN Bets Big On Gaming, Launches eSports Vertical
- Nest Thermostats Knocked Offline During Dead of Winter Due to Software Bug
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All News for January 2016
Star Wars has a new villain who wears a mask, that of Kylo Ren who appeared in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the first of a new trilogy of sequels that Disney plans to release two years apart from one another. But what of Darth Vader?...
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WhatsApp is eliminating its $0.99 subscription fee in favor of a new business model, one that won't bother you with advertising. Well, not for now, anyway. Instead of replacing the nominal yearly subscription fee with ads, WhatsApp will...
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SpaceX looked to pop open the champagne bottles with a successful landing at sea following its landmark ground landing last month. However, an unscathed landing at sea has eluded SpaceX once again. We must start off by saying that SpaceX’s...
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Wouldn't it be rad (yes, I said rad) if James Lipton was always on call to provide a dramatic reading of a novel? I'd also be delighted to sit back and listen to James Earl Jones narrate a grisly tale, or Morgan Freeman read just about anything, even a telephone book. Perhaps they'd be willing...
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A dispute involving scratched Xbox 360 discs that stems back nearly will be heard by the Supreme Court of the United States, which will decide if there's enough cause for Microsoft to face class-action lawsuit. While that sounds like an...
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The Xbox One bundles keep coming, the newest of which is a treat for Tom Clancy fans. It's the Xbox One Tom Clancy's The Division Bundle featuring a 1TB version of Microsoft's newest generation console, a newly updated wireless controller...
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Through a message that's kept as succinct as possible, Apple has announced that it will be pulling the plug on the iAd App Network on June 30. If this service doesn't sound familiar, don't fret: it was designed for developers to allow advertising in their apps for other apps. If you just...
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It's starting to seem like Microsoft is a glutton for punishment. The fact that the Redmond company's foray with Windows RT fizzled before it could even get started -- something all-too-real for those who had enough faith in Microsoft to...
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Virtual reality is enjoying some ridiculous hype right now, fueled by the fact that the first kits will be launching in the months ahead. But while VR gets so much love right now, we can't forget about another alternate reality platform...
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Microsoft is porting yet another app over to iOS, this latest one called Word Flow, a smartphone keyboard app that's similar to Swype. Word Flow allows you to type without lifting your finger off of the keyboard -- you start by touching...
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In case you haven’t already figured it out, Microsoft is hell-bent on getting those running older versions of Windows — namely Windows 7 and Windows 8.x users — to upgrade to Windows 10. We won’t get into all the incessant nagging and...
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In an effort to thwart malicious software from wreaking havoc on Mac computers, Apple introduced Gatekeeper in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion and was also integrated into its predecessor, OS X 10.7.5 Lion. Apple maintains that the most secure way...
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The digital landscape has evolved quite substantially over the past decade, primarily due to smart devices taking over our lives. Beyond that, "machine-learning" has also become a major force with many top-flight companies, with many of...
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Netflix spread its wings earlier this month, expanding its global footprint with an additional 130 international markets. While that news can be seen as a big win for overseas customers that have long waited for the ability to stream...
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It’s just about time to close out another week, but not before serving up a fresh batch of HOT deals direct from our friends at TechBargains. On tap for you all today, we have deals on a Lenovo IdeaPad Y700 Intel Core i7-6700HQ based...
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The router game is heating up once again, after being dormant for what seemed like an eternity, thanks to new iterations of the Broadcom XStream platform. We first examined this platform for 802.11 AC routers back in October when we...
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It appears that the a wide-scale rollout of Windows 10 Mobile in the United States can’t be too away. We reported earlier this week that T-Mobile has started pushing the update to select Lumia smartphones in Poland, while the the wireless...
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The two men arguably most responsible for the technological landscape we find ourselves in today will be the subject of a new comedy musical set to open on Broadway next April. We're of course talking about Bill Gates, co-founder of...
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Professional gaming -- as in video games -- isn't new by any means. Fatal1ty (real name Johnathan Wendel) entered the scene way back in 1999 and pioneered the category by dominating in titles like Quake III Arena. Since then the category has only grown, albeit in the background of mainstream...
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Winter is upon us and with it comes snow, ice, and chilly temperatures, depending on where you live. There's probably no worse time of the year for a home thermostat to give up the ghost, but unfortunately for Nest owners, that's exactly...
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If you’ve been sitting around, twiddling your thumbs waiting for Microsoft to release an Xbox One update to enable background music playback, you’re going to be waiting a lot longer. Background music playback has been an oft-requested...
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It's an exciting time in the automobile industry with two technologies in particular dominating the news. One is the evolution of electric vehicles, with newer models going longer distances and offering sportier features than before, and...
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