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Latest News - October 2015
- Microsoft Surface Book GPU Details Uncovered By Crafty Store Visitors
- Samsung Commissioned To Build Robots That Undercut Human Worker Costs For Skilled Tasks
- Rare Price Drop On Kindle Paperwhite, Ultra-light Lenovo Core i7 U31 Laptop Just $699 And More
- Microsoft Pleads With Users To Give Edge Another Try Before Switching Windows 10 Default Browser Settings
- 5.2-inch Google Nexus 5X Marshmallow Flagship Now Available To Purchase
- Nintendo Entertainment System Celebrates 30th Birthday Of Classic Gaming Goodness
- BlackBerry PRIV Android Slider Makes First Commercial Appearance, Now Up For Pre-Order
- HP's Refreshed, Colorful Chromebook 14 Offers Full HD Screen, 9+ Hours Battery Life
- Motorola Droid Turbo 2 Brings Shatterproof Display And Moto Maker Customization Tool
- Microsoft Claims ‘Vast Majority’ Of Xbox One Kinect Users Regularly Use Device
- Maxed Out Surface Book With Core i7, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD Listed At $3199
- Apple To Replace MacBook Pro Screens With Defective Anti Reflective Coating
- Apple Ordered By Judge To Pay University Of Wisconsin $234 Million in Patent Dispute
- Sprint Throttles Unlimited Data Users That Surpass 23GB Of Monthly Data
- Microsoft Showcases Sample Shots From ‘Magic’ PureView Camera On Lumia 950 XL Windows 10 Mobile Flagship
- Intel Commits 1,000 Engineers To Develop Next Gen LTE Chipset For Apple iPhone 7
- LTE Security Flaw Allows Data Spoofing And DDoS Attacks, Affects All Android Devices
- Chattanooga Slays Comcast, Wins Right To Offer 10Gbps Internet For $299/Month
- Facebook Vows To Squash Bug Causing Excessive Battery Drain In iOS Devices
- Snowden, The Second Coming Leaks Top Secret US Government Drone Documents
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All News for October 2015
We talked just yesterday about the various configurations that exist for Microsoft's Surface Book, including the mammoth $3,199 model that boasts 1TB of solid-state storage. Despite all we know about these offerings, though, there are some details both Microsoft and its component vendors are keeping mum on. Such as...
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Maybe we should cease development of artificial intelligence. Why? View it as a precautionary measure for the day when robots completely replace humans in the workforce. Think about it, do we really want to be bound by mechanical overlords who might one day decide we're more trouble than we're worth?
Sounds crazy...
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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 Lenovo U31 13.3" Core i7-based laptop, a Samsung UN32J4000 32" 720p LED HDTV, a Logitech G600 MMO Gaming Mouse, and more. Full details for all of today’s deals are available...
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Microsoft built a brand new browser for Windows 10 called Edge, though it isn't proving as popular as the operating system it comes bundled on. One way Microsoft hopes to change that is by adding a new prompt when users install a third-party browser like Google Chrome and attempt to switch defaults.
The prompt...
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LG's flagship Nexus device for 2015, the Nexus 5X, is now on sale in the Google Store. Pricing starts at $379 for what's essentially a higher-end mid-range device, if that makes sense, and includes 16GB of built-in storage. For an extra $50 ($429 total), you can double up on storage and pick up the 32GB...
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For many people, the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) helped define their childhood with games Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda. If it helped define yours, you might find it a punch in the gut that the NES is three decades old, having been introduced in the North American market on October 18, 1985. Time...
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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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Like a quarterback calling an audible at the line of scrimmage, Microsoft analyzed the situation with its Xbox One and eventually decided to sell the console without a second generation Kinect motion sensor bundled in. The Kinect was at first viewed as an integral part of the Xbox One experience, and though things...
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When Microsoft revealed its Surface Book a couple of weeks ago, we knew it was going to be a HOT product. What I'm not sure many of us realized, though, is that the available models would sell out so fast. For a product that starts out at $1,499 and doesn't have the Apple name attached to it, that's quite...
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It doesn't sound like a common problem, but the latest MacBook Pro issue happens enough for Apple to begin taking action. On some recent MacBook Pros, all of which feature Retina displays, a problem could arise where the anti-reflective coating wears off, or the screen delaminates. Neither result is pretty, and if...
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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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Oh no, a minority of insatiable data guzzling wireless users on Sprint's network are crowding up the joint and leaving no room for the other 97 percent of responsible users, something must be done! Right? Right!? We're paraphrasing a bit here, but that pretty much sums up the sentiment of Sprint's Chief Technology...
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When Microsoft unveiled its Lumia 950 and 950 XL smartphones a few weeks ago, it seemed to genuinely woo the masses. In fact, the entire event overall was quite impressive, and in a way, refreshing. While the Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book were proverbial stars of the show, it could be argued that the biggest gain...
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When the prospect of being able to create chips for one of the largest smartphone manufacturers in the world makes itself available, it's something that needs to be taken extremely seriously. That's especially the case if you haven't managed to make a grand statement in the mobile market in the past.
That prospect...
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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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When Google released its Fiber Internet service five years ago, it was quite something to behold. While most of us were dealing with modest broadband speeds (or worse), the big G was offering Internet speeds that could max out our home routers. At 1Gbps, Google was allowing people to both download and upload up to a...
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You might have noticed that after installing Facebook on your shiny new iPhone (or iPad) battery life took a turn for the worse. Way worse. If so, know that you're not alone. There have been many reports of the Facebook app draining an unusual amount of battery life on iOS devices, and it's something the social...
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When Edward Snowden blew the whistle on the significant spying efforts conducted by the NSA two summers ago, it was hard to grasp at first what ramifications would result from the documents release. Since then, the world has been hit by one leak after the other, and ultimately, we've seen that it's not surprising to...
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Have you ever tried to convince someone to download and install Skype? It's not always easy -- everyone has their preferred messaging and communication platform and they don't want to clutter up their PC with multiple protocols. If Skype is the one you roll with, the good news is you can now invite others to join a...
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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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