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Latest News - May 2015
- SpaceX Completes Successful Dragon Capsule Abort Test, Paves Way For 2017 Manned Launch
- Oculus Rift Preorders Begin Later This Year, Deliveries Expected Q1 2016
- FTC Investigators Smell Something Fishy With Apple's Efforts To Kill Free Music Streaming
- NVIDIA Finally Admits Defeat To Qualcomm, Gives Up On 'Icera' LTE Modem Development
- Cox Stiffens Assault On Google Fiber With G1GABLAST Service
- The Next Trick? A Smartphone Case That Can Draw Energy From The Air
- Comcast Goes On Hiring Spree To Fix Embarrassingly Horrible Customer Service
- Comcast Encourages User-Generated Live Streaming To TVs With Updated Xfinity App
- Cisco Unearths ‘Rombertik’ Virus That Self-Destructs When Poked By Security Researchers
- Leaked Specs Detail LG’s Snapdragon 410-Fueled 'Lancet' Windows Phone
- 7 Months After Its Official Release, Lollipop Creeps To 9% Of Android Device Market
- FCC Chairman Wheeler Applauds Comcast For Pressing Eject Button On TWC Merger
- Microsoft Entices Surface RT Owners With $150 Trade-In Offer For A New Surface 3
- Intel Launches Xeon E7-8800 and E7-4800 v3 Processor Families
- Sony Brings PlayStation Now To Grey-Haired PS3 Console
- Windows 10 Users Can Boldly Flip The Middle Finger To iOS And Android Rivals With New Emoji
- Clone Wars: Google Launches Pinterest-Esque Google+ 'Collections'
- Next Gen Apple TV To Gain Thicker, Touch Pad-Packin' Remote
- Apple Launches 'Made For Apple Watch' Certification Program, Forbids Magnetic Charging Straps
- HP’s ENVY Desktops Harbor Unannounced AMD Radeon R7 A330/A360 And R9 380 GPUs
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All News for May 2015
We’ve been following SpaceX’s Dragon capsule and Falcon rocket development with the giddiness of millions of children decades ago during the lead up to NASA landing a man on the moon. With the Space Shuttle out of commission and the U.S...
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It’s been a long time coming, but we are now getting a firm release date for the Oculus Rift. Oculus confirmed today that it will open up preorders for the consumer version of its VR headset later this year, and that it will actually ship...
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is reportedly investigating Apple's dealings with record labels in advance of the Cupertino company's roll out of a new version of its Beats Music streaming subscription service. What antitrust officials...
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NVIDIA, a major player in the graphics chip market, announced today that it's winding down its Icera modem operations in the second quarter of its fiscal 2016 and is open to selling off the technology. So ends NVIDIA's short-lived plans to...
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Move over Google, and step aside AT&T, because here comes Cox with residential 1-gigabit Internet service of its own. Called G1GABLAST (Gigablast from here on out), the 1Gbps Internet service is now available in parts of Phoenix, Arizona; Orange County, California; Omaha, Nebraska; and Las...
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Mobile phones charged with energy taken out of thin air. What sounds like a modern take on a very old magic trick is actually the Unique Selling Proposition of a smartphone case developed by Nikola Labs and presented for the first time on...
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Comcast is one of only two companies to be voted "Worst Company in America" multiple times, having come away with Consumerist's title in 2010 and again in 2014. The cable giant is aware that it has an image problem, one that largely stems...
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With the failed Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger firmly behind it, Comcast gave its customers a digital treat. But whether you see it that way will depend a lot on what Comcast services you and your family or friends use.
The new...
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Security firms and anti-malware providers sure do have their work cut out for them, a fact that seems to get emphasized every day. As attackers become more creative, researchers have to dig deep in order to understand how malware manages...
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After a lengthy hiatus, LG is returning to the Windows Phone realm with a new smartphone release. LG’s latest entry was leaked last month, but today, Windows Central has spilled all the bean on the Lancet Windows Phone...
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Terry Myerson, Microsoft's Executive Vice President of Operating Systems, really stuck a knife into Google’s stomach yesterday at the Microsoft Ignite conference. More specifically, Myerson took issue with Google’s reluctance to prod its...
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Speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt in New York on Monday, FCC chairman Tom Wheeler went on record with his thoughts on the now-dead $42 billion bid by Comcast to absorb Time-Warner Cable (TWC), saying that he thought Comcast CEO Brian Roberts...
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Microsoft's Surface 3, released in late March, is one hot product. It could even be a possible iPad killer. With its true x86 processor, it's not much of a stretch to believe that owners of the original Surface RT are drooling over the...
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Intel has refreshed its line-up of processors in a number of categories over the last few months. Late last year, Intel’s current flagship desktop processors based on Haswell-E arrived, followed shortly thereafter by the low-power Core M...
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Sony is all about pushing as many PlayStation 4 consoles into homes as it can, but at the same time, it hasn't forgotten about owners of the previous generation PlayStation 3 system. Beginning May 12 (next Tuesday), Sony's cloud-based PlayStation Now service will be available on the older...
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Microsoft wants you to be able to let others know how you really feel, so the company's giving you the middle finger to do just that. The new emoji is one of several being introduced in Windows 10, and what's awesome about its inclusion is...
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If Pinterest's developers appear a little red around the cheeks, you can assume they're blushing. After all, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and it's inevitable that Google's new Google+ Collections will draw comparisons to...
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Here’s something you don’t see too often: Apple is redesigning one of its devices to be bigger. The same company that is famously obsessed with slimming down its smartphones, tablets and laptops is planning an update to the Apple TV remote that will make it slightly thicker and add a...
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If anyone cares enough to make a meme about Apple's "Made for Apple Watch" program, it would read, "Brace yourself, third party Apple Watch bands are coming." You can bank on it now that Apple's given third-party developers the green light...
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In April, HP flooded the market with a slew of back-to-school PC aimed at the mobile crowd. This week, HP has switched its attention to the school age children that prefer their PC in desktop form, despite the fact that the form-factor is...
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Led by outspoken CEO John Legere, T-Mobile hasn't been subtle in its aggressive attempts to win over customers from competing wireless customers, and that's still the case in a new promotion designed to lure Verizon subscribers. It's...
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Anyone who has driven an Android smartphone any distance whatsoever has no doubt wondered whether any of the apps they use could be serving as information conduits. The relaxed vetting process that the Google Play Store has in place...
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