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Latest News - July 2015
- HTC Refreshes Mid-Range Desire Smartphone Lineup With Snapdragon 210 SoC, LTE
- Google Map Maker Returns From Lengthy Hiatus Next Month
- Microsoft's Satya Nadella Made Windows 10 Free To Boost Street Cred With Smartphone Devs
- Clever Modder Screen Casts Nexus 6 To Car In-Dash System For Full Android Control
- Comcast Finds A Friend In EA With Xfinity Game Streaming Beta
- U.K. Contemplates Banning Encrypted Messaging Apps Unless It Can Enter Through Backdoor
- Sneaky Google Photos Continues Uploading Images Even After You Delete App
- Following Microsoft’s Mobile Implosion, Nokia Confirms Plan To Revisit Smartphone Market
- Affordable USB Charging Stations On Sale In The HotHardware Shop
- Xotic PC Executioner Stage 4 Gaming PC Review
- reddit Chief Engineer Abruptly Quits Amidst Very Public Internal Fracas
- T-Mobile Amps Up Family Plans With Four Lines Of 10GB LTE Data For $120
- 1-Day Sale On Sandisk Flash Memory Products, Dell Monitors For $161 And More Computer Accessories
- Microsoft Delays Shipments Of Massive 55- And 84-inch Surface Hubs
- Apple Pay Launches In UK With Backing Of 250,000 Retail Stores
- Mozilla Temporarily Blocks Flash By Default In Firefox Following Security Woes
- HP Cranks Arrival Of Windows 10 To 11, With Limited Edition Bang & Olufsen EliteBook Folio 1020
- Comcast’s 2Gbps Fiber Service Costs Gut-Wrenching $300 Per Month, Adds $1K In Startup Fees
- 47% Off Lenovo Erazer X315 Gaming Desktops, Dell Inspiron Micro Desktops For $169 And More
- Comcast Debuts $15 ‘Stream’ Internet TV Service, But There Are Plenty Of Strings Attached
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All News for July 2015
HTC isn’t exactly at the top of its game these days. The company’s flagship One M9, while competent, has failed to reverse its weakening position in the smartphone market. Competition from the likes of Apple (with the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus) and Samsung (with the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge) has been incredibly...
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If you were bummed that Google shut down its Maps editing tool in May, you'll be happy to know that Map Maker is reopening in early August. At the same time, there will be some changes and additional safeguards to avoid another embarrassing scenario like the one that prompted Google to temporarily shutter the service in the first place.
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Microsoft’s takeover Nokia’s Devices and Services division has been nothing short of a disaster. The company is axing 7,800 employees from its phone division and is writing off $7.6 billion in costs related to last year’s $7.2 billion acquisition.
“We will need to innovate in new areas, execute against our plans...
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Connecting a smartphone to an in-car Bluetooth system is a common way to listen to music through the device, but have you ever thought about what else could be possible? How about controlling the entire smartphone through a dash screen? Or controlling media with your steering wheel?
That's just what one Nexus 6...
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There's no shortage of ways to get games on your TV, but that doesn't matter to Comcast, because it wants to offer one of the more compelling ones. Perhaps it'll be able to pull that off on account of the fact that it's teaming up with EA, a company that knows a thing or two about games.
Alright, I'll say it:...
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Whether you use Snapchat to send goofy faces to friends and family, or fling more sultry looking photos to a lover, you probably don't want those snapshots falling into the wrong hands. Unfortunately for users in the United Kingdom, new legislation could force messaging applications to be less secure so the government...
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When Google announced in May that it was offering unlimited photo and video storage for free via its revamped Photos app, there was much celebration. Confetti poured out from building windows onto the streets, enemies became friends, and the nation's leaders declared and end to all conflicts, finally ushering in an...
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Nokia is down, but not out. The Finish telecom company has been planning a way forward after a stunning fall from grace (similar to that of BlackBerry) as consumers turned away from inexpensive cell phones to smartphones running Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android operating systems. And, like BlackBerry, Nokia said this...
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If any of you are looking for a handy, multi-port USB charging station / hub, we’ve got a bunch of them for sale in the HotHardware Shop at the moment. Whether you want a small portable unit, or a larger desktop unit with a ton of ports, we’ve got you covered. See below for the details and links.
Kinkoo 40W 6-Port...
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When Xotic PC asked us to be judge and jury of its Executioner gaming system, we thought to ourselves, "this better be one helluva setup to warrant its killer moniker," and spoiler alert, it is. We'll get to the benchmarks and other particulars in due time, but there's more to this $6,500 PC than raw performance alone. Yes, we said $6,500,...
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reddit, one of the most popular websites on the planet, has lost another high-ranking female employee. Bethanye Blount, the site's chief engineer, decided to call it quits only days after Ellen Pao stepped down as interim CEO. Blount had only been with reddit for two months, having jumped ship from Facebook for what...
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The word on the street is that T-Mobile has finally vaulted past Sprint to become the nation’s third largest wireless carrier. We’ll have to wait for Sprint’s quarterly figures to come in before T-Mobile CEO John Legere can gloat with reckless abandon, but until that time, the boys and gals in magenta are looking to...
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Welcome back for the latest installment of HOT deals, direct form our friends at TechBargains. On tap for you all today, we have deals on SanDisk Flash Memory Products, a Dell PowerEdge T110 dual-core server, a Netgear Nighthawk X6 AC3200 Tri-Band WiFi Router, and much more. Full details for all of today’s deals are...
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Early last month, Microsoft starting revealing more details about its impressive Surface Hubs, which are designed for use in business conference rooms. The massive touch screen displays are fully-functional Windows 10 PCs complete with 100 points of touch, Intel Core processors, and SSD storage. The 55-inch Surface...
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Long after Apple Pay’s successful launch in the U.S., the contactless payment system is coming to the UK. Apple has already lined up more than 250,000 businesses who are accepting Apple Pay payments as of this week. British users with an iPhone 6 or an Apple Watch can start using Apple Pay immediately.
“Apple Pay...
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In the wake of recent security threats that have come to light, Mozilla has made the decision to block Adobe Flash content by default on all versions of its Firefox browser. Mark Schmidt, head of Firefox support at Mozilla and CEO of SupportHacker, announced the change via Twitter on Monday, adding that this is a...
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Back in early December, Hewlett-Packard pulled the wraps off two interesting new ultrabooks: the svelte EliteBook Folio 1020 and Folio 1020 SE. The Intel Core M-powered Folio 1020 SE was the real stunner, however, with its QHD display, and magnesium-lithium alloy and carbon fiber chassis.
But now that Windows 10 is...
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Google might have sparked the fiber internet wars with its highly acclaimed Google Fiber service for residential customers, but competitors like AT&T, Time Warner Cable, and Comcast have been close behind looking to offer matching (or greater speeds) in the same markets. One competitor that is touting faster speeds —...
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Welcome back for the latest installment of HOT deals, straight from our friends at TechBargains. On tap for you all today, we have deals on a Lenovo Erazer X315 AMD A8-7600-based desktop system, a Lenovo IdeaPad Z50 Intel Core i7-4510U-based notebook, a Speedy 50W 5-Port USB Desktop Charger, and a whole lot more. Full...
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Remember Dish Network’s Sling TV service? The streaming service launched to much fanfare earlier this year and secured 100,000 subscribers during its first month of availability. For a price of $20 per month, customers can access nearly twenty channels (including ESPN and TBS, and CNN) with the option to add themed...
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Researchers at MIT have come up with a new network design that exploits cheap, power-efficient flash memory without sacrificing the speed that supercomputing applications enjoy from Random Access Memory (RAM). What's appealing about the development is that flash memory is about ten times less expensive than RAM and...
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While nothing Microsoft has planned can likely top the Rolling Stones kicking off the launch of Windows 95 — Microsoft reportedly paid the Rolling Stones $3 million to use the song “Start Me Up” in the advertising campaign — the company is hard at work revving its engines to heavily promote Windows 10 later this...
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