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- Android Dominates With Over 85 Percent Share, While Windows Phone And BlackBerry Fall To Life Support Levels
- Linux Mint Rounds Out 18 'Sarah' Releases With Beta KDE Edition
- Microsoft Tests Surface Pro 3 Software Fix For Rapid Battery Drain
- Microsoft Insists Play Anywhere Initiative For PC Wont Kill Xbox One Gaming
- Oracle Funds Non-Profit Group To Smear Google Following Crushing Java Loss
- Nasty Rex Linux Trojan Packs DDoS Attacks, Ransomware, And Bitcoin Miner
- Motorola Gets Mouthy Claiming Samsung Ripped Off Moto Z Active Display Feature
- Microsoft Wants To Pay You To Use Windows 10 Edge Browser And Bing
- NSA Hacked, Cyber Weapon Toolkit Theft Confirmed By Snowden Docs
- Google Will Shut Down Chrome Apps On Windows, Mac And Linux In Early 2018
- Facepalm: Microsoft Windows 10 Anniversary Update Breaks Millions Of Webcams
- Comcast Spokesman Mocks Google Fiber For Threatening To Abandon Nashville Rollout
- Here's How To Put A Muzzle On Cortana In Microsoft's Windows 10 Anniversary Update
- Huawei Guarantees Two Years Of Software And Security Updates For Honor Smartphones
- Android 7.0 Nougat Tapped For August 22nd Release According To Leaked Telus Doc
- AT&T, Apple, Google Form ‘Strike Force’ To Vanquish Annoying Robocalls
- HTC 10 Receives $100 Price Cut In The U.S. Along With New Gold And Red Finishes
- HotHardware 2016 Back-to-School Tech Shopping Guide
- $300 eGift Card Ith LG 65" 4K UHD HDTV, $498 Arlo Wireless 5-Camera Smart Security System And More
- Amazon's Alexa AI Allows Remote Voice Access To Hyundai’s Genesis Luxury Cars
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All News for August 2016
In the smartphone OS market, there’s Android and iOS; then there’s everyone else. Google’s Android operating system is by far the most popular smartphone operating system in the world, while Apple’s iOS comes in a distant second. But what about industry veterans Microsoft and BlackBerry? According to the latest...
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Earlier this month, the Linux Mint developer team released the Xfce edition of Linux Mint 18 'Sarah', which followed the main release at the end of June. But now it's time for some Plasma action, with a beta release of the upcoming Linux Mint 18 KDE edition.
It's worth noting that all three Linux Mint 18 editions...
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Over the past couple of months, many Surface Pro 3 users have complained of rapid battery drain. As we reported at the time, Microsoft's Panos Panay said that the SP3's battery should hold up to weekday charges over the course of four-and-a-half years, at which point the battery would be expected to have about 80% of...
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PC and console gamers have been at odds for decades. Microsoft, however, is attempting to broker a truce. The company insists that its “Play Anywhere” initiative for PC will not kill XBox One gaming.
Play Anywhere is a mechanism that would allow someone to purchase one copy of a game and have it playable on both...
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Oracle is not going down without a fight. The company is currently funding a nonprofit group to help blacken Google’s name following their legal battle over Java. Ken Glueck, Senior Vice President of Oracle, has admitted that Oracle is “absolutely a contributor” to this smear campaign.
Oracle is currently aiding in...
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It seems like we have had to report on some major new hack or threat every week as of late. Black-Hat Hackers are becoming more sophisticated, while their wares are becoming more diverse and complicated. One of the latest pieces of malware, the nasty Rex Linux Trojan, packs in DDoS attacks, ransomware, and a Bitcoin...
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Earlier this summer, Lenovo announced its new Motorola Moto Z and Moto Z Force Android Marshmallow flagship smartphones. Both include Active Display, which fires up individual pixels on the display while your smartphone is locked to give you quick access to the current time and notifications. Since it only uses a...
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Do you use Edge? If not, this incentive might convert you. Microsoft wants to pay customers to use the Windows 10 Edge browser and Bing search engine.
Microsoft claims that the Edge browser is faster, more energy efficient than its competitors, and also consistently offers 1080p streaming on Netflix. Edge...
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We reported earlier this week on a large collection of exploits that have been put up for auction by a group that calls itself Shadow Brokers. The promise was that all of the files were sourced from a secret NSA group called Equation Group, and now, Edward Snowden has released documents to prove that's just the...
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Google’s current aim is to simplify Chrome as much as possible. This means removing support for Chrome apps on all platforms except Chrome OS. Chrome apps were originally launched three years ago to offer services the Web was unable to provide. This included working offline, sending notifications, and connecting...
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Microsoft brought some cool new features and functionality to Windows 10 with its recently released (and much anticipated) Anniversary Update, the second major upgrade to the OS since it was released in July of last year. Unfortunately, the Anniversary Update has at least one unintentional side effect—it breaks...
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It looks as though Google is having a hard time overcoming the obstacles standing in the way of deploying Google Fiber in Nashville, Tennessee. When we last touched on the story, Google Fiber was lobbying to push “One Touch Make Ready”, which would allow Google to move Comcast and AT&T equipment installed on utility...
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When Microsoft released the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, many users were dismayed to hear that Microsoft had removed the toggle switch allowing you to completely disable the Cortana digital assistant. "With the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, the search box is now Cortana," said Microsoft about Cortana’s elevated...
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If you have been eyeing the recently-introduced Honor 8 smartphone, you are in luck. Huawei is now guaranteeing two years of software and security updates for Honor devices. Huawei is the third largest telecommunications manufacturer in the world.
Most of its business comes from China, however, Google’s Nexus 6P...
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At the end of July, we learned that there would be a chance of Android N coming out in August. Thanks to a leak that came out of Canadian carrier Telus, we might have just gained an even more accurate answer: August 22nd.
The information leaked from Telus is a simple schedule of updates hitting various phone...
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You know what everyone hates? Robocalls. AT&T, Apple, Google, Verizon, and Comcast are joining together to create the “Robocall Strike Force” which will work with the FCC to eliminate the annoyance. AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson will lead the effort.
A robocall is a phone call with a prerecorded message, and are...
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The HTC 10 is a perfectly competent flagship Android smartphone (see our review here), but it launched with what some thought was a rather lofty price tag: $699 unlocked. And faced with stiff competition from deep-pocketed Samsung and its Galaxy S7/Galaxy S7 Edge flagships, HTC hasn’t exactly found thundering sales...
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Store shelves are packed with fresh pencils, pens, and backpacks. Kids are begging their parents for new clothes and kicks. And teachers are frantically organizing their classrooms in the last few days of summer. It is that time of year again -- back-to-school season is upon us, like it or not. If you are looking to pick up some new tech gear...
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It’s just about time to close out another work week, but before we go, we’ve got a fresh batch of HOT deals, direct from our friends at TechBargains. On tap for you all today, we have deals on a LG 65UH5500 65" 4K UHD HDR Pro LED LCD Smart HDTV, a Dell Inspiron 3650 Intel Core i7-6700-based desktop system, an Arlo...
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Artificially intelligent systems are becoming increasingly capable as companies like Amazon build in new functionality and team with partners for creative uses of these technologies. Case in point, Hyundai is the first automaker to launch an Alexa skill, allowing remote voice commands to control connected cars as part...
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One of the rumors floating around about the iPhone 7 is that it will sport dual cameras on its backside for depth sensing. That might still be the case with the larger size iPhone 7 Plus model, but based on a leaked shot of what's purportedly the camera component for the 4.7-inch iPhone 7, it will have a single...
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It seems as though a new, promising battery tech that will boost the runtimes of our mobile devices is always just around the corner. Numerous companies and research labs make wide-eyed promises that seem unbelievable, and of course, they never deliver. However, one company, SolidEnergy, thinks that it has cracked the...
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