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Latest News - September 2015

All News for September 2015

It’s just about time to close out another week, but before we go, we’ve got a fresh batch of HOT deals, courtesy of our friends at TechBargains. On the menu for you all today, we have deals on a LG 34UM95-34" 3440X1440 IPS 21:9 UltraWide QHD Monitor, a Dell XPS 8700 Core i7-4790 based desktop system, a Kmashi 4,800mAh... Read more...
Google tried the whole mobile payments thing once before. It was called Google Wallet and for various reasons, it wasn't a success. You could argue that one of those reasons was because it was an idea just slightly ahead of its time. Regardless, Google took a mulligan and is back in the mobile payment game with... Read more...
One way or another, OnePlus is going to make headlines. Unfortunately for fans of company's phones, the headlines aren't always for positive things, which in this case it's in the news for screwing up its launch of the OnePlus 2. Perhaps the OnePlus 3, should there be one, will be a different story. To the... Read more...
Elon Musk surprised the audience of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night when he suggested that one way to prepare Mars for habitation could be to drop nukes on it. Musk, who is the founder of Tesla, SpaceX and other companies pushing the technology envelope, was discussing the possibility of warming Mars to... Read more...
There’s a big update beaming down for Xbox One users in November, and Microsoft is talking up what exactly will be included in the software package and when preview users will get a chance to get a taste of the revamped UI. First things first; although Microsoft hasn’t given an exact date in November for the... Read more...
A month-and-a-half after the rather brutal 'Stagefright' Android vulnerability was revealed, the researcher who discovered it has decided to release his exploit code. By now, we'd hope that most people who have devices affected by Stagefright will have been patched up, or at the very least are using updated versions... Read more...
Yesterday marked the 20th anniversary of Sony's original PlayStation console launch in North America. To celebrate the occasion the company has discounted more than 100 titles for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, PSP, and PS Classics. These aren't small time savings, either. Markdowns are as high as 70... Read more...
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 Dell Inspiron Intel Core i5-4460 based desktop system, Sabrent 60 Watt / 12 Amp 10-Port Smart charger, a SCEPTRE X405BV-FHDR 40" LED HDTV, and more. Full details below. For more... Read more...
Drones are becoming a big business, with even companies like Sony getting into the fray with its Aerosense Camera Drone. However, creating new commercials drone from scratch is not an easy task, and there are many barriers to entry. Not to mention, there’s a huge elephant in the room in the form of DJI, which rules... Read more...
With Fallout 4 set to be released in two months, fans are sure to be wondering about what kind of extra content will surround the game. Fortunately, Bethesda has finally come forward with that information, and overall, none of it comes as much of a surprise. First and foremost, Fallout 4 is going to follow in the... Read more...
Marriott is putting a new twist on room service by delivering Samsung Gear VR headsets to guests. The new “VRoom Service” features a VR headset and headphones, along with virtual reality travel videos. Fire up the VRoom Service headset and you can explore Beijing from your hotel room in New York. The Marriott VRoom... Read more...
Michael Dell is no longer beholden to shareholders after taking the computer company he founded private two years ago. As such, he's free to invest more than $125 billion in China over the next five years as part of his "In China, For China" 4.0 strategy announced today without having to worry about how it might... Read more...
If you’ve ever wanted to try your hand at coding or interface / UX design, we’ve got a sale running in the HotHardware Shop that may be of interest. For the next four days, a 1 year subscription for a SitePoint Premium Tech E-Learning bundle is on sale for under 20 bucks, which is a discount of about... Read more...
In yet another security breach affecting the healthcare industry, personal information belonging to more than 10 million individuals may have been compromised by hackers, according to Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. The healthcare provider said it learned of the "sophisticated attack" on August 5, 2015. The... Read more...
To cope with a PC market that continues to see declining sales and cut operating expenses, Seagate is reportedly preparing to slash around 1,050 jobs. That amounts to a 2 percent reduction in the company's total workforce, which currently sits at around 52,200 employees. Seagate's bean counters say the layoffs will... Read more...
Apple announced a handful of products yesterday, including a new iPhone, a 12.9-inch iPad Pro that's better suited for productivity than its other iPad tablets, and a refreshed Apple TV set-top box. However, there's one thing that kind of flew under the radar, and that's the impending release of Mac OS X 10.11... Read more...
Apple’s iPhone is usually front and center at Apple’s September keynotes, but that wasn’t the case today. The iPhone was relegated to pulling up the rear of the keynote behind the Apple Watch, iPad Pro, and all-new Apple TV. But then again, we already knew what Apple was going to reveal — this is a refresh year... Read more...
Apple’s second big hardware reveal today came in the form of the Apple TV — its first major update since 2012. Apple CEO Tim Cook introduced the Apple TV, proclaiming that we’ve entered a “Golden age of television” and that “Our vision for TV is simple and perhaps a little provocative. We believe the future of... Read more...
At some point in the not-too-distant future, Microsoft will release a Surface Pro 4 tablet. In the meantime, Microsoft's been marking down its Surface Pro 3 family, and yet again the tablet line is on sale, this time with some tantalizing savings for students heading back to school. You might be thinking, "Doesn't... Read more...
Apple kicked off its major 2015 iOS hardware push today with the announcement of the long-rumored iPad Pro. The device features a massive 12.9-inch display, which is quite a step up from the 7.9-inch iPad mini and 9.7-inch iPad Air 2. This Retina-class display packs in 5.6 million pixels, which is more than what’s... Read more...
As we discovered earlier this week, Microsoft is more keen than ever to get people to use its Edge Web browser. Admittedly, the browser is quite good, and I'm doubtful that the reason people refuse to use it is simply because it's not. Instead, if someone has been using the same browser for years - be it Chrome... Read more...
It's been just over 10 months since Android 5.0 Lollipop was first made available to the general public, and in that time, it's found its way onto one out of every five Android devices. If you'd prefer to take the glass half empty approach, you can point out that four out of five Android devices are still waiting for... Read more...
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