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Latest News - February 2015
- Qualcomm Staring Down Barrel Of $1.6 Billion Antitrust Fine In China
- Raspberry Pi 2 Crippled By Xenon Camera Flash 'Death Ray'
- Google Outs Gameplan To Overthrow Microsoft Office
- Intel CFO Claims Apple Mac Performance Would Hit Pothole Without ‘Intel Inside’
- Rumored iPad Pro Won’t Stop Apple’s Declining Tablet Sales
- T-Mobile’s HTC One M8 Suits Up For Feb 9 Lollipop Makeover
- Lawmakers Ask FCC To Play Cookie Monster Opposite Verizon’s ‘Supercookies’
- Motorola COO: Samsung Could Follow BlackBerry And Nokia To Smartphone Irrelevancy
- Windows 10 Build 10009 Marks Arrival Of ‘Project Spartan’ Web Browser
- Microsoft Working To Deliver Software Patch, Hardware Update For Wonky Lumia 535 Touchscreen
- Best Buy To Demo Samsung Gear VR Headsets Starting Feb 8
- Corning’s Next Generation Gorilla Glass Will Rival Sapphire For Scratch Resistance
- Google Hands Out $6 Play Store Credit For Chromecast Owners
- Google Stymies Thieves With Remote Lock Tool For Chromebooks
- Cablevision Launches $10/Month Freewheel Wi-Fi Phone Service
- NVIDIA Launching Supercharged Shield Tablet With Tegra X1 By End Of Q1
- Samsung’s Galaxy S6 And S6 Edge Revealed In New Renders
- Google Glass To Receive Complete Overhaul For Its Next Release
- Keurig Users Unsurprisingly Reject DRM For Their Coffee
- Swatch Will Launch Its Own Smartwatch To Counter Android Wear And Apple Watch
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All News for February 2015
Following a 14-month investigation into potential antitrust violations, Chinese regulators could fine U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm over 10 billion yuan, or $1.6 billion in U.S. currency. It would rank as China's largest antitrust penalty ever, though regulators and Qualcomm have been in discussions the past week and may...
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As we discovered at the start of the month, the Raspberry Pi 2 brings a lot of good stuff to the table. We're talking double the RAM, a quad-core processor, Windows 10 support - it's all great stuff. But one thing we didn't realize it also introduced was a bizarre flaw that's been dubbed "XENON DEATH FLASH".
You see, if your camera happens
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There are few pieces of software as ubiquitous as Microsoft's Office, and given its prominence for the past two-and-a-half decades, it's a hard ruler to overthrow. But that notion doesn't tame the likes of Google. In fact, the company's come forward about its plans to dethrone Microsoft Office, and nab at least 80% of its business. Now that's
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It may seem like only yesterday when Apple began using Intel hardware inside, but it's actually been nearly a decade. Prior to that, Apple was co-designing custom PowerPC chips for use in its laptops, but that added an extra layer of complexity to advancing the product category with slimmer and faster models, so it...
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A KGI Securities analyst believes Apple might be in for a rude awakening if it thinks a larger size iPad model will stop its tablet sales from declining. In a research note to investors, Ming-Chi Kuo predicted that overall iPad shipments will "struggle to top" 45 million units in 2015 and ultimately post a 30 percent year-over-year decline.
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The wait for Android 5.0 will soon be over for T-Mobile customers that have HTC’s flagship One M8. HTC’s VP of Product Management, Mo Versi, reported via Twitter that the Android 5.0 Lollipop update would be pushed out over-the-air (OTA) starting tomorrow (February 9).
HTC One (M8) T-Mobile owners! Lollipop OS Technical Approval has been
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It's no secret that communications companies love to feed off of our data, and in the case of Verizon, it prefers to not even tell us about it.
In October, it was discovered that Verizon had been tracking its customers via unique ID. Not long after, the technique was dubbed a "supercookie", as it was, in effect...
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For the past few years, Samsung has been riding high atop the smartphone leaderboard when it comes to units shipped. However, during 2014, we started to see a bit of weakness in Samsung’s smartphone portfolio. Its flagship Galaxy S5 smartphone was little more than a warmed over version of its Galaxy S4 predecessor...
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It looks like Microsoft's up-and-coming Web browser Spartan could be soon hitting our Windows 10 preview builds. Chinese website ITHome managed to get its hands on the 10009 build, which is said to have been compiled in late January -- mere days after the rest of us got the massive 9926 build.
We're not too what...
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Some owners of Microsoft's recently released Lumia 535 smartphone have been complaining of sensitivity issues with the device's touchscreen, serving as a buzz kill for the first Microsoft-branded Lumia handset after the company acquired Nokia's mobile unit. The good news is Microsoft is aware of the problem and is...
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Quite literally, virtual reality is set to make a major play in mainstream courtesy of Samsung and Best Buy. Beginning tomorrow, February 8, 100 select Best Buy locations scattered throughout the United States will begin demoing Samsung's Gear VR headset, allowing curious customers to try it and see what all the fuss is about.
Up until
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Smartphones take a lot of abuse, and there’s money to be made in screens that are resistant to scratches and cracks. Corning’s Gorilla Glass has been the leader in this market, appearing on Apple iPhones and Samsung Galaxy smartphones, but it has had some competition from beleaguered GT Advanced Technologies, which...
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Planning to stay in for Valentine’s Day? If you have a Chromecast TV dongle, Google is willing to cover the cost of your movie rental for the night. The Valentine’s Day gift comes in the form of a $6 credit you can use for a movie (or anything else) on Google’s Play Store.
Cashing in on Google’s Valentine’s Day largess is easy. Visit the
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Google has just rolled-out a long-awaited update to Chrome OS that will allow administrators to disable devices in the event that they're stolen. This kind of security feature isn't new, of course, and even Google's Android platform has supported it for a while. But as it's been missing on Chrome OS, Chromebook...
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Remember that low-cost Wi-Fi mobile phone service we told you about a week ago? Well, it's here -- Cablevision has begun taking orders for its Freewheel Wi-Fi calling and data service, which runs $10 per month if you're a Cablevision Internet subscriber and $30 per month if you're not. Either way, it's an affordable...
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Given the overall success of its first SHIELD products, it's seemed obvious that NVIDIA would keep on trucking, and would soon infuse one of its products with some Tegra X1 lovin'. But just how soon? A lot sooner than I would have figured, if Fudzilla's reporting proves true.
The site says that NVIDIA's planning to...
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This has been a crazy week for Samsung Galaxy S6 news. On Tuesday, Samsung actually posted a teaser image of the Galaxy S6 that appeared to show a device with a curved screen similar to that found on the Galaxy Note 4. Then on Wednesday, leaked photos showed what appears to be the final production chassis for the Galaxy S6. But there was something
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Google Glass is going on hiatus and when it returns, the revamped, computerized eyewear will be a completely different animal than its predecessor. Last month, Google shut down the Glass Explorer program, which was a semi-public testing program for the prototype Glass. It appears that the plan now it to completely...
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I drink more coffee than I'd like to admit. Most of it is black, since I like the idea of not overdosing on sugar throughout the day, although on regular occasion I do dump a bit of flavored creamer in there for a treat. Surprisingly, there's an additive that's all the rage right now that I somehow never thought to add: delicious, fat-free
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There's a bit of irony to the whole smartwatch movement. After all, it was the rise of the smartphone that diminished the market for watches, and now smartphone makers are trying to make wrist wearables trendy again (and also smart). But wouldn't it be something if traditional watchmakers ended up dominating the...
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When it comes to fringe players in the smartphone OS sector, we’ve seen Firefox OS, FireOS, and Cyanogen (which will soon be accompanied by OxygenOS). Another player is entering the fray next week courtesy of Spanish hardware manufacturer BQ. BQ has repurposed one of its existing Android handsets to give us the Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition,
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It's bad enough when you're in possession of a database containing 80 million customer records and it gets hacked. But what's even worse than that is when you fail to encrypt all that data. Such is the unfortunate situation facing Anthem, the second largest healthcare provider in the U.S., and its tens of millions of...
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