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Aaron Leong - Mon, Dec 02, 2024
Somewhat predictably, the latest reports show that more people than ever did their Black Friday shopping from the comfort of their mobile devices or computers this year. Moreover, shoppers spent more than $10.8 billion online on Friday...
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Aaron Leong - Mon, Nov 18, 2024
Christmas commercials tend to fill us with the spirit of giving, joy, hope, family, and a large dose of the feel-good factor. Among others, Coca-Cola, a mega-popular brand (so popular, in fact, that scammers targeted it along with...
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Tim Sweezy - Mon, Dec 25, 2023
The last full moon of 2023, often referred to as the Full Cold Moon, will brighten the night sky and the holiday festivities. This month’s Cold Moon got its moniker after a Mohawk name that referenced the chilly conditions during this time...
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Nathan Ord - Sun, Dec 24, 2023
It is Christmas Eve, and around the world, children are anxiously awaiting Santa to arrive. At the time of writing, it would appear that Santa is over Jakarta, Indonesia, and has delivered some 1.5 billion gifts and counting. The only way...
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Marco Chiappetta - Tue, Dec 20, 2022
The holiday season is here, and many of us are waiting with baited breath to see if we got that perfect “must have” gift this year. Although we get to play with lots of the latest and greatest gear around here, all of us at...
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Tim Sweezy - Mon, Dec 27, 2021
Update (12/27/21):
Now that the James Webb Telescope has successfully left Earth to go make all kinds of cool discoveries, we can track its progress in real-time with a nifty dashboard showing its progress as it zooms through space. Here...
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Marco Chiappetta - Fri, Dec 24, 2021
Every year on this day, kids around the world wait with baited breath for Jolly Old Saint Nicholas to pay them a visit and – assuming they’ve been good all year – bless them with gifts and treats. As kids have gotten more tech savvy and...
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Jeff Butts - Sun, Dec 19, 2021
If you’re still trying to finish up your holiday shopping, there’s a huge Flash Sale going on at Best Buy stores nationwide right now, as well as the retailers web site. If a new 4K TV is on your shopping list, here are some of the best...
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Tim Sweezy - Fri, Dec 17, 2021
As the holiday shopping season shifts into high gear, we at HotHardware wanted to share a few last minute gift ideas from our staff that should excite any enthusiast or mainstream tech users you have left on your shopping list. We know it...
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Tim Sweezy - Tue, Nov 30, 2021
A group of congressional Democrats hope to save Christmas from greedy scalpers using bots to steal all of Santa's gifts online. The legislation called 'The Stopping Grinch Bots Act' was rolled out Monday.
PC enthusiasts are well aware...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Dec 24, 2020
When I moved into a new apartment four years ago, one of the selling points was the fireplace. Who does not like a crackling fire, especially during the winter months when there is a chill in the air? Alas, the apartment complex recently...
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Nathan Ord - Fri, Dec 18, 2020
Are you ready to crack some nuts and sleigh some enemies in Fornite this holiday season? What was rumored to be Fortnite’s Winterfest is actually “Operation Snowdown,” with free loot, planes, and much more. You can drop into the fun today...
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Nathan Ord - Sat, Dec 12, 2020
It is that time of the year to start celebrating the holidays, and Epic Games should be getting into the spirit soon with its annual Fortnite Winterfest. Last year, Winterfest began on December 18th, and we are just six days out from then...
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Dave Altavilla - Tue, Dec 25, 2018
We'd like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, from our little family here at Hot Hardware, to you and your family, which we consider our larger extended family here on the web. We hope...
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Michael J. A. Sexton - Fri, Dec 21, 2018
Christmas is nearly here, and if you haven't finished your holiday shopping yet, your time is almost up. It's too late to shop online from most retailers, but if you are an Amazon Prime subscriber, you still have a few days left to place...
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Rob Williams - Mon, Dec 25, 2017
Christmas means a lot of things to a lot of people, and for many, large family gatherings are a bit part of the holidays. Inevitably, large gatherings do have one caveat, though: finding a crowd-please song list for all to enjoy. Leave it...
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Rob Williams - Mon, Dec 25, 2017
Way back in 2015 (remember it?), Parks and Recreation's Nick Offerman sat in front of a fireplace for a solid 45 minutes, sipping Lagavulin scotch. At the time, opinions differed on whether the pseudo advertisement was creative, effective...
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Rob Williams - Mon, Dec 25, 2017
It may be time for Christmas and other December holidays, but Tesla has decided to inject some Easter into the current season. Just days ago, the company released yet another Easter egg; and in this holiday season, it couldn't be more...
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Shane McGlaun - Sat, Dec 02, 2017
Any parent of younger kids who are big Santa fans know that a great tech friend on Christmas Eve is the Santa Tracker app from Google. This app will keep you from having to constantly answering the all important "Where is Santa?" question...
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Shane McGlaun - Mon, Nov 06, 2017
Amazon is gearing up for the holiday shopping season and it is doing something new that might save Christmas shoppers some money this season. Amazon has been spied cutting the prices of third-party seller items in its online catalog. The...
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Dave Altavilla and Marco Chiappetta - Sun, Dec 25, 2016
We'd like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, from our rather large, extended family here to you and yours. We hope whatever you had on your wish-list, naughty or nice, that your Yuletide dreams come true.
But most of all, we wish you all, health, happiness and good times with loved ones
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Dec 30, 2014
There have been two steady constants in the mobile space over the past several years. The first is that Android dominates the competition in terms of overall mobile market share, and the second is that Apple sells more tablets and...
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