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Paul Lilly - Thu, Oct 13, 2016
Samsung has officially given up on trying to fix its fiery Galaxy Note 7 phone. All that's left at this point is to collect the remaining handsets, both original models and replacement devices, and get customers situated with either a...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Oct 12, 2016
The Galaxy Note 7 launch has been nothing short of a disaster for Samsung, and now that it's pulled the plug on production of the troubled device, it has to shift focus to whatever the next big thing is. In the meantime, Samsung cut its...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Oct 12, 2016
We may never which came first, the chicken or the egg, but if it comes as any consolation the highest court in the land has agreed to settle a longstanding and tired dispute between Apple and Samsung over smartphones. Specifically, the...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Oct 11, 2016
If you're looking for an upscale Windows PC with a cylindrical design reminiscent of the Mac Pro, you should definitely check out Samsung's spiffy looking ArtPC Pulse. It's equal parts form and function—it looks like a concept PC with a...
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Brandon Hill - Tue, Oct 11, 2016
Updated 10/11/2016 @ 8:11am
Samsung has announced that it is ending all production and sales of the Galaxy Note 7. The company issued the following statement: "Taking our customer’s safety as our highest priority, we have decided to...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Oct 10, 2016
Samsung is wisely choosing to err on the side of caution by suspending production of its troubled Galaxy Note 7 smartphone that's been making headlines for all the wrong reasons. What started off as a promising Android device for people...
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Brandon Hill - Sun, Oct 09, 2016
“This is the end, beautiful friend / This is the end, my only friend, the end.” The End is an iconic song by The Doors, but it’s two major U.S. wireless carriers that are showing Samsung’s Galaxy Note7 the door — likely permanently. The...
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Rob Williams - Sun, Oct 09, 2016
It's almost hard to fathom that bad news surrounding Samsung's ill-fated Galaxy Note 7 still continues to emerge. While the Korean electronics giant sticks to its claim that there is currently no major issue with regard to the safety of...
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Paul Lilly - Sat, Oct 08, 2016
The Galaxy Note 7 might be a lost cause for Samsung. Following a global recall due to overheating batteries and a report of a replacement device going up in smoke on a grounded Southwest Airlines plane, AT&T, the second largest wireless...
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Brandon Hill - Fri, Oct 07, 2016
Customers that stuck by Samsung’s side during this tumultuous month involving battery-related Galaxy Note7 fires might be losing their patience, but fourth-place wireless carrier Sprint is doing everything in its power to make customers...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Oct 07, 2016
It's a good thing Samsung doesn't only sell smartphones, lest it could have been looking at a bleak earnings report for its fiscal third quarter. Instead, the South Korean electronics maker saw its profit grow by 5.6 percent, higher than...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Oct 06, 2016
Samsung could use a win right about now and it may have gotten one by agreeing to acquire Viv Labs, an interesting startup that developed a unique, open artificial intelligence platform that could end up putting Siri to shame. It's a valid...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Oct 06, 2016
Samsung's nightmare scenario with its fire-prone Galaxy Note 7 launch continues as yet another handset—this time a replacement phone that's supposed to be unaffected by the original recall—overheated and emitted heavy smoke. It happened on...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Sep 29, 2016
Remember those Southwest Airlines commercials that ask, "Wanna get away?" Samsung probably does—the South Korean consumer electronics company is having a string of horrible luck with its products lately. Following a global recall its...
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Rob Williams - Sat, Sep 24, 2016
Samsung has had to deal with one heck of a headache following the launch of its top-end Galaxy Note7 smartphone. From lost property to a global recall, the whole ordeal has, without question, tarnished Samsung's otherwise impeccable...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Sep 23, 2016
Samsung opened itself up to criticism over the way it initially tried to handle a global recall of millions of Galaxy Note 7 devices on its own and it caught some heat as a result, but in giving credit where credit is due, the South Korean...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Sep 22, 2016
Though Samsung's been a bit preoccupied with its global recall of Galaxy Note 7 devices, it hasn't forgotten about owners of Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge smartphones. The South Korean handset maker is in the process of testing firmware...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Sep 21, 2016
Samsung on Monday announced that more than half a million replacement Galaxy Note 7 smartphones had shipped to carrier and retail stores in the U.S.. Sure enough, a day later they're starting to show as being in-stock at places such as...
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Dave Altavilla - Wed, Sep 21, 2016
Samsung continues to advanced the company's very successful 900 series family of consumer class SSDs today, with the announcement of the Samsung 960 EVO and 960 Pro NVMe PCI Express M.2 Solid State Drives. Built on Samsung's 3D V-NAND...
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Andy Patrizio - Tue, Sep 20, 2016
The Samsung SSD 850 EVO has become somewhat of a yardstick, by which other SATA-based SSDs are measured, and not without good reason. It set a very high bar when we reviewed it more than a year-and-a-half ago and it still holds up against newer products. Samsung has also come out with a newer...
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Brandon Hill - Mon, Sep 19, 2016
Samsung has its hands full when it comes to dealing with the fallout from its global Galaxy Note7 recall campaign. However, the company is trying to make it easier for customers to determine if their brand new Galaxy Note7 smartphone is...
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Chris Goetting - Sat, Sep 17, 2016
The sky is most certainly falling over Samsung headquarters in the wake of reports that its hottest new smartphone, the Galaxy Note7, might actually be too hot to handle, literally. Samsung has received at least 92 reports of Note7...
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