Joshua Gulick
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When millions of customers open their wallets to buy the next generation iPhone, they may have to pull out a little more cash than they anticipated. Unverified reports that Apple is planning to remove the traditional 3.5mm headphone jack in favor of Lightning audio have been picking up steam online. If the rumor...
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After making waves at IDF 2015 in August, Project Tango is closer to appearing on consumer phones. In fact, Google and Lenovo announced at CES 2016 that they already have a prototype phone that features the augmented reality kit and plan to launch it this year. Google released renderings of a Lenovo phone with Project...
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Samsung’s new 2-in-1 tablet made an appearance at CES 2016 this week. The 6.3mm-thin Galaxy TabPro S runs Windows 10 and has an estimated battery life of 10.5 hours. The Hot Hardware team had a chance to check out the tablet in Las Vegas.
Featuring a dual-core, Intel Core M processor at 2.2GHz, the Galaxy TabPro S...
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It wouldn’t be CES without a sea of hot new monitors from Samsung. This year, Samsung is showing off three curved monitors – one of which is being billed as the first frameless curved monitor in the world. Curved TVs aren’t entirely new, and the feature is finding its way into more monitors.
Samsung CF591
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ASUS designed its new Chromebook C202 to be a particularly tough computer, and with good reason: the Chromebooks are headed to classrooms across the U.S. Rough treatment is to be expected and the occasional drop to a tile floor is a given. After performing what it describes as “military-grade” testing, ASUS thinks it...
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News about Samsung’s Galaxy S7 continues to trickle out. As we mentioned this morning, the Galaxy S7 is an important test for Samsung’s new mobile chief, D.J. Koh, who took over the division only a month ago. It looks as though the Galaxy S7 will have 2560x1440 Super AMOLED screens on both its 5.1-inch and rumored...
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CES ushers in plenty of new gadgets every year and 2016 is no different. One of the more interesting products making a splash is the BoomStick, which is a small device that sits between your music player and your earbuds. Push a single button, and you’ll hear richer audio than your player alone can provide, according...
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At a show where huge, elaborate booths are the norm, LG always manages to outshine most. Year after year, it walks journalists and other attendees through massive displays that positively bristle with new electronics and enormous TVs that fill the room with color. This year, LG is rocking the Consumer Electronics Show...
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It’s been quite some time since we last looked at an all-in-one PC. Although there is clearly a niche market for AiOs, the product segment has always kept a consistent rythm in all facets of computing - personal, enterprise and SMB. These types of systems appeal to style-conscious users and businesses that need...
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Not long ago, we kicked the tires on Motorola’s well-received Moto X Pure Edition. The smartphone impressed us with its Quad HD display and overall build quality, as well as its $399 price tag, which places it more reasonably below the lofty prices of the Samsung Galaxy S6 and Apple iPhone 6S lines. Today, we’re...
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It may be a bit too early to be shopping for the holidays just yet, but doing a little research never hurts, particularly if you’re in the market for a new mobile device. Tablet makers are continually in the process of slimming down their devices and boosting battery life, even in the entry-level space, where products like the Android-based...
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Suit up: Halo 5: Guardians has gone gold. Studio head Josh Holmes made the announcement this afternoon, capping what he described as “an incredible three year journey for our team.” The game is set to go live on October 27th, so the Halo crew will have just a little time to catch their collective breath before the action starts again.
“Together
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The minimum and recommended system specs for Star Wars Battlefront are out today. If your PC is getting a little long in the tooth, it’s a good idea to check them out. EA’s upcoming games looks killer so far, and if your friends aren’t already talking about it, they will be soon.
We’ll start with the minimum...
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HP’s Budget-Friendly 15.6-inch Pavilion Gaming Notebook Delivers Skylake Power And GTX 950M Graphics
HP expanded its gaming laptop selection today, announcing that the Pavilion Gaming notebook will be joining its well-received HP Omen. The new laptop takes aim squarely at casual gamers by providing reasonable gaming hardware at a more tolerable price.
Where the HP Omen starts at nearly $1,500, the new Pavilion...
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Microsoft finally took the wraps off its Lumia 950 and 950 XL smartphones today. The phones feature Windows 10 Mobile and are Microsoft’s first phone announcement since putting the Nokia difficulties behind it. The new Lumia 950 phones are entirely new beasts – and not just because they feature liquid cooling.
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Ubisoft is trying out a new hype-building strategy. The company started a series of tweets yesterday, each with an image of cave drawings. This morning, Ubisoft tweeted “The writing is on the wall,” this morning, along with a link to a live stream depicting a cave wall with drawings. It’s a spooky stream, complete with moody music and cinders
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At long last, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is back in the CEO seat. Dorsey made the announcement this morning in an 8-K filing and on an investor call - and also shared the news via Twitter, of course. The move heaps more onto Dorsey’s already-full plate; he is (and plans to remain) CEO of mobile payments service...
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Daimler and Google couldn’t be taking more opposite approaches to putting autonomous vehicles on public roads. Google’s Lexus SUV and “gumdrop” car are unassuming vehicles that are meant to blend in with human traffic without causing a stir. Daimler, on the other hand, just sent a Mercedes-Benz Actros truck on a...
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Just a few months ago, security research firm Zimperium announced Stagefright, a worrisome Android vulnerability. Now, the company is taking the wraps off of another vulnerability, dubbed “Stagefright 2.0.”
Joshua J. Drake, the Zimperium zLabs vice president of research who discovered the first vulnerability is...
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AT&T is like the one kid at the pool who walks instead of running – and then tries to get everyone else in trouble with the lifeguard. But what else can you do when your competitors are offering Wi-Fi calling and you’re toeing the FCC’s line?
Wi-Fi calling (using your home wireless network or a Wi-Fi hotspot to...
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The Internet of Things (IoT) is about to get an unlimited power source, thanks to Drayson Technologies. This week, the company announced the Freevolt, a tiny device capable of pulling radio frequency (RF) energy from the air.
Freevolt uses an antenna to snag RF energy from various broadcast networks, including 2G, 3G, 4G and Wi-Fi. Digital
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Facebook acknowledged this week what many users have been saying all along: your profile picture is an opportunity to express yourself. Sure, Uncle Joe’s profile has the same fuzzy image that he scanned off a photo in 2009, but a huge chunk of users change their profiles frequently. Facebook launched some new tools...
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