Project Spartan will let you capture and share notes on web pages. Screenshot by Nate Ralph/CNET The latest version of the Windows 10 Technical preview has arrived, and it’s offering up an early look at Project Spartan, the browser that will succeed the venerable Internet Explorer. We got our first look at Project Spartan at …
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AT&T AT&T is bringing its speedy gigabit broadband network to Cupertino, California. Launching on Monday, U-Verse with AT&T GigaPower promises up to 1 gigabit per second connectivity to select consumers and small business, starting at $110 a month. A gigabit broadband connection is really, really fast: AT&T claims you can download (legally, I presume) 25 songs in less than a …
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James Martin/CNET The Apple Watch will be Apple’s first foray into the smartwatch field, fending off well-entrenched competitors who’ve had a few years of experience in the space. And the competition is stiff. The LG G Watch R is one of the top contenders, sporting an attractive design you might actually want to wear on your wrist. Ditto for the …
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The Apple Watch’s built in accelerometer will track your movement. Tim Stevens/CNET The reveal of the Apple Watch has answered some of our questions about Apple’s digital timepiece. We now have a price (from $349 to astronomical), a few sizes to choose from, and a release date: you can grab yours on April 24. But if you’re on the fence …
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Razer’s OSVR Hacker Dev Kit is getting a face-lift. The latest update to the company’s open-source virtual reality headset sports a full-HD OLED display, which Razer claims will offer higher contrast and clear up some of the latency issues we saw in the first build at CES earlier this year . The headset has also been tweaked to improve comfort, …
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The Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge Josh P. Miller/CNET The Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge might sport similar features, but they’re rather different from Samsung’s previous designs. Gone are the days of plastic shells and removable batteries. The S6 and S6 Edge sport metal and plenty of glass across their 5.1-inch frames. Both phones have high-resolution displays, …
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The Office suite sports a new look that should make it touch-friendlier. Screenshot by Nate Ralph/CNET As promised at Microsoft’s Windows 10 event last month, universal versions of Microsoft Office suite have made their way to the Windows 10 Technical Preview . They’re designed to transition seamlessly across all devices, and are equally at home on a tablet, smartphone, or …
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Cortana is coming to a Windows 10 PC near you. Nate Ralph/CNET Well, that was quick. Microsoft is rolling out the January update to the Windows 10 Technical Preview today, and it should include a few of the new features and apps we saw at the Windows 10 event on Wednesday. The latest version is build 9926, and according to …
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I’m a virtual reality skeptic. But from the moment I saw it, I knew that Microsoft’s HoloLens is unlike any existing VR headset, Oculus Rift included. HoloLens is smaller, for one, and the augmented, or what Microsoft calls “mixed-reality,” experience it delivers excited me. Here’s how I got there. Different on the outside Though more streamlined than other VR devices, …
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Juan Garzón/CNET Microsoft’s Windows 10 event on Wednesday should give us a chance to see what the company has planned for its future operating system. And while Windows 10 isn’t expected until later this year, it’ll mean we have a better idea of how well (or not) Microsoft’s plans will fit in with the devices we’re using now, and the …
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