Vodafone Mobile phone calls made via 4G could soon be the norm for Australians with news that Vodafone has completed trials of the technology, known as Voice over LTE or VoLTE. The telco says VoLTE technology promises “crystal-clear” voice calls with quick connections and “virtually no lag”, utilising a 4G data connection, rather than the …

The Canon 5DS and 5DS R (pictured here) boast a 50.6-megapixel CMOS sensor. Lexy Savvides/CNET Canon and Pentax just put on a burst of speed in the race to attract well-funded camera buyers. The smartphone camera has proved to be a mixed blessing for the photography industry. With a smartphone, people always have a camera on hand and can share …

Gone are the days of going to the hardware store. KeyMe’s iOS app lets users take a photo of their key and upload it to the cloud to print a new one on the fly. KeyMe I’ll never forget the moment I swore I’d never lose my keys again: Heavy snowfall and a freezing cold night in upstate New York, …

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. The view at Rapid City airport. What must have local staff been thinking as this plane came into land? Eric Colvin/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET You’ll never get me up in a single-engine plane. The principle reason is that it has one single engine. There …

Yamaha R-S201 stereo receiver Yamaha If you’ve been flummoxed one too many times by the complexity of multichannel AV receivers, the Yamaha R-S201 stereo receiver may be just what you need. It’s super-simple to setup and use, so after you have selected one of its five inputs, and turned the volume up, you will definitely hear sound. With AV receivers …

Joseph Grado with one of his early headphones. Martin McKenzie Joseph Grado, an innovative audio designer, died Friday. He was 90 years old. I met Mr. Grado only once, and that was 30 years ago when he gave a talk at the New School in New York City. He was there to discuss how he started designing phono cartridges. Before …

Senate Democrats are asking federal regulators to investigate Verizon’s use of “supercookies” that track online activities. Spencer Platt/Getty Images On Friday, Sens. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) sent letters to the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission asking the agencies to look into Verizon’s use of tracking technology. The senators along, with Sen. …

It’s either the heavy hand of government getting in the way of business, or the dawn of a new era of free-flowing information, videos and everything else. Welcome to the latest, and most significant, episode in the adventures of Net neutrality. Sure, those two words make for arguably one of the dullest phrases ever created, but I have two more …

Steve Guttenberg/CNET I’m a big Bob Dylan fan, but his last few albums have left me cold. He’s old, and sounds it, and the songwriting ain’t what it used to be. So when I received a promo of the new album “Shadows in the Night,” I wasn’t even sure I wanted to hear it. I left it on a stack …

HTC is partnering with companies like Under Armour to build wearables and expand its product line. Under Armour Taiwan-based mobile company HTC was able to grow its revenue during the fourth quarter, but profits were disappointingly slim. HTC posted revenue of NT$47.9 billion ($1.5 billion) during the fourth quarter, up 12 percent compared to the same period in 2013. HTC’s …

Windows 10 for phones will borrow some elements from the desktop and tablet editions. Lynn La/CNET Microsoft offered us a peek at Windows 10 for phones at a press event last month. Now a few alleged screenshots are providing a closer look. In one key change, some of the context-sensitive menus seem to be getting tweaked to more closely resemble …

It’s up to each health insurance company to decide how to best protect customer data. CNET Health insurer Anthem says the hacked database containing the personal information of 80 million people wasn’t encrypted. But here’s the catch: the company was not required to do so. On Wednesday, Anthem revealed that it had been hit by hackers who broke into servers …

The cushy A-Audio Icon wireless headphones come in Liquid Chrome or Phantom Black. A-Audio Congratulations to Nancy M. of Grand Junction, Colo., for winning a 51-inch plasma HDTV from RetailMeNot last week. How does a pair of luxury headphones sound? This week, we’re giving away A-Audio Icon wireless Bluetooth over-ear headphones. The new premium headphones take their design cue from …

Things could get tougher for the gorillas of Gorilla Glass. Corning Corning, whose Gorilla Glass display covers front Apple’s iPhones and Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones, is developing a new material that combines the toughness of Gorilla with a scratch-resistance that comes close to sapphire. The developmental Gorilla Glass-like composite, currently dubbed Project Phire, was announced Friday at a New York investor …

Nicole Cozma/CNET If you’ve ever visited the Chromecast Offers page, you probably know that Google has given away more subscriptions or credits than the device costs to purchase ($35). Now it’s back with another deal that gives you $6 just for having the Chromecast powered on and connected to your Wi-Fi network. The deal is officially a gift for Valentine’s …