If you’re looking to buy speakers for your home system, then the lion’s share of your budget should go to your front speakers. Spending in the neighborhood of $1,000 isn’t for the weak of heart, but it will reward you with bigger bass, better detail, and party-making volume levels. So once you decide on your …
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Jason Cipriani/CNET Swipe right, swipe right, swipe right…doh! Insert Tinder joke here. Clearing a notification on your Android Wear watch is a repetitive gesture, and one that makes it easy to get carried away as you go through open cards on your wrist. With the recent update to Android Lollipop 5.0.1, recovering a dismissed notification is now possible — you …
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James Martin/CNET Apple iPhone 6 users planning a trip to Walt Disney World will be able to use their phones to pay for most items at the theme park. The company will roll out support for Apple Pay at its Orlando, Fla., resort starting Wednesday, website WDWMagic reported on Sunday. In October, Disney was listed as one of Apple Pay’s …
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Sony Pictures is going after Twitter to kill tweets that contain embarrassing emails obtained in a massive hack. AFP/Getty Images Seeking to stem the spread of company secrets, Sony Pictures has threatened to sue Twitter if it does not ban accounts that tweet information allegedly leaked in the studio’s massive security breach. The threat was contained in a letter sent …
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President Obama holds a press conference during which he discussed Sony Pictures’ decision not to release “The Interview” in the wake of the alleged North Korean hacking scandal. Leigh Vogel, WireImage Fallout from the destructive breach of Sony Pictures’ computer network on November 24 and the struggle against the deluge of leaked internal documents has stretched from Tinseltown to DC …
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Sony Pictures’ fictional comedy film “The Interview” concerns the assassination of North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, shown above. CNN/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk After President Barack Obama decried the Sony hack in a press conference yesterday and the FBI announced it had evidence that North Korea was responsible, Pyongyang insisted this isn’t the case. North Korea’s foreign ministry also demanded …
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Sennheiser IE 800 Sennheiser Before we get started, in-ear headphones fall into two design types: universal models that come with user-replaceable tips that accommodate a range of different size ear canals, and custom-molded models that are made to order, and fit only the owner’s ears. Universal picks start with the stellar $79 Hifiman RE-400 and go all the way up …
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David Katzmaier Fans of “Suits,” “Chicago Fire” and “Covert Affairs” who happen to subscribe to Comcast and own a 2014 Samsung 4K TV: today is your lucky day. All three of you. As promised before the end of the year, the nation’s largest cable provider has made a new “Xfinity in UHD” app available via Samsung’s Smart Hub, allowing 4K …
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Microsoft said it believes that Americans lose around $1.5 billion each year as a result of these scams. Microsoft/YouTube/screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Have you ever received a phone call from someone claiming to be from Microsoft who says he’s detected a virus on your computer and, for a certain fee, he can fix it for you? If so, that’s most …
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Matt Elliott/CNET Earlier this week, I showed you how to set up and customize Stacks in OS X, a relatively straightforward process of dragging a folder to the right side of your Dock, and also how to create and deploy smart folders in OS X. Now, let’s put these two ideas together and create a stack for your tagged documents. …
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The Federal Communications Commission agreed with T-Mobile to make its wireless roaming rules more clear, which could make negotiations of such roaming deals with AT&T and Verizon easier for smaller operators. The FCC sided with T-Mobile in a recent decision to clarify its data roaming requirement. FCC What’s that mean for consumers? It could lead to lower prices and better …
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Loftek And now for something completely different. You might not know it from the seemingly endless parade of tablets, headphones and Bluetooth speakers around here, but I’m always on the lookout for new, interesting and unique deals to share. Like this one: for a limited time, and while supplies last, Loftek is offering its Outdoor PowerBank portable LED work light …
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T-Mobile will pay at least $90 million to settle a complaint filed against it by the Federal Trade Commission, which accuses the wireless operator of cramming unwanted charges on customer bills. T-Mobile is the latest mobile operator to be forced to pay million of dollars to settle complaints that it put bogus charges on customer bills. CEO John Legere wrote …
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BlackBerry announced its BlackBerry Classic earlier this week. The QWERTY keyboard device is a throwback to earlier devices and is designed to appeal to BlackBerry diehards. Josh Miller/CNET Troubled smartphone maker BlackBerry took its first step toward a turnaround Friday by reporting a small profit for its fiscal third quarter, surprising analysts on Wall Street. But the company disappointed investors …
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Cord-cutters should rejoice this holiday season as the Federal Communications Commission proposes changes to rules that would treat companies distributing TV programming online the same as it treats cable and satellite TV providers. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler wants to tweak rules for multichannel video distribution to allow online providers better access to content. Screenshot: Marguerite Reardon/CNET FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler …
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