As wireless frequencies become increasingly clogged from more people chatting with friends, texting, and hopping on apps, the US government has been thinking of ways to open up the airwaves. One such method could be allowing the public to use frequencies typically assigned to military radars. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler announced Monday that …
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Google is determined to make Glass cool. Google There should be little reason left to doubt Google’s intentions to finally bring Glass forth as a regular consumer product. On Monday, a post on the Glass Google+ page announced a partnership with the massive Luxottica Group (owner of Ray-Ban, Oakley, Vogue Eyewear, Persol, Oliver Peoples, Alain Mikli, and Arnetteto, among other …
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Despite the apparent failure to gain traction against rivals Samsung and Apple, the HTC One certainly impressed. Can the new HTC phone build on the HTC One? (Credit: CNET) A stunning design and a revamped UI made the HTC One the darling of the critics, if not the crowds, and suggested that HTC was about to get its head back …
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President Barack Obama. Martin LaMonica/CNET The days of the National Security Agency’s bulk phone record collecting could be coming to an end. According to The New York Times, the Obama administration is planning to reveal new legislative proposals this week that could curb some of the NSA’s most controversial practices. Civil liberty activists, tech companies, and several lawmakers have been …
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Listen to the Trumpster or your product will be in the dumpster. The ACU/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Success in business is largely about taking credit. Just ask the co-founders of Twitter. Or, more accurately, those who say they’re the co-founders of Twitter. It is said, indeed, that Steve Jobs used to take credit for too much at Apple. But …
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HTC One’s offspring, apparently. Video screenshot by CNET The next generation of the HTC One has purportedly popped up online through a new video that takes us on a hands-on tour. Posted Monday on YouTube, the convincing but unconfirmed video shows someone taking the new HTC One through its paces. We see an unidentified user point out the various components …
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Boost Mobile dials up its most affordable LTE to date. Boost Mobile Boost Mobile on Monday announced its latest Android handset, the LG Optimus F3 . Priced at $129.99, it’s the carrier’s least expensive smartphone with 4G LTE support, ever. The Optimus F3 isn’t going to win any performance awards, but it should still have enough specs to satisfy budget-seekers. …
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Leaks and rumours have been flooding the internet ever since we first heard the codename ‘HTC One M8’. Here’s a quick round up and a look at the latest leaked video. The actual HTC One M8? (Screenshot by Nic Healey/CNET Australia) First off, it’s not being called the M8, and even it was, it would be the “em eight” rather …
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HTC took to social media to tease its latest smartphone, the “all new” HTC One. HTC In a season full of phone launches, HTC hopes its new One device will stand above the rest. The company will unveil the successor to last year’s HTC One, rumored to be named the HTC One M8, on Tuesday at 11 a.m. ET/8 a.m. …
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Hugo Barra, Xiaomi’s global vice president, rocking an Android t-shirt. Aloysius Low/CNET BEIJING, China — As we sit down for lunch at his favourite Korean restaurant near the Xiaomi office here, Hugo Barra, former Googler and current Xiaomi global VP, seems like a changed man. He looks relaxed and casual, clearly enjoying the food despite an upset stomach — a …
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The next HTC One could be top notch. CNET The successor to last year’s HTC One won’t be officially unveiled until Tuesday, but one benchmark site is already proclaiming it the new king of the smartphone hill. Rightware, which collects benchmark data from a series of free apps that anyone can download to their devices to contribute to the company’s …
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Sony has released a range of its high-end audio products in Australia, from headphones to speakers, all designed for listening to high-res audio files. The MDR-1 range starts at AU$299. (Credit: Sony) There has been a significant push from electronics companies in 2014 to bring high-res audio to our attention. The success of projects such as Neil Young’s Pono player …
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Stephen Elop, shown here speaking in 2011, agreed to sell Nokia’s mobile-phone business to his former employer, Microsoft. Stephen Shankland/CNET Nokia won’t sell its devices and services business to Microsoft by the first-quarter deadline the companies set last year, saying Sunday night that regulatory hurdles delayed the deal’s closing until April. “Nokia and Microsoft remain committed to the transaction,” and …
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Remember Samsung’s easel-design 4K Ultra HDs from 2013? The 110-inch S9 at CES 2013. (Credit: Nic Healey/CNET Australia) During CES at the start of last year, Samsung showed off a few of these S9 model TVs, all sporting the same iconic design. The 85-inch model hit Australia in April 2013 with the cool price tag of AU$39,999 — comparatively impressive, …
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A scene of rage from an Xbox One ad. IGn/YouTube; screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Here at the Family Relations Technology Advice Bureau, we see all kinds of issues. From mothers who wish to shame their kids on Facebook to heartthrobs who wonder if it’s au fait to dump their lovers by text. Our latest case comes from Utah, where a …
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