Matthew McConaughey, Michelle Monaghan, and Woody Harrelson, stars of “True Detective.” Getty Images HBO Go has long been viewed as a trailblazer in traditional television’s move to offer premium video online, but Sunday night it got tripped up just as badly as the other guys. A week after ABC and Aereo’s separate live streams of …
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Kevin Spacey in “House of Cards” Screenshot by Joan E. Solsman/CNET Comcast Xfinity customers will be able to watch the first season of “House of Cards” without need of a Netflix subscription. The series comes to Comcast courtesy of a deal announced on Monday with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment that gives the cable company rights to sell the initial season, …
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Now playing: Watch this: The Fix: Building a home theater 9:28 By the end of this week’s episode, you’ll be able to call yourself a home theater specialist. (At least, to your family and friends.) First, Eric offers his definitive guide to finding the perfect TV distance. A clever formula will help you figure out if you need to scooch …
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The HP ElitePad 1000 inside its ‘security jacket.’ It is one of the first tablets to run 64-bit Windows 8.1 on Intel’s quad-core Bay Trail processor. Hewlett-Packard Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft think the tablet is more lean-forward than lean back. Are they right? The PC has one (at least) distinct advantage over Apple. Windows 8.1 isn’t a mobile operating system like …
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Sundar Pichai, Google’s senior vice president of Android, Apps, and Chrome, at the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas. Daniel Terdiman/CNET AUSTIN, Texas — Google plans on releasing an Android software developer kit for wearables within two weeks. That was the biggest announcement from Sundar Pichai, Google’s head of Android and Chrome during an on-stage interview with John Battelle today at …
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Sundar Pichai, Google’s SVP of Android, Apps and Chrome, at the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas, on Sunday. Daniel Terdiman/CNET Google plans to release a software development kit in the next two weeks that will allow third-party developers to create Android software for use on wearable computing devices The announcement was made Sunday by Sundar Pichai, Google’s senior vice president …
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Josh Lowensohn/CNET AT&T is cutting the price of its 2GB Mobile Share Value Plan. The company announced Saturday that starting tomorrow — Sunday — customers with one smartphone can sign on to the 2GB plan for $65 a month, and customers with two smartphones can sign on for $90 a month. In both cases, that’s a $15 drop from current …
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The alleged wiretapper CBS Boston screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET We’re all hypocrites at heart. It’s how we manage it that gets us through the day. Take those who are charged with surveilling others. They don’t always warm to being surveilled themselves. Indeed, one police officer in Fall River, Mass., was allegedly miffed when a bystander, George Thompson, filmed him as …
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Roger Cheng/CNET I’m extremely partial to hugging. However, I find it strange when people choose to hug trees rather than people. Not only is it odd to think the tree will be grateful but then there are the splinters in the face as well. I haven’t ever, though, seen anyone try to hug a wall. Perhaps I just go to …
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The Sprint innovation center in Burlingame, Calif. Lynn La/CNET Once Softbank CEO and Sprint Chairman Masayoshi Son gets a bee in his bonnet, he’s apparently a hard man to discourage. Despite the fact that regulators have already expressed their skepticism of a deal between Sprint and T-Mobile to Son and Dan Hesse, Sprint’s CEO, Son is not giving up. The …
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Former Apple CEO John Sculley. Screenshot by CNET Former Apple CEO John Sculley reportedly is planning to launch a smartphone brand in India, according to a report by tech-news site BGR that didn’t cite sources. Smartphone usage is exploding in India, with major players like Apple and Samsung pushing their phones through distribution networks and Indian companies like Micromax luxuriating …
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Verizon Wireless Here’s some good news for Verizon Fios and Verizon Wireless customers. If you have a smartphone on Verizon Wireless and you subscribe to the Verizon Fios triple play, you can save $20 on your monthly fees. Verizon’s offer starts today and runs until April 19. The so-called unified customer “thank you” offer allows customers to save $480 over …
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BARCELONA, Spain — Nokia and Microsoft may be tying the knot by the end of March, but the Finnish phone-maker didn’t release a single phone running on Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform. Instead, Nokia pushed further into greener territories of smartphone penetration, announcing a trio of mobile phones aimed at simple cell phone and smartphone use. These low-cost devices that come …
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BARCELONA, Spain — Nokia’s Android-based X phone with Nokia and Windows Phone experiences may seem like an oddity because it stands alone in a field overwhelmingly dominated by Android phones that deliver more typical Google experiences. But Nokia says it has big plans in store for the Nokia X family of devices. Related stories: Hybrid Nokia X is Android, but …
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“ One of Daenerys Targeryan’s dragons, from “Game of Thrones.” Daenerys is known as Mother of Dragons. Daniel Terdiman/CNET AUSTIN, Texas — Who would have known that coming to the Texas capital this week would offer up the chance to get up close with the fruits of Westeros? Thanks to HBO, which is preparing to debut Season 4 of “Game …
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