Verizon has won the latest legal battle in a spat with broadband competitor Cablevision over disingenuous advertising. Verizon A federal judge has ordered Cablevision to stop running advertisements that accuse Verizon of lying about offering its Fios broadband customers the fastest in-home Wi-Fi service. On Friday, Judge Gary Brown threw out Cablevision’s lawsuit against Verizon, …

Now playing: Watch this: Here’s how you install Windows 10 on a Mac 2:51 Editors’ note: This post was updated on August 12, 2015, with information on how to remove Windows from a dual-boot Mac. If you haven’t already heard, Windows 10 is pretty great and worth installing on your PC. Apple fans won’t miss out either, since the new …

Sometimes nothing gets your point across like Darth Vader. Like, you text your buddy: “Where shall we have lunch?” Your buddy: “How about that hole-in-the-wall Mexican joint?” You: VADER. He’ll get the message. Alas, iOS offers no Vader or other “Star Wars” emoji with which to express your geeky displeasure (or, in happier moments, geeky pleasure). But here’s good news: …

Optus Bad reception is no longer a problem for Optus customers, with the telco announcing the introduction of WiFi Talk, a service that lets customers make and receive calls and text messages over a Wi-Fi connection. Available as a free app download from both the App Store and Google Play, WiFi Talk can be used by Optus prepaid and postpaid …

Xiaomi is looking to win over consumers in India with the new Redmi 2 Prime. Xiaomi Chinese mobile phone vendor Xioami has a new flagship phone created in and specifically targeted for India. The new Redmi 2 Prime, touted on Xiaomi’s Facebook page, is the company’s first mobile phone made in India. Teaming up with China’s Foxconn, best known for …

Australian subscription video-on-demand service Stan has announced a deal with Warner Bros. International Television Distribution that adds “hundreds of hours” of new content to its catalogue. The multi-year deal includes access to five first run shows as well as movies and other back catalogue collections. Arguably the centrepiece of the deal is the exclusive SVOD rights to all ten seasons …

Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET Windows 10 has a new feature called Wi-Fi Sense that makes sharing your Wi-Fi password slightly more convenient — at the expense of network security, naturally. Wi-Fi Sense automatically shares password information with your contacts, in theory so your friends and family will be able to connect to your network without having to manually enter in a …

The Spice Android One Dream UNO is one of the first Android One devices available in India. Spice Google’s low-cost Android One platform is not as successful as the company would like, and now it’s planning to work with handset makers in India to boost adoption. Android One has “not delivered to expectations,” Google managing director in India and Southeast …

A week after Carlos Flores started wearing his new Pebble smartwatch, his friends called him out for being rude. Flores’ offense? Continually lifting his arm, craning his neck and reading a stream of messages after his watch buzzed and lit up. “If you need to be somewhere else, why don’t you leave?” he remembers a friend asking pointedly. It wasn’t …

CNET’s Cheapskate scours the Web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Enlarge Image Tethercell Now here’s an ingenious idea: a Bluetooth-capable AA battery you can control with your smartphone. That’s the Tethercell in a nutshell. The gadget debuted way back in 2013 at CES, …