The HTC One (right) and the HTC One Mini (left). Josh Miller/CNET HTC owners won’t have to languish to start using the latest version of HTC’s Sense OS. HTC announced on Tuesday at its launch event for the new HTC One M8 that it will update various HTC One handsets with HTC Sense 6.0 “this …

Launched overnight in New York, Australian pricing and availability has now been announced for the HTC One M8. The Dot Case is a pre-order bonus from Telstra. (Credit: Josh Miller/CNET) It’s official: HTC has not followed its previous trend of announcing a phone months before any stock was available. If you so desire, HTC One M8 can be in your …

I loved the original HTC One . In fact, it was my standout device last year even if I had to to send it in for repair. The problem was a purplish glow whenever I took low-light shots with the UltraPixel camera. It wasn’t debilitating, but it was annoying. After that fix, the One took great low-light shots, but the …

Sources have told CNET Australia that 7 May is the target date for the Australian launch of Google’s Chromecast media streaming device. Google Chromecast. (Credit: Google) Anticipation has been building for a local launch of the Google Chromecast media streamer in recent months. After the initial US launch last year, its library of apps and services began to grow, along …

The 2013 Vizio E-Series TVs, like the E420i-A1 here, were among the best values available. Sarah Tew/CNET In the wake, in more than one sense of the word, of Panasonic’s decision to stop making plasma TVs, there’s now a hole in the TV market. It’s right at the intersection of picture quality and value, a massive axle-rending divot left by …

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 is he pushing forward an …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …