Donald Trump’s phone use is raising security concerns among a pair of senate Democrats. Sens. Tom Carper and Claire McCaskill sent a letter last week to Secretary of Defense James Mattis about whether the president is using a secure device to make calls and post tweets. The senators, who both service on the Homeland Security …
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13 February
Verizon’s unlimited data plan is back, finally
Now playing: Watch this: T-Mobile strikes back in battle for best unlimited plan 2:26 Verizon is offering a new wireless plan with unlimited data for $80 per month. Verizon Verizon is jumping back on the unlimited data bandwagon. The wireless carrier launched a new plan Monday that offers unlimited data, talk time and texts for $80 per month for the …
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13 February
Samsung is maybe making more Galaxy S8 phones from the get go
Now playing: Watch this: Samsung may expect a big demand for S8 right from the… 1:16 It looks like Samsung expects to sell far more Galaxy phones this year when the Galaxy S8 goes on sale in the coming weeks. The South Korean device maker will increase its first batch of shipments by 40 percent, according to The Investor, citing …
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13 February
Waiting for the Surface Pro 5? Try one of these updated alternatives instead
Microsoft‘s Surface tablet PCs have come a long way since their 2012 launch, but the concept behind the design remains unchanged: A tablet that can convincingly double as a laptop. Both the hardware and the Windows OS had to mature, and it finally hit its stride with 2015’s Surface Pro 4. It instantly became the ideal that other PC makers …
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13 February
Nikon bails on advanced compacts and that’s not good
This morning I received the sad news: email notifications from B&H Photo breaking that Nikon was discontinuing its DL series of enthusiast-targeted fixed-lens cameras — actually, discontinuing efforts to produce them at all. This is almost a year since the company announced them at CP+ 2016. Then came the terse press release from Nikon USA confirming B&H’s note, with the …
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12 February
13 great phones your carrier doesn’t carry
Despite the dozens of phones to choose from every time you walk into a carrier store, there are still plenty of great phones you can’t buy there. Some never make it to the US (though we wish they would), but others can be had from online stores like Amazon, Best Buy or the manufacturer’s own website. Just two things to …
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12 February
Foxtel retreats on piracy, but is it mercy or weakness?
Foxtel isn’t angry, it’s just very disappointed. While Australia’s pay TV heavyweight has previously been more than willing to wage war on pirates in the media and to go to court to protect its copyright, the company today took a surprise back step in its long running battle against “illegal” file sharing. Faced with two of its own customers who’d …
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12 February
How HDMI 2.1 makes big
An open secret on the PC gaming world is that 4K TVs double as great PC monitors. Or potentially great, anyway. Big-screen gamers have lived with many a compromise, if only to play Overwatch or Battlefield on a 65-inch display at resolutions that living room game consoles can still only dream about. But now, thanks to the new HDMI 2.1 …
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11 February
At last: Bona fide surround sound over headphones
Smyth Research is a UK based company that makes headphone surround processors. I reviewed its original A8 processor on this blog in 2010, and was thoroughly impressed by its ability to create truly immersive surround sound from stereo headphones. I’ve heard similar claims about Dolby Headphone, DTS Headphone:X, and countless other processors and apps, but in my opinion their promises …
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11 February
How to know exactly where your spouse is at all times
Tracking your spouse’s phone — or anyone’s phone, for that matter — probably sounds…creepy. But, assuming your relationship is pretty solid and trust-issue-free, tracking someone’s phone via an app is actually pretty convenient. It’s much easier to pull up Find My Friends, for example, and see just how much traffic your significant other is stuck in, than it is to …
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