Monday, October 17, 2016

HP makes the Envy name premium again with new laptops, all-in-one, monitor and other top stories.

  • HP makes the Envy name premium again with new laptops, all-in-one, monitor

    HP makes the Envy name premium again with new laptops, all-in-one, monitor
    The history of HP’s Envy line-up has been tumultuous. At their introduction, in the latter half of last decade, they gave Apple serious competition, but cost-cutting and brand expansion eventually made the Envy name all but meaningless. Recently, HP has made efforts to get Envy back on track. It has gradually improved the quality of Envy across the board, and in July the company released the HP Spectre, a tour-de-force of hardware and design. Now, HP is keeping the pedal of progress firmly press..
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  • Let's get serious about IoT security

    Let's get serious about IoT security
    No one doubts anymore that internet of things (IoT) devices pose a huge security threat, as a recent massive IoT-fueled DDoS attack made clear. But what many enterprises have yet to wake up to is that major structural changes are needed, involving IT and C-level executives above IT. IoT is a new and different kind of threat that can’t be effectively battled in an old-fashioned way. From an enterprise’s perspective, there are three sides to the IoT threat: 1) being attacked by an IoT army fr..
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  • Amazon's full on-demand streaming music service launches today

    Amazon's full on-demand streaming music service launches today
    Amazon’s long-rumored on-demand music streaming service is now available. The company is relaunching its Prime Music service as Amazon Music Unlimited, a on-demand competitor to the likes of Spotify, Apple Music, and Google Play Music. Amazon has done a number of things to differentiate Music Unlimited from its competitors, but the most notable one is its price: the service will be available to Amazon Prime members for $7.99 per month or $79 per year, which is cheaper than the premium options f..
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  • Apple is opening a research and development center in Shenzhen, China's hardware mecca

    Apple is opening a research and development center in Shenzhen, China's hardware mecca
    Some of China’s top tech firms will soon be welcoming a famous new neighbor. Apple has confirmed it will open a research and development center in Shenzhen, the southern Chinese city that serves as a hardware manufacturing hub for the world. The center’s launch comes as Apple looks for new ways to position itself in the world’s largest consumer market, amid sputtering iPhone sales. “We are excited to be opening a new Research and Development center here next year so our engineering team can wor..
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  • Phone Comparisons: LG V20 vs Google Pixel XL

    Phone Comparisons: LG V20 vs Google Pixel XL
    Do we have a good one for you today – the new LG V20 goes up against the new Google Pixel XL. The aircraft-grade aluminum LG V20 takes on the polished glass and metal Google Pixel XL. Both devices are sporting the most current specifications and ...
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  • It's time for Tesla to start a bank

    It's time for Tesla to start a bank
    Elon Musk, Chairman of SolarCity and CEO of Tesla Motors, speaks at SolarCity's Inside Energy Summit in Manhattan, New York October 2, 2015. REUTERS/Rashid Umar Abbasi Tesla has a mysterious, Elon-Musk-tweet-driven announcement coming on October 17. We have have no real idea what's in store, but I made an educated guess: the Model Y prototype — a crossover SUV version of the the Model 3 mass-market sedan that's due to arrive late next year. But some other ideas are..
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  • Investors Demand Answers from Samsung After Its Note 7 Fiasco

    Investors Demand Answers from Samsung After Its Note 7 Fiasco
    Samsung Electronics ssnlf needs to quickly find the cause of the fires that led to it pulling its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones and get a new model to market, investors said on Wednesday, as shares in the company slipped to a one-month low. The world’s top smartphone maker on Tuesday scrapped the $882 flagship smartphone in what could be one of the costliest product safety failures in tech history. Samsung announced the recall of 2.5 million Note 7s in early September following reports of th..
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  • Latest IDC and Gartner data shows Mac sales continue to slow ahead of expected refresh

    Latest IDC and Gartner data shows Mac sales continue to slow ahead of expected refresh
    It’s no secret that most of Apple’s Mac lineup is long overdue for refreshes and new data out today from Gartner and IDC shows how the prolonged period of no updates is affecting Apple in the overall market. Data from both firms shows that Apple is sliding year-over-year in terms of shipments for the third quarter of 2016… First off, IDC data shows that Apple is down 13 percent year-over-year in terms of shipments. During Q3 2016, the research firm estimates that Apple shipped 5.01 million u..
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  • Blizzard Should Make Overwatch's Excellent New Brawl Permanent

    Blizzard Should Make Overwatch's Excellent New Brawl Permanent
    Junkenstein’s Revenge marks the first co-op brawl in Overwatch. Fighting against waves of zombie robots and holding off the horde is some of the most fun I’ve ever had playing the game. When I first saw the trailer for Junkenstein’s Revenge, my mind recalled furious matches of Team Fortress 2's Mann vs. Machine mode. This brawl take the basic formula of Mann vs. Machine and refines it by adding a lot of dynamism and some Halloween horror touches.Players are limited to one of four characters: ..
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