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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Halloween 'Overwatch' Brawl 'Junkenstein's Revenge' Is So Much Fun, Players Want Blizzard To Make It Permanent

    Halloween 'Overwatch' Brawl 'Junkenstein's Revenge' Is So Much Fun, Players Want Blizzard To Make It Permanent
    Blizzard has launched the Halloween Terror event for Overwatch across all platforms, bringing with it loot boxes with more than 100 Halloween-themed cosmetic items. Many gamers have been expecting the update to include the new hero, Sombra, but it seems that the wait will continue as the hacker character is nowhere to be found. Disappointment in Sombra's absence, however, may have been overshadowed with another addition found in the Halloween Terror event, namely Junkenstein's Revenge. Junkenst..
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  • Nobel-winning scientists are calling for open borders for the advancement of science

    Nobel-winning scientists are calling for open borders for the advancement of science
    Oliver Hart and Eric Maskin. AP Photo Amidst brewing anti-immigration sentiment in Europe and the United States, some Nobel Prize laureates this year are noting their own status as immigrants and commenting on immigration policies, with some highlighting the importance of relatively open borders for the advancement of science. Of the 2016 Nobel laureates announced so far, all six of those affiliated with US universities are immigrants. Five of them were born in Bri..
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  • What Samsung Must Do to Win Back Our Trust

    What Samsung Must Do to Win Back Our Trust
    We carried the Galaxy Note 7 in our jeans after Samsung promised it wouldn’t explode. We left it charging when we weren’t home. We recommended it to readers and friends. A 13-year-old girl was at school when her just-replaced Note 7 started burning in her hand. Her father, Andrew Zuis, told us that her principal kicked the flaming device into a...
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