LG's Pad 10.1 tablet upgraded with better screen and more power

From PC World: Even if the tablet market is in a malaise, vendors aren’t giving up on the product category. LG Electronics will unveil the best model of its G Pad tablet series at the IFA trade show in Berlin next week.

LG’s latest tablet, the G Pad II 10.1, is more powerful and has a better screen...

Mozilla waves add-on model white flag

From ComputerWorld: Mozilla on Friday spelled out major changes to one of Firefox's strengths -- its deep ecosystem of add-ons -- that will make it easier for developers to port Google Chrome extensions to Firefox.

In a long post on a company blog, Kev Needham, product manager for Firefox on the...

Silicon Power Xpower PC3-19200 2x8GB Review (Page 1 of 10)

The Bible in Ecclesiastes 1 says, "'Meaningless! Meaningless!' says the Teacher. 'Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.' What do people gain from all their labors at which they toil under the sun? Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever." With the Intel Skylake motherboards and latest DDR4 RAM beginning to make an appearance in our labs here at APH Networks, I have finally come to the realization -- after a...

After three-day shutdown, HP now effectively two companies

From ComputerWorld: Hewlett-Packard doesn't officially become two companies until Nov. 1, but the company has already separated its internal systems and is effectively operating as two businesses.

"On August 1, we successfully split the operations and IT systems for the company. This was an...

Microsoft fires back at Google with Bing contextual search on Android

From InfoWorld: Microsoft has pre-empted a new feature Google plans to include in the next version of Android with an update released Thursday for the Bing Search app that lets users get information about what they're looking at by pressing and holding their device's home button.

Called Bing...

Lenovo's ZUK smartphone brand to use Cyanogen OS

From PC World: Android OS developer Cyanogen is bringing its operating system to another Chinese smartphone, this time from a company founded by Lenovo.

Lenovo's new ZUK brand will use the Cyanogen OS when selling phones in the international market.

Earlier this month, ZUK announced its first...

Apple TV drops to fourth place behind Amazon's Fire TV

From CNET: A new Apple TV may be in the offing -- and just in time.

Last year's US sales of the company's streaming-media box slipped behind those for Amazon's rival devices for the first time, according to estimates Thursday from researcher Parks Associates. That put it in fourth place, also...

Samsung, MIT say their solid-state batteries could last a lifetime

From InfoWorld: Researchers have developed a new material for a basic battery component that they say will enable almost indefinite power storage.

The new material -- a solid electrolyte -- could not only increase battery life, but also storage capacity and safety, as liquid electrolytes are the...

Huawei's new smartphone has a 180-degree rotating camera

From PC World: Huawei's newest smartphone has a rotating rear camera that can flip forward to take high quality selfie photos.

The Chinese company unveiled in Beijing on Thursday the Honor 7i product, which comes with a Sony 13-megapixel camera attached by a hinge.

The hinge lets the camera...

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