From PC World: Cable companies can deliver very fast broadband service because the coaxial cable they use offers so much more bandwidth than the twisted-pair cable that DSL service relies on. And the cable companies will happily rent you the equipment you need, on top of the fee they charge you for...
At a couple of events with my colleague Jonathan Kwan and our friends, a fairly pointless debate keeps popping up. The debate started with one our friends saying golf is not a sport. Since debating is quite fun, we went with it, arguing golf is a sport. This all boiled down to a dumb argument on how we define what a sport is. The main point of contention was whether there is enough physical exertion in golf to constitute it as a sport. As one...
From CNET: The wireless carriers can't stop talking about the next generation of wireless technology, which promises to be faster, more responsive and able to handle connected devices without breaking a sweat. T-Mobile has committed to building out a nationwide 5G network before anyone else, and...
From InfoWorld: Low-cost smartphones like the Moto G5 introduced a few months ago are shipping with soon-to-be-outdated chips from Qualcomm, which has announced successor chips.
Qualcomm on Monday introduced the Snapdragon 630 and 660, which are massive upgrades to chips used in low-cost...
From PC World: In the age of high definition video streaming, you can't get very far with 200MB of mobile data. That appears to be the reason T-Mobile quietly killed its Free Data for Life program on Sunday.
Originally introduced in 2013, Free Data for Life gave tablet users 200MB of free data for...
From CNET: The e-commerce giant on Tuesday revealed its newest device, the Echo Show, it's first smart speaker with a built-in screen. The new device was announced just weeks after Amazon presented the Echo Look, its first Echo with a built-in camera.
CNET in April reported that Amazon was likely...
From PC World: For the umpteenth time, Dell Technologies has reiterated that PCs are important to the company, and it won't quit the market.
But PCs occupied only a few minutes of CEO Michael Dell's opening keynote at Dell EMC World in Las Vegas on Monday. PCs are the engine that keep enterprises...
From InfoWorld: The point of antivirus is to keep malware off the system. A particularly nasty software flaw in Microsoft’s antivirus engine could do the exact opposite and let attackers install malware on vulnerable systems.
The critical security vulnerability in the Microsoft Malware Protection...
From PC World: If you hate waiting for your smartphone to charge, relief is coming soon.
After some hiccups, Qualcomm’s superfast charging technology, called Quick Charge 4, will be in smartphones around the middle of this year.
Qualcomm says Quick Charge 4 is one of the fastest smartphone battery...
From CNET: The internet retailer on Sunday began offering the smart speaker for $150 in the US, a price cut of $30 from its previous price. The discount, presented as a Mother's Day gift idea, is available on both black and white models through May 13 -- the day before Mother's Day is celebrated in...
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