From PC World: Verizon Communications will be bidding about US$3 billion for the Internet assets of ailing Yahoo, according to a newspaper report.
The communications company will try to beat other potential bidders such as private-equity firm TPG with a deal that would likely aim to combine Yahoo...
From CNET: Vizio has announced its range of 2016 sound bars, which range from a single 38-inch bar to a full 5.1-channel setup, and all now they feature wi-fi streaming as well.
The sound bars begin at $180 for the 38-inch SB3830-D0 "subwoofer-less" sound bar and culminate in two 5.1 systems at...
From CNET: Two new Samsung phones with folding screens could be unveiled next year, if a report turns out to be true.
The South Korean tech giant is mulling the release of two phones with bendable screens as soon as 2017, according to Bloomberg, which cites anonymous sources "familiar with the...
From InfoWorld: The June batch of Android security patches addresses nearly two dozen vulnerabilities in system drivers for various hardware components from several chipset makers.
The largest number of critical and high severity flaws were patched in the Qualcomm video driver, sound driver, GPU...
From PC World: Intel continues to pump more horsepower in its chips, by releasing a 24-core processor for high-performance computers.
The Xeon processor E7-8890 v4 chip is part of the Xeon E7-8800 v4 family of chips that Intel announced on Monday. It was announced just a week after Intel made...
From CNET: Citizens of Middletown, New Jersey, get ready for a new kind of home Internet service.
AT&T said on Monday that Middletown will join Austin, Texas, as the two locations for using 5G wireless technology as a home broadband service, scheduled for the end of summer. The nation's second...
From CNET: TiVo has announced that Bolt DVR users now can stream content iOS and Android devices outside of their homes.
Bolt users can now stream programming on-the-go as well as download to devices boasting either iOS 7 or later or Android 4.1 and up. TiVo originally announced the capability at...
From InfoWorld: Xiaomi's cross-licensing and patent-transfer deal with Microsoft announced earlier this week prompted a flurry of renewed interest in how soon the Chinese smartphone maker will sell its devices directly in the U.S.
Several analysts interviewed this week said they believe a U.S...
"Meet us in the hotel lobby, and make sure you have a valid driver's license and closed toe shoes on." As I read the email during CES earlier this year, a wave of thoughts rushed into my head. "What requires closed toe shoes and a driver's license? A bar? Go-karting?" The morning of the press meet, I rode the public bus to the hotel lobby in anticipation. It took me a while to find where everyone else was, but once I recognized a few faces, I...
"I am an expert in Korean culture," I explained to my friend. "I watched one Korean drama, I eat at the Korean BBQ House at the university food court, I own a Samsung TV, and I even have some Korean friends!" My friend looked at me, laughed, and said, "Jonathan, that is not how it works." Now, obviously I was joking, and other than the fact I just admitted I watched a Korean drama (Descendants of the Sun is really good, by the way) -- albeit with...
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