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Samsung announced on Dec. 28 what it called its fastest-ever smartphone, the new Galaxy Note 4 phablet with built-in 4G LTE Advanced capabilities. The device allows users to get download speeds up to 300MBps, which is four times the speed potential of existing LTE smartphones. The latest Note 4 gets its higher speed capabilities through […]

The government of Ireland joined a growing list of Microsoft supporters as the software giant battles the U.S. government’s efforts to obtain data on overseas servers. Last summer, U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska ordered Microsoft to turn over Outlook.com emails stored on servers in Ireland to the U.S. Department of Justice. Microsoft refused, arguing that […]

Microsoft has announced that it is shutting down its SharePoint Online Public Websites service, a free Website offering for small and midsize business Office 365 customers. Starting next month, the software company will no longer accept sign-ups for the service. This is a template-driven toolset that enables SMBs to construct a public-facing Website. Features include […]

According to a Dec. 19 Reuters report, soon cars from many automakers could feature a version of Google’s Android operating system built directly into the vehicles. According to Reuters, Google could announce plans for integrating Android directly into cars when it rolls out Android M, the successor to its recently released Android 5.0 Lollipop operating […]

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that early next year Lenovo will announce two new smartphones, both of which will use not only a low-power 64-bit Atom processor but also a cellular modem chip from Intel. There are few details available about the new devices, though Intel officials believe the company’s capabilities to supply both […]

Blackberry officially released its new BlackBerry Classic smartphone Dec. 17 at a press conference in New York City. The phone, with a 3.5-inch square touch screen, also has16GB of built-in storage, an 8-megapixel rear camera and a battery that lasts up to 22 hours. But it’s an upgraded version of BlackBerry’s hallmark feature, its physical […]

In January, T-Mobile will start allowing its customers to keep any unused high-speed data allocations in their monthly service plans and roll it over for future use, giving customers more control and fuller potential use of the data allocations that they pay for each month. New and existing customers, including individuals, families and businesses, will […]

Last summer, Manhattan’s U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska ordered the company to turn over Outlook.com emails sought by U.S. Department of Justice that are stored in a data center in Dublin, Ireland. Smith revealed that on Dec. 15, several groups are filing friend of the court briefs supporting Microsoft’s challenge to federal search warrant. The […]

The Federal Communications Commission has raised minimum download speeds to 10 Mbps for any broadband companies looking to get funds from the government’s 4-year-old Connect America program. The FCC announced the new minimum speed provision on Dec. 11, replacing the previous minimum speed requirement of 4 Mbps. The move is part of the FCC’s efforts […]

Researchers at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom have conducted a new study about potential health risks to humans from mobile phones and power lines, concluding that exposure to these magnetic field sources is not harmful. The latest study adds to an expanding body of research on this very controversial topic. New studies […]