Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Verizon bungles launch of $70 gigabit plan, which costs more than $70 and other top stories.

  • Verizon bungles launch of $70 gigabit plan, which costs more than $70

    Verizon bungles launch of $70 gigabit plan, which costs more than $70
    Finding out the price for Internet service shouldn't be this difficult. reader comments 110 Verizon's rollout yesterday of a $70-per-month gigabit Internet plan was pretty confusing. The Verizon announcement said the gigabit service would be immediately available to more than 8 million homes and did not say that the $70 price would only be available to certain customers. But it turned out that the $70 price was only for customers who don't have Verizon FiOS service today. Existing custome..
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  • Windows 10 Mobile Creators Update review: The future is increasingly uncertain

    Windows 10 Mobile Creators Update review: The future is increasingly uncertain
    Microsoft’s Windows 10 Mobile Creators Update rides the coattails of the desktop OS, heavily leaning on improvements in Cortana and Edge to nudge Microsoft’s nearly comatose mobile platform further ahead.As the free upgrade rolls out Tuesday, our review of the Creators Update can't help but conclude that it's even less of an improvement than the Windows 10 Mobile Anniversary Update. We can tell you that Windows’ new ability to buy and read ebooks within Edge represents its most potent a..
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  • iPhone 8 may miss one key feature already in the Galaxy S8

    iPhone 8 may miss one key feature already in the Galaxy S8
    In one critical way, Samsung's Galaxy S8 may end up smoking the iPhone 8. The Galaxy S8 is the fastest phone when it comes to tapping into cellular network speeds. That's because it includes Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835 processor or, in some markets, Samsung's own Exynos 8895 chip -- both of which can work with an advanced form of 4G wireless tech called Gigabit LTE. Gigabit LTE will be a signature feature on many high-profile, premium phones this year. Yet Apple's next iPhone, which is..
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  • Teen Gets 2 Years In Jail For Hacks Against Xbox Live And Others

    Teen Gets 2 Years In Jail For Hacks Against Xbox Live And Others
    A UK teenager is going to jail for two years for creating a program that resulted in more than 1.7 million attacks on Xbox Live, Minecraft, and TeamSpeak, according to The Guardian.Adam Mudd created the Titanium Stresser program used in the reported attacks when he was 16, according to the report (via Eurogamer). He sold the program to unnamed "cybercriminals," allegedly earning himself more than £386,000.Mudd, who is now 20, apparently pleaded guilty to the charges, which included one count of..
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  • Appeals court: Uber engineer can't get help from the 5th Amendment

    Appeals court: Uber engineer can't get help from the 5th Amendment
    reader comments 30 Anthony Levandowski, the embattled Uber engineer who has been accused of illegally downloading thousands of documents while he worked at Google, won't be able to stop Uber from handing over documents by pleading the Fifth Amendment. That's the decision (PDF) of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, published today. Levandowski filed an emergency motion with the appeals court, seeking to overturn the decision. The decision was made by US District Judge Willia..
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  • Heroes of the Storm's 2.0 update is now live, D.Va revealed as next hero

    Heroes of the Storm's 2.0 update is now live, D.Va revealed as next hero
    After a month aboard the hype train, Heroes of the Storm's 2.0 update is finally live in the NA region, with EU following later tonight. This is probably the most extensive update for HotS since it launched two years ago, bringing nearly all the game's cosmetic items out from behind a paywall while simultaneously adding tons of new ones like sprays and chat emojis. The update will also revamp player progression, uncapping hero and account leveling. Blizzard has marked the occasion with a new ..
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  • AT&T Launches Fake 5G Network in Desperate Attempt to Seem Innovative

    AT&T Launches Fake 5G Network in Desperate Attempt to Seem Innovative
    Have you heard? AT&T is going to “pave the way for the next generation of faster speeds” with something called 5G Evolution. No, it’s not actually a new 5G network, the much hyped successor to 4G that’s supposed to change the way we connect to the internet. It’s just a re-branded 4G offering, and AT&T’s sad attempt at seeming innovative.If you already feel confused, don’t worry. AT&T probably isn’t offering 5G Evolution for your phone or in your area. The rollout is starting in certain parts of ..
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  • 'Call Of Duty: WWII' Reveal Coming Tomorrow

    'Call Of Duty: WWII' Reveal Coming Tomorrow
    Credit: Activision The 'Call of Duty: WWII' reveal announcement. Call of Duty is getting back to its roots. Last week, Activision and Sledgehammer Games announced Call of Duty: WWII, a new game heading back to the global conflict that started the series way back in 2003. In recent years, the series has been criticized for an increasing reliance on fanciful settings and Sci-Fi trappings, coming to a head with the full-on interplanetary combat we saw in last year's Call of Duty: Infinite..
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  • Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite Gets a Release Date (And a Raccoon)

    Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite Gets a Release Date (And a Raccoon)
    September 19: That’s when you’ll be playing Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite, the next entry in the on-again-off-again will-they-or-won’t-they fighting game crossover series, on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and/or PC.Besides announcing the game’s release date, Capcom officially let loose the news about the new characters joining the 2-0n-2 tag team game’s roster of fighters. From the Capcom side, there’s Street Fighter’s Chun-Li, Resident Evil’s Chris Redfield, and Strider’s Strider. The Marvel heroes inc..
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  • Google Maps now makes it easier to remember where you parked your car

    Google Maps now makes it easier to remember where you parked your car
    Google Maps now makes it easier to remember where you parked your car. First introduced to a beta version of the app last month, the new feature for forgetful people mixes GPS with manual data entry to ensure you arrive at the exact spot where you left your vehicle. And from today, it’s being added to the prime time version of Google Maps on both Android and iOS. On Android, users tap the little blue dot that marks their current location, then hit “Save Your Parking.” Naturally, in multi-level ..
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