Answer Line: Creepy permissions for Android apps
As protection against malware, adware, and just plain arrogant software that thinks it owns your phone, Android requires apps to […]
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How to prevent 'zombie accounts' from haunting your digital identity
Zombies are a pervasive cultural theme these days. We have no shortage of zombie-apocalypse movies and literature, and the United
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Dell going private, a good thing for all
The last few days has seen market makers going nuts over rumors that Dell is in the process of being
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Intel prepares to use lasers, light to shuffle data between computers
Intel is taking the first steps to implement thin fiber optics that will use lasers and light as a faster
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Answer Line: 4K HDTVs Explained
A 4K HDTV, also known as an Ultra HDTV or a UDTV, is a television with approximately 4,000 pixels of
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FCC adds spectrum to Wi-Fi—but you likely need a new router to use it
The Federal Communications Commission last week said it will add 195MHz of spectrum to Wi-Fi’s 5GHz band. This move is
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The best 802.11ac routers featured at CES
At last year’s CES, 802.11ac was hardly prevalent on the show floor. Though other companies were still showing off their
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Fastest Wi-Fi ever is almost ready for real-world use
In a quiet suite removed from the insanity of the Consumer Electronics Show expo floor, a company aiming to build
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Apple's Near-Impeccable 10-Year Run: Where They Succeeded and Others Were Too Lazy to Innovate
In the decade we have been publishing TechSpot, we have watched Apple resurge from the joke that G3 and G4
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Blu-ray looks ahead to 4K
LAS VEGAS—Seven years after the Blu-ray Disc Association announced at CES that it had completed the technical specification for the