HP makes the Envy name premium again with new laptops, all-in-one, monitor and other top stories.

• HP makes the Envy name premium again with new laptops, all-in-one, monitor

  

  The history of HP’s Envy line-up has been tumultuous. At their introduction, in the latter half of last decade, they gave Apple serious competition, but cost-cutting and brand expansion eventually made the Envy name all but meaningless. Recently, HP has made efforts to get Envy back on track. It has gradually improved the quality of Envy across the board, and in July the company released the HP Spectre, a tour-de-force of hardware and design. Now, HP is keeping the pedal of progress firmly press..

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• Apple is opening a research and development center in Shenzhen, China's hardware mecca

  

  Some of China’s top tech firms will soon be welcoming a famous new neighbor. Apple has confirmed it will open a research and development center in Shenzhen, the southern Chinese city that serves as a hardware manufacturing hub for the world. The center’s launch comes as Apple looks for new ways to position itself in the world’s largest consumer market, amid sputtering iPhone sales. “We are excited to be opening a new Research and Development center here next year so our engineering team can wor..

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• Investors Demand Answers from Samsung After Its Note 7 Fiasco

  

  Samsung Electronics ssnlf needs to quickly find the cause of the fires that led to it pulling its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones and get a new model to market, investors said on Wednesday, as shares in the company slipped to a one-month low. The world’s top smartphone maker on Tuesday scrapped the $882 flagship smartphone in what could be one of the costliest product safety failures in tech history. Samsung announced the recall of 2.5 million Note 7s in early September following reports of th..

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• Let's get serious about IoT security

  

  No one doubts anymore that internet of things (IoT) devices pose a huge security threat, as a recent massive IoT-fueled DDoS attack made clear. But what many enterprises have yet to wake up to is that major structural changes are needed, involving IT and C-level executives above IT. IoT is a new and different kind of threat that can’t be effectively battled in an old-fashioned way. From an enterprise’s perspective, there are three sides to the IoT threat: 1) being attacked by an IoT army fr..

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• Phone Comparisons: LG V20 vs Google Pixel XL

  

  Do we have a good one for you today – the new LG V20 goes up against the new Google Pixel XL. The aircraft-grade aluminum LG V20 takes on the polished glass and metal Google Pixel XL. Both devices are sporting the most current specifications and ...

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