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HP Incorporated
August 18, 1947 Hewlett-Packard is incorporated by William Hewlett and David Packard, nine years after they sold their first products from their garage in Palo Alto. Hewlett and Packard got their start in 1938 by producing oscillators used to test audio equipment. Since selling eight of their first oscillators to Disney for use in preparing…
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Review: Updated: Honor 7
Update: Huawei has now launched the Honor 8 and you may find it a better alternative to the Honor 7. It’s just out for the US so far at $ 399.99, but it comes with an upgraded processor, 4GB of RAM and a USB-C port. Huawei is one of the few Chinese handset makers to…
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Review: Updated: Honor 7
Update: Huawei has now launched the Honor 8 and you may find it a better alternative to the Honor 7. It’s just out for the US so far at $ 399.99, but it comes with an upgraded processor, 4GB of RAM and a USB-C port. Huawei is one of the few Chinese handset makers to…
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Hands-on review: UPDATED: Samsung Galaxy Note 7
Update: Our ongoing Samsung Galaxy Note 7 review now includes price and release date information, and it takes a deep look at what’s been dubbed the “world’s best phone display.” We’ll continue to test it out up until the release date. The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is a phone that’s designed for a very specific…
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Invoxia Voice Bridge review – CNET
CNET Computer Accessories Networking Invoxia Voice Bridge If you’ve heard of Invoxia before, it’s likely because of Triby, the company’s fridge-friendly speaker that was the first non-Amazon device with built-in Alexa voice support. But now the French company is back with Voice Bridge, a tiny networking box that accesses your landline from any iPhone, iPad…
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Review: Updated: Xbox One
The Xbox One S may now be on store shelves, but there are still a couple of very good reasons to consider buying an original Xbox One. Chief amongst them is price. At the original Xbox One is over a hundred pounds cheaper than the incoming Xbox One S, which is enough to buy a…
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Video Killed the Radio Star; MTV Debuts
August 1, 1981 MTV, presumably standing for “Music Television”, launches on cable TV. As most people know, after the introduction sequence, the first video played was “Video Killed the Radio Star” by The Buggles. However, a bit of trivia is that the second song played was “You Better Run” by Pat Benatar. MTV had an…
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360fly 4K review – CNET
The best thing about the 360fly 4K is its mobile app. That sounds like a dig, but it’s only because the app is really good compared to what other consumer 360-degree camera makers are offering at the moment. It makes the 360fly 4K that much more usable, as does its design, which makes it better…
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Dyson 360 Eye review – CNET
. Of the dozen-plus autonomous floor cleaners we’ve tested to date, it (mostly) holds its own alongside the best of the best. There’s just one not-so-tiny problem — price. Like Dyson’s other small appliances, its first foray into the robot cleaner category is expensive…$ 999/£800 expensive. And since Neato’s $ 700 Botvac Connected and iRobot’s…
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GE GAS18PSJSS Top Freezer Refrigerator with Autofill Pitcher review – CNET
As refrigerator categories go, top freezers are the least exciting. They’re safe, they’re simple and they typically miss out on the kinds of cool features and eye-catching designs you’d expect to find in fancier, French-door models. Enter GE, which saw an opportunity to stand out by giving the $ 1,000 GAS18PSJSS top-freezer fridge an intriguing…