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Beats Dumps Monster Over Headphones

3:13PM January 13, 2012 | Andrew Tarantola

Peanut butter and jelly, unicorns and glitter, Beats Electronics and Monster. One of these things just doesn’t belong, one of these things is not like the others. After a five-year collaboration, the two companies have terminated their relationship but do hope to remain friends. More »


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Monster Tries To Replace Dre With Lance Armstrong

3:30AM January 10, 2012 | Mario Aguilar

Monster — a company once known for producing insanely nerdy speaker wire — changed headphones forever (for better or worse) with its fashionable, bass-heavy Beats by Dre line. Now that Monster’s cash cow is HTC’s cash cow, Monster is clearly on the hunt for new friends. More »


Mobile

HTC Sensation XL/XE: Giz Au Hands On

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9:30AM November 4, 2011 | Alex Kidman

HTC’s Sensation XL is a huge phone. Both the XL and XE can be astonishingly loud phones. Is that a good thing, or a bad thing? Giz Au attended the launch of both phones last night for some hands-on time. More »


Entertainment

Dr Dre’s Beats Go Wireless (But Where’s The AirPlay?)

8:13AM October 12, 2011 | Sam Biddle

No Detox announced today! But Dr Dre’s commanding bass-heavy Beats empire expanded a little today with a wireless iteration of the Beatbox iPod and iPhone dock. Good: it’ll probably be as low-end heavy as the headphones. Bad: Bluetooth. More »


News

Dr Dre Is Gunning Directly For Apple

5:40AM October 11, 2011 | Sam Biddle

What’s occasional rapper Dr Dre up to besides rapping sometimes? Planning to beat every single electronics company except Apple, GlobalGrind reports. More »


Mobile

HTC Vigor To Be First Beats By Dre Phone?

6:20PM August 12, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

I really like this rumour: Apparently the HTC Vigor will be the first handset HTC’s new acquisition, Beats by Dre, will show up on, but apart from that it’s tipped to have a 4.3-inch screen with 1280×720 resolution. More »


News

HTC Buys Beats: All Your Bass Are Belong To Them

8:20AM August 12, 2011 | brent rose

HTC just shouted to the world that it has made a massive investment in Beats By Dre to the tune of $US300 million. Here’s what it means for everyone involved — especially you. More »


News

Behind The Largest Counterfeit Audio Sting In History (Exclusive Photos)

1:00AM April 15, 2011 | Bryan Gardiner

Think you got a good deal on those Beats by Dre? Might’ve. Or maybe you paid too much for a knockoff. Thanks to easily accessed suckers like you, business in the world of phony high-end audio has never been better. More »


Computing

HP Pavilion Dm1: A Netbook You Can Actually Use

4:01PM January 4, 2011 | Brian Barrett

By jumping ship to AMD Fusion guts for their Pavilion dm1 laptop, HP is in the vanguard of manufacturers turning out netbook-sized PCs with full notebook performance. That means 1080p video and DirectX 11 graphics on an 11.6-inch machine. More »


Computing

HP Envy 15 Beats Edition: Okay, I Actually Am Sorta Jealous

9:57AM October 10, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

Boomin’. That’s the Beats edition of HP’s Envy 15, which doesn’t look like a MacBook wannabe but like its own glossy-black-and-red man. The privilege, and included Beats headphones, add $US500, but I think it’s kinda worth it. [HP via Electronista]