Leslie Katz

Crave giveaway: Dragon Dictate speech recognition software for Mac

Nuance Communications Congrats to Daniel G. of Slidell, La., for winning last week’s giveaway prize, a Cycliq Fly6 bike taillight with a built-in HD camera. Tired of all that typing? Check out this week’s prize. We’ve got version 4 of Nuance Communications’ speech recognition software Dragon Dictate for Mac. This version promises better accuracy than …

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Crave giveaway: Cycliq Fly6 LED bike taillight with built

It’s like having eyes in the back of your head. Cycliq Congrats to Craig W. of West Chester, Penn., for winning two Divoom Bluetune-Bean portable speakers in last week’s giveaway. This week, we have something for the cyclists out there. Cycliq The Fly6 from Cycliq is an HD camera and highly visible LED taillight in one. Replace your existing taillight …

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Crave giveaway: Two Divoom Bluetune

Divoom Congratulations to Patrick D. of West Olive, Mich., for winning a Martian Notifier smartwatch in last week’s giveaway. This week, we’ve got a cute little portable speaker that does more than just play music. The second-generation Divoom Bluetune-Bean speaker, released just this week, adds a selfie remote shutter on the side for snapping selfies and group photos. It also …

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Phone cases with a conscience feature faces of political prisoners

Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has already brought his Lego portraits of international political prisoners to the site of notorious federal prison Alcatraz. Now, he’s bringing them to smartphone cases. Andualem Arage was convicted of working with an opposition party in Ethiopia, and sentenced to life in prison in 2012. (Click to enlarge.) Gooey Gooey, a UK-based maker of mobile …

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Crave giveaway: Stylish Martian Notifier smartwatch

It looks like a classic watch, but has modern features. Sarah Tew/CNET Editor’s note: this contest closed at noon ET on Monday, February 16. Congratulations to Brian C. of Jaffrey, N.H., for winning a pair of A-Audio Icon wireless headphones in last week’s giveaway. Like the idea of getting subtle phone alerts sent to your wrist? Look no further. This …

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Crave giveaway: A

The cushy A-Audio Icon wireless headphones come in Liquid Chrome or Phantom Black. A-Audio Congratulations to Nancy M. of Grand Junction, Colo., for winning a 51-inch plasma HDTV from RetailMeNot last week. How does a pair of luxury headphones sound? This week, we’re giving away A-Audio Icon wireless Bluetooth over-ear headphones. The new premium headphones take their design cue from …

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Rare part for groundbreaking 1949 British computer found in US

The room-size EDSAC could perform 650 instructions per second. University of Cambridge A rare remnant of a pioneering British computer has surfaced in the United States and made its way to the UK to be incorporated into a reconstruction of the historic machine. The computer, called the Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator, or EDSAC, is recognized as one of the …

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Crave giveaway: 51

Samsung Editor’s note: this contest closed at noon ET on Monday, February 2. Congratulations to Jean F. of Gainesville, Fla., for winning the second part of our CES-swag giveaway last week. With the big game coming up Sunday, you might have TVs on your mind. Big TVs. Guess what we have for you this week? Yup. Coupon mega-site RetailMeNot — …

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Crave giveaway: CES 2015 swag bounty, the sequel

Josh Miller/CNET Congratulations to Gustavo C. of Lyons, Ill., for winning part 1 of our CES 2015 giveaway last week. And heeere’s part 2… We have a pair of Quantum EL-01 in-ear headphones from Tonino Lamborghini, maker of the $6,000 ultrapremium 88 Tauri Android smartphone that got so much attention at the Las Vegas show. For the iPhone 6 in …

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Crave giveaway: Freebies aplenty from the CES 2015 show floor

Leslie Katz/CNET Congrats to Nagi M. of Oakland, Calif., for winning a Sphero Darkside Ollie app-controlled robot in last week’s giveaway. The CNET crew’s back from CES 2015, and, as always, bearing lots and lots of swag. In this year’s bag of goods straight from the CES show floor, you’ll find an Izzi Remix 5-in-1 sturdy lens case for the …

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