CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. A color laser for $75?! Yes, please. Dell I’ll never buy another inkjet printer — not when I …
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There are lots of ways to “clip” a web page. You can use Pocket, for example, to send a nicely formatted mobile version of a page to your phone or tablet, great for content you want to read later. But Pocket requires, well, Pocket. Which means another app to install, sign into, keep synced, etc. Wouldn’t it be nice if …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Time to catch some air. Today I’ve landed three drone deals, all of them great in one way or another. (I was going …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Enlarge Image Don’t expect super-bright digital ink, but do expect a really cool erasable writing slate. Light in the Box Remember those reusable …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Enlarge Image The D900 wireless earbuds recharge in their little wireless charging box. Syllable Different situations call for different kinds of headphones. (Or …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. iDrive backs up not just your computers, but also your mobile devices. And not just some of them, but all of them. iDrive …
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Along with Command & Conquer, Blizzard’s StarCraft ushered in the real-time strategy genre as we know it. Hard to believe that was almost 20 years ago. Never played the game? Good news: It’s now available for free. Why the giveaway? Blizzard is no doubt hoping to create some buzz around StarCraft: Remastered, an updated version of the game due later …
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For all the changes and improvements (some might say “improvements”) iOS has delivered over the years, there’s one curious limitation still imposed by Apple. If you want to email someone more than five photos, you can’t. That’s a pretty big hassle when you’re looking to share a big batch of snapshots from a vacation, wedding, day at the beach or …
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Because I’m a big believer in saving money, I’m a big believer in buying refurbished. Tech items in particular are often priced well below new, despite being nearly as good as new. So why not buy everything refurbished? First, let’s define our terms. A refurbished product is one that, for any number of reasons, no longer qualifies as new. In …
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Now playing: Watch this: 8 ways to repurpose your old phone 2:10 You can teach an old iPhone new tricks. CC Yutaka Tsutano/Flickr The iPhone has been around for a full 10 years now, meaning at some point you’ve probably upgraded to a newer model. (Possibly several newer models.) And whenever you do that, you’re left with your old phone …
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