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. Random aside of the day: So apparently Microsoft is throwing in the towel on Bing, or at least …
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Just as anyone with a keyboard and an opinion can start a blog, anyone with a voice can start a podcast. Ideally it should be a nice voice with something original to say, but that’s up to you to work out. One big question facing novice podcasters is how to get started — or, more accurately, how much to get …
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Last week, Literature & Latte released Scrivener for iOS, bringing the popular long-form writing tool to iPhones and iPads. The price: $19.99. Ouch. I’m not saying the app isn’t worth it, especially for anyone who’s working on, say, a screenplay or dissertation. But if you can’t afford it or don’t think $20 is a fair price, you may prefer to …
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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. If you rely on the Cheapskate newsletter for all your Cheapskate goodness, I have some, er, news: You might not be getting your …
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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. Yesterday I carpooled home from a convention, and the six-hour drive was pleasant except for one thing: The car had just one USB …
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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. There’s a little backstory to today’s deal, but if you just want the goods, feel free to skip ahead — I won’t be …
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Tired of paying a small fortune every month for cable TV and Internet? Of course you are. Everybody is. The rates are ridiculous. Enter BillFixers, a service that promises to negotiate those rates on your behalf. I took it for a test-drive last week and was pretty surprised by the outcome. How it works I pay around $135 per month …
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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. Now playing: Watch this: HP Spectre x2 is a Surface-like tablet, keyboard included 2:18 Regular readers know I’m borderline insulted by Microsoft’s Surface …
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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. Also find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and learn all about VPN plus great VPN deals in our VPN Directory Dashlane Premium is annoyingly expensive. There, I said it. I …
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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. In real estate, the maxim is location, location, location. In computing, it should be backup, backup, backup. This 1TB hard drive connects to …
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