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. Enlarge Image iClever Not to repeat myself, but you know those little USB wall plugs you’ve been hoarding over the years? Time to toss ’em out. They don’t …
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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. Someday we’ll all look back on the two-year phone contract and laugh. Sure, we were subsidizing the sky-high price of the phone itself, but we were also severely limiting our options. Today, you …
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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. Enlarge Image Asus A couple months back I reviewed, then bought, an Asus ZenBook UX305 — a thin, lightweight laptop that, at first glance, seemed an ideal replacement for my aging, slowing, increasingly …
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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. Enlarge Image Look, ma, no thumbs! Lazy-Hands Before you laugh, before you scoff, hear me out. The Lazy-Hands is a finger-loop gripper thingie you stick to the back of your phone, tablet, 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. Enlarge Image Samsung Tired of your sluggish PC? You could reformat the hard drive and reinstall Windows, but that’s a pretty big hassle — and you’ll still end up chugging along with hot, …
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Now playing: Watch this: Download Amazon Prime movies and TV 2:10 Streaming services like Amazon Prime Video, Hulu and Netflix have long made it possible for you to watch movies and TV shows on the go — provided your phone or tablet has a decent Internet connection. If you want to actually download something, as opposed to just stream it, …
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Enlarge Image Hopper for Android is a must-have app for frequent and infrequent fliers alike. Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET If you’ve ever tried tracking flight prices, you know that airfares seem to change by the minute — and you just can’t know if you’re getting the best deal. Wait, and prices might shoot up. Buy, and they could drop the …
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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. Enlarge Image RCA Contest time! If there’s a cheapskate holy grail, it’s getting rid of cable. Cutting the cord. Doing away with that heinous, high-priced monthly bill. Of course, the tools and services …
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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. I was pretty excited yesterday when Andy Weir’s ” The Martian” was on sale for $1.99. Turns out that was merely the tip of the e-book-deal iceberg. Head on over to Google Play …
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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. Today is all about the sci-fi. (The first person who says, “Star Wars isn’t sci-fi, it’s fantasy,” gets a wedgie.) The Humble Star Wars Audiobook Bundle is a collection of at least seven …
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