To install a new font in Windows 10, just drag the TrueType file to the font control panel. Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET People often tell me I’m a font of wisdom, so allow me to share some wisdom about fonts. (Needless to say, I’m not a font of humor.) In Windows 10, not much has …
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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. Is there such a thing as combat-ready earphones? Perhaps. Accessory Power I think we’ve all been there: You settle in to watch a movie or listen to your favorite playlist, only to discover …
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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. Amazon I’m going to plagiarize myself a little bit this morning, because sometimes my hilarity goes unheralded… Not everything Amazon touches turns to gold — or fire. The company’s first smartphone, for example, …
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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. Groupon It seems like just weeks ago that I shared a deal on a refurbished HP Stream 11. (That’s because it was just weeks ago.) If you bought one, you might want 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. Electrohome I hereby dub this the Week Everything Sells Out! Seriously. No sooner do I fall all over myself trying to explain what happened with the previous day’s deal than the current deal …
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As you’re no doubt aware, today is Windows 10 launch day. If you’re already registered for the new OS, now it’s just a waiting game as Microsoft pushes out the update. Don’t want to wait? You don’t have to: There’s actually a Windows 10 download page where you can grab the OS right now. Although it appears to be focused …
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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. This Lightning cable glows red while charging, green when done. Brilliant! iOrange If you own a modern Apple device — iPhone, iPad — you’ve probably discovered that Lightning cables can be hit and …
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For fast and easy animated GIFs in your text messages, just trace a G in Etch Keyboard. Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET In the nearly one year since Apple released iOS 8, many a third-party keyboard has stepped up to offer features like language translation, handwriting recognition and GIF stickers. But most of these are one-trick ponies. Etch Keyboard (iOS) pulls …
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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. CNET About yesterday… At around 8 a.m. PT, I snagged four free via a Paramount promotion and wrote about it here. Roughly 90 minutes later, readers started reporting issues. Some folks were able …
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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. All four for free?! Yes, please! Paramount Movies All together, now: Dun, dun, dun-dun DUN, dun, dun-dun Bwaaa-da-daaaa… Bwaaa-da-daaaa…. And here you thought I was going to go with the obvious: Your mission, …
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