If you’re like me, you woke up this morning to find 800-plus Kindle books being offered up in a massive one-day sale and thought, “wow, what a numbing amount of books.” It is, and Amazon’s bounty isn’t clearly broken down by quality or genre. A lot of the books are older classics, and many have …
Read More »Cyber Monday photo
A high-quality print of a favorite photo is an easy but still personal gift for family and friends. If you’re going to print pictures yourself, you’ll want to get some high-quality paper. For Cyber Monday, Red River Paper has knocked 20 percent off of nine of its heavy-weight premium inkjet papers. The Red River site has thorough descriptions for each, …
Read More »Walmart’s offering restocked Cyber Monday deals on Monday night
Were you too busy at work to shop today? Walmart’s Evening Edition Cyber Monday sale helps you get a good deal after the sun goes down. Starting at 9 p.m. ET (6 p.m. PT), Evening Edition will offer up new stock of Walmart’s top deals, available for anyone who missed them earlier in the day. Most of these items end …
Read More »Apple Music coming to Sonos in December
Sonos has announced that Apple Music will finally come to its streaming system in December, becoming the first third-party manufacturer to support the service. Apple announced it was working with Sonos in June 2015 and said at the time Apple Music would be available on the hardware by the end of the year. Apple Music will be available to beta …
Read More »ABC TV now live
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has upgraded its iView catch-up TV service, now offering live-streaming of the main ABC channel in addition to on-demand streaming of previously broadcast shows. ABC’s iView was the first of the Australian catch-up services, kicking off back in 2008. Previously it had offered the ABC News 24 channel as a live-stream, but the changes announced today …
Read More »Amazon delivery drones get a new look
Whenever Amazon’s Prime Air plan finally gets off the ground, watch for more than just one type of drone coming to your doorstep. The e-commerce powerhouse has unveiled a new design for its delivery drones, nearly two years to the day after it first teased us with its ambitions for the diminutive and unmanned aerial vehicles. In a video posted …
Read More »Microsoft Lumia 950 and 950 XL: Australian pricing and availability
It’s been a while since we’ve seen a new Lumia phone, with Microsoft biding its time for the Windows 10 launch on PCs before moving the operating system on to its smartphone range. But now there are two brand spanking new phones bearing the Lumia brand: the 5.2-inch 950 and the 5.7-inch 950 XL. The basic 950 has an AMOLED …
Read More »Lenovo and Razer partner on new range of gaming PCs and hardware
China-based PC manufacturer Lenovo is getting ready to show its game face with some help from gaming specialist Razer. Announced at DreamHack Winter 2015 in Sweden, the first product from the partnership will be the Razer Edition of the Lenovo Y Series gaming desktop. Not much is known about the product, but images show a Y series tower case sporting …
Read More »Close to the edge: The Blue Lola headphones
I love it when a new headphone breaks the mold, like the Blue Mo-Fi ($350 US, £275 UK) did when I reviewed it last year. That bad boy had a lot going for it: truly unique design and tech, and the sound was very decent. The Blue Lola. Blue Blue’s less expensive new model, Lola, looks similar to the still …
Read More »Can we ever hear what our favorite bands sound like in the studio?
It’s an elusive fantasy: hearing music as if you were in the studio with the band. We would love to be there, with our favorite artists, hearing music as it’s being created, but few major rock/pop mainstream artists ever just lay down complete, from start to finish tunes anymore. Songs are pieced together from bits and pieces of sound that …
Read More »Spotify, you make my streams come true (aka, the making of my musical wonderland)
For music lovers like me, streaming services are a dream come true. And although there seems to be a new competitor popping up every few month, Spotify is my current tool of choice for pumping the nonstop tunes that I crave. It’s easy to take the Internet’s streaming music for granted, but for me, who used to seek out works …
Read More »The Cheapskate’s top Black Friday deals 2015
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. Howdy, cheeps! I hope you enjoyed your holiday as much as I did. New York, you certainly know how to put on a …
Read More »Crave giveaway: 128GB SanDisk Connect Wireless Stick
Congrats to Ashley M. of Ogden, Utah, for winning a Pocket Party Bluetooth speaker last week. When it comes to Black Friday deals, it’s hard to beat completely free. As usual, that’s what we have this week. We’re giving away a 128GB SanDisk Connect Wireless Stick, a flash drive for the mobile era that looks like a standard USB drive …
Read More »Banish ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ spoilers with this Chrome extension
With just a few weeks to go before “Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens” warps out of hyperspace and into theatres, the last thing you want is to have the story spoiled. Thankfully, a new Chrome extension warns you when spoilers could be about to ruin the balance of the Force. “The Force Awakens” is the first Star Wars …
Read More »Aftershock’s Titan is a laptop with desktop parts
The Aftershock Titan’s name is no exaggeration. In fact, with specs that outstrip most desktop computers, it’s shaping up to be one of the most beastly gaming laptops ever made. Enlarge Image The Titan more than lives up to its name. Aftershock Built by Singapore-based gaming PC maker Aftershock, the Titan costs S$4,500, which roughly converts to US$3,185, AU$4,430 or …
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