Chooseblocks The beautiful thing about a PC is that it can be customised for your needs. You need better graphics capabilities? You can upgrade your video card. Running out of memory? You can install some more. Heck, you could gut the entire case and fill it with entirely new components if you wanted. With the …
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You can grab the Microsoft Band for 25% off at Target, but only this week. Sarah Tew/CNET Consumers interested in the Microsoft Band fitness tracker can save $50 via a Target sale that runs this week. Normally selling for $200, the Microsoft Band is now on sale at Target for $150, a full 25 percent off the regular price. The …
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Instagram is revamping its website to mimic its mobile app. Instagram Instagram’s website is finally catching up to its mobile app. The photo-sharing social network announced Monday that it’s updating its website with a comprehensive search feature. Before today, Instagram users on the Web could only browse photos and see who liked the pictures. Now, users will be able to …
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Apple Watch sales may be lackluster for now, but wait another couple of years, says one analyst. Apple Apple Watch sales might be low at this point, but at least one analyst expects gangbuster demand in another two years. Apple’s new wearable devices have been “disappointing for some investors,” Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster said in an investors note released …
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No more guesswork. Both ends of this Micro-USB cable are reversible. Winnergear Here it is, 2015, and we’re still waiting for reversible USB. Although Type-C connectors promise to stop the one-way-only madness, the ports themselves have yet to arrive in any meaningful way — and even those don’t address an equally vexing plug problem: the other end. Specifically, you know …
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LG spruces up its 3G-only handset with the L Bello II. LG LG has given last year’s 3G-only L Bello smartphone a punch-up for 2015, the company announced on Monday. This year’s LG Bello II is affordable and designed for emerging markets. Related Links Sprint calls up LG Tribute 2, Tribute Duo for its prepaid brands 6-inch LG G Pro …
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella talks about his company’s future plans for the cloud at a press event in 2014. Seth Rosenblatt/CNET The cloud is a key component in Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s strategy for the future, and now he may want to secure it with help from an Israel-based startup. Microsoft plans to acquire Israel’s Adallom for $320 million, 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. A 13.3-inch tablet and keyboard for $109.99? Yes, please. NuVision Some tablet deals can’t wait for Tuesday, so I hereby give you Tablet Monday… Ending Friday, and while supplies last, Staples has the …
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Attendees at the 2015 Broadband for the Bush forum. Broadband for the Bush Alliance. A forum of indigenous leaders, communications groups and regional community advocates has called for greater digital inclusion across Australia, saying parts of the country are being left behind as Australia carves out its broadband future. The comments came at the fourth annual Broadband for the Bush …
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eBay is bulking up its eBay Valet service with its purchase of Twice’s technology. eBay eBay wasted little time in starting its new mission of rebuilding its marketplace. On the same day eBay began trading separately from its former payments unit, PayPal, eBay revealed it will be buying the core technology of second-hand clothing e-retailer Twice for an undisclosed sum. …
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Acer is launching its first wearable for the US with its second Leap. Sarah Tew/CNET Equipped with a 0.94-inch touchscreen and interchangeable bands, the Acer Liquid Leap+ fitness tracker is available for US customers today. Though it originally retails for $99.99, a special deal is currently going on that lowers its price to $79.99. The Leap+ is a competitively priced …
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Yep, the Start menu is back in Windows 10 but with a new look. Microsoft/YouTube/screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Microsoft has kicked off a new series of videos and blog posts that aim to explain why you should upgrade to Windows 10. Launched on Sunday, the initial blog post authored by the Windows Team focuses on the Start menu, which is …
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After updating to iOS 9 you’ll notice a new name and icon for the app formerly known as Passbook. The new name aligns the app with Passbooks true intent: replacing your wallet. As such, Passbook has been renamed Wallet. Perhaps the biggest change to Wallet isn’t the new name and icon, but a shortcut specifically to access your digital wallet …
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CNET Microsoft has big plans for its Windows 10 launch later this month, and that includes putting its virtual voice assistant Cortana on more PCs in different countries this summer. The list of countries include Australia, India, Canada and Japan, while those living in Brazil and Mexico can expect to chat with Cortana by the end of the year. Cortana …
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Image by Dennis Skley, CC BY-ND 2.0 Britain’s Data Retention and Investigative Powers Act has been ruled unlawful by the UK’s High Court of Justice, after the digital surveillance scheme was deemed “inconsistent with European Union Law.” Pushed through Parliament in 4 days and passed into law in July 2014, DRIPA allows the UK’s Home Secretary, a senior government minister, …
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