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eBay drop

Need to sell a set of golf clubs? Just go to a FedEx Office. eBay said Tuesday it has significantly broadened a partnership with FedEx to bring eBay Valet drop-off locations to over 1,600 FedEx Office stores nationwide. The expansion will roll out over the coming months. eBay Valet lets people hand off their goods …

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Canon announces Speedlite 600EX

Canon’s mirrorless system gets a new lens, bringing the total EF-M models available up to 6. The EF-M 28mm f3.5 Macro IS STM is the first macro lens for that mount. It offers some novel features, including built-in lights around the lens and a switch that increases the magnification from 1x to 1.2x. It also incorporates Canon’s Hybrid IS optical …

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Tablet Tuesday: Get a refurbished iPad Air (Wi

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. This is a bit of a rerun. A few weeks ago I shared a similar deal on an iPad Air 2, though the …

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Apple’s notebook shipments plummet

Apple was clobbered by a huge tumble in notebook shipments last quarter. The company’s shipments fell 40 percent in the first quarter of 2016 over the final quarter of 2015, market researcher TrendForce said Tuesday. Apple’s plunge was the largest decline among the top eight notebook vendors worldwide. Overall, the top eight sellers saw notebook shipments drop 19 percent in …

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Safe sexting? Durex wants a condom emoji

Chances are you’ve received at least one emoji by now even if you aren’t the kind of person who would text a “thumbs up” or send a “rage” face if someone asked you for a quick review of “Batman v. Superman.” That’s why condom maker Durex wants the Unicode Consortium, the nonprofit group that organizes and approves new entries for …

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Atmos Dock gives Definitive Technology’s 9000 speakers a boost

Want your living room to sound like a movie theater? Definitive Technology’s new line of flagship speakers is designed to bring “object-based” surround sound to your Friday night in. The new collection consists of four floorstanders which include the BP9020, which costs $1,300 per pair. There’s also the BP9040 (which costs $1,800 per pair ), BP9060 ($2,200 per pair) and …

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