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The 6 coolest things Intel showed off this week

Ben Fox Rubin/CNET Intel has a lot of cool products in the works. The company showcased new smartwatches, advanced camera technology, robotics, and more this week at its annual Developer Forum in San Francisco. These are the technologies and products that excited us the most. Fossil smartwatch and other wearables Intel and Fossil teamed up last September in an effort …

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What Verizon’s new contract

Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET Verizon is ditching contracts and subsidized devices in favor of new contract-free plans that are slightly cheaper in some (but not all) circumstances. While current Verizon customers are free to keep the terms of their old contracts for as long as they please, dirt-cheap upgrades are a thing of the past. In other words, you can keep …

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How to access Chrome bookmarks from any browser

Nicole Cozma/CNET Chrome offers a sync feature that can save your bookmarks and passwords, among other preferences. In the past these bookmarks were synced to your Google Docs account, but after the switch to Drive, the list of bookmarks disappeared. Now if you want to access your bookmarks, you need to be using the Chrome client on desktop or mobile. …

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Why family data plans could make sense for you

Now playing: Watch this: Thirsty for data: Why family data plans make sense 2:34 Family data plans are starting to appear, allowing a group of people to share a single pool of data across a number of devices. If you find some people in your house use all their data while others never have trouble staying under their cap, these …

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Adultery site Ashley Madison confirms leak of actual user data

Hackers have leaked some actual data from users of Ashley Madison. screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Users of adultery site Ashley Madison beware: some of your personal information may be viewable online. Website AshleyMadison.com, which touts itself as “the world’s leading married dating service for discreet encounters,” was the victim of a hack attack in July. The hackers threatened to publish …

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​How to stream Xbox games to a Windows 10 PC

Now playing: Watch this: How to set up Xbox game streaming in Windows 10 1:22 Windows 10 has arrived with a handful of new features. Microsoft added the Cortana voice assistant to the desktop, a new Web browser, and we can’t forget about the return of the Start button. One of the coolest features, however, has to be Xbox One …

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