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Print to PDF in Windows 10

Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET Good news: It looks like Microsoft has finally given up on trying to make the XPS file format happen. Windows 10 features native support for PDF files, including the ability to ‘print’ documents straight to PDF. And yes, Mac OS X has had this feature for a while. To Print to PDF …

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Wait what? Sprint boasts superior coverage to T

Sprint pitchman and soccer star David Beckham should be happy about the RootMetrics results. Sprint Sprint, long the laggard in the national wireless service scene, can claim at least one minor victory over rival T-Mobile. The nation’s fourth-largest carrier, which dropped one position in the past month thanks to T-Mobile’s speedier customer growth, scored a solid third place in a …

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Smartphone sales up as demand for high

Enlarge ImageA look at the smartphone market during the second quarter, according to research firm GfK. GfK The global smartphone market had a strong second quarter, due in large part to demand for higher-end smartphones like Apple’s iPhone 6 and Samsung’s Galaxy S6 line, according to new sales data. Total smartphone unit sales worldwide rose 5 percent to 302.1 million …

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Campfire Lyra: Advancing the outer limits of in

I was on the New York subway listening to a set of Campfire Lyra in-ears, and a young woman approached me saying she loved the look of the headphones. She wanted to know what brand they were, and did they sound good? I told her they were the new Campfire Lyras, and yes, the sound was really nice. I explained …

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Judge tosses out racketeering lawsuit against Uber

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick addresses a crowd during the ride-hailing service’s fifth anniversary celebration. James Martin/CNET In a win for Uber, a federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit filed against the car-hailing service by more than a Connecticut-based taxi companies. US District Court Judge Alvin Thompson ruled that none of the seven complaints brought against Uber by local taxi …

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Getting started with the OnePlus 2’s ‘Shelf’ feature

Enlarge Image Jason Cipriani/CNET OxygenOS is the name of the slightly customized version of Android running on the OnePlus 2. One of those small customizations is a new feature OnePlus is calling Shelf. Shelf is tucked away to the left side of your home screen, similar to the Google Now page on Nexus devices or Flipboard on Samsung devices. Within …

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AT&T bolsters mobile data plans to keep pace with rivals

It’s a good time to be a wireless consumer as AT&T rejiggers data plans and adds other special perks to remain competitive with Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint. CNET/Marguerite Reardon AT&T on Friday announced new Mobile Share Value plans, which will go into effect tomorrow. In some instances, AT&T will cut the cost of the service and in others it will …

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