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AMD takes aim at the notebook market with new 12

A Dell Inspiron 15 powered by the A10-8700P with 4GB RAM running a League of Legends replay with nary a stutter. Aloysius Low/CNET TAIPEI — Announced Wednesday at Computex, AMD’s latest A-Series processors will come in 3 flavors and are designed for serious online streaming and gaming. The 3 variants come packing discrete graphics cores …

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Think you use a lot of mobile data now? Wait until 2020

Ericsson has a sizeable presence at the Mobile World Congress conference every year. Sarah Tew / CNET By 2020, mobile networks will be virtually ubiquitous. With network speeds jumping up, we may all end up mobile data hogs, according to a mobility report conducted by network equipment manufacturer Ericsson twice a year. Each month, the average smartphone in North America …

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Pinterest attempts to lure shoppers with ‘Buy It’ button

Pinterest’s “Buyable Pins” feature will debut later this month. Victor Ng/Pinterest Pinterest is finally delving into the e-commerce wars by unveiling a much-anticipated buy button. The popular digital-scrapbooking site on Tuesday introduced its “Buyable Pins” feature, which will soon enable shoppers to purchase products directly off Pinterest by tapping a blue “Buy It” button and using Apple Pay or a …

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Music is key for Apple’s big show next week

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple is set to make several software announcements at WWDC, its annual conference for developers. Along with operating system updates, it seems likely that Apple will reveal a new layer to iTunes. Watch CNET Update below for a look at what to expect …

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Microsoft announces Windows 10 release date for July 29

After Windows 8, Microsoft watchers have been eagerly awaiting Windows 10. Nick Statt/CNET Almost 30 years after Microsoft shipped Windows 1.0, ditching DOS commands and introducing the world of point-and-click, Microsoft is ready to bring the newest iteration of its operating system to the world, announcing Windows 10 will be released on July 29. Windows 10 has been the source …

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Apple Watch to spur record year for smartwatch displays

Apple Watch has spurred major growth in smartwatch display shipments. Sarah Tew/CNET The market for smartwatch displays will tally record shipments in 2015, and it has Apple Watch to thank for it, according to new data from research firm IHS. A total of 34 million smartwatch displays — the screens that constitutes the watch face — will ship worldwide this …

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Ready, Red Leader? ‘Star Wars’ X

We saw the prototype in action a few weeks ago, and now French creator Olivier C has put the finishing touches on his “Star Wars” X-wing RC quadcopter. Related Links New Millennium Falcon drone is a bigger, better hunk of junk Imperial Star Destroyer drone patrols the skies above France TIE Interceptor drone is the meanest starfighter in the galaxy …

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