Amazon’s comedy series “Catastrophe” doesn’t stray far from the truth. Writers and actors Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney drew from their own lives to create the show about a Boston businessman and London school teacher who bumble through a relationship after their four-day fling results in an unexpected pregnancy. “Everything catastrophic within the series really …

This week, for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we have a special router. It’s the Linksys WRT1900ACS. In pink. Linksys made only a limited number of the pink Wi-Fi routers, and this is your chance to get one for free. CNET’s Dong Ngo reviewed the $229.99 WRT1900ACS earlier this month and called it the best router available from Linksys. He gave …

Halloween is a time for being frightened. And what better to put you on edge like a scary movie or TV show? Lucky for you, there are a lot of scary things streaming online. The first movie that comes to mind when people think of Halloween is, well, “Halloween” with the unstoppable Michael Myers. While the original isn’t available on …

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. Regular readers know that I’m not a fan of subscription anything, especially certain subscriptions from certain large companies. But this is almost too good to pass up. Enlarge Image More bundles like this, …

The new Apple TV is now available, bringing a new interface and the ability to install apps and games on the platform for first time. Using the Apple TV remote to play games is possible, but it doesn’t lend itself to the best experience. If you purchased a compatible controller, such as the SteelSeries Nimbus Wireless Controller you can quickly …

The Premium HDMI Cable Certification Program — the brainchild of industry body HDMI Licensing — is a way to identify cables that have been tested to perform at a specific level, i.e. they can pass 4K content. But wait, you ask, can’t any High Speed HDMI cable pass 4K content? Yes, as long as it’s a true High Speed HDMI …

For Google, smartphones, tablets, laptops and more may all soon answer to Android. The Mountain View, California, company is looking to bring its Android mobile software to laptop computers, according to a report Thursday by The Wall Street Journal. As part of that push, Google may annex some parts of its Chrome OS software, which mainly powers its Chromebook laptops, …

Francesco D’Alessio struggled with even basic chores. He was forgetful and had trouble keeping up with his schoolwork. After failing a year at his high school in the UK when he was 16, D’Alessio began looking for answers. Some tech blogs suggested a book by David Allen called “Getting Things Done” (or GTD for short). In it, the productivity consultant …

Skype unveiled a new version of its iPhone app with 3D Touch, filters and better ways to manage your conversation. Skype for iOS version 6.5 incorporates 3D Touch to let you access certain Skype features directly without having to navigate the entire app. Available in Apple’s iPhone 6S and 6S Plus, 3D Touch recognizes different levels of pressure on the …

One of the big selling points of Microsoft’s new Surface Book laptop is that it offers an optional Nvidia graphics card in higher-end models. With a distinct lack of game-ready graphics hardware in most 13-inch laptops, that immediately caught the attention of PC gamers. Of course, there were some caveats. First, the graphics hardware from Nvidia was installed in the …