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CNET Magazine powers up for summer

Since 1995, CNET has watched as slow and expensive personal computers connected to (slow and expensive) dot-matrix printers gave way to wicked-fast laptops, Wi-Fi networks and smartphones — putting everyone just a touchscreen away from the Internet. We live today in a hyperconnected world. CNET this summer celebrates 20 years of covering tech. So for our third issue of CNET …

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Finding an edge: Gold medalist Lindsey Vonn talks tech

Editor’s note: With her win Saturday in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, celebrated athlete Lindsey Vonn has added another feather to her ski cap: She’s now the most decorated World Cup downhill racer ever. CNET spoke with her about how she uses tech to train. Here’s that conversation, originally published this past July. Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn, one of the greatest …

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Lollipop on a budget: Sprint adds $240 Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime

Sprint rings up an affordable Lollipop experience for its latest Android. James Martin/CNET Despite its opulent-sounding name, Sprint’s new Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime (first released on AT&T’s Cricket), is better suited for first-time smartphone buyers. Related Links Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime review Sprint puts ‘cramming’ behind it with $50 million settlement Don’t call it a comeback! Helio returns with really …

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Qantas brings HBO movies and TV to in

Qantas will bring HBO content, including “Game of Thrones” to flights this month. HBO Qantas has added a big drawcard to its in-flight entertainment line-up, announcing it will now offer a dedicated HBO channel to bring series such as “Game of Thrones” and “True Detective” to travellers. The airline launches the new channel this month, complete with 120 hours of …

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Build your own Terminator arm for cheap

Have you ever wanted to be a badass futuristic cyborg assassin-turned-bodyguard sent from the future to either kill or protect people and help determine the fate of humanity? While you’ll probably never actually become a cyborg, you can at least pretend to be one with this DIY Terminator arm that looks like the one Miles Dyson studies in “Terminator 2: …

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Take a tour of the HMS Belfast

The HMS Belfast served her country for 24 years, and that service reads as a What’s What list of 20th century naval battles. It fired on Normandy before the D-Day invasion, it helped sink the German battleship Scharnhorst, and served in the Korean War and beyond. Decommissioned in 1963, she was converted to a museum ship and moored across from …

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Arm yourself with these Android apps and ensure your next road trip goes smoothly. Scott Webster/CNET Ahhh, here we are, the middle of summer and the time of year where a lot of folks pack up and head out on the road. Related Links Customize your Android home screen Hack your Android like a pro: Rooting and ROMs explained 11 …

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