March, 2016

• 31 March

  The Apple iPhone SE launch was far from divine

  

  Whenever a new iPhone goes on sale, folks tend to act like it’s a religious holiday. There are the rituals of waiting outside stores in snaking lines and getting high-fived by hordes of excited Apple retail employees after making a purchase. These customs happened predictably every year since 2007 — that is, until Thursday, when …

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• 31 March

  Girls get a harsh lesson in sexism from ‘The Glass Ceiling’ game

  

  “I’m gonna be an engineer!” “I’m gonna be a lawyer!” “I’m gonna be the nation’s No. 1 investment banker!” When little girls excitedly proclaim their future professions anything seems possible. That is, until they start playing the fictional board game “The Glass Ceiling.” In this Comedy Central parody video posted Wednesday, we see happy girls get a reality check when …

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• 31 March

  A once

  

  At its Build conference on Wednesday, Microsoft did something that made my jaw drop. It wasn’t the HoloLens augmented reality demonstration. Or the Cortana digital assistant. Or the push to build other bots. It was the announcement that Microsoft is bringing to Windows a developer-oriented tool that’s central to two rival operating systems, Linux and Apple’s OS X. You needn’t …

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• 31 March

  Up in the sky! It’s a chance to work at DC Comics!

  

  We’ve all read a disappointing superhero comic and thought we could do a better job if only given the chance. For those who may have missed it, DC Entertainment announced March 25 that it’s created a new Talent Development Workshop for writers and artists hoping to get their feet in the door of the company that’s responsible for the very …

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• 31 March

  Oculus Rift VR headset is surprisingly repairable

  

  You may not choose to dissect your new $600 Oculus Rift VR to see what makes it tick. But anyone who needs to go inside to make repairs shouldn’t find the effort overly taxing. Released this week, the first consumer version of Facebook’s Oculus Rift virtual reality headset immerses you in a 3D world where you can play games, explore …

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• 31 March

  A new iPhone launched! But where are the lines? (The 3:59, Ep. 20)

  

  What if Apple launched an iPhone, and no one showed up? Well, that’s sort of what happened today when the company released its iPhone SE to little fanfare. There weren’t any lines, but a couple of people did show up to buy the new, smaller phone. CNET’s Ben Fox Rubin was on the scene and shared his thoughts. Also on …

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• 31 March

  Get a Lytro Light Field camera for $49.97

  

  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. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. A few years back, the media went ga-ga over the Lytro Light Field Camera, which promised to revolutionize photography as we know it. …

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• 31 March

  New ad unveils Sony ghost

  

  The Ghostbusters’ arsenal of ghost-catching equipment includes some of the most technical-looking weaponry in all of sci-fi. It feels like every pipe attached to everything the ‘busters use in the field serves a purpose that only a person with a Ph.D. in parapsychology and quantum mechanics could fully understand. Related links Is this the new ‘Ghostbusters’ proton pack? It looks …

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• 31 March

  Why everyone deserves broadband no matter how little they make (Q&A)

  

  Federal Communications Commissioner Mignon Clyburn wants to make sure no American is left behind when it comes to accessing high-speed Internet service. The FCC’s Mignon Clyburn helped draft a proposal to expand the Lifeline phone subsidy program to include broadband. The former newspaper publisher and public utility regulator from South Carolina is one of three Democrats on the five-member FCC, …

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• 31 March

  ‘MythBusters’ will return to TV, first as a reality game show

  

  Perhaps you’ve watched “MythBusters” and thought, “I know Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman are experts at demolishing buildings and crashing cars in the name of science, but I could totally do that too!” Well, you’re in luck. Less than a month after the popular, educational TV series “MythBusters” ended on the Discovery Channel, it appears that its sister channel Science …

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