Apple reports its latest quarterly results on Tuesday. But let’s face it, all anyone really cares about is how the new iPhones did. Preorders for the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus kicked off September 12, and the company’s fiscal fourth quarter ended September 26. This means that Apple cannot offer a full quarter’s worth …
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26 October
Get a free year of password manager RoboForm Everywhere
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. Enlarge Image Siber Systems, Inc. Password management has joined the ranks of flossing and tax return-filing as one of life’s inescapable hassles. You absolutely positively must create a different, secure password for every …
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25 October
Google Nexus 5X and 6P: Australian pricing and availability
The Nexus has landed. Twice. The LG-made Nexus 5X and the Huawei-built Nexus 6P have both finally got launch dates and pricing for Australia. The 5X is being positioned as the mid-range Nexus, with a plastic casing, smaller 5.2-inch screen and a lower price tag. The 5.7-inch AMOLED 6P, with its aluminium body, on the other hand, is the bigger …
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25 October
Facebook adds Royal Bank of Scotland to its Facebook At Work feature
Many of us use Facebook at work during our lunch hour or take a peek during breaks. But for some companies, it’s all a part of the job. Facebook said Sunday that employees at the Royal Bank of Scotland will use Facebook At Work, the largest company to date to use the separate version of the popular social network for …
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24 October
See inventor’s crazy real
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate came out on Friday, and one of the main characters in the adventure game has gotten a major gauntlet upgrade. In addition to the standard hidden-blade gauntlet assassins have worn throughout the game series, Jacob Frye also has a grappling-hook gauntlet that launches a rope. British maker Colin Furze has a passion for making all sorts of …
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24 October
Deep listening with the ultimate Noble Audio Kaiser 10U in
The Noble Audio Kaiser 10U is the most beautiful in-ear headphone I’ve ever seen. The two-tone red and silver earpiece is a precision machined aluminum housing that’s designed and manufactured in California. Each headphone is hand-crafted and takes a technician about six hours to build. It’s a stunning piece of industrial design. Of course, that wouldn’t mean much if the …
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24 October
Addicted to the sound of distorted guitars: A guilty pleasure?
As a small child, I tuned my AM radio between stations and spent many happy hours listening to static. The spikey roar sounded like abstract music to me, and I could “play” it by slowly turning the dial, shifting the frequencies of the static. I loved that sound. I was a huge fan of guitarist Link Wray’s “Rumble” blasted over …
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24 October
Self
If I ever get too lazy to roll my own dice, it’s truly time to put me out to pasture. That’s what I thought when I was first approached about reviewing a prototype pair of “Boogie Dice,” six-sided cubes now on Kickstarter that roll themselves in response to noise. Then I got the dice and started playing around with them. …
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23 October
Bing finally shows a profit
It’s been a long, long time coming, but Microsoft’s Bing is no longer a bottomless money pit. Microsoft said Thursday in its fiscal first quarter earnings call that Bing had achieved profitability. Search contributed more than $1 billion to Microsoft’s first quarter that ended September 30, said Chief Financial Officer Amy Hood. More interestingly, nearly 20 percent of Microsoft’s search …
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23 October
Crave giveaway: Fluance Fi50 Bluetooth speaker
Congratulations to Soo H. of San Diego for winning a Ventev s500 desktop charging hub in last week’s giveaway. Free speakers always make our readers happy, so this week we have another one, the Fluance Fi50. The speaker delivers high-quality sound in a retro-styled wood package. It features a two-way driver design with a tweeter mounted in the center of …
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