The Noontec Zoro II HD in sapphire. Steve Guttenberg/CNET Here’s an under the radar pick for an outstanding headphone, where the price/sound quality ratio definitely qualify as excellent. The Noontec Zoro II HD on-ear headphone’s winning sonic neutrality allows it to play well with all music genres. Then there’s the bass, the Zoro II HD’s …
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16 May
Science labs in the cloud: Champagne discoveries, beer budget
“Science isn’t science until it’s reproduced,” says Ethan Perlstein, CEO of Perlstein Lab. Getty Images Science is hard. Repeating other labs’ findings is even harder. That’s particularly true in the life sciences, where biologists and researchers manually run sophisticated experiments fraught with variables such as water purity, humidity or subtle differences in equipment. “Biologists do almost everything by hand, and …
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16 May
New sensations: The radically different Magnepan .7 speakers
Jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald was right there, singing ever so sweetly between the two Magnepan .7 speakers. The sound was startlingly realistic, and somehow the .7s were doing a better job conjuring a full-bodied human voice than a lot of much more expensive speakers I’ve reviewed over the last 18 years. This kind of scale and presence is something you …
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15 May
Mirror your smartphone or tablet to the TV with a Roku
Now playing: Watch this: Mirror your Android device to your TV with a Roku 1:47 Looking for an easy way to share videos, music, or photos stored on your smartphone or computer to your TV? Do you also own a Roku? If so, you’re in luck. The Roku 3 , Roku Streaming Stick , and now the brand new Roku …
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15 May
Make the Chrome New Tab page more useful, beautiful
Nicole Cozma/CNET Right now, your New Tab page in Chrome is probably a Google Search box, eight quick links to frequently visited sites, and a few extra Google links nestled in the top right-hand corner. It gets the job done, but it’s not much to look at. If you want to add a bit more functionality to your New Tab …
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15 May
Where to find and how to recover deleted photos in Photos for Mac
Matt Elliott/CNET The first time you go to retrieve a photo you previously deleted in the Photos app for OS X, you might rightly wonder where the Trash folder went. In iPhoto, deleted photos were kept in the Trash folder, which you could access from the sidebar. In Photos, no such animal exists. Even if you show the sidebar in …
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15 May
Google to let you buy products through mobile search, report says
Google will reportedly add buy buttons to some sponsored search results. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Google wants to make it easier for you to buy things when you search from your phone. The search giant is getting ready to add “buy” buttons to some search results on its mobile app, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. The feature …
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15 May
Amazon may let indie merchants ship directly to Prime customers
A worker registers incoming goods at an Amazon logistics center in Germany. Third-party merchants may be able to skip this step and ship directly to customers. Getty Images Amazon already offers more than 20 million items for free, two-day shipping under its $99-per-year Prime membership. The number of eligible items may be increasing, perhaps substantially. The e-commerce giant has been …
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15 May
Alleged Samsung Galaxy S6 Active specs and images surface
Here’s the normal Galaxy S6. A rugged version would conceivably be able to take more punishment. Josh Miller/CNET Samsung could soon introduce a dust-proof and waterproof version of its Galaxy S6 smartphone. According to rumors and images obtained by GSMArena, the phone could pack many of the specifications found in the flagship model. Those with more physically demanding jobs or …
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15 May
Samsung: Iron Man version of Galaxy S6 Edge coming soon
How will the Galaxy S6 Edge look in Iron Man red and gold? CNET Samsung is expected to soon introduce an Iron Man version of its Galaxy S6 Edge smartphone. A tweet from the Samsung Electronics account earlier today shows what figures to be the box for a limited edition handset. Related Links Samsung hints that ‘Avengers’ gadgets could be …
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