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Got a busted gadget? We want to see it

Broken, but kind of artsy, no? Lori Grunin/CNET My CNET colleague Ben Rubin recently toured a Verizon lab where the company tosses phones around to see how much abuse they can take and still keep working. Remember the last time you dropped a smartphone or tablet 2 feet down onto the pavement? We’re betting it wasn’t part of a lab …

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How to add a battery gauge to Windows 8’s Start screen

Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET If you’ve decided to live your computing life within the confines of Windows 8’s Start screen (rather than on the more traditional Desktop), you may have noticed something missing: a battery gauge. You could chalk this up to oversight on Microsoft’s part, except that Windows 8.1 didn’t add the feature, either. If you want to check …

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