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. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! Enlarge Image Viva Alexa! Roav I’m back! Hope everyone had a wonderful week. …
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Editors’ note: CNET’s Cheapskate, Rick Broida, is taking some well-deserved time off today, but he’ll be back soon! In the meantime, the CNET team is pitching in with with some suggested bargains of our own. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! Enlarge Image …
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Ross Compton had no idea his pacemaker would finger him for arson. Compton — who also needs an external heart pump — told police he was asleep when his Middletown, Ohio, home caught fire in September 2016. As the flames licked the 2,000-square-foot house, he packed a suitcase with some clothes, stashed other items into a few bags, and grabbed …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. They know you and they record you. Apple The more we let gadgets know about us, the more they remember. So when 57-year-old Myrna Nilsson was found dead in Adelaide, Australia, police thought they’d examine the Apple Watch she’d been wearing to see what it …
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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. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! Desk goes up, desk goes down. Desk goes up, desk goes down. VersaDesk Cheeps! I’m on leave till …
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iOS 11.3, the latest version of Apple’s iPhone and iPad operating system, is available now — and it offers more features than you might expect from a “.3” release. Whether you’re interested in augmented reality, cute Animoji or just a way to keep Apple from throttling your old iPhone, damn it, there’s something in this update to pique your curiosity. …
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In this podcast, here’s what we’re talking about: Verizon is rumored to be reviving the Palm name for a new Android phone. Facebook sets new limits on how advertisers target users. President Trump derides Amazon’s business practices, again. Now playing: Watch this: Verizon wants to bring Palm phones back to your palms…. 4:39 The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis …
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President Donald Trump is not shy about sharing his opinions, particularly about the many things he doesn’t like. Still, it appears the stock market was caught off guard by a story from Axios on Wednesday that said Trump is considering going after the largest e-commerce company in the world — already one of his favorite targets. Amazon’s shares fell about …
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It’s time for the Galaxy S9 to watch its back. Huawei’s new P20 and P20 Pro are coming up fast, with enough camera tricks and hardware specs to put Samsung’s premier phone smack in the middle of the Huawei P20’s target. With a total of three camera lenses on the back, the Huawei P20 Pro deserves your attention. A triple-camera array is …
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The new 2018 iPad arrived yesterday, with much fanfare from Apple. It’s $329 in the U.S. ($299 for schools), and adds a faster A10 processor and compatibility with the Pencil stylus. Other than that, though, it’s pretty much identical to the 2017 iPad, which previously sold for the same price. If that’s still too expensive for you — and if …
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