Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. See how simple that staging looks? I’d like that sort of simple. Stephen Lam / Getty Images We’re lazy, but we’re also a little tired. We don’t want to make too much effort, largely because we don’t have too much …
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The sun’s going down on the last incredibly humid day of Computex 2017 in Taipei. As I’m preparing to fly home, back to Sydney in glorious winter, I’m thinking about the past week. The phenomenally slim laptops I saw, the visionary keynotes I listened to, the obscene gaming rigs that were tempting me to start my Season 5 placement matches …
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Intel has had enough of chips that sit hidden away inside your PC. It wants you to be able to feel the processing power in your hands, and take it with you wherever you go. Enter the ComputeCard — a modular card designed to slide in and out of notebooks, PCs, connected appliances and even intelligent whiteboards to provide ultra-portable …
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Looking for a new MacBook? You might want to wait until next month. Apple is going to update its line of laptop computers at June’s Worldwide Developers Conference, according to a Bloomberg News report published Tuesday. The article, which cited three people familiar with the situation, said the company’s MacBook Pro, a new 12-inch MacBook and a 13-inch MacBook Air …
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Microsoft’s recent EDU event focused on education technology, low-cost classroom PCs and the new, student-friendly Windows 10 S operating system. But the biggest hardware reveal of the day was something that might strain your average student’s budget. The latest from Microsoft Hands on with the Surface Laptop Everything just announced at MicrosoftEDU Windows 10 S attempts to retake the classroom …
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It’s back to school for Microsoft. Microsoft wants its laptops and software once again to have a prime place in the classroom, where it once held a stronghold until Google’s cheap, efficient Chromebooks came along. At its EDU event on Tuesday, Microsoft announced a new Surface laptop, along with some partner PCs, meant to help it win back schools across …
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One year ago, when it was first released, I really liked the iPhone SE. (See the video above, which is from 2016.) There’s a clear reason why: it was basically a smaller version of the iPhone 6S — the same processor and same camera as the then-current top dog in Apple’s phone lineup — for less money. A year later, …
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The 9.7-inch iPad Pro was my favorite Apple product of last year. It stayed in my bag and near me constantly. It’s super-polished. It’s the best example of a product that just checks off the extras you’re looking for, and delivers. Is it a new-feeling thing? No. But it’s very, very functional. It might even be, for all purposes as …
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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. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Josh Miller/CNET It’s weird: All of a sudden my kids aren’t happy with their Chromebooks. One wants access to Steam so he can …
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Now playing: Watch this: MacBooks may grow more powerful this year 1:30 Apple’s newly refreshed laptop line may be a hit in stores, but many are still concerned that the MacBook Pros aren’t quite “pro” enough. The electronics giant may assuage some of those concerns later this year, predicts KGI Securities analyst and Apple Nostradamus Ming-Chi Kuo. Kuo, who last …
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