Black Friday week is upon us! To celebrate, we’ve cooked up a giveaway to help you with your holiday shopping splurges: We’re giving away 10 — count ’em, 10! — gift cards over the course of 10 days. And here’s the really cool part: If you’re one of the winners, you can use your gift …
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This story is part of 2019 Holiday Survival Guide, featuring tips on the best ways to manage the holiday season. If you’re planning to do some online shopping to take advantage of Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals, you might want to put down your phone and switch to your laptop or desktop to scroll through products on sites like …
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When Adobe launched the long-awaited iPad version of Photoshop in October, it looked like we had a little more waiting to do before it could really be used as intended; among other things, its masking and retouching tools are underpowered, especially given that Adobe’s planning to charge $10 a month for a stand-alone version (at the moment, the cheapest way …
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Game 7 of the World Series was a few hours away when Fanatics tech chief Matt Madrigal met me in the Manhattan office of his sports-gear company. His voice was filled with excitement as he talked about an expected surge in customer sales that late October day after the new champion won — he just wasn’t yet sure which team …
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Ok, you’re turning over a new leaf. No more takeout (or at least a whole lot less often). You’re going to cook more, eat healthily and save some money while you’re at it. Groceries? Check. Cookbooks? Check. Cookware? Dang it. No cookware? No worries. Right now at Best Buy, an entire Cuisinart 12-piece stainless steel cookware set is just $80 …
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Can we pause for a moment to focus on deals that have nothing to do with Black Friday? Yes, please! Here’s a handful of excellent items that all happen to be on sale today. (By the way, if you don’t mind deals that do concern Black Friday, here’s a roundup of the best ones under $30 — which fits today’s …
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Facebook makes products, in case you didn’t know: Oculus VR headsets, and the Portal line of video-chat tablets and cameras. FWIW, they’ll be on sale through the holidays, but maybe not at the deals you were looking for. The best VR headset of the year, and a CNET Editors’ Choice, is the Oculus Quest. Bad news: It won’t be on …
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Good morning, fellow cheapskates! I know you’re probably suffering from Black Friday fatigue — I certainly am — but I hope you’ll bear with it. Just as stores rely on Black Friday sales to boost their bottom lines, so does CNET rely on Black Friday news traffic. It helps generate revenue, which in turn helps you get incredible stories like …
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Black Friday is two weeks from today — but with deals like this, why wait? Best Buy now has a solid 65-inch Samsung 4k HDR TV on sale for $550 — down from its yesterday price of $900. It’s the latest “daily doorbuster” from Best Buy, as it counts down the days to its own Black Friday sale. The Samsung joins the …
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The holidays are coming, and that means there will soon be new games aplenty. You can get ready for the new video game promised land by updating your gaming laptop, and right now you can nab an ASUS 15.6-inch gaming laptop for $580 from Best Buy, down from the regular price of $850. See it at Best Buy Let’s be …
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