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! Today’s deal is a rerun, something I first shared nearly a year ago. …
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The big promise of Windows Mixed Reality headsets was to bring augmented and virtual reality and anything in between to people at more reasonable prices and with an easier setup than competitors. By the time they rolled out late last year, though, it was mostly just the latter that came true: Once the headsets were bundled with controllers the WMR …
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A Swedish company, Yevo Labs, is building its latest headphones with material from an improbable source: guns. The headphones themselves are pretty standard Bluetooth earbuds, based on the company’s previously released Yevo 1 design. It’s around the edges that things get interesting. The accent metal is less polished than the mirror-finish chrome-like plating you’d find on its onyx-, ivory- or …
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I love miniature gaming PCs, and Intel may have just trumped them all here at CES 2018 in Las Vegas. This is the Intel Hades Canyon NUC, a VR-ready gaming rig that’s just 1.2 liters in volume. It’s small enough to fit into a messenger bag, or even a very large purse — and yet it’s got enough power to …
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Dell unveiled “the world’s most compact Thunderbolt 3 storage device” at CES in Las Vegas. The Dell Portable Thunderbolt 3 SSD goes on sale February 28 with the 500GB model going for $439 and the 1TB model for $799. The drive is very compact, at only 16mm thick. It’s fast, with transfer speeds up to 2,650MBps, and it has no …
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Dell Mobile Connect lets you control your phone from your laptop. The software will come preinstalled in Dell’s upcoming XPS, Inspiron, Alienware and Vostro laptops, the computer giant announced on Tuesday here at CES 2018. The software is compatible with both Android devices and iPhones, but functionality is limited for Apple phones. Using Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, Android users can read …
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Dell debuted two basic-but-pretty displays at CES 2018, the HD 24- and Quad HD 27-inch (S2419HM, S2719DM) Ultrathin Monitors. Skinny in all the places that count when style is your most important consideration, they’ve got thin bezels and a slim profile. They also bump up the brightness to a peak of 600 nits (typical about 400 nits), though you’ll start …
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When Dell initially launched its budget and relatively low-key (for a gaming system) Inspiron Gaming Desktop, it was limited to AMD processors and maxed out at an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card. For 2018, Dell has expanded the power potential of the system with the ability to configure it with up to an 8th-generation six-core Core i7-8700 and Nvidia …
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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! With features like a dual-lens rear camera and built-in Alexa, the Moto X4 is a pretty amazing deal …
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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! Get 50-percent off this 4-pack of Tile trackers — a rare deal! Tile Cheeps, it’s the home stretch. …
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