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Pi Day sale at Microsoft: Save up to $314 or 31.4% on laptops, tablets, headphones and more

Pi Day is traditionally known for inexpensive pizza and science-themed fruit pies. But tech vendors are starting to flex their sales muscles at this time of year now as well. What do gadgets have to do with Pi? Um, math, I suppose? Nonetheless, Microsoft is ringing in the numerical holiday with savings up to $314 …

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Save $300 on laptops from HP, MSI or Samsung at Best Buy

Best Buy currently has a number of laptops on sale with discounts that can save you as much as $300. We’ve picked out four computers with the maximum savings. They range from $1,000 convertible laptops from HP and Samsung to a $1,700 gaming powerhouse from MSI. And these aren’t last year’s models. No, these are current configurations with modern components. …

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El Capitan supercomputer to blow past rivals, with 2 quintillion calculations per second

Hewlett Packard Enterprise and AMD will deliver what they expect to be the world’s fastest supercomputer in 2023, a $600 million machine at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory called El Capitan they promise will perform at 2 exaflops, or 2 quintillion calculations per second. That’s fast enough that if the world’s human population could perform one such calculation per second, it …

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Party like it’s 1999 with an HP Sprocket 2

Remember the Polaroid instant camera? There was a time when Polaroid was ubiquitous. Then the internet, digital cameras, texting and Instagram happened, and no one prints photos anymore. Which means it just might be time for a fun retro digital camera that can do its own instant printing. If that sounds enticing, you can get the HP Sprocket 2-in-1 Instant …

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MWC organizers cancel show as big companies bail on coronavirus fears

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. At the end of the month, many of the world’s top mobile companies were scheduled to make their annual pilgrimage to Barcelona for Mobile World Congress. But worries about the coronavirus outbreak proved too strong to ignore. On Wednesday, the show’s organizer canceled MWC 2020, …

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One charger to rule them all: This versatile iClever USB

Forget about carrying a bag full of USB chargers and AC adapters — it’s the 21st Century, and if you have a collection of relatively recent gadgets, you can probably keep them all topped off with a single charger. Many modern laptops — like  MacBooks, the HP Spectre, Dell XPS and Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 — can be charged through …

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Hybrid laptop deals: Take home a 2

Here’s a neat trick: getting a midrange two-in-one laptop at a budget price. Best Buy and HP have slashed the prices of three two-in-one laptops that boast well-rounded, mainstream configurations. At their current sale prices, they’re in the budget price range of $550 to $600. Granted, these three models from HP, Lenovo and Samsung feature CPUs that are a generation …

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Best Buy flash sale: 4 great deals from HP and Dell (Update: Expired)

Update: As originally noted, Best Buy’s flash sale prices ended overnight. For other deals right now, check out Best TV deals for the big game and CNET’s Cheapskate page . I don’t want you to start running around breathlessly like Kiefer Sutherland in an episode of “24,” but you should know that Best Buy is running a flash sale right …

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Best Buy laptop sale: Find deals on models from Asus, HP, Lenovo and Samsung

Best Buy is currently running deep discounts on a number of mainstream laptops that can save you up to $300. Screen sizes range from 13.3 inches to 17.3 inches, and you’ll find a mix of traditional clamshell laptops and convertible two-in-one touchscreen models that can ping-pong between laptop and tablet modes. Four models, in particular, are at or near all-time …

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Big savings on big laptops: Three 17

A laptop with a 17.3-inch screen isn’t the most versatile of systems. They are heavy and a bit unwieldy and certainly aren’t meant for joining you on your daily commute. Such a laptop makes sense, however, if you are looking to add another entertainment outlet to your home. Unlike a desktop PC, a desktop replacement laptop can be lugged from …

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