Regular readers know I’m not particularly fond of Microsoft’s Surface tablets — you just can’t do much without the snap-on keyboards, which aren’t included in the box by default. But the Surface Book? That’s a pretty tasty piece of laptop. Pricey, too — or it was when it made its debut back in 2015. The …
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A quick update regarding yesterday’s 6-deal roundup: The Tacklife rotary tool had promo-code problems (and limited inventory), but the vendor has promised to repeat the deal soon. If you missed out, stay tuned! Surface Go? I say Surface no. I don’t get Microsoft’s new tablet at all. It’s under-powered, too small to be of practical use and still sold without …
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On this podcast, we talk about: CNET’s review of the new Microsoft Surface Go tablet. T-Mobile‘s latest strong quarter of customer growth. The huge demand for the Nintendo NES Classic mini-console. Now playing: Watch this: Microsoft’s low-cost Surface Go isn’t actually that cheap… 4:58 The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, brought …
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Best Buy’s Black Friday in July sale is underway and ends tonight (Saturday) at 11.59 p.m. CT. It’s nothing like Amazon’s Prime Day or even Best Buy’s true Black Friday sale, but there are a handful of decent deals to be had. Here’s a quick look at the ones that caught our eyes. Several of these products are available for …
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Surprise! Apple released new MacBooks on Thursday. Maybe you were expecting something affordable, something with Face ID, something with a more reliable keyboard. Dare we even dream of the long-rumored Retina Display MacBook Air? No. Instead, there are new MacBook Pro models with bumped-up processors. OK, that’s not exactly fair. Apple has added a nice array of pro-centric improvements: More …
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Microsoft just dropped a massive hint about when we can expect its next Surface tablet to be revealed — and the hint is that it could arrive tomorrow. Yes, actually tomorrow, July 10, at 6 a.m. That’s because the company’s official Microsoft Surface account just tweeted a rather coy tease that prominently includes that date and time (Tuesday, July 10 …
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The possibility of a $400 Microsoft Surface tablet coming out in 2018 got a boost this week from FCC filings and hints of cheaper chips. A budget Surface would be designed to better compete with Apple’s iPad, leaving the current Surface Pro to challenge the iPad Pro. WinFuture reported Wednesday that sources inside the company say the new device will use Intel …
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In 2011, CNET reported the inside story of how Microsoft killed its Courier slate — an innovative dual-screen tablet design that imagined the future of the PC. Now, after months of rumors and patent applications, The Verge claims it’s seen an internal Microsoft document that confirms a new pocketable, dual-screen Microsoft Surface tablet is not only on the way, but will …
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Microsoft Surface chief Panos Panay said it would be a dongle for “people who love dongles,” and boy howdy was he right. The brick pictured above is NOT an entire docking station. It’s the dongle that Microsoft built to add a single USB-C port — yes just one — to a Microsoft Surface Pro tablet, Surface Book or Surface Laptop for data …
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Microsoft will no longer officially participate in a variety of product-support forums for some older software and hardware, save monitoring them for bad behavior. None of this comes as a surprise, but you’ve probably been looking elsewhere for your Zune answers, anyway. (And Zune is the only one it’ll be locking against updates.) In a blog post Monday, Microsoft listed …
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