Samsung has announced the stylish looking VL5, a speaker featuring a puck-like magnetic dial that appears to work in a similar way to the Microsoft Surface Dial to control volume. The puck will stick to any magnetic surface and control the volume via a slick dial. The volume control on display at the company’s First Look event …
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Best Buy is hoping that the element of surprise will drive customers hunting for deals in the run-up to the holidays this year. Over the next three weeks, Best Buy will unveil a new “doorbuster” deal each day. The retailer will kick things off Friday, Dec. 1, with an unnamed “Big-Screen Smart 4K TV,” and feature one product each day …
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A new business forecast estimates that despite weaker demand for computers and tablets, the market for such devices is only expected to decline 2 percent over the next four years. The forecast comes from business market research company International Data Corporation (IDC) which tracks shipping data for computers and tablets. Over a period of five years, IDC estimates that the …
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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! This 3D printer will run you just $160 — if you can get one. If not, check back …
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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! Enlarge Image You can get some of Best Buy’s Black Friday doorbuster deals right now — no door-busting …
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Microsoft is going all in on helping people work from pretty much anywhere in the world. The company’s most advanced, most connected tablet yet, the Surface Pro with LTE Advanced, will be shipping to business customers in December, Corporate Vice President of Devices Panos Panay announced on Tuesday at the Microsoft Future Decoded event in London. The big benefit of …
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Microsoft is heading into the holiday season with a new Surface computer, but it’s not what you might expect. No, this isn’t a new version of the slate-like Surface Pro two-in-one, or the slick-looking Surface Laptop. Instead it’s the other Surface hybrid, the Surface Book. This is a bigger, bulkier two-in-one with a detachable screen and a very laptop-like keyboard dock, …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. So very modern. A lot of hand sanitizer. screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET It’s been a source of torture for some time now. Yes, just like watching Derek Jeter’s smuggish expression when the New York Yankees used to win. Wait, what I am talking about? Whether …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image Actually unreliable? Or just reportedly unreliable? Sarah Tew/CNET I fancy there were several red faces at Microsoft on Thursday. Angry red, I mean. It’s never a good day when a respected organization like Consumer Reports un-recommends your Surface products and declares that they …
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Consumer Reports, the venerable product testing publication, has withdrawn its “recommended” designation from Microsoft‘s Surface line of PCs, citing the potential for long-term reliability issues. In an article published August 10, Consumer Reports says: New studies conducted by the Consumer Reports National Research Center estimate that 25 percent of Microsoft laptops and tablets will present their owners with problems by …
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