No, it’s not the only glowing cube PC you can buy. But it might be the only one that will attempt to absorb your humanity into its cybernetic collective mind. This is the Borg Cube, an officially licenced Star Trek computer with a rather distinct chassis. And it’s not just about the looks: This PC …
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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 Twitter! Snazzy shirt not included. Sarah Tew/CNET I continue to have a love affair with smartwatches, flawed though most of …
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There is a debate as to whether the 2014 “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” movie is as good as the original. We are here to tell you that the original is superior in almost every way. However, the sequels are pretty bad either way. The original TMNT trilogy hits Hulu on the first of July. Just like Amazon Prime, Hulu grabs nine …
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On the right armrest of my captain’s chair, on the bridge of the USS Aegis, a button glows tantalizingly red. One press, and my crew will go to battle stations, raising shields and arming photon torpedoes. But what’s the fun in that? Everyone knows real Starfleet captains use their lungs to issue commands — and starting today, Ubisoft’s VR game Star …
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How many Star Trek movies do you want? Amazon Prime will bring nine more Star Trek films to its service in the month of July. You want more? Amazon also added “Star Trek Beyond” in June and also has lots and lots of episodes of “Star Trek: The Original Series,” “The Next Generation,” “Deep Space Nine,” “Voyager” and “Enterprise.” Also …
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It’s been a great couple of years for PC gaming. Almost every noteworthy game is available on PCs at the same time as on living room consoles, and usually with better graphics options; new GPU and CPU hardware has made gaming desktops and laptops both more powerful and less expensive; and higher-res screens mean you can play at 4K and …
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Star Trek fans, rejoice. Soon you could be spending your time inside your very own holodeck — as an animated torso. Taking a brief step away from GPU spec talk, Nvidia on Tuesday showed off a live demo of its new Project Holodeck VR tech at Computex in Taiwan, Taipei. It’s a virtual world, created through HTC’s Vive headset, that …
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The sixth month of the year brings a bunch of new movies to Amazon’s streaming video service. Sure, there are plenty of household names, such as “Apocalypse Now,” “Star Trek Beyond” and “Magnolia.” There are also some movies that I’ve never heard of, but I have to mention due to their titles alone. In June, Amazon will get “Invincible Obsessed …
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The first of June sees a huge amount of movies hitting Hulu’s streaming catalog. Let’s highlight just some of them (well, because there’s a full list below — so why highlight all of them?). Way back in 1983, Michael Keaton starred in “Mr. Mom.” A lot of the jokes are pretty dated by today’s standards. However, it does have some …
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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. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Enlarge Image Want want want. ThinkGeek Can we get our geek on for a minute? I love me some “Star Trek.” Like, not …
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