Get a high-capacity portable battery pack for $19.99 shipped | The Cheapskate - CNET News

Get a high-capacity portable battery pack for $19.99 shipped | The Cheapskate - CNET News: "One thing I learned during my recent travels is that you can never have enough juice for your mobile gadgets. For example, if you're relying on your smartphone for GPS navigation in an unfamiliar city, you don't need the added stress of a low or dead battery."

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Forget what you know, next-gen consoles change everything | Reviews - Games and Gear - CNET Reviews

Forget what you know, next-gen consoles change everything | Reviews - Games and Gear - CNET Reviews: "For the better part of a decade the video game landscape remained mostly unchanged, complacent in a sea of sequels, motion controls, and downloadable content.
It's a generation that has lasted longer than any other before it, albeit for generally good reasons. And perhaps most impressive is that though their PC gaming counterparts have long since passed them by, these aging consoles are still able to render great-looking games."

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How to dummy-proof the PCs of friends and family | PCWorld

How to dummy-proof the PCs of friends and family | PCWorld: "BRR-RING! The phone rings at midnight, interrupting your sleep—or worse, your late night Steam session with your gaming clan. Is someone sick? Did a car hit your dog? Is it your pal, calling to tell you he got the munchies and discovered that, joy of joys, the McRib is back? Perplexed (and maybe a bit hungry), you pick up your handset, and hear the ominous words"

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Bill Shock: How to Avoid $22,000 or More in International Roaming Fees

Bill Shock: How to Avoid $22,000 or More in International Roaming Fees: "Roaming data can cost as much as 300 times the price of domestic data, leading to bill shock. Some of the more extreme examples of roaming bills have been for tens of thousands of dollars."

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Everything You Need To Know About the Blue Screen of Death

Everything You Need To Know About the Blue Screen of Death: "The blue screen of death — or BSOD — is always an unwelcome sight. BSODs appear when Microsoft Windows encounters a critical error it can’t recover from, requiring a reboot and possibly resulting in lost work.

A blue screen of death is the worst type of error a computer can experience, unlike an application crash, which doesn’t bring down the whole system. A BSOD is the result of low-level software crashing — or faulty hardware."

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How To Protect Yourself From Online Services Shutting Down

How To Protect Yourself From Online Services Shutting Down: "Google’s unfortunate decision to shut down its RSS reader service, Google Reader, is an important reminder of just how unreliable the cloud can be. When using free online services, and in some cases even some paid ones, you can never be too sure what is going to happen to your content, and whether or not the service will be available a year from now."

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