Should you switch to a no-contract phone carrier? - CNET

Should you switch to a no-contract phone carrier? - CNET: "I'm notoriously bad at predicting the future (I once dismissed Bluetooth as a niche technology that would never serve any useful purpose), but I feel like we've reached a tipping point. No, I don't mean that all future fundraising efforts will involve getting doused with a bucket of something, though that's a pretty solid bet."



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Hybrid Hard Drives Explained: Why You Might Want One Instead of an SSD

Hybrid Hard Drives Explained: Why You Might Want One Instead of an SSD: "Hybrid hard drives promise some of the performance of a solid-state drive with the capacity of a mechanical drive. They’re bigger than an SSD and faster than a plain-old mechanical drive.

These are sometimes called “SSHDs” — solid-state hybrid drives. The drive automatically caches data in the solid-state storage for you, offering faster speeds for the files you use most."



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