Buying Computers

Best buys in the month of May

What are the best buys right now? Yahoo! Finance reports some May deals are obvious ones, while others you may not have thought about. Mattresses This is the best time to buy a mattress because people are not buying indoor stuff this time of year. DealNews.com concurs that the deals ...

• 1:22 p.m. Thursday, May 10, 2012

Laptop prices to drop ahead of Windows 8 launch

Laptop prices are poised to take a drop as Microsoft readies its new Windows 8 operating system. Right now, it seems like the price point for a basic entry level laptop is hovering around $300. Back leading up to Christmas though, it was down as low as $229 for a ...

• 1:49 p.m. Friday, April 27, 2012
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Mac users face virus attack

If you're a Mac user, you may think your computer is impervious to viruses. But that's no longer the case. For a long time, it was accepted as gospel that if you wanted to avoid viruses on your computer, you got a Mac instead of a PC. Now estimates suggest ...

• 1:12 p.m. Thursday, April 12, 2012
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iPad 3 not worth the extra money over the iPad 2

I have in my hands the third generation of the iPad. Having had the original iPad, I can tell you the iPad 3 is a big improvement over the original, but not so much over the iPad 2. The big change for Apple was going from the iPad to iPad ...

• 1:04 p.m. Friday, March 30, 2012
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Best Buy to close stores

Will Best Buy follow Circuit City into oblivion now that they're poised to close a fair number of stores? When Circuit City bit the dust, retail analysts went into overdrive predicting that Best Buy would become the unchallenged king of the hill in the world of electronics retailing. But then ...

• 1:58 p.m. Thursday, March 29, 2012

Remote charging of electric devices coming soon

It seems that charging electric devices is just part of our lives now. But it could get a lot easier in the very near future. WiTricity.com is one company that has a device that can recharge a smartphone from several feet away, using magnetic induction. The Watertown, Mass., company is ...

• 2:14 p.m. Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Chargers that don't waste energy coming soon

I have a painless way for you to save on your electric bill starting today. A new rule coming next year in California will require electronics manufacturers to make chargers that won't eat energy when they're plugged in and you're not charging the item. That means you can say goodbye ...

• 1:25 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23, 2012
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Clark reviews the Kindle Fire

Sales of the Kindle Fire have really been heating up. I've been playing with the popular gadget and I'm ready to answer that all-important holiday question: Should you buy or not? Let me start by saying the Kindle Fire is a nice machine, but it's not the greatest. Among the ...

• 1:59 p.m. Monday, Dec. 26, 2011
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Clark reviews the Kindle Fire

Sales of the Kindle Fire have really been heating up. Clark has played with the popular gadget and he's giving you his review. Is the $199 tablet right for you?

• 12:00 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011
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Scam Alert: Fake iPads

With tablets expected to rule this Christmas season, a lot of counterfeit iPads are popping up for sale on the web. Avoid buying a fake!

• 12:00 a.m. Friday, Dec. 2, 2011