Spending: Laptops lighten up
Say so long to your aching back. Like Apple's razor-thin MacBook Air, the new Windows machines called Ultrabooks are ultralight -- most weigh in at 4 pounds or less --...
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Spending: Opening a new windows
Windows 8, which debuts this fall, is likely to thrill or infuriate you, depending on the device you're using and how resistant you are to change. The new operating system...
Spending: Join the cloud on the cheap
Living with your head in the clouds can be a good thing. Services such as Apple iCloud and Amazon Cloud Drive not only back up your files on secure, Web-connected...
Spending: Big honkin’ smartphones
Samsung leads the big-phone brigade. Its Galaxy Note ($300 with a two-year AT&T contract) is a handset that walks the line between smart phone and tablet. Featuring a 5.3-inch, high-resolution...
Spending: Talk really is cheap
If you're buying home phone service from a traditional provider, you're paying too much. Internet phone products sell service via your broadband connection at dirt-cheap rates. Here's how three stack...
Slay your home’s energy vampires
They are the night stalkers: vampire appliances (TVs, computers, DVD players and cellphone chargers) that siphon energy around the clock, even when idle. The average U.S. home has 40 such...