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Hold the canned laughter, it's true -- Groupon is the focus of a new sitcom.

CBS has just ordered the sitcom for next season, and it's about two friends who moved to Los Angeles to work at Groupon, according to Vanity Fair. (Disclosure: CBS owns CNET.)

"Friend Me" is the name of the TV show, which is sure to kick up some controversy with social-networking giant Facebook. Just a couple of months ago Facebook revised its Statement of Rights and Responsibilities saying that account holders cannot use the word "Book" because it will be … Read more

Celebrate your mom this year by sending her a bouquet of flowers and a protection plan to keep her safe online. With this special offer, when you send your mom flowers, you will get a copy of AVG Antivirus 2012 for free, so you can keep her safe while she does her shopping online! When she's downloading files online, they are checked before she can download them without her having to do a thing. If you are not readily available to be her tech support 24/7, this is another great way to make sure her information is secure … Read more

It turns out the rumors suggesting Microsoft would reduce the price of its Xbox 360 and change how it charges for its console were true.

The software giant today announced that customers can now buy the Xbox 360 4GB console with Kinect for $99. However, in order to get the $100 savings, they'll need to sign up for a two-year Xbox Live Gold membership, costing $14.99 per month.

The Verge first reported last week on Microsoft's plans to offer a special-price Xbox 360 bundle, saying that the deal would be available exclusively in Microsoft's U.S. retail stores. According to Microsoft's Web site, customers will be able to redeem the offer by bringing a code to a Microsoft Store, seeming to corroborate The Verge's claims.… Read more

Apple is expected to bestow speedier Intel chips on its notebooks just about any day now. But according to three years' worth of pricing data, you're likely to save some cash for waiting just a few days after said models are released.

Yes, you read that right. Waiting to buy technology will result in saving some money. Bear with us though, this is kinda neat.

Following up on an identical study it did this past July, discount tracker Dealnews has once again put together three years' worth of Apple product pricing data to illustrate when discounts can be had … Read more

In the last couple of years Barnes & Noble has made some big inroads into the e-book market, cutting into Amazon's huge lead. As it stands, Amazon still has about 60 percent of the e-book pie, Barnes & Noble has around 25 percent, and Apple sits at around 15 percent, with smaller players like Sony, Google, and Kobo left to fight over the crumbs. Of course, those numbers are just estimates, and depending on who you talk to, Amazon's share might actually be closer to 65 percent.

While a strong second place is not a bad position to be in, the problem for Barnes & Noble has been how much it cost to get there and how much it's going to cost to pick up more market share from Amazon and Apple, which has steadily ramped up its iBooks digital reading platform and recently launched a major digital textbook initiative.… Read more

The original Groupon platform might have set the stage, but Groupon Now has gotten off to an even better start.

Groupon today announced that Groupon Now needed just one year to sell 1.5 million deals. The original Groupon platform needed 15 months to hit that milestone. The 1.5 millionth purchase was made at CiCi Nails in Chicago, where a person bought a $42 manicure and pedicure for $30.

Groupon Now is designed as a real-time, location-based offers service for those who want to immediately redeem a coupon. Merchants can customize the instant deal through a dashboard and manage … Read more

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Wondershare DVD Slideshow Builder Deluxe is the easy-to-use yet powerful DVD photo slideshow maker. With it, you can combine photos and video clips into DVD slideshow … Read more

Here at CNET Exclusives, we try and take the guess work out of the onslaught of daily deal sites by working hard to bring our users top reviewed products at unbeatable prices.

This week our friends at Outdoor Technology are hooking up the CNET audience with a great deal on the company's top reviewed Tags earbuds. Not a member of CNET Exclusives? What are you waiting for! Join now and start saving on the tech products you crave.

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Is your computer slowing you down from getting things done? Does it take forever to reboot? Do you find yourself waiting for your letters to show up on the computer monitor when you are typing? Could it be that a computer is actually slower than you?

Magix PC Check & Tuning 2012 offers all the important features to help you manage important settings and speed up your computer without having to use a number of individual programs. In one easy step, it performs a complete system overhaul by analyzing the entire system, detecting and solving unwanted issues, and defragmenting your … Read more