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And pushing carls positive message of reform. >> to have it timed about a week before, thereabouts, causes maximum disruption to the campaign. so as an act of political vandalism, it arguably could be effective. >> reporter: a candidate for californias 52nd congressal district, it has been bamting both sides of the aisle with democrats and some republicans questioning his candidacy due to his being an openly gay republican. as the investigation into the break-in continues, the campaign insists w...

>> reporter: they are paying nearly $2500 a year, for cable, phone and internet. our technology contributor joanna stern says their bill doesnt have to go as sky high as their channels. >> they are paying a lot. >> they are paying a lot. >> reporter: tip one, shop around every year for plans. using websites like yahoos digital quote. >> you can put in your zip code. >> reporter: we instantly find four in their boston area. at $80. >> look at the competition and see what they offer and come back ...

Connection forin your home. were using the internet for streaming data and other data intensive work. youre going to want asfat a pipe into your house as you can get. i would definitely keep the cable modem. >> that will go into the keep pile. two to one now. here we have a point and shoot camera. at do you think about this one, keep it or toss it? >> i say toss it. i think that the smartphone today has a pretty good camera. it may not be quite as good as a dedicated point and shoot. on the othe...

Keep or toss? >> i like books. i keep the books. >> seokay. let me put these over here. now we have a desktop computer, which is awfully dusty. what do you make of this, keep or toss? >> toss it. yole laop is plenty powerful enough for most people. >> okay. well take your word for that, sam. we are going t put this into the toss pile. weve got six in the toss pile and some books and clock and a cable modem in the keeppile. >> yep. >> swe appreciate your help. i feel like we did some spring clean...

Apps that are less expensive than a gps device that you could install on your phone. >> so what do do with the gps, then? >> junk it. >> toss it. its going into the toss pile. >> absure. absolutely. >> there we go. next we have this handy dandy cnn alarm clock. what do you think about alarm clocks? >> i actually like an alarm clock because, while a smartphone and other cell phones do have an alarm feature, they are sometimes difficult to access and some smartphones like the iphone had a problem ...