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And pushing carl's 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 california's 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 whoever is responsible knew what they were doing and what they were looking for. >> our phone cords...

>> reporter: they are paying nearly $2500 a year, for cable, phone and internet. our technology contributor joanna stern says their bill doesn't 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 yahoo's 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 to them and say i can get this here. what can you do for me? >> reporter: sure enough, one quick c...

Connection forin your home. we're using the internet for streaming data and other data intensive work. you're 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 other hand, it is pretty .ood good enough for most people and you can do a lot more with it. you can s...

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. we'll take your word for that, sam. we are going t put this into the toss pile. we've 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 cleaning here. >> yeah, hopefully simplify a few things. just remember you can always donate the old st...

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. it's 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 with daylight savings time and a lot of pple were late to work. a regular old-fashioned alarm clock...