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Where's the sweet spot for headphones? by Geoff Gasior — 12:26 AM on March 19, 2009 The headphone market is littered with an incredible range of options, from the throwaway garbage bundled with cheap MP3 players to audiophile earmuffs that would... Type: Blog post Tags: Multimedia	95
New iPod shuffle freezes author's brain with joke overload by Jason Fox — 4:33 PM on March 17, 2009 Seriously. I still have to use a third-party, system-level-altering application to restore OS 9 window shade functionality to OS X (oddly enough, it's called Type: Blog post Tags: Mac	38
Western Digital's WD TV HD Media Player by Matt Butrovich — 11:00 PM on March 12, 2009 Could Western Digital's new digital media player be the ideal companion for the company's external hard drives? And does it belong in your entertainment... Type: Feature article Tags: Multimedia	83
Latest iPod shuffle the quintessential Apple product by Geoff Gasior — 4:57 PM on March 12, 2009 Perhaps more than any other Apple product, the iPod shuffle is the perfect example of the Steve Jobs Reality Distortion Field in action. When... Type: Blog post Tags: Multimedia Personal tech	209
The weird world of Faces in iPhoto '09 by Jason Fox — 11:56 AM on March 11, 2009 Government sanctions notwithstanding, I've managed to reproduce. Twice, actually. A boy and a girl who are fraternal twins. (And, yes, I feel I must add... Type: Blog post Tags: Mac	35
Stickin' it to the sat man by Jason Fox — 10:57 AM on March 5, 2009 Generally speaking, Americans believe that more is better—except for, of course, leprosy and Celine... Type: Blog post Tags: Multimedia Mac	78
Trent Reznor gives fans remix-ready HD concert footage by Geoff Gasior — 1:10 PM on January 14, 2009 Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor is no stranger to releasing goodies on the Internet. Last March, he one-upped Radiohead's In Rainbows release with... Type: Blog post Tags: Multimedia	17
Macworld 2009: I don't blame you, Steve by Matt Butrovich — 4:54 PM on January 6, 2009 So this is how Apple goes out from its last Macworld, not with a bang, but with a whimper. Steve Jobs chose not to... Type: Blog post Tags: Mac	83
Zune can't party like it's 2009 by Geoff Gasior — 12:48 PM on December 31, 2008 Why are MP3 players so hard to get right? A few months ago, my year-and-a-half-old and largely babied iPod 5.5G gave up the ghost.... Type: Blog post Tags: Multimedia	89
Apple's aluminum MacBook by Cyril Kowaliski — 10:58 PM on November 9, 2008 Last month, I succumbed to temptation and purchased a $1,299 aluminum MacBook. As a die-hard fan of Lenovo's ThinkPad line of laptops, I didn't make... Type: Feature article Tags: Mobile computing Mac	134
Who needs a proper photo studio? by Cyril Kowaliski — 3:15 PM on November 7, 2008 After finally receiving one of Apple's new aluminum MacBooks last week, I've been doing some testing and working on my review of the machine.... Type: Blog post Tags: Mac The Tech Report	19
Designed by Apple in California by Cyril Kowaliski — 11:51 AM on October 30, 2008 If you were reading my blog last week, you might've figured out that I purchased one of Apple's new aluminum MacBooks. It's not that... Type: Blog post Tags: Mac	33
Well, I've done it now by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:09 PM on October 21, 2008 Wish me luck. (And stay tuned for a review.) Type: Blog post Tags: Mac	69
While my MacBook gently weeps by Matt Butrovich — 7:08 PM on October 14, 2008 Stevenote day. Few days of the year inspire as much ambivalence for me—save for spending the holidays with my family. For those uninitiated PC enthusiasts... Type: Blog post Tags: Mac	68
Experimenting with HDR photos on a $200 camera by Cyril Kowaliski — 4:40 PM on July 1, 2008 I've been giddily experimenting with high-dynamic-range photography over the past few days. Unfortunately, I don't own any professional photography equipment, and my best camera... Type: Blog post Tags: Multimedia	21
Creative tweaks X-Fi frequency response for Vista by Geoff Gasior — 3:23 PM on April 11, 2008 Earlier this week we contacted Creative with the hope of getting to the bottom of the bizarre frequency response behavior we observed with RightMark... Type: Blog post Tags: Multimedia	14
Unraveling X-Fi frequency response in Windows Vista by Geoff Gasior — 2:31 PM on April 8, 2008 In our last couple of sound card reviews, we've noticed some odd behavior from products based on Creative's X-Fi audio processor in RightMark Audio Analyzer's... Type: Blog post Tags: Multimedia	43
Asus' Xonar DX sound card by Geoff Gasior — 12:23 AM on April 8, 2008 Asus burst onto the sound card scene with the Xonar D2X, delivering a card with solid performance and better sound quality than Creative's best. Now... Type: Feature article Tags: Multimedia	135

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CampinCarl

I'm sorry but if there's enough market demand for 13.3" 3200x1800 screens, there's MORE than enough demand for 24" 2560x1600 screens.

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danny e.

Based on the content of the presentation, it almost feels like gaming is taking... +39

Xenolith

No Start menu, so the Xbox One is dead to me. +38

superjawes

I am thinking PC. +28

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