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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
What's in a browser? by Matt Butrovich — 4:10 PM on March 16, 2009 With word that the final version of Internet Explorer 8 may be coming in the next few days, enthusiasts are once again... Type: Blog post Tags: Internet Software	98
Fanboys have their limits... and a quick podcast update by Jordan Drake — 4:32 PM on March 13, 2009 Tuesday morning began much like any other day of the week for me. After checking my e-mail and Twitter, I hit the "home" button... Type: Blog post Tags: Podcast	24
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 TR Podcast 37: Frothing at the MacHole, not-so-new GPUs, and a trip down memory lane by Jordan Drake — 11:14 PM on March 7, 2009 This week, our largest panel ever hits all the stops including the war against sucky TV, Macs vs. PCs, Nvidia's branding controversy, and more. Type: Feature article Tags: Podcast	30
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
Technical difficulties—no podcast today by Jordan Drake — 1:59 PM on February 28, 2009 Due to a technical malfunction, we have decided to cancel this week's edition of the TR Podcast (which would be episode 37). Several factors contributed... Type: Blog post Tags: Podcast	25
The TR Podcast 36: AMD's gimpy goodness, Microsoft retail, and the Athlon Neo by Jordan Drake — 7:00 PM on February 22, 2009 Our podcast covers a lot of ground this week, from netbooks and processors (including AMD's six-core Istanbul CPUs) to lawsuits and future Microsoft retail stores.... Type: Feature article Tags: Podcast	36
The TR Podcast 35: Breaking the glass, surfing the music, and suing Apple by Jordan Drake — 5:23 PM on February 14, 2009 Join us this week as we discuss Intel's Westmere CPUs, PhysX in Mirror's Edge, Western Digital's new 2TB hard drive, the possibility of a... Type: Feature article Tags: Podcast	24
The TR Podcast 34: Headaches, our anniversary, and meeting an Intel engineer by Jordan Drake — 3:08 PM on February 8, 2009 Our longest episode ever brings the thunder with great editor discussion and an interview with Intel engineer Matthew Hiltner. Listen in as we go... Type: Feature article Tags: Podcast	44
The TR Podcast 33: Facebooking, SSDs on steroids, and the bacon explosion by Jordan Drake — 12:30 AM on February 1, 2009 Don't miss this week's TR Podcast! We cover everything from our new Facebook page to super-fast (and expensive) storage setups, divine bacon, and more! Type: Feature article Tags: Podcast	33
Lian Li's TYR PC-X500 Enclosure by Joshua Buss — 10:30 PM on January 28, 2009 Lian Li normally sticks to the fundamentals, but its new TYR series offers not only partitioned cooling zones, but also a novel drive bay arrangement.... Type: Feature article Tags: Cases	83
Internet Explorer 8 RC1 impressions by Cyril Kowaliski — 10:34 AM on January 27, 2009 I didn't think the day would ever come, but it has: as of the RC1 build, Internet Explorer 8 appears to render TR pretty much... Type: Blog post Tags: Internet Software	45
The TR Podcast 32: Troubled times, scary storage, and the dark oscar by Jordan Drake — 4:43 PM on January 24, 2009 Listen to this week's episode as we dive into the tech economy, the Seagate debacle, disappointing Oscar nominations, and more. Type: Feature article Tags: Podcast	31
The TR Podcast 31: Liberated music, faster for less, and clicky keyboards by Jordan Drake — 11:11 AM on January 17, 2009 Our first regular podcast of the year covers everything from CES and Macworld news to the latest processors and graphics cards, the Windows 7... Type: Feature article Tags: Podcast	16
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
The TR Podcast 30: The CES 2009 edition by Jordan Drake — 2:48 PM on January 11, 2009 In this special edition of the TR Podcast, Jordan and Scott summarize TR's coverage of CES 2009. Scott (on the phone with us from... Type: Feature article Tags: Podcast	8

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NeelyCam

Continuing a long history of innovation, AMD announced today that they were the first to reach a critical CPU power envelope threshold. AMD CEO, Rory...

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codedivine

Well, the 200W barrier has been broken. Now onto 500W! +35

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I dont get the tone of this article, was Nvidia never guilty of this? I thought... +28

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Mirror's Edge 2008: Widely-considered a great game by consumers and reviewers al... +24

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