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Getting acquainted with Arduino by David Morgan — 10:54 AM on October 21, 2011 I tend to think of myself as a well-rounded geek. Excluding the keyboard-cowboy day job, my attention is divided between hardware tinkering and... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous	28
Goodbye, Mr. Jobs by Jason Fox — 9:44 PM on October 5, 2011 About an hour ago, as of this writing, Apple posted this simple statement on their website: Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Mobile computing Mac Personal tech	36
With friends like these... by Fred Silver — 1:42 PM on October 3, 2011 Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous	27
Cloudy with a chance of backups by Bruno Ferreira — 10:44 AM on September 13, 2011 You've probably been there before. You just realized that you've overwritten an important file and have no way of getting it back. Last month's backup... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous	30
Life after Moore's Law by David Morgan — 9:20 AM on September 9, 2011 Recently, I've been turning the pages of Michio Kaku's new book, Physics of the Future. While much of its content echoes what was said... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous	100
72-point mystery by Fred Silver — 10:33 AM on September 6, 2011 Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous	31
Un-bustin' (monitor) caps with a soldering gat by David Morgan — 11:19 PM on July 28, 2011 There comes a point in every computer guy's day when the phone rings, and a distraught acquaintance begins reciting error messages or describing some symptom... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous	58
The science of fanboyism by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:35 PM on July 14, 2011 We've all encountered them. They lurk in Internet message boards, comment threads, and chatrooms. Addressing anyone and everyone, they type up lengthy tirades with Cheeto-stained... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous	75
Our slow migration into the cloud by Cyril Kowaliski — 12:44 PM on May 27, 2011 There's been a lot of talk about the cloud lately. I'm not sure exactly when clouds came to represent noisy server farms thousands of miles... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Internet	26
Hacking the planet by David Morgan — 1:26 PM on May 20, 2011 I've got a confession to make. Books and I aren't as close as we used to be. Online articles catering to a slightly... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous	13
Clash of the Sumo Titan bean bag chair by David Morgan — 10:55 PM on May 18, 2011 Here at TR, we generally can't be bothered with things that don't raise the electricity bill or contain copious amounts of caffeine. However, over... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous	31
Don't go to Vegas—tales of a journalist's first CES by Cyril Kowaliski — 7:58 PM on January 9, 2011 It's 10:35 PM on the second-to-last day of CES as I sit on the hotel bed nursing my blistered feet, throat aching from the desert... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous	109
Yes, I still buy CDs by Geoff Gasior — 12:07 AM on October 8, 2010 This week's poll tackles the subject of music and, more specifically, where you buy it. That got me thinking about my own history,... Type: Blog post Tags: Multimedia Miscellaneous	74
Portege R700 sampled briefly by Adam Eiberger — 10:50 AM on June 30, 2010 Though he might not publicly admit it, I think I could detect some jealousy in Scott's voice when I called to say I was hanging... Type: Blog post Tags: Systems Miscellaneous Mobile computing	19
Settling in the Great Green North by Cyril Kowaliski — 11:15 PM on May 20, 2010 One of our loyal readers recently asked why I haven't talked more about... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous	100
Where have all the good computer desks gone? by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:27 PM on March 23, 2010 As you may or may not know, depending on whether you listened to our last podcast all the way through, I've moved to beautiful... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous	147
Introducing the TR job board by Adam Eiberger — 8:04 PM on January 14, 2010 We may not be big enough (yet) to have an HR department and multiple positions available. However, The Tech Report does have a sizable enough... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous The Tech Report	56
Avatar: Take two by Cyril Kowaliski — 4:41 PM on December 23, 2009 A good number of you read my first impressions blog post about James Cameron's Avatar, in which I praised the visuals and cinematography but... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous	143

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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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lilbuddhaman

Obligatory "what about Higher resolution desktop monitors" post. +28

Mourmain

Pet peeve: "would have been". +21

Star Brood

Meanwhile on the desktop scene: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=... +20

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