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WD's TV Live Hub media box by Matt Trinca — 3:17 PM on December 9, 2010 WD's TV Live Hub media player has a terabyte of network-attached storage and works with just about any media file under the sun. We... Type: Feature article Tags: Multimedia Storage Personal tech	38
Inside Intel's Atom Z600 series by Scott Wasson — 8:27 PM on May 5, 2010 The new Atom platform, code-named Moorestown, brings a PC-compatible system into a pocket-sized package with dramatically reduced power consumption. Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Mobile computing Personal tech	107
A couple of months with SanDisk's Sansa Clip+ MP3 player by Geoff Gasior — 10:33 AM on December 11, 2009 SanDisk's Sansa Clip has been the best mini MP3 player for a couple of years. Now there's a new model: the Clip+. We spend... Type: Feature article Tags: Multimedia Personal tech	120
Swimming laps with Finis' SwiMP3 player by Geoff Gasior — 11:42 PM on August 30, 2009 Few things bore me more than staring at the bottom of a pool while swimming laps. Finis' SwiMP3 player promises to inject music into those... Type: Feature article Tags: Multimedia Personal tech	46
OCZ's Neural Impulse Actuator by Cyril Kowaliski — 11:05 AM on June 27, 2008 Like flying cars, thought-based control schemes have been a staple of sci-fi movies for decades. OCZ has embraced the concept with its Neural Impulse Actuator,... Type: Feature article Tags: Miscellaneous Input devices Gaming Personal tech	69
A look at VIA's next-gen Isaiah x86 CPU architecture by Scott Wasson — 3:29 PM on January 24, 2008 A brand-new x86 processor microarchitecture doesn't come along every day, but today, we have just that. We visited the offices of Centaur Technology yesterday... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Mobile computing Personal tech	54
Handspring's Visor Edge by Geoff Gasior — 12:00 AM on January 28, 2002 SINCE ITS INCEPTION, Handspring has pushed the Palm platform's hardware into new territory.... Type: Feature article Tags: Personal tech	21
HandEra 330: Improving Palm's platform by Geoff Gasior — 12:58 AM on July 10, 2001 HANDERA IS NO STRANGER to Palm-based PDAs. Formerly known as TRG, the... Type: Feature article Tags: Personal tech	16
Sony's MZ-R70 Minidisc player by Geoff Gasior — 12:01 AM on April 30, 2001 Dissonance recently bought himself a Minidisc player, and boy, did he open up a... Type: Feature article Tags: Personal tech	126
Syncing your handheld: USB vs. serial by Scott Wasson — 12:00 AM on March 20, 2001 So you're contemplating one of those newfangled PDA thingies to help get your life... Type: Feature article Tags: Personal tech	27

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tipoo

It's not a benchmark suggestion, but a benchmark*ing* suggestion, I've always wanted to see more older CPUs thrown into what benchmarks they can to sh...

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lilbuddhaman

Obligatory "what about Higher resolution desktop monitors" post. +26

chuckula

Good idea, and to expand on this point: A whole lot of people have already given... +26

Alexko

"Quark, drunk on money, power, and an estimated 90% market share, started behavi... +24

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