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Sandy Bridge upgrades come to Zotac mini PCs by Geoff Gasior — 11:42 AM on January 16, 2012 While we were most excited to see 7-series Mini-ITX boards at Zotac's CES showcase last week, the company also had a number of interesting... Type: News story Tags: Systems	12
Industry marches ahead with plans to copy, counter Apple by Scott Wasson — 1:51 AM on January 10, 2012 CES — After making our way through a dizzying series of meetings and events on the press-oriented "day zero" of the Consumer Electronics Show... Type: News story Tags: Systems Mobile computing Personal tech	86
Apple said to prep MacBook Air price cuts by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:41 AM on November 28, 2011 With the first wave of ultrabooks, PC makers have shown they can offer laptops similar to Apple's MacBook Air at lower prices. The ball is... Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Mac	30
Via mini PC gets dual-core upgrade by Geoff Gasior — 1:34 PM on November 22, 2011 Via has updated its ARTiGO mini PC with a dual-core CPU from the Eden X2 family. The palm-sized system measures just 5.7" x 3.9" x... Type: News story Tags: Systems	32
IHS iSuppli: 43% of laptops to be ultrabooks in 2015 by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:37 AM on November 8, 2011 There may be whispers in Taiwan about disappointing ultrabook sales, but IHS iSuppli expects the ultrabook category is poised for greatness. At least,... Type: News story Tags: Systems	20
Mac App Store to mandate app sandboxing by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on November 4, 2011 Apple's walled garden may get even taller walls come next spring. The company has notified developers that they'll soon have to sandbox their apps... Type: News story Tags: Software Operating systems Mac	40
Release roundup: Multi-display madness and LGA2011 brackets by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:36 PM on November 3, 2011 Beside what we've featured in our regular coverage, this week hasn't been particularly eventful. A few announcements from Shuttle, Silicon Power, and Thermaltake still slipped... Type: News story Tags: Cooling Storage Systems	21
HP confirms ARM server plans by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on November 2, 2011 That talk about HP quietly working with a Texas startup on ARM-powered servers wasn't just idle speculation. HP confirmed those efforts yesterday, announcing... Type: News story Tags: Systems Servers	24
HP reverses course, will retain its PC division by Geoff Gasior — 4:14 PM on October 27, 2011 HP is keeping its PC business after all. Some two months after confirming that it was considering whether to spin off or... Type: News story Tags: Systems	46
iPad 3 display proving to be a challenge, report says by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:38 AM on October 27, 2011 Apple reportedly wants the next iPad to have a Retina-like high-density display. However, LCD panel manufacturers aren't sure they can churn out high-density panels in... Type: News story Tags: Mac Personal tech	74
Report: HP cooking up ARM-based servers by Cyril Kowaliski — 4:33 PM on October 26, 2011 ARM is a serious threat to Intel in the mobile space—no doubt about that—but it's also starting to nip at Intel's heels in the server... Type: News story Tags: Systems Servers	16
Jobs to Apple: Follow your own voice by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on October 21, 2011 Considering the impact Steve Jobs has had on Apple, you'd think the folks there would have poured his essence into some sort of supercomputer to... Type: News story Tags: Mac Personal tech	47
Apple revenue, iPhone shipments miss Street forecasts by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:36 PM on October 18, 2011 On the heels of Intel, Apple posted record breaking quarterly results of its own this afternoon. However, as Reuters reports, Apple shares took... Type: News story Tags: Mac Personal tech	41
Lenovo outshined Dell globally last quarter by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on October 13, 2011 Wow, what's happening to U.S.-based PC vendors? As HP's PC business lies on the chopping board, Gartner reports that Lenovo outshipped Dell last quarter,... Type: News story Tags: Systems	22
WSJ: HP reconsidering PC spin-off by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on October 12, 2011 Last month, new HP CEO Meg Whitman vowed to stay the course and come to a decision quickly about whether to sell or spin... Type: News story Tags: Systems	31
U.S. DoE to build fastest supercomputer with Tesla GPUs by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:36 AM on October 11, 2011 Talk about some nice PR for Nvidia. The U.S. Department of Energy is apparently planning to deploy the world's most powerful supercomputer by a long... Type: News story Tags: Graphics Systems Servers	49
Report: Jobs left behind four-year roadmap by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on October 10, 2011 Steve Jobs will likely be remembered for bringing us the next big thing time and again. From the sound of it, his creative flame may... Type: News story Tags: Mac Personal tech	38
Via CPU pops up in cheaper Zbox Nano nettop by Geoff Gasior — 11:40 AM on October 6, 2011 Zotac's Zbox Nano AD10 nettop won an Editor's Choice award back in August. Take one look at the thing, and it's easy to... Type: News story Tags: Systems	33

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