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XBMC takes bite out of Raspberry Pi
— 11:50 AM on January 23, 2012

XBMC is my software of choice for home-theater PCs. Raspberry is my favorite flavor of pie. What do these two things have in...

Type: News story Tags: Storage Personal tech

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Study: U.S. tablet ownership doubled since December
— 9:33 AM on January 23, 2012

To say there were a lot of tablets under Christmas trees last year would be an understatement. The Associated Press quotes a study by the...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech

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Apple rewrites the history books
— 7:00 AM on January 23, 2012

To be precise, Apple has not quite rewritten the history books. They have reformatted them. Taken the flat, lifeless pages of text and transformed them...

Type: Blog post Tags: Mac

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Deal of the week: Graphics and storage bargains
— 3:57 PM on January 20, 2012

Graphics card prices have stayed largely stationary for the past few months, but the tide might just be turning. Right now, Newegg sells one of...

Type: News story Tags: Graphics Storage

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Faster Fourier transform could speed data compression
— 9:59 AM on January 20, 2012

A group of MIT researchers has developed a new algorithm that improves upon the fast Fourier transform. In some situations, the algorithm is claimed...

Type: News story Tags: Software

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Intel sets $54 billion revenue record
— 3:58 PM on January 19, 2012

Despite all the doom and gloom about the PC industry being destroyed by tablets, Intel had a record year. The company raked in $54...

Type: News story Tags: CPUs Chipsets

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Release roundup: Tall cases, funky coolers, and more
— 3:15 PM on January 19, 2012

Last week's Consumer Electronics Show made the point of a release roundup somewhat moot. This week, though, we've received a handful of press releases unrelated...

Type: News story Tags: Cases Cooling Storage

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MacBook users may be eligible for class-action settlement
— 6:00 AM on January 19, 2012

Class-action lawsuits hit the tech industry on a regular basis, and the latest one is related to Apple's MagSafe power adapters. According to this...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Mac

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Firmware update fixes Crucial m4 BSOD bug
— 10:55 AM on January 18, 2012

Crucial has released a firmware update to address the BSOD bug that cropped up with its m4 SSDs two weeks ago. Here's...

Type: News story Tags: Storage

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Alienware unveils Mini-ITX gaming desktop
— 9:55 AM on January 18, 2012

You might say we're pretty lukewarm toward pre-built gaming desktops. Why pay for a pre-packaged system when you can have fun building it yourself—and end...

Type: News story Tags: Systems

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First-gen Transformer to get a taste of Ice Cream Sandwich
— 5:13 PM on January 17, 2012

Asus released its Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Transformer Prime ahead of schedule last week, bringing the new tablet up to speed with...

Type: News story Tags: Personal tech

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CES 2012: the shape of things to come?
— 11:08 AM on January 17, 2012

One of the funny things about going to CES is that you're expected to be plugged into the overall vibe of the show, so you...

Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Displays Personal tech

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Sapphire's Edge HD³ nettop has AMD inside
— 6:00 AM on January 17, 2012

Last June, Sapphire showed us the Edge, a slim little nettop powered by Intel's Atom D510 processor and Nvidia's Ion discrete GPU. The firm...

Type: News story Tags: Systems

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Lucid reaches for the clouds with GPU virtualization
— 3:45 PM on January 16, 2012

By now, you're likely familiar with the basic technology behind Lucid's various products. Whether it's the original Hydra GPU load balancer or the

Type: News story Tags: Graphics Gaming Software

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EVGA doubles down on Sandy Bridge-E
— 12:58 PM on January 16, 2012

About a year and a half ago, EVGA showed us its first dual-socket motherboard at the Computex show in Taipei, Taiwan. The Classified...

Type: News story Tags: Motherboards

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Sandy Bridge upgrades come to Zotac mini PCs
— 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

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AMD fights thunder with lightning
— 6:00 AM on January 16, 2012

Thunderbolt is about to get some competition. At CES last week, AMD showed us a little something it's been working on: a competing high-speed interface...

Type: News story Tags: Motherboards Displays Mobile computing

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7-series chipsets go Mini-ITX
— 2:42 PM on January 13, 2012

Big motherboard makers weren't the only ones with 7-series motherboards on display at CES. While visiting Zotac's suite at the show, we came across three...

Type: News story Tags: Motherboards

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