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Friday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 3:05 PM on October 26, 2012 Eight is Enough Ballmer: Windows 8 PCs are "the best PCs ever." The experience is "truly magical" Business Wire: Windows 8 has... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	54
Thursday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 11:48 PM on October 25, 2012 Eight is Enough PCWorld: Microsoft launches Windows 8 with great fanfare, few surprises VR-Zone: Windows 8 is tricky, according to sample of... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	53
Wednesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 1:06 PM on October 24, 2012 The Fantastic Four The NY Times: Facebook posts largest single-day gain after third-quarter earnings call X-bit labs: OCZ adds high availability and... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	31
Tuesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on October 23, 2012 The Fantastic Four AnandTech, Benchmark Reviews, CowcotLand, Hardware Heaven, HCW, HotHardware, HTL, HWC, KitGuru, Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	46
Monday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 4:14 PM on October 22, 2012 Eight is Enough AllThingsD: Yahoo! reports earnings CNBC: Stocks recover to end higher; Apple jumps 4% Analysis: Most companies won't be early... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	21
Sunday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 3:27 PM on October 21, 2012 Eight is Enough 9to5Mac: Apple's smaller iPad to likely start at a minimum of $329 in the U.S. Revealed at TNW: Everything... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	45
Saturday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 10:39 PM on October 20, 2012 Eight is Enough The NY Times: As Microsoft shifts its privacy rules, an uproar is absent TG Daily: Android "Key Lime Pie"... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	53
Friday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 11:53 PM on October 19, 2012 7 Up Stardock: Bring back the Windows "Start" menu with Start8 AMD considers its chances: Outlines three growth opportunities MediaPost: Microsoft 'Surface' has... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	45
Thursday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 6:35 PM on October 18, 2012 Eight is Enough The new Chromebook, for everyone The Verge: With Surface looming, Microsoft fails to explain Windows 8 vs. Windows RT to... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	61
Wednesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 6:06 PM on October 17, 2012 Eight is Enough CPU World: AMD to cut prices of A4-series APUs X-bit labs: Intel to start production of Haswell chips in... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	80
Tuesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 5:08 PM on October 16, 2012 Eight is Enough WSJ: Microsoft plans large volume production of Surface VR-Zone: Softbank buys 70% stake in Sprint The Huffington Post: Linus Torvalds,... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	49
Monday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 4:16 PM on October 15, 2012 The Pick 6 VR-Zone: U.S. presidential candidates data mine voters with cookies TechNewsWorld: Which distros would Obama and Romney use? CENS.com: TSMC... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	15
Sunday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 2:58 PM on October 14, 2012 The Pick 6 Windows 8 is coming soon (video) TorrentFreak: AT&T starts six-strikes anti- piracy plan next month, will block websites Engaget: Apple, other... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	19
Saturday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:32 PM on October 13, 2012 The Fierce Five Acer CEO: Microsoft's Surface tablet threatens its long-time PC partners PCWorld: Dell to continue offering Windows 7 after lauch... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	54
Friday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:06 PM on October 12, 2012 7 Up CPU World: Boxed AMD FX-8350 has surfaced on eBay Fudzilla: MSI announces HD 7970 Lightning Boost Edition Videogamer.com: This is what... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	17
Thursday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 7:03 PM on October 11, 2012 Eight is Enough Gartner and IDC: PC shipments tumbled over 8% in Q3, only Asus and Lenovo escaped unhurt Eric Schmidt: Android-Apple is... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	37
Wednesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 10:00 PM on October 10, 2012 Eight is Enough Reuters: Microsoft CEO sees company becoming more like Apple PCWorld: Ballmer sees his bonus cut, Hastings leaves Microsoft board Fudzilla:... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	39
Tuesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 7:26 PM on October 9, 2012 Eight is Enough C\|Net: Google to co-brand 10" Nexus tablet with Samsung Fudzilla: Intel plans few more Ivy Bridge Pentiums and Nvidia GTX... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	30

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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... +24

Alexko

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

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