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Etc. by Scott Wasson — 10:01 AM on October 29, 2012 Howdy, all. Just finished editing a review, which should be posted shortly, and now I'm waiting for hurricane Sandy to utterly destroy the data... Type: News story Tags: The Tech Report	22
Valve seeks testers for Linux Steam beta by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on October 29, 2012 Unless you've been living under a rock these past few months, you've probably heard that Steam is headed to Linux—as is Left 4 Dead 2... Type: News story Tags: Gaming Linux-Unix	82
Interested in writing for TR? by Geoff Gasior — 5:01 PM on October 15, 2012 TR is looking for writers, and I'd like to first search our audience before widening the net. The fact is we're a little different... Type: News story Tags: The Tech Report	173
An update to our discussion rules by Scott Wasson — 12:23 PM on October 12, 2012 The rules that govern discussions in the TR forums and comments haven't changed in over four years, but today, we've decided to update them... Type: News story Tags: The Tech Report	158
AMD explains its reasons for staged info release by Scott Wasson — 11:05 AM on September 27, 2012 We've taken issue with AMD's attempt to shape reviews of its desktop Trinity APUs by dictating which test results independent labs can publish when.... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Graphics The Tech Report	305
AMD attempts to shape review content with staged release of info by Scott Wasson — 11:01 PM on September 26, 2012 Review sites like TR are a tricky business, let me say up front. We work constantly with the largest makers of PC hardware in order... Type: Blog post Tags: CPUs Graphics The Tech Report	289
Etc. by Scott Wasson — 12:58 AM on September 26, 2012 If loading up pages here at TR this morning feels almost violently snappy, it's not just you. I mentioned a while back that we... Type: News story Tags: The Tech Report	35
Etc. by Scott Wasson — 10:58 AM on September 6, 2012 Howdy, all. Busy week here in the tech realm. We had the Win8 Phone announcement with Nokia yesterday, and today Amazon should unveil... Type: News story Tags: The Tech Report	33
Everything is different now... a little by Scott Wasson — 10:17 AM on September 1, 2012 Don't adjust your intertubes, folks. The site does indeed look a little bit different this morning. We mentioned several days ago that... Type: News story Tags: The Tech Report	74
Bang on the new site code for us, if you would by Scott Wasson — 5:25 PM on August 27, 2012 We have been hard at work on some improvements to the site behind the scenes, and we're about ready to roll out the first wave... Type: News story Tags: The Tech Report	43
TR BBQ IX: probably the best yet by Scott Wasson — 10:38 AM on August 13, 2012 The ninth annual edition of the TR BBQ is in the books, and it may just go down as the best one yet. We converged... Type: News story Tags: The Tech Report	73
TR BBQ IX's unprecedented prize haul unveiled by Scott Wasson — 10:28 AM on August 2, 2012 We've already told you about the fact that the ninth annual TR BBQ event will be taking place this year on August 11,... Type: News story Tags: The Tech Report	32
Gabe Newell calls Win8 a 'catastrophe,' wants Linux to thrive by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:12 PM on July 25, 2012 Ah, so that's why Valve is busy porting Steam and Left 4... Type: News story Tags: Gaming Linux-Unix	261
Croteam to bring Serious Sam 3 to Steam on Linux by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:33 AM on July 25, 2012 Well, this is encouraging news. Barely over a week after Valve's announcement that both Steam and Left 4 Dead 2 are headed to Ubuntu... Type: News story Tags: Gaming Linux-Unix	37
Steam, Left 4 Dead 2 headed to Linux by Cyril Kowaliski — 4:45 PM on July 17, 2012 Ever since Steam made its way to OS X (along with several Valve games), we've been hearing the odd rumor about a Linux version of... Type: News story Tags: Gaming Linux-Unix	64
Etc. by Scott Wasson — 12:08 PM on July 9, 2012 Howdy. Hope you enjoyed the odd combination of a holiday sandwiched by weekends. The past week was a strange one for those of us who... Type: News story Tags: Miscellaneous The Tech Report	51
Etc. by Scott Wasson — 3:19 PM on June 25, 2012 Introducing William Thomas Wasson, born in the wee hours of Sunday morning. William and his mom... Type: News story Tags: The Tech Report	74
TR BBQ IX to impact on August 11 by Scott Wasson — 9:30 AM on June 19, 2012 Cancel your plans, raid the bank account, and saddle up the family truckster on the weekend of August 11th so you can attend the ninth... Type: News story Tags: The Tech Report	33

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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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chuckula

Good idea, and to expand on this point: A whole lot of people have already given... +27

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I'm sorry but if there's enough market demand for 13.3" 3200x1800 screens, there... +26

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

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