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I had an unexpectedly educational experience a while back when my coffee maker died and I set out to replace it. As I've noted, I'm...

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This past Tuesday afternoon, I met with AMD in its hotel suite near IDF for a series of briefings about various parts of its business....

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Just how big is the iPhone? Bigger than you might think. Big enough that, according to a J.P. Morgan Chase research note quoted by...

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Love the new MacBook Pro with Retina display but hate the $2,199 asking price? Well, good news. According to DigiTimes, which says it was tipped...

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Yeah, that's right, we're shamelessly going to post a FNT asking you to link to pictures of your pets. Feel free to tell us...

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As determined as ever to boldly go where Valve has gone before, EA...

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The summer games in London are upon us. I think that means tonight the U.S. will get a re-broadcast of the opening ceremony from...

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The browser wars has just claimed another casualty—on Windows, at least, where it...

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Could Apple be a victim of its own success? While the company's latest quarterly results show double-digit growth in both revenue and profits, with...

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One of the brains behind AMD's Trinity APU has a new job—and no,...

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Little-known fact: the iPad came out after the iPhone, but Apple actually started work on the tablet first. Steve Jobs said so a couple...

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The 15" MacBook Pro with Retina display is undeniably amazing, but it's also terrifyingly expensive, with prices starting at no less than $2,199. Some of...

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By announcing a Windows 8 tablet of its own design, Microsoft has made quite clear its intent to go toe-to-toe with Apple. Microsoft CEO Steve...

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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...

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I hope you had a good 4th of July holiday. We traditionally try to blow things up in some sort of epic fashion, but this year,...

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Own a Mac? Plan to book travel accommodations? You might want to sit down in front of the nearest PC—or fire up Boot Camp. According...

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Metal enclosures are in high demand these days, and it's no secret why. PC laptops are shedding their flimsy plastic shells and replacing them with...

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