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Release roundup: Touch-screen monitors, liquid cooling, and tiny PCs by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:49 PM on November 1, 2012 Considering the sheer number of releases that made it into our regular coverage this past week, there isn't much left for the roundup. All we... Type: News story Tags: Cooling Systems Displays	35
Thursday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on November 1, 2012 Eight is Enough TechHive: Comcast offers free Wi-Fi in the wake of Sandy AllThingsD: AT&T and T-Mobile team up for free roaming... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	86
Halloween Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on October 31, 2012 7 Up Reuters: Disney to buy "Star Wars" producer for $4.05 billion VR-Zone: ARM introduces its 64-bit processors: Meet the Cortex-A53 and Cortex-A57 X-bit... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	48
TR's Windows 8 system guide by Cyril Kowaliski — 12:56 PM on October 30, 2012 We've refreshed our famous system guide to account for AMD's new A- and FX-series processors, the latest GPU releases, and of course, the arrival of... Type: Feature article Tags: Systems	129
Tuesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on October 30, 2012 7 Up The NY Times keeps an eye out for Hurricane Sandy Ars Technica: Why Sandy's storm surge will pack an unusually... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	30
Monday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 1:48 AM on October 29, 2012 The Starting Five Ars Technica goes under the hood of Windows 8 and music and video in Windows 8 The making of the... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	19
Sunday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 4:47 PM on October 28, 2012 The Pick 6 Neowin: Google Now used to alert Android users of Hurricane Sandy and tsunami threats LWN.net: An update on the ext4... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	40
Saturday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 10:22 PM on October 27, 2012 7 Up AllThingsD: Steven Sinofsky on how Windows 8 PCs deliver better value than Apple Benchmark Reviews on OCZ Technology: From SSDs to... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	37
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
Anthropologist sees religious revival in Apple product launches by Geoff Gasior — 11:53 AM on October 25, 2012 PC enthusiasts have long pointed to the religious fanaticism that seems to permeate Apple's faithful horde. Now, that sentiment has been backed up by an... Type: News story Tags: Systems	248
Nvidia bolsters mobile GPU lineup with MX models by Geoff Gasior — 10:59 AM on October 25, 2012 Remember the GeForce4 MX? The low-end GPU was pretty forgettable, to be honest, but Nvidia is bringing back the MX moniker for handful of... Type: News story Tags: Graphics Systems Mobile computing	40
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
Asus intros collapsible Windows 8 all-in-one by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on October 24, 2012 Hot on the heels of Apple's latest iMac, Asus has unleashed a new all-in-one of its own. The ET2300 may not be quite as... Type: News story Tags: Systems	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

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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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