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Friday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 1:58 PM on November 2, 2012 7 Up BBC News: Facebook flaw bypasses password protections Fudzilla: Nvidia GeForce forum is back from the dead X-bit labs: Financial analysts have... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	74
64-bit ARM support for Windows is in the works by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on November 2, 2012 This should come as no surprise, but it's noteworthy nonetheless. The folks at PC World have gotten confirmation that ARM is working with Microsoft... Type: News story Tags: Operating systems Windows	31
My six days with Windows 8 by Cyril Kowaliski — 12:32 AM on November 2, 2012 So, I installed Windows 8 on my desktop PC last week. It was late on the eve of the launch. The download link for the $39.99... Type: Blog post Tags: Operating systems Windows	175
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
Latest Windows Phone 8 ad features Steve Ballmer by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on October 31, 2012 Steve Ballmer has kind of a history with ads. There was that famous Windows 1.0 ad, in which he donned a used car salesman outfit... Type: News story Tags: Windows Personal tech	32
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
Ballmer touts early Windows 8 adoption by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:10 PM on October 30, 2012 The pundits may be harping on the allegedly lukewarm response to Windows 8, but Microsoft doesn't sound unhappy. As PC World reports, Microsoft CEO Steve... Type: News story Tags: Operating systems Windows	65
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
Microsoft releases Windows Phone app for Win8 by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:27 AM on October 29, 2012 After unleashing Windows 8 last week, Microsoft is now setting its sights on Windows Phone 8—and preparing for the next-gen phone operating system's launch, which is... Type: News story Tags: Windows Personal tech	14
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
UPDATED: Deal of the week—Windows 8 edition by Cyril Kowaliski — 12:26 PM on October 26, 2012 sponsored by Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Windows Personal tech	123
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
Watch the Windows 8 launch stream here by Cyril Kowaliski — 10:06 AM on October 25, 2012 Windows 8 won't actually be in stores until tomorrow morning, but Microsoft is staging a launch event for the new operating system in New York... Type: News story Tags: Windows	50
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

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CampinCarl

I'm sorry but if there's enough market demand for 13.3" 3200x1800 screens, there's MORE than enough demand for 24" 2560x1600 screens.

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lilbuddhaman

Obligatory "what about Higher resolution desktop monitors" post. +28

Mourmain

Pet peeve: "would have been". +21

Star Brood

Meanwhile on the desktop scene: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=... +20

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