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Monday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 2:05 PM on November 5, 2012 The Pick 6 X-bit labs: AMD's roadmap slide does not predict Steamroller in 2013 The Guardian: Google sources thinks maps app might... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	30
Singapore's Data Storage Institute produces slim hybrid notebook drive by Geoff Gasior — 12:17 PM on November 5, 2012 The latest hybrid hard drive comes from an unexpected source: Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology, and Research. The Agency's Data Storage Institute has... Type: News story Tags: Storage	8
Proprietary controller debuts in Intel DC S3700 server SSD by Geoff Gasior — 10:43 AM on November 5, 2012 Hot on the heels of releasing its 335 Series solid-state drive for desktop users, Intel has uncorked another new SSD. The DC S3700... Type: News story Tags: Storage Servers	42
Sunday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on November 4, 2012 The Pick 6 Windows Phone Blog has the story behind the Windows Phone 8 Start screen AnandTech's Google Nexus 4 and Nexus 10... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	106
Saturday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 3:03 PM on November 3, 2012 7 Up TNW: Microsoft's security team is killing it: Not one product on Kaspersky's top 10 vulnerabilities list The Register: Windows 8 'penetrated"... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	34
Deal of the week: Mechanical storage deals are back by Cyril Kowaliski — 4:54 PM on November 2, 2012 Cheap solid-state drives abound these days, but since last year's flooding in Thailand, we haven't seen a whole lot of deals on mechanical storage. That... Type: News story Tags: Storage	64
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
OCZ trims product lines, workforce by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:42 AM on November 1, 2012 These are tough times for OCZ. In September, the company's founder and CEO stepped down, allegedly over accusations of mismanagement. Less than one month... Type: News story Tags: Storage	38
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
Street prices higher than expected for Intel 335 Series SSD by Geoff Gasior — 11:06 AM on October 30, 2012 Intel's new 335 Series 240GB SSD has a suggested retail price of $184, which works out to just 77 cents per gigabyte. When... Type: News story Tags: Storage	24
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
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

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

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Good idea, and to expand on this point: A whole lot of people have already given... +26

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