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Type: Feature article Tags: Storage

Just in time for last-minute Christmas shopping, the Humble Bundle folks have rolled another collection of of indie games. Like previous bundles, you can...

Type: News story Tags: Gaming

Researchers at UCLA's Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have made a discovery that can dramatically lower the power consumption and increase the...

Type: News story Tags: Storage Memory

So... I have, until my recent upgrade to Windows 8, been using Acronis TrueImage 2012 for my system backups. Then Acronis decided that you'd...

Type: News story Tags: Software

For better or for worse, Nokia has become a stalwart champion of Microsoft's Windows Phone software. Now, rumor has it the Finnish phone maker may...

Type: News story Tags: Personal tech

Bethesda and id Software have delivered on their promise. This weekend, the two companies teased a Rage expansion (or DLC, if you're one of...

Type: News story Tags: Gaming

The Pick 6 KC Business Journal: Google helps Time Warner feel the need for speed Instagram tries to clarify new privacy policy...

Type: News story Tags: Shortbread

Corsair has expanded its line of CX Series budget PSUs to include new models with modular cables. Denoted by a trailing M in their...

Type: News story Tags: Power

About a year has passed since Nvidia revealed its Tegra 3 SoC to the world. Rumor has it the firm will lift the curtain...

Type: News story Tags: CPUs Graphics Mobile computing Personal tech

Clearly, Valve is pretty gung-ho about Linux as a gaming platform. It's too early to tell if other developers and publishers are on board...

Type: News story Tags: Gaming

Remember those GeForce 310.70 beta drivers we told you about earlier this month? Well, Nvidia has now posted 310.70 WHQL drivers. As far as...

Type: News story Tags: Graphics

7 Up Dell exec: I urged Microsoft not to call its tablet OS Windows RT VR-Zone: Toshiba ships out nearline storage enterprise...

Type: News story Tags: Shortbread

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Type: Feature article Tags: Systems

We were all a little surprised when AMD's Radeon HD 7000M-series mobile GPUs came out last December. Despite their branding, those weren't 28-nm parts...

Type: News story Tags: Graphics

Samsung is one of a select group of SSD vendors that makes not only its own controller silicon, but also its own NAND. Now,...

Type: News story Tags: Storage Software

Andrew "Bunnie" Huang made a name for himself hacking Microsoft's original Xbox console. Now, he's designing a laptop infused with hacker-friendly features. ...

Type: News story Tags: Motherboards Mobile computing

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Type: News story Tags: CPUs

7 Up Ars Technica's review: Dell's acrobatic XPS 12 is the Windows 8 convertible to beat TNW: New exploit could give Android malware...

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