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Release roundup: High-end gear and a neat SATA dock by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:04 PM on February 23, 2012 This week in the roundup, we bring tidings of fresh product launches from ASRock, PowerColor, Thermaltake, and Spire: ASRock and Fatal1ty... Type: News story Tags: Graphics Motherboards Cooling Storage	40
Via QuadCore CPU rides in on new Mini-ITX boards by Geoff Gasior — 11:11 AM on February 23, 2012 Remember the QuadCore CPU Via introduced last spring? We've been waiting for the chip to pop up in actual products, and now it... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Motherboards	40
Windows 7, Vista to get extended support by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:37 AM on February 21, 2012 Microsoft is extending an olive branch to stragglers. According to ComputerWorld, the company has quietly prolonged the support period for consumer editions of both... Type: News story Tags: Operating systems Windows	74
Deal of the week: Oldies but goodies and new SSDs by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:02 PM on February 17, 2012 Let's start our weekly deal post with a game sale—because there's no better way to kick off a long weekend than to get caught up... Type: News story Tags: Storage Memory Gaming	41
Release roundup: Efficient power and a Z77 sneak peak by Cyril Kowaliski — 4:44 PM on February 17, 2012 In this week's look at miscellaneous press releases and product announcements, we have news from Antec, Biostar, NZXT, and Samsung: Antec... Type: News story Tags: Motherboards Cases Power Storage	26
It's official: The new Windows logo is a monochrome trapezoid by Cyril Kowaliski — 12:56 PM on February 17, 2012 Score one for the rumor mill. Microsoft officially unveiled the Windows 8 logo on its Windows Blog this morning, and as expected, it's... Type: News story Tags: Operating systems Windows	134
Toshiba pegs Windows 8 launch in fourth quarter by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:45 AM on February 16, 2012 Don't expect Windows 8 before October. That's the (perhaps unintentional) subtext of a recent Toshiba presentation captured by the folks at NetbookItalia. In the presentation,... Type: News story Tags: Operating systems Windows	15
Windows logo to get a Metro makeover by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:33 AM on February 14, 2012 Goodbye, multi-colored Windows flag inside a blue bubble. Hello, quadrisected monochrome trapezoid. The Verge reports that the familiar Windows logo is going to get... Type: News story Tags: Operating systems Windows	65
Deal of the week: SSDs, PSUs, and motherboards by Geoff Gasior — 1:00 PM on February 10, 2012 Valentine's Day approaches. As you lavish your significant other with flowers, chocolates, and hand-written coupons for various, ahem, favors, be sure not to forget... Type: News story Tags: Motherboards Power Storage Displays	11
Microsoft details Windows on ARM in new blog post by Cyril Kowaliski — 4:10 PM on February 9, 2012 Windows head honcho Steven Sinofsky has posted a whopper of a blog post about Windows on ARM. The 8,600-word piece starts off with a... Type: News story Tags: Operating systems Windows Personal tech	29
Windows 8 Consumer Preview due February 29 by Cyril Kowaliski — 2:59 PM on February 8, 2012 Three weeks to go until you can get your hands on the Windows 8 Consumer Preview. As CNet News reports, Microsoft has revealed the... Type: News story Tags: Operating systems Windows	44
Leaked Windows 8 shots show missing Start orb by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:39 AM on February 6, 2012 Microsoft seems to be erasing all traces of the Start menu we all know and love, at least in Windows 8's default configuration. Last year's... Type: News story Tags: Operating systems Windows	47
Micron CEO's death may have 'significant impact' by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on February 6, 2012 The tragic death of Micron CEO Steve Appleton could have a "significant impact" on the memory industry, according to EE Times.The site quotes... Type: News story Tags: Memory	11
Micron CEO killed in plane crash by Cyril Kowaliski — 4:24 PM on February 3, 2012 There's all kinds of industry news—exciting, provocative, shocking... boring. And then there's the kind of news that makes you wish things had played out differently. This... Type: News story Tags: Storage Memory	51
Windows Phone 8, Windows 8 to have shared kernel by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on February 3, 2012 We know that Windows 8 is taking a page out of Windows Phone 7's playbook by implementing the same Metro user interface. According to the... Type: News story Tags: Operating systems Windows Personal tech	53
4GB DDR3 module prices rise, are still dirt-cheap by Cyril Kowaliski — 10:00 AM on February 1, 2012 We all love to hear about memory contract prices, right? Then, boy, does DigiTimes have a story for you all this morning. In all seriousness, the... Type: News story Tags: Memory	27
Microsoft outlines Explorer tweaks in Win8 beta by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:34 PM on January 30, 2012 The upcoming Windows 8 public beta will no doubt offer a myriad of improvements over last year's developer preview. Microsoft has outlined a handful of... Type: News story Tags: Operating systems Windows	20
Win8 mobile broadband improvements explained by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:48 AM on January 24, 2012 With its Metro interface, Windows 8 will have more than a few things in common with Windows Phone 7. Judging by the latest update... Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Operating systems Windows	11

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