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This 13" notebook has much in common with Apple's MacBook Air—an almost impossibly slim chassis, a very light weight, a low-voltage Sandy Bridge processor, and...

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We've been using the iPad 2 daily since its launch. Here are our impressions.

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Bulldozer-based Zambezi CPUs are coming, but motherboard makers can't be bothered to wait. We take a detailed look at a pair of Bulldozer...

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Much like Corsair, Antec has delved into the audio world with its first set of PC speakers. How did it fare?

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Intel's Z68 Express has finally arrived. Join us as we explore the chipset's QuickSync transcoding support, accompanying GPU virtualization, new Smart Response SSD...

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Corsair has supplemented its line of audio products with a premium 2.1 speaker set. Is it worth the $250 asking price?

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Psyko Audio Labs has updated its surround-sound gaming headset with a new Carbon model that offers a number of upgrades and a lower asking price....

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We've already put a quad-core Sandy Bridge notebook through the paces, but how does a system with a dual-core CPU based on the same architecture...

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With a $450 starting price tag, an 11.6" display, and an AMD E-350 accelerated processing unit, this slick ultraportable looks to have a lot of...

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