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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
Google serves up Chrome for Android 4.0 by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on February 8, 2012 Wait, doesn't Google already make the default web browser for Android? That's what I thought when I came across this bit of news yesterday. As... Type: News story Tags: Internet Software Personal tech	36
Google said to have HUD glasses in the works by Cyril Kowaliski — 4:36 PM on February 6, 2012 And now, from the wacky, eyebrow-raising rumor department: Google is secretly developing HUD glasses, according to a story by 9to5Google. The site says it... Type: News story Tags: Personal tech	22
BlackBerry PlayBook slips back under $200 by Cyril Kowaliski — 11:58 AM on February 3, 2012 Amazon's Kindle Fire isn't the only game in town if you're looking for a sub-$200 tablet—at least, not until next weekend. BlackBerry's PlayBook has... Type: News story Tags: Personal tech	20
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
Analyst: Six million Kindle Fires were sold last quarter by Cyril Kowaliski — 2:52 PM on January 30, 2012 Amazon is keeping a tight lid on Kindle Fire sales so far, but that's not stopping analysts from coming up with estimates. As Forbes reports,... Type: News story Tags: Personal tech	21
Former Palm CEO leaves HP by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on January 30, 2012 As of last Friday, Jon Rubinstein, former CEO of Palm, no longer works for HP. In an interview with The Verge, Rubinstein said he's... Type: News story Tags: Personal tech	19
Woot offers TouchPad refurbs for $220 a piece by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:55 AM on January 27, 2012 The HP TouchPad must be having the most prolonged demise of any device ever, with each death throe sending additional units squirting into the market.... Type: News story Tags: Personal tech	15
Steam apps for iOS and Android released by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:08 PM on January 26, 2012 Well, well. How about that? Steam sure seems to be getting a taste for new platforms. After venturing onto the Mac in mid-2010, Valve's game... Type: News story Tags: Gaming Personal tech	47
Google pushing Chromebooks for schools by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on January 26, 2012 Apple wants to swarm classrooms with iPads and interactive textbooks. What about Google? Judging by a news story on CNet, the search giant... Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech	26
Apple posts record numbers for the holiday quarter by Cyril Kowaliski — 4:57 PM on January 24, 2012 Apparently, there were lots of iPhones in Christmas stockings. Lots of iPads, too... and lots of Macs. Apple's results for the fiscal quarter ending December... Type: News story Tags: Mac Personal tech	93
Smartphones get ruggedized, hydrophobic by Geoff Gasior — 11:09 AM on January 24, 2012 These days, it's rare to see smartphones naked in the wild. Most are wrapped up in cases to protect against scratches and impacts, which... Type: News story Tags: Personal tech	28
XBMC takes bite out of Raspberry Pi by Geoff Gasior — 11:50 AM on January 23, 2012 XBMC is my software of choice for home-theater PCs. Raspberry is my favorite flavor of pie. What do these two things have in... Type: News story Tags: Storage Personal tech	29
Study: U.S. tablet ownership doubled since December by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:33 AM on January 23, 2012 To say there were a lot of tablets under Christmas trees last year would be an understatement. The Associated Press quotes a study by the... Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech	12
First-gen Transformer to get a taste of Ice Cream Sandwich by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:13 PM on January 17, 2012 Asus released its Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Transformer Prime ahead of schedule last week, bringing the new tablet up to speed with... Type: News story Tags: Personal tech	22
CES 2012: the shape of things to come? by Scott Wasson — 11:08 AM on January 17, 2012 One of the funny things about going to CES is that you're expected to be plugged into the overall vibe of the show, so you... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Displays Personal tech	15
Razer's 'Project Fiona' brings PC gaming to a tablet format by Scott Wasson — 11:44 PM on January 12, 2012 CES — The folks at Razer were grabbing attention again at this year's CES with an intriguing mock-up, displayed under plexiglass, of a tablet gaming... Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech	45
Transformer Prime's 1920x1200 display is more than meets the eye by Geoff Gasior — 2:08 AM on January 10, 2012 Tablets are everywhere at CES this year, to no one's surprise. Asus is showing off its Transformer Prime, which is receiving an early... Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech	82

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Continuing a long history of innovation, AMD announced today that they were the first to reach a critical CPU power envelope threshold. AMD CEO, Rory...

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Well, the 200W barrier has been broken. Now onto 500W! +35

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