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Microsoft details Windows on ARM in new blog post
— 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

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New Ultrastar SSD sports 25-nm SLC NAND
— 11:21 AM on February 9, 2012

Consumer-grade SSDs started making the transition to 25-nm NAND early last year. We saw enterprise-oriented drives based on MLC flash make the jump, as...

Type: News story Tags: Storage Servers Workstations

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Researchers use laser to speed HDD write speeds
— 11:17 AM on February 8, 2012

SSDs have been the talk of the storage industry for some time. What are mechanical hard drives to do to get back in the...

Type: News story Tags: Storage

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Google serves up Chrome for Android 4.0
— 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

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Google said to have HUD glasses in the works
— 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

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20-nm Intel NAND set to make SSD debut this year
— 11:49 AM on February 6, 2012

While being briefed on Intel's latest 520 Series SSD, we got an update on how the company's next-generation flash technology is coming along. Intel...

Type: News story Tags: Storage

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Deal of the week: SSDs, graphics, and displays
— 5:31 PM on February 3, 2012

If you checked our latest review, then you'll know why we're featuring Samsung's 830 Series solid-state drives in our deal post. Newegg offers 64GB,...

Type: News story Tags: Graphics Storage Displays

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Micron CEO killed in plane crash
— 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

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BlackBerry PlayBook slips back under $200
— 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

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Windows Phone 8, Windows 8 to have shared kernel
— 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

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Seagate's profits soar as WD suffers downturn
— 6:00 AM on February 1, 2012

How is the flooding in Thailand and the resulting shortages affecting the top two players in the hard-drive industry? Now that Seagate and Western Digital...

Type: News story Tags: Storage

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Analyst: Six million Kindle Fires were sold last quarter
— 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

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Former Palm CEO leaves HP
— 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

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Deal of the week: A boatload of fresh hardware and games
— 5:47 PM on January 27, 2012

After the post-holiday lull, hardware deals seem to be increasing in frequency again. We've gathered a nice number of them this week. For starters, Newegg has...

Type: News story Tags: Graphics Power Storage Gaming

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Woot offers TouchPad refurbs for $220 a piece
— 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

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Steam apps for iOS and Android released
— 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

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Hard drive prices falling... slowly
— 12:51 PM on January 26, 2012

Last year's flooding in Thailand affected 65 of the country's 77 provinces, claimed more than 800 lives, and caused tens of billions in damage. ...

Type: News story Tags: Storage

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Google pushing Chromebooks for schools
— 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

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