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High-DPI iPad 3 displays said to be in short supply by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:49 AM on March 2, 2012 Apple products are almost always hard to come by soon after their launch. People queue up at stores, place pre-orders, and sometimes wait days or... Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech	48
Rumor: 7.85'' iPad to hit production later than expected by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on March 1, 2012 As we count down the days to next week's iPad 3 launch event, the rumor mill is already grinding on about the next shiny Apple... Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech	38
Microsoft seeding Windows 8 developers with Tegra 3 PCs by Geoff Gasior — 11:48 AM on February 29, 2012 Nvidia is serious about getting its ARM-based processors inside Windows 8 systems. The company is working with Microsoft to supply developers and device makers... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Graphics Systems Operating systems	14
Apple sets iPad 3 launch for March 7 by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on February 29, 2012 Putting an end to months of tireless speculation, Apple announced the launch date for its next iPad yesterday. And, from what we can tell, the... Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech	97
$200 USB stick offers ARM CPU, HDMI output by Geoff Gasior — 11:58 AM on February 28, 2012 People always seem to be surprised that an operating system can run entirely from a USB thumb drive. Imagine what they'll think of FXI Technologies'... Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech	51
Dell's 13-inch ultrabook goes up for sale by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on February 28, 2012 The first Dell consumer ultrabook is here, and it can be yours—if you're willing to part with $999, that is. Dell has started taking... Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing	36
Asus shows new tablets, PadFone by Geoff Gasior — 11:28 AM on February 27, 2012 The Mobile World Congress is on in Barcelona, Spain right now, and Asus is using the event to show off some new additions to its... Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech	32
Linsanity spreads to motherboard market by Geoff Gasior — 12:23 PM on February 24, 2012 Well, I suppose it was bound to happen eventually. ASRock has become the first company in the PC industry to hop on the Linsanity... Type: News story Tags: Motherboards	58
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
Ice Cream Sandwich update trickling out to original Transformer tablets by Geoff Gasior — 12:04 PM on February 23, 2012 I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream... sandwich, that is. In a post on its Facebook page, Asus has announced... Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech	24
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
TR's March 2012 system guide by Cyril Kowaliski, Geoff Gasior, and Scott Wasson — 4:16 PM on February 22, 2012 Not much new hardware has come out since we published our last guide in December, but this edition is still choc-full of small, incremental... Type: Feature article Tags: Systems Workstations	217
Hitachi's 7-mm Travelstar Z7K500 eyes Ivy Bridge ultrabooks by Geoff Gasior — 2:01 AM on February 22, 2012 Although most 2.5" hard drives measure 9.5 mm thick, ultraportables are increasingly using slimmer 7-mm models. Hitachi says it's shipped 25 million of the slender... Type: News story Tags: Storage Mobile computing	15
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
Report: Eric Demers headed to Qualcomm by Geoff Gasior — 1:10 PM on February 17, 2012 AMD graphics CTO Eric Demers left the company earlier this week to pursue opportunites elsewhere. According an "industry source close to the matter,"... Type: News story Tags: Graphics Mobile computing Personal tech	17
Authenticating wall socket could charge for power by Geoff Gasior — 12:38 PM on February 14, 2012 Power leeches are pretty common these days. Airports and coffee shops seem to be their natural habitats, but they can be found anywhere there's... Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech	51
Report: Ultrabook supplier caves under pressure from Apple by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on February 14, 2012 Is Apple throwing its weight around to keep suppliers from dabbling in ultrabooks? Maybe so, at least according to a Commercial Times report quoted... Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing	66
Etc. by Scott Wasson — 9:45 AM on February 13, 2012 Morning, all. We are getting our first real snow of the winter here in the KC area, and the kids are out of school... Type: News story Tags: Miscellaneous	27

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NeelyCam

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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I'm getting less and less thrilled by Haswell every day now. And AMD would likel... +38

codedivine

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

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