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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
The Windows 8 Consumer Preview is now available by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:50 AM on February 29, 2012 Right on schedule, Microsoft made the Windows 8 Consumer Preview available earlier this morning. You can head to the official portal for more information.... Type: News story Tags: Operating systems Windows	127
Zune, Windows Live brands said to be on the chopping block by Cyril Kowaliski — 4:42 PM on February 24, 2012 Microsoft is cleaning house, it sounds like. We found out this morning that the company might cut down on the number of OS editions with... Type: News story Tags: Software Windows	53
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
Windows 8 editions listed in HP driver notes by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:28 AM on February 24, 2012 Now, this could simply be a placeholder, not a genuine list of the upcoming Windows 8 editions. Still, it's an interesting slip-up by HP. As... Type: News story Tags: Operating systems Windows	43
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
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
Apple parades its Mountain Lion by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on February 17, 2012 Well, now we know what the next release of OS X will look like. Apple has officially lifted the curtain over OS X Mountain Lion,... Type: News story Tags: Operating systems Mac	54
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
Release roundup: New cases and related accessories by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:04 PM on February 10, 2012 This week in our look at miscellaneous product releases and announcements, we've got news from Antec, Cooler Master, Scythe, and Thermaltake: Type: News story Tags: Cases Power Cooling	8
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
Report: Media Center to have limited role in Windows 8 by Geoff Gasior — 1:23 PM on February 8, 2012 Microsoft has outlined a number of the big changes coming in Windows 8, including the addition of a touch-friendly Metro UI. Metro's big fonts... Type: News story Tags: Operating systems	27

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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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Mirror's Edge 2008: Widely-considered a great game by consumers and reviewers al... +24

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I won't buy Intel unless they release a stock 220w CPU. +22

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