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• Samsung's latest 13.3'' notebook screen has a 3200x1800 resolution [71]

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Sunday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 3:13 PM on March 4, 2012 The Pick 6 Ars Technica: Who can shut down cell phone service? FCC seeks public comment 3DCenter has Radeon HD 7800 specs... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	18
Saturday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 3:58 PM on March 3, 2012 7 Up DigiTimes reports Intel to release Ivy Bridge processors at the end of April Ars Technica: iPad using iOS 6, high-res... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	18
Windows 8-Ball Consumer Preview by David Morgan — 11:31 AM on March 2, 2012 There aren't many experiences in life more disconcerting than waking up and not knowing where you are or how you got there. I was... Type: Blog post Tags: Operating systems	223
Etc. by Scott Wasson — 10:36 AM on March 2, 2012 Wow. Long week here in Damage Labs, and I'm pretty shattered as a result. We were working late last night, recording the podcast,... Type: News story Tags: CPUs The Tech Report	44
Friday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on March 2, 2012 Eight is Enough AnandTech reports Microsoft demos Windows 8 on 82" touchscreen and Microsoft shows Windows 8 CP on Tegra 3, Krait,... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	12
Thursday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 1:30 PM on March 1, 2012 Eight is Enough VR-Zone: AMD cuts prices by 2 to 15% across nine Phenom II CPUs and is Lucid's Virtu MVP the... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	11
SeaMicro fabric could be the glue for future AMD chips by Scott Wasson — 5:10 PM on February 29, 2012 The reasons for AMD's decision to purchase SeaMicro are coming into focus quickly. AMD's John Fruehe has written a blog post explaining what... Type: News story Tags: CPUs	43
AMD announces plans to acquire SeaMicro by Scott Wasson — 4:02 PM on February 29, 2012 Apparently, AMD's new executive team had some specifics in mind when they were talking about making some unconventional moves in the server market a... Type: News story Tags: CPUs	27
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
Behold the mewling mountain kitty by Jason Fox — 10:43 AM on February 29, 2012 So I managed to spend some time with a preview release of OS X 10.8 (don't you dare call it Mac OS X anymore, you... Type: Blog post Tags: Mac	32
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
Wednesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 8:44 AM on February 29, 2012 7 Up Dell: We're no longer a PC company - PC Pro Google's Schmidt: If Google gets it right, there will be an... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	29
Tuesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 11:29 AM on February 28, 2012 Three's Company X-bit labs: Roll-out of Intel "Ivy Bridge" micro- processors will take months to complete - source Bloomberg: Micron biggest winner as Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	17
AMD adds a pair of new FX-series chips by Cyril Kowaliski — 2:14 PM on February 27, 2012 Bad news: AMD's flagship FX-8150 processor still costs $245, and it's still relatively overpriced compared to the competition. Good news: the remainder of the FX-series... Type: News story Tags: CPUs	94
Intel details smartphone-bound Medfield Atoms by Geoff Gasior — 12:58 PM on February 27, 2012 With the Mobile World Congress in full swing across the Atlantic, Intel has announced a series of Atom processors targeted at smartphones. The... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Personal tech	39
It's official: Ivy Bridge release pushed back by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on February 27, 2012 And just like that, Intel has confirmed last week's rumors—well, partially so. Intel China Executive VP Sean Maloney gave the Financial Times the scoop... Type: News story Tags: CPUs	137
Monday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on February 27, 2012 The Starting Five Bruce Schneier: Government, big data pose bigger 'Net threat than criminals - Ars Technica AnandTech reports Orange to sell co-branded... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	19
Sunday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 6:08 PM on February 26, 2012 The Starting Five Bloomberg: Apple to elect board by majority after investor pressure Mac Rumors: Apple seriously considered switching to AMD in 2011... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	7

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CampinCarl

I'm sorry but if there's enough market demand for 13.3" 3200x1800 screens, there's MORE than enough demand for 24" 2560x1600 screens.

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Xenolith

No Start menu, so the Xbox One is dead to me. +34

danny e.

Based on the content of the presentation, it almost feels like gaming is taking... +30

lilbuddhaman

Obligatory "what about Higher resolution desktop monitors" post. +28

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