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Roccat app turns smartphone into PC gaming accessory by Geoff Gasior — 3:26 PM on March 6, 2012 Want to use your smartphone to monitor and control your PC while gaming? There's an app for that—multiple ones, actually. Roccat's new Type: News story Tags: Input devices Software Personal tech	5
Intel unveils the Xeon E5-2600 series by Scott Wasson — 11:00 AM on March 6, 2012 Although the Sandy Bridge CPU microarchitecture has been available in laptops and desktops for over a year,... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Servers Workstations	46
Prototype controller adds haptic feedback to analog sticks by Geoff Gasior — 10:50 AM on March 6, 2012 You can have my keyboard and mouse when you pry them from my cold, dead hands, but I can't deny the popularity of game controllers... Type: News story Tags: Input devices Gaming	12
Rumor points to iPad HD name for next iPad by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:32 AM on March 6, 2012 Tomorrow morning, Apple will finally show its third-generation iPad to the world. Today, the iPad 3 rumor mill is grinding harder than ever. The rumor... Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech	24
Tuesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on March 6, 2012 The Pick 6 Expreview: Nvidia Kepler GK104 cards to come out on March 23rd and retail Ivy Bridge processor may feature E1... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	12
Monday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 2:55 AM on March 5, 2012 Radeon HD 7870 and 7870 reviews Guru3D, Hardware Canucks, Hardware Heaven, Hexus.net, HotHardware, KitGuru, Neoseeker, PC... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	26
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
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
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
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
Raspberry Pi mini-PC boards up for pre-order by Geoff Gasior — 10:41 AM on February 29, 2012 ARM-based CPUs may not be fast enough for desktops and notebooks, but they're sneaking into all sorts of budget computing platforms. For DIY types,... Type: News story Tags: Personal tech	11
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
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
Thermaltake's Meka G1 and G-Unit keyboards by Geoff Gasior — 10:21 PM on February 28, 2012 Cherry MX switches and extra perks dominate Thermaltake's mechanical keyboards. We take a closer look at the Meka G1 and G-Unit to see... Type: Feature article Tags: Input devices	24
$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
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

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tipoo

It's not a benchmark suggestion, but a benchmark*ing* suggestion, I've always wanted to see more older CPUs thrown into what benchmarks they can to sh...

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lilbuddhaman

Obligatory "what about Higher resolution desktop monitors" post. +26

chuckula

Good idea, and to expand on this point: A whole lot of people have already given... +24

Alexko

"Quark, drunk on money, power, and an estimated 90% market share, started behavi... +24

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