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Report: Hard drive makers slimming notebook models down to 5 mm by Geoff Gasior — 10:54 AM on August 14, 2012 Most notebook hard drives conform to the 2.5" form factor. The standard, which calls for platters 2.5" in diameter, comes in multiple thicknesses. ... Type: News story Tags: Storage Mobile computing	27
TR BBQ IX: probably the best yet by Scott Wasson — 10:38 AM on August 13, 2012 The ninth annual edition of the TR BBQ is in the books, and it may just go down as the best one yet. We converged... Type: News story Tags: The Tech Report	73
Deal of the week: Storage and memory coupons by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:27 PM on August 10, 2012 This week's deal post is all about getting the most gigs for your buck, whether you're looking at memory, solid-state drives, or good old-fashioned mechanical... Type: News story Tags: Storage Memory	10
Next-gen Samsung SoC has USB 3.0, WQXGA display support by Geoff Gasior — 1:33 PM on August 10, 2012 Looks like next-generation Samsung smartphones and tablets will boast PC-class storage interfaces. Samsung's... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Graphics Storage Mobile computing	55
TR BBQ IX's unprecedented prize haul unveiled by Scott Wasson — 10:28 AM on August 2, 2012 We've already told you about the fact that the ninth annual TR BBQ event will be taking place this year on August 11,... Type: News story Tags: The Tech Report	32
Seagate posts 2012 financials, possibly eyeing OCZ acquisition by Geoff Gasior — 10:45 AM on August 1, 2012 Seagate's 2012 fiscal year has ended, and the company made a tidy profit. Over the last 12 months, the hard drive maker raked in... Type: News story Tags: Storage	20
SSDs with next-gen NAND approach by Geoff Gasior — 11:28 AM on July 31, 2012 At the Computex trade show in Taipei, Taiwan earlier this year, the folks at SandForce told us to expect drives based on next-generation NAND in... Type: News story Tags: Storage	49
Budget Crucial v4 SSD targets 3Gbps SATA upgrades by Geoff Gasior — 10:44 AM on July 31, 2012 Adding a solid-state drive is often the best way to boost the performance of an aging system, especially if it's a laptop. Now, Crucial has... Type: News story Tags: Storage	23
Deal of the week: a 7850 for $200, a 128GB SSD for $85, and more by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:35 PM on July 27, 2012 We've got a trifecta of hardware deals for you all this week, starting with a nice discount on OCZ's new 128GB Agility 4 solid-state drive. Newegg... Type: News story Tags: Graphics Storage Memory Gaming	19
Western Digital doubles last year's profits by Geoff Gasior — 12:26 PM on July 26, 2012 Western Digital has released the financial results for its fourth fiscal quarter of 2012, and it seems the hard drive maker has rebounded quite nicely... Type: News story Tags: Storage	37
USB Power Delivery spec offers up to 100W by Geoff Gasior — 11:51 AM on July 24, 2012 A little less than a year ago, we learned that the USB Implementers Forum, the governing body behind the interface standard, was working to... Type: News story Tags: Power Storage Mobile computing	50
MSI looks to have some SSDs up its sleeve by Cyril Kowaliski — 4:10 PM on July 23, 2012 Mechanical hard drive makers have consolidated quite a bit in recent years, but in the world of solid-state drives, vendors only seem to be multiplying.... Type: News story Tags: Storage	34
Report: Thunderbolt bandwidth to double in 2014 by Geoff Gasior — 10:54 AM on July 23, 2012 Intel's Thunderbolt interface is pretty slick. It combines DisplayPort and PCI Express over a single cable with a staggering 40Gbps of aggregate bandwidth. ... Type: News story Tags: Storage Displays Mobile computing	53
Deal of the week: Games, games, games—and some hardware, too by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:16 PM on July 20, 2012 The Steam Summer Sale has been running all week, slowly impoverishing PC gamers everywhere. There are still some great deals to be found among today's... Type: News story Tags: Storage Memory Mobile computing Gaming	78
Release roundup: Fast DRAM, mini SSDs, and a big tower by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:32 PM on July 19, 2012 Every week, we gather press releases that slipped through the net of our daily coverage, and we post them in the release roundup. This week,... Type: News story Tags: Cases Storage Memory	39
Indilinx Barefoot 3 SSD controller coming soon by Geoff Gasior — 10:56 AM on July 18, 2012 OCZ's "Indilinx Infused" Octane, Vertex 4, and Agility 4 SSDs don't actually have... Type: News story Tags: Storage	41
Intel SSD price cuts are official by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on July 17, 2012 The rumor mill expected Intel to slash SSD prices in August, and... Type: News story Tags: Storage	58
Deal of the week: Cheap storage for Steam's Summer Sale by Geoff Gasior — 1:24 PM on July 13, 2012 Valve's Steam Summer Sale is in full swing, giving us a good starting point for this week's deals post. There are a few... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Storage Gaming	28

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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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mcnabney

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

willmore

You're right, dell paid the SEC $100 Million in fines (but admitted no wrong doi... +36

codedivine

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

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