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• Microsoft reveals next-generation Xbox One console [309]
• Nvidia's GeForce GTX 780 graphics card reviewed [123]
• Samsung's latest 13.3'' notebook screen has a 3200x1800 resolution [72]
• Intel dominates microprocessor revenue, AMD falls behind SoC makers [71]
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Deal of the week: Discounted Radeons, SSDs, and a mechanical keyboard by Geoff Gasior — 12:38 PM on August 24, 2012 Earlier this week, AMD trimmed mid-range Radeon prices, providing plenty of fooder for this week's deals post. For the most part, the discounts... Type: News story Tags: Graphics Storage Input devices	43
Terabyte Toshiba hybrid drive has 8GB of NAND cache by Geoff Gasior — 11:01 AM on August 24, 2012 Seagate has been selling hybrid hard drives that combine flash memory with traditional mechanical platters for several years. We've reviewed a couple of... Type: News story Tags: Storage	24
Friday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 4:31 AM on August 24, 2012 Eight is Enough DigiTimes: Chip demand for PCs slows, say IC designers The Official Microsoft Blog: Microsoft unveils a new look (thanks... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	62
Release roundup: Windowed cases, 1200W power, and an OC-friendly mobo by Geoff Gasior — 11:31 AM on August 23, 2012 Every week, we gather press releases that slipped through the net of our daily coverage, and we post them in the release roundup. Here's this... Type: News story Tags: Motherboards Cases Power	26
Thursday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on August 23, 2012 Eight is Enough Business Insider: hp earnings in line, lowers guidance slightly (thanks dpaus) Ars Technica: In closing arguments, Apple lawyer tells Samsung: " Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	41
Wednesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 7:11 AM on August 22, 2012 Eight is Enough Businessweek: Dell forecast misses estimates as PC sales continue slump Reuters: Best Buy suspends profit outlook, share buybacks Intel and... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	19
Tuesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 9:31 AM on August 21, 2012 Eight is Enough eWeek: AMD blog site hacked—user names, encrypted passwords stolen Fudzilla: hp hires Nokia executive to get back into tablets CPU... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	20
IEEE taking input on next-gen Ethernet standard by Geoff Gasior — 6:00 AM on August 21, 2012 The Ethernet standard currently tops out at a staggering 100 Gbps, which requires... Type: News story Tags: Networking Servers Workstations	112
Monday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 7:27 AM on August 20, 2012 7 Up The Verge's news flash: Surface Pro has a better Retina Display than the iPad SamMobile: Is this the new Galaxy... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	59
Sunday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 3:24 AM on August 19, 2012 The Pick 6 Fudzilla: Electronics industry could send Taiwan under Engadget: Asus Transformer Pad TF300 gets Jelly Bean update, TF700 looks at watch... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	68
Saturday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 9:40 AM on August 18, 2012 Eight is Enough TweakTown on Nvidia's strong-arm tactics - how they treat GPU partners and media VR-Zone: Better late than never? AMD Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	46
Deal of the week: Graphics, RAM, PSUs, and games by Cyril Kowaliski — 4:18 PM on August 17, 2012 Let's kick off this deal post with Nvidia's new GeForce GTX 660 Ti, which we reviewed yesterday and featured in our latest system... Type: News story Tags: Graphics Power Memory Gaming	11
Friday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 4:10 AM on August 17, 2012 Eight is Enough C\|Net: Judge says Apple's 'smoking crack' with giant witness list Valve's Gabe Newell doesn't mince words about Windows 8... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	28
Intel brings TRIM support to SSD RAID arrays by Geoff Gasior — 10:42 AM on August 16, 2012 TRIM is the best thing to happen to SSDs since the price of flash memory started falling. Now part of the Serial ATA specification,... Type: News story Tags: Storage	39
Thursday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 7:37 AM on August 16, 2012 Eight is Enough Nvidia unveils new weapon of choice for gamers—the Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti GPU WSJ: Apple's new front in Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	26
Wednesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on August 15, 2012 Eight is Enough Yahoo! Finance: Berkshire Hathaway liquidates stake in Intel over quarter Bloomberg: MKM Partner's Daniel Berenbaum reiterates sell rating on... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	42
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
Tuesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:41 AM on August 14, 2012 Eight is Enough Fudzilla: Qualcomm not buying AMD anytime soon and AMD fires China SVP, Taiwan VP and faster iteration of Core... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	10

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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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danny e.

Based on the content of the presentation, it almost feels like gaming is taking... +39

Xenolith

No Start menu, so the Xbox One is dead to me. +38

superjawes

I am thinking PC. +28

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