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Deal of the week: Cheap storage, bargain IPS displays, and more by Cyril Kowaliski — 4:17 PM on August 3, 2012 1TB and 2TB hard drives still cost more than they did prior to last year's Thailand floods, but oddly enough, 3TB models seem to be... Type: News story Tags: Graphics Displays Software	42
Updated: Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition magically emerges from the mists by Geoff Gasior — 1:14 PM on August 3, 2012 Six weeks have passed since AMD launched its Radeon HD 7970 GHz... Type: News story Tags: Graphics	76
Friday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on August 3, 2012 7 Up Valve: OpenGL is faster than DirectX—even on Windows CPU World: Intel Celeron B830 spotted; more details on G645T and G550T CPUs Engadget:... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	25
Quantum dots to brighten LCD colors next year by Geoff Gasior — 11:14 AM on August 2, 2012 The colors in notebook LCD displays are poised to get a little richer thanks to quantum dots. 3M and Nanosys have created a plastic... Type: News story Tags: Displays	41
Sub-$200 GeForce GTX 650 Ti expected next quarter by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on August 2, 2012 That GeForce GTX 660 Ti we keep hearing about sounds like a solid card—if the rumors are to be believed, anyway—but it doesn't look inexpensive.... Type: News story Tags: Graphics	22
Thursday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on August 2, 2012 Eight is Enough Reuters: Calif. judge rules in favor of hp in Itanium server case and Oracle ordered to keep making Itanium... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	20
Oculus Rift VR headset seeks Kickstarter funding by Geoff Gasior — 11:25 AM on August 1, 2012 Want to help fund the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset? There's a Kickstarter for that. The folks behind the gaming-focused VR googles have taken to... Type: News story Tags: Displays Gaming	32
Wednesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:27 AM on August 1, 2012 Eight is Enough Computerworld India: Researcher demonstrates promising ways to attack Windows 8 Ars Technica: GNU founder Stallman calls DRM'd Steam for Linux... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	66
Tuesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 5:50 AM on July 31, 2012 7 Up AllThingsD: Want Gigabit Internet? You don't have to move to Kansas City. DigiTimes: Intel executive hosts pre-show conference detailing ultrabook symposium... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	3
Reports suggest imminent GeForce GTX 660 Ti launch by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:16 PM on July 30, 2012 Four months on from the release of the GTX 680, Nvidia still has a big, gaping hole in its GeForce 600 series. Older, 500-series models... Type: News story Tags: Graphics	41
Monday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on July 30, 2012 Eight is Enough VR-Zone: U.S. government argues it can keep MegaUpload assets frozen indefinitely X-bit labs: ASRock pre-announces AMP memory by AMD 9to5Mac:... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	34
Sunday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on July 29, 2012 Eight is Enough AllThingsD: Apple's "Samsung Didn't Copy Us" ad campaign postponed ZDNet: Is Valve's Linux gamble over Windows 8 a shot... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	52
Saturday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on July 28, 2012 Eight is Enough The NY Times: Apple officials said to consider stake in Twitter Ars Technica: Does Windows 8 succeed as a... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	27
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
Friday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 10:13 AM on July 27, 2012 Eight is Enough Facebook belly-flops into its first earnings report - Businessweek The Telegraph: Apple buys fingerprint security firm AuthenTec VR-Zone: AMD Radeon... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	17
Intel, Nvidia top Steam Hardware Survey by Geoff Gasior — 11:15 AM on July 26, 2012 The latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey is out, and it paints an interesting picture of the PC landscape—or, at least the part that... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Graphics Gaming Software	96
Thursday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on July 26, 2012 Eight is Enough Reuters: Apple claims $2.5 billion damages in Samsung patent case Risks come with rewards in Micron's purchase of Elpida... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	18
Wednesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on July 25, 2012 Eight is Enough Macworld: Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion arrives in Mac App Store C\|Net on Apple Q3 earnings: $35B in... 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... +41

Xenolith

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

superjawes

I am thinking PC. +28

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