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• Microsoft reveals next-generation Xbox One console [316]
• Nvidia's GeForce GTX 780 graphics card reviewed [145]
• Intel dominates microprocessor revenue, AMD falls behind SoC makers [75]
• Samsung's latest 13.3'' notebook screen has a 3200x1800 resolution [72]
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New Steam beta lets you install games to other drives by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:34 PM on September 11, 2012 Steam's great—I'd go so far as to say it's one of the best things about PC gaming. It's not so great for gamers with solid-state... Type: News story Tags: Gaming Software	65
Seagate, WD tease next-gen hybrid drives by Geoff Gasior — 10:42 AM on September 11, 2012 Looks like Intel's next-generation Haswell platform will have some special sauce for hybrid... Type: News story Tags: Storage	28
Tuesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on September 11, 2012 Eight is Enough Intel's Otellini: 'I don't think there is a tablet- or phone-centric world' - PCWorld Reuters: Intel seeks software experts... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	25
Couch-friendly Big Picture UI comes to Steam by Geoff Gasior — 11:54 AM on September 10, 2012 We first heard about Steam's Big Picture mode last February. At the time, Valve promised a couch-friendly user interface for its popular game... Type: News story Tags: Gaming Software	66
Monday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on September 10, 2012 7 Up The NY Times: Valve a video game maker with few rules Neowin shares rumor: Microsoft has split Windows group into... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	46
Sunday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on September 9, 2012 7 Up Fudzilla: Nvidia GTX 660 reviews delayed to September 13th iSuppli: As Wintel dominance wanes, the Microsoft / Intel alliance frays Tech2:... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	48
Saturday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 9:24 AM on September 8, 2012 The Pick 6 Barron's: Merrill cuts estimates, pounds table on 'Haswell,' process lead StreetInsider: Cantor Fitzgerald downgrades Nvidia Reuters: Apple cuts memory... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	41
Deal of the week: A 128GB SSD for $55, and other bargains by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:17 PM on September 7, 2012 The cost per gigabyte of solid-state storage has been shrinking for a while now, but we're still amazed at some of the deals that pop... Type: News story Tags: Cases Storage Displays Mobile computing Gaming	40
Jobs Report Friday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 8:26 AM on September 7, 2012 The Fierce Five Reuters: Intel cuts sales outlook on weak PC demand and Intel to showcase new chips as investors eye stagnant... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	57
Thursday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 5:44 PM on September 6, 2012 Eight is Enough The Raw Story: Hackers allegedly holding Romney tax returns for ransom DigiTimes: Intel to promote Haswell platform at IDF... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	126
$5 Win8 app skips Metro on startup by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on September 6, 2012 If you were reading the news last month, you might have heard that the release version of Windows 8 won't allow folks to boot... Type: News story Tags: Software Windows	70
Wednesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on September 5, 2012 The Pick 6 TNW: AntiSec hackers leak 1,000,001 Apple device IDs allegedly obtained from FBI breach BBC News: BitTorrent study finds most file-sharers Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	51
Tuesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on September 4, 2012 7 Up CVG: Valve 'frustrated by lack of innovation' in PC hardware, 'jumping in' CPU World: Intel launches mid-class and budget desktop... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	51
Labor Day Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on September 3, 2012 Eight is Enough ZDNet: AMD 'Trinity' APU pricing leaks Oracle security alert for CVE-2012-4681 iTWire: Torvalds pours scorn on De Icaza's desktop... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	43
Sunday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 11:43 AM on September 2, 2012 7 Up Ars Technica: Critical bug in newest Java gives attackers complete control of PCs PCWorld: The new 'pure GNOME' Ubuntu Linux... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	17
Saturday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 1:16 PM on September 1, 2012 Eight is Enough B2C: When taglines go bad—the Best Buy saga WSJ: Production of iPhone screens delayed at Sharp Electronista: Photo could hint... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	28
Deal of the week: Game bundles and uber-cheap SSDs by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:28 PM on August 31, 2012 It's been a while since we kicked off one of our deal posts with a gaming bonanza. Let's rectify that, starting with a couple of... Type: News story Tags: Storage Gaming	27
Friday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 3:19 PM on August 31, 2012 Eight is Enough Wired: How Apple killed the Linux desktop and why that doesn't matter Reuters has an exclusive: Google, Apple CEOs... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	30

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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... +40

Xenolith

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

superjawes

I am thinking PC. +28

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