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SSD prices down 38% in 2012, but up in Q4 by Geoff Gasior — 2:46 PM on January 15, 2013 SSD prices fell substantially in 2012. However, they actually went up in the fourth quarter, spurred largely by an end to OCZ's deep... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	30
BioShock Infinite PC perks, requirements detailed by Cyril Kowaliski — 2:06 PM on January 15, 2013 As we slowly inch toward BioShock Infinite's March 26 release, developer Irrational Games has revealed the PC version's hardware requirements. The minimum specs are... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	64
Dishonored developer worked on Half-Life 2: Episode Four by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:49 AM on January 15, 2013 We haven't seen a new Half-Life 2 game since Episode Two came out in October 2007. According to the folks at ValveTime and Rock, Paper,... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	44
New Xi3 PC is paperback-sized, costs $399 by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on January 15, 2013 Xi3 raised eyebrows last week when its Modular Computer chassis was named as a host for a potential Steam box development system. Now, the... Type: News story Tags: Systems	61
Tuesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:52 AM on January 15, 2013 7 Up Bloomberg: Dell said to be in buyout talks with private-equity firms X-bit labs: Toshiba expects half of mobile HDDs to become... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	44
Is 1920x1080 the new 1366x768? by Scott Wasson — 4:49 PM on January 14, 2013 One of the stories that came out of this year's CES is a classic good news/bad news sort of scenario for PC users. The good news... Type: News story Tags: Displays	113
Oculus Rift is freaking amazing by Scott Wasson — 3:09 PM on January 14, 2013 Like many of you, I had heard the hype about the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, the big names who are backing the device, and... Type: News story Tags: Displays Gaming	66
RIP, Internet activist and Reddit alumnus Aaron Swartz by Geoff Gasior — 12:21 PM on January 14, 2013 On Friday, programmer, writer, and activist Aaron Swartz committed suicide. Described by many as a genius, Swartz had a hand in developing the RSS specification... Type: News story Tags: Internet	78
Lenovo planning Android-based convertibles by Geoff Gasior — 11:11 AM on January 14, 2013 Tablets were everywhere at this year's Consumer Electronics Show. Lenovo uncorked a couple of fresh Windows 8-based convertibles, including one that draws... Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing	17
Etc. by Scott Wasson — 10:29 AM on January 14, 2013 Howdy, all. I hope you enjoyed our CES coverage last week. Cyril did a nice digest listing all of the stories. CES is a huge... Type: News story Tags: The Tech Report	9
HP regains top spot as PC shipments slump by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:57 AM on January 14, 2013 PC shipment estimates for the past quarter are in, and they're not all that encouraging. According to the folks at Gartner, shipments slipped from... Type: News story Tags: Systems	16
Monday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on January 14, 2013 Eight is Enough Steven Sinofsky offers snark-free CES observations Fudzilla: AMD's 2014 Kabini successor is Beema and AMD 28nm chips are still... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	69
Sunday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 10:31 AM on January 13, 2013 The Pick 6 Reuters: Oracle Corp to fix Java security flaw "shortly" A huge Windows 8 computer at CES 2013 (video) X-bit labs:... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	33
Saturday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 10:26 AM on January 12, 2013 Eight is Enough Reuters: AMD's Su says engineers transitioning from PC culture and U.S. warns on Java software as security concerns escalate WSJ:... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	49
TR's big CES 2013 digest by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:24 PM on January 11, 2013 We published a lot of stories from the Consumer Electronics Show this week.... Type: News story Tags: Miscellaneous The Tech Report	26
Adata serves mobile storage in multiple flavors by Geoff Gasior — 5:35 PM on January 11, 2013 The mobile market is growing, and so is the number of PC component makers looking to stake out new territory. Adata is dipping into... Type: News story Tags: Storage Mobile computing Personal tech	1
Deal of the week: Monitors, PSUs, games, and more by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:19 PM on January 11, 2013 We have plenty of news from CES to keep us occupied this week, but we wouldn't want to skip our weekly deal post—especially considering some... Type: News story Tags: Power Displays Gaming Windows	10
Enermax to offer all-white CPU cooler by Geoff Gasior — 4:05 PM on January 11, 2013 Some people laughed when enclosure makers first started offering stark white cases. The trend toward arctic-themed PCs hasn't shown any signs of slowing, though.... Type: News story Tags: Cooling	37

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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... +44

Xenolith

No Start menu, so the Xbox One is dead to me. +39

superjawes

I am thinking PC. +29

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