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Eight is Enough Threatpost: Chrome clickjacking vulnerability could expose user information on Google, Amazon Windows 8 upgrade offer set to expire soon Fudzilla:

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The Pick 6 Bloomberg: Microsoft Windows notebook sales drop during holidays, NPD says X-bit labs: Intel's next-gen Atom "ValleyView" to double CPU performance, triple...

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Post-holiday sales are still popping up around the web, and as it happens, Newegg has one running today and through the weekend. Among the...

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We've clocked the latest 2.5" SSDs at nearly 550MB/s in sequential transfer rate tests. That speed isn't far off the peak theoretical transfer...

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Back before I published my first "Inside the second" article, as I was still mulling over the issues in my head, I attended a...

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Intel's 335 Series is pretty sweet. The SandForce-powered solid-state drive uses the latest 20-nm NAND and is only a step behind the very...

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In late November, Microsoft revealed some fresh details about the Intel-powered version of its Surface tablet: more detailed specs, pricing, and so forth. The...

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Remember those rumors about lower-wattage Ivy Bridge processors possibly showing up before the Haswell launch? Well, they're not rumors anymore. We now have confirmation—or...

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The Pick 6 Google Official Blog: The FTC closes its antitrust review of Google Mashable: Twitter now valued at $11 billion, analyst...

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DRM schemes were introduced to curb piracy, and they're increasingly being deployed as weapons against used-game sales. While most have been cracked or otherwise bypassed,...

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Is there room for another smartphone OS? Canonical seems to think so. The company behind Ubuntu is bringing its Linux distribution to...

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Ooh, interesting. Mere days ahead of CES, Asus has announced that it's going to add motion control technology to some of its upcoming PCs....

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We've seen plenty of tablets, laptops, and all-in-one desktops with touch screens ripe for Windows 8, but surprisingly few standalone desktop monitors. However, Samsung seems...

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Reservations for Six AMD names Devinder Kumar Chief Financial Officer X-bit labs: AMD to officially roll out Kabini and Temash low-power APUs this...

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To our surprise, we recently found that the GeForce GTX 660 Ti generally outperforms the Radeon HD 7950 in our latency-focused tests in many...

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2012 was a pretty good year for PC gamers. Sure, we had to share a lot of titles with consoles, but we also got...

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Marvell is an important player in the SSD business. While its name doesn't appear on any drives, its controller technology resides inside popular SSDs...

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Eight is Enough Inside Intel's TV service at GigaOM: No CES announcement, but plenty of juicy details Fudzilla: Intel spends fortune on perceptual...

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