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Razer brings Switchblade UI to standalone keyboard by Geoff Gasior — 3:15 PM on January 16, 2012 Razer was keen to show off its Blade gaming laptop at the Consumer Electronics Show this year, but the system is a little large—and... Type: News story Tags: Input devices	16
Thermaltake brings rubber domes back in style by Cyril Kowaliski — 12:58 AM on January 11, 2012 Mechanical keyboards have seen something of a renaissance in recent years—especially in hardcore gaming circles, where keyboards based on Cherry's MX black key switches are... Type: News story Tags: Input devices	57
OCZ's Octane 512GB solid-state drive by Geoff Gasior — 4:18 PM on November 30, 2011 OCZ bought SSD controller maker Indilinx earlier this year, and the first product of that acquisition is now out. Join us for a look... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	41
Seagate's Momentus XT 750GB hybrid hard drive by Geoff Gasior — 12:26 AM on November 29, 2011 Seagate has upgraded its Momentus XT hybrid drive with more storage capacity and a bigger, faster flash cache. We dig deeper to see how... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage Mobile computing	69
SSD scaling outside the sweet spot by Geoff Gasior — 10:32 PM on October 19, 2011 Fresh from rounding up a collection of the latest 120-128GB solid-state drives, we've turned our attention to a pack of 240-300GB models to see... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	44
TR gerbil fashions RAID enclosure out of Lego by Cyril Kowaliski — 11:56 AM on October 7, 2011 We all need custom hardware occasionally. Some go to great lengths to build sophisticated testing rigs (ahem), but there's nothing wrong with a quick-and-dirty... Type: News story Tags: Storage	27
SSDs in the sweet spot: Modern contenders at 120-128GB by Geoff Gasior — 11:01 PM on September 25, 2011 The latest generation of SSDs is out in full force. We've rounded up nine of 'em to see which offers the best performance... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	169
Cherry MX switches take root in Corsair gaming keyboards by Geoff Gasior — 12:03 PM on September 16, 2011 IDF — Corsair rolled out a slew of new gaming peripherals at the Intel Developer Forum this week. We were at the big reveal,... Type: News story Tags: Input devices	59
Razer's BlackWidow and BlackWidow Ultimate keyboards by David Morgan — 3:10 AM on July 26, 2011 We've tested both of Razer's clicky mechanical gaming keyboards to figure out whether they're worth the money—and hearing loss. Type: Feature article Tags: Input devices	57
Diamond's VStream wireless HDMI adapter by Cyril Kowaliski — 1:28 AM on July 13, 2011 This $120 adapter promises to output 1080p video wirelessly via nothing more than a USB dongle. Does it fulfill its promise, and is it... Type: Feature article Tags: Displays	40
Clash of the Sumo Titan bean bag chair by David Morgan — 10:55 PM on May 18, 2011 Here at TR, we generally can't be bothered with things that don't raise the electricity bill or contain copious amounts of caffeine. However, over... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous	31
Intel, Micron start sampling 20-nm NAND flash by Cyril Kowaliski — 12:10 PM on April 14, 2011 Slowly but surely, flash memory continues to get cheaper and more capacious. Intel and Micron have just taken another step in that direction with the... Type: News story Tags: Storage	26
Intel's 320 Series solid-state drive by Geoff Gasior — 10:00 AM on March 28, 2011 Intel has another new solid-state drive, and this time it's an all in-house affair with 25-nano flash. Keep reading for the skinny on... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	67
A late adopter's guide to USB 3.0 by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:34 AM on March 25, 2011 SuperSpeed connectivity may be a nice additional perk as part of a future system, but is it worth the trouble as a standalone upgrade? Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	34
Crucial's m4 solid-state drive by Geoff Gasior — 3:57 PM on March 24, 2011 Crucial's long-awaited successor to the RealSSD C300 has arrived. Join us as we take a closer look at the performance of the RealSSD... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	36
An early look at OCZ's Vertex 3 solid-state drive by Geoff Gasior — 12:26 AM on March 23, 2011 OCZ's long-awaited Vertex 3 solid-state drive is due out in a couple of weeks. Join us for an in-depth look at the drive and... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	37
Intel's 510 Series solid-state drive by Geoff Gasior — 4:14 PM on March 17, 2011 Intel's latest 510 Series SSD combines custom firmware with a 6Gbps Marvell controller. We take a closer look at the drive's performance to see... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	49
Hitachi's Deskstar 7K3000 3TB hard drive by Geoff Gasior — 11:59 PM on March 13, 2011 Hard drive makers have been slow to release new models with three-terabyte capacities. Hitachi was the first to reach 3TB with a 7,200-RPM desktop... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	25

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Continuing a long history of innovation, AMD announced today that they were the first to reach a critical CPU power envelope threshold. AMD CEO, Rory...

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