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ACard's ANS-9010 Serial ATA RAM disk by Geoff Gasior — 11:08 PM on January 20, 2009 We haven't heard much about RAM disks since Gigabyte's i-RAM, but now ACard has one that supports up to 64GB of DDR2 memory, has dual... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage Servers Workstations	124
Hitachi's Deskstar E7K1000 hard drive by Geoff Gasior — 2:13 PM on January 2, 2009 Hitachi has updated its terabyte Deskstar with a new model that packs 334GB per platter. The E7K1000 is optimized for enterprise, promising solid performance with... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage Servers Workstations	36
Intel's X25-E Extreme solid-state drive by Geoff Gasior — 10:25 PM on November 23, 2008 Intel's new X25-E Extreme SSD reads at 250MB/s, writes at 170MB/s, has near-instantaneous seek times, and may very well be the fastest drive you can... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage Servers Workstations	121
Microsoft's free photo stitching tool is very slick indeed by Geoff Gasior — 2:15 PM on September 24, 2008 A few weeks ago on a backpacking trip, I took a stack of pictures to stich together for a dramatic panoramic shot. Or rather,... Type: Blog post Tags: Software	19
Western Digital's VelociRaptor VR150 hard drive by Geoff Gasior — 7:00 AM on April 21, 2008 Few hard drives are iconic as Western Digital's Raptor, and now there's a new one: the VelociRaptor VR150. Read on to see if a... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage Servers Workstations	106
Overclocking Intel's Xeon X3320 processor by Geoff Gasior — 12:52 AM on April 16, 2008 The Xeon X3320 shares the same 45nm Penryn core as the Core 2 Quad Q9300, but with a lower operating voltage that hints at greater... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Servers Workstations	36
Adobe unveils its web-based Photoshop spinoff by Cyril Kowaliski — 3:07 PM on March 27, 2008 Last fall, Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen spoke out at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, revealing his company's plans to deliver all of... Type: News story Tags: Internet Software	13
IE8 and why the IE team still can't code its way out of a wet paper bag by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:41 AM on March 6, 2008 Look, I'm sorry. I'm sure Microsoft's Internet Explorer team is full of smart, passionate, and talented people. But their latest effort, the Internet Explorer 8... Type: Blog post Tags: Internet Software	49

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It's not a benchmark suggestion, but a benchmark*ing* suggestion, I've always wanted to see more older CPUs thrown into what benchmarks they can to sh...

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Obligatory "what about Higher resolution desktop monitors" post. +26

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Good idea, and to expand on this point: A whole lot of people have already given... +24

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