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Smartphone forecast: Reflective, with a chance of water damage by Geoff Gasior — 9:27 AM on February 22, 2013 Smartphones are true marvels of modern technology. Although inherently limited by their... Type: Blog post Tags: Displays Mobile computing Personal tech	41
Talk to the Dragon, NaturallySpeaking by Geoff Gasior — 10:03 AM on January 4, 2013 While I wouldn't consider myself to be particularly injury prone, I've managed to damage various bits of my body over the years. Muscles have... Type: Blog post Tags: Input devices	33
A couple of months with Corsair's Vengeance M60 mouse by Cyril Kowaliski — 11:09 PM on July 19, 2012 It all started with a failing microswitch. It was the spring of 2011, and I was a perfectly contented MX1100 user. Logitech's latest high-end mouse had... Type: Blog post Tags: Input devices	66
Goodbye, Google+ by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:24 PM on June 7, 2012 I asked Google to delete my Google+ account the other day. I did it without second thoughts, without regrets, after using the service for barely a... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Internet	87
Have Internet, will travel by Geoff Gasior — 12:00 AM on May 25, 2012 To borrow the first line from The Streets' magnificent A Grand Don't Come for Free, it was supposed to be so easy. After a brutally... Type: Blog post Tags: Internet Personal tech	34
If data can be lost, it will by Geoff Gasior — 3:03 AM on May 11, 2012 Murphy was right. If something can go wrong, it will... eventually. Earlier this week, the water main connected to our house burst, submerging... Type: Blog post Tags: Storage Internet	43
Why do mobile displays get all the love? by David Morgan — 9:52 AM on April 6, 2012 With few exceptions, it seems, the gadgets hogging the media limelight today tend to be of the fingerprint-collecting variety. Tablets, phones, tablet-phones, e-readers, and anything... Type: Blog post Tags: Displays	56
Six screens, one desk by Geoff Gasior — 6:32 PM on March 8, 2012 When I sit down at my desk in the Benchmarking Sweatshop, it feels like maybe I could tap into the Matrix. I've slowly added... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Displays	47
CES 2012: the shape of things to come? by Scott Wasson — 11:08 AM on January 17, 2012 One of the funny things about going to CES is that you're expected to be plugged into the overall vibe of the show, so you... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Displays Personal tech	15
A roadmap for next-generation mobo firmware by Geoff Gasior — 10:43 AM on October 13, 2011 Later this week, I embark on a super-secret mission to Silicon Valley to get a sneak peek at Asus' upcoming X79 motherboards. At a... Type: Blog post Tags: Motherboards	37
A case for better keyboards by Geoff Gasior — 11:14 AM on September 23, 2011 PC enthusiasts have a tendency to focus their attention on what's inside the box. Indeed, we're guilty of that here at TR. Most... Type: Blog post Tags: Input devices	75
The more things change... by Fred Silver — 9:26 AM on June 13, 2011 Type: Blog post Tags: Motherboards	37
Motherboards and their owners by Fred Silver — 10:21 AM on June 6, 2011 Some motherboards are easier to work with than others. Type: Blog post Tags: Motherboards	46
Our slow migration into the cloud by Cyril Kowaliski — 12:44 PM on May 27, 2011 There's been a lot of talk about the cloud lately. I'm not sure exactly when clouds came to represent noisy server farms thousands of miles... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Internet	26
A eulogy for my last good Logitech mouse by Cyril Kowaliski — 10:28 PM on May 12, 2011 Why, oh, why does this happen to me? Why must my privileged, middle-class lifestyle be marred by microswitch failures? Once, just once, I wish I... Type: Blog post Tags: Input devices	142
Confessions of a multi-monitor madman by David Morgan — 12:05 PM on April 8, 2011 The first thing guests will notice upon entering my home office/playground is not the functioning-but-retired T-bird Athlon motherboard adorning the back wall, nor the pair... Type: Blog post Tags: Displays	55
Musing on the state of motherboards by Geoff Gasior — 11:11 PM on March 3, 2011 Manufacturers routinely ask us what we think of their current products and what we'd like to see from future ones. Sometimes, I get the... Type: Blog post Tags: Motherboards	86
PC hardware enthusiasm.. miniaturized? by Scott Wasson — 1:02 PM on February 23, 2011 I've been into building PCs for many years now, but before that, I was never a particularly handy or mechanically inclined type of guy. ... Type: Blog post Tags: Game consoles	37

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tipoo

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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lilbuddhaman

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

chuckula

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

Alexko

"Quark, drunk on money, power, and an estimated 90% market share, started behavi... +24

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