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Thursday Night Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 8:15 PM on April 25, 2013 Eight is Enough X-bit labs: Intel Core i7-4960X "Ivy Bridge-E" is up to 11% faster than current-generation Extreme offering ZDNet: Want the most reliable... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	20
Wednesday Night Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 8:16 PM on April 24, 2013 Eight is Enough Ars Technica on the rise and fall of AMD: A company on the ropes The Inquirer: AMD brought 64-bit... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	19
Tuesday Night Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 11:59 PM on April 23, 2013 The Fierce Five Hardware Canucks, HotHardware, KitGuru, Legit Reviews, PCPer, TechSpot, techPowerUp!, and TweakTown review AMD... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	11
Report: Intel wants batteries in all-in-one PCs by Geoff Gasior — 12:35 PM on April 22, 2013 With the demand for traditional towers dwindling, a lot of the action in the desktop PC industry seems to be focused on all-in-one systems similar... Type: News story Tags: Systems Mobile computing	30
Monday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on April 22, 2013 The Pick 6 The Verge: Windows 8.1 'Kiosk Mode' discovered in newly leaked build WinBeta's first look: Windows 8.1 Pro preview build... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	10
Weekend Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 1:02 PM on April 20, 2013 The Pick 6 Bloomberg: AMD rehires graphic-chip executive Raja Koduri back from Apple Mac Rumors: Lower-cost iPhone's plastic rear shell reportedly surfaces X-bit... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	51
Friday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on April 19, 2013 7 Up Google Inc. announces first quarter 2013 results The Inquirer: Flawed Malwarebytes security update wipes out thousands of computers The Official Microsoft Blog:... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	20
The PC is booming—just not the PC we know by Cyril Kowaliski — 11:05 PM on April 18, 2013 So, you heard the news: PC sales are tanking. Apparently, nobody wants to buy Dells or HPs anymore; nobody cares about clunky laptops and bulky... Type: Blog post Tags: Systems Mobile computing Personal tech	81
Thursday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on April 18, 2013 7 Up Mashable: Foxconn will now pay Microsoft for every Android device it makes Reuters: Yahoo! posts flat first-quarter revenue on declining... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	16
Wednesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on April 17, 2013 7 Up Windows: It's over - ZDNet editorial PC Advisor: Microsoft eyes ditching browser for secure web apps ZDNet: First real-world usage figures... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	38
Tuesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on April 16, 2013 7 Up WinBeta: Microsoft to allow users to jump straight to desktop in Windows 8.1? Fudzilla: Desktop GeForce 7 comes by Computex CPU World... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	17
TR's April 2013 System Guide by Cyril Kowaliski — 4:33 PM on April 15, 2013 We've updated our famous system guide to account for the latest graphics cards (and their accompanying game bundles) as well as recent introductions in... Type: Feature article Tags: Systems	97
Gigabyte intros Brix mini barebones PC by Geoff Gasior — 12:43 PM on April 15, 2013 As PC platforms consolidate more features in fewer chips, small-form-factor systems are becoming a lot more appealing—and a lot smaller. Gigabyte appears to be... Type: News story Tags: Motherboards Systems	10
Monday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 11:58 AM on April 15, 2013 The Fantastic Four Bloomberg: Dish bids $25.5 billion for Sprint to challenge Softbank Nvidia: Kepler and Maxwell graphics architectures will change the game... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	14
Weekend Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:18 AM on April 14, 2013 Eight is Enough AMD - No DirectX 12 Fudzilla: Haswell Crystal Well has L4 cache for iGPU X-bit labs: Hard disk drives market... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	32
Friday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 1:00 PM on April 12, 2013 The Pick 6 Benchmark Reviews: Can console gaming save AMD from collapse? IDF Beijing 2013: Transforming computing experiences from the device to the... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	43
Gartner, IDC: PC shipments tanked last quarter by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:46 PM on April 10, 2013 Here comes more doom and gloom from PC market watchers. This time, the folks at CNet News have compiled Q1 2013 PC shipment figures... Type: News story Tags: Systems	119
Wednesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 1:10 PM on April 10, 2013 The Pick 6 VR-Zone on Intel Xeon 2013 update - A bit later, but a bit better, too Fudzilla: 22nm Atom competitive... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	32

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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. +25

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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