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Weekend Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 6:59 PM on May 18, 2013 The Pick 6 Reuters: New CEO vows Intel will be more responsive in mobile push Apple CEO: "We're going very deep" with... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	19
Friday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 5:35 PM on May 17, 2013 Eight is Enough TechCrunch: Amidst Tumblr acquisition rumors, Yahoo! to hold product event with Marissa Mayer on Monday X-bit labs: AMD needs more... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	79
Deals of the week: IPS displays, graphics cards, storage, and games by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:14 PM on May 17, 2013 We've gathered a pretty nice selection of deals this week. We've got a heavily discounted 23" IPS monitor, a Radeon that's on sale and bundled... Type: News story Tags: Graphics Storage Displays	15
Pre-orders begin for Nvidia's Shield by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:10 AM on May 17, 2013 So, remember how Nvidia's Shield handheld gaming device was supposed to go... Type: News story Tags: Gaming Game consoles	39
Release roundup: Flash drives, Thunderbolt, and an arcade controller by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:09 PM on May 16, 2013 This week on the roundup, we've got news about flash drives from Adata, a Thunderbolt-enabled Haswell mobo from ASRock, and an arcade-style fighting game controller... Type: News story Tags: Motherboards Storage Input devices	17
Thursday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 4:00 PM on May 16, 2013 Eight is Enough PC shipments in Western Europe decline 20.5% in 1Q13, says Gartner Intel: Better tablet prospects, but ultrabooks key, says... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	23
Latest Das Keyboard flavor features Cherry MX red switches by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:10 AM on May 16, 2013 The folks at Das Keyboard have expanded their line of mechanical keyboards again. This time, they've introduced a model called the Model S Professional... Type: News story Tags: Input devices	22
Wednesday Night Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 10:43 PM on May 15, 2013 The Starting Five NPR: Google launches a streaming music service Fudzilla: Asus launches 15.6-incher with Retina-class display X-bit labs: Nvidia delays commercial... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	27
Tuesday Night Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 9:58 PM on May 14, 2013 Eight is Enough The Official Microsoft Blog: Staying centered The Inquirer: France could drop three strikes copyright law BGR: Google's new Android boss... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	34
Intel's Thin Mini-ITX platform: nine months later by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:25 AM on May 13, 2013 Nine months after our first brush with Thin Mini-ITX, we're taking another look at the platform, this time with a state-of-the-art all-in-one PC that... Type: Feature article Tags: Systems	15
Deal of the week: 4TB for $184, and other goodies by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:49 PM on May 10, 2013 We'll keep this week's deal post short and sweet, starting with a few hardware bargains: Seagate's Desktop HDD.15 4TB hard drive... Type: News story Tags: Power Storage Displays Gaming	73
Friday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 1:06 PM on May 10, 2013 Eight is Enough Intel: Keeping up with Moore's Law is becoming a challenge - PCWorld X-bit labs: New benchmark results of Core... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	64
Tactus and Synaptics partner on tactile touchscreen buttons by Geoff Gasior — 9:23 AM on May 10, 2013 The smooth exterior glass of touchscreen displays is great for letting your fingers glide freely while performing various swipes and gestures. However, the lack of... Type: News story Tags: Displays Input devices Mobile computing Personal tech	9
Wednesday Night Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 11:48 PM on May 8, 2013 The Fierce Five Toshiba: Microsoft confused tablet buyers with Windows 8 Ocaholic: Ivy Bridge at 7.2GHz X-bit labs: Alleged images of GeForce... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	13
WD explains hybrid tech behind Black SSHDs by Geoff Gasior — 2:22 PM on May 8, 2013 Ever since WD announced its first SSHDs last month, we've wondered about... Type: News story Tags: Storage Software	32
Zbox mini PCs get Ivy Bridge Core i3, i5 upgrades by Geoff Gasior — 10:18 AM on May 8, 2013 Zotac has beefed up its Zbox lineup with two new models based on Ivy Bridge processors. Until now, the company's most powerful mini PC... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Systems	34
Tuesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 4:13 PM on May 7, 2013 7 Up Reuters: EA total revenue, profit drop in fourth quarter and Nokia CEO says it remains focused on Windows Phone software C\|Net:... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	31
Seagate enters consumer SSD market, adds new enterprise drives by Geoff Gasior — 10:54 AM on May 7, 2013 Traditional hard drive makers have been slow to get into the SSD business,... Type: News story Tags: Storage Servers Workstations	46

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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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