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• AMD's A10-6800K and A10-6700 'Richland' APUs reviewed [94]
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• Next-gen games may not carry a premium [65]

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Steam beta file hints at game sharing feature by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:10 AM on June 19, 2013 As the next-gen console war heats up, the Xbox One continues to get flak for the limitations it places upon game sharing. Of course, nobody... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	13
Wednesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 8:35 AM on June 19, 2013 Eight is Enough Reuters: Google challenges surveillance court on First Amendment grounds Bloomberg: hp's Whitman reassigns Bradley in revamp amid PC slump and... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	9
Nvidia to license Kepler GPU core to Android device makers by Cyril Kowaliski — 4:48 PM on June 18, 2013 Nvidia lost the battle for next-gen consoles to AMD, but the war for... Type: News story Tags: Graphics Mobile computing Personal tech	54
Refuted: BF4, other Frostbite 3 games to be 'optimized exclusively for AMD' by Cyril Kowaliski — 4:04 PM on June 18, 2013 Well, folks, I think PC gaming may have just gotten a little bit... Type: News story Tags: Graphics Gaming	172
Enter here to win an XFX Radeon HD 7790 graphics card and AMD FX-8350 CPU by Geoff Gasior — 3:20 PM on June 18, 2013 The giveaways keep rolling here at TR. This week, you have the chance to win a couple of juicy prizes from XFX and AMD.... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Graphics	41
Tuesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 8:12 AM on June 18, 2013 7 Up TechCrunch: Encrypting your email works, says NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden Computerworld: Intel wants to be your new cable provider Forbes: Chinese... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	22
Oculus VR secures $16 million to bring virtual reality to consumers by Geoff Gasior — 6:00 AM on June 18, 2013 The Oculus Rift VR headset enjoyed a wildly successful Kickstarter campaign, earning nearly $2.5 million through the crowdfunding site. Less than a year later,... Type: News story Tags: Displays Gaming	25
AMD's A10-6800K and A10-6700 'Richland' APUs reviewed by Scott Wasson — 10:07 PM on June 17, 2013 AMD has taken its Trinity quad-core chips and tuned them so hard, a new code name sprouted forth: Richland. We've taken a pair of... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Graphics	94
Monday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 4:54 PM on June 17, 2013 The Pick 6 Barron's: AMD could double, helped by its server strategy Engadget: AMD's Saeid Moshkelani on building custom silicon for PlayStation 4,... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	26
Samsung adds ultrabook PCIe SSD with 1400MB/s read speed by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:13 AM on June 17, 2013 The next wave of ultrabooks won't just get a performance and battery life boost from Intel's Haswell processors. They may also have substantially quicker storage,... Type: News story Tags: Storage Mobile computing	40
Next-gen games may not carry a premium by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on June 17, 2013 Getting the itch for those next-gen graphics? Good news: next-gen games apparently won't... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	65
Weekend Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 9:39 AM on June 15, 2013 7 Up Rubinstein on hp's purchase of Palm: 'Talk about a waste' - FierceWireless Facebook releases data, including all national security requests Google... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	52
Deal of the week: A GeForce GTX 660 for $168.99 by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:59 PM on June 14, 2013 Nvidia's GeForce GTX 660 is a terrific card for the money, and it's not uncommon to see it on sale. Offers like this one don't... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Graphics Cases	22
Apple's new controller framework hints at gaming aspirations by Geoff Gasior — 11:32 AM on June 14, 2013 In just a few short years, the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch have become incredibly popular gaming platforms. The latest iterations have the hardware... Type: News story Tags: Gaming Game consoles	48
Friday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 11:28 AM on June 14, 2013 The Pick 6 NBC News: Law enforcement demands smartphone 'kill switch' Reuters: Microsoft to open Windows stores within Best Buy (thanks tootercomputer) SlashGear: New... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	26
New Mirror's Edge will be open-world, more action-packed by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on June 14, 2013 More details are coming to light about the Mirror's Edge sequel prequel EA... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	33
Intel datasheet reveals 4.5W Haswell derivative by Geoff Gasior — 9:33 AM on June 13, 2013 Intel has boasted that dual-core Haswell parts will be available with SDP ratings as low as 6W. As it turns out, there may be... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Mobile computing	41
Thursday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 9:06 AM on June 13, 2013 7 Up DigiTimes: TSMC to post record earnings and sales for 2013, says Chang iFixit's 13" MacBook Air mid-2013 teardown VR-Zone's exclusive:... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	16

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NeelyCam

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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Well, the 200W barrier has been broken. Now onto 500W! +35

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I dont get the tone of this article, was Nvidia never guilty of this? I thought... +28

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