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Weekend Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 11:21 AM on June 8, 2013 7 Up VR-Zone: Intel's Haswell "Wilson Canyon" NUC smiles for the cameras and MSI's Z87-GD65 Gaming wins Computex Best Choice Award C\|Net: Apple... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	49
Deal of the week: A Radeon HD 7950 Boost for $250, indie games, and more by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:49 PM on June 7, 2013 For our deal post this week, we've singled out two delightfully affordable graphics cards from AMD. The first is PowerColor's Radeon HD 7950 Boost, which is... Type: News story Tags: Graphics Gaming	20
Amazon introduces dedicated store for indie PC, Mac games by Geoff Gasior — 9:00 AM on June 7, 2013 Indie games are thriving on the PC, and it seems Amazon wants a piece of the action. The online retailer has introduced a Type: News story Tags: Gaming	9
Wolfenstein E3 trailer shows gameplay, extreme cheese by Cyril Kowaliski — 1:29 PM on June 6, 2013 As Computex winds down in Taipei, the gaming industry is prepping for E3 in Los Angeles next week. Bethesda has jumped the gun a little,... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	40
Thursday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 9:04 AM on June 6, 2013 Eight is Enough DigiTimes: DIY market forced to adapt to changing PC market VR-Zone's coverage of Asus ROG press conference and MSI rolling... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	21
Intel developing depth camera for next-gen notebooks by Geoff Gasior — 6:00 AM on June 6, 2013 During an event at Computex this week, Intel VP Kirk Skaugen revealed that the chip giant has been quietly working on camera technology. It's... Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing	13
AMD's Lisa Su teases AMD-powered Android, Chrome OS devices by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:09 PM on June 5, 2013 Major Android tablet makers have begun adopting Intel's Atom processors. Soon, we may see Android devices featuring AMD hardware, too. As PC World... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Mobile computing Personal tech	15
Gigabyte, Quanta show AMD Temash Windows 8 tablets by Cyril Kowaliski — 3:48 PM on June 4, 2013 Temash tablets are coming. The first day of Computex is barely over, and we've already caught wind of two devices based on AMD's new mobile... Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech	42
Samsung's new 10.1'' Galaxy Tab has Intel Atom inside by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:17 AM on June 4, 2013 Android device makers have traditionally stuck with ARM-based hardware, but that trend may be set to change. Samsung has announced its latest 10.1" tablet,... Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech	39
SandForce improves SSD encryption, power management by Geoff Gasior — 8:01 PM on June 3, 2013 LSI's SandForce division doesn't have a new SSD controller to show off at the Computex trade show this year. It does, however, have a... Type: News story Tags: Storage Mobile computing	19
Acer's 8-inch Win8 tablet is official, costs $380 by Cyril Kowaliski — 3:28 PM on June 3, 2013 We've known about the Iconia W3 ever since Amazon jumped the gun on a retail listing last month. Now, though, the device is officially... Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing	17
Monday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:19 PM on June 3, 2013 The Pick 6 Bloomberg: Intel gains after FBR boosts rating on mobile chips and Microsoft said to cut Windows RT prices Reuters: ARM... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	56
WD introduces world's slimmest 1TB hard drive by Geoff Gasior — 11:10 AM on June 3, 2013 Mobile hard drives are slimming down to fit into the next generation of notebooks. We've already seen WD introduce several 500GB models that are... Type: News story Tags: Storage Mobile computing	8
Asus teases 13'' Zenbook with 2560x1600 display by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:30 AM on June 3, 2013 We're fans of Asus' Zenbook Prime, which combines a slick metal chassis and fast innards with a 13", 1080p display. It looks like that... Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing	29
Report: Pentium-, Celeron-branded Atoms to power Android devices by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on June 3, 2013 On Friday, we learned that next-gen "Silvermont" Atoms may be sold as Pentiums and Celerons in low-end desktops, laptops, and all-in-one PCs. Intel confirmed... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Mobile computing Personal tech	36
Weekend Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 9:41 AM on June 1, 2013 7 Up Benchmark Reviews, CowcotLand, [H]ard\|OCP, Hardware Canucks, Hardware Heaven, Hardware.Info, LanOC Reviews, Ocaholic, OCC, Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	85
Deal of the week: A Radeon HD 7870 for $187.49, and other bargains by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:15 PM on May 31, 2013 This week for our deal post, we've got a trio of hardware deals and a trifecta of game bargains. Let's start with the hardware: ... Type: News story Tags: Graphics Power Storage Gaming	14
Thursday Night Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 9:35 PM on May 30, 2013 Eight is Enough NYT: Mary Meeker peers into the future of mobile, wearables, and Facebook Ars Technica: Razer simultaneously expands and shrinks its lineup... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	30

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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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mcnabney

I'm getting less and less thrilled by Haswell every day now. And AMD would likel... +38

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You're right, dell paid the SEC $100 Million in fines (but admitted no wrong doi... +36

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

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