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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	92
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	21
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	24
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
Ouya console plays Borderlands 2 via Nvidia GRID by Geoff Gasior — 1:06 PM on June 17, 2013 The folks behind the indie-friendly Ouya gaming console thought it was too expensive to pay for a booth at last week's E3 expo, so they... Type: News story Tags: Game consoles	30
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
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
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
Wednesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 5:30 PM on June 12, 2013 The Pick 6 Reuters: NSA director says surveillance helped stop 'dozens' of attacks Microsoft's Windows Everywhere commercial Bloomberg: Apple buys more than... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	8
The Division just may have won E3 by Scott Wasson — 11:51 AM on June 12, 2013 We've featured a number of new games announced at E3 this week, but we've so far overlooked one of the best demos shown there: Ubisoft's... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	36
Battlefield 4 gameplay footage shows epic destruction by Geoff Gasior — 6:00 AM on June 12, 2013 Want to see extended gameplay footage from the next Battlefield game? I thought so. Let's start with the single-player Angry Sea video. ... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	49
PlayStation 4 costs $399, supports offline play, doesn't restrict used games by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:11 AM on June 11, 2013 On the heels of Microsoft's Xbox One event, Sony revealed yesterday that the PlayStation 4 will be priced $100 lower than its rival.... Type: News story Tags: Gaming Game consoles	140
Tuesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 8:03 AM on June 11, 2013 The Pick 6 DigiTimes: Intel reportedly may quit the brand server motherboard business and Apple gives a sneak peek of next-generation Mac... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	20
Faith gets next-gen makeover in Mirror's Edge 2 by Geoff Gasior — 6:00 AM on June 11, 2013 It's official: a sequel to Mirror's Edge is on the way. The game is in the "early stages of development" at DICE's Stockholm studio,... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	30
Monday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 4:19 PM on June 10, 2013 The Pick 6 Reuters: Google finalizing $1.3 billion deal for mapping company Waze: source Bloomberg: Apple unveils new OS X software with more... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	14

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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

codedivine

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

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You're right, dell paid the SEC $100 Million in fines (but admitted no wrong doi... +35

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