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Leaked slides point to eight-core Haswell-E CPUs with quad-channel DDR4 memory by Geoff Gasior — 11:03 AM on June 17, 2013 According to the latest rumors, Intel's Ivy Bridge-E platform will arrive in the third quarter of this year. Its successor, Haswell-E, is purportedly... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Chipsets	65
Spy shot suggests Broadwell platform supports SATA Express by Geoff Gasior — 6:00 AM on April 18, 2013 Intel's next-gen Haswell platforms are just around the corner, and early reports suggest the top Z87 model will have something new in the storage department.... Type: News story Tags: Chipsets Storage	28
Friday night topic: The professionalization of childhood by Scott Wasson — 5:13 PM on April 5, 2013 I don't know how many of you have observed this, but I think there's a growing trend over the past, say, 20 years or so... Type: News story Tags: Miscellaneous	47
Friday Night Topic, early edition: What's going to happen with North Korea? by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:11 PM on March 28, 2013 We're doing our Friday Night Topic early this week, since tomorrow is a TR holiday. Also, because Scott is on a plane flying back from... Type: News story Tags: Miscellaneous	224
Friday night topic: The rise of rulemaking by Scott Wasson — 5:58 PM on March 22, 2013 Growing up, I sometimes wondered what my generation's contributions to the world might be. Now that I'm an adult, I can see those contributions... Type: News story Tags: Miscellaneous	217
My sci-fi book is on sale through Friday! by Cyril Kowaliski — 4:00 AM on March 20, 2013 Hi folks. A few months ago, my first book, a sci-fi novella called... Type: News story Tags: Miscellaneous	89
Release roundup: Cases, coolers, memory, and an overclocking event by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:28 PM on March 14, 2013 This week in our roundup of miscellaneous announcements, we have news of fresh products from Corsair and Thermaltake. We also have the skinny on an... Type: News story Tags: Cases Cooling Miscellaneous Memory	18
Report: New chipset revision to fix Haswell USB 3.0 bug by Cyril Kowaliski — 11:43 AM on March 13, 2013 Earlier this month, rumors started floating around about a USB 3.0 bug in next-gen Haswell systems. Hardware.Info, which broke the story, said the bug... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Chipsets	57
Rumor: Ivy Bridge-E pushed to Q4 by Geoff Gasior — 10:23 AM on March 8, 2013 Just about 14 months have passed since Intel launched its Sandy Bridge-E processors for high-end desktops. Their Ivy Bridge-E replacements are due out... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Chipsets	30
Report: Intel's Haswell suffers from USB 3.0 issue by Cyril Kowaliski — 10:22 AM on March 4, 2013 This story has been making the rounds over the weekend, and it's a little disconcerting. According to Hardware.info, which cites both a "reliable source" and... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Chipsets	77
Etc. by Scott Wasson — 11:04 AM on February 26, 2013 Any of you snowed in today? It's a snow day for most folks here in the Kansas City area. After getting hit with... Type: News story Tags: Miscellaneous	42
Autonomous quadrocopter drones learn to juggle by Geoff Gasior — 9:53 AM on February 22, 2013 For a little while, I've been casually watching the development of quadrocopters like the Parrot AR.Drone. The camera-equipped, iPhone-controlled Parrot is a pretty... Type: News story Tags: Miscellaneous Personal tech	37
Friday night topic: the prospects for more Star Wars? by Scott Wasson — 5:13 PM on February 1, 2013 So... Disney bought LucasFilm and the Star Wars franchise from George Lucas, announced plans for three more movies, and has already selected J.J. Abrams to... Type: News story Tags: Miscellaneous	165
Here's Ashton Kutcher as an historically inaccurate Steve Jobs by Cyril Kowaliski — 4:33 PM on January 25, 2013 In case you missed it, Entertainment Weekly posted a teaser clip of the upcoming Steve Jobs biopic starring Ashton Kutcher yesterday. The clip shows... Type: News story Tags: Miscellaneous Mac	72
TR's big CES 2013 digest by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:24 PM on January 11, 2013 We published a lot of stories from the Consumer Electronics Show this week.... Type: News story Tags: Miscellaneous The Tech Report	26
New USB 3.0 spec to hit 10 Gbps data rate by Cyril Kowaliski — 10:30 AM on January 7, 2013 Eat your heart out, Thunderbolt. The USB 3.0 Promoter Group has announced a "supplement" to the USB 3.0 specification that will raise data rates... Type: News story Tags: Multimedia Storage Systems Miscellaneous	88
WSJ: Staples, others, adjust prices based on location by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:53 AM on December 24, 2012 This summer, the Wall Street Journal broke a story about Orbitz featuring different deals for Mac and PC users. The Journal is now... Type: News story Tags: Miscellaneous	41
Friday night topic: All I want for Christmas... by Scott Wasson — 5:45 PM on December 7, 2012 So... We've posted our gift guide and offered our thoughts. The question is: what's on your Christmas list this year? Discuss. Type: News story Tags: Miscellaneous	126

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