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Monday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on April 29, 2013 The Pick 6 Neowin: Microsoft 'reimagining' video reveals secrets of rebranding, hints of what's to come LinuxInsider: Have Linux distros gotten too tubby? GSM... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	42
Weekend Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 1:53 PM on April 27, 2013 The Fierce Five VR-Zone: Is your power supply ready for Haswell? Computerworld: Windows Blue won't solve all Microsoft's problems, analysts say Android Police: Google... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	40
Friday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 3:36 PM on April 26, 2013 Eight is Enough AMD announces 2013 Developer Summit: "APU13" X-bit labs: AMD & partners to discuss the future of heterogeneous computing this November... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	22
Thursday Night Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 8:15 PM on April 25, 2013 Eight is Enough X-bit labs: Intel Core i7-4960X "Ivy Bridge-E" is up to 11% faster than current-generation Extreme offering ZDNet: Want the most reliable... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	20
Bloomberg: Amazon to release set-top box this year by Geoff Gasior — 6:00 AM on April 25, 2013 Remember when Amazon was just an online bookstore? Today, the e-tail giant... Type: News story Tags: Multimedia Personal tech	25
Wednesday Night Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 8:16 PM on April 24, 2013 Eight is Enough Ars Technica on the rise and fall of AMD: A company on the ropes The Inquirer: AMD brought 64-bit... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	19
Tuesday Night Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 11:59 PM on April 23, 2013 The Fierce Five Hardware Canucks, HotHardware, KitGuru, Legit Reviews, PCPer, TechSpot, techPowerUp!, and TweakTown review AMD... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	11
Monday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on April 22, 2013 The Pick 6 The Verge: Windows 8.1 'Kiosk Mode' discovered in newly leaked build WinBeta's first look: Windows 8.1 Pro preview build... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	10
Weekend Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 1:02 PM on April 20, 2013 The Pick 6 Bloomberg: AMD rehires graphic-chip executive Raja Koduri back from Apple Mac Rumors: Lower-cost iPhone's plastic rear shell reportedly surfaces X-bit... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	51
Release roundup: Richland mobos, Mini-ITX cases, and a jumbo cooler by Cyril Kowaliski — 4:19 PM on April 19, 2013 This week in our look at miscellaneous product releases and announcements, we bring tidings from Biostar, Lian Li, and Scythe: Biostar... Type: News story Tags: Motherboards Cases Cooling	52
Gigabyte teases next-gen Haswell board by Geoff Gasior — 9:11 AM on April 19, 2013 Next-generation Haswell motherboards are approaching, and Gigabyte has teased a few details about what it has in store for the new platform. The firm has... Type: News story Tags: Motherboards Multimedia	32
Friday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on April 19, 2013 7 Up Google Inc. announces first quarter 2013 results The Inquirer: Flawed Malwarebytes security update wipes out thousands of computers The Official Microsoft Blog:... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	20
Xonar U7 pipes HD audio over USB by Geoff Gasior — 9:14 AM on April 18, 2013 Asus' lineup of Xonar audio products has been confined predominantly to PCI and PCI Express sound cards. The firm is slowly expanding its selection of... Type: News story Tags: Multimedia	27
Thursday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on April 18, 2013 7 Up Mashable: Foxconn will now pay Microsoft for every Android device it makes Reuters: Yahoo! posts flat first-quarter revenue on declining... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	16
Wednesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on April 17, 2013 7 Up Windows: It's over - ZDNet editorial PC Advisor: Microsoft eyes ditching browser for secure web apps ZDNet: First real-world usage figures... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	38
Tuesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on April 16, 2013 7 Up WinBeta: Microsoft to allow users to jump straight to desktop in Windows 8.1? Fudzilla: Desktop GeForce 7 comes by Computex CPU World... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	17
Monday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 11:58 AM on April 15, 2013 The Fantastic Four Bloomberg: Dish bids $25.5 billion for Sprint to challenge Softbank Nvidia: Kepler and Maxwell graphics architectures will change the game... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	14
Weekend Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:18 AM on April 14, 2013 Eight is Enough AMD - No DirectX 12 Fudzilla: Haswell Crystal Well has L4 cache for iGPU X-bit labs: Hard disk drives market... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	32

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tipoo

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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lilbuddhaman

Obligatory "what about Higher resolution desktop monitors" post. +26

chuckula

Good idea, and to expand on this point: A whole lot of people have already given... +24

Alexko

"Quark, drunk on money, power, and an estimated 90% market share, started behavi... +24

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