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So, you heard the news: PC sales are tanking. Apparently, nobody wants to buy Dells or HPs anymore; nobody cares about clunky laptops and bulky...

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This past summer, the power button my Palm Pre started misbehaving. At last, I had an excuse to replace the aging handset with something...

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Smartphones are true marvels of modern technology. Although inherently limited by their...

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So, we meet again. Last time, we were, ahem, discussing religion: the

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About a year and a half ago, I picked up Asus' original Eee Pad Transformer tablet. This precursor to the growing crop of Win8 convertibles...

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So, I installed Windows 8 on my desktop PC last week. It was late on the eve of the launch. The download link for the $39.99...

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Some people just hate change. It can't be helped. Those people cling to old versions of their favorite software as long as they can. When...

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Man, I cannot wait to get started on my next build. Nearly all the necessary components are already laid out on my workbench. Some were...

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With few exceptions, it seems, the gadgets hogging the media limelight today tend to be of the fingerprint-collecting variety. Tablets, phones, tablet-phones, e-readers, and anything...

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The old adage says there are only two certainties in this world: death and taxes. Steve Jobs proved that not even the Reality Distortion...

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When I sit down at my desk in the Benchmarking Sweatshop, it feels like maybe I could tap into the Matrix. I've slowly added...

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There aren't many experiences in life more disconcerting than waking up and not knowing where you are or how you got there. I was...

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As I mentioned on the podcast this week, I have been working to re-fit Damage Labs with new hardware all around....

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One of the funny things about going to CES is that you're expected to be plugged into the overall vibe of the show, so you...

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On Tuesday, Microsoft made the Windows 8 Developer Preview available publicly without demanding so much as a Windows Live login name and password in return....

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Join us as we offer a live account of Mooly Eden's day-opening keynote from the Intel Developer Forum 2011 in San Francisco.  Reload...

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Well, it finally happened. Windows XP is no longer the primary OS on any of my day-to-day machines. The last holdout was my laptop,...

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