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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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While I wouldn't consider myself to be particularly injury prone, I've managed to damage various bits of my body over the years. Muscles have...

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

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It all started with a failing microswitch. It was the spring of 2011, and I was a perfectly contented MX1100 user. Logitech's latest high-end mouse had...

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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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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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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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PC enthusiasts have a tendency to focus their attention on what's inside the box. Indeed, we're guilty of that here at TR. Most...

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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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Why, oh, why does this happen to me? Why must my privileged, middle-class lifestyle be marred by microswitch failures? Once, just once, I wish I...

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I've been into building PCs for many years now, but before that, I was never a particularly handy or mechanically inclined type of guy. ...

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Last week, Apple updated its iBooks app for all iOS devices. The world, even the book nerd world, did not break out into flash mobs...

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I spend an almost embarrassing amount of time in front of my desktop PC. It's my workhorse, and the system that I endeavor to...

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I built my first proper home-theater PC so long ago that I don't remember exactly when. Five years ago sounds about right, but it...

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Though he might not publicly admit it, I think I could detect some jealousy in Scott's voice when I called to say I was hanging...

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So, almost three years had passed since my last major system upgrade—downright shameful negligence for someone in this line of work, clearly. I won't...

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Intel and a couple of its system-building partners are going out of their way to make this week's launch extra special.  CyberPower and...

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