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• Intel removes modest 'free' overclocking from standard Haswell CPUs [167]
• AMD reveals base clock, power rating for 5GHz CPU [139]
• Upcoming Intel desktop CPU specs possibly detailed in leak [90]
• HP sees Windows XP as PC market's potential savior [86]
• Next-gen games may not carry a premium [60]

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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	14
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	54
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
Deal of the week: A GeForce GTX 660 for $168.99 by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:59 PM on June 14, 2013 Nvidia's GeForce GTX 660 is a terrific card for the money, and it's not uncommon to see it on sale. Offers like this one don't... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Graphics Cases	22
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
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
HP sees Windows XP as PC market's potential savior by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:08 AM on June 12, 2013 Everyone had high hopes for Windows 8. The new operating system was supposed to boost demand for new PCs and to breathe some life back... Type: News story Tags: Operating systems Windows	86
At WWDC 2013, Apple showed its new soul by Cyril Kowaliski — 11:59 PM on June 11, 2013 There was something different about Apple during yesterday's WWDC keynote. I couldn't put my finger on it at first. Part of it was the glitchy... Type: Blog post Tags: Mac Personal tech	89
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
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
Apple bills iOS 7 as biggest change since original iPhone by Cyril Kowaliski — 3:19 PM on June 10, 2013 The rumors were right. Apple unveiled iOS 7 at the Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco today, and the new mobile operating system indeed boasts... Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech	77
Report: Windows 8.1 to ship on August 1 by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on June 10, 2013 Now that we've been shown a glimpse of the Start button's long-awaited return, only one mystery about Windows 8.1 remains: its release date. If... Type: News story Tags: Operating systems Windows	53
Weekend Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 11:21 AM on June 8, 2013 7 Up VR-Zone: Intel's Haswell "Wilson Canyon" NUC smiles for the cameras and MSI's Z87-GD65 Gaming wins Computex Best Choice Award C\|Net: Apple... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	49
Here's what Windows 8.1's Start button looks like by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on June 7, 2013 We've all heard about the return of the Start button. We've all weathered the disappointment of learning that, while the button is coming back, the... Type: News story Tags: Operating systems Windows	158
Thursday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 9:04 AM on June 6, 2013 Eight is Enough DigiTimes: DIY market forced to adapt to changing PC market VR-Zone's coverage of Asus ROG press conference and MSI rolling... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	21
AMD's Lisa Su teases AMD-powered Android, Chrome OS devices by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:09 PM on June 5, 2013 Major Android tablet makers have begun adopting Intel's Atom processors. Soon, we may see Android devices featuring AMD hardware, too. As PC World... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Mobile computing Personal tech	15
Microsoft posts Windows 8.1 video preview, preps Outlook for Windows RT by Cyril Kowaliski — 3:13 PM on June 5, 2013 The public preview release of Windows 8.1 is about three weeks away, and to get us all hyped up, Microsoft has posted a video... Type: News story Tags: Software Windows	52

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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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moose17145

Yea i would say sony has likely already won for this round of consoles. More pow... +40

mcnabney

I'm getting less and less thrilled by Haswell every day now. And AMD would likel... +38

willmore

You're right, dell paid the SEC $100 Million in fines (but admitted no wrong doi... +36

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