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Windows 8.1 will be a free upgrade for Win8 users by Geoff Gasior — 10:58 AM on May 14, 2013 Well, it's official. Windows Blue will be a free upgrade for folks... Type: News story Tags: Operating systems	64
Amazon buys Liquavista screen technology from Samsung by Geoff Gasior — 6:00 AM on May 14, 2013 Amazon may have settled on the screen technology that will power the seemingly inevitable color Kindle reader. The Digital Reader reports that Samsung-owned screen... Type: News story Tags: Displays Personal tech	29
Intel's Thin Mini-ITX platform: nine months later by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:25 AM on May 13, 2013 Nine months after our first brush with Thin Mini-ITX, we're taking another look at the platform, this time with a state-of-the-art all-in-one PC that... Type: Feature article Tags: Systems	15
Deal of the week: 4TB for $184, and other goodies by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:49 PM on May 10, 2013 We'll keep this week's deal post short and sweet, starting with a few hardware bargains: Seagate's Desktop HDD.15 4TB hard drive... Type: News story Tags: Power Storage Displays Gaming	73
Friday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 1:06 PM on May 10, 2013 Eight is Enough Intel: Keeping up with Moore's Law is becoming a challenge - PCWorld X-bit labs: New benchmark results of Core... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	64
Tactus and Synaptics partner on tactile touchscreen buttons by Geoff Gasior — 9:23 AM on May 10, 2013 The smooth exterior glass of touchscreen displays is great for letting your fingers glide freely while performing various swipes and gestures. However, the lack of... Type: News story Tags: Displays Input devices Mobile computing Personal tech	9
Wednesday Night Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 11:48 PM on May 8, 2013 The Fierce Five Toshiba: Microsoft confused tablet buyers with Windows 8 Ocaholic: Ivy Bridge at 7.2GHz X-bit labs: Alleged images of GeForce... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	13
Zbox mini PCs get Ivy Bridge Core i3, i5 upgrades by Geoff Gasior — 10:18 AM on May 8, 2013 Zotac has beefed up its Zbox lineup with two new models based on Ivy Bridge processors. Until now, the company's most powerful mini PC... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Systems	34
It's official: Windows Blue public preview coming in June by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:11 AM on May 8, 2013 Microsoft is getting awfully chatty about Windows Blue this week. Yesterday, company CFO and marketing chief Tami Reller teased the upcoming OS update. Now,... Type: News story Tags: Operating systems Windows	44
Tuesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 4:13 PM on May 7, 2013 7 Up Reuters: EA total revenue, profit drop in fourth quarter and Nokia CEO says it remains focused on Windows Phone software C\|Net:... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	31
Seagate enters consumer SSD market, adds new enterprise drives by Geoff Gasior — 10:54 AM on May 7, 2013 Traditional hard drive makers have been slow to get into the SSD business,... Type: News story Tags: Storage Servers Workstations	46
Monday Night Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 9:49 PM on May 6, 2013 The Fierce Five It's official: Microsoft's Windows Blue is coming later this year - Wired VR-Zone: Stock surge shows AMD can be... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	18
Linux versions of Portal, Left 4 Dead 2 hit Steam by Geoff Gasior — 10:41 AM on May 6, 2013 Valve's collection of Linux-friendly games has grown. On Friday, the developer announced a Left 4 Dead 2 beta for the alternative OS. ... Type: News story Tags: Gaming Operating systems	45
The TR Podcast 133: Iris graphics and the Radeon HD 7990 by Jordan Drake — 9:27 PM on May 5, 2013 In this episode of the TR Podcast, we discuss Haswell's integrated graphics, examine AMD's Radeon HD 7790, share our thoughts on the latest small-form-factor... Type: Feature article Tags: Podcast	6
Weekend Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:08 PM on May 4, 2013 The Pick 6 Ocaholic: AMD FX-8570 and HD 8970 surfaced and Intel Core i7-4770K at 7GHz MCV: High price rumored for Nvidia's... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	59
Deal of the week: IPS monitors and games by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:29 PM on May 3, 2013 We've already featured inexpensive IPS panels in our recent deal posts, but prices are still inching down, so we feel compelled to revisit the subject.... Type: News story Tags: Displays Gaming	51
Friday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 4:19 PM on May 3, 2013 Eight is Enough Fudzilla: AMD creates custom chip division VR-Zone: Intel Ivy Bridge-E HEDT platform to launch in September 2013 Fudzilla: ASRock Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	43
Thursday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 2:02 PM on May 2, 2013 The Pick 6 Softpedia: Intel could buy AMD as x86 CPUs lose ground to ARM NASDAQ: Seagate beats earnings, revenue down Bloomberg: Facebook... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	50

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CampinCarl

I'm sorry but if there's enough market demand for 13.3" 3200x1800 screens, there's MORE than enough demand for 24" 2560x1600 screens.

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danny e.

Based on the content of the presentation, it almost feels like gaming is taking... +44

Xenolith

No Start menu, so the Xbox One is dead to me. +39

superjawes

I am thinking PC. +29

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