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MSI's Z87-GD65 Gaming motherboard reviewed by Geoff Gasior — 8:51 PM on June 18, 2013 MSI's Z87-GD65 Gaming delivers Creative-enhanced audio and a Killer NIC for just $180. We take a closer look at how it stacks up... Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards	7
Tuesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 8:12 AM on June 18, 2013 7 Up TechCrunch: Encrypting your email works, says NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden Computerworld: Intel wants to be your new cable provider Forbes: Chinese... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	22
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	26
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	65
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
Noise-canceling Noctua CPU cooler coming in 2014 by Geoff Gasior — 12:00 PM on June 12, 2013 Noctua and RotoSub are working on a CPU cooler that employs active noise cancellation in its pursuit of silence. We saw an early prototype... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Cooling	31
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
Gigabyte's Z87X-UD3H motherboard reviewed by Geoff Gasior — 12:29 AM on June 11, 2013 For Haswell, Gigabyte has radically overhauled its motherboard firmware and software. We take a closer look at both in action on the Z87X-UD3H. Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards	24
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
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
Release roundup: Computex edition by Cyril Kowaliski — 4:54 PM on June 7, 2013 We've already spent all week covering product releases from Computex, but... well, it's Computex. That means we still have plenty of fodder left for our... Type: News story Tags: Cooling Storage Systems Memory	13
NSA's PRISM program collecting data from Microsoft, Google, Facebook, others by Geoff Gasior — 10:35 AM on June 7, 2013 Documents leaked to The Guardian and The Washington Post suggest that... Type: News story Tags: Internet	190
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
Asus' Z87-PRO motherboard reviewed by Geoff Gasior — 11:35 AM on June 5, 2013 Haswell is upon us, but you'll need a new motherboard to run Intel's latest CPUs. We take an in-depth look at the Z87-PRO to... Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards	44

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