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Tuesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 2:10 PM on May 21, 2013 The Fantastic Four Reuters: Intel CEO shakes up units, creates 'new devices' group Reuters: Senate panel peels back Apple's offshore taxes MSI unveils... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	6
HGST packs 1.5TB into 9.5-mm, three-platter Travelstar 5K1500 notebook drive by Geoff Gasior — 2:01 AM on May 21, 2013 Most of today's 2.5" notebook hard drives top out at an even terabyte.... Type: News story Tags: Storage Mobile computing	14
Monday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 4:51 PM on May 20, 2013 7 Up X-bit labs: Dell admits Windows 8 did not meet expectations, pins hopes on "Blue" updates Reuters: Yahoo! buying Tumblr for $1.1... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	23
Weekend Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 6:59 PM on May 18, 2013 The Pick 6 Reuters: New CEO vows Intel will be more responsive in mobile push Apple CEO: "We're going very deep" with... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	20
Friday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 5:35 PM on May 17, 2013 Eight is Enough TechCrunch: Amidst Tumblr acquisition rumors, Yahoo! to hold product event with Marissa Mayer on Monday X-bit labs: AMD needs more... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	82
Deals of the week: IPS displays, graphics cards, storage, and games by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:14 PM on May 17, 2013 We've gathered a pretty nice selection of deals this week. We've got a heavily discounted 23" IPS monitor, a Radeon that's on sale and bundled... Type: News story Tags: Graphics Storage Displays	16
Coffee Talk with Timmy Cook by Jason Fox — 9:32 AM on May 17, 2013 It's true. I recently won the Charitybuzz auction for "coffee with... Type: Blog post Tags: Mac	22
Release roundup: Flash drives, Thunderbolt, and an arcade controller by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:09 PM on May 16, 2013 This week on the roundup, we've got news about flash drives from Adata, a Thunderbolt-enabled Haswell mobo from ASRock, and an arcade-style fighting game controller... Type: News story Tags: Motherboards Storage Input devices	17
Thursday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 4:00 PM on May 16, 2013 Eight is Enough PC shipments in Western Europe decline 20.5% in 1Q13, says Gartner Intel: Better tablet prospects, but ultrabooks key, says... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	23
Report: Windows 8.1 expected in late October by Cyril Kowaliski — 11:35 AM on May 16, 2013 Earlier this week, Microsoft announced that Windows 8.1 would be a free upgrade for Windows 8 users. We also learned that a public preview... Type: News story Tags: Operating systems Windows	56
Latest Das Keyboard flavor features Cherry MX red switches by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:10 AM on May 16, 2013 The folks at Das Keyboard have expanded their line of mechanical keyboards again. This time, they've introduced a model called the Model S Professional... Type: News story Tags: Input devices	22
Wednesday Night Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 10:43 PM on May 15, 2013 The Starting Five NPR: Google launches a streaming music service Fudzilla: Asus launches 15.6-incher with Retina-class display X-bit labs: Nvidia delays commercial... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	27
Tuesday Night Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 9:58 PM on May 14, 2013 Eight is Enough The Official Microsoft Blog: Staying centered The Inquirer: France could drop three strikes copyright law BGR: Google's new Android boss... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	34
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
Adobe lets you pay now and later and later again by Jason Fox — 9:26 AM on May 13, 2013 The time was January 1995. The smooth, Philly soul and pleated pants of... Type: Blog post Tags: Mac	71
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
Release roundup: Power supplies and speedy DDR3 by Cyril Kowaliski — 12:58 PM on May 10, 2013 Each week, our release roundups gather some of the announcements and press releases that hit our inbox but didn't make it into our daily coverage.... Type: News story Tags: Power Memory	15

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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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lilbuddhaman

Obligatory "what about Higher resolution desktop monitors" post. +27

Mourmain

Pet peeve: "would have been". +21

Star Brood

Meanwhile on the desktop scene: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=... +20

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