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Release roundup: Mobo audio, bay adapters, and superclocked Titans by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:15 PM on May 2, 2013 This week in our look at miscellaneous tidbits and announcements, we bring you fresh news from ASRock, Cougar, Noctua, Scythe, and Zotac: ... Type: News story Tags: Graphics Motherboards Power Cooling Storage	37
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
Wednesday Night Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 11:48 PM on May 1, 2013 7 Up X-bit labs: Disruption in South Korean production could have catastrophic impact on global electronics business VG24/7: Nvidia appoints new Tegra boss Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	24
IHS iSuppli: Most ultra-slim notebooks to feature hybrid storage configs by Geoff Gasior — 11:09 AM on May 1, 2013 Market research firm IHS iSuppli has peered into its crystal ball and made some predictions about notebook storage. Hybrid configurations that combine mechanical... Type: News story Tags: Storage Mobile computing	14
Tuesday Night Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 11:54 PM on April 30, 2013 7 Up Yahoo! News: Apple sells $17 billion in bonds in record deal Björn3D, Hardware Canucks, HotHardware & PCPer... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	38
Monday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on April 29, 2013 The Pick 6 Neowin: Microsoft 'reimagining' video reveals secrets of rebranding, hints of what's to come LinuxInsider: Have Linux distros gotten too tubby? GSM... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	42
Weekend Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 1:53 PM on April 27, 2013 The Fierce Five VR-Zone: Is your power supply ready for Haswell? Computerworld: Windows Blue won't solve all Microsoft's problems, analysts say Android Police: Google... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	40
Friday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 3:36 PM on April 26, 2013 Eight is Enough AMD announces 2013 Developer Summit: "APU13" X-bit labs: AMD & partners to discuss the future of heterogeneous computing this November... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	22
Thursday Night Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 8:15 PM on April 25, 2013 Eight is Enough X-bit labs: Intel Core i7-4960X "Ivy Bridge-E" is up to 11% faster than current-generation Extreme offering ZDNet: Want the most reliable... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	20
Wednesday Night Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 8:16 PM on April 24, 2013 Eight is Enough Ars Technica on the rise and fall of AMD: A company on the ropes The Inquirer: AMD brought 64-bit... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	19
Intel intros 80GB version of its 335 Series SSD by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:04 AM on April 24, 2013 In October of last year, Intel introduced its 335 Series solid-state drive, a SandForce-powered offering based on 20-nm IMFT flash memory. The drive was... Type: News story Tags: Storage	16
Tuesday Night Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 11:59 PM on April 23, 2013 The Fierce Five Hardware Canucks, HotHardware, KitGuru, Legit Reviews, PCPer, TechSpot, techPowerUp!, and TweakTown review AMD... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	11
WD ships ultra-slim notebook drives, first hybrids by Geoff Gasior — 7:00 AM on April 23, 2013 WD has begun shipping its first 5-mm notebook drives, and there are hybrid... Type: News story Tags: Storage	24
WD XE hard drive has 10k-RPM spindle speed, 6Gbps SAS interface by Geoff Gasior — 11:21 AM on April 22, 2013 Western Digital has a new hard drive for the server crowd. The... Type: News story Tags: Storage Servers	43
Monday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on April 22, 2013 The Pick 6 The Verge: Windows 8.1 'Kiosk Mode' discovered in newly leaked build WinBeta's first look: Windows 8.1 Pro preview build... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	10
The TR Podcast 132: BioShock, bundles and big SSDs by Jordan Drake — 8:44 PM on April 21, 2013 In this episode of the podcast, we speculate about the next version of Windows, debate the merits of BioShock Infinite, and chat about the... Type: Feature article Tags: Podcast	12
Weekend Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 1:02 PM on April 20, 2013 The Pick 6 Bloomberg: AMD rehires graphic-chip executive Raja Koduri back from Apple Mac Rumors: Lower-cost iPhone's plastic rear shell reportedly surfaces X-bit... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	51
Deal of the week: A GTX 660 Ti for $255, an SSD for 69 cents/GB, and more by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:16 PM on April 19, 2013 Nvidia began bundling Metro: Last Light with higher-end GeForce graphics cards earlier this week. As luck would have it, Newegg has one of those... Type: News story Tags: Graphics Storage Gaming	28

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tipoo

It's not a benchmark suggestion, but a benchmark*ing* suggestion, I've always wanted to see more older CPUs thrown into what benchmarks they can to sh...

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lilbuddhaman

Obligatory "what about Higher resolution desktop monitors" post. +26

chuckula

Good idea, and to expand on this point: A whole lot of people have already given... +24

Alexko

"Quark, drunk on money, power, and an estimated 90% market share, started behavi... +24

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