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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

If you've seen the latest round of games, you'll know what I mean when I say that we've clearly entered a new era in PC...

Poll Question: • What's the best-looking PC game?

Type: News story Tags: Graphics Gaming

So, remember how Nvidia's Shield handheld gaming device was supposed to go...

Type: News story Tags: Gaming Game consoles

Outgoing Intel CEO Paul Otellini had some interesting things to say in a...

Type: News story Tags: CPUs Personal tech

Howdy, all. Just an update on several things. First, there is a lot going on around here in the next several weeks—busiest I have ever...

Type: News story Tags: The Tech Report

AMD's game bundling deals keep getting more and more tantalizing. Last month, the company added Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon to the mix. Now,...

Type: News story Tags: Graphics Gaming

Late last year, when the Radeon HD 8000M series was announced, AMD alluded to upcoming, higher-end offerings that would be out later in 2013....

Type: News story Tags: Graphics

Lately, tablets that can run the full version of Windows 8 have been selling for just under $450. Is there any room left for...

Type: News story Tags: Personal tech

Add Seasonic to the list of PSU makers that have clarified their support for Intel's upcoming Haswell processor. The next-gen CPU's low-power sleep states...

Type: News story Tags: CPUs Power

As you may have heard, there's a major CPU launch coming up soon. I've been meeting with folks, gathering new parts, and prepping my...

Type: News story Tags: CPUs The Tech Report

At CES earlier this year, Nvidia introduced Project Shield, a handheld gaming console based on its Tegra 4 processor. We learned quite a few...

Type: News story Tags: Personal tech

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

Since I have decried the dearth of weather-resistant smartphones, it's only fair that I take a moment to recognize Sony's Xperia ZR. ...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech

Intel is slowly but surely moving more platform components onto the processor. Over the years, the graphics, PCI Express, and memory controllers traditionally found...

Type: News story Tags: CPUs Motherboards Power

At Nvidia's GPU Technology Conference in March, CEO Jen-Hsun Huang unveiled the "Digital Ira" demo: an impressively realistic real-time simulation of a human head,...

Type: News story Tags: Graphics Gaming

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

If you were reading TR last week, you probably know about Haswell's new low-power state, which causes compatibility problems with some PSUs. When the...

Type: News story Tags: Power

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