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WHQL-certified GeForce 320.18 drivers now available by Cyril Kowaliski — 10:38 AM on May 23, 2013 To coincide with the GeForce GTX 780 launch, Nvidia has posted a set of graphics drivers with support for the card. The 320.18 release... Type: News story Tags: Graphics Gaming	11
OCZ Vertex 450 SSD has 20-nm NAND, tweaked Indilinx controller by Geoff Gasior — 8:01 AM on May 23, 2013 OCZ's Vertex SSD has a storied history. The original model launched in 2009 and was one of the first consumer-grade SSDs worth buying. ... Type: News story Tags: Storage	13
Nvidia's GeForce GTX 780 graphics card reviewed by Scott Wasson — 8:00 AM on May 23, 2013 The first member of the GeForce 700 series promises nearly all of the speed of the GeForce Titan at a much more palatable price. Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics	125
Fingertip-sized Serial ATA SSD boasts 480MB/s data rate by Geoff Gasior — 6:00 AM on May 23, 2013 Mobile devices like tablets and smartphones typically use solid-state drives with eMMC interfaces.... Type: News story Tags: Storage Mobile computing Personal tech	8
Wednesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 4:51 PM on May 22, 2013 Eight is Enough Liliputing: $199 Acer C7 Chromebook with 16GB SSD coming soon BGR: Nvidia updates Tegra 4i processor, adds LTE-Advanced support Engadget:... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	41
Fractal Design lists Haswell-compatible PSUs by Geoff Gasior — 11:02 AM on May 22, 2013 Intel's upcoming Haswell CPUs have a new sleep state that draws just 0.05A on the 12V rail—one tenth the idle draw of existing Ivy bridge... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Power	22
Toshiba to start producing second-gen 19-nm NAND this month by Geoff Gasior — 6:00 AM on May 22, 2013 Later this month, Toshiba will begin mass-producing NAND using a second-generation 19-nm process. According to the press release, the 64Gb (8GB) chips will... Type: News story Tags: Memory Software	20
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	20
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	25
The PC graphics market was kind to Nvidia last quarter by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on May 20, 2013 The folks at Jon Peddie Research have published their estimates for the PC graphics market in the last quarter. Their findings? "The news was... Type: News story Tags: Graphics	33
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
Which game is the new champ of PC visuals? by Scott Wasson — 2:12 PM on May 17, 2013 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	126
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