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A look at Lucid's Virtu MVP Mobile by Cyril Kowaliski — 2:44 PM on October 18, 2012 Origin's Eon laptops are the first to offer Lucid's Virtu MVP Mobile virtualization scheme. We've taken the 11.6" representative of that lineup for a spin... Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics Mobile computing	15
How Windows 8 scaling fails on high-PPI displays by Cyril Kowaliski — 11:08 AM on September 26, 2012 We've taken Windows 8 for a spin on Asus' new Zenbook Prime in order to get a feel for the new OS's PPI scaling... Type: Feature article Tags: Displays Mobile computing Windows	69
Asus' Zenbook Prime UX31A by Cyril Kowaliski — 8:23 PM on September 17, 2012 This Ivy Bridge-toting ultrabook from Asus has something most other laptops can only dream of: a 13" IPS display with a 1080p resolution. Is... Type: Feature article Tags: Mobile computing	84
A few weeks with Samsung's Galaxy S III smartphone by Geoff Gasior — 10:20 AM on August 30, 2012 Samsung's Galaxy S III is the hottest Android handset on the market right now. We spent a few weeks with one to see... Type: Feature article Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech	147
Google's Nexus 7 tablet reviewed by Geoff Gasior — 2:45 PM on July 31, 2012 For just $199, Google's Nexus 7 tablet serves up a 1280x800 display, a Tegra 3 SoC, and the very latest version of Android. Type: Feature article Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech	79
Those 27-inch IPS displays from Korea are for real by Scott Wasson — 1:16 PM on July 25, 2012 In forum threads across the web, enthusiasts have been swapping stories of amazing deals on 27" monitors with beautiful IPS panels imported from Korea. ... Type: Feature article Tags: Displays	221
Apple's EPEAT withdrawal underscores disposable ethos by Geoff Gasior — 8:49 PM on July 12, 2012 There are probably more Apple computers in California than anywhere else in the US, if not the world. Before long, though, you may not find... Type: Blog post Tags: Mobile computing	100
Triple-screen gaming on today's graphics cards by Geoff Gasior — 3:43 PM on July 10, 2012 Thanks to falling LCD prices, multi-monitor gaming is more attainable than ever before. We take a closer look at AMD Eyefinity and Nvidia... Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics Displays Gaming	110
Asus' Transformer Pad Infinity tablet by Geoff Gasior — 2:14 PM on June 25, 2012 Six months after we first laid eyes on Asus' Transformer Pad Infinity, the tablet hybrid is finally read for prime time. Join us... Type: Feature article Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech	43
A quick look at Thunderbolt on the PC by Geoff Gasior — 3:10 PM on June 4, 2012 Thunderbolt has finally arrived on the PC. Motherboards with Thunderbolt ports are selling online and Ivy Bridge notebooks are primed to feature the technology.... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage Displays Mobile computing	83
Intel's ultrabook-bound Core i5-3427U processor by Cyril Kowaliski — 11:01 PM on May 30, 2012 The 17W, dual-core version of Ivy Bridge for ultrabooks is finally here. We've compared it to the last generation in our new benchmark suite,... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Mobile computing	74
Asus' Ivy Bridge-powered N56VM notebook by Cyril Kowaliski — 12:19 AM on May 24, 2012 Join us as we take a 15.6" notebook with a quad-core Ivy Bridge CPU and discrete GeForce 600M graphics through our mobile test suite. Type: Feature article Tags: Mobile computing	46
AMD's A10-4600M 'Trinity' APU reviewed by Scott Wasson and Cyril Kowaliski — 1:55 AM on May 16, 2012 AMD has pulled the curtains back on Trinity, its next-generation APU, which features new Piledriver CPU cores and Northern Islands-derived integrated graphics. Join us... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Mobile computing	294
Asus' Transformer Pad 300 tablet by Geoff Gasior — 3:58 PM on May 3, 2012 Asus has revamped its entry level Transformer tablet, squeezing Nvidia's Tegra 3 processor into a slimmer, sexier body. The trademark keyboard dock remains, as does... Type: Feature article Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech	42
Western Digital's VelociRaptor 1TB hard drive by Geoff Gasior — 7:00 AM on April 16, 2012 Is there any hope for high-performance mechanical drives? We test WD's latest 10k-RPM VelociRaptor 1TB against a diverse array of competitors to find out. Type: Feature article Tags: Storage Servers Workstations	161
When super-sized smartphones become pocketable tablets by Geoff Gasior — 11:16 PM on April 12, 2012 I thought I lost my smartphone the other week. Somewhere between walking my dog in the morning and heading out for lunch, my trusty Palm... Type: Blog post Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech	56
Why do mobile displays get all the love? by David Morgan — 9:52 AM on April 6, 2012 With few exceptions, it seems, the gadgets hogging the media limelight today tend to be of the fingerprint-collecting variety. Tablets, phones, tablet-phones, e-readers, and anything... Type: Blog post Tags: Displays	55
The death of the Apple tax by Geoff Gasior — 11:05 PM on March 29, 2012 The old adage says there are only two certainties in this world: death and taxes. Steve Jobs proved that not even the Reality Distortion... Type: Blog post Tags: Systems Mobile computing Personal tech	165

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