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Type: News story Tags: Gaming

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Less than a year old, and Ivy Bridge may already be going on a diet. Oh my. According to someone with knowledge of Intel's plans...

Type: News story Tags: CPUs

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Type: News story Tags: Graphics The Tech Report

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The Starting Five Ars Technica: How 4 Microsoft engineers proved that the "darknet" would defeat DRM Wired: Don't blame us for Windows 8′s slow...

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Eight is Enough X-bit labs: Quad-core microprocessors to dominate notebooks in 2016 and hp starts to sell cheap-looking Envy-branded PCs, creator of...

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I'll admit it. I actually bought a piece of software from Corel today. I decided to upgrade to Paint Shop Pro X5 from...

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Yes, there are still deals to go around—even as some retailers (and some unfortunate shoppers) are recovering from the stampedes of Black Friday and Cyber...

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Type: News story Tags: Motherboards Cases Power Storage Input devices

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The Raspberry Pi Model B is one of the most appealing mini-PC boards on sale right now. For only $35, you get an ARM-compatible...

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OCZ has been going through a rough patch lately. Founder and CEO Ryan Petersen left the company in September, and one month later, OCZ...

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7 Up The Verge: Windows Blue is Microsoft's future low-cost OS with yearly updates X-bit labs: AMD expects x86 to remain important...

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I generally don't mind using most Apple software. Heck, I quite like some of it. There is one glaring exception, though: iTunes for Windows. I...

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