January 25, 2011
The perfect mobile display has yet to be invented—but that isn’t stopping eight competing technologies in the quest for bragging rights
Every mobile display technology seems to promise the same benefits: Great readability, even in daylight. Fast pi…
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January 24, 2011
In my job as a tech journalist, I eat, breathe, and evangelize all things PC. I’m one of the PC platform’s biggest supporters because, frankly, it’s superior to the alternatives. Got that? We’re better than you.
But that doesn’t mean I think …
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November 22, 2010
Packed with fans and features
We dinged September’s Antec Sonata Proto for being feature-poor. Can’t say the same of the flagship of Antec’s Dark Fleet line, the DF-85. This full-tower chassis looks great, is packed with fans, and includes luxury…
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November 18, 2010
On the 25th anniversary of Windows, we examine the future of Microsoft’s flagship operating system
For what it’s worth, the first 25 years of our lives weren’t that smooth, either. So forgive us for favoring words like “commemorate” or “cont…
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November 16, 2010
It’s Mafio-so-so
Mafia II’s got a script that’s probably as thick as four phonebooks, but the phrase we uttered most while playing the game was, “So close.” Over and over, it’s all we could think as we watched the game grasp at greatness, onl…
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November 10, 2010
Not as thin and light as the R600, but far more powerful
In honor of the 25 years Toshiba has been making laptops—starting with the T1100 in 1985—Toshiba is dubbing its new R700 an “anniversary” system. The laptop is the newest addition to Tosh…
Tags: 2010, Business Notebooks, December 2010, From the Magazine, hardware, notebook, notebooks, portege, R700, reviews, toshiba
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November 10, 2010
An all-in-one liquid-cooler with a built-in display
As one of the few players in the all-in-one liquid-cooling market—which marks the midpoint between air-coolers and custom water-cooling loops—CoolIT’s coolers have to compete with Corsair’s As…
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October 27, 2010
Today’s premium Wi-Fi routers push the boundaries of design, features, and range
You’ve been getting by with the cheapie router you bought two years ago, so why should you upgrade now? In a word: Performance. And features. Oh, sorry. That’s two wor…
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