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Wall Street Journal reports Apple testing an 8-inch iPad to take on Kindle Fire
Here's the "one more thing" that Amazon hopes it never hears. According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple is working on an 8-inch iPad that, if it ever sees the light of day, would compete with...
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Rumor: Apple to redesign MacBook Pro laptops to resemble MacBook Air
The latest Cupertino rumor is that Apple will be updating its MacBook Pro notebooks to be more like the MacBook Air.
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Google to take on Sonos with wireless home entertainment system
Google is working on a wireless home entertainment system, according to the Wall Street Journal. Will it succeed where Google TV has not yet?
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Intel SSD 520 solid-state drive bets on improved reliability over low price
Formerly the undisputed champ in the solid-state-drive arena, Intel has seen countless competitors enter the SSD ring, offering superior performance and cheaper prices than the chip giant. With...
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Latest Apple iTV rumors: Siri and motion controls built in, Best Buy polls consumers on price
The latest rumors about Apple's purported television set suggest you can control it via voice or gesture controls. Also, Best Buy surveys its customers about their interest in an Apple TV.
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AVADirect, Maingear start shipping gaming laptops with Sandy Bridge-E desktop processors
Want the latest and greatest desktop CPUs in your notebook? AVADirect and Maingear have introduced new gaming laptops with Sandy Bridge-E processors.
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Survey says -- what the next Amazon Kindle Fire needs
According a new survey of its owners, the Kindle Fire still has room for improvement.
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AMD's tablet strategy: Hondo chip, Windows 8
AMD missed the boat on smartphone processors, and like rival Intel, has fallen behind in the tablet chip wars. But with Windows 8 right around the corner, the company hopes to cash in with a new...
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Vizio's CinemaWide 58-inch 3D HDTV priced at $3,499, but who's buying?
Vizio is taking a chance that there's a set of TV buyers who is looking to recreate the ultra-widescreen experience of the movie theater in its living rooms. The company introduced its new...
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Intel quietly introduces several new Sandy Bridge processors
Ahead of the big launch of its Ivy Bridge chips later this year, Intel has pushed out a handful of new Sandy Bridge processors, including a couple of Core i5 CPUs that lack integrated graphics....
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Apple patents new touchscreen remote control for a future Apple TV
In addition to controlling home theater devices like DVD players and home automation systems, the remote concept could also work with your computer to run iTunes or execute other functions.
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Your next laptop could have Microsoft's Kinect built into it
Microsoft is finally delivering on its promise to bring Kinect to the PC with official support, but most people would probably assume it would be most useful with a desktop. Nonetheless, it...
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Is 2012 the year of the SSD? SanDisk, Western Digital disagree
Have solid state drives hit an "inflection point," as SanDisk has predicted? Or despite the push for Ultrabook production from Intel, will SSD market penetration remain low, as Western Digital...
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Boxee Live TV now available -- $49 dongle adds over-the-air TV to streaming device
Last November, Boxee announced a USB dongle that would provide over-the-air TV channels in addition to the Boxee Box's streaming capabilities. Yesterday, the company made Boxee Live TV available...
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HP doesn't get memo that netbooks are dead, releases $399 Mini 1104
Netbook sales are shrinking as quickly as you can say "iPad," but that hasn't deterred HP from pumping out a new model for a tepid market. The company says its Mini 1104 is designed for business...
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Maingear, Origin PC turn to phase change cooling solutions to chill gaming PCs
While Alienware is heading downstream to try to capture a bigger audience for gaming PCs with a $699 desktop, other boutique builders are catering to a hardcore niche that is looking for every way...
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Intel to offer optional protection plan for overclocked Core processors
The additional protection plans offered by electronics companies are often of dubious value to consumers, but Intel has just launched one that may be a good value if you like to tweak your...
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Alienware thinks small with new $699 X51 gaming PC
Alienware has been teasing a new system on its website, with a majestic and mysterious monolithic tower as the primary image. So it may come as a surprise that the gaming PC giant has revealed...
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CES 2012: Can Sony Crystal LED Display HDTVs beat OLED sets?
Sony has given up on consumer OLED HDTV production, leaving it to the LGs and Samsungs of the world, but that doesn't mean it has lost sight of it as a potentially disruptive display technology....
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CES 2012: AMD delivers a Lightning Bolt strike to Intel's Thunderbolt
If AMD doesn't want to be thought of as a company that's always following Intel's lead, it sure isn't doing itself any favors with one of its latest ideas. It's apparently planning an...
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