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• WOF: What was the first game you played online?
  By Jose Vilches, July 30, 2010
• RIM to launch 'BlackPad' tablet in November?
  By Jose Vilches, July 30, 2010
• Best Buy to offer Clearwire's WiMAX service in 2011
  By Jose Vilches, July 30, 2010
• FCC approves Samsung SCH-R900, first LTE phone
  By Jose Vilches, July 30, 2010
• Internet Explorer 9 beta to arrive in September
  By Jose Vilches, July 30, 2010
• Steam weekend sale: Half off Just Cause 2 and DLC
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 30, 2010
• Microsoft's Ballmer: We're coming full guns with iPad rivals
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 29, 2010
• YouTube bumps upload limit to 15 minutes
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 29, 2010
• Asus readies kid-friendly netbook, Eee PC 1001PQ
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 29, 2010
• AMD might support USB 3.0 in upcoming mobile chipset
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 29, 2010
• AMD's Ontario APU to consume much less than 18W
  By Jose Vilches, July 29, 2010
• News around the web: Hack make ATM spew money
  By Erik Orejuela, July 29, 2010
• Amazon overhauls Kindle, adds $139 Wi-Fi model
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 29, 2010
• AMD overtakes Nvidia in second quarter GPU shipments
  By Jose Vilches, July 29, 2010
• StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty GPU & CPU Performance
  By Julio Franco, July 29, 2010
• Over 100m Facebook profiles harvested, available in torrent
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 28, 2010
• IDC: Apple, Lenovo the only ones to increase notebook sales
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 28, 2010
• Augen to sell $150 Android 2.1 tablet at Kmart
  By Jose Vilches, July 28, 2010
• Super Talent announces dual-interface SSD, UltraDrive MX
  By Jose Vilches, July 28, 2010
• News around the web: 14 famous man rooms
  By Erik Orejuela, July 28, 2010
• Apple releases Safari 5.0.1, debuts Extensions Gallery
  By Jose Vilches, July 28, 2010
• Tech Tip: Run Firefox 3.6 and Firefox 4 Beta Simultaneously
  By Julio Franco, July 28, 2010
• Nvidia launches Fermi-based Quadro workstation GPUs
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 27, 2010
• Intel's Silicon Photonics Link boasts 50Gb/s transfers
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 27, 2010
• PlayStation Store recommendations coming in firmware 3.41
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 27, 2010
• SanDisk ships its smallest USB drive in North America
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 27, 2010
• Nvidia loses patent infringement suit against Rambus
  By Jose Vilches, July 27, 2010
• News around the web: MS crosses swords with pirates
  By Erik Orejuela, July 27, 2010
• Tuesday tech deals: Geeks.com 14-year anniversary sale
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 27, 2010
• Valve apologizes for wrongful bans with free Left 4 Dead 2
  By Jose Vilches, July 27, 2010
• Apple intros Magic Trackpad, updates iMac and Mac Pro
  By Jose Vilches, July 27, 2010
• LG ships X140 netbook with 1.83GHz Atom N475
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 27, 2010
• Catalyst 10.7 drivers add H.264 acceleration for VLC 1.1.1
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 26, 2010
• Updated DMCA legalizes jailbreaking, DVD ripping and more
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 26, 2010
• New iMac, Mac Pro, Cinema Display rumored for tomorrow
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 26, 2010
• MSI ships 16" GT660R gaming notebook
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 26, 2010
• Dell intros AMD-based Inspiron M101z ultraportable notebook
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 26, 2010
• News around the web: Jesus calls Peter
  By Erik Orejuela, July 26, 2010
• Leaked roadmap shows two low-power AMD APUs, code-named Zacate
  By Jose Vilches, July 26, 2010
• Sony's potential Blu-ray successor to bring 1TB discs
  By Jose Vilches, July 26, 2010
• TechSpot Weekly: Let's get this thing started!
  By Julio Franco, July 26, 2010
• Weekend tech reading: The StarCraft economy
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 25, 2010
• Weekend Open Forum: Your browser of choice
  By Julio Franco, July 23, 2010
• India unveils $35 academic tablet, but will it materialize?
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 23, 2010
• BlindType brings software keyboards to the next level
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 23, 2010
• FCC: "Broadband" now means 4Mb/s down, 1Mb/s up
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 23, 2010
• NEC to cut USB 3.0 chip prices amid increased competition
  By Jose Vilches, July 23, 2010
• Samsung, Toshiba team up to boost NAND flash speeds
  By Jose Vilches, July 23, 2010
• Secunia: Apple software has the most vulnerabilities
  By Jose Vilches, July 23, 2010
• Google halves time between each stable Chrome release
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 23, 2010
• Microsoft posts quarterly earnings, inches ahead of Apple
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 22, 2010
• Shuttle ships XPC Barebone SH55J2 compact desktop
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 22, 2010
• Free-to-play Company of Heroes Online reaches beta
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 22, 2010
• Dell ships malware-infected server motherboards
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 22, 2010
• ASRock touts front USB 3.0 connectivity with latest boards
  By Jose Vilches, July 22, 2010
• Microsoft killed cross-platform project because PC gamers wrecked console gamers
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 22, 2010
• News around the web: Where's the money in America?
  By Erik Orejuela, July 22, 2010
• Asus intros feature-packed Atom board for HTPC builders
  By Jose Vilches, July 22, 2010
• Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 rumored for late-August release
  By Jose Vilches, July 22, 2010
• HP upgrades TouchSmart tm2 to Core i3 and i5 processors
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 21, 2010
• Corsair adds 40GB, 80GB and 160GB Force SSDs
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 21, 2010
• NPD: 48% of PC games sold in 2009 were downloads
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 21, 2010
• HP's Windows-based tablet may live despite Palm purchase
  By Jose Vilches, July 21, 2010
• Swedish Pirate Party announces log-free broadband ISP
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 21, 2010
• Millions of routers vulnerable to web attack
  By Jose Vilches, July 21, 2010
• Adobe Reader to block attacks with sandbox feature
  By Jose Vilches, July 21, 2010
• Google sees Mozilla's $3,000 and raises it $133.70
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 21, 2010
• Apple posts another record quarter, $3.25 billion profit
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 20, 2010
• MSI ships new 11.6" Wind12 U230 Light netbook
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 20, 2010
• Samsung launches its first 1TB notebook drive
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 20, 2010
• Tuesday tech deals: $179 off Core i3-powered Dell 15R
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 20, 2010
• News around the web: Top 30 free Android apps
  By Erik Orejuela, July 20, 2010
• Lenovo, Asus commit to Android for upcoming tablets
  By Jose Vilches, July 20, 2010
• Dell unveils sandboxed version of Firefox
  By Jose Vilches, July 20, 2010
• Amazon sells nearly two e-books for every one hardcover
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 20, 2010
• Lenovo C315 All-In-One Desktop PC Review
  By Julio Franco, July 20, 2010
• Redbox to compete with Netflix in video streaming
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 19, 2010
• LG intros 3D notebook, gaming monitor and projector
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 19, 2010
• GeForce 258.96 drivers get WHQL certified
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 19, 2010
• Verizon ships leftover Kins back to Redmond amid poor sales
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 19, 2010
• Sharp launches 100GB Blu-ray discs, new players
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 19, 2010
• Intel confirms new Core i7 and i5 processors, price cuts
  By Jose Vilches, July 19, 2010
• News around the web: 10 fun Microsoft facts
  By Erik Orejuela, July 19, 2010
• Motorola sells wireless networking unit to Nokia Siemens
  By Jose Vilches, July 19, 2010
• Seagate introduces GoFlex Home networked drive
  By Jose Vilches, July 19, 2010
• WOF: Do you provide tech support to friends and family?
  By Jose Vilches, July 18, 2010
• Weekend tech reading: Analyst says Activision must start charging for Call of Duty online
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 18, 2010
• Valve announces free co-op shooter Alien Swarm
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 16, 2010
• Apple offers free cases to fix iPhone 4 'death grip' issue
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 16, 2010
• StarCraft II downloadable now, official requirements released
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 16, 2010
• Mozilla increases bounty for security flaw info to $3,000
  By Jose Vilches, July 16, 2010
• NPD: New Xbox 360 boosts sales, industry down 6% overall
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 16, 2010
• Intel's new Core i7 970 six-core CPU listed online
  By Jose Vilches, July 16, 2010
• AMD reports small loss despite record $1.65 billion revenue
  By Jose Vilches, July 16, 2010
• Chile passes law to enforce net neutrality, more
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 15, 2010
• IDC: Global PC sales up 22.4% in the second quarter
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 15, 2010
• Apple releases fix for iPhone 4's miscalculated bars
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 15, 2010
• Lenovo discontinuing X300 series to focus on T400
  By Matthew Smith, July 15, 2010
• New MacBook Air rumored to have 11.6-inch display
  By Matthew Smith, July 15, 2010
• Kmart displays customer game reviews on retail shelves
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 15, 2010
• Motorola's Droid X debuts, includes self-bricking 'protection'?
  By Jose Vilches, July 15, 2010
• News around the web: Test drive Android on your PC
  By Erik Orejuela, July 15, 2010
• Wireless PCI Express connectivity to arrive next year
  By Matthew Smith, July 15, 2010
• Laptop Magazine releases updated tech support scores
  By Matthew Smith, July 15, 2010
• A Compendium of Firefox 4 Beta Tweaks
  By Julio Franco, July 15, 2010
• RIAA spent $58m chasing pirates to recover $1.4m
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 14, 2010
• Amazon Germany reveals new Xbox 360 Arcade
  By Matthew Smith, July 14, 2010
• Acer to launch two Android tablets by Christmas
  By Matthew Smith, July 14, 2010
• NPD: Office 2010 sales are off to a "disappointing" start
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 14, 2010
• Intel's Sandy Bridge CPU specifications leaked?
  By Jose Vilches, July 14, 2010
• Seagate adds BlackArmor NAS 400, ships sans storage
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 14, 2010
• News around the web: Modern life
  By Erik Orejuela, July 14, 2010
• RIM offers sneak peek of BlackBerry OS 6.0
  By Jose Vilches, July 14, 2010
• Wednesday tech deals: $50 off computers at Staples
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 14, 2010
• LaCie intros rugged, waterproof XtremKey USB flash drive
  By Jose Vilches, July 14, 2010
• AMD Socket AM3 Budget Motherboard Shootout
  By Julio Franco, July 14, 2010
• Walmart opens preorders on $199 Microsoft Kinect bundle
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 13, 2010
• Intel posts record quarter, revenue up 34%
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 13, 2010
• California continues effort to limit violent game sales
  By Matthew Smith, July 13, 2010
• Sprint mulling LTE adoption, T-Mobile merger
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 13, 2010
• Sony warns about health effects of 3D technology
  By Matthew Smith, July 13, 2010
• Asus N73 gaming notebook now available in the US
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 13, 2010
• iPhone 4 complaints get louder, Apple censors discussions
  By Jose Vilches, July 13, 2010
• Samsung intros premium N210, N220 netbooks
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 13, 2010
• News around the web: iPhone 4 recall inevitable
  By Erik Orejuela, July 13, 2010
• Windows XP downgrade rights extended until 2020 [Updated]
  By Jose Vilches, July 13, 2010
• 3D graphics coming to a Flash player near you
  By Matthew Smith, July 13, 2010
• Study names Avast Free the most popular antivirus
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 12, 2010
• Intel wants to put a black box inside your car
  By Matthew Smith, July 12, 2010
• GeForce 258.96 beta drivers add GTX 460 support, more
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 12, 2010
• LG announces 3D TV and Blu-ray bundle with free glasses
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 12, 2010
• Google simplifies Android programming with App Inventor
  By Jose Vilches, July 12, 2010
• Pegatron bags contract to produce Mac desktops
  By Matthew Smith, July 12, 2010
• Nvidia GTX 460 listed on Newegg, starting at $199
  By Matthew Smith, July 12, 2010
• Microsoft publicly releases Windows 7 SP1 beta
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 12, 2010
• News around the web: 3DS fixes Nintendo's piracy problem
  By Erik Orejuela, July 12, 2010
• Apple to repair, replace faulty Time Capsule devices
  By Jose Vilches, July 12, 2010
• Rumor: Sandy Bridge processors to retain Core i branding
  By Jose Vilches, July 12, 2010
• Palit GTX 460 Sonic Platinum & Inno3D GTX 460 Reviewed
  By Julio Franco, July 11, 2010
• Weekend tech reading: Reintroducing special forum titles
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 11, 2010
• WOF: How many email accounts do you use?
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 09, 2010
• Intel preparing to kill Celeron processors, not?
  By Matthew Smith, July 09, 2010
• Good Old Games knocks 50% off Rebellion Pack
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 09, 2010
• Star Wars: The Old Republic beta test officially begins
  By Matthew Smith, July 09, 2010
• Blizzard aborts plans to display real names on forums
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 09, 2010
• Microsoft: 46% Windows 7 installations are 64-bit
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 09, 2010
• Microsoft details next week's Patch Tuesday
  By Jose Vilches, July 09, 2010
• China renews Google's web operating license
  By Jose Vilches, July 09, 2010
• Netgear preps four-bay, six-bay ReadyNAS Ultra products
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 09, 2010
• Dragon Age II available for preorder, coming March 2011
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 08, 2010
• Asus readies new Eee PC netbook with matte display
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 08, 2010
• YouTube launches Leanback, new mobile site
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 08, 2010
• AMD readies new six-core processor for late Q3
  By Jose Vilches, July 08, 2010
• News around the web: Nexus One gets Ubuntu
  By Erik Orejuela, July 08, 2010
• GeForce GTX 460 performance, price detailed
  By Jose Vilches, July 08, 2010
• Pirate Bay hacked, millions of IP address, emails exposed
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 08, 2010
• Microsoft Xbox Live revenue estimated to top $1 billion
  By Jose Vilches, July 08, 2010
• Microsoft axes hundreds of jobs across the globe
  By Matthew Smith, July 08, 2010
• Tech Tip of the Week: Buying a Budget PC: DIY vs. OEM
  By Julio Franco, July 08, 2010
• Insider says Microsoft sold exactly 503 Kins – not?
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 07, 2010
• Bamboo-bodied Asus notebooks available for preorder
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 07, 2010
• Gateway preps 11.6" LT32 netbook with AMD CPU, graphics
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 07, 2010
• News around the web: The invisible computer mouse
  By Erik Orejuela, July 07, 2010
• HP quietly intros AMD-based variant of Pavilion dm1
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 07, 2010
• Hitachi unveils LifeStudio external storage solutions
  By Jose Vilches, July 07, 2010
• Apple confirms 400 iTunes accounts hacked
  By Jose Vilches, July 07, 2010
• Samsung outpaces Apple and Sony in notebook shipments
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 07, 2010
• Latest in Smartphones: Third Quarter 2010
  By Julio Franco, July 07, 2010
• Mozilla officially releases Firefox 4 Beta 1
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 06, 2010
• Aluminum-clad Asus netbooks pop up for preorder
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 06, 2010
• Blizzard forums to display users' real names
  By Jose Vilches, July 06, 2010
• News around the web: The risks of 4G cellphones
  By Erik Orejuela, July 06, 2010
• White PS3 Slim hits Japan in July, Move bundles announced
  By Jose Vilches, July 06, 2010
• Netflix to stream Relativity Media's new releases
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 06, 2010
• Eric Schmidt talks Chrome OS and Nexus Two
  By Jose Vilches, July 06, 2010
• Tuesday tech deals: 20% off Lenovo laptops and desktops
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 06, 2010
• Massive Hurt Locker lawsuit doesn't deter pirates
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 05, 2010
• LG to launch Android-based tablet this year
  By Jose Vilches, July 05, 2010
• Samsung's new Q-series notebooks headed to the US
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 05, 2010
• PC users dropping fixed connections for mobile broadband
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 05, 2010
• News around the web: War in the fifth domain
  By Erik Orejuela, July 05, 2010
• Intel to revamp its CPU lineup, new 6-core part due mid-July
  By Jose Vilches, July 05, 2010
• AMD to increase top Athlon II X2, X4 speeds by 100MHz
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 05, 2010
• Apple iTunes accounts hacked, used to cheat ranking system
  By Jose Vilches, July 05, 2010
• Cooler Master giving away gold PC hardware
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 05, 2010
• Lenovo: We are lucky Apple doesn't care about China
  By Julio Franco, July 05, 2010
• WOF: What's your browser homepage and why?
  By Julio Franco, July 04, 2010
• Weekend tech reading: The most clicked Firefox button?
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 04, 2010
• Witstech's $200 tablet dual boots Android 2.1, Windows CE
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 02, 2010
• Asus intros netbook with dual-core Atom, Nvidia Ion
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 02, 2010
• Microsoft readying a multi-touch Arc mouse?
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 02, 2010
• HP Mini 110, 210 HD quietly upgraded with new Atom CPUs
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 02, 2010
• Pixel Qi 3Qi netbook screen kits announced, sold out
  By Jose Vilches, July 02, 2010
• Apple: iPhone 4 calculates bars wrong, fix on the way
  By Jose Vilches, July 02, 2010
• Ethernet cables to replace HDMI? Sony, others believe so
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 02, 2010
• Over 10,000 XP machines attacked by unpatched vulnerability
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 01, 2010
• Microsoft intros InstaLoad battery technology, forgoes polarity
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 01, 2010
• Finland makes broadband Internet access a legal right
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 01, 2010
• iPhone 4 users file class action suit against Apple and AT&T
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 01, 2010
• Opera 10.60 gets official, brings more speed, security
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 01, 2010
• HP completes Palm acquisition, eyes webOS hardware
  By Jose Vilches, July 01, 2010
• News around the web: The $37 laptop
  By Erik Orejuela, July 01, 2010
• Internet Explorer regains market share at Firefox's expense
  By Jose Vilches, July 01, 2010
• Amazon updates Kindle DX, drops price to $379
  By Jose Vilches, July 01, 2010
• Windows Anytime Upgrade discount ends Saturday
  By Matthew DeCarlo, July 01, 2010