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October 31
- WebRTC Now Available as W3C Draft
- Intel Ditching Smart TV Business
- Winner of Tom's Enthusiast PC with Vipre Antivirus
- Report: HP To Kill webOS in November
- Intel SSD 710 Tested: MLC NAND Flash Hits The Enterprise
October 30
- Get Some Free Gaming on OnLive This Halloweekend
October 29
- Steam Halloween Sale Offers L4D2 @ $6.79 and More
- Mozilla Builds a Special Bing'ed Firefox For Microsoft
- Deals Oct 28: Dell XPS 8300 Core i7-2600 8GB RAM $699
- HP Developing Windows 8 Tablets and Ultrabooks
October 28
- Winners of a Core i5-2500K, DZ68DB, and SSD 311
- Nokia May Produce Windows 8 Tablets
- Origin, Maingear Offering Core i7-2700K OC'ed to 5+GHz
- AMD Touts Mobile Success, Questions Tablet Opportunity
- Facebook Builds Data Center Near Arctic Circle
- Drupal 7.9 Fixes Regressions, OpenID Spec Violations
- Development on Fallout MMOG Continues For Now
- Battlefield 3 Performance: 30+ Graphics Cards, Benchmarked
- DICE: PC Development Has Positive Trickle-Down Effect
- It's Official: HP is Keeping its PC Division
- Deals Oct 27: 42" Panasonic VIERA 1080p LED HDTV $650
October 27
- LSI Deal Won't Change Availability of SandForce SSDs
- TRENDnet Ships 450 Mbps Dual Band Media Bridge
- First Nvidia Tegra 3 Device May Launch November 9
- Nvidia Preps GF110-based GeForce GTX 560 Ti‎ Upgrade
- Taiwanese Animators Take On Steve Jobs' Biography
- HP Building Servers Using ARM-based SoCs
- InfiniTV 4 USB Turns a PC Into Cable Set-Top Box
- AMD FX: Energy Efficiency Compared To Eight Other CPUs
- Nvidia Sneaking Tegra into Server Market with Tesla
- A Sneak Peek at the New Asus Rampage IV Extreme (X79)
- LSI Set to Acquire SandForce in $370 Million Deal
- Deals Oct 26: Razer Gaming 2 Mouse Bundle Bundle $120
October 26
- Chrome 15 Released, Packs $27,000 Worth of Patches
- Analyst: It's Game Over for Linux
- IBM Names Virginia Rometty CEO and President
- New DoS Tool Kills SSL Servers With Just One PC
- HP Testing Windows 8 on TouchPads
- Bethesda Reveals PC Requirements for Skyrim
- VIDEO: Snoop Dogg's Guide To RAGE's Wasteland 1 & 2
- ARM: We Are More Appropriate for Android Than Intel
- Deals Oct 25: 23" Dell UltraSharp 1080p IPS LCD $259
October 25
- Intel Says CPU Prices Irrelevant in Ultrabooks
- Battlefield 3 is Here: Make Sure You Have the Latest Drivers
- ZyXEL Intros Portable Router, Access Point
- Noctua & Thermaltake to Offer Free LGA-2011 Mounting Kit
- Razer's Synapse 2.0: Store Peripheral Settings in the Cloud
- Happy Birthday! Windows XP is 10 Years Old Today
- HP's Strategy Officer Leaves, No Replacement Planned
- Sandisk to Ramp 19 nm Flash in Q4 2011
- Raidmax to Release Seiran Gaming Case
- Researchers Control Thermoelectric Voltages in CPU, Storage
- Linux 3.1 With Wii Controller Support Published
- Next Portal 2 DLC Featuring "Photoshop-Like" Editor
- AMD Releases New Preview Driver for Battlefield 3, Rage
- Apple iPhone 4S, Part 2: Battery, Camera, And Display Quality
- New Nvidia Drivers Improve Performance in RAGE, BF3
- Deals Oct 24: Kinect (Xbox 360) w/ Games for $99 FS
- TSMC's 28nm Technology Now in Volume Production
- MacBook Pro Line Gets Spec Bump; New CPUs & GPUs
- AMD's Deccan, Kerala Slated for Ultrabooks
October 24
- HDD Prices are Increasing Rapidly; 50% in One Week
- Rumor: Windows 8 Launching August 2012; Win 9 in 2014
- Intel Releases Core i7-2700K Processor
- OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid: Solid-State Speed With Hard Drive Capacity
October 23
- Windows 8 Features Slick Search from Start Screen
- Sony to Put PlayStation Suite On Third Party Devices
- VIDEO: It's One Hour of Counter-Strike GO Footage
- Blizzard Discusses StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm
October 22
- BioWare Talks Mass Effect 3 Demo Plans
- Microsoft Patents Self-Sterilizing Touch Screen
- Nvidia's Tegra Cost So Far: $2 Billion
- WoW Annual Pass Subscribers Get Diablo III for Free
- Sony Announces External 100 GB Blu-ray Burner
- Diablo III Collector's Edition and New Cinematic Revealed
- RAGE Issues Have Some Wondering About DOOM 4
- Winners of the Upgrading and Repairing PCs Book
- Blizzard Announces 4th WoW Expansion: Mists of Pandaria
- Deals Oct 21: Dual 24" Dell 1080p LED HDMI LCDs $360
- Sony Launching Ultrabook in December Says Intel
October 21
- Seagate: Terabyte Platter HDDs Now in Volume Production
- Why We Can't Count Windows Out of the Tablet Game
- Nvidia Confirms Tegra's 'Superhero' Roadmap
- Report: Microsoft Interested in Buying Yahoo Again
- New OCZ SSD Line Offers 1 TB, "Instant On" Support
- Chrome 17 Gets HTTP Pipelining
- Rage: Performance Analysis On The PC
- AMD, BlueStacks Team Up for Android Apps on x86
- Deals Oct 20: Dell 1130 Mono Laser Printer $54 FS
- U.S. and China Bicker Over China's 'Great Firewall'
- ARM Reveals Cortex-A7 Chip, big.LITTLE Processing
October 20
- Opinion: Intel is Underestimating ARM
- Logitech M525 Wireless Mouse Boasts 3-year Battery Life
- FSF Campaigns Against Windows 8's Secure Boot
- Logitech Now Offering Modern Warfare 3 Peripherals
- U.S. Advises Secure Control Systems Against Anonymous
- ARM-powered Ubuntu 'Webbook" Launches in South Africa
- StarCraft Universe Mod Finally Goes Into Limited Preview
- Does The USB 3.0 Controller On Your Motherboard Matter?
- VIDEO: Nvidia Tegra 3 Kal-El Promo Video
- Intel to Sell Ivy Bridge Late in Q4 2011
- Deals Oct 19: 120GB SanDisk Ultra SSD $129.99 FS
October 19
- Apple Announces Quarterly Earnings, Misses Expectations
- Ultrabooks May Use Hybrid Storage to Cut Costs
- Relax, a Cyber War May Never Happen
- Brando Makes Huge Mouse for Huge Hands
- Google Rolling Out SSL Search for Google Account Users
- Minecraft Dev Wins Interim Injunction Over Scrolls Name
- Scientists Create Artificial Transistor Gates from E.Coli, DNA
- Sharkoon Dock Connects SATA HDDs via Gigabit Ethernet
- Smartphones to Drive DRAM Shipments Upwards
- Deals Oct 18: Logitech K800 Wireless Illuminated KB $70
October 18
- Ivy Bridge to Have a Maximum TDP of 77 Watts
- SandForce Random BSOD Firmware Bug Identified, Fixed
- Table Salt Could Allow for 18 Terabyte Hard Drives
- Chrome Climbed Above Firefox in Market Share Ranking
- The Radeon HD 6950 Sweet Spot: Five 1 GB Cards Rounded-Up
- Another Patch for RAGE on PC Coming Soon
- Firefox for Android to Get an Overhaul with Native UI
- EVGA Lifts Cover From X79 E779 Classified Motherboard
- Deals Oct 17: 15% off iTunes Gift Cards, No Tax & FS
October 17
- ViewSonic Intros New Ultra-Fast 3D LED Display
- IP Firm Sues Over Core Products from Dell, Acer, Asus
- WD May Have Rough December Due to Flooding
- Stereo Shoot-Out: Nvidia's New 3D Vision 2 Vs. AMD's HD3D
October 16
- OCZ Intros Deneva 2, Intrepid mSATA Enterprise SSDs
- Infineon Announces 300 mm Thin Wafers
- Researchers Create Graphene-Like Material
- DangerDen's New Colored Q20 Cases Look Sharp
- Battlefield 3, Mass Effect 3 MP Will Require Online Pass
- Google Chrome Now Has 200 Million Users
- GPU-Accelerated Opera 12 Alpha Available for Download
October 15
- Apple iPhone 4S, Part 1: More Horsepower, Better Hardware
- Extend HDMI With Ethernet Cables Up To 330 ft
- Skype Officially Belongs to Microsoft Now
- Toshiba Intros 2.5" HDDs with 15K RPM Spindle Speed
- Blizzard Auctioning World of Warcraft Server Hardware
- A Carrying Case to Fit Your LAN Party Needs
- Nvidia Announces 3D Vision 2 With New Hardware
- Report: First AMD 28nm GPU Due in December
- Canonical Releases Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot
- Deals Oct 14: Logitech G700 Gaming Mouse $52 FS
October 14
- Zalman Releases a Triple Fan CNPS12X CPU Cooler
- Prime Time For WebGL: Google Maps Gets an Upgrade
- Father of "C" Programming Language Dies at 70
- Backify Offers 512 GB Free Online Backup Storage
- Flooding in Thailand Disrupts Tech Supply Chain
- Intel Sues Over "Intel" Trademark Infringement
- Deals Oct 13: 1TB Iomega Prestige USB 3.0 HDD $89
- Microsoft Signs Patent Licensing Deal With Quanta
- Gartner: Lenovo Now 2nd-Largest Worldwide PC Vendor
October 13
- Opinion: Did We Expect Too Much of AMD Bulldozer?
- 2 Billion Mobile Processors By 2016, Says JPR
- 5TB External HDDs Arriving in Three Months?
- Intel Bets 2012 on Ultrabooks
- Q2 HDD, SSD and ODD Shipments Climb Slightly
- World's Largest Multitouch LCD Powered by Sandy Bridge
- Man Vs. Machine: Four Automatic Overclocking Techs, Compared
- Analysts Warns of High Levels of Chip Inventories
- Patriot Memory Updates SSD Line With Pyro SE Series
- Deals Oct 12: 14.5-inch HP Envy 14 Core i5 $749 FS
October 12
- Sony Locks 93,000 Accounts After Hacking Attempt
- Qualcomm Details Next Gen Snapdragon S4 CPU
- Flash Exploits Jump 40 Times in Q2 2011
- Intel to Bundle Liquid Cooler with Sandy Bridge-E CPUs
- Asus Ultrabook "Zenbooks" Arriving With Five Models
- EA Defends Cop Killing in Battlefield 3
- Skyrim World Map and Game Manual "Leaked"
- AMD Bulldozer Review: FX-8150 Gets Tested
- Opera 12 Getting Hardware Acceleration
- Deals Oct 11: Assassin's Creed Revelations $34.99
- Nvidia Powering World's Most Powerful Supercomputer
October 11
- Elpida Preps Sample Shipments of 25 nm, 4 Gb DRAM
- Intel's Plans for New SSDs in 2012 Detailed
- IE Easily Beats Chrome, Firefox Security, Says Microsoft
- BlueStacks Launches Android App Player for Windows 7
- ADATA Introduces XM13 mSATA Solid State Drives
- Google Introduces JavaScript Alternative Called DART
- First Ultrabook Arrives from Acer October 16 for $900
- Microsoft Files Wireless Resource Sharing Patent
- Do Antivirus Suites Impact Your PC's Performance?
- Multiplayer Support Confirmed for Mass Effect 3
- id Software Releases RAGE Patch, Carmack Curses
- Deals for Oct 10: 23" Dell AIO Touchscreen PC $499 FS
October 10
- Google Releases Chrome Desktop-Sharing Feature
- How Microsoft Reduces Memory Use in Windows 8
- Deus Ex: HR Played on AMD Eyefinity 5x1 Portrait
- FeTRAM: A New Idea to Replace Flash Memory
- Nettop Round-Up: Four Tiny PCs, Benchmarked And Reviewed
- Corsair Ships the Carbide Series 500R Case
- Microsoft Gets Green Light For Skype Acquisition
- VIDEO: Apple Co-founder Woz Remembers Steve Jobs
October 9
- Corsair Announces 480GB Force Series 3, GT SSDs
- Sandy Bridge Owners Can Rent CinemaNow HD Movies
- Computer Virus Infects U.S. Predator, Reaper Drones
October 8
- Nvidia Giving Away Two Gaming Notebooks
- VIDEO: Watch IPL Tournament Live from Atlantic City
- Diablo 3 Closed Beta Hands-On: Part 5
- Intel Capital Invests $4 Million in Xfire Gaming Network
- VIDEO: Team Fortress 2 Running in Web Browser
- DICE: There's a Misunderstanding With The Term "Beta"
- Ubuntu 11.10 Will Feature ARM Support, Ships Soon
- Rambus Under Fire in Patent Battle With Nvidia
- IBM and NC State Develop Cloud Security Layer
- Deals for October 7: Logitech 720p HD Webcam $24.99
October 7
- Zotac Intros Dual-Core ZBOX Nano VD01 Series
- Acer, Asus Using Fiberglass to Keep Ultrabook Cost Low
- Apple Patents Illuminated Hardware Cases
- Micron, Samsung Launch Consortium for HMC Tech
- Should You Upgrade? From A Hard Drive To An SSD
- Crytek ''Investigating'' Flash Support in CryEngine
- Rumor: Battlefield 3 May Arrive on Steam After All
- Deals Oct 6: IdeaPad A1 Tablet (2GB $199 | 16GB $249)
October 6
- Western Digital Reveals WD TV Live with Wi-Fi, Spotify
- Thermaltake Case Has PSU On Bottom, Fans on Top
- PowerColor Reveals the Devil 13 HD6970
- These Micro-ATX Cases Support Long Cards
- Asus: Ultrabooks Won't Threaten Tablet Market
- Apple Uses Intel's Nehalem Die Shot in A5 CPU Slide
- Diablo 3 Closed Beta Hands-On: Part 4
- Four SAS 6 Gb/s RAID Controllers, Benchmarked And Reviewed
- Dell XPS 14z Ultra-Thin Laptop Rolls Out in China
- Bethesda Blaming RAGE PC Issues on Drivers
- R.I.P. Steve Jobs, 1955-2011
- Deals Oct 5: 15.6" Dell Vostro & Laser Printer Bundle $739
October 5
- HP CEO Will Decide PC Division's Fate This Month
- Why the Windows 7 Start Menu is Going Out of Fashion
- Cooler Master Reveals the Silent Pro Hybrid Series PSUs
- TDK Develops Tech to "More Than Double" HDD Capacity
- Microsoft Board Gives ''Underpaid'' Ballmer a 2% Raise
- AMD Sees Little Future in Ultrabooks
- Evercool Announces Transformer S CPU Cooler
- VIDEO: Aliens Colonial Marines E3 Demo Walkthrough
- Building A Liquid-Cooled MicroATX Gaming Monster
- Dell Announces Sandy Bridge Vostro AiO PC
- RAGE Suffering on PC; AMD Releases Optimized Driver
- Epic's UE3 Runs Within Adobe's New Flash 11
October 4
- HP Now Controls 87 Percent of Autonomy
- Deals Oct 4: Netgear 1080p Network Media Player $110
- Corsair Announces 8GB DDR3 Memory Modules
- Intel Documents Leak Two More 32nm Atom Processors
- Fusion-io Flash Card Doubles Bandwidth to 3 GB/s
- Firefox 9 (Aurora) With Type Inference Now for Download
- D&D Raids Facebook with Old-School Neverwinter RPG
- Intel Gets Some Navigation Help With Telmap Acquisition
- Firefox Market Share Drops Again, Chrome Set to Overtake
- Battlefield 3 Beta Hacked, Accounts May Be Banned
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1: A Second-Gen Android Tablet
- AMD's Rick Bergman Now CEO at Synaptics
- S3 Sues Apple Over 3D Graphics Rendering
- Razer, Hasbro Launch Transformers PC Peripherals
- Deals Oct 3: Dell Inspiron 620s Core i5 $543 (reg $835)
October 3
- GamersPortal: Giving Gamers Their Own Space
- Corsair Issues Warning of H100 Fan Controller Issues
- Follow-Up Chrome Games: Google to Lock Your Mouse
- Asus Joins the Ivy Bridge PCIe 3.0 Motherboard Race
- NZXT Launches the Phantom - Pink Edition Case
- Windows 8 In Videos: An Operating System Reimagined?
October 2
- Windows 8 Will Remember Your Settings Across PCs
- Turn Your 2.5-inch HDD Into a USB 3.0 External Drive
- Thrustmaster Reveals $200 Ferrari F1 Racing Wheel
- Free Portal 2 DLC Coming on October 4
- Diablo 3 Closed Beta Hands-On: Part 3
October 1
- Hands-On: Amazon's Fourth-Gen Kindle Refresh
- IBM, Intel Invest $4.4 Billion in Chip Development in NY
- Amazon May Purchase Palm/webOS Remnants
- HP Won't Finalize PC Spin-Off Until End of 2011
- Deals Sept 30: 15% Off Dell UltraSharp LCD Monitors