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March 31
- British Gang Nets £500,000 in iTunes Royalties Scam
- Awesome Battlefield 3 Case Mod Also Keeps Your Soda Cool
- Reasons Why Firefox Could Become a Top Browser Again
- Deals March 30: 17.3" Vostro 3750 Core i7 Laptop $799.99
March 30
- Transcend Has a PATA SSD For Your Aging PC
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 Graphics Cards Vendor Roundup
- Google Opens Seven-story Startup Incubator in London
- Intel Patents Fan Speed Control to Cool CPUs
- Gearbox: Duke Nuken Forever Was Victim of Expectations
- Nvidia Predicts $199 Tegra 3 Tablets This Summer
- Apple CEO Tim Cook Visits Foxconn, Conditions to Improve
- Foxconn Labor Report Reveals Overworked Conditions
- Deals March 29: Dell 24" LCD Monitor + Soundbar $219 FS
March 29
- UK Consumers Said to Be Complaining About iPad's 4G Label
- Mozilla Hints That Firefox's 6-Week Release Cycle May Change
- Google Releases Update for Chrome Browser to v18
- Epic Licenses Out Unreal Engine 3 for FBI, Gov't Training
- Transparent, Flexible 3D Memory Chips Could Replace Flash
- Touch Screen Chip Market Ignited by iPhone and iPad
- Microsoft Wants Faster Internet With "HTTP Speed+Mobility"
- Microsoft Co-founder Paul Allen Falls Victim to Identity Theft
March 28
- Deals March 28: Dell XPS 15 Core i7 1080p Laptop $849.99
- Former SGI Entity Sues Apple, Sony, Samsung Over Graphics
- Preview: BlueStacks Android App Player for PC, Now in Beta
- TDK Launches Single-Chip SSD
- Foxconn Parent Company Hon Hai Buys Big Share of Sharp
- Mozilla Launches Online Game Using HTML5, WebSockets
- Angry Birds Maker Rovio Acquires Futuremark's Game Studio
- Report: Google Drive to Launch Next Week
March 27
- Deals March 27: 46" Sharp 1080p LCD HDTV $499.99 FS
- Members of Military Had Over 15,000 MegaUpload Accounts
- Minecraft Has Generated $80 Million in 15 Months
- Microsoft May Be Preparing LED Screen Keyboard
- Intel Rules Chip Market: Share Jumps to a 10-Year High
- Chrome OS May Be Heading to ARM After All
- Blizzard: Diablo 3 on Console "Makes Sense"
- Microsoft Seizes Two Zeus Botnet Server Command Stations
- Retailer's Cryptic Window Art Starts Galaxy S III Rumors
- Nvidia Wants to Make its Chips Inside Intel's Factories
- Deals March 26: 33% off HP ENVY 17 3D Core i7 Laptop
March 26
- Digital Storm Unveils Aventum With Custom Cryo-TEC Cooling
- The Cloud is Expected to Replace the Role of the PC by 2014
- Patent Troll Sues Apple, Dell, HP, 21 Others Over Automation
- Graphene Supercapacitors Can Charge Up to 1000x Faster Than Today's Batteries
- Tom's Hardware Benchmark Charts and Database Updated
- Micron Offers to Acquire Elpida for About $1.5 Billion
March 25
- Microsoft Says Chrome Market Share Records are Misleading
- 16-year-old Makes Working Scientific Calculator in Minecraft
- Google Will Eventually Be Dethroned, Says Internet Pioneer
- Facebook Acquires Hundreds of Patents from IBM
March 24
- A Fifth WoW Expansion Already In The Works, Others
- SOE Converting Another MMO to F2P: Vanguard
- HP Gives a Lesson in Batteries, Explains the 32-hour Laptop
- Deals March 23: 73" Mitsubishi 3D DLP TV $999.99
March 23
- Internet Explorer 8 Turns 3 Years Old, Still Going Strong
- Apple Expected to Surpass Intel as Top Mobile Chipmaker
- Antec Announces High Current Pro Platinum 1000 Watt PSU
- AMD Plans New FX Processors to Go Up Against Ivy Bridge
- Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang Emails Thanks to Employees
- Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition Coming to iPad Too
- Motherboard Makers Drop Intel 7 Series Board Prices
March 22
- Hacktivists Breached Data of Over 100 Million Users in 2011
- MPAA Wants MegaUpload Data Saved for Future Lawsuits
- Microsoft Packs Mustang With Windows 8, Kinect, Xbox, More
- Commodore Relaunches Amiga Brand with Powerful Mini PC
- Samsung's Exynos May Become an ARMed SoC Competitor
- Linux Creator Linus Torvalds Declined to Join Apple
- Microsoft Research Shows High Performance Touch Screen
- Blizzard Getting Ready for Mists of Pandaria Testing
- Asetek Unveils Liquid-Cooled Notebook Prototype
- Report: Microsoft Marketing Bans Purchase of Apple Products
March 21
- Deals March 21: Planar 22" 1080p LCD Monitor $129.99 FS
- Intel Introduces New Atom SoC for Set-Top Boxes
- London Mayor Accused of Hijacking Official Twitter Account
- HP Confirms Printer, PC Groups Merger
- Adapteva Announces 700 MHz, 4096-Core Processor
- New iPad Runs 10°F Hotter than iPad 2; Apple Says It's Cool
- Olympics to Put Huge Strain on London's Networks
- Blizzard Talks Titan, WoW Subs Loss to Star Wars: TOR
- The Top 15 Best-Selling PC Games Of All Time
- Report: HP May Be Merging Printer, PC Divisions
- HP Briefly Lists AMD Trinity, Intel Ivy Bridge Notebooks
March 20
- Deals March 20: Dell Core i5 Laptop + $25 Gift Card $549
- WD Ships "World's First" Portable 2TB HDD
- Microsoft Said to Be Aiming for Oct. Launch for Windows 8
- AV Software Reduces Chance of Credit Card Theft by 50%
- Pirate Bay Wants to Send Servers into Low Orbit with Drones
- World of Warcraft on iPhone Still a Possibility, Says Blizzard
- Panasonic Develops "Less Than 1-Watt" WiGig Chipset
- Baldur's Gate 3 In Long-Term Picture, Says Beamdog
- Seagate Reaches Terabit Areal Density Milestone
- Linux Kernel 3.3 Released
March 19
- Deals March 19: Dell Core i3 Laptop + $25 Gift Card $399
- Chrome Surges Past IE Market Share for the First Time
- Apple Announces Plan for What It Will Do With $100 Billion
March 18
- NetBSD 6.0 Beta Arrives With Cortex-A8, MIPS64 Support
- The Classic EverQuest MMORPG Finally Goes Free to Play
March 17
- Deals March 17: Dell Core i7 Desktop + $50 Gift Card $749.99
- Report: Lenovo Aiming to Launch First Ever Windows 8 Tablet
- AMD Steals Market Share From Intel
March 16
- Microsoft: Seriously, No Xbox Hardware at E3
- Inside the iPad 3: Tearing Apart Apple's Latest Creation
- "Enhanced" Baldur's Gate With New Content This Summer
- Rumor: Radeon HD 7990 Set to Launch After Nvidia's Kepler
- HP Releasing Additional Legacy webOS Source Code
- F2P Command & Conquer Now in Open Beta
- WD Dishes Out Pricey My Book Thunderbolt Drive
- Researchers Use Lasers to Un-Print Printed Paper
March 15
- Deals for March 15: 46" Sharp 1080p LCD HDTV $549.99 FS
- Diablo 3 Officially Arrives in May, Says Blizzard
- Nvidia 'Kepler' GeForce GTX 680 Specifications Leaked
- Anonymous-OS is Fake, Packed with Trojans, Says AnonOps
- Broadband Bandwidth Demand to Jump 10X by 2015
- Intel Patents Related Component Cooling Concept
- AMD Shows Live Demo of Trinity APU With Eyefinity Gaming
- Anonymous Releases Its Own Linux-based Operating System
- Marvell Unveils New SSD 6Gb/s SATA Controller
- Star Wars: TOR Free to Play Weekend Starts Thursday
- Behind the Scenes Look at How Google Improves Search
March 14
- Deals March 14: Dell XPS 15 Core i7 Laptop $811
- Apple May Have Cut Kepler GPUs From Some New MacBooks
- AOC’s 16-inch USB Monitor Now $99 For Limited Time
- Fujitsu Announces Fast Cycle-for-Cycle ARM CPU Simulator
- Hynix Predicts Rebound of DRAM Market
- HPC Council Offer Free Time on Nvidia Tesla GPUs
- Ex-Microsoft Employee Launches 'Fixing Windows 8' Initiative
- Spire Announces SkyMax GPU Cooler With 3 Fans, 5 Heatpipes
- VIDEO: Diablo 3 Beta Bug Opened 3 Secret Retail Areas
- Guild Wars 2 Pre-Purchase Grants Beta, Early Access
- New iPad Gets Unboxed & Benchmarked; 1GB RAM Confirmed
- ARM Releases "World's Most Efficient Processor"
March 13
- Nvidia Begins Regular Windows 8 Driver Updates
- Deals March 13: 21.5" Dell 1080p LED-backlit LCD $130
- Intel May be Working on an Internet TV Service
- Firefox Goes to 11. Exactly. One Louder.
- Nokia Rumored to Release Windows 8 Tablet in 4Q12
- No PvP Mode in Diablo 3 at Launch, Says Blizzard
- Super Talent Reveals RAIDDrive UpStream PCIe SSD
- Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales Appointed UK Government Adviser
- Gift Card App Wrapp Preparing for UK Launch
- ZeniMax, Mojang Settle "Scrolls" Dispute
- RemotePC Now Has a Free Plan
- Nvidia Hints That Kepler is 3x Faster Than Fermi
- Intel Says Thunderbolt Optical Cables Coming This Year
March 12
- Deals March 12: Targus USB 3.0 Laptop Docking Station $160
- New iPad 4G 16GB Costs an Estimated $310 in Parts
- A Handy List of Microsoft Windows 8 Shortcuts
- xPico: Tiny Embedded Server Smaller Than an SD Card
- Scientists at Sandia Create Self-Monitoring Smart Outlet
- Microsoft Research Shows Transparent 3D OLED With Kinect
March 11
- Apple Expected to Spend $9B on iPhone, iPad Displays in 2012
- Promise Debuts 4X Thunderbolt RAID Box
- Intel Patents Thread Scheduling
March 10
- IBM Has a Trillion-Bit, Insane Bandwidth "Holey Optochip"
- Intel's Medfield Phone Beats Galaxy Nexus in Benchmarks
- Tribes: Ascend Launches Next Month; Parody Video Now
- Raspberry Pi Hits a Slight Manufacturing Delay
March 9
- Deals March 9: Core i3 Desktop + two 20" LCD $542
- Google May Be Developing Motion Interface for Android
- The Pirate Bay: Leak Says the Police are Planning a Raid
- Google's Nexus Tablet May Arrive in May from Asus
- Intel's 311 & 510 Series SSDs Reach End of Life This Fall
- Overwolf to Make PC Games Playable on Win 8 Atom Tablets
- Valve Nukes "Steam Box" Reports; Focusing on New UI
- Gaikai is Now Cloud-Streaming MMORPGs
- OnLive in Trouble for Violating Microsoft's Windows License?
- Lenovo Recalls ThinkCentre Desktops Due to Fire Hazard
- Deals March 8: HTC EVO 3D (Sprint) + Freebies $22.49
March 8
- Acer Says It's Not Making Any Money From $799 Ultrabook
- Nvidia, Asus Question Apple's iPad and Tegra 3 Comparison
- Epic Demos Samaritan on Nvidia's Next-Gen Kepler GPU
- Imagination Upgrades PowerVR's GPU Texture Compression
- SimCity System Requirements, Multiplayer Detailed, More
- NBC and YouTube Partner for London 2012 Olympics
- Acer Announces Projector That Uses Laser-based Light
- Come Back To WoW, Get Free Cataclysm Upgrade
- In Pictures: Four ATX Cases Perfect For High-Capacity Water Cooling
- Linux Foundation Welcomes Nvidia, 3 Other New Members
- EVGA's Classified SR-X Motherboard Hits the Market
March 7
- Apple Unveils 4G iPad with Retina Display, Quad-core Graphics
- It's Official: SimCity Returns to the PC in 2013
- Deals March 7: Logitech 2.1ch THX-certified Speaker $105 FS
- SteelSeries Announces Sensei Raw Gaming Mouse
- OCZ Demonstrates New Vertex 4 SSD at CeBIT 2012
- Stardock CEO Developing Start Menu App for Windows 8
- Raidmax Introduces Efficient 600W PSU
- Counter-Strike: GO This Summer Without Cross-Play
- Control Your PC's Settings With Roccat Smartphone App
- First Images of Nvidia GK104 Kepler Card Leaked Online
March 6
- Deals March 6: 27" Planar 1080p 2ms LCD Monitor $209.99
- MSI's GT780GX Laptop Rumored to Pack a 4GHz Intel CPU
- Mobile World Congress 2012 Wrap-up, Videos & Summary
- AMD Gives Up Remaining Globalfoundries Shares, Pays $425M
- Intel Intros App Dev Toolset for Ultrabooks, Tablets
- Amazon May Have Leaked Diablo 3 Date Too
- Ultima Returns as Browser-Based F2P MMO Strategy Game
- GlobalFoundries Increases AMD 32nm Shipments by 80%
- Report: Valve Working on 'Steam Box' Game Console
- Deals March 5: Dell XPS 17 Core i5 Laptop $689.99 FS
March 5
- VIDEO: Alleged iPad 3 Components Shown Off on Camera
- ISP Sends Customer a Spare Router for His Cat to Nap On
- Patriot Memory Intros Wildfire Pro, SE SSDs
- Microsoft Patents a 3D Wearable Mouse
- Intel Offers $100 Million Funding for New Car Technologies
- Asus to Launches Five New Eee PC Netbooks at CeBit
- Godfather Case Mod Cannot Be Refused
March 4
- Archos Introduces Child-Friendly Android ICS 7-inch Tablet
- Japanese Scientists Create RAM Storage Based on Light
- Elpida Bankruptcy to Increase DRAM Prices, Say Analysts
- PNY Launches 4G Professional SSDs
- First Impressions Microsoft Flight: The Future of Casual Flying
March 3
- Windows 8 May Have Longer List of SKUs After All
- Steve Wozniak Believes Apple Shares Will Hit $1000
- Fujitsu Submerges Its Waterproof Smartphones & Devices
- id Software Responds to Doom 4 Screens Leak
- Ubuntu 12.04 Beta 1 Arrives With New HUD
- Windows 8 Consumer Preview Hits 1 Million Downloads
- Deals March 2: Dell XPS 15 Core i7 Laptop $811
March 2
- Intel Presentation Confirms Ivy Bridge Specifications
- BlackBerry Struggles in the Sea of Advancements at MWC
- Nvidia, Qualcomm Outs Win 8 ARM Test PCs to Devs, Makers
- Western Digital Sells HDD Manufacturing to Toshiba
- Mirasol Display Technology Could Be the Screens of the Future
- Smartphones Spotted with Breathalyzer, Body Fat Sensors
- Is a New Baldur's Gate On The Way? Maybe.
- OnLive Desktop Finally Arrives on Android Tablets
- Ericsson's Connect Me Tech: Touch-based Data Transmission
- Qualcomm Talks About S4 Pro Chip Tech & Future Outlook
- Apple Said to Be Considering 14-inch MacBook Air
March 1
- Deals March 1: 30" Dell UltraSharp IPS LCD $1,199 FS
- WiFi Alliance's Display Solution: Alternative to Intel's WiDi
- Acer Demos CloudMobile and Liquid Glow Android Phones
- Huawei Shows Off Impressive Quad-Core Mobile Devices
- Adaptec to Demo 6600 MB/s Bandwidth Over PCIe 3.0
- DDR4 Memory Prototypes Demostrated at ISSCC
- Record-Speed Last-Mile Wireless Data Bridge Demonstrated
- Roccat Gamifies its Next Mouse With 4000 dpi Sensor
- Blizzard Cleans House by Letting Go of 600 Employees
- GlobalFoundries Rumored to Acquire Promos for Up to $1B
- $35 Raspberry Pi Model B Sold Out Within Minutes
- Deals for Feb 29: 23" Dell Dual-core All-in-one PC $449