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December 31
- The 5 Most Intriguing Patent Applications of 2011
December 30
- Rumor: LG to Show Atom-Based Android Smartphone
- Intel's 32nm Medfield Atom Android Tablet Pictured
- Mozilla Integrates 3D Developer Tool Into Firefox 11
- In Pictures: 2011, A Year In Review
- Intel Reaffirms Commitment to CES After Microsoft Departure
- Save Tom's, Stop SOPA
December 29
- Gigabyte's X79-UD3 With New F7 BIOS Sets X79 Records
- ARM Pitches Tri-gate Transistors for 20nm and Beyond
- Google Chrome Uses Graphics Card to Accelerate SVG, CSS
- Valve's Chet Faliszek Nukes Rumors of Half-Life 3
- Intel Launches Cedar Trail Processors
- HDD Makers Want Long-Term Contracts With PC Vendors
- Report: Intel to launch Ivy Bridge on April 8
December 28
- Nanoantennas Can Change Phase of Light
- Intel Xeon E5-2690 Sandy Bridge-EP Performance Revealed
- MSI Launches MultiConnect Panel and Voice Genie
- Intel Receives Network-Power-On Patent
- Samsung Buys Sony's Share of Joint LCD Production Plant
- Asus Producing Netbooks in 2012, Starting Eee PC 1225B
- AMD Radeon HD 7990 and 7950 Details Leaked
- Zalman's F1 Series SSDs Hit the Market (in Japan)
- Gigabyte Issues New BIOS for Motherboard Smoking Issue
- Acer Founder Says Company Still Making Tablets in 2012
- Deals Dec 27: Logitech Marathon Wireless Mouse $26 FS
- Raspberry Pi Mini-PC Available Next Month
- Intel Thunderbolt Coming to Windows PCs in April
December 27
- LCD Manufacturers Paying $539M To Settle Antitust Lawsuit
- Google Dev: We Are Making Chrome Out of Kindness to Web
- How You Can Log Into Windows 8 by Touching Pictures
- IBM's Five Best Predictions in Tech for the Next Five Years
December 26
- Lasers Enable Finer Chip Structures, Advance of Moore's Law
- Researchers Say Molybdenite Could Replace Silicon in Chips
December 25
- BioWare: Next Dragon Age Will Be Inspired By Skyrim
December 24
- Google Details Successes of its Chrome Release Process
- $1000 Optimus Popularis Keyboard Gets a Shipping Date
December 23
- Opinion: Why Microsoft’s Windows 8 App Store May Fail
- Intel Expands CPU Market Share in Q3 to 84 Percent
- Deals Dec 22: 20" Planar 1600x900 LED-backlit LCD $120 FS
December 22
- TRENDnet Launches Compact 200Mbps Powerline Adapter
- Mozilla May be Aiming For a Firefox Games Platform
- CES 2012 Will Be Microsoft's Last CES Keynote, Showing
- New Remotely Exploitable Vulnerability Found in 64-bit Win7
- Intel Sampling Prototype Medfield Smartphones, Tablets
- SW:TOR Hit With Code Errors, Long Server Queues
- MSI's GT780DX Gaming Notebook Arrives in Time for Xmas
- AMD CMO Nigel Dessau Leaving Company
- Deals Dec 21: 13.3" Dell V131 Core i3 2.2GHz $583 FS
December 21
- Acer Developing a $699 15" Ultrabook, Says Supply Chain
- Apple's Anobit Acquisition Confirmed by Israeli Prime Minister
- Universal Transistor Could Enable Much Smaller Circuits
- SSD Prices Falling Faster Than HDD Prices
- Super Talent Intros Storage POD Mini USB 3.0 External SSD
- Asus Introduces 10-Point Multi-Touch AIO PC
- TI Sued Over Patent Infringement in OMAP 3 and 4 Series
- Mozilla Renews Firefox Search Royalty Deal With Google
- Nvidia Announces Carma: Cuda ARM Development Kit
December 20
- Oracle Releases Linux 6.2 With Driver Upgrades
- AMD Unleashes 2nd-Gen A-Series APUs for Laptops, Desktops
- Firefox 9.0 Download Released; From 3.6 to 9.0 in 2011
- GlobalFoundries: Double Patterning to Reach 20 nm
- Intel's Ivy Bridge CPU Prices to be Similar to Sandy Bridge
- Apple Supplier Pegatron Reports Explosion in Shanghai Plant
- Seagate, WD Cutting Back on Hard Drive Warranties
- Windows 8 Beta Screenshots Leaked
- IBM Predicts That Someday Movements Will Power Gadgets
December 19
- AMD Appoints Former Freescale, IBM Exec to Move Into Mobile
- Google Sued by British Telecom Over Android
- Steve Ballmer's Popularity Within Microsoft Takes a Dive
- AMD Radeon HD 7970 Design Details Leak Out
December 18
- Wha? EA Selling Virtual Car for $100 in NFS World
- RIP: Star Wars Galaxies 2003 - 2011
December 17
- Blizzard Introduces BattleTag as Real ID Alternative
- Win an Intel Core i7-3930K + X79 + SSD System Kit
- Dell Dumps Netbook Line For "Thin & Powerful" Notebooks
- Trouble May be Ahead for Intel Medfield's Fight Against ARM
- Windows 8 Will Save Passwords in the Cloud
December 16
- Intel Says SSD Sales Are Not Picking Up Yet
- Windows 7 Hotfix Promises AMD Bulldozer Performance Boost
- IE9 Now Auto-Updates; Chrome 16 Gets Cloud Printing
- Gaming Systems Reaching 'Tens of Teraflops' by 2019
- AMD Now Shipping 28nm GPUs, Says CEO
- VIA Supporting Android on Embedded x86 Boards
- Did Google Target Mozilla Through a Paid Security Report?
- Intel Merging Four Divisions Into One Mobile Unit
- 2K Keeps Duke Alive With 'The Doctor Who Cloned Me' DLC
- Intel and LG Announce First WiDi-integrated TVs
- AMD CEO Says That There Are Enough Hard Drives
- Intel Signs Deal For Adding NFC to Future Chips
December 15
- Report: Apple to Launch 2880x1800 Pixel MacBook Displays
- Bill Gates Rules Out a Full-time Return to Microsoft
- IBM Lures Oracle Itanium Customers
- Someone Paid $1.6 Million for Apple's Founding Documents
- Hitachi Confirms 4TB 3.5-inch HDD, Shipping Now
- Report: AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series to Launch January 9
- Left 4 Dead Fan Trailer Promises Massive Zombie Carnage
- EA Bringing Free C&C MMO to Desktop, Mobile Browsers
- Google Chrome 16 Arrives With Profile Manager
December 14
- Nvidia Releasing CUDA's Compiler Source Code
- OCZ Reveals the New Petrol SATA 3 SSD Series
- Rumor: Windows 8 & Windows Phone Code Will Be Combined
- Dell Introduces its Meatiest Alienware Desktop Yet
- Report: Apple to Buy Flash Memory Company for $500 Million
- Quad-core CPUs About to Surpass Dual-cores for Gamers
- Scientists Tout Photonic Chip As Quantum Chip Breakthrough
- Intel Receives SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Certification
- VIDEO: Blizzard Releases Diablo 3's Opening Sequence
- USB-IF Announces New Audio/Video and Power Spec
- Intel Fixes VT-d Bug in Sandy Bridge-E CPUs
December 13
- AMD Releases Catalyst 12.1 Preview Drivers with Profiles
- Ballmer Moves Windows Phone Boss to Windows 8 Project
- AMD in 2012: Cloudy With a Chance of Tablets
- Samsung Posts Record 45% Share of DRAM Market
- Meet Gordon, the World's First SSD-Based Supercomputer
- Epic Now Making Minecraft-Inspired Fortnite Franchise
- EA to Release Command & Conquer Generals 2 in 2013
- Garriott: Ultima Online 2 "Theoretically" Possible
- LG Dominates Tablet Display Market
- $1 Billion Short: Hard Drive Shortage Impacts Intel's Q4
- Google-funded Study Found Chrome to be Safest Browser
December 12
- SandForce Intros SSD Processor Optimized for Cloud
- Google Doodle Celebrates a Father of the Microchip
- Hard Disk Drive Shortage May Persist Through 2013
- Skyrim, Portal 2 Big Winners at the 2011 VGAs
- In Pictures: Getting Connected To Next-Gen Home Security
December 11
- Report: New Galaxy Tab to Have 2560x1600 'Retina' Display
- Postal 3 Finally Arriving In Time for Christmas
- Google Patent Application Details Cloud Printing Service
- Qualcomm's New Snapdragons are Backwards-Compatible
December 10
- Google Leads in Futuremark Peacekeeper Browser Benchmark
- Acer, Asus May Shrink 2012 Notebook, Netbook Lines
- 3.8M Fewer PCs to be Sold in Q1'12 Due to Limited HDD Supply
- EA: No Patches for Battlefield 3 Outside Origin
- OpenACC May Hint to the Future of CUDA at Nvidia
December 9
- Intel Phases Out 19 Core-i3, i5, i7 and Pentium CPUs
- HP to Make webOS Open Source, Potentially New Hardware
- Asus May Ship Swiveling Display Ultrabook in 2012
- Razer Taking Pre-Orders for Blade Gaming Laptop Within Days
- Unreal Engine's Mastermind Headed into AIAS Hall of Fame
- Spacetime Finally Bridges iOS, Android and PC [Updated]
- AMD's Radeon 7000M and Nvidia's GeForce 600M Mobile GPUs
- Firefox Won't be Able to Update Silently Until Version 12
- Nvidia Launches Two Tweak Guides for Skyrim
- First Cedar Trail Nettops Use Nvidia, AMD Instead of Intel IGP
- Microsoft Removes Legacy Baggage From Internet Explorer 10
December 8
- Microsoft Launches Its Own Live Tech Support Website
- AMD May Introduce Ultrabook Alternative Next Month
- The $99 HP TouchPad Firesale is Back This Weekend!
- Intel Patents Redundant Cores In a Many-Core Processor
- Touch Capabilities For Win 8 Coming to Ultrabooks in 2012
- Intel's Mobile Ivy Bridge CPU Line-up Revealed in New Leak
- 3D III-V Transistors Could Enable Lighter Notebooks
- Samsung Receives 3D Scanner Patent
- Microsoft May Resurrect "Beaming" For Win8, WP8, XB720
- Kingston's HyperX Sets DDR3 World Speed Record
- New Windows 8 Store Allows Install of Apps on 5 Devices
- RIM Forced to Drop BBX Name, Goes With "10" Instead
December 7
- Microsoft Confirms Windows 8 Public Beta for February
- Apple Provides Beautiful Renderings for 'Spaceship' Campus
- The Official Tom's Hardware Guide Android Apps are Here!
- Intel Currently Testing 14 nm Tri-Gate Transistors
- Google Still Supporting Mozilla Even With Chrome's Lead
- Nvidia's Tegra Platform May Be Heading to the Moon
- South Park Creators Approached Obsidian Directly for Game
- VIDEO: Skyrim PC Hacked to Work With Microsoft Kinect
- Corsair to Release New 4GB and 8GB Vengeance SODIMMs
- Semiconductor Sales to Exceed $300B for the First Time
- LG's Xnote Z330 is the Thinnest Ultrabook Yet
- Intel, Micron Team Up for 128Gb NAND for Future SSDs
December 6
- Intel: AMD is Still a "Serious Competitor" ... on Price
- Local Wi-Fi Bandwidth Usage to Double by 2015
- Napster to Live On in the UK and Germany
- Intel 520 Series SSD to Utilize SandForce Controller
- IDC: Windows 8 Will Be 'Largely Irrelevant' for PC Users
- AMD to Release Two New Llano APUs: A8-3870K, A6-3670K
- IBM's Graphene, Racetrack, Carbon Nanotube Technologies
- Microsoft Accepting Beta Applications for Flight Sim Reboot
- Toshiba, Samsung and Lenovo Leading Windows on ARM
- Windows 8 Storage Spaces to Offer HDD Crash Recovery
- Cyber Command Completes First Major Attack Simulation
December 5
- Microsoft Previewing Windows 8 App Store Tomorrow
- Report: AMD Stops Shipping Phenom II and Athlon II CPUs
- Intel Has Android ICS Running on Smartphones, Tablets
- Nvidia Next-Gen Kepler GPUs Slated for Q2 2012
- Report: AMD May Soon Launch Radeon HD 6930
- Report: Public Windows 8 Beta Coming in February
December 4
- Obsidian Working on South Park RPG (Yes, Really)
December 3
- Courts to Test Using HP Tablets as Paper Replacement
- The Reason Why Apple Uses Integrated Battery Designs
- Death Star Run Recreated in Minecraft; Notch Steps Down
- Rumor: EA Working on a Dead Space First Person Shooter
- 3D Imaging Helps Restore Real Facial Structures
- Valve Employee Seen Wearing Half-Life 3 Shirt
- Microsoft Skips 3, Releases Security Essentials 4 Beta
December 2
- More Details on Ivy Bridge Models "S" and "T" Emerge
- WD Resumes HDD Production at Just One Factory
- Ultrabooks to Rearrange Chip Requirements For Notebooks
- Acer President: Ultrabooks Will Cost $499 in 2013
- Intel Outgrows Samsung in Sluggish Semiconductor Market
- The Mini-ITX Mainboard is 10 Years Old
- Valve Launches Steam Daily Wishlist Games Giveaway
- Google's Done It: Chrome Passes Firefox in Market Share
- Samsung Announces mSATA SSDs for Ultrabooks
- Android 4 Ice Cream Sandwich Ported for x86 Systems
- Intel's Ivy Bridge vs. Sandy Bridge Benchmarks Leaked
December 1
- Is Microsoft Really Bringing Office Apps to iPad?
- Intel's Cedar Trail-M to be Released in December
- Samsung Reveals 2 GHz Cortex-A15 Exynos 5250 Chip
- Report: Intel to Pay for $100 of Your New Ultrabook [UPD]
- Official Details on 28nm Radeon HD 7000 Coming Dec. 5
- Battlefield 3 Banned in Iran Over Tehran Scenario
- EverQuest 2 Going Free-To-Play in Early December
- World of Warcraft: Hour of Twilight Update Now Live
- Lenovo Passes Dell as the World's No. 2 PC Maker
- PCI Express 4.0 to Support 16 Gigatransfers a Second