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Dell Vostro 260 Mini Review: Fairly-Priced Essential Business Desktop 2/22/2012

The Dell Vostro 260 is an extremely affordable small business desktop. Dell states that the Vostro 260 is an "essential" machine, meaning it

Iomega StorCenter PX Series Packs High End Networked Storage Into Compact Models 2/16/2012

Iomega introduced its new line of StorCenter PX Servers today, giving small business and enterprise customers even more options when it come

HP Unveils Incredible New Z1 Workstation All-in-one *UPDATED* 2/14/2012

At the 2012 HP Global Partner Conference in Las Vegas today, HP unveiled a revolutionary new all-in-one. The new HP Z1 Workstation packs in

HP Unveiling All New Workstations with Radical New Designs? *UPDATED* 2/14/2012

HP is set to unveil several new workstations today, according to the company's official Twitter account. With the secretive "Tomorrow. All w

AMD Sneaks Out Two New Llano-Based Athlon II X4 CPUs 2/13/2012

AMD brings more Llano to the Athlon II X4s with this latest (and quietest) release: the Athlon II X4 638 and the Athlon II X4 641. The chipm

Google Adds Extremely Slick YouTube Channel to Google TV Devices 2/13/2012

If you're one of the three or four people out there who bought a Google TV-powered device, good news! Google just rolled out an update that

Survey Fuels Apple iTV Rumors as Prototypes Spotted in Carrier Labs 2/13/2012

A recent Best Buy survey tried to get customer feedback on a possible Apple-branded HDTV, naming a few titillating features. At the same tim

Logitech Touch Mouse M600 Goes to War with Apple and Microsoft 2/9/2012

Buttons? Scroll wheels? Pish posh, that's so yesteryear. Logitech is joining Microsoft and Apple in creating a mouse whose top is covered wi

The Wait for 8: Windows 8 to Lose the Start Button, Gain Gesture Passwords 2/6/2012

New screenshots have surfaced from the upcoming release of Windows 8 - build 8220. As part of Microsoft's Win 8 beta, it is expected to lose

ORIGIN PC Now Offering World's Highest Overclock in a Factory Sealed System 2/6/2012

ORIGIN PC was founded by former Alienware employees, and it shows in their never-ending thirst for high performance enthusiast machines. Thi

Boxee Deleting PC Client Tonight - Get it Now! 1/31/2012

Remember the scrappy media center startup Boxee.tv? They've come a long way from the early days of social television sharing and developed a

Hands On: HP's Omni 27 - War of the Big Screen All-in-ones 1/30/2012

HP introduced their first 27-inch all-in-one desktop, the HP Omni 27, late last year. As the second major company to introduce a big-screene

DTR Talks SSDs: What You Need to Know About Picking the Right Drive 1/30/2012

One of the biggest and easiest upgrades you can make to improve the performance of your laptop or desktop is to jump from traditional spinni

The Wait for 8: Microsoft Continues to Fight Controversy Over Windows 8 'Secure Boot' 1/27/2012

A new draft of Microsoft's Windows 8 hardware certification specifications make it clear the company is not trying to lock out Linux on PCs

New Xbox Rumored for Fall 2013 Release, Powered by AMD Radeon 6670 1/25/2012

Industry publications are abuzz with the idea that the next-generation Xbox, commonly referred to as the Xbox 720 in the media, is going to

Apple Reports Record Earnings, Sells Five Million Macs in Q1 1/25/2012

Another quarter, and another series of earnings reports. Apple's calls are always interesting to listen to, however, as the company has a st

The Alienware X51: $699 of Alienware Gaming Glory 1/17/2012

Tonight, Alienware revealed its smallest and most affordable gaming system yet - the Alienware X51, a mini-ITX desktop that promises to brin

As Internet Explorer Grows Dim, Microsoft Risks Fragmentation 1/15/2012

It took years of near begging and pleading, but Microsoft has finally gotten people away from Internet Explorer 6. The company recently note

Hands on: Roku's $50 Streaming Stick 1/11/2012

At a CES press event last night, Roku was on hand to show off some of their newest products, including two of their cheapest - but most prom

CES2012: Elgato Outs Super Speedy Thunderbolt SSD 1/11/2012

Elgato's latest storage peripheral might be targeted at Mac users but anyone lucky enough to have a Thunderbolt port should take a look or t