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• 01 April 2013

• News: In honor of World Backup Day: How to protect your data

  Happy World Backup Day, an occasion dedicated to encouraging you to make sure all your digital data is kept safe and secure. If you've procrastinated on implementing a backup strategy for your PC, why not mark the occasion by making backup copies of all your documents, digital photos, music, videos, and other invaluable files? We'll help you get started.

• Buying Advice: Do I need a graphics card or will Intel's integrated HD Graphics 4000 suffice?

  Our Helproom Editor explains what to expect from Intel Graphics 4000 - the integrated graphical processing unit of Ivy Bridge processors. Do you need a separate graphics card?

• How-Tos: How to install a new CPU cooler – step by step

  If your PC quite literally never fails to make itself heard, you might want to take a look at the usual suspect for persistent fan noise: Your CPU cooler. Here's a detailed, visual guide on how to replace it with something better.

• News: As Exynos 5 Octa heads to production, less power-hungry smartphone chips could be in Samsung's game plan

  Samsung' 8-core Exynos 5 Octa processor, which goes into mass production starting Monday, has drawn criticism for power consumption that may be excessive for smartphones, leading to speculation that the next chip Samsung creates for its phones may have fewer cores and a more energy-efficient architecture.

• 29 March 2013

• News: Wall Street Beat: As markets rise, guarded optimism for IT

  Though IT trailed other sectors as market indices rose to milestone highs this quarter, some bright spots in earnings and market research reports this week indicate continuing confidence that things will go better for tech this year than in 2012.

• News: Look but don't touch: displays defy distraction at New York Auto Show

  Step into one of the glitzy cars at the 2013 New York International Auto Show, and you may be tempted to reach out and poke at the dashboard touchscreen to see what it can do. The answer, in many cases, may come as a surprise: absolutely nothing.

• News: Dell consolidates, plans unified software and all-flash arrays

  In the midst of going private, Dell executives said today they've already consolidated their three storage product divisions into one, they are working on merging their system management interfaces, and they have a number of new products coming out over the next year.

• News: Peering into the sci-fi future of PC displays

  Moore's law may keep us supplied with octa-core smartphone processors and PCs packed with millions of transistors, but not all areas of technology keep the pedal to the proverbial metal as enthusiastically as the chip technology. Specifically, desktop displays--the portals through which we glimpse the output of those hulking CPUs--are stuck in neutral while the technology in the rest of your PC tears ahead at breakneck speed.

• 28 March 2013

• News: Intel debuts Haswell-related tools at 2013 Game Developers conference

  Intel CPUs have long been popular with PC gamers, but their enthusiasm for the platform has had little to do with the processors' relatively weak integrated-graphics cores. Intel hopes to change that perception with its fourth-generation Core family, code-named Haswell.

• 27 March 2013

• News: Outsourcing to increase, but so might insourcing: SolarWinds

  The view on insourcing and outsourcing is a mixed one, a SolarWinds study has found.

• News: AMD provides a sneak peek at its Radeon HD 7990

  AMD took the wraps off a new high-end reference-design videocard at the end of the company's GDC press briefing Tuesday night: The dual-GPU Radeon 7990.

• News: What's the best way to charge your mobile devices?

  You're packing for a trip. You've already crammed the chargers for your smartphone and laptop into your bag, but your tablet charger is MIA and you're debating whether to bring along a spare charger for your laptop--just in case.

• News: Silver Peak announces virtual appliance for offsite replication

  Silver Peak Systems announced a new virtual application designed to dramatically speed up data duplication for disaster recovery without the purchase of additional hardware.

• News: Foxconn's Hon Hai still working with Sharp on investment deal

  Foxconn's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. said it was still committed to buying a stake in Japanese display maker Sharp, and expects an investment could be completed within three months if a price can be agreed on.

• 26 March 2013

• News: Turn kicks into light with the Soccket

  Free energy is a fun idea to ponder. While Uncharted Play's Soccket (funding through March 28), an energy producing soccer ball, may not produce literally free energy, it still rings delightfully similar to that hypothetical idea.

• News: Nvidia launches a 'sweet spot' GPU of its own

  Nvidia today fired the next salvo in the GPU arms race: The GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost. Nvidia and arch-rival AMD have decided that 30 frames per second at 1080p resolution is the gaming sweet spot, and so the GPU designers have set about beating each other over the head to build the best chips for delivering that performance at a $150 price point.

• News: Renesas hopes to put powerful ARM processor in cars

  Renesas Electronics' latest system-on-a-chip has eight ARM processing cores to help next-generation, in-car infotainment systems handle multiple streams of 1080p video and augmented reality apps.

• News: Remains of the Day: A long, long time ago

  Next time you drive the Chevy to the levee, you can do it with Siri's help. Elsewhere, do you remember where you were the day the MacBook Pro's slogan died? And Apple proves no moss grows on a rolling iPhone. The good ol' remainders for Monday, March 25, 2013 are drinking whiskey and rye.

• News: Foxconn deal to become major shareholder in Sharp falls apart

  A deal that would have made electronics giant Foxconn a major shareholder in Japan display maker Sharp has fallen apart, though the companies remain close partners in the complex global electronics supply chain.

• 25 March 2013

• News: Samsung refreshes Series 9 Ultrabook, but where's the 'Retina' display?

  Samsung launched an even pricier version of its high-end Series 9 Ultrabook Monday, but the company isn't quite ready to trade blows with Apple on the "Retina" display front.

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