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How to use Plex and a spare computer to build a streaming movie service (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-02 | by Les Pounder | get Plex Server → | tags: drive, hardware, image

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Patriot Viper PV593 4TB SSD Review — The Viper stays sleeping (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-02 | by Shane Downing | get SSD → | tags: drive, flash, hardware

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AMD closes in on Intel in latest Steam Hardware Survey — RAM capacity continues to rise despite the ongoing memory crunch (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-02 | by Jowi Morales | get RAM → | tags: gamers, gaming, hardware

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Sony PS5 ROM keys leaked – jailbreaking could be made easier with BootROM codes (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-01 | by Jowi Morales | get Game Drive → | tags: codes, console, hardware

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NES-a-like mini PC brings modern chips to the classic Nintendo case design — Ryzen AI 9 CPU, Radeon 890M iGPU should make it a decent all-round system (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-01 | by Mark Tyson | get Ryzen → | tags: acemagic, hardware, mini

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PlayStation 5 ROM keys leaked — jailbreaking could be made easier with BootROM codes (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-01 | by Jowi Morales | get Game Console → | tags: codes, console, hardware

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ID-Cooling FX360 LCD Review: Quiet, cool, and… why is this screen so small? (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-01 | by Albert Thomas | get LCD → | tags: credit, credit tom, hardware

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Windows 11 Outperforming Linux on an Intel Arrow Lake H Laptop (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-01 | get Intel Core → | tags: benchmarks, hardware, lenovo

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New Apple TV 4K is coming: Here’s what the rumors say (9to5mac.com)

2025-12-31 | by Ryan Christoffel | get Apple TV → | tags: apple, apple tv, features

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Adata XPG Mars 980 Blade 2TB SSD Review: Affordable Luxury (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-31 | by Shane Downing | get XPG Blade → | tags: blade, drive, drives

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Adata XPG Mars 980 Blade 2TB SSD Review — Affordable Luxury (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-31 | by Shane Downing | get XPG Mars 980 → | tags: blade, drive, drives

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How to connect an Xbox controller to your Windows PC — wired and wireless gaming made easy (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-31 | by Les Pounder | get Controller → | tags: credit tom, game, hardware

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PCIe card housing AMD chipset unlocks more connectivity on any motherboard, including Intel models — or you can give any B650 motherboard the top-tier connectivity of X670 (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-31 | by Zhiye Liu | get PCIe → | tags: amd southbridge, card, expansion

314.

A faster heart for F-Droid (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-30 | get Faster CPU → | tags: apps, droid, hardware

315.

A faster heart for F-Droid. Our new server is here (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-30 | get Faster CPU → | tags: apps, droid, hardware

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Chinese firms Bytedance and Tencent reportedly offer massive 150% pay increases and 35% bonuses to entice AI talent — salaries and increases also expected to balloon in 2026 (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-30 | by Jowi Morales | get Byte → | tags: bonuses, jobs, salaries

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Open source project brings 53-year-old interface to USB — GPIB adapter v3 adds integrated Ethernet port with PoE (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-30 | by Mark Tyson | get GPIB → | tags: gpib, hardware, project

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Open source USB to GPIB adapter v3 adds integrated Ethernet port with PoE support — new version of legacy GPIB and IEEE-488 support hardware expected in January (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-30 | by Mark Tyson | get GPIB-to-Ethernet → | tags: gpib, hardware, project

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Grab this 4K gaming PC with an RTX 5080 and 9800X3D for just $2,499 before prices skyrocket — $200 saving on powerful Skytech rig with 32GB of DDR5 RAM and 1TB SSD (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-30 | by Ben Stockton | get Gaming PC → | tags: gaming, gaming pc, hardware

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Recovered Unix v4 tape quickly yields a usable operating system — nostalgia addicts can now boot up Unix v4 in a browser window (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-30 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Unix v4 → | tags: emulator, hardware, linux

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Russian Enthusiasts Planning DIY DDR5 Memory Amidst Worldwide Shortage (slashdot.org)

2025-12-30 | get DDR5 → | tags: chips, cost, doesn

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D7VK reaches version 1.1 and adds new frontend and experimental Direct3D 6 support — Direct3D 7-to-Vulkan translation layer runs old games with native performance (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-29 | by Bruno Ferreira | get DirectX 11 → | tags: game, games, hardware

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Asus teaser video outs upcoming 'Neo' motherboards for AM5 — updates could include new AIO connector, M.2 upgrades, and NitroPath DRAM for ultra-fast DDR5 (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-29 | by Zhiye Liu | get Motherboard → | tags: asus, hardware, motherboards

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Cinebench 2026 out and ready to hammer CPUs and graphics cards six times as hard — updated benchmark includes an SMT core test (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-29 | by Bruno Ferreira | get CPU-Z → | tags: chips, cinebench, engine

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Roborock CES teaser features a robot vacuum’s greatest enemy: stairs (androidauthority.com)

2025-12-29 | get Vacuum → | tags: hardware, miss, roborock

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IDC warns PC market could shrink up to 9% in 2026 due to skyrocketing RAM pricing — even moderate forecast hits 5% drop as AI-driven shortages slam into PC market (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-29 | by Zak Killian | get RAM → | tags: hardware, market, memory

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Corsair MP700 Micro 4TB SSD Review: A monster in the tiny M.2 2242 form factor (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-29 | by Shane Downing | get MicroSD → | tags: controller, corsair, drive

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Louis Gerstner, the man who saved IBM, dies at 83 — industry mourns the passing of transformative CEO (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-28 | by Anton Shilov | get IBM → | tags: gerstner, hardware, leadership

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Save over $500 on the cheapest RTX 5070 gaming laptop we've seen with an OLED screen — Grab Lenovo's Legion 5 with a Ryzen 7 350 CPU for as low as $1,137 with discount code (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-28 | by Hassam Nasir | get OLED screen → | tags: deals, hardware, image

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Intel Core i7-14700K vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265K Faceoff (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-28 | by Hassam Nasir | get Intel Core i7 → | tags: core, core ultra, hardware