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Cracking Open the Apple iPad Mini

November 12, 2012 8:15am PST

Bill Detwiler cracks open the iPad Mini and discovers that Apple's 7-inch tablet is even more frustrating to work on than the larger iPad.

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Apple's new Macs of all stripes

October 23, 2012 11:00am PDT

Apple's latest crop of iMac desktops and MacBook laptops look as sweet as ever.

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Cracking Open the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1

August 30, 2012 12:36pm PDT

Bill Detwiler cracks open the Galaxy Note 10.1. This Samsung tablet is easy to open, simple to service, and has several improvements over the 10-inch Galaxy Tab.

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Cracking Open the MacBook Air 11-inch (2012)

August 9, 2012 8:32am PDT

Bill Detwiler cracks open the 11-inch MacBook Pro (2012) and finds few design changes but several important hardware updates.

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Cracking Open the Apple MacBook Air 13-inch (2012)

July 11, 2012 12:34pm PDT

Bill Detwiler cracks open the 13-inch MacBook Pro (2012) and finds few design changes but many significant hardware updates.

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Cracking Open the Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display

July 5, 2012 9:51pm PDT

Bill Detwiler cracks open the MacBook Pro with Retina Display and finds a laptop that looks more like a MacBook Air than a MacBook Pro.

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Google's Android 4.1 tablet, the Nexus 7 (pictures)

June 27, 2012 11:00am PDT

At Google I/O, the company announces its newest Android 4.1 Jelly Bean tablet, the Nexus 7 by Asus.

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Hands-on with Microsoft's Surface tablet (pictures)

June 18, 2012 6:10pm PDT

CNET gets a spin with Microsoft's new tablet.

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Next-gen Macbook Pro with Retina Display

June 11, 2012 12:00pm PDT

Apple "discards legacy" with a new MacBook Pro that features a Retina display, a quad-core processor, and up to 768GB of flash storage all bundled into a razor-thin 0.71-inch chassis, available in...

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Cracking Open the Toshiba Excite 10

June 7, 2012 1:44pm PDT

During his teardown of the Excite 10, Bill Detwiler found an internal design that was very different from Toshiba's first Android tablet--the Thrive.

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Hands-on with Lenovo's prototype Windows 8 tablet (pictures)

June 5, 2012 10:00pm PDT

At the Computex computer show in Taiwan, CNET Australia's Craig Simms gets a closer look at Lenovo's prototype ThinkPad tablet running Windows 8.

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Cracking Open the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7

May 3, 2012 12:40pm PDT

Bill Detwiler cracks open the Galaxy Tab 7.7. Inside the Android tablet, he finds an AMOLED display, replaceable battery, and lots of Samsung's homegrown hardware.

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Toshiba Tegra 3 tablets come in different sizes, pretty much one shape (photos)

April 10, 2012 5:10am PDT

Toshiba unveils three new Tegra 3 tablets.

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Cracking Open the Apple iPad 2012 (Wi-Fi)

March 22, 2012 1:35pm PDT

Bill Detwiler cracks open the 2012 Apple iPad. Inside the tablet, he found hardware from Samsung, Broadcom, Hynix, and more.

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Cracking Open the Apple iPad 2012 (Wi-Fi + 4G Verizon)

March 16, 2012 1:45pm PDT

Bill Detwiler cracks open the 2012 Apple iPad. Inside the tablet, he found hardware from Samsung, Broadcom, Qualcomm, Toshiba, and more.

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Most experimental laptop designs (photos)

March 15, 2012 3:00pm PDT

The HP Envy 14 Spectre is the latest laptop with a design out of left field.

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HP Envy 14 Spectre (photos)

March 14, 2012 1:10pm PDT

New shots of the unique-looking 14-inch HP Envy Spectre laptop.

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Sony Tablet P looks great from all angles (photos)

March 6, 2012 7:00pm PST

The dual-screen Sony Tablet P has two screens for the price of a larger, more practical one.

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Acer Aspire V5 laptop (photos)

March 6, 2012 12:00pm PST

A look at Acer's new Aspire V5 laptops, from CeBIT.

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Razer Blade gaming laptop, hands-on (photos)

March 5, 2012 4:00pm PST

Razer's thin 17-inch gaming laptop, from all angles.