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THE BEGINNING OF THE MAGAZINE, WHERE ARTICLES ARE SMALL

THOMAS MCDONALD

THE LIST
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THE LIST
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THE LIST
Things That Are Wildly

THE LIST
Things That Are Wildly

THE LIST

Overhyped!

Things That Are Wildly

Overhyped!

Things That Are Wildly

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MULTIPLE-GPU

VIDEOCARDS

So much potential squandered

on so many terrible games

9 and so few high points.

NINTENDO WII

DOWNLOADING

MOVIES FROM

THE INTERNET

WILL 64-BIT COMPUTING

WRIGHT’S

8 SPORE

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FACEBOOK

Distracting? Yes. Fun? Yes.

Revolutionary? No.

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HIGH

DEFINITION

By the time HD is fi nally main-

stream, it will be time to upgrade

to UHD ( ultra -high def).

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ASUS EEE PC

The hoopla surrounding this

cheap notebook has launched an entire

product category. Think about that.

THE

IPHONE

It’s indubitably cool, but

nothing could have lived

up to its hype overdose

—especially without 3G

support!

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PCs can address more

than 4GB of memory

now—big whoop. We want

Will it change more native 64-bit apps.

the world? Will it

ever be released?

Will it be fun?

We don’t know.

nothing could have lived

—especially without 3G

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BATTLESTAR

GALACTICA

Once-awesome sci-fi

is now Melrose Place

in space. Meh.

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8 SPORE

Will it change

the world? Will it

ever be released?

Will it be fun?

We don’t know.