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Improbable Christmas Gifts--and a Real-Life Gingerbread PC

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December 25, 2010
Talk Nerdy to Me
Merry Christmas, everyone! Was Santa kind to you this morning? Poor Executive Editor Robert Strohmeyer--he almost certainly got nothing from his Christmas list. Of course, he did want a glasses-free 3D HDTV and an elegant PC, among other improbable things. Read Roberts take on "High-Tech Christmas Wishes" for a tongue-in-cheek look at the sorry state of tech this year. And once you've cleared away the Christmas clutter and tired of your shiny new toys, what will you do today? How about building yourself a gingerbread PC? Our lab specialists did just that, and they tell you how in "Holy Holiday PC!"
--Newsletter Editor Kim Saccio-Kent

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