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If you’re headed to a conference, tweet wisely if you want to keep your followers.

A good buzzword is hard to resist. These, however, have outstayed their welcome.

Beware the hype. Bringing your brand to Pinterest might not be a given. Here are four factors to help decided.

Jack Wallen gives you the rundown on the System76 Galago UltraPro laptop, which has an Intel Core i7 4750HQ processor, IPS display, and runs Ubuntu Linux.

The historic racetrack has modernized the fan experience with an ultra high definition screen, just in time for the Kentucky Derby. We explain how and why.

Bill Detwiler shows you how to defragment a hard drive from the Windows 7 command line, and use defrag.exe’s hidden “boot optimization” switch. Once you’ve watched this TR Dojo video, you can find a link to the original TechRepublic article and print the tip from our TR Dojo Blog.

Bill Detwiler cracks open the 2012 Apple iPad Wi-Fi. Inside, he uncovers the new A5X system-on-chip, more RAM, the Retina display, and a 45Whr battery to power these hardware upgrades. For a detailed analysis of the teardown, check out my article and the gallery, Apple iPad 2012 Teardown: Bigger battery, better GPU, more RAM.

Bill Detwiler cracks open the 2012 Apple iPad Wi-Fi + 4G. Inside, he uncovers lots of hardware upgrades and a 45Whr battery to power them all. For a detailed analysis of the teardown, check out my article and the gallery, Apple iPad 2012 Teardown: Amazing display, difficult to repair.

The HP Envy 14 Spectre is an eye-catching ultrabook, and as our teardown shows, it’s well-built, has solid hardware, and is easy to work on. But, it’s also heavier and thicker than many other ultrabooks and more expensive. Bill Detwiler cracks open the Spectre and gives you a look inside. For a detailed analysis of the teadown, check out my article and video, HP Spectre Teardown: Eye-catching, but overpriced ultrabook. [newsletter id=e130 copy=Automatically_sign_up_for_our_Cracking_Open_newsletter!]

Apple’s Tim Cook and Philip Schiller unveil the company’s newest iPad. The device powered by A5X chip, offers a higher-resolution Retina Display, longer battery life, plus 4G LTE. The pricing starts at $499 for a 16GB Wi-Fi model and 4G starting at $629.

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Bill Detwiler cracks open the Boogie Board Rip. Inside the eWriter, he finds a flexible, cholesteric LCD from Kent Displays, a Waltop Pen Input system, and Texas Instruments MSP430 MCU. He also discovered that the Boogie Board Rip would be a great pen and paper replacement if it weren’t missing two key features and wasn’t priced so high–relative to low-end tablets. For a detailed list of the e-writer’s hardware and a text version of this video, check out his article, Boogie Board Rip Teardown: Overpriced and a few features short.