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The DailyTech record, 2005–2017
The original DailyTech published daily technology news from 1 January 2005 until its final article in late 2017. This page is a reference record of those years: what the publication covered, and where the surviving captures live.
The original articles are preserved as a historical record. Each year links to the Internet Archive capture of the original site, so the full archive stays verifiable. About DailyTech.
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2017
The last article of the dailytech.com period is published in late 2017; the full record is held here.
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- Last articles of the dailytech.com period
- Archive preserved in full
2016
Coverage continues at a lower volume than the peak years, concentrated on silicon and platform news.
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- Selective news coverage
- Return of commentary posts
2015
Publishing slows as the daily technology news market consolidates around fewer, larger outlets.
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- Reduced publishing cadence
- Archive of prior coverage held intact
2014
Publishing continues at a reduced pace as the wider technology news market consolidates.
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- Virtual reality revival
- Automotive software
- Storage capacity per pound
2013
Console generation turnover and a broad shift in reader interest toward mobile and services.
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- Console hardware refresh
- Wearables begin
- Data privacy in the mainstream
2012
Touch-first operating systems, hybrid devices and the first serious talk of process node difficulty.
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- Touch operating systems
- Convertible form factors
- Process scaling slowdown
2011
Mobile and desktop coverage run in parallel as integrated graphics become good enough for most buyers.
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- Integrated graphics maturity
- Hard drive supply disruption
- Ultraportable laptops
2010
Tablets and mobile silicon dominate, and the site's comment threads are at their most active.
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- Tablet category forms
- Mobile system-on-chip race
- Cloud services for consumers
2009
Recession-era reporting on supply, pricing and consolidation sits alongside the usual hardware beats.
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- Foundry capacity and pricing
- Early electric vehicle coverage
- Operating system release cycles
2008
Coverage widens from components into consumer electronics, energy and the business of technology.
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- Netbook wave
- Smartphone platform competition
- Display panel technology
2007
Readership grows and the news feed begins to be syndicated by other technology and science sites.
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- GPU compute emerges
- Solid state storage arrives for consumers
- Quad-core mainstream parts
2006
Daily news cadence settles in, with roadmap coverage and component pricing becoming recurring beats.
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- Mobile architecture on the desktop
- Optical disc format contest
- Notebook battery reliability
2005
The publication launches on 1 January 2005 as a daily technology news site with reader comments acting as its forums.
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- Dual-core desktop transition
- Early PCI Express adoption
- Enthusiast memory and overclocking