{"id":7762,"date":"2015-03-09T12:21:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T17:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nccomputertech.com\/?p=7762"},"modified":"2015-03-09T12:21:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-09T17:21:00","slug":"this-week-in-computer-hardware-305-so-much-coolage-from-gdc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2015\/03\/09\/this-week-in-computer-hardware-305-so-much-coolage-from-gdc\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Computer Hardware 305: So Much Coolage from GDC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pbyxwNz3OoI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups 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