Posted May 16, 2012

Eight is Enough

1. Bloomberg: Intel CEO says replacement likely to come from within
2. Bloomberg West: Take a tour of the Intel museum
   and what's next for Intel? (videos)
3. WSJ: Apple fires back in lawsuit over Siri's performance
4. Nvidia launches three new GeForce 600 GPUs for desktops
5. Engadget: FXI Cotton Candy ICS-on-a-stick
   gets May release date, sweetened design
6. Droid Life: Samsung Exynos 5250 spotted in Google Git
   repository, are they collaborating again on the the next Nexus?
7. Computerworld: EU-Microsoft browser deal requires ballot screen in Windows 8
8. Gamasutra's interview with Diablo III's Jay Wilson

Wednesday

1. Bloomberg: Facebook said to raise size of IPO to 421 million shares
2. Fudzilla: Open Wi-Fi connections can't be done for piracy
3. TorrentFreak: IP-address can't even identify a state, BitTorrent judge rules
4. Dealzon's deals: $380 coupon for 15.6" hp dv6t Ivy Bridge i7-3610QM,
   $150 coupon for 11.6" hp dm1z AMD Fusion, $250 coupon for hp Elite
   h8xt Ivy Bridge i7-3770 PC, and $95 off 64GB Samsung 830 series SSD

Mobile

1. Businessweek: Intel mobile group has startup mentality, Bell says (video)
2. Adobe: Tablet traffic grows 10 times faster than smartphones
3. Reuters: Google's Android gains share in smartphones - survey
4. Firefox 14.0 beta for mobile release notes
5. 9to5Mac: Developers begin seeing iOS 6 hits in App Store application usage logs
6. Hardware Heaven reviews HTC One X

Software and gaming

1. InformationWeek: Windows 8 lets parents track kids' Internet use
2. Fudzilla reports Adobe releases Muse
3. H Online: Opera 11.64 closes critical code execution hole
4. HowtoForge on the perfect desktop - Xubuntu 12.04
5. Eurogamer: Diablo III had over 2 million pre-orders, 8,000 midnight launches
6. Kotaku: Guild Wars 2 retail ad shows June 28 release date

Systems and storage

1. KitGuru's AlienWare X51 system review (Core i7)
2. HCW's 240GB OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS review
3. Quentin Rademaker Dot NL's 240GB Intel 520 Series SSD review
4. Neoseeker's 30GB & 60GB Corsair Accelerator review

Multimedia, cases, and cooling

1. Fudzilla previews EVGA GTX 690 4GB
2. Hardware Canucks review EVGA GeForce GTX 670 2GB Superclocked
3. circuitRemix's Diamond Radeon HD 7870 2GB Double Black Diamond review
4. techPowerUp! reviews KRK Systems KNS 6400 headphones
5. Techgage reviews NZXT Switch 810 case
6. NikKTech's Antec Game One midi tower case review
7. Hi Tech Legion reviews NZXT Phantom 410 Special Edition case
8. Big Bruin reviews Cooler Master HAF XM case
9. FrostyTech reviews Corsair Hydro H100 heatsink

Posted May 15, 2012

The Pick 6

1. The NY Times: Chairman of Best Buy resigns after an internal audit
2. WSJ: Ex-Yahoo chief told board he has cancer
3. AppleInsider: Apple rumored to switch to Nvidia Graphics for new MacBook Pros
   and benchmarks hint at next-gen Ivy Bridge MacBook Pro, iMac
4. AnandTech, Hardware.Info, Hardware Canucks, HotHardware, Neoseeker,
   PC Perspective, TWL, and VR-Zone on AMD's A10 'Trinity' APU
5. Battle.net on Diablo III Starter Edition & Guest Pass
6. VR-Zone reports new Tomb Raider game delayed until 2013

Tuesday

1. iTnews - For Australian Business: Wozniak calls for open Apple
2. ABC News on Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon: Do you need a business ultrabook?
3. The Register: Intel woos microserver makers with Xeon E3-1200 v2 singlers
4. VR-Zone: ASRock's Z77 Extreme9 gets official, priced
5. KitGuru: LG to produce "unbreakable" flexible OLED displays
6. MSNBC: Spaceship Enterprise in 20 years?
7. Dealzon's deals: $30 coupon for 15.6" Samsung RV515 AMD Fusion,
   $50 coupon for 13.3" hp Folio 13 i5-2467M / 128GB SSD, $144 off
   256GB Samsung 830 Series SSD, and $129 off 128GB Crucial M4 SSD

Mobile

1. ABC News: iPhone powered by viruses? Berkeley scientists move closer
2. VR-Zone: Toshiba launches 13.3" Regza tablet with Android 4.0
3. ocaholic reviews HTC One S

Software and gaming

1. Computing.co.uk: Apple OS "really vulnerable," claims Kaspersky Lab CTO
2. PC Pro has 30 best features of Windows 8
3. Phoronix has Ubuntu Developer Summit 12.10 recap
4. HardwareHeaven: Diablo III midnight launch and signing gallery
5. VR-Zone: 2K announces Spec Ops: The Line demo on Xbox 360 and PS3
6. Hardware Secrets: Inside the Atari 2600

Hardware

1. Benchmark Reviews on Intel DZ77GA-70K motherboard components
2. Funky Kit reviews Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H
3. PureOC reviews 16GB G.Skill Ares DDR3-2133 memory kit
4. [H]ard|OCP: GeForce GTX 680 & 670 vs.
   Radeon 7970 & 7950 gaming performance
5. techPowerUp! reviews MSI GTX 680 Twin Frozr III OC 2GB
6. HT4U reviews Asus GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II TOP (in German)
7. TWL reviews Corsair Vengeance K90 keyboard
8. LanOC Reviews on Lian Li PC-100 “The Hammer” case
9. Hardware Heaven reviews NZXT Switch 810 Special Edition case
10. X-bit labs on mainstream system cases from Corsair: Carbide family
11. FrostyTech reviews SilenX EFZ-120HA5 heatsink
12. Rbmods on Cooler Master Hyper 412 Slim

Posted May 14, 2012

Eight is Enough

1. C|Net: Intel Windows 8 tablets to hit retail stores in November
2. GeekWire: Robbie Bach's four startup lessons from Xbox and Zune
3. AllThingsD's exclusive: Yahoo's Thompson out; Levinsohn
   in; board settlement with Loeb nears completion
4. Bloomberg: Nvidia soars after forecast tops estimates and
   Apple founder Wozniak to buy Facebook regardless of price
5. X-bit labs: Intel begins work on 7nm, 5nm process technologies
6. AnandTech tells a tale of two Thunderbolt storage devices:
   Seagate's GoFlex Desk and Western Digital's Thunderbolt Duo
7. Ars Technica: Adobe backs down, will secure last generation of apps
8. Dedoimedo: Ubuntu 12.04 on a high-end laptop

Monday

1. Bloomberg: Stanford instructor to launch Accelerator for enterprise startups
2. Network World: Apple accuses Samsung of purposefully destroying evidence
3. GigaOM: Expect a 6 month freeze on Facebook's Instagram acquisition
4. Business Insider: Meg Whitman hints that layoffs are coming for hp
5. Build versus buy: One company's decision to go it alone - Ars Technica
6. Ars Technica on DRM-free physical media: Dead
   in the water or the answer to art's prayers?
7. Mashable: Is plasma TV dead?
8. Dealzon's deals: $200 coupon for 15.6" Lenovo Y570 i5-2450M / GeForce GT
   555M, $58 coupon for 14" Dell Vostro 3450 i5-2450M, $250 coupon for 14"
   Lenovo Y470p i5-2450M / Radeon HD 7690, and $10 coupon for 128GB
   Samsung 830 series SSD

Mobile

1. Asus PadFone demo video

Software

1. Win8China has Windows 8 build 8375 images (in Chinese)
2. Debian 6.0.5 released

Hardware

1. Tech ARP's BIOS option of the week - CPU direct access FB
2. Storage Perspective: A Google Drive preview
3. The SSD Review has 128GB OCZ Vertex 4 review and 1.4RC FW comparison
4. Hardware.Info reviews Synology DiskStation DS2411+ 12-bay NAS
5. NikKTech reviews SteelSeries Diablo III headset
6. Techgage reviews Corsair Vengeance K90 keyboard
7. Hardware.Info reviews 13 gaming mice

Posted May 13, 2012

Eight is Enough

1. The Huffington Post: Mark Zuckerberg outlines Facebook's key priorities
2. AppleInsier: Intel looks to build ultra-efficient mobile chips Apple 'can't ignore'
3. AnandTech's first look at Thunderbolt on Windows with MSI's Z77A-GD80
4. AnandTech reports OCZ announces 64GB Vertex 4
5. VR-Zone: Foxconn chief talks Apple iTV
6. SlashGear: Nvidia 'Grey' LTE processor pushed back to 2013
7. Droid Life: Verizon's Galaxy SIII appears in
   benchmark, looks again like a Snapdragon S4
8. LG LS970 superphone rumored: 1.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon
   S4, LTE, 13MP camera, 2GB of RAM - The Verge

Mother's Day

1. AppleInsider: Apple rumored to be in talks to acquire German HDTV maker Loewe
2. The Verge: Seraku's Smart Wash Basin is an Android mirror (hands-on video)
3. TMZ: Ashton Kutcher's Steve Jobs makeover
4. NCIX's weekend hot deals
5. Newegg's Weekend Express

Mobile

1. PCMag: Nokia Lumia selling out, company 'working hard' on Verizon
2. 9to5Mac: Apple changes name of 'iPad WiFi + 4G' to 'iPad WiFi
   + Cellular' in many countries following international criticism
3. Ars Technica on a good AirPlay speaker

Software and gaming

1. Adobe Creative Cloud now available
2. Forbes: Video game sales down 42% in April
   due to lack of new releases, aging consoles
3. Joystiq: Behind the scenes of Modern Warfare 3's
   'Face Off' DLC and Content Collection 2
4. PC Gamer's Diablo III build guide: Barbarian,
   Demon Hunter, Monk, Witch Doctor, and Wizard
5. Heroes of Newerth 2.6.0 patch notes
6. PS Blog has Uncharted 3 patch 1.11 notes:
   The Lab returns, Elimination Mode, and more

Hardware

1. AnandTech's Asus P8Z77-V Deluxe review
2. NikKTech reviews 32GB Patriot SuperSonic Boost USB 3.0 flash drive
3. PureOC reviews Deepcool Frostwin CPU cooler

Posted May 12, 2012

Eight is Enough

1. VR-Zone via PC Watch: Ivy Bridge proven to suffer from poor thermal grease
2. Fudzilla: Faster 17W low power Core i7 in Q4 2012
3. CPU World: AMD readies R-series embedded APUs
4. VR-Zone's exclusive: Intel's mobile Haswell chipset names revealed
5. Kotaku's rumor: GameStop to start selling MacBooks?
6. Engadget: hp teases new Envy all-in-one printer (video)
7. EA CEO: "Mobile games are not going to wipe out the console business"
8. Max Payne 3 official launch trailer

Saturday

1. TechCrunch: Facebook fleshes out privacy policy to comply
   with data protection audits, will hold Q&A on Monday
2. X-bit labs: Nvidia blames TSMC's 28nm process technology for slow sales
3. Fudzilla: TSMC reports record sales in April and
   Western Europe sees decline in PC shipments
   and Asus UX32VD ultrabook shows up and
   Intel plans revamped 11.6- and 12.1-inch netbooks
4. Visualized at Engadget: hp's all-in-one PCs over the years, one from 1983
5. VR-Zone: Panasonic shoves Core i5 chips in a netbook package
   and Belkin is working on 802.11ac Wi-Fi products
6. AppleInsider: Foxconn chief says company is preparing for Apple television - report
7. Shop for the latest GeForce GTX 670 video cards at NCIX
8. Build or buy? — deals

Mobile

1. Dual-core processors powered 20% of smartphones in 2011 - analysts
2. WMPoweruser: Siri knows which is the best phone ever, and it's not the iPhone
3. iMore: iPhone 5 design still not finalized, still no big screen,
   still no metal back, still on track for October release
4. Dev-Team Blog: 5x redux
5. AllThingsD: Apple's coming map app will "blow your head off"
6. 9to5Mac: iCloud beta website reveals plans for Notes and
   Reminders web apps, affirms iOS 6 beta coming soon
7. AppleInsider: Dropbox fixes app rejection issue, complies with Apple's rules
8. VR-Zone: Samsung announces the Omnia M Windows Phone 7 smartphone
9. Engadget: Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 and
   Galaxy Player 4.2 come stateside on May 13th
10. Opinion: Data caps aren't perfect, but that's OK - Ars Technica

Software and gaming

1. Adobe: Working together on keeping our mutual customers up-to-date
2. Spotify: Playlist-based radio, post to Tumblr, and embeddable
   Play Buttons come to Spotify for Windows and Mac OS
3. Face Off: Behind the Scenes preview - official CoD: MW3 video

Systems

1. PC Perspective on Lenovo IdeaCentre Q180: Atom's wake
2. Björn3D's Gigabyte Sniper M3 review
3. ProClockers review 8GB G.Skill Ripjaws Z DDR3-2133 quad-channel kit
4. Bits and Chips review 240GB and 90GB Kingston SSDNow V+200 (in Italian)

Multimedia, power, and cooling

1. VR-Zone: Zotac GeForce GTX 680 2GB meets sub-zero Ivy Bridge 3770K
2. PC Perspective: The GTX 670 and the case of
   the missing (and returning) 4-way SLI support
3. VR-Zone's Gigabyte GTX 670 OC WindForce 3X 2GB review
4. VR-Zone's Cooler Master Trigger keyboard review
5. CowcotLand reviews 1000W OCZ Fatal1ty PSU (in French)
6. Hardware Secrets reviews 475W Cooler Master Extreme 2 PSU
7. TweakTown reviews Cooler Master TPC 812 vapor chamber CPU cooler

Posted May 11, 2012

Eight is Enough

1. C|Net on Microsoft's Windows 8 upgrade offer: What's coming when
2. C|Net reports Intel CEO dings ARM's Windows 8 'legacy' vulnerability
3. Building Windows 8: Redesigning chkdsk and the new NTFS health model
4. AppleInsider: Apple's latest Lion update continues
   preparations for Retina Display Macs (thanks adisor19)
5. Netbooknews.com: Asus Zenbook Prime UX21A & UX31A with Full HD display
   announced and Asus Zenbook UX32VD with Nvidia graphics hands-on video
6. techPowerUp! tests Nvidia GeForce GTX 670 in SLI
7. Guru3D's GeForce GTX 670 2- and 3-way SLI review
8. The Verge: Microsoft to bring full Internet Explorer
   browsing to Xbox 360 with Kinect controls

Friday

1. Introducing the new Bing: Spend less time searching, more time doing
2. Reuters: Apple, supplier Foxconn to share costs on improving factories
3. Netbooknews.com: Acer Aspire One 725—11.6" netbook with AMD C60 CPU
4. PC Perspective podcast #201
5. Dealzon's deals: $600 coupon for 14" Lenovo Y480 Ivy Bridge i7-3610QM /
   GeForce GT 640M, $250 coupon for 14" Lenovo Y470p i5-2450M / Radeon
   HD 7690, $55 coupon for 13.3" Dell Vostro V131 i3-2350M, and $350 coupon
   for 13.3" Lenovo U300e i5-2467M / 32GB SDD

Mobile

1. The Handheld Blog's detailed look at Tizen on Samsung's first prototype device
2. Windows Phone 8: What's Microsoft's developer story? — All About Microsoft
3. Google+: a mobile app with sense and soul

Software and gaming

1. AppleInsider: Reported AppleCare training points to June Mountain Lion launch
2. Facebook Developer Blog: Introducing the App Center
3. Guild Wars 2 stress test on May 14

Hardware

1. Tech ARP on Western Digital's 1TB VelociRaptor
2. HardwareLook reviews Zotac GeForce GTX 680 2GB
3. Guru3D, Neoseeker, and Tbreak on Nvidia's GeForce GTX 670
4. Björn3D, Hardware Heaven, Hi Tech Legion, Legit Reviews,
   NinjaLane, and PureOC review Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670
5. Hardware Secrets and techPowerUp! on Zotac GeForce GTX 670
6. ocaholic and techPowerUp! review Asus GeForce GTX 670
7. TechSpot's Gainward GeForce GTX 670 Phantom review
8. Overclockers.com's EVGA GTX 670 Superclocked review
9. HT4U review Palit GeForce GTX 670 (in German)
10. Metku reviews Corsair Vengeance 1500 headset
11. FrostyTech reviews DeepCool Ice Wind Pro heatsink

Posted May 10, 2012

The Pick 6

1. Bloomberg: Video of Steve Jobs parodying 'Ghostbusters' surfaces
2. AnandTech: Supermicro updates X9 lineup with GPU-enabled solutions
3. AnandTech, Benchmark Reviews, Björn3D, Hardware Canucks, Hardware.Info,
   Hi Tech Legion, HotHardware, LanOC Reviews, OCC, PCPer, and
   techPowerUp! review Nvidia GeForce GTX 670
4. techPowerUp! and TweakTown review Palit GeForce GTX 670 JetStream 2GB
5. Tribes: Ascend preview - Tartarus (video)
6. Bethesda Blog: Happy 20th, Wolfenstein 3D

Thursday

1. NCIX's Mother's Day sale event
2. Newegg's coupon blast
3. Dealzon's deals: $50 coupon for 15.6" hp Envy 6 ultrabook i5-2467M,
   $50 coupon for 15.6" Toshiba P755D AMD A6-3400M, $50 coupon
   for 14" hp Envy 4 ultrabook i3-2367M, and $100 coupon for Alienware
   Aurora PC i7-3820 / GeForce GTX 555

Mobile

1. ocaholic's Samsung Galaxy S3 preview

Hardware

1. Tbreak's hp Envy Spectre XT hands-on preview
2. ProClockers review 16GB Kingston HyperX
   Genesis DDR3-1866 quad-channel kit
3. TweakTown's 120GB Kingston SSDNow V+ 200 review
4. TechReviewSource on Roku HD (2012)
5. ThinkComputers reviews Tt eSports Meka keyboard
6. eXtreme power supply calculator update

Posted May 9, 2012

The Pick 6

1. DigiTimes: AMD readies Trinity APU in May and preparing more CPUs for later
2. CPU World has prices of upcoming mobile Ivy Bridge CPUs
3. X-bit labs: Dell unveils world's first microserver
   based on Intel Xeon "Ivy Bridge" chip
4. OCZ Vertex 4 firmware release candidate offers added value to
   customers by increasing sequential read and write performance
5. Hardware Secrets posts Virtu Universal MVP review
6. HotHardware looks at Dell's UltraSharp U3011 30" monitor

Wednesday

1. Fudzilla: hp warns of large scale cyber war
2. Inventor of Liquidmetal: Material will be ready for PC production in several years
3. X-bit labs: Microsoft to support hybrid memory cube technology
4. VR-Zone: Asus launches R.O.G. desktop with Ivy Bridge, GTX 680 & more
   and Lenovo announces latest ThinkCentre M and Edge series PCs
   and Samsung unveils more Ivy Bridge notebooks, this time it's the Series 5
   and Fujitsu & Lenovo announce DisplayLink-based USB 3.0 port replicators
5. Fudzilla: hp rolls out new ultrabooks, sleekbooks
6. Hardware Heaven's 10-year anniversary giveaway
7. Newegg's quick-draw deals
8. Dealzon's deals: $350 coupon for 17.3" hp dv7t Ivy Bridge i7-3610QM,
   $550 coupon for 14" Lenovo Y480 Ivy Bridge i7-3610QM, $300 off
   13.3" Acer Aspire S3 ultrabook i5-2467M, and $190 coupon for hp
   Elite h8xt Ivy Bridge i7-3770 PC

Mobile

1. Fudzilla: Proview's suit against Apple dismissed

Gaming

1. VR-Zone: EA to invest $80 million in next-gen console games

Systems and storage

1. ocaholic offers buying advice: Budget-gamer PC with Ivy Bridge
2. Funky Kit's Zotac ZBox Nano-XS AD11 Plus review
3. ocaholic tests Biostar TZ77XE4 T Overclocker - Ivy Bridge
4. OCC reviews Gigabyte A75M-D2H and A75-UD4H
5. Bits and Chips review Asus Sabertooth Z77 motherboard (in Italian)
6. Hardware.Info's Cisco Linksys E4200 V2 review

Multimedia, power, case & cooling

1. Hardware Heaven reviews MSI GeForce GTX 680 Twin Frozr
2. TestFreaks review HIS HD 7870
3. CowcotLand reviews Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950 OC (in French)
4. Hardware Canucks have Samsung UN55ES8000 LED HDTV hands-on preview
5. TweakTown's Alienware OptX AW2310 23" monitor de-bezel modification guide
6. TechReviewSource on Nikon Coolpix P510
7. Benchmark Reviews on CM Storm Sentinel Advance II mouse
8. techPowerUp! reviews 650W Super Flower Golden King PSU
9. PureOC reviews NZXT Switch 810 case
10. KitGuru reviews Titan Fenrir Siberia Edition and Tt Frio Extreme coolers

Posted May 8, 2012

Eight is Enough

1. Ars Technica: Google guilty of infringement in Oracle trial; future legal headaches loom
2. Engadget: 802.11-2012 Wi-Fi freshens up spec with 3.7GHz bands, mesh networking
3. VR-Zone on unlocked Ivy Bridge CPUs: i7-3770K worth getting over the i5-3570K?
4. Reuters: LG Electronics to launch Google TV in U.S. in late May: executive
5. Nokia: Tablet comments misconstrued, company still 'watching the space' - eWeek
6. Ars Technica's hands-on: Testing the GIMP 2.8 and its new single-window interface
7. Fudzilla reports Fileplanet to be no more
8. CVG: Amazing Assassin's Creed concept art shows series'
   origins and Assassin's Creed concept video looked great

Tuesday

1. Kickstarter talks to Engadget about product 'pre-
   orders,' won't force refunds when creators flake
2. Ars Technica: Google gets license to test drive autonomous cars on Nevada roads
3. Madshrimps cover Kingston HyperX event in Antwerp
4. SlashGear: Sony Ivy Bridge Vaio T ultrabook base specs revealed
5. Fudzilla: Nvidia GTX 690 listed in Europe
6. NinjaLane's podcast
7. House of flying laptops from Intel (video)
8. Newegg's quick-draw deals
9. Dealzon's deals: $50 coupon for 18.4" Alienware M18x Ivy Bridge i7-3610QM,
   $50 coupon for 21.5" hp Omni 220q Ivy Bridge i7-3770S, $250 off Gateway
   i7-2600 PC, and $33 coupon for 180GB Intel 330 Series Maple Crest SSD

Mobile

1. C|Net: Apple ready to settle in 'iPad' trademark dispute?
2. Ars Technica: Apple improves AirPlay playback,
   iPad network switching, HDR with iOS 5.1.1
3. About the security content of iOS 5.1.1 software update
4. AppleInsider: Apple says lack of multi-user support
   on iPad is a 'known issue,' 'being investigated'
5. Engadget: Samsung Galaxy S III gets a Canadian
   girlfriend as Bell, Rogers, Telus, Wind Mobile line up
6. ocaholic reviews HTC One X

Software

1. Ars Technica: Attackers target unpatched PHP bug allowing
   malicious code execution and OS X plain text password flaw
   has been around for 3 months and counting
2. InformationWeek on Windows 8 OS: New must-know facts
3. Phoronix on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ARMv7 Linux performance gains
4. Dedoimedo's Kubuntu 12.04 review - Precise what?
5. Techgage's Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 review

Gaming

1. Joystiq on EA 2012 financials: Q4 revenue and income
   up year-over-year, 2012 revenue up, income down
2. Ars Technica on subsidized Xbox 360: Bad deal
   for consumers, missed opportunity for Microsoft
3. Company of Heroes 2 invades the Eastern Front
4. CVG: Diablo III will offer global play
5. Games On Net's video interview: Jay Wilson on
   Diablo III's ladders, latency, piracy, and more

Systems and storage

1. HotHardware's Digital Storm ODE Level 4 system review
2. Tbreak's hp Z800 workstation review
3. AnandTech's ASRock Vision 3D 252B HTPC review
4. PCPer's Asus G75V review: Gaming goes Ivy
5. VR-Zone's hp Envy 14 Spectre review
6. techPowerUp! does Ivy Bridge PCI-Express
   scaling with HD 7970 and GTX 680
7. Benchmark Reviews on Intel DZ77GA-70K motherboard
8. Hi Tech Legion reviews Asus P8Z77-V
9. Hardware Canucks review Asus Maximus V Gene Z77 mATX motherboard
10. ThinkComputers reviews 16GB Patriot Viper
    Xtreme Division 4 DDR3-1866 quad-channel kit
11. VR-Zone's 800GB Intel SSD 910 preview
12. Guru3D and TweakTown test OCZ Vertex 4 SSD with 1.4RC firmware

Multimedia

1. X-bit labs: Radeon HD 79xx graphics cards from Gigabyte,
   Sapphire & XFX CrossFire configuration review
2. Fudzilla reviews EVGA GTX 680 SC Signature
3. Tbreak's Zotac GTX 680 AMP! Edition review
4. CowcotLand reviews Zotac GTX 680 2GB (in French)
5. Bits and Chips have GeForce GTX 680 performance analysis (in Italian)
6. techPowerUp! reviews HIS HD 7770 iCooler 1GB
7. TechReviewSource on Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX20
8. TechReaction reviews Cooler Master Trigger keyboard

Cases and cooling

1. Funky Kit reviews BitFenix Shinobi XL case
2. OCC's Enermax Fulmo GT case review
3. Hardware.Info has 11 computer cases tested—from £70 - £110
4. NikKTech reviews Thermalright Silver Arrow Extreme CPU cooler
5. FrostyTech reviews Cooler Master GeminII S524 heatsink
6. Legit Reviews on Noctua NH-L12 low profile CPU cooler

Posted May 7, 2012

The Starting Five

1. Bloomberg: Canada dollar drops most this year on economic outlook
2. BBC News: File-sharers look to VPNs to overcome Pirate Bay ban
3. Cryptome: Apple legacy Filevault hole
4. AppleInsider: Apple readies final in-house Java updates ahead of Oracle handoff
5. The H Online: Firefox WebSocket bug compromises Tor anonymity

Monday

1. Bloomberg: Apple wins ruling, sanctions in Samsung infringement suit
   and Micron gains on speculation it may get Elpida assets cheaply
2. Dealzon's deals: $50 coupon for 17.3" Alienware M17x r4 Core i7-3610QM /
   GeForce GTX 660M, $250 coupon for 17.3" hp dv7t i5-2430M, $350 coupon
   for 15.6" hp dv6t Core i7-3610QM, and $200 off 13.3" Samsung Series 5
   ultrabook i5-2467M ULV

Mobile

1. WPCentral: Windows Phone Tango update being pushed out for HTC Mozart
2. Switched On: Competing by hook or by Nook

Gaming

1. Techgage: Running Sega Dreamcast games on your PC with nullDC
2. ThinkComputers on DotA 2
3. TweakTown's Kid Icarus: Uprising review (3DS)

Hardware

1. Tbreak's Dell XPS 13 ultrabook review
2. Tech ARP's BIOS option of the week - Internal graphics mode select
3. Hardware Heaven reviews ASRock X79 Extreme9
4. Hardware.Info's LaCie 5big Office+ NAS review
5. DragonSteelMods review Hama 90 Colt Syscase camera bag
6. TestFreaks review Cougar Solution case

Posted May 6, 2012

Eight is Enough

1. PCWorld: PC makers mum on Windows 8 upgrades
2. The NY Times: AT&T chief regrets offering unlimited data for iPhone
3. Xbox 360 Achievements: More ads, less services and
   poor functionality—the continuing decline of Xbox Live
4. Microsoft: Office 365 for enterprises now FISMA-certified
5. Engadget: AT&T's One X discovered to have 'restricted' bootloader, HTC responds
   and under the microscope: Samsung Galaxy S III's HD Super AMOLED display
6. Übergizmo: Samsung releases source code for Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 and 10.1
7. Shacknews: Final class skill videos unveiled for Diablo III
8. Gizmodo: They finally made a real lightsaber

Sunday

1. FBI: We need wiretap-ready websites - now
2. Reuters: Sprint CEO to take pay cut as iPhone costs pinch
   and U.S. judge urges more deliberations in Android case
3. TorrentFreak: The Pirate Bay enjoys 12 million trafic boost, shares unblocking tips
4. Engadget: Dell to upgrade unshipped Alienware orders to Ivy Bridge CPUs for free
5. Engadget podcast 292
6. NCIX's Mother's Day specials

Mobile

1. HTC's Sense guru: Stock Android 4.0 just not good enough - Laptop
2. iDownloadBlog: How text editing on the iPad should be
3. TechCrunch: Facebook Messenger apps get more
   life-like, now show if someone's read your message

Software and gaming

1. Adobe Flash Player 11.3 beta 3 released to labs
2. Joystiq: Company of Heroes 2 official reveal coming May 7
   and exploring the beta and beyond in Guild Wars 2

Hardware

1. Hardware.Info tests six SSDs in RAID 0: Intel vs. AMD
2. Tbreak reviews 4TB Western Digital My Book Live Duo
3. TweakTown reviews Nvidia GeForce GTX 670 2GB
4. PureOC reviews Cooler Master Storm Trigger keyboard
5. Quentin Rademaker Dot NL's CM 690 II Advanced case review

Posted May 5, 2012

7 Up

1. Fudzilla reports EVGA's GTX 690 hits Newegg
2. k|ngp|n achieves 1442MHz overclock with GTX 680
3. CNNMoney: Intel wants to plug a smartphone into your brain
4. AnandTech's iPad 2,4 review: 32nm brings better battery life
5. Notch: EA are 'cynical bastards 'methodically destroying gaming'
6. RPS interview: Klei's Anderson talks upside of EA's "Indies"
7. GameInformer has the first screenshot from The Elder Scrolls Online

Cinco de Mayo

1. Ars Technica: Oracle-Google jury reaches
   verdict on all but one Java copyright question
2. FanlessTech on Foxconn Nano PC
3. VR-Zone: Intel updates the DX79SI with the DX79SR
4. NCIX and Newegg's weekend deals

Mobile

1. Ars Technica: Nokia being sued by investor for fraud after share price tumbles
2. Fudzilla: Android tablet sales in Q1 fail to impress
   and next iPhone rumors are starting again
3. CNNMoney: Verizon reps push 4G Android over iPhone
4. TechReviews UK has Samsung Galaxy S III product overview, specs, and pricing
5. AnandTech's Samsung Galaxy S III preview
6. TechReviewSource on HTC One X (AT&T)

Software and gaming

1. Computerworld: Microsoft boots Chinese firm for leaking Windows exploit
2. MS security bulletin advance notification for May 2012
3. Phoronix on Microsoft Windows 8
4. Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.235
5. X-bit labs: Flextronics reportedly begins test production of Xbox Next
6. Hardware Heaven's Dragon's Dogma preview (PS3)

Systems and storage

1. TechSpot's Raspberry Pi review & initial how-to setup guide
2. techPowerUp's Gigabyte G1.Sniper M3 preview
3. Benchmark Reviews on Intel DZ77GA-70K motherboard features
4. ocaholic reviews Asus P8Z77-V Deluxe
5. Neoseeker reviews Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5
6. Björn3D reviews 1TB Western Digital VelociRaptor
7. Legit Reviews on 500GB Verbatim Store 'n' Go USB 3.0 hard drive
8. NikKTech's Sandberg USB 3.0 HDD cloner review
9. HotHardware's Intel SSD 910 PCI-E SSD performance review
10. HardwareLook reviews 120GB Zalman F1 series SSD

Multimedia

1. ocaholic updates GPU charts: 61 DX11 graphics cards, 14 benches / games
2. X-bit labs have an all-inclusive review of GeForce GTX 690
3. TweakTown reviews MSI Radeon HD 7870 Hawk 2GB
4. PureOC reviews VisionTek Radeon HD 7850 and 7870
5. Metku reviews Tesoro Durandal & Durandal Ultimate keyboards
6. Rbmods and Techgage on CM Storm Trigger keyboard
7. Hardware Secrets reviews Corsair Vengeance M90 mouse

Power, cases, and cooling

1. CowcotLand's LEPA G1600 PSU review (in French)
2. KitGuru reviews 800W VisionTek modular PSU
3. Hardware Secrets reviews 750W In Win GreenMe PSU
4. Technic3D reviews Fractal Design Arc Midi case (in German)
5. BCCHardware reviews BitFenix Spectre Pro LED fans
6. NinjaLane reviews Arctic Cooling F12 series 120mm fan
7. ProClockers review Thermaltake Frio Extreme CPU cooler
8. VR-Zone's akasa Nero 3 CPU cooler review
9. XSReviews on Xigmatek Gaia CPU cooler
10. TechReaction reviews SilenX EFZ-120HA5 CPU cooler
11. FrostyTech reviews Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO heatsink
12. TweakTown reviews Noctua NH-L12 low profile CPU cooler

Posted May 4, 2012

Eight is Enough

1. The Inquirer: Intel admits Ivy Bridge chips run hotter
2. X-bit labs: As latest SSD prices hit $0.65 per
   GB, OCZ forecasts further drop of costs
3. AnandTech, Benchmark Reviews, Björn3D, Guru3D, [H]ard|OCP,
   Hardware Canucks, Hardware Heaven, Hi Tech Legion, HotHardware,
   Legit Reviews, Neoseeker, OCC, PC Perspective, techPowerUp!, and
   X-bit labs review Nvidia GeForce GTX 690
4. SemiAccurate: Why can't Nvidia supply Kepler / GK104 / GTX 680?
5. AnandTech and Ars Technica on Samsung Galaxy S III reveal
6. Übergizmo: E Fun Next 7S Android 4.0 ICS tablet arrives in time for Mother's Day
7. Max Payne 3 multiplayer gameplay video part 2
8. Enizr.com: PC Gamer scans reveal Company of Heroes 2

Friday

1. VR-Zone: Researchers claim cyber attack
   could by prevented by "hyperspeed signalling"
2. X-bit labs: Nokia sues HTC, RIM, ViewSonic for patent infringement
3. Ars Technica: "MacMan" or "iMac?" The creative director behind Apple's turnaround
4. TechSpot recounts the biggest tech failures of the last 10+ years
5. Fudzilla: hp readies cheap Trinity laptop
   and netbook shipments continue to fall
   and Atom D2700 last shipment in late Q3 2012
6. SemiAccurate: How does AMD's Leo demo use GPU compute?
7. CPU World: Mobile Intel Core i3-3110M CPU to launch in Q3
8. VR-Zone: Asus updates its ProArt professional displays with the PA2428Q
9. PC Perspective podcast #200
10. NCIX's deals
11. Newegg's deals
12. Dealzon's deals: $170 coupon for 14" Lenovo Y480 i3-2370M, new
    14" Alienware M14x Ivy Bridge i7-3610QM / GeForce GT 650M,
    $77 off Dell Vostro 470 Ivy Bridge i5-3450 PC, and $100 off 32"
    Viore LCD TV

Mobile

1. X-bit labs: Fujitsu proposes to use palm vein biometric authentication on tablets
2. Ars Technica: Apple dominates global handset
   profits as smartphone sales shoot up
3. VR-Zone: TSMC catches GlobalFoundries with
   their own 28nm Cortex-A9 Core at 3.1GHz
4. TechnologyReviewed on Samsung Galaxy S III

Software and gaming

1. Computerworld: Snow Leopard users most prone to Flashback infection
2. Network World on why Linux is a desktop flop
3. H Online: VMware patches vulnerabilities in ESX 4.1
   and Chrome 18 update closes high-risk security holes
4. SeaMonkey 2.9.1 release notes
5. GamesIndustry International reports Call of Duty: Black
   Ops II to bring "disruptive innovation" says Activision
6. Ars Technica: No Valve product announcements planned for E3

Systems and storage

1. VR-Zone's Asus P8Z77-I Deluxe review: Redefining the ITX gaming PC
2. ocaholic's Z77 motherboard charts: 13 models tested
3. Hardware.Info's 4TB Hitachi 7K4000 / 5K4000 review
4. The SSD Review on 256GB Plextor M3P SSD
5. Futurelooks reviews 240GB Kingston HyperX 3K SSD
6. TweakTown reviews 240GB RunCore Pro V Max
7. Hi Tech Legion reviews 180GB Corsair Force GT SSD

Multimedia, cases, and cooling

1. KitGuru's MSI R7950 Twin Frozr III 3GD5/OC review
2. Tbreak pits Asus HD 7870 DCUII TOP vs. XFX R7870 Black Edition
3. Madshrimps review HIS Multi-View+ sound adapter
4. NiKKTech's Egreat S-Series R300 network HD media player review
   and exclusive first look of the Leetgion El'Druin gaming mouse
5. Hardware Secrets on SilverStone Precision PS07 white case
6. HardwareLook reviews Zalman Z11 case
7. ThinkComputers reviews Raidmax Seiran case
8. TweakTown reviews Thermalright Silver Arrow SB-E CPU cooler

Posted May 3, 2012

The Pick 6

1. Cloud services for Windows 8 and Windows
   Phone: Windows Live, reimagined
2. DailyTech: Windows, Xbox 360 could be
   banned in Germany as patent war continues
3. VR-Zone: OCZ readies up 1TB Octane SSD for market
4. DPReview: LensRental's Roger Cicala examines
   Canon EOS 5D Mark III light leak 'cover-up'
5. RIM CEO: 4G PlayBook coming this year - Engadget
6. Ars Technica: One third of Firefox users vulnerable to
   known flaws; IE and Chrome continue to gain share

Thursday

1. X-bit labs: TSMC increases shipments of 28nm
   wafers by more than two times in one quarter
2. AVADirect now offers Clevo W110ER 11.6 Core i7 gaming notebook
3. Fudzilla: Sony rolls out Vaio T13 ultrabook
4. Dell unveils high-performance XPS and Vostro solutions
   for families, multimedia professionals and businesses
5. Engadget: RunCore's Mini DOM packs single-
   chip, SATA-based SSD into tiny places
6. Engadget: Nikon D3200 now shipping from Best Buy, unboxing
   video gets personal with new features and Logitech's definition
   of 'strong?' A range of mice that taste forgot (video)
7. Google Docs Blog: New fonts galore and other fresh features
8. Google expands direct carrier billing
9. Gmail gets automatic message translation
10. Newegg's quick-draw deals
11. Dealzon's deals: $200 off 15.6" Toshiba P750 i5-2450M / 8GB RAM,
    $100 coupon for 15.6" Dell Latitude E5520 i3-2350M, $150 off 13.3"
    Samsung Series 5 ultrabook i5-2467M, and $20 coupon for 240GB
    OCZ Agility 3 SSD

Mobile

1. Ars Technica: Nokia corners Carl Zeiss to
   make lenses for high-end smartphone cameras
2. AnandTech's HTC One X for AT&T review
3. BCCHardware's Android app pick - Evernote

Software and gaming

1. 9to5Mac: OS X Mountain Lion update adds
   helpful 'Do Not Disturb' option for notifications
2. Phoronix: Ubuntu 12.04 vs. Windows 7:
   Intel Sandy / Ivy Bridge loses on Linux
3. The great Ars Cloud office suite shootout
4. The Verge's exclusive: $99 Xbox 360 + Kinect bundle
   launching next week with two-year subscriptions
5. VR-Zone: Microsoft preps Union Flag-
   themed Xbox 360 bundle for May 25th
6. Fudzilla: Max Payne 3 DLC plans announced
7. Ars Technica: Virtual shooting games may improve
   real-world accuracy, won't make you a sniper

Systems and storage

1. ThinkComputers on Lenovo C325 all-in-one PC
2. TechReviewSource on Samsung Series 9 (2012 | NP900X4B)
3. Hardware.Info's CPU shootout: Intel Atom D2700 vs. AMD E-450
4. TechReaction reviews Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3
5. VR-Zone's Asus P8Z77-V Deluxe review
6. KitGuru's 8GB G.Skill TridentX 2400MHz memory review (Z77 platform)
7. ocaholic reviews 120GB SanDisk Extreme SSD

Multimedia

1. Benchmark Reviews on Nvidia GeForce GTX 690
2. Hardware Heaven pits PowerColor PCS+ HD
   7970 vs. Gainward GTX 680 Phantom
3. Funky Kit reviews HIS HD 7870 2GB
4. OCC's Sapphire HD 7870 review
5. Legit Reviews on Roccat Kave 5.1 headset
6. Hi Tech Legion reviews CM Storm Sentinel Advanced 2 mouse

Power, cases, and cooling

1. techPowerUp! reviews 750W Rosewill Capstone PSU
2. Hardware Secrets reviews Nexus Value 430 PSU
3. HCW reviews NZXT Phantom 410 Gunmetal case
4. TweakTown reviews Cooler Master HAF XM case
5. Madshrimps review Antec Three Hundred Two case
6. NinjaLane reviews SilverStone TJ04-E Evolution case
7. ProClockers review Thermaltake Frio Advanced CPU cooler
8. FrostyTech's Zalman CNPS10X Optima heatsink review
9. Tbreak's Cooler Master X6 heatsink review

Posted May 2, 2012

Eight is Enough

1. WSJ: Facebook's roadshow to start Monday; IPO set for May 18
2. Develop: Kickstarter scam rumbled
3. Canalys: hp regains top spot in client PC market
4. Maximum PC: Dell may rebrand Alienware M11x
   gaming laptop, Alienware ultrabook possible, too
5. DigiTimes: PC vendors reportedly facing challenges from Windows 8
6. DailyTech: Gamers with AMD CPUs / APUs
   get free, discounted services from GameFly
7. Ars Technica: New Firefox design will offer uniform look across desktop
8. NGOHQ: Microsoft releases DirectX 11.1 specification

Wednesday

1. TechCrunch: Google wins $35 million U.S. government contract over Microsoft
2. Tweaking Moore's Law: Computers of the post-silicon era - Big Think
3. Ars Technica: Skype replaces P2P supernodes
   with Linux boxes hosted by Microsoft (updated)
4. VR-Zone: Samsung launches the Series 7 Gamer with Ivy Bridge CPU
   and Intel's LGA-1356 Xeons coming this quarter, followed by Pentiums
   and HGST cranks up SAS SSD interface speed to 12Gbps
   and Pioneer goes 3D with new Blu-ray drive
5. C|Net: Dell says XPS 13 ultrabook exceeds sales expectations
6. OCW: Well-known brand Intel B75 board cannot boot with Core i5-3570K
7. Dealzon's deals: $100 coupon for 15.6” hp ProBook 4530s i5-2450M /
   Radeon HD 7470M, $100 coupon for 15.6” Toshiba P755D AMD
   A6-3400M, $450 off 13.3” Sony Vaio S Series i3-370M, and
   $65 off Logitech Z623 speakers
8. The Dark Knight Rises - official trailer #3

Mobile

1. SamMobile: This is the Galaxy SIII
2. Ars Technica: RIM takes the wraps off BlackBerry
   10 OS, shows off camera and keyboard
3. Droid Life: Verizon Galaxy Nexus gets Android 4.0.4 IMM76K update?
4. The Windows Phone Developer Blog: Four ways we're improving Marketplace
5. HotHardware's HTC One X AT&T smartphone review

Software and gaming

1. Computerworld: Slow uptake of Windows 8 preview hints at lack of interest
2. Tizen 1.0 Larkspur SDK and source code release
3. NetMarketShare: Desktop OS market share
4. ReactOS fundraiser 2012
5. Ars Technica reports Firefox "security"
   add-on exposes users' web browsing history
6. Ars Technica: Blizzard to take up to 15% of
   Diablo III real-money auction house sales
7. Diablo III Wizard trailer
8. Joystiq reports Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 revealed with first trailer

Systems and storage

1. ocaholic: Core i7-3770K and Core i7-2600K
   Radeon HD 7970 gaming-performance-difference
2. X-bit labs review MSI X79A-GD65 (8D)
3. KitGuru reviews Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H
4. circuitRemix's 50GB Crucial Adrenaline solid state cache review

Multimedia, power, and cooling

1. PureOC reviews HIS HD 7950 IceQ Turbo
2. AnandTech's NEC PA271W monitor review
3. The Verge's Olympus OM-D E-M5 review
4. XtremeComputing reviews Noontec Zoro headset
5. NinjaLane and ProClockers review CM Storm Trigger keyboard
6. PCPer's SilverStone Nightjar ST50NF fanless PSU review
7. FrostyTech reviews Zalman CNPS8900 Extreme

Posted May 1, 2012

Eight is Enough

1. The NY Times: How Apple sidesteps billions in taxes;
   Apple responds to tax accusations: we pay an "enormous
   amount of taxes"
2. NGOHQ has Nvidia CEO's keynote from Shanghai event
3. Fudzilla: System builders are not happy with Ivy Bridge
   and faster unlocked Ivy Bridge possible in Q3 2012
   and Haswell 2013 graphics support DirectX 11.1
4. VR-Zone's AMD Trinity APU preview: Evolution or devolution?
5. NordicHardware has AMD Trinity and Piledriver detailed (thanks Tyler M.)
6. VR-Zone: Dell launches Alienware high-end gaming laptops and
   Nvidia prepares two more GK104-based cards - GeForce GTX
   660 Ti and 670
7. TweakTown's AMD Catalyst 12.4 Windows 7 driver analysis
8. Portal 2 Perpetual Testing Initiative (video)

Tuesday

1. Ars Technica: Canada remains on American "Priority Watch List" of IP miscreants
2. BBC News: Google staff 'knew of Wi-Fi snooping,' report says
3. VR-Zone: Intel to push MIC aggressively for Exascale computing
4. CowcotLand: Intel cuts Core i7-2600 & 2700K prices (in French)
5. Newegg's quick-draw deals
6. Dealzon's deals: $200 coupon for 15.6” Lenovo ThinkPad W520 i7-2640M /
   Nvidia Quadro 1000M, $400 coupon for 15.6” hp dv6t Ivy Bridge i7-3610QM /
   1080p / GeForce GT 650M 2GB, $66 off 128GB Crucial M4 SSD, and $45 off
   25” Hannspree 2ms LCD monitor

Mobile

1. Ars Technica: Apple originally considered iPhones with keyboard, click wheel

Software and gaming

1. Ars Technica: Release of exploit code puts Oracle Database users at risk of attack
2. Ars Technica's favorite open source apps for Ubuntu 12.04
3. Crytek: 'Awesome' next-gen used games block comments 'weren't serious'
4. Fudzilla: Black Ops II release date official?
5. VR-Zone's Max Payne 3 preview
6. Hardware Heaven reviews Prototype 2 (Xbox 360)

Systems and storage

1. TechReviewSource on Gateway NV57H54u laptop
2. Tbreak's Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H review
3. KitGuru reviews Biostar TZ77XE4
4. Legit Reviews on Kingston HyperX T1 2800MHz memory kit
5. HCW on 16GB Patriot Viper Extreme Division 4 1600MHz quad-channel kit
6. TweakTown reviews 256GB AData Premier Pro SP900 (0-provision) SSD

Multimedia

1. techPowerUp! reviews Palit GeForce GTX 680 JetStream 2GB
2. Fudzilla tests Sapphire HD 7870 OC Edition
3. CowcotLand reviews Enermax Dreambass external sound card (in French)
4. techPowerUp! reviews KRK Systems KNS 8400 headphones
5. ThinkComputers reviews Corsair Vengeance 1500 headset

Power, cases, and cooling

1. APH Networks on 1275W Tt Toughpower XT Platinum PSU
2. XSReviews on 650W Thermaltake Smart PSU
3. OC3D's NZXT Phantom 410 "Gun Metal" Edition case review
4. Futurelooks on Cooler Master HAF XM case
5. Rbmods on Antec Eleven Hundred case
6. AnandTech reviews SilverStone Grandia GD07 case
7. TWL reviews Thermaltake Element Q SFF case
8. KitGuru reviews be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 2 CPU cooler
9. FrostyTech reviews Noctua NH-L12 low-profile heatsink

Posted April 30, 2012

Eight is Enough

1. CPU World: AMD cuts prices on A-series APUs and FX CPUs
2. X-bit labs: Intel platform remains unchallenged
3. OCW: Retail Core i7-3770K goes on sale but it is rated TDP 95W instead of 77W
4. Engadget: Asus Zenbook Primes with 1080 IPS panels and
   (probably) Ivy Bridge are real, coming to Taiwan in June
5. PCPer: Nvidia plans cloud-based service for automatically configuring PC games
6. Björn3D, [H]ard|OCP, and HotHardware on Nvidia's GeForce GTX 690
7. Videocardz.com: Reference GeForce GTX 670 pictured
8. Ars Technica: Amazon's Kindle Fire now the #1 Android tablet

Monday

1. Reuters: U.S. ban sought on cell phone use while driving
2. Ars Technica: Google releases full details of FCC
   investigation into Street View Wi-Fi snooping
3. Origin PC EON11-S specs
4. Geek.com: Raspberry Pi gets an electronics prototyping plate kit
5. NCIX introduces all new Ivy Bridge processors—shipping now
6. Dealzon's deals: $50 coupon for 17.3” hp dv7t Ivy Bridge i7-3610QM,
   $500 coupon for 14” Lenovo Y480 Ivy Bridge i7-3610QM / 32GB SSD,
   $50 coupon for 15.6” hp dv6t Ivy Bridge i7-3610QM, and $30 coupon
   for 14” hp Envy 14 Spectre ultrabook

Mobile

1. SlashGear: U.S. Galaxy S III may not feature quad-core chip
2. Netbooknews: Sony Tablet S and Acer Iconia Tab A100 get ICS updates
3. TechSpot reviews 7.7" Samsung Galaxy Tab 16GB
4. Droid Life: Is the end near for Android? [opinion]

Software and gaming

1. Ars Technica: Firefox 13 beta turns on the SPDY, tabs on demand
2. Computerworld: Mozilla to kill Firefox 3.6 by auto-upgrading old browser
3. MPOGD.com: StarCraft II Heart of the Swarm
   playable at MLG Spring Championship
4. TweakTown's UEFA Euro 2012 review (PS3)

Hardware

1. Tech ARP's BIOS option of the week - Digital Locked Loop (DLL)
2. Hardware.Info's Synology DS212j, DS212 & RS212 review
3. Metku reviews Zowie AM mouse and mouse pads
4. VR-Zone's Prolimatech Megahalems rev. C CPU cooler review
5. Hi Tech Legion reviews Cooler Master TPC 812 CPU cooler

Posted April 29, 2012

7 Up

1. AnandTech, Hardware Canucks & PC Perspective on Nvidia's GeForce GTX 690
2. X-bit labs: AMD, GlobalFoundries, other set to
   use fully-depleted SOI with 14nm, 20nm chips;
   GlobalFoundries moves to 3D stacked 20nm chips - Fudzilla
3. Overclockers.com on Ivy Bridge temperatures - it's gettin' hot in here
4. Neowin: hp is working on x86 Windows 8 tablet, rough render exposed
5. Liliputing: Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) rooted
6. Woz: Windows Phone is 'beautiful,' Android 'no contest,'
   still loves iPhone, ask again tomorrow - Engadget
7. Shacknews: Modern Warfare 3 DLC available on PC in May

Sunday

1. Softpedia: Expert accidentally finds how DOS attacks can be launched via Google
2. Netbooksnews on 11.6" MSI's L2700 Brazos 2.0 notebook (in German)
3. Fudzilla: AMD dropped FX-6200 price as well
   and MSI's Z77A-GD80 shows up in full glory
4. VR-Zone: Asus P8Z77-V Premium gets almost official and Asus
   reveals two budget-friendly P8Z77-V motherboard models and
   HighPoint launches the RocketStor USB 3.0 dock with RAID,
   claims 10Gbps speeds
5. Fudzilla: Club3D announces PokerSeries graphics cards
6. MIT News: Through a glass, clearly
7. NCIX's Weekend Express

Mobile

1. Bloomberg: Intel expects to be 'big player' in phones within five years
2. CRN: Microsoft execs defend VDI price hike for iPad, Android tablets

Software and gaming

1. Computerworld: 'Obstinate' Conficker worm infests millions of PCs years later
2. LinuxNOV's Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin review
3. A history of Mozilla browsers design
4. Wine 1.5.3 released
5. Maximum PC: Just what is Nvidia unveiling?
6. Diablo III TV commercial airs Sunday on Fox

Hardware

1. TechReviewSource's hands-on with Google Drive
2. PureOC reviews CM Sentinel Advance II mouse & Speed-RX gaming surface
3. NiKKTech reviews 620W Antec HCG-620M PSU
4. Funky Kit reviews Thermaltake Armor Revo case
5. PureOC reviews BitFenix Raider case