Friday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 4:46 AM on May 9, 2008

Friday

1. TG Daily reports Asus creates new GPU future with upgradeable graphics cards
2. Creative offers refund for those who purchased ALchemy for Audigy
3. Price for MSI Wind revealed
4. NordicHardware reports GeForce 9900 GTX has 512-bit memory controller, 1GB GDDR3
5. Fudzilla reports RV770 GDDR5 supports 512-bit
   and AMD plans to update 65nm Barcelona
6. Nvidia CFO Marv Burkett says G92 yields "were not what they wanted them to be."
7. IDC: Ultra low-cost notebook PCs (like the Eee PC) poised for consumer acceptance
   as additive and educational devices, but not as blockbusters
8. Intel's P43 motherboard pictures
9. VR-Zone dwells into the Asus energy processing unit
10. Tech ARP's Nvidia GeForce-to-Quadro soft-mod guide
11. PC Perspective's podcast #29
12. DailyTech reports DOE unveils massive carbon sequestration program
13. [OC]ModShop reviews Bawls Guarana Exxtra 16oz.

Software and gaming

1. InfoWorld reports Firefox plugin shipped with malicious code
2. Office 2007 SP1 releasing to Automatic Update
3. MS security bulletin advance notification for May 2008
4. New iPhone 2.0 OS adds Safari YouTube support
5. SuperSite for Windows reviews Zune 2.5
6. 2Manydownloads has EVGA Precision 1.02
7. Nvidia bombards PC game pirates
8. Ars Technica on how Viacom can sink the pirates
9. Activision reports record Q4 and fiscal year 2008 results
10. X-bit labs report Microsoft gears up to release Xbox 360 with new chips
11. Apple's games strategy looks beyond consoles and the iMac
12. Fold It! beta: solve puzzles for science
13. Baller setup for playing Grand Theft Auto IV
14. PCGH's picture gallery: Unreal Engine 3 in perfection

Systems

1. Gadgetzone reviews Asus M70 laptop
2. Computer Shopper reviews Core 2 Duo E8400
3. HardwareZone reviews Asus P5Q3 Deluxe and Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS4
4. TweakTown reviews 2GB Patriot Viper DDR3-1866 dual channel kit
5. I4U reviews 2GB Kingston HyperX DDR3-1800 dual channel kit

Multimedia

1. bit-tech reviews Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB
2. Neoseeker reviews Asus EAH3850 X2
3. Guru3D reviews Diamond Viper Radeon HD 3850 Ruby Edition 512MB
4. Overclockers Online reviews Diamond Viper Radeon HD 3650 1GB
5. X-bit labs review Gainward GeForce 9800 GTX
6. HEXUS.net reviews Inno3D GeForce 9600 GT OC
7. Futurelooks reviews Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC
8. HotHardware reviews Asus Xonar DX 7.1 PCI-E
9. Digital Trends reviews XtremeMac Tango X2
10. HardwareZone reviews Samsung U900 Soul

Power, cases, and cooling

1. Hardware Secrets reviews 525W Enermax Pro82+ PSU
2. Hardware Canucks review In Win B2 Stealth Bomber case
3. DragonSteelMods review Thermaltake M9 case
4. X-bit labs review Auras TwinW, Apack ZEROtherm CF900, and Scythe Shuriken CPU coolers
5. SilentPCReview's Scythe 120mm fans roundup
6. Overclockers Club reviews Scythe Zipang 139MM CPU cooler
7. TweakTown reviews CoolIT Systems Pure CPU cooler
8. Elite Bastards review Cooler Master Hyper Z600 CPU cooler

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