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Sunday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 9:21 PM on September 21, 2008

Sunday

1. Siemens plans to sell Fujitsu Siemens stake: paper
2. The new, new plan at Seagate
3. Product listing for Nvidia GeForce GTX 280+ and GTX 350 appears
4. Engadget reports Intel officially ships 1.6GHz dual-core Atom 330 processor
   and Optimus Pultius becomes Optimus Aux, new prototype shows up
5. Ars Technica reports updated MacBooks may use new, lower-power Nvidia chipset
6. Microsoft announces quarterly earnings release date
7. Gizmodo reports Steve Ballmer goes nuts (again) to sell Windows
8. [OC]ModShop's take on Microsoft's new "I'm a PC" commercials
9. Hack N Mod: build a serial port infrared receiver

Software and gaming

1. SquirrelFish Extreme: fastest JavaScript engine yet
2. Opera takes another step... towerds 9.60
3. GameCritics ask, "Will the web browser replace the game console?"
4. The Sporum has Spore patch thread problems & solutions
5. Joystiq reports Halo 3 title update 2 coming September 23
6. Shacknews on video games to be released this week
7. Gameplayer has the complete history of Sony Computer Entertainment
8. Do first-person shooters make you smarter?

Hardware

1. Classic.Ars: an introduction to 64-bit computing and x86-64
2. Hardware-Infos has Intel Nehalem architecture preview
3. HotHardware's weekend project: Dell Studio Hybrid disassembly
4. TweakTown reviews 2GB Mushkin XP3-16000 Ascent memory kit
5. techPowerUp! reviews Lexar FireWire 800 Compact Flash reader
6. Ninjalane and ThinkComputers review QNAP TS-209 Pro
7. Overclock3D pits XFX GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB vs. Sapphire HD 4670 512MB
8. Rbmods review Logitech Cordless Desktop Wave keyboard and mouse combo
9. I4U reviews Thrustmaster T-X3 charge hub for Sony PS3
10. XtremeComputing reviews GMC K2 Ebony Multi Media tower case
11. APH Networks review iStarUSA T5F-SS internal SATA hot swap bay
12. [OC]ModShop reviews Zalman CNPS 9500 LED CPU cooler