Wednesday Shortbread - The Tech Report

Wednesday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 9:26 AM on September 24, 2008

Wednesday

Yahoo clears path for AOL talks: report
TG Daily reports thousands of Diamond Multimedia graphics cards potentially defective
and Sony intros ultra-expensive ultra-portable notebook
The Inquirer reports AMD HD 3870s fail, too
Fudzilla report first Denebs are 125W
and Toshiba's NB100 netbook listed
DigiTimes reports Asus cuts P45-based motherboard prices further
and has Q&A with Nvidia's Jen-Hsun Huang
Nvidia chip speeds up imaging for industrial use
Dell driving transition to energy-efficient LED displays
and Dell wants to sell emerging consumers their first PC
Sony debuts 8X Blu-ray Disc writer drive
Seagate launches the i365, a comprehensive rebranding of its
EVault, MetaLINCS, and Seagate Recovery Services companies
TweakTown reports Gigabyte shows us final design X58 Extreme mobo
Games Radar posts the 2008 PC builder's bible
Ars Technica on white spaces, angry faces: inside the battle over 'interference'
SuperSite for Windows takes a tour of the Microsoft Home
DailyTech reports study shows average user is pretty stupid when it comes to popups
EVGA is giving away the Test Bench used to achieve 4 world records

Software and gaming

Firefox 2.0.0.17 and 3.0.2 security updates now available for download
Google Chrome beta 0.2.152.1 is out
Free unlimited installation and compatibility support
is available for Windows Vista Service Pack 1
Ars Technica reports Adobe says Mac users won't miss 64-bit support much in CS4
Android 1.0 SDK released
Phoronix reports X.Org 7.4 finally released
Microsoft Tinker - best Vista Ultimate Extra so far
Windows 7: seven developments you should know about
Chrome fades as users return to IE, Firefox
Mozilla CTO sees an upside to the browser wars
TechwareLabs review Google Chrome
Microsoft Research: Image Composite Editor
SuperSite for Windows previews Windows Live Wave 3
Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 released
Gaming Nexus has an audio interview with AMD's Charlie Boswell about Cinema 2.0
Xbox Live! service maintenance scheduled for 9/29
Shacknews reports Spore players threatened with ban for discussing DRM
Kotaku's good, long look at the God of War copyright claims
Duke Nukem 3D comes to Xbox Live!
Edge Online reports EA "interested" in bringing Left 4 Dead to life on PS3
TechSpot has Crysis Warhead performance in-depth
Gaming Heaven reviews Flatout Ultimate Carnage (PC)
and Warhawk: Operation Fallen Star (PS3)
Strategy Informer reviews Dark Horizon
Gametrailers have Far Cry 2 exclusive dev diary part 2
FileShack and GamersHell have Far Cry 2 new gameplay trailers
Steam: The Witcher Enhanced Edition update released (restores missing blood)

Systems and network storage

Multimedia

Power, cases, and cooling

DriverHeaven reviews 850W Xigmatek NRP-MC851 power supply
[OC]ModShop reviews Antec NeoPower 650 Blue PSU
Big Bruin reviews 630W Rosewill RX630-S-B Xtreme Series PSU
TG Daily's video - hands-on with Thermaltake's Xpressar refrigerator case
MetkuMods and Overclock3D review Lian Li TYR PC-X2000 chassis
Hardware Secrets reviews Aerocool AeroRacer Pro and Rosewill RZLS142-AP cases
HardwareLogic reviews Cooler Master HAF 932 case
Mikhailtech reviews Antec Twelve Hundred gaming case
TestFreaks review NZXT Avatar case
Rbmods review GMC Noblesse AVC-S1 HTPC case
Björn3D reviews iStarUSA T5F-SS 5.25" bay trayless SAS / SATA mobile rack
Futurelooks reviews Vizo Ninja HS notebook cooler
techPowerUp! reviews Aerocool Hi-Tech 7 Pro
Tweaknews reviews Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 Rev.2 heatpipe VGA cooler
FrostyTech reviews Glacialtech Igloo 7312 Silent E heatsink
and Forcetake Mars RAM cooler