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Tuesday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 3:25 AM on September 30, 2008

Tuesday

1. Tech stocks fall hard as economic immunity doubted
2. C|Net reports AMD says new 'Shanghai' chip is ready to go
3. Chip maker Rambus wins battles, but faces bigger war
4. Fudzilla reports DDR3 market to hit with Nehalem / Core i7
   and MSI announces IPC Atom N270 motherboard
5. CENS reports HTC to customize Android mobile phone
6. Full encryption stops Amazon web video leak: Adobe
7. PCGH on GPU ray tracing: new pictures reveal current possibilities
8. MacNN reports MacBook Pro accused of creating toxic fumes
9. Gizmodo: I played Portal on a 150-inch plasma HDTV and you didn't
10. Ars Technica on the future of driving part I: robots and grand challenges

Software and gaming

1. Microsoft unveils next version of Visual Studio and .NET Framework
2. Final Silverlight 2.0 for Windows and Mac now looking like October
3. Ubuntu on Pandora devboard (video)
4. Ars Technica's hands-on: Nero's LiquidTV, TiVo for your PC
5. TechwareLabs gets down and dirty with Vista
6. Nvidia ForceWare 179.13 beta is out
7. MVKTech releases NiBiTor v4.6
8. TVG: Gears of War 2 - Cliff Bleszinski Q&A
9. SoundBlaster.com's Warhammer Online Q&A
10. Shacknews has Resistance 2 hands-on preview: the best shooter of 2008?

Systems and storage

1. HotHardware reviews Asus Eee PC 1000H
2. 3DXtreme's Q6600 @ 3.85Ghz vs. E0 E8500 @ 4.5Ghz performance review
3. PC Perspective on AMD's 790GX: I'm down with ACC
4. HardwareZone's AMD 790GX face-off: Foxconn vs. MSI
5. Tech ARP reviews Foxconn BlackOps X48
6. Overclockers Club reviews 4GB Patriot Viper DDR3 2000MHz memory kit
7. XSReviews on 2GB PNY Attaché Ghostbusters Edition pen drive

Multimedia

1. TweakTown reviews Force3D Radeon HD 4870 Black Edition
2. Benchmark Reviews on Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 Toxic
3. AnandTech on AMD Radeon HD 4350 and 4550: great HTPC solutions
4. AMDZone, Guru3D, HotHardware, Hexus.net, and
   Neoseeker review AMD Radeon HD 4550 512MB
5. Overclockers Online reviews Samsung BD-P1500 Blu-Ray player
6. ThinkComputers reviews Altec Lansing iM600 iPod speaker system
7. TheTechLounge reviews Ultimate Ears Super.Fi 4 earphones
8. Hardware Canucks review OCZ Alchemy Elixir gaming keyboard
9. Phoronix reviews SilverStone Raven RVM01B mouse
10. Futurelooks has iPod accessories mini-roundup

Power, casing, and cooling

1. TechwareLabs review Corsair HX620W PSU
2. Hard Tecs 4U reviews GMC Noblesse K-2 Ebony case (in German)
3. PCStats reviews IcyDock MB454SPF-B SATA 4-bay 3.5" drive bay