Thursday Shortbread - The Tech Report

Thursday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 1:33 AM on October 2, 2008

Thursday

Fujitsu, Western Digital talking on hard drives: source
DigiTimes reports AMD to launch nine 45nm Shanghai server CPUs in October
InfoWorld reports AMD says Shanghai won't be another Barcelona
Nvidia, Dell & hp sued over defective chips
Nokia to take on Apple in music, touch-screen phones
Fudzilla reports Intel to cut prices on October 19th
and Nvidia 40nm GPU line is Q2 2009
and MSI Wind gets two new flavors
The Guardian: cloud computing is a trap, warns GNU founder Richard Stallman
InfoWorld reports researchers develop bug-blocking chip monitor
EVGA illustrates Digital PWM
PC World reports PC video cards with Toshiba's SpursEngine coming soon
EETimes reports Toshiba to launch 'Cell TV' in 2009
PC Watch reports AMD talks "TFlops GPU" (in Japanese)
DailyTech reports Microsoft pays for searching 'til April 2009, Firefox users not welcome
Microsoft announces 120GB Zune "Gears of War 2" Special Edition
Digital Trends asks, "Is hp's Voodoo PC unit finished?"
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak's words of wisdom
[OC]ModShop shows how to fix your hard drive when Vista won't boot
VR-Zone: computing in the F1 with Lenovo

Software and gaming

Microsoft's Springboard Series with Mark Russinovich:
Under the Hood - Windows Vista peformance... need answers?
Download Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 today
SuperSite for Windows has Hyper-V Manager screenshot gallery
PCGH driver review: Catalyst 8.10 with noticeable improvements
ATi-Forum compares Catalyst 8.9 vs. Catalyst 8.10 beta (in German)
Rage3D has AMD Catalyst 8.10 RC2
Ars Technica gets a touch of Cocoa: inside the iPhone SDK
Phoronix on the state of kernel mode-setting
GIMP 2.6.0 released
tkArena on the most popular Firefox add-ons
Gamasutra reports Intel and Havok launch Physics Innovation Contest
TG Daily's rumor mill: PlayStation 4 to focus on cost reduction, Wii
Shacknews has the Fallout 3 PC interview: Bethesda on DRM, censorship, and consolification
1UP on id's Growing Pains: Tim Willits and Todd Hollenshead
interview about Rage and digital distribution
Blizzard reveals that the name of WoW patch 3.0.2 will be Echoes of Doom
[H] Enthusiast on S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky - gameplay perf and IQ
AtomicGamer shares S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky tips
bit-tech and Gaming Heaven review FIFA 09

Systems and storage

Multimedia

Elite Bastards have AMD Radeon HD 4870 X2 CrossFireX performance review
InsideHW on AMD Radeon HD 4850 X2 - multi-GPU solution for the masses?
Overclockers Club reviews Sapphire HD 4850 Dual Slot heatsink
Digit-Life on AMD Radeon HD 4850 / 4870 / Golden Sample and Bliss 9600 GSO
Golden Sample with Core 2 Extreme QX9770 in real-life apps
TweakTown reviews Gainward GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB
t-break reviews Asus EN9800GT Hybrid Power
Motherboards.org pits AMD Radeon HD 4550 vs. EVGA GeForce 9500 GT
UpgraderGuides.com reviews EVGA GeForce 9500 GT
PCStats reviews MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC
bit-tech reviews Samsung's SM2693HM 25.5" widescreen monitor
Digital Trends reviews Samsung PN50A450 plasma TV
Legit Reviews on Yubz Talk Mobile Bluetooth handset
Tweaknews reviews Das Keyboard
I4U reviews OCZ Dominatrix gaming mouse

Power, casing, and cooling