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Friday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on October 10, 2008

Friday

1. Yahoo investor: sell to Microsoft for $22 a share
2. C|Net reports the Lenovo S10 netbook is here, count me in
3. TG Daily: tech mergers ahead?
   and Sanyo develops 12x, 100GB Blu-ray technology
4. Fudzilla reports Intel's X58 chipset priced less than X48
5. NordicHardware reports detailed pictures of Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition Q965
   and Intel X58, benchmarks surface and control your PC with your car?
6. X-bit labs reports Nvidia's partners reluctant to adopt new flavor of high-end chip
7. The Inquirer reports Nvidia 270, 290, and GX2 roll out in November
8. Judge green lights iPhone 'brick' lawsuit
9. Is Circuit City going bankrupt?
10. DigiTimes reports Acer surpasses hp and Dell
    over worldwide notebook shipment in September
11. Apple iPod touch named T3's gadget of the year
12. Tennessee man indicted for hacking Palin e-mail
13. 'Unbreakable' encryption unveiled
14. Tech ARP posts BIOS optimization guide rev. 10.0

Software

1. Microsoft security bulletin advance notification for October 2008
2. Windows Embedded style
3. Apple security updates 2008-007
4. The Register reports Apple patents OS X Dock
5. First Firefox 3.1 beta due next week
6. Jon Hicks joins Opera Software as senior designer
7. PC Mag reports OpenOffice 3.0 to launch Oct. 13
8. Phoronix's AMD's MultiView on Linux
9. Google Android: the SuperSite preview
10. BIOS reviews IMSI / Design TurboCAD Pro 15 Platinum Edition

Gaming

1. Sony says to launch 80GB PlayStation 3 in Japan
2. New Xbox Experience coming Nov. 19
3. SuperSite for Windows has new Xbox Experience preview: games marketplace
4. Shacknews has Fallout 3 system requirements
5. Halo 3 Recon announced for fall 2009
6. Serious games: Ars looks at games that tackle the big issues
7. ATi-Forum runs Crysis Warhead benchmarks (in German)
8. bit-tech's Quantum of Solace hands-on preview
9. Gaming Heaven reviews Fracture (Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3)
10. TTGamer reviews FIFA 09 (Xbox 360)
11. America's Army deploy client v2.8.4 (or download from FileShack)

Systems

1. Legit Reviews: will current performance memory kill new Intel Core i7 CPUs?
2. TechSpot reviews Acer Aspire X1200 SFF system
3. ThinkComputers reviews Lenovo ThinkPad X300
4. Hardware Secrets on the anatomy of the PlayStation 3
5. AnandTech has Asus Rampage II Extreme - first look
6. [H] Enthusiast reviews Foxconn A79A-S - 790FX SB750 motherboard
7. Motherboards.org reviews Asus M3N78 Pro
8. TweakTown reviews Biostar TPower N750 AM2+

Multimedia

1. Neoseeker reviews Palit HD 4870 Sonic
2. bit-tech reviews ECS Hydra watercooled 9800 GTX+ SLI pack
3. techPowerUp! reviews AMD Radeon HD 4550 passive 512M
4. TestFreaks reviews DXG-595V HD video camera
5. t-break and Technic3D (in German) review Microsoft SideWinder X6 gaming keyboard
6. XSReviews on Genius Luxemate 525 keyboard
7. 3DXtreme reviews Razer Destructor mouse pad and Piranha gaming communicator

Power, cases, and cooling

1. PC Perspective reviews 1000W SilverStone OP1000-E PSU
2. AnandTech's Antec Fusion HTPC shootout
3. FiringSquad reviews NZXT Guardian 921 case
4. BurnOutPC reviews Thermaltake M9D case
5. HardwareZone reviews Cooler Master HAF 932 case
6. DragonSteelMods review Kingwin Elite 3.5" SATA to USB / eSATA hard drive enclosure
7. TechwareLabs review NZXT Sentry LX fan controller
8. Björn3D reviews Danger Den custom water loop
9. Overclock3D's waterblock shootout
10. CPU3D reviews Cooler Master V8 CPU cooler
11. Rbmods review Evercool Transformer 6 CPU cooler
12. Benchmark Reviews on best CPU cooler performance - Q3 2008