Tuesday Shortbread - The Tech Report

Tuesday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 1:01 AM on October 21, 2008

Tuesday

Hardware-Aktuell is reporting BFG Tech stays as Nvidia partner—Fudzilla is wrong (in German)
Fudzilla reports Core i7 has unlocked memory multiplier and no voltage limitations
TweakTown on Nehalem LP: Colonies test shows 20% improvement
Tech ARP posts Intel's desktop CPU roadmap October 2008
Expreview on Intel P55: what we know so far
and Asus Xonar Essence STX, nice sound card with SNR up to 124dB
Tweak.dk posts MSI Eclipse specs and pictures
CPU3D's interview with Team Fnatic and MSI
X-bit labs report ATI looks at more advanced cooling technologies
for graphics cards (thanks Fighterpilot)
Tech-On! reports LG Display exhibits 15" double-sided reflective display
Ars Technica reports Microsoft gets patent for real-time voice censoring
Toshiba boosts SanDisk as Samsung circles;
SanDisk posts loss, hints at more restructuring
DigiTimes reports Taiwan DRAM makers to report gigantic losses for Q3 08, says paper
NordicHardware reports netbooks conquering Europe
TG Daily reports Best Buy drops Blu-ray player price below $100, sorta
Gizmodo reports new "I'm a Mac" ads stop attacking Vista, start attacking Microsoft's marketing
HardwareZone covers Philips Simplicity Event 2008
DailyTech reports Panasonic says fuel cell for notebooks coming in 2012
[OC]ModShop's technology and the world recession editorial
Modders-Inc's NZXT Avatar mouse giveaway

Software and gaming

Pirated Windows XP Professional Edition, Office to get
"black screened" beginning October 20, 2008
TG Daily on Mac OS X Snow Leopard: it's all about speed
Ars Technica reports IE8 avoids need for October Internet Explorer security fixes
All about Microsoft: reading the Redmondian 'Live' tea leaves
PCGH has Far Cry 2 Catalyst 8.10 hotfix benchmarks: up to 98% better performance
A Rage3D forum member shares early Catalyst 8.11 RC1 (8.542) impressions
Before Dark's Modified by Side, the 177.72 driver test
Gamasutra has PC Gaming Alliance's Stude on the 'urgent imperative' of piracy
G4 reports E3 returning to past size and spectacle in 2009
IGN reports HDTV bug in PS3 2.50 firmware
[H] Forum member shares a rumor: Far Cry 2 to be bundled with GTX 260 and 280 cards?
Fudzilla reports three additional DX10.1 games to come
Eurogamer reports Epic's Marc Rein outs "major expansion" for UT3
GameZone: breaking out of prison and into Saints Row 2 with lead designer James Tsai
bit-tech's Drakensang interview: from Fable to Fallout
Voodoo Extreme has Call of Duty 4: World at War 3D screenshot and PC beta update
[H] Enthusiast on Crysis Warhead and Stalker CS - multi-GPU gameplay
Ars Technica says the journey is the reward: a review of Fable 2

Systems and storage

Multimedia

Power, casing, and cooling