Wednesday Shortbread - The Tech Report

Wednesday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on October 22, 2008

Wednesday

After Dow's loss, Apple earnings delight
BetaNews quotes Apple's Jobs: 'There are some customers we choose not to serve'
C|Net has other voices on the Apple earnings and Yahoo earnings
CNNMoney.com reports Yahoo slashes 10% of workforce
C|Net reports Samsung withdraws offer to buy SanDisk
Fudzilla reports Nvidia denies six partners only
and AMD planning netbook products
DigiTimes reports from IDF Taiwan: Asus chairman conservative
about Intel's Moorestown MID potential
Google keeps talking on Yahoo deal
Intel upbeat on 2009 consumer laptop market
Toshiba releases its premium gaming laptop
Yahoo! Tech summary: PC deals could come soon
NordicHardware: Intel's Lynnfield to offer limited overclocking?
Maximum PC's exclusive: oil immersion cooling goes mainstream with Hardcore PC's
Reactor; Custom PC has an interview with Hardcore Computer
Microsoft's SideSight: something Apple should watch
bit-tech reports Nvidia to encourage partners to develop for Mac
Ars Technica reports Mac mini may have had the final nail put in its coffin
Engadget reports Epson readies MiniNote netbook
Cheap, easy-to-mod netbooks are a hacker's paradise
TG Daily reports Motorola has a $2,000 phone. Do you care?
Slashdot reports Cray's CX1 desktop supercomputer, now for sale
Motherboards.org's Palit GeForce 9800 GT cards giveaway
Madshrimps have NZXT Avatar mouse giveaway

Software and gaming

System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 released to market
Pirates prefer Windows XP over Vista, says Microsoft;
The Inquirer reports pirates scoff at Microsoft's anti-piracy day
WSJ on going dark: China's computer screens
SuperSite for Windows: download a free chapter from the Windows Vista Secrets book
Opera 9.61 for Windows
Before Dark's ForceWare 180.42 beta driver test and comparison
VR-Zone's Nvidia ForceWare 180 Series preview part 2
Tech ARP on Nvidia's Big Bang 2
[OC]ModShop's DRM editorial
NBA 2K9 ships with missing keys
'Little Big Planet' musician defends controversial song to MTV
Shacknews on BioWare's Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO revealed
and Left 4 Dead system requirements updated
Gamasutra has EA CEO Riccitiello: prioritizing profits can be 'the beginning of an end'
Gameplayer: Cliff Bleszinski tells all
Expreview reports Nvidia can use the DX10.1 effects in Far Cry 2
[H] Enthusiast's Far Cry 2 early performance review
bit-tech reviews Dead Space
Gaming Heaven reviews Lego Batman: The Videogame (PC)
Futurelooks reviews Soul Calibur IV (Xbox 360)