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All Saints Day Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 11:58 PM on November 1, 2008

All Saints Day

1. Fudzilla reports Nvidia forced to disable chipset PCI prefetch
   and Ubisoft says DirectX 10.1 as good as DirectX 10
2. Intel to reveal details of its new 32nm process (write-up in French)
3. IBM sues to block executive from moving to Apple
4. AppleInsider reports Microsoft parks "I'm a PC" recording booth outside Apple Store
5. Report: Asus gets customer thrown in jail after she threatens
   to tell press about its dismal tech support
6. Dell S2209W and S2309W 16:9 LCD displays officially announced
7. TG Daily reports AMD's Atom rival offered in $430 notebook
8. TC Magazine reports Elsa unveils shorter, cooler GeForce 9800 GTX+
9. Intel speaks to the DriverHeaven public (open Q&A)
10. Madshrimps cover AOCM 2 overclocking LAN
11. Hardware Secrets on the top five features to include when building the dream luxury notebook
12. PCStats posts November shopping list

Software and gaming

1. PC World reports Windows Update due update—again
2. Hot off the press: CodeFocus on IE8
3. InformationWeek reports Google makes scanned documents searchable
4. Techdirt's editorial: don't buy the open source DRM hype
5. Review: Ubuntu 8.10 is the real deal
6. Phoronix runs Fedora 7 to 10 benchmarks
7. MVKTech posts nvFlash v5.72
8. Tropics demo 1.1 featuring DX 10.1 support
9. ITreviewd on H&M Software StudioLine Photo Classic 3 Plus
10. Nintendo DSi could appear in U.S. in summer 2009
11. Play.tm reports fans riled by Fallout 3 issues on PS3
12. Shacknews on video games to be released next week
    and Valve releases the four minute Left 4 Dead intro
13. AnandTech reviews Guitar Hero World Tour
14. Tomb Raider: Underworld PC demo

Systems and multimedia

1. TheTechLounge's Apple October '08 Macbook refresh hands-on
2. VR-Zone posts Blood Rage X48 board BIOS screenshots
3. X-bit labs have a look at MSI's Click BIOS
   and 250GB & 300GB 2.5" external HDD roundup
4. GeForce 9800 GX2 benchmarks (write-up in Chinese)
5. DriverHeaven reviews AMD Radeon HD 4830 (Sapphire, Powercolor and HIS)
6. Legit Reviews on AMD All-In-Wonder HD
7. X-bit labs review Samsung SyncMaster XL24 and XL30 monitor
8. TestFreaks review Pantech C610 Lena phone

Power, casing, and cooling

1. SilentPCReview on the Signature 650 PSU - Antec's Challenge
2. I4U reviews MeWe Quad Charger docking station for Nintendo Wii
3. Hardware Secrets reviews Thermaltake Spedo Advance Package case
4. ITreviewed on Lian-Li PC-C32 chassis
5. techPowerUp! reviews Vantec NexStar 3i HDD enclosure
6. APH Networks on Wicked's lasers
7. Rbmods on NZXT Cryo LX notebook cooler
8. HardwareLogic reviews Thermaltake ProWater 850i
9. Futurelooks reviews Cooler Master V8 CPU cooler
10. X-bit labs review new VGA coolers: Turbo Twins and a Swordsman