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Monday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 10:14 AM on November 10, 2008

Monday

1. VR-Zone reports Nvidia responds to Rambus allegation
2. Engadget reports purported Dell 23" SP2309 LCD monitor leaked, tasty specs and all
3. NordicHardware reports Samsung going 16:9 format with new 23" office monitor
4. Blu-ray player prices may drop to $150 - $200 range for holiday season, says ABI Research
5. TG Daily reports Dell ships laptops with self-encrypting hard drives
6. Hardware-Infos: Core i7 in games double-edged sword (write-up in German)
7. Fudzilla reports Shanghai K10.5 45nm rocks on 2.7GHz
   and Foxconn Channel could still be axed
   and ATI wants to attack Nvidia in the workstation market
8. C|Net reports MGM first to post full-length features to YouTube
9. Dell not to launch music player before holidays: report
10. Study: iPhones twice as reliable as BlackBerries
11. HardwareZone reports from Master Overclocking Arena 2008 - live
12. DV Hardware's NEXT 2008 coverage
13. Bill Gates talks about Paul Allen
14. tkArena's upgrading to the next gen PC ep. 4: RAM and drives (video)
    and upgrading to the next generation PC (article to accompany the video)
15. tkArena on hard drive technology: its history and future
16. Digital Trends has holiday preview: cell phones
17. Ars Technica has the future of driving part III: hack my rider

Software and gaming

1. Inside Windows' core: a peek into Microsoft's COSD
2. Ars Technica: Ubuntu's Mark Shuttleworth opens up on mobility and design
3. Phoronix on ATI X.Org, Mesa performance in Ubuntu
4. tkArena on iPhone apps: conversion and Shazam
5. New class-action lawsuits target EA, SecuROM, The Sims & Spore Creature Creator
6. Fudzilla reports Dell announces Black Friday Xbox 360 deal
7. Supercomputing: the video game
8. PCGH on 3DMark06 with extreme FSAA and AF settings (32xS-AA + 32-1 AF)
9. Some video gamers leery of Obama's views
10. GamersHell's Clone Wars interview with Feargus Carroll
11. Shacknews on the top games of Q3 2008
12. GameSpot's Far Cry 2 hardware performance guide
13. PCGH on Left 4 Dead: game settings compared
14. Guru3D's Call of Duty: World at War 16 cards VGA performance test
15. Ars Technica: Resistance 2 gives PS3 devs a blueprint for online play
16. [OC]ModShop reviews Gears of War 2

Systems, storage, and networking

1. CowcotLand reviews Samsung NC-10 netbook (in French)
2. Techgage on Core i7 - choosing the best memory kit
3. TweakTown reviews Asus P6T Deluxe OC Palm Edition
4. AMDZone reviews ASRock 780FullHD
5. TestFreaks review 4GB Corsair XMS3 DHX PC3-12800 memory kit
6. Overclock3D reviews Adaptec RAID 2405 SAS / SATA controller
7. TweakTown reviews G.Skill FM-25S2-128GB 2.5" SSD
8. Benchmark Reviews on 32GB Silicon Power SLC SATA-II SSD
9. Modders-Inc reviews QNAP TS-209 Pro II NAS
10. ITreviewed on Sitecom WL-306 wireless 300N XR router

Multimedia

1. VR-Zone's Palit 700 Deluxe (HD 4870 X2) first look & test
2. TechwareLabs review Palit Radeon HD 4870 Sonic Dual Edition CrossFireX
3. [H] Enthusiast reviews Galaxy GeForce GTX 260+ Overclocked
4. Hardware Canucks review EVGA e-GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB
5. Ultimate Hardware reviews Inno3D GeForce 9800 GTX+
6. Overclockers Club reviews Asus Xonar D1
7. Björn3D reviews Razer Moray gaming earbuds
8. InsideHW and TechReviewSource on RIM BlackBerry Bold 9000
9. techPowerUp! reviews OCZ Behemoth Regulator mouse pad

Cases and cooling

1. AnandTech reviews SilverStone Fortress FT01 case
2. Tweaknews reviews Cooler Master HAF 932 case
3. Full list of Core i7 (LGA 1366) compatible heatsinks posted on OCAU Forums
4. TechwareLabs review Vantec AeroFlow FX 92
5. TechwareLabs review Xilence Icebox passive hard disk cooler
6. ProClockers review Thermalright T-Rad2 GPU cooler