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Friday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on November 21, 2008

Friday

1. Engadget HD reports USB 3.0 demonstrations dazzle:
   uncompressed 1080p transfer proves simple
2. C|Net reports Dell profits slide 5 percent
3. Microsoft seeks to end Vista lawsuit
4. Internal e-mails: Microsoft execs on Vista
5. Microsoft big brains: John Shewchuk (MS Tech Fellow)
6. [H] Enthusiast covers AMD Analyst Day November 2008
7. Expreview reports Nvidia dual-GPU GTX 260 GX2 shows up January 9
8. Techdirt reports RIAA agrees to settlement, then asks for twice as much
9. Asus ROG CG6190 - the latest and highest performing Intel X58 gaming PC
10. NordicHardware reports Intel's X25-E raises the bar
11. Engadget reports Runcore netbook SSDs offer speed on the cheap
12. 2 new Full HD LCD monitors from Acer
13. S3 Graphics launches next generation Chrome 500 series
    DX 10.1 / OpenGL 3.0 GPU product line
14. Sparkle unleashed Calibre P980X+ graphics card with dual fly fan and SPA tune
15. TC Magazine reports ELSA builds new GeForce 9800 GT card
16. Ars Technica on the change we need: four ways to fix fcc.gov
17. HardwareZone's SITEX 2008 preview
18. Is booting up a computer work, or a work break?
19. Digital Trends offers travel tips: extending your laptop's battery life

Software

1. Neowin reports Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) due Q1 2009
2. Windows Live OneCare to be phased out
3. DailyTech reports Gmail gets a graphics upgrade with new themes
4. AnandTech on Nvidia fall driver update (rel 180) and other treats
5. PC Magazine looks at security in Windows 7: setup
6. Phoronix reports VIA publishes 2D / 3D documentation, partners with OpenChrome
7. Yahoo's BrowserPlus™
8. Apple TV software update 2.3 released
9. HWMonitor 1.12 for 32- and 64-bit Windows released

Gaming

1. Half-Life was 10 yesterday
2. Shacknews has a guide to the New Xbox Experience
   and game installations and the NXE: the 120GB question
3. SuperSite for Windows reviews the New Xbox Experience
4. Controlling the future of gaming and entertainment starts with game consoles
5. Edge-Online: in defense of consoles
6. Shacknews has Halo Wars interview: Ensemble on bridging
   the RTS gap, fearing the flood, and warhog jugging
7. GamersHell has Call of Duty: World at War mod tools
8. LittleBigPlanet 1.04 patch live
9. PC Magazine goes 100% digital
10. Gamasutra reports Ziff Davis CEO considering shuttering print version of EGM

Systems and multimedia

1. HotHardware has AMD Maui home theater PC - video spotlight
2. HardwareZone on Toshiba Portégé ultra portables: high in the sky
3. ITreviewed on Asus Eee PC S101
4. AnandTech has Nehalem part 3: the cache debate, LGA-1156, and the 32nm future
5. PCStats reviews MSI K9A2 Platinum
6. DriverHeaven's socket 775 mobo roundup (Nov 08)
7. Overclockers Club reviews 4GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR3 10666 memory kit
8. Legit Reviews on 3GB Kingston HyperX PC3-10700H triple-channel memory kit
9. ProClockers review 2GB OCZ PC3-16000 SLI Edition
10. Motherboards.org reviews XFX GeForce GTX 260 / 216 Black Edition
11. CPU3D reviews HIS HD 4850 IceQ 4 TurboX
12. InsideHW reviews Acer F-22 monitor
13. Digital Trends reviews Pioneer Elite Kuro Pro-111FD
14. Hardware Secrets reviews Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000

Power, casing, and cooling

1. Björn3D reviews 1000W SilverStone Decathlon PSU
2. Hardware Secrets reviews Seventeam ST-550P-AG power supply
3. Overclockers Club reviews Antec Skeleton and Cooler Master ATCS840 cases
4. Madshrimps review NZXT Tempest case
5. Rbmods review Thermaltake V9 case
6. ThinkComputers reviews Sunbeam Automation case
7. techPowerUp! reviews iStarUSA xAGE-902 dual HDD docking station
8. Big Bruin reviews Thermaltake BlacX SE hard drive dock
9. [H] Enthusiast reviews Thermalright Ultra eXtreme copper CPU cooler
10. FrostyTech updates November's top 5 best heatsinks