Friday Shortbread - The Tech Report

Friday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 2:38 AM on December 5, 2008

Friday

International Trade Commission grants Rambus request for investigation of Nvidia et al.
DailyTech reports Adobe to cut 8% of workforce
Fudzilla reports AMD to let more people go
OCWorkBench has Phenom II's expected launch date
Donanim Haber posts Phenom II 940 CPU-Z screenshots (write-up in Turkish)
ATi-Forum: Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition and Athlon 64 X2 775 Black Edition pictures
BoomTown decodes Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's memo on new digital guru, Qi Lu
TG Daily on what's up next for Apple: an ultrathin, ultralight $600 multitouch Mac netbook?
COBY plans "Moore's Law" Midget PC for $100 in March
VR-Zone reports Auzentech unveils X-Fi Forte 7.1 PCIe sound card
DigiTimes reports MSI netbooks featuring Intel MID platform to be showcased at CES
Blockbuster to offer 99-cent DVD rentals
Ars Technica's interview: Facebook engineering VP talks Connect
FutureFed: The Microsoft Federal Blog
Ars Technica hands out the 2008 Ovatio Awards
Tech ARP posts workstation graphics card comparison guide rev. 5.4
Digital Trends has all-in-one printers: buying tips
Contest: guess Intel transistor shipments, win a great prize!
2008 OCIA.net holiday contest

Software and gaming

Microsoft's December 2008 advanced notification
Hardware-Infos: Catalyst 8.12 brings many performance improvements (write-up in German)
AMD Catalyst 8.12 leaked at ATi-Forum
Opera 10 alpha claims Acid3 perfection
Microsoft to tweak 'compatibility view' with next IE 8 test build
Chrome 0.4.154.31 beta up for grabs
SuperSite for Windows on Windows 7: simple vs. easy
DailyTech reports Good OS enters the cloud with latest OS
Ars Technica reports Fedora 11 schedule announced
IBM creates 'Microsoft-Free' desktop suite
Sun launches the JavaFX Platform
Ars Technica reports Python 3.0 slithers onto scene, sheds backward compatibility
TechReviewSource on Nero 9
CPU-Z 1.49 and GPU-Z 0.3.0 released
Songbird 1.0.0 released
Shacknews reports Rockstar responds to Grand Theft Auto IV PC woes, explains error codes
Steam has updates for Left 4 Dead and Sacred 2 and save 10%
when you buy World in Conflict before December 11
SuperSite for Windows has Xbox 360 console guide: holiday 2008
and Games for Windows - Live 2.0 screenshots
bit-tech reviews Grand Theft Auto IV (PC)
[OC]ModShop's Call of Duty: World at War walkthrough

Systems and storage

Multimedia

HotHardware reviews ATI FirePro V8700
Björn3D reviews HIS HD 4650 iSilence 4 512MB
ITreviewed on Samsung T260HD HDTV monitor
AnandTech's first look: Canon 5D Mark II
TweakPC's gaming mice roundup: Raptor Gaming M3 Platinum,
SilverStone Raven & Razer Salmosa (in German)
Futurelooks reviews Ergotron Neo-Flex combo lift stand for notebooks

Power, casing, and cooling