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Saturday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 7:42 AM on December 6, 2008

Saturday

1. IEEE Spectrum: Multicore is bad news for supercomputers
2. J'accuse! "Google steals," says telecom-paid lobbyist; Google punches back
3. Ars Technica tallies the results from the November browser wars: IE under 70%, Firefox above 20%
4. Microsoft signs major deal with Dell for Live Search
5. DigiTimes reports Asus reduces guidance for 2008
6. bit-tech reports Cooler Master shares more "Black" details
7. Tech ARP posts desktop graphics card comparison guide rev. 15.3

Software and gaming

1. ComputerWorld reports Microsoft slaps Vista SP2 beta on Windows Update (thanks UberGerbil)
2. Nvidia's 180.84 beta driver for Grand Theft Auto IV for 32-bit
   and 64-bit Windows XP and 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Vista
3. Opera 10 alpha released
4. What to expect from the second Firefox 3.1 beta preview
5. ComputerWorld reports Mozilla pulls antifishing feature from Firefox 2.0 at Google's request
6. Microsoft Deployment toolkit team blog: a new version is coming soon!
7. PC Perspective's battle of GPU transcoders: ATI Avivo Converter and Nvidia Badaboom
8. Phoronix posts OpenSolaris 2008.05 vs. OpenSolaris 2008.11 benchmarks
9. Qtracker version 4.8 released
10. FileShack has Red Alert 3 patch 1.05 - English
11. Gaming Heaven's GOTY awards
12. YouGamers review WoW: Wrath of the Lich King

Systems, networked storage, and multimedia

1. AnandTech's Intel X58 motherboards roundup - what does $300 get you?
2. HardwareZone's AMD IGP chipset and motherboard showdown
3. Overclockers Online reviews 4GB G.Skill PC2-6400 (F2-6400CL4D-4GBPI-B) memory kit
4. techPowerUp! reviews QNAP TS-509 Pro
5. Expreview's first look at 55nm GeForce GTX 260
6. Hexus.net reviews Point of View GeForce GTX 260
7. X-bit labs have brothers in arms: two Palit GeForce 9800 GTX+ graphics cards reviewed
8. Ars Technica: hidden SDK features transform iPhone into TV gaming device
9. Digital Trends reviews Samsung Propel
10. TestFreaks review Future Sonics Atrio model m5 (black) professional earphones
11. TweakTown reviews Gigabyte GK-K8000 Ghost gaming keyboard
12. XSReviews on Nova Overslide mouse mat

Power, casing, and cooling

1. Corsair's PSU survey
2. bit-tech reviews 850W Antec Signature power supply
3. Big Bruin reviews 750W Lian Li Maxima Force Series power supply
4. Rbmods review 700W FSP Power Mod power supply
5. Guru3D reviews 600W OCZ ModXtream Pro PSU
6. bit-tech's mod of the month - November 2008
   and Thermaltake's Spedo chassis review
7. CPU3D reviews Cooler Master Sileo 500 silent chassis
8. Björn3D reviews Eagle iNeo I-NA205UE 2.5” / 3.5”
   SATA to USB / eSATA docking station with enclosure
9. Everything USB reviews Antec Notebook Cooler 200
10. DragonSteelMods and X-bit labs review Thermalright True Copper Ultra-120 eXtreme
11. Technic3D reviews Gelid Silent Spirit (in German)