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Friday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 8:41 AM on December 19, 2008

Friday

1. Hardware-Infos: AMD RV770 has 900 stream processors
2. Engadget: Dell Studio XPS 13 leather-wrapped laptop revealed, Adamo info leaked
3. New Microsoft mystery: 'Zune Xbox'
4. Music industry to abandon mass suits
5. Sources: RIAA budget will shrink soon
6. C|Net reports Canon working on 'black dot' fix for new SLR
7. Shill filler: how Apple killed Macworld Expo
8. Acer and Asus gain more than they lose from netbooks, says DigiTimes Research
9. VR-Zone's winter 2008 gaming rig buyer's guide
10. AnandTech's holiday 2008 system guide
11. Benchmark Reviews editors choice awards 2008
12. Geekologie's delicous gingerbread geekery

Software and gaming

1. Catalyst 8.12 hotfix released
2. Microsoft extends Windows 7 trial version
3. InfoWorld reports Mozilla forgets Firefox 2 patch, must re-issue update
4. Hotmail: Classic scrolling is back, and more updates
5. Phoronix on Java performance: Ubuntu Linux vs. Windows Vista
6. PC Perspective have Elemental Technologies Badaboom Media Converter v1.1 update
7. tkArena on Adobe Buzzword: create PDF
8. Shacknews reports new Duke Nukem Forever media released
9. TG Daily reports THQ chooses Nvidia and PhysX technology for better gaming
10. Joystiq's report: PS3 going 3-D, 4th dimension untapped
11. 185 jobs at risk at Free Radical Design (computer games company)
12. BusinessWeek on how Electronic Arts lost its way
13. Ars Technica on the most heart-rending gaming disappointments of 2008
14. PCGH on GTA IV (PC): benchmark with 7 AMD and Nvidia graphics cards
15. Expreview reviews Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason
16. Rare contest to reward top Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts creations with in-game immortality

Systems, storage, and networking

1. CPU3D reviews MSI PR200 ultra mobile notebook
2. Guru3D reviews EVGA X58 SLI motherboard
3. Hardware Canucks review Asus Rampage II Extreme
4. Overclock3D reviews DFI LANParty DK P45-T2RS Plus
5. HardwareZone reviews DFI LANParty JR P45-T2RS
6. CPU3D reviews 3GB Kingston HyperX DDR3-2000 triple channel kit
7. ThinkComputers reviews 1TB Seagate FreeAgent XTreme external hard drive
8. InsideHW reviews 500GB Verbatim 3.5" external HDD eSATA & USB combo drive
9. Everything USB reviews 32GB Kingston Data Traveler 150 flash drive
10. Motherboards.org reviews Thecus N3200 NAS server

Multimedia

1. HardwareZone's Nvidia GeForce GTX 295 preview
2. VR-Zone comments on GeForce GTX 295 previews
   posted yesterday - NV approved benchmarks only
3. bit-tech, techPowerUp!, and Tweaknews review Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 Atomic
4. PCStats reviews MSI R4830-T2D512-OC
5. TweakTown reviews Palit Radeon HD 4670 Super 512MB
6. TechSpot's budget & mid-range graphics card roundup
7. TestFreaks review VGA HD High Definition HDTV AV cable for Xbox 360
8. Digital Trends reviews Sony alpha DSLR-A900
9. TestFreaks have best of 2008 - entry level DSLR cameras
10. Futurelooks reviews Samsung YP-S3JCB MP3 player
11. VR-Zone reviews Creative Gigaworks T3
12. SuperSite for Windows reviews Microsoft Explorer (BlueTrack) mouse
13. XSReviews on NZXT Avatar gaming mouse

Power, cases, and cooling

1. JonnyGuru reviews Corsair TX850 power supply
2. Technic3D reviews 550W Seventeam ST550P-AF PSU (in German)
3. Björn3D reviews nMediaPC HTPC 3000B case
4. ProClockers review Aerocool Hi-Tech 7 Pro
5. TechwareLabs review Ikonik Zaria A20 case
6. ThinkComputers reviews Boogie Bug Dub Style M custom case
7. Technic3D reviews Thermaltake Spedo Advance case (in German)
8. DragonSteelMods and Overclockers Club review CoolIT Domino ALC
9. Frostytech reviews Thermolab BARAM heatsink