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Christmas Eve Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 11:36 AM on December 24, 2008

Christmas Eve

1. ChipHell has GeForce GTX 285 performance compared to GTX 280
   (in Chinese - Fudzilla's Cliffs Notes are here)
2. XFastest has GeForce GTX 295 quad-SLI hitting over 32K
   in 3DMark Vantage (in Chinese - VR-Zone's screenshot is here)
3. DigiTimes reports Intel insists Atom only for Intel chipsets, does not want to share Nvidia's Ion
   and AMD RV740 GPU 40nm tape-out finished, Nvidia targeting GT212 for 2009, says paper
4. MacRumors posts iPhone Nano concept photo?
5. Huntkey tries to bribe Hardware Secrets
6. C|Net reports Micron posts $706 million loss on memory woes
7. Microsoft announces quarterly earnings release date
   and upcoming event for the financial community
8. Opinion: hp / VoodooPC's Rahul Sood, the most hypocritical smoke-blower of 2008
9. Engadget: hp Firebird 803 tower with VoodooDNA leaked
10. Hexus.insight - Nvidia's Bernhard Gleissner talks Tesla
11. Ars Technica reports Hollywood wants in on ISP "graduated responses," too
12. Hexus.lifestyle picks: 10 tech toys for Christmas
13. Birthday: The Altair 8800 turns 34
14. DailyTech reports Princeton physicist calls global warming science "mistaken"

Software and gaming

1. AMD OverDrive 2.1.5 released
2. TG Daily: How serious is the market share loss of Microsoft's Internet Explorer?
3. Unwired View reports Mozilla releases Fennec alpha 2, the new version of Firefox for mobiles
4. Phoronix on Intel Linux graphics performance Q4'08
5. InsideHW on AMD vs. Nvidia: video transcoding
6. DailyTech highlights report: Sony loses $50 for each PS3 sold today
7. X-bit labs on graphics accelerators performance in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
8. IGN has Prince of Persia afterthoughts
9. Shacknews on the year ahead: PC gaming in 2009, part one
10. FileShack has The Witcher: Enhanced Edition hotfix patch

Systems and storage

1. Engadget: Phenom II processor bought, benchmarked, and coveted
2. HardwareZone reviews Asus Eee Top ET1602
3. AnandTech reviews Asus N10JC: the netbook goes corporate
4. PC Magazine: 64-bit computing has finally arrived
5. iXBT Labs review: 'New old' Core i7 architecture
6. ProClockers review ASRock AOD790GX/128M
7. Big Bruin reviews 2GB OCZ PC3 DDR3-2000 SLI-Ready memory kit
8. Overclockers Online reviews G.Skill FM-25S2S-64GB MLC SSD

Multimedia

1. CPU3D reviews HIS HD 4870 IceQ 4+ Turbo 1GB
2. XSReviews on Compro VideoMate E650
3. bit-tech reviews Iiyama ProLite E2208HDS - 22" Full HD LCD
4. X-bit labs review Dell 2408WFP LCD monitor
5. DragonSteelMods review USB volume controller
6. TestFreaks review Pantech C630
7. Rbmods review Logisys two-color illuminated keyboard

Power, cases, and cooling

1. Overclockers Club reviews 850W In Win Commander power supply
2. Benchmark Reviews on NZXT Whisper case
3. Extreme Overclocking reviews Rosewill Wind Ryder case
4. EPIAcenter reviews Serener GS-L10 and
   Jou Jye Nu-528i-B-Cr Mini-ITX cases (in German)
5. DriverHeaven reviews CoolIT Domino A.L.C.
6. Overclockers Club reviews Thermolab Baram CPU cooler
7. X-bit labs review Zalman CNPS9900 LED cooler
8. FrostyTech reviews Spire Thermax II heatsink
9. Hard Tecs 4U reviews Thermalright HR-03 GTX (in German)