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Saturday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 3:16 PM on December 27, 2008

Saturday

1. The Steam holiday sale: save 10 - 75% off everything in the store
2. Newegg lists Athlon 64 X2 7750 for sale
3. PC World reports retailers beat AMD to Phenom II launch
4. TG Daily reports no recession here: Amazon.com reports best Christmas season ever
5. VR-Zone posts Nvidia 40nm desktop GPU line-up for 2009
6. TC Magazine reports Sony's 8" P-series netbook detailed
7. Engadget reports Apple files patent for gesture-based text editing
8. DailyTech reports DHS's Chertoff praises Bush on U.S. cyber security
9. [OC]ModShop: Jeffrey Katzenberg of Dreamworks talks Monsters vs. Aliens
10. Discover Magazine: Saturn gets edgy

Software and gaming

1. SuperSite for Windows posts Windows 7 Beta review and screenshots
2. First look at Windows 7 beta 1 (build 6.1.7000.0.081212-1400)
3. Ars Technica on a rumor: three options for upgrading from Vista to Windows 7
4. SuperSite for Windows on Response Point with Service Pack 1:
   Microsoft's most underappreciated product of 2008
5. System requirements for Saints Row 2 (PC version)
6. Big Download reports Spore Galactic Adventures spotted on GameStop

Systems and graphics

1. [H] Enthusiast reviews Gigabyte GA-EX58-Extreme and GA-EX58-UD5
2. Motherboards.org reviews ECS X58B-A Black Series
3. AnandTech on Asus P6T - not the Deluxe version but equally impressive...
4. CPU3D reviews ASRock K10NSLIX3-WiFi
5. Expreview posts the first review of 55nm GeForce GTX 260
6. Fudzilla has EVGA SuperSuper clocked GTX 260 55nm at 675MHz tested
7. VR-Zone posts screenshots from XFastest's GTX 295
   quad SLI vs. HD 4870 X2 quad CFX full 3DMark tests
8. PCGH on graphics cards 2008: ATI, Nvidia, and S3
9. Motherboards.org reviews MSI R4670-T2D512

Multimedia, cases, and cooling

1. t-break reviews HTC Touch 3G
2. Rbmods review Qpad QH 1339 headset
3. HardwareZone reviews Cooler Master Storm Sniper case
4. ThinkComputers reviews NZXT Whisper case
5. TweakPC reviews AeroCool AeroRacer case (in German)
6. TestFreaks review Proporta dual skin silicone case (Apple iPhone 3G)
   and Speck ToughSkin case for Zune
7. Overclockers Online reviews Cooler Master V8 CPU cooler