Wednesday Shortbread - The Tech Report

Wednesday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 5:26 AM on January 21, 2009

Wednesday

Bloomberg reports Apple's disclosures about Jobs's health said to face SEC review
and Intel raises possibility of loss in first quarter (thanks UberGerbil)
C|Net reports IBM earnings beat analyst expectations
Sony to announce restructuring details soon: FT
Opera CTO: Here's how to level the browser playing field
Ars Technica on AMD's new "Fusion" reboot: Can diversity save Moore's Law?
and don't delay digital TV transition
DigiTimes reports TSMC reportedly to cut 5%
of workforce and Palit cuts Nvidia GPU orders
ATi-Forum posts AMD 760G chipset slides and
BFG Tech GeForce GTX 285 Overclocked specs (write-up in German)
NordicHardware posts first pictures of the coming Aspire One 10" netbook
Expreview reports specs of Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT Green Edition leaked
Fudzllia reports Acer launches a new 23" LCD display
Hexus.net reports Corsair jumps into SSD market with a splash
TC Magazine reports DFI working on beefy CPU cooler
Tech Fragments report 100 million credit cards possibly taken
in hack of Heartland Payment Systems
Björn3D's CES 2009 coverage
iPod touch mounted on M110 sniper rifle
Website du jour: The White House's new blog

Software

Ars Technica's rumor update: SP2 for Server 2008 & Vista delayed
Microsoft hardware support for Windows 7 beta
What's really new in Windows 7?
TechRadar UK on Windows 7 - what it really means for gamers
Gizmodo on why you should go 64-bit with Windows 7
TechSpot on dual booting Windows 7 with XP / Vista in three easy steps
SuperSite for Windows on MED-V: The final piece of the Vista compatibility puzzle?
Windows Installer 5.0 support now available in WiX v3.0
Windows Home Server Power Pack 2 is codenamed "Snoqualmie"
Entourage for Exchange Web Services beta is live
DailyTech reports antivirus firms release Windows 7 previews to public
Ad-Aware, at 10, rolls out its leaner, meaner Anniversary Editions
Phoronix Test Suite 1.6 brings new benchmarking features
tkArena on Google Pack

Gaming

Sony's Hirai on its PS3: We're the "official" industry leader
Analyst: PS3's 10-year plan makes sense
PSP 5.03 update
Steam news: Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II: Early Access Multiplayer Beta on now
The Escapist on storming the Fortress (the latest on TF2)
America's Army 3 announced
World of Warcraft client patch 3.0.8 notes
iControlPad blog: Video showing the iPad running Quake
[OC]ModShop's Prince of Persia complete walkthrough
TheTechLounge reviews Fallout 3 (PC)
Gaming Heaven reviews Fable 2: Knothole Island (Xbox 360) and previews Killzone 2 (PS3)

Systems, storage, and networking

Multimedia

Casing and cooling