Friday Shortbread - The Tech Report

Friday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 4:29 AM on January 23, 2009

Friday

The Register reports AMD claims Intel sowing 'uncertainty' over fab spin-off
Form 8-K for AMD
Google profit beats on strong ad sales
Microsoft reports second-quarter results
IBM reports 2008 fourth-quarter and full-year results
Samsung posts first quarterly loss on weak chips, LCD (thanks UberGerbil)
EETimes reports LG Elec swings to huge Q4 loss on weak LCD, phones
House panel backs $3 billion Internet stimulus
C|Net reports Obama picks BSA's antipiracy enforcer for high-level post
Ars Technica reports Copps named interim chair of the FCC
DSLReports: Canadian ISPs (almost) come clean on throttling
DigiTimes reports Asus backed-up inventory worth $1.19 billion; unlikely to be profitable in 1Q09
EETimes reports Qimonda bailout plan in limbo
Would Apple sue Palm over Pre IP?
C|Net reports White House exempts YouTube from privacy rules
Controversy as Google ads appear on P2P site
ISPreview's UK music - illegal file sharing interview part 1
Digital Trends has the history of social networking
DriverHeaven interviews Razer's Robert Krakoff
Fudzilla reports Zotac preparing watercooled GTX 295
EVGA announces GPU voltage tuner for GTX 260s, 280s, 295s
CNBC on the 25th anniversary of Apple's "1984"
PC Perspective's podcast #45

Software and gaming

Microsoft Springboard Series virtual roundtable - Windows 7: To the Beta and Beyond
US-CERT: Microsoft issued faulty fix for Downadup virus
Ars Technica reports Citrix, Intel to virtualize the desktop with new hypervisor
All Things Digital: Even in test form, Windows 7 leaves Vista in the dust
SuperSite for Windows updates Windows 7 feature focus: styles and desktop slide shows
Microsoft seeking Win 7 testers for netbooks?
Nvidia's new WHQL-certified GeForce 181.22 driver for 32-bit
& 64-bit Windows XP and 32-bit & 64-bit Windows Vista
TechReviewSource on TurboTax Premier 2008
gi reports Ubisoft ramping up for new generation of consoles in 2012
DailyTech reports PlayStation 3 firmware version 2.60 now live
Stella 2.7: Atari 2600 emulator for Windows, Linux, and Mac
Battle.net's StarCraft II Q&A - batch 48
Shacknews reports StarCraft patch 1.161 released
and has Spore Galactic Adventures preview: now you can create the game part, too

Systems and storage

Techgage on Nvidia's Ion platform: hands-on impressions
Hexus.net reviews PC Specialist Enigma P960T laptop: Blu-ray and powerful performance
ITreviewed on PC World Advent AIO-100
AnandTech on overclocking the Core i7: a tale of two retail processors...
PCStats reviews Gigabyte GA-EP45-DQ6
Guru3D reviews 6GB Corsair Dominator PC3-15000 triple channel kit
InsideHW reviews Verbatim MediaStation Pro
Big Bruin reviews Thecus N4100 Pro 4-bay NAS