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Thursday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on January 29, 2009

Thursday

1. DailyTech reports bill to delay DTV switch fails in U.S. House
2. Sources: AT&T, Comcast may help RIAA foil piracy
3. C|Net reports Intel adopts shareholder request for 'say on pay'
4. Inside Circuit City's liquidation sale
5. AOL to cut 700 jobs: internal memo
6. Ars Technica reports Google, others launch M-Lab to track network openness
7. White House: C is for cookie, it's good enough for YouTube
8. Hardware-Infos: Nvidia GT218 (40nm) with 32 SPs in April?
9. ATi-Forum: Phenom II gets at least 5% performance increase with fast DDR3
10. Fudzilla reports XFX preparing a Fatal1ty 9400 GT
11. Bookham launches new 'green' VCSEL for computer mouse market
12. Digital Trends has Super Bowl XLIII tech guide
13. Intel Science Talent Search finalists announced
14. Legit Reviews has January 2009 forum drawing

Software and gaming

1. ATI Catalyst 9.1 released
2. Microsoft delivers new Vista SP2 test build
3. C|Net reports Vista marketing draws antitrust complaints
4. TechFlash reports campaign calls on Microsoft to release Windows 7 right now
5. Computerworld reports Windows 7 to be 'thoroughly' tested by antitrust regulators
6. C|Net: Running Windows 7 on a Mac Mini
7. HardwareZone gets jiggy with Windows 7 - installing the beta
8. SuperSite for Windows on doing more with less (an editorial about Microsoft & netbooks)
9. KDE 4.2.0 released
10. ITreviewed and TG Daily review Internet Explorer 8 RC1
11. CCleaner v2.16 released
12. Project Virtual Reality Check (VRC)
13. Big Download's exclusive: No Mirror's Edge DLC on Thursday; delayed until February
14. Gamezine: Mirror's Edge third-person view activated
15. Steam news - Team Fortress 2 / Day of Defeat: Source update released
16. TF2 official blog: The latest on the Scout pack
17. Jeff Gardiner answers Fallout 3 DLC questions @ [OC]ModShop
18. Final Fantasy XIII trailer released
19. Gaming Heaven previews Command & Conquer 3: Uprising (PC)

Systems and graphics

1. Hardware Secrets pits laptops vs. desktops
2. Motherboards.org reviews XFX MB-X58I-CH19
3. PCStats reviews Gigabyte GA-X48-DS5
4. Overclockers Online reviews 4GB CSX DDR2 800MHz dual channel kit
5. HotHardware reviews Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 2GB
6. HardwareOC Austria on running GeForce GTX 260 in SLI mode (in German)
7. Metku reviews Sapphire Ultimate Radeon HD 4670
8. XSReviews on XFX GeForce 9800 GT 512MB
9. TweakTown: Fastest VGA setups examined
10. ITreviewed on Apple LED Cinema Display

Multimedia, power, cases, and cooling

1. ProClockers review Cyber E-Sport Orbita mouse
2. techPowerUp! reviews 680W Tagan SuperRock TG680-U33II PSU
3. Tweaknews reviews 600W Cooler Master Silent Pro M PSU
4. Hardware Secrets reviews 500W Enermax Liberty ECO PSU
5. Hardware Canucks present nMedia HTPC-1000B media case product showcase video
6. Tech-Reviews on NZXT Lexa Blackline case
7. FrostyTech's top 5 heatsinks
8. TestFreaks reviewSilverStone Noble Breeze SST-NB01B notebook cooler
9. PureOverclock reviews Gelid Silent Spirit