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Saturday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on February 7, 2009

Saturday

1. DigiTimes: Intel to bring forward Atom N280 CPU launch
   to second half of February, says notebook makers
2. Fudzilla reports Intel is offering off-roadmap Atom solutions
3. Charlie Rose has a conversation with Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO Nvidia (TV interview)
4. TG Daily reports Dell downgraded by JPMorgan, not diversified enough
5. Sharp Q3 in red, sees first ever annual loss
6. NEC to withdraw from PC business in Europe: Nikkei
7. C|Net has a report: Pioneer to exit TV business
8. Michael Widenius, founder and original developer of MySQL, leaves Sun Microsystems
9. Paul Allen's Charter hires turnaround expert
10. Obama DOJ pick: RIAA lawyer who killed Grokster
11. An editorial speculates about a Blockbuster + GameStop marriage
12. PCGH on Core i5: first pictures of the sockets LGA 1155 and 1156
13. Fudzilla reports Nvidia's 40nm GT218 still not in production
14. A Microsoft smartphone: No. A Microsoft phone chassis: Yes.
15. Apple Store bans Facebook for life
16. USA Today reports some TV stations to end analog signal on Feb. 17
17. Is there intelligent life on television?

Software

1. Gizmodo: Windows 7 pricing starts at $200? Ehh...
2. SuperSite for Windows has Windows 7 feature focus: calculator
3. [OC]ModShop shows how to get rid of unused Vista device drivers
4. Ars Technica: Gmail Labs destroys multitasking with multiple inboxes
5. TG Daily reports Apple fixes iTunes crashing caused by iPhone 2.2.1 firmware
6. Open Molecular Mechanics (OpenMM) software speeds simulations
7. Badaboom version 1.1.1 is out
8. VR-Zone reports Biostar to present Green Power Utility @ CeBIT
9. Real Temp 3.00 released

Gaming

1. Tech Radar UK reports Sony shoots down Intel GPU in PS4 rumor
2. Dashboard update causing problems for Xbox 360?
3. C|Net: Is Sega planning a return to the console market?
4. Kotaku's Battlefield 1943: Pacific preview - a much needed upgrade
5. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is coming
6. Call of Duty: World at War 1.2 patch
7. Shacknews reports Burnout Paradise 'Cops and Robbers' DLC announced
8. World of Warcraft's upcoming class change highlights part 2
9. Big Download on the 20 most influential PC games: 10 - 1
10. Focus testing at Gearbox Software

Systems, storage, networking, cases & cooling

1. Guru3D's hands-on with Amilo SA3650 and the Graphics Booster
2. HotHardware's Asus G50vt gaming notebook video spotlight
3. Madshrimps have Phenom II X4 940 sub-zero overclocking test: 6GHz obtainable?
4. HardwareZone on Nvidia's PhysX - CUDA power in gaming
5. ITreviewed on Maxtor BlackArmor portable hard drive
   and Belkin N+ wireless modem router
6. AnandTech on SilverStone's Raven: a new concept in case cooling
7. TechwareLabs review NZXT Whisper case
8. Case & Cooling reviews Prolimatech Megahalems CPU cooler (in French)

Multimedia

1. bit-tech on the dark side of overdrive
2. Metku reviews Gainward GeForce 285 GTX
3. Expreview looks at Galaxy's non-reference 55nm GeForce GTX 260 with monster cooler
4. Big Bruin reviews Leadtek Limited WinFast GTX260 Extreme+
5. Björn3D reviews Sapphire Radeon HD 4650
6. TweakTown has WD TV HD media player - video review
7. FiringSquad reviews Astro Gaming A40 audio system
8. ThinkComputers reviews 3rd gen iPod nano
9. t-break reviews Creative SE2300 Bluetooth headphones
10. Sharky Extreme reviews Logitech G15 keyboard