Wednesday Shortbread - The Tech Report

Wednesday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on February 11, 2009

Wednesday

C|Net reports Nvidia sales slump 60% as demand dries up
and Mozilla to weigh in on EU's Microsoft case
TG Daily reports AMD postpones special stockholder meeting until February 18
AMD's Phenom II (socket AM3 / AM2+) official PR
DigiTimes reports TSMC and UMC report revenue drops for January
Circuit City wants to pay execs bonuses
Ars Technica, FiringSquad, HotHardware, Legit Reviews, PC Perspective,
and Techgage on Intel's 32nm Westmere and updated processor roadmap
Ars Technica reports Intel details 8-core Xeon, "cache and recovery"
Fudzilla reports Asus announces Eee price hike and AMD RD890D delayed to Q4 2009
bit-tech reviews Asus to launch mATX Republic of Gamers Gene mobos
C|Net reports SanDisk to begin making 'X4' flash chips
DriverHeaven has XFX ATI launch interview with Cy Brown
Verizon loses customer switching lawsuit
VentureBeat has source: Apple asked Google not to use
multi-touch in Android, and Google complied
TG Daily has analysis: Apple's $99 MobileMe vs. Microsoft's free My Phone
HardwareZone covers Panasonic Lumix Asia Seminar 2009
The official gScreen blog (dual screens)
Milestone: Microsoft now has 10,000 patents
Gizmodo has the complete animated history of the Internet
DailyTech reports GM's Bob Lutz to retire later this year
(before the Chevy Volt goes into production)

Software and gaming

Google PowerMeter monitors your energy usage
Nvidia GeForce 182.05 beta for 32-bit & 64-bit Windows XP and 32-bit & 64-bit Vista
Hardware-Infos: Catalyst 9.2 without AF bug again
Before Dark's Nvidia modified drivers shootout - Xtreme-G vs. Side vs. Dox
SuperSite for Windows has Windows 7 feature focus: Windows Anytime Upgrade
Tech ARP posts Microsoft Windows 7 Upgrade Program rev. 2.0
TechSpot's top applications to install after a fresh OS installation
Pre-purchase F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin from Steam
Shacknews reports Gears of War writer says Epic has '10-year plan,'
suggests single-player GoW2 DLC
Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. demo available February 11 on Xbox Live
and February 12 on PlayStation network
Battlefield Heroes Closed Beta starts February 11th
Gustav Halling has Battlefield 1943 Q&A
FileShack has World of Warcraft manual patch 3.0.8a to 3.0.9
Joystiq reports Call of Duty: World at War map pack coming in March
Primotech exclusive: New Brütal Legend details
bit-tech's Dragon Age: Origins hands-on preview

Systems, storage, and networking

InfoWorld reports AMD's Phenom II makes early move to DDR3
Hard Tecs 4U (in German) and Sharky Extreme review Phenom II X4 810 & X3 720 BE
Rbmods on Core i7 965 Extreme Quad
PC Perspective reviews Atom 330 dual-core processor
ITreviewed on Asus ROG Rampage II Extreme
TechwareLabs editorial: What is memory and how is it used? Memory hierarchy explained.
Overclockers Club reviews 6GB Crucial PC3-10600 triple channel kit
t-break reviews PalmTop dual-core AMD touchscreen netbook
tkArena: Anatomy of a PC
ITreviewed on 1TB Samsung SpinPoint F1
TestFreaks have MediaGate MG-35 3.5" USB 2.0 multimedia
external IDE HDD player / 500GB Seagate Barracuda review
TechReviewSource on 160GB Maxtor BlackArmor
Overclockers Online reviews 8GB OCZ Gold Series SDHC
Techgage reviews Synology DS209+ 2-bay disk station

Graphics, handheld, and audio

DriverHeaven reviews XFX Radeon HD 4870 1GB XXX GFX
and XFX Radeon HD 4650 1GB
Elite Bastards review XFX Radeon HD 4850 XXX 512MB
HotHardware reviews EVGA GeForce GTX 295 Plus
[H] Enthusiast reviews XFX GeForce GTX 285 Black Edition
Alien Babel Tech on GeForce GTX 260+ vs, Radeon HD 4850: image quality
CPU3D reviews Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 512MB
InsideHW reviews BlackBerry Curve 8900
Hardware Secrets reviews Microsoft Zune (2nd gen)
[OC]ModShop reviews Plantronics GameCom 777 surround gaming headset
TestFreaks review Ultimate Ears Super.Fi 5 personal earphones

Multimedia, power, case, and cooling