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Thursday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 12:09 AM on February 12, 2009

Thursday

1. Ars Technica reports broadband stimulus passes, but many questions linger
2. Microsoft statement on the Senate passage of the economic stimulus bill
3. DailyTech reports President Obama orders cyber security review
4. President Obama: I'm a PC
5. ELSA Japan and LucidLogic to introduce high performance computing products to Japanese market
6. EETimes brings grist for the rumor mill: UMC to join IBM 'fab club?'
7. Global PC processor market to decline through 1H09, says IDC
8. InfoWorld on tech layoffs: The real numbers aren't so bad
9. Intel PR chip shots: PC repair just got easier for consumers
10. PC chip shipments sink, Intel share up
11. Sirius XM in talks with DirecTV, Libery: reports
12. Was Sirius' bankruptcy inevitable?
13. New IBM Petaflop supercomputer in Germany to be Europe's most powerful
14. Fudzilla reports Nvidia plans faster G92b
    and Intel super fast SSD to get to 64GB
15. NordicHardware reports Dell unveils Latitude XT2 multi-touch tablet
16. Engadget Mobile reports Gigabyte to debut GSmart S1200 WinMo phone and more at MWC
17. C|Net has a report: Apple to stream video to iTunes users
18. PC World reports Blu-ray price drop: Studios slash movie prices
19. Microsoft unveils new enterprise search roadmap
20. A new Microsoft site devoted to IT Pros - Thrive

Software

1. Vista or Windows 7? Just get rid of XP, Microsoft tells users
2. Security expert says Microsoft should cut IE's links to Windows
3. Microsoft's guidance on Windows deployments for business customers
4. IE February security update now available
5. Engineering Windows 7: Recognizing improvements in Windows 7 handwriting
6. WinFuture on Windows 7 build 7032: first info and screenshots (in German)
7. SuperSite for Windows posts Windows 7 build 7022 screenshots
8. Tech ARP posts Windows 7 roadmap rev. 2.1
9. TG Daily reports more new OS X Snow Leopard features emerge
10. Ars Technica: A farewell to Palm(O)s - company stakes future on webOS
11. ATi-Forum has Catalyst 9.2 / 9.3 information (in German)
12. Mozilla's Fennec milestone release for Windows Mobile
13. Driver Sweeper 2.0.0 beta 2 released
14. DimP: Direct Manipulation Video Playback (Windows)
15. Guru3D on GPU accelerated and enhanced x.264 | MKV movies
16. Moonlight 1.0: open source version of Silverlight for Unix systems

Gaming

1. Activision Blizzard reports record December quarter and calendar
   year 2008 non-GAAP comparable basis results (official PR)
2. "Guitar Hero" fails to save Activision
3. Steam news: Left 4 Dead DLC free on Xbox 360 & PC
4. Epic's Mark Rein: No 10 year plan for Gears of War
5. Utah legislator officially submits Jack Thompson video game bill
6. Shacknews reports StarCraft II beta coming in months, will include next-generation Battle.net
7. World of Warcraft Arena Tournament 2009 announced
8. PCGH on F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin - GPU and CPU benchmarks plus graphics settings compared
9. Gaming Heaven reviews F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (PC)
10. Shacknews has Dawn of War 2 co-op preview: Campaigning with the Space Marines
11. Stella 2.7.3a (Atari 2600 VCS emulator) released
12. Futurelooks: Get your girlfriend into video games for Valentine's Day
13. Big Download's contest: Mirror's Edge giveaway

Systems and storage

1. TweakTown: Nvidia demo Windows 7 multi-tasking on Ion (video)
2. Digital Trends reviews Lenovo W700ds
3. Overclock3D reviews OCZ DIY 15" gaming notebook
4. Madshrimps review MSI GX720 gaming notebook
5. AnandTech, HardwareZone, and Hexus.net talk about Intel's 32nm update
6. bit-tech on Intel's 32nm process technology
   and CPU with integrated GPU
7. bit-tech and Hexus.net review Phenom II socket AM3 processors
8. Benchmark Reviews on Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition
9. Ninjalane reviews Foxconn Quantum Force X58 BloodRage
10. PCStats reviews Asus P5E3 Premium / WiFi-AP.N
11. iXBT Labs review MSI DKA790GX
12. TweakTown has 3GB vs. 6GB memory performance analysis on X58
13. Hexus.net reviews Thecus N7700 NAS

Multimedia

1. Overclock3D reviews XFX GeForce GTX 295
2. Björn3D reviews PNY GeForce GTX 285 Performance Edition (+ SLI 285 testing)
3. HardwareLogic reviews BFG Tech GeForce GTX 285 OCX
4. Expreview's exclusive look at P897 Inno3D GeForce GTX 260
5. Phoronix reviews Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 512MB
6. Digital Trends reviews Hitachi Ultravision UT37V702
   and Toshiba 15LV506 DVD combo television
7. XtremeComputing reviews Abit FunFab P71-A2 digital photo frame printer
8. TheTechLounge reviews Microsoft SideWinder USB gaming mouse

Cases and cooling

1. techPowerUp! reviews Cooler Master Storm Sniper case
2. Techgage reviews Thermaltake Spedo Advance case
3. Overclockers Club reviews Antec Sonata Elite
4. Hi Tech Legion reviews Thermaltake Element S case
5. TheTechLounge reviews Zalman GS1000 case
6. SysOpt revies CoolIT Domino A.L.C.
7. ThinkComputers reviews Noctua NH-U12P w/ LGA 1366 installation kit
8. [OC]ModShop reviews Noctua NH-C12P CPU cooler
9. HardwareOC Austria reviews Spire Thermax II Allround CPU cooler (in German)