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Wednesday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 12:10 AM on February 18, 2009

Wednesday

1. TorrentFreak reports 50% of charges against Pirate Bay dropped
2. Engadget: Nvidia's Tegra in the flesh, booting to Android and pumping out 1080p video
   and Shuttle ships liquid-cooled SDXi Carbon SFF gaming PC
3. Fudzilla reports AMD prepares dual-core 45nm surprise
   and MSI's new power efficient Winds listed
4. DigiTimes reports Intel offering Core i7 CPU and SSD bundle
5. VR-Zone reports Galaxy releases self-designed GTX 260+ card
6. Expreview's quick look at XFX GTS 250
7. Kotaku reports Logitech delays pricey LCD gaming keyboard
8. DailyTech reports Samsung's 7Gb/s GDDR5 in 50nm mass productions, targets 40nm GPUs
9. Chipmakers seek growth in small devices
10. SanDisk enlists mobile carriers in memory card drive
11. HardwareZone's Mobile World Congress 2009 - showfloor coverage part 1 and part 2
12. Bloomberg reports antitrust pick Christine Varney saw Google as next Microsoft
13. ZDNet reports Microsoft CEO Ballmer praises openness, attacks iPhone
14. BBC News reports Apple sued over iPhone technology
15. Piper Jaffray: Q2 Mac sales on pace to decline
16. Netbooks killing off sickly Windows PC sales
17. Dell Download Store (UK website)
18. Ars Technica reports stimulus-tracking Recovery.gov site goes live
19. TG Daily reports a wide-sweeping 4% "Internet download tax" proposed in New York
20. Techgage's interview with James Hildebrandt, head of Psyko Audio Labs
21. FiringSquad's spring 2009 buyer's guide

Software

1. Rasterization on Larrabee: A first look at the Larrabee new instructions
   (LRBni) in action (a lecture to be given by Michael Abrash)
2. InfoWorld reports Microsoft denies it profits from Vista-to-XP downgrades
3. C|Net reports new exploit targets IE 7 hole patched last week
4. Ars Technica reports Microsoft releases beta tool for fighting DoS attacks
5. SuperSite for Windows on Windows 7 for Businesses: When should you deploy?
6. WindowsITPro on installing Windows 7 or Windows
   Server 2008 R2 to a virtual hard disk (VHD) file
7. Hi Tech Legion show how to install XP and Vista with a flash drive
8. Tech ARP has Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 RTM details
9. InformationWeek reports Yahoo Mobile out in limited beta
10. Motherboards.org reviews Large Software: Password Manager

Gaming

1. Battlefield Heroes: We've started sending out beta keys
2. TF2 official blog: The Scout update
3. Dawn of War II coming to a close on February 18
4. StarCraft II is in the final stretch
5. GuildWars.com: A letter to our fans
6. Kotaku reports Capcom debit cards come with gamer perks
7. bit-tech reviews F.E.A.R 2: Project Origin
8. Gaming Heaven previews Singularity (PS3)

Systems, storage, and networking

1. HotHardware reviews Toshiba Qosmio X305-Q725 gaming notebook
2. XtremeComputing reviews FSC Amilo Sa3650 laptop with Graphics Booster
3. Hi Tech Legion reviews Dell Inspiron Mini 9
4. Neoseeker reviews Core 2 Quad Q8300
5. Futurelooks pits Intel X58 SLI BIOS support vs. Nvidia hardware SLI chip
6. bit-tech reviews DFI LANParty DK 790FX-B M2RSH
7. t-break reviews Gigabyte GA-EP45-DQ6
8. CPU3D reviews MSI G41M-FIDP
9. AnandTech's lab update: DDR2 vs. DDR3 performance with the AMD AM3 processors
10. PC Perspective reviews 120GB OCZ Vertex Series SSD
11. TweakTown reviews QNAP TS-509 Pro

Multimedia

1. [H] Enthusiast reviews Nvidia GeForce GTX 295 quad SLI
2. techPowerUp! reviews Palit GeForce GTX 260 Sonic 216SP 896MB
3. DriverHeaven and Ninjalane review Sapphire Radeon HD 4670
4. Björn3D reviews Leadtek GeForce 9800 GTX+
5. Overclockers Online reviews Samsung SPF-85V digital photo frame
6. Digital Trends reviews Motorola Tundra VA76r
7. Everything USB reviews Apple iPod nano 4G
8. Legit Reviews on Kentech Labs Ps-Mi portable iPod audio system
9. Guru3D: The force feedback joystick reinvented?

Power, cases, and cooling

1. TechwareLabs review CoolMax CU-950B power supply
2. TweakTown reviews 650W Rosewill RP650-2 power supply
3. Phoronix reviews 450W SilverStone NightJar power supply
4. [H] Enthusiast's entry level power supply roundup
5. JonnyGuru's BFG Tech LS Series power supplies revisited
6. Hardware Canucks have SilverStone Raven RV01 video showcase
7. PureOverclock and ThinkComputers review Thermaltake Element S case
8. InsideHW reviews Chenbro PC617 chassis
9. Modders-Inc reviews NZXT Sentry LX fan controller
10. Overclockers Club reviews Cooler Master V10
11. Tech-Reviews on Asus Silent Knight II
12. Technic3D reviews Scythe Mugen2 CPU cooler (in German)