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Saturday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 2:52 AM on February 21, 2009

Saturday

1. C|Net and The Inquirer have Intel's response to PC Perspective's alleged SSD 'slowness' claim
2. DigiTimes reports Nvidia CEO speaks out against Intel lawsuit
   and AMD pushes Yukon platform into all-in-one PC market
3. EETimes Europe: Top position changes at AMD Dresden
4. C|Net: Mind share shift from CPU to GPU, Intel to Nvidia?
5. DailyTech reports hp CEO talks netbook cannibalization
   and Vizio reports record Q4 2008 sales
6. Bloomberg reports Google Android may run Asus netbook, rival Microsoft
7. AMD: No clock-race with Intel (write-up in German)
8. Fudzilla reports Intel's six-core 32nm comes after Q1 2010
9. C|Net reports purported Mac Mini video surfaces
10. X-bit labs report AMD's high-performance graphics update
    not expected to radically boost performance - sources
11. Expreview: MSI's non-reference GTX 260 spotted
12. Case & Cooling reports Cooler Master to debut Gladiator 600 at CeBIT (write-up in French)
13. Razer Lycosa keyboard defective, replace yours
14. M1 launches Take3, a revolutionary handset programme for mobile customers
15. Cable providers eye offering TV shows online: report
16. Wired reports clues to massive attacks hidden in plain sight
17. TG Daily reports lawyers to appeal Vista Capable ruling, Microsoft not off the hook yet
18. Pirate Bay trial day 5: Peter's "political trial"
19. Amazon posts Kindle 2 user's guide
20. VR-Zone reports Creative puts X-Fi into your car
21. IGN: Battlestar Galactica movie exclusive (based on the original series)

Software

1. Adobe warns of critical, unpatched security flaw
2. Upcoming updates for Windows 7 testing
3. Open letter to Microsoft - Can we have a Windows 7 beta 2 please?
4. TechFlash on Microsoft's snow leopard puzzler
5. Ars Technica: Ubuntu 9.10 is named Karmic Koala, will eat tasty eucalyptus
6. Before Dark's Nvidia driver comparison and analysis - 182.05 beta vs. 182.06 WHQL
7. ATI CrossFire Extension v1.0 (to enable CrossFire on non-supported or new games)

Gaming

1. California's video game law ruled unconstitutional
2. gi reports Microsoft is working on fix for Gamertag issue
3. DICE 09: Dave Perry - 'The days of single-player games are numbered'
4. Shacknews on first Mass Effect 2 teaser trailer, concept art
   and new Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment trailer
5. Empire: Total War demo available on Steam
6. Steam news: Dawn of War II, Orange Box Engine, and Red Alert 3 updates released
7. Steam's weekend deal: Greatest Indie Pack over 75% off
8. EA Store: Mirror's Edge Pure Time Trials map pack (PC)
9. Ars Technica and bit-tech review Dawn of War II
10. ITreviewed and YouGamers review Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box
11. Gaming Heaven reviews GTA IV: The Lost and Damned DLC (Xbox 360)

Systems and storage

1. NordicHardware reports Phenom II X4 sets 3DMark06 world record
2. HardwareZone reviews Dell Studio XPS 1640 - The sweet sixteen
3. ThinkComputers reviews Shuttle Prima SP45H7
4. InsideHW reviews hp Compaq 6730b
5. VR-Zone's 5-way X58 motherboard roundup part 2
6. Overclock3D reviews 6GB Patriot PC3-12800 Viper Series low latency kit
7. Benchmark Reviews and ITreviewed on OCZ Vertex SATA SSD
8. Futurelooks reviews 4GB Kingston DataTraveler Micro Reader

Multimedia

1. Björn3D reviews HIS HD 4870 IceQ 4+ Turbo 1GB
2. I4U reviews XFX GeForce GTX 285 Black Edition
3. Overclockers Club reviews Palit GeForce GTX 260 Sonic
4. TheTechLounge reviews Sapphire Radeon HD 4830 512MB
5. Digital Trends reviews Flip Video MinoHD camcorder
   and 120GB Microsoft Zune
6. HardwareZone reviews Nokia E75
7. TweakTown reviews Asus Travelite HS-1000W wireless headset

Power, cases, and cooling

1. Hardware Secrets reviews 650W Rosewill Performance power supply
2. AnandTech's 500W to 550W: 12 power supplies compared
3. Motherboards.org reviews Cooler Master Black Label Limited Edition Cosmos case
4. TechwareLabs review GlacialTech Altair A381 media center case
5. CPU3D reviews Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 CPU cooler
6. TweakTown reviews Xigmatek Dark Knight S1283 H.D.T. CPU cooler
7. Guru3D reviews Zalman CNPS 9900 LED
8. HardwareOC Austria's 10 LGA 1366 coolers roundup (in German)