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Monday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 1:26 AM on February 23, 2009

Monday

1. TSMC exec: Chip industry to recover in 3 years
2. DailyTech reports Apple Mac sales drop, while PC sales charge ahead in January
3. Yahoo media unit to get a reorg, too
4. NY Times: Everyone loves Google, until it's too big
5. IT Examiner reports Time Warner spins off cable
6. Microsoft's Elevate America: Elevate your job skills with tools and resources from MS
7. Shuttle launches two new barebones
8. Expreview reports Lian Li launches creative HTPC chassis PC-V351
9. Hardware-Infos: AMD RV790 in 55nm instead of 40nm (write-up in German)
10. Intel can't yet replicate published SSD performance drop. Ars Technica investigates.
11. The Pirate Bay: 80% of our torrents are legal

Software and gaming

1. ATi-Forum compares Catalyst 9.1 vs. 9.2 (in German)
2. PCGH on Nvidia's tech demos from Porsche Boxster to Bugatti Veyron
3. ITworld reports App store grows, but apps are seldom used
4. Registration is open for TechNet and MSDN Unleashed:
   Windows Vista to Windows 7 (event on 2/28)
5. Microsoft Visual C# 2008 Express Edition: Build a program now (free eBook)
6. Edge Online on why Metacritic doesn't matter
7. The new Internet games in Windows 7
8. Phoronix: A Prey update for Linux, but still no UT3
9. GamersHell has Call of Duty: World at War 1.2 dedicated server for Linux

Systems and storage

1. Donanim Haber: Phenom II X4 940 hits 4.4GHz on air (write-up in Turkish)
2. HotHardware posts a high capacity, low budget media server build guide
3. C|Net on ludicrously priced laptops: Apple, hp & Sony
4. bit-tech's early look at Asus Eee PC T91
5. TweakTown reviews Alienware Area-51 m15x 15.4" gaming notebook
6. PCShopTalk reviews Jetway X-Blue P45 motherboard
7. Benchmark Reviews on Asus P5Q3
8. SilentPCReview on 1TB Seagate Pipeline HD Pro hard drive

Multimedia

1. InsideHW reviews XFX Radeon HD 4870 512MB XXX
2. Hi Tech Legion reviews Diamond Radeon HD 4670 1GB
3. Viper Lair reviews AMD All-In-Wonder HD
4. Techgage reviews Asus VW266H 25.5" LCD monitor
5. TechReviewSource on Sony HDR-SR11 HD handycam
6. Futurelooks reviews Lowepro Classified 250 AW camera bag
7. TrustedReviews on Altec Lansing Octiv Air M812
8. SuperSite for Windows: Windows phones 2009
9. [OC]ModShop on the attack of the iPhone clones

Power, cases, and cooling

1. PureOverclock reviews 750W Tuniq Potency power supply
2. Metku reviews Antec Sonata Elite case
3. Motherboards.org reviews Thermaltake Element S case
4. Hardware Bistro reviews In Win Stealth Bomber B2 case
5. VR-Zone's heatsink showdown: Cooler Master V10 vs. Xigmatek Thor's Hammer
6. SilentPCReview on Prolima Megahalems: A mega Nehalem cooler
7. Overclockers Club reviews Gelid Silent Spirit
8. DeXgo rviews XSPC RX360 radiator (in German)