Friday Shortbread - The Tech Report

Friday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 1:29 AM on February 27, 2009

Friday

DSL Reports: Cablevision DOCSIS 3.0 launch very close
President Obama's budget eyes boost to cybersecurity funds
TG Daily on the coming ARM vs. Intel PC battle
Fudzilla reports Nvidia Ion has many big design wins
and Intel changes all logos
Donanim Haber on Acer Hornet, Ion-based nettop (write-up in Turkish)
ATi-Forum posts new information about RV740 / RV790 (write-up in German)
Hardware-Aktuell: First GeForce GTS 250 based on reference PCB emerged (write-up in German)
The Inquirer on Tippecanoe and Tyler, too: Dual-socket Nehalem systems pump up the bandwidth
DailyTech reports Dell launches green 24" LCD
Antec introduces TruePower new series of power supplies
C|Net reports judge orders defendant to decrypt PGP-protected laptop
Stop thief! Software lets stolen laptops speak up
Gizmodo: MacBook Air hinge defect not covered by Apple's Warranty?
DoCoMo halts BlackBerry Bold sales due to overheating
Get an iPhone 3G for free—in Japan
Plaintiffs file to make Vista case class action again
TorrentFreak on Pirate Bay trial day 9: BitTorrent is not evil
Layoffs confirmed at RIAA, estimates approach 30...
Win a Thermaltake V9 Black Edition gaming case from eTeknix
SF writer Philip José Farmer has passed away

Business news

Yahoo CEO reorganizes company
AMD CEO Dirk Meyer talks spinoff, Intel & netbooks with C|Net
C|Net reports Dell profits fall almost 50 percent
DailyTech reports Intel CEO Paul Otellini talks tech, strategy & future directions: part 1 & part 2
Nvidia may soon be in trouble, Intel CEO says
Ars Technica reports Apple and Psystar finally agree — to keep trade secrets secret
DigiTimes reports Micron agrees to release DRAM technology to Taiwan
MCV reports Microsoft retail stores to hit Europe
PC World reports Google joins Twitter: Playing around, or preparing to purchase?
Facebook opens governance of service and policy process to users
Futurelooks on affiliate marketing

Software

Engineering Windows 7: Some changes since Beta for the RC
InfoWorld reports Microsoft tweaks Experience Index for Windows 7
Adobe releases Photoshop CS4 11.0.1
ECS intros cutting-edge M.I.B. II tweaking utility for new Black Series motherboards
Expreview reports Nvidia offers 182.08 driver for Quadro video cards
AnandTech: So what's in a 100MB driver, anyhow?
TG Daily on hacking Safari 4 beta: Top 10 hidden settings
TestFreaks have first look at Safari 4 beta
TechBeta has Realtek AC97 audio codecs 6.3.02 for Windows Vista and Windows 7
System Information for Windows 2009-02-24
VR-Zone reviews iWork '09
ITreviewed on Corel Painter 11
AppleInsider: Hacking contest to test iPhone's security
PNY's Folding@Home contest

Gaming

Shacknews reports Nintendo reveals new Wii controller
Ars Technica talks with the men behind Mad Catz FightSticks
Big Download reports Bohemia Interactive slams Codemasters
over marketing of Operatiom Flashpoint 2
John Carmack: Quake Live gives PC a chance to shine
Shacknews reports Diablo 3 screenshots show new monster
Download: The Lost Mission of C&C Generals
Available now – Airport and Bocage maps for World in Conflict
GamersHell has The Last Remnant demo and benchmark
GameCyte reports some Apogee games now DRM-free
for XP and Vista PC - $6 buys Duke Nukem 3D
Enhancing Flight Simulator X
Spore API contest 09

Systems and storage

HotHardware reviews Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds
AnandTech reviews Dell Studio XP 16: Highest color gamut ever?
ITreviewed on Dell Studio Slim desktop PC
TechwareLabs: System cache explained
AnandTech and Overclock3D preview Asus Marine Cool concept motherboard
bit-tech reviews Foxconn Blood Rage
Björn3D reviews MSI Eclipse X58
Benchmark Reviews and PureOverclock review 6GB Patriot Viper DDR-1600 triple channel kit
Technic3D reviews 6GB Corsair XMS3 Dominator DDR3-1600 CL8 triple channel kit (in German)
ThinkComputers reviews 2GB Super Talent Godfather swivel flash drive

Multimedia, cases, and cooling