Saturday Shortbread - The Tech Report

Saturday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 8:15 AM on February 28, 2009

Saturday

C|Net reports Yahoo's Microsoft tab totaled $79 million
DSL Reports: Time Warner Cable spinoff on March 27
PC World: Why the Vista-Capable case doesn't matter
Ars Technica reports Canadian ISPs stand up for content blocking, throttling
[H]ard|OCP: Ultra responds to incorrect PSU label issue
Betanews has a fond farewell to Computer Shopper in print
Futurelooks reports Intel plans to Socket to Ya in their 2009 roadmap
TechFlash reports Seattle-based PC builder (Puget Systems)
goes it alone with Windows 7 upgrade
Gigabyte's GeForce GTS 250 at Donanim Haber (write-up in Turkish)
TG Daily reports Blu-ray gets simplified licensing
Pioneer lists 8x Blu-ray Disc writer
TC Magazine reports Sony readies 24x DVD writer
BusinessWeek reports 3D TV not ready for prime time
TechFlash: Kindle 3 already on the way?
Amazon to allow disabling of Kindle 2 audio
Newegg lists Zotac GeForce 9300 ITX
Pirate Bay witness' wife overwhelmed with flowers
Gigabyte UK's Open Overclocking Championship 2009

Software

New release of Microsoft's App-V for Windows 7 available
Tech ARP has an update to Windows Vista SP2's latest release schedule
Ars Technica on VMware MVP: Windows and Android... on the same phone
Fudzilla reports Nvidia claims faster Windows 7 drivers
and Zotac Nitro's new software overclocks all Geforce cards
AMD OverDrive utility v2.1.6
TweakTown's Windows 7 vs. Vista VGA performance analysis
Microsoft Office Labs: Canvas for OneNote
Winamp media player 5.55 released
ITreviewed on Apple iLife '09

Gaming

GoGamer.com's 48hr madness sale - Dawn of War II for $35.90 and
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin for $29.90 (PC games) among other deals
PCGH reports Intel confirms Guitar Hero World Tour on PC
and HAWX: PC final version and demo delayed
VideoGamer reports HAWX demo on March 2
and Street Fighter IV PC coming this summer
TF2 Official Blog: An admonishment against cheating
TG Daily: A game without a point hits the iPhone and is well worth the wait
VR-Zone's F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin performance review
World of Warcraft 'more addictive than crack cocaine'
as teenager suffers convulsions after 24-hour-long game
Dungeons & Dragons Online celebrates its 3rd birthday by giving away bonus loot & XP

Systems, storage, and networking

AnandTech has EVGA X58 Classified - first look
PCStats reviews Asus Striker II NSE and M3A78-T motherboards
Hard Tecs 4U reviews MSI P45 Platinum (in German)
Overclockers Club reviews 6GB Walton Chaintech Apogee GT DDR3-1866 triple channel kit
CdrInfo reviews 6GB Patriot Memory PC3-12800 triple channel kit
Legit Reviews on 128GB OCZ Apex Series SATA II SSD
Guru3D reviews 128GB Patriot Warp v2 Series SSD
Motherboards.org reviews Thecus N4100 Pro NAS
Hardware Bistro reviews Popcorn Hour A-110 networked media tank

Multimedia

Power, casing, and cooling

DriverHeaven reviews 1200W Xigmatek NRP-HC1201 PSU
CdrInfo reviews 750W Tuniq Potency PSU
techPowerUp! reviews SilverStone Fortress case & 750W Strider PSU
bit-tech's mod of the month - February 2009
Modders-Inc looks at MNPCTECH spring loaded case handles
Björn3D reviews In Win 'Na and Eagle Consus ET-CSPESU2-BK 2.5" external enclosures
Techgage reviews NZXT Sentry LX fan controller
Phoronix reviews Noctua NH-U12DX Xeon heatsink
CdrInfo reviews OCZ Gladiator Max and akasa Nero CPU coolers