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Monday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 2:03 AM on March 2, 2009

Monday

1. Hardware-Aktuell reports MSI shows up with first P55 mainboard (write-up in German)
2. The Star-Ledger reports Comcast, Cablevision turn to WiFi in effort to retain customers
3. C|Net reports Apple gives up a little Internet usage share
4. Ars Technica: Apple event rumored for March 24 with iMacs, maybe more
5. Sony shares up, Stringer takes control
6. Memory chip maker Spansion files for bankruptcy
7. Barron's and Reuters speculate about Intel & TSMC's joint announcement scheduled for later today
8. Psion responds to Intel / Dell tradeark scuffle: 'We still sell the Netbook Pro, it's not abandoned.'
9. DigiTimes: Foxconn, MSI and Gigabyte cut into white-box netbook market in China, says paper
10. DailyTech reports Dell CFO says it will expand further into netbooks
11. NordicHardware reports Acer Aspire One gets slimmer
12. NY Times: Putting a bolder face on Google
13. VR-Zone on Sony's GXD-L65H1: The toughest water & dust proof LCD
14. InformationWeek reports Hearst planning electronic reader alternative to Kindle
15. Gizmodo: World's stupidest, most expensive iPhone mod yet costs $2.5 million
16. Microsoft Office Labs vision 2019 (montage + video)
17. Gizmodo's how to: Rip Blu-ray discs
18. Tech ARP posts desktop graphics card comparison guide rev. 16.4
19. TechFlash posts gallery: The shirts that Microsoft workers no longer want to wear
20. Hexus.net's Dell Inspiron 1735 notebook giveaway

Software and gaming

1. PC World reports Mozilla plans another beta before Firefox 3.1 release
2. Windows 7 news: WLK 1.47048 and Windows build 7048 confirmed
3. SuperSite for Windows has Windows 7 feature focus: PC Safeguard
4. CCleaner 2.17.853
5. Depeche Mode debuts season pass model on iTunes
6. Ars Technica reviews iLife '09
7. Sony: PS3 is hard to develop for—on purpose
8. PC World asks, "Will Sony's next PSP lose the UMD drive?"
9. EA COO: 'The biggest thing was that we didn't make hits' in 2008
10. Shacknews on video games to be released this week
11. NFS World Online interface revealed
12. IncGamers on Tolkien IP license
13. The Lord of the Rings: Conquest patch 1.1 for PC
14. Gaming Heaven reviews Empire: Total War (PC)

Systems and storage

1. Madshrimps review Packard Bell Dot.be / 010 netbook
2. CowcotLand: A netbook, in a robot (in French)
3. ThinkComputers reviews 3GB Kingston HyperX T1 Series DDR3-2000 triple channel kit
4. Björn3D reviews 6GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer triple channel kit
5. TechReviewSource on 320GB Clickfree HD325
6. TweakTown reviews 32GB Mtron Pro 7500 2.5" SLC SSD
7. TestFreaks review 16GB PNY Attaché USB 2.0 flash drive
8. PureOverclock reviews 4GB ATP EarthDrive

Multimedia, cases, and cooling

1. InsideHW reviews XFX GeForce GTX 285 and GTX 295
2. Benchmark Reviews on Asus BC-06B1ST Blu-ray Disc combo drive
3. eTeknix asks, "What is LightScribe?"
4. CCE Reviews on StarLight Creations lightweight laptop stands
5. Reviewstash on iArmBands T-Mobile G1 armband
6. Futurelooks reviews Cooler Master HAF 932 case
7. HardwareLogic reviews Thermaltake SwordM case
8. EPIAcenter reviews Travla TE-D288 Pico-ITX case (in German)
9. Hardware Canucks review Cooler Master V10 CPU cooler
10. Hardware Bistro reviews Titan Fenrir cooler