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Wednesday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 4:18 AM on March 18, 2009

Wednesday

1. The Inquirer reports Nvidia says Nvision delayed not cancelled
2. IBM in talks to buy Sun Micro: report
3. Intel's new processor price list (PDF)
4. DigiTimes reports AMD says Intel fabricated claims
5. AMD to Intel: Fine, let's make the cross-license deal public
6. Patent cross license agreement between AMD and Intel
7. C|Net reports AMD spinoff names marketing chief
8. Hardware-Infos: Phenom II X4 955 with 3.2GHz on April 20
9. Register Hardware reports VIA pushes netbook reference design
10. VR-Zone reports Nvidia preparing MCP82 XE chipset for AMD AM3 CPUs
11. Silicon Madness reports OCZ 2.5" to 3.5" SSD adapter arrives
12. PC Magazine reports Iomega adds BitTorrent support to NAS
13. Channel Register: Dell bringing SSDs to the EqualLogic party?
14. Microsoft and Lexmark enter broad patent cross-licensing agreement
15. Discovery sues Amazon over Kindle patent
16. [OC]ModShop covers Live MST3K Show in Seattle
17. DriverHeaven interviews Psyko Audio's James Hildebrandt
18. Exchange reports file sharing has become the "new normal" for most online Canadians
19. Network World reports computer science major is cool again
20. Tech ARP posts Core i7 installation guide rev. 2.0
21. Ars Technica: Building a theory of dark matter annihilation

Software and gaming

1. Catalyst 9.3 released
2. Nvidia intros nForce driver 15.25 and 15.26 drivers
3. X-bit labs report ATI to promote DirectX 11 usage at Game Developer Conference
4. Opera chief: Microsoft's IE 8 'undermines' web standards
5. Google takes Chrome back into beta
6. Discussion about MS09-008
7. A new way to get Hotmail on your phone
8. Neowin reports Microsoft Surface v2 due within a year
9. Gizmodo and TechFragments on iPhone 3.0 OS
10. TG Daily reports PlayStation 3 gets physics effects
11. Mass Effect 2 - teaser
12. bit-tech reviews Nintendo DSi
13. Shacknews has an early glimpse of Zombie's Blacklight
14. [OC]ModShop reviews Resistance: Retribution

Systems and storage

1. ITreviewed on Dell Adamo ultraportable laptop
2. Phoronix: Asus Eee Top fails with Linux
3. InsideHW reviews MSI EX620 notebook
4. VIA Arena reviews Samsung NC20 12.1" mini-notebook
5. CPU3D reviews Asus Rampage II Gene (X58)
6. CowcotLand's 4 Mini ITX motherboards oundup (in French)
7. AnandTech's lab update: Patriot Memory Viper Series DDR3-1333
8. TestFreaks review 3GB Kingston HyperX KHX16000D3K3/3GX kit
9. AnandTech publishes the SSD anthology: Understanding SSDs and new drives from OCZ
10. X-bit labs have 1TB hard disk drives roundup: 14 solutions reviewed
11. TweakTown reviews LiteOn eSAU108 external slim DVD writer
12. XtremeComputing reviews akasa Elite card and SIM reader

Multimedia

1. Hexus.net reports ATI rolls out Catalyst 9.3 with official Windows 7 support;
   we benchmark high-end cards
2. HardwareZone reviews Palit GeForce GTX 260 Sonic 216SP
3. Legit Reviews on Palit GeForce GTX 260 55nm
4. X-bit labs test contemporary graphics cards in F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
5. Hardware Canucks: The future of stereo 3D part I - Nvidia GeForce 3D Vision
6. Futurelooks reviews Ultrasone HFI-680 natural surround sound headphone
7. Digital Trends reviews LG Lotus and Motorola Moto W233
8. Hardware Secrets reviews Amazon Kindle 2
9. Digital Trends on decorative technology
10. HardwareLogic reviews SteelSeries Ikari Iron.Lady laser mouse
11. TechwareLabs review Qpad CT gaming mouse pad

Power, cases, and cooling

1. [H] Enthusiast reviews 1000W Thermaltake Toughpower PSU
2. Overclockers Club reviews Cooler Master CSX Stacker 830 Red Flame Edition case
3. bit-tech reviews akasa Enigma enclosure
4. Modders-Inc reviews Thermaltake V9 gaming case
5. Motherboards.org reviews Lian Li PC-E8 MID black case
6. Verdis Reviews on Coolink Silent Savior HDD cooler
7. Benchmark Reviews has best CPU cooler performance LGA 1366 - Q1 2009
8. Björn3D reviews Spire TherMax II CPU cooler
9. Tech-Reviews review Scythe Kama Angle and Thermal Elixir Scyte-1000
10. XSReviews on Scythe Mugen 2 CPU cooler