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Saturday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 1:23 AM on March 21, 2009

Saturday

1. Live from New York: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
2. Microsoft comments on TomTom countersuit
3. Apollo plans to own most of Charter after bankruptcy: sources
4. Engadget reports Apple, AT&T get sued for misleading 3G claims, again
5. China, U.S. trade barbs over WTO piracy case
6. VR-Zone: Radeon HD 4890 vs. GeForce GTX 275 on Apr 9th
7. Expreview reports Gigabyte and Asus rush out Radeon HD 4890 in Taiwan
8. Expreview and Fudzilla have Nvidia GeForce GTX 275 specs
9. NordicHardware reports Radeon HD 4830 phasing out
10. A designer says goodbye to Google
11. Björn3D's interview with James Hildebrandt, CEO of Psyko
12. Engadget's Dell Adamo hands-on and video unboxing
13. Beyond3D's basic primer on computational architecture trade-offs
14. Tech ARP's BIOS option of the week - Errata 94 enhancement

Software

1. GPU Café reports ATI & Intel unite against Nvidia's PhysX
2. Gizmodo shares a rumor: Nintendo planning on its own DSi app store
3. Lifehacker on Android vs. iPhone 3.0: The showdown
4. Next Office version to ship in 32-bit and 64-bit versions
5. Ars Technica's hands-on: GNOME 2.26 brings incremental improvements
6. Phoronix on open source ATI graphics in Ubuntu 9.04
7. YouTube using Silverlight, releases mobile app
8. CrunchGear has video: History of the Internet according to MS
9. SuperSite for Windows has Internet Explorer 8 review (part 4)
10. Digital Trends on Internet Explorer 8: One step forward, three steps back
11. VIA Arena on Zoho - Free office and other apps

Gaming

1. MTV Multiplayer reports Sony now charging publishers for
   PS3 downloadable content, an unpopular policy shift
2. Techdirt reports evidence lacking on any connection between video game violence and real violence
3. TG Daily reports first PhysX-enabled games arrive on iPhone
4. CVG reports on BioShock 2's "simultaneous release" (PC and consoles)
5. Shacknews reports StarCraft II screenshots reveal UI and Punch-Out Wii detailed
6. Primotech reviews Bethesda not currently planning to release Fallout 3 DLC on Steam
7. Crysis Wars patch 1.4 and Mod SDK - released
8. Steam's weekend deals - All Oddworld games 75% off and
   indie games sale and all Meridian 4 indie games 20% off
9. StarCraft competitive keyboard tutorial - part II
10. Shacknews has Army of Two: The 40th Day preview
11. Gaming Heaven reviews World in Conflict: Soviet Assault (PC)
12. bit-tech reviews Madworld

Systems and storage

1. bit-tech and Legit Reviews on Nvidia's Ion platform
2. iXBT Labs review EVGA nForce 790i SLI FTW Digital PWM
3. Futurelooks reviews 2TB Western Digital Caviar Green
4. Hwt.dk and TweakTown review 256GB Patriot Warp v3 SSD
5. ProClockers review 8GB OCZ Throttle eSATA flash drive
6. TestFreaks review Pioneer DVR-X162Q Qflix external DVD / CD writer

Multimedia

1. CPU3D shows how to turn your GeForce 9800 GTX+ into a GTS 250
2. HardwareZone on copper boost - Gigabyte GeForce GTS 250
3. Hexus.net reviews Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 Vapor-X 512MB
4. [OC]ModShop reviews Acoustibuds earphone adapters
5. Rbmods on SteelSeries World of Warcraft mouse
6. Digital Trends review Logitech G9x laser mouse

Power, cases, and cooling

1. Overclockers Club reviews 850W Thermaltake Toughpower XT power supply
2. ProClockers review 600W Coolmax V-600 power supply
3. Ninjalane reviews Cooler Master Storm Sniper case
4. ThinkComputers reviews In Win Matrix mATX case
5. SilentPCReview on Cooler Master Hyper N520 dual 92mm fan cooler
6. techPowerUp! reviews CoolIT Domino A.L.C CPU cooler