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Wednesday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 3:26 AM on March 25, 2009

Wednesday

1. President Obama to hold online question session Thursday
2. Ars Technica: $7.2 billion for broadband... now what?
3. T-Mobile USA unveils high-speed plans, new device
4. C]Net reports AT&T first to test RIAA antipiracy plan
   and Boxee springs new API, Hulu work-around
5. BBC reports Virgin eyes 150Mb broadband speed
6. TorrentFreak reports French lawmakers clueless about BitTorrent and P2P
7. Eric Schmidt on running Google (video)
8. DigiTimes reports LCD panel makers worry about May outlook
9. DailyTech reports MIT graphene multiplier may push CPUs to 1,000GHz
10. Dell unveils new servers, storage for tight budgets
11. VR-Zone reports Nvidia to unveil MCP89E chipset for Centrino 2
12. Fudzilla reports EVGA GTX 295 HydroCopper blows the competition away
    and Core i7 975 might ship in a couple of weeks
    and GlobalFoundries promises 32nm in 2010
13. VR-Zone reports Hitachi Ultrastar C10K300 to save power consumption
14. Casio celebrates the new Exilim cameras with a re-design of Exilim.Casio.com
15. OCZ Technology introduces two new gaming mice
16. Electronista reports Asus topples Apple in computer reliability study
17. Periodic table of controllers
18. Tweaknews on the rebirth of the smart computer consumer
19. TG Daily reports NASA to provide 100TB of space images to Microsoft
20. ProClockers have Noctua give-a-way

Software

1. Gartner: Businesses don't need to wait for Windows 7 SP1
2. Maximum PC reports this is no joke: Conficker.C to strike on April Fools' Day
3. Ars Technica reports BIOS-level rootkit attack scary, but hard to pull off
4. The Inquirer reports Khronos cranks out new OpenGL 3.1 spec
5. Mozilla and the Khronos Group announce initiative to bring accelerated 3D to the web
6. SuperSite for Windows on Microsoft's web platform
7. Engineering Windows 7 - Federating Windows Search with enterprise data sources
8. Microsoft's TechNet Magazine - April 2009
9. Rage3D on Windows 7 and GPU drivers: Vista redux or smooth sailing?
10. Phoronix on benchmarking the Linux 2.6.24 through 2.6.29 kernels
    and reports Creative Labs continues to shaft Linux
11. Nvidia GeForce 3D Vision driver 182.08
12. Realtek HD audio driver R2.19
13. ITreviewed on Zoho Writer 2.0

Gaming

1. Steamworks makes DRM obsolete
2. Steam news: Prince of Persia 50% off today only
3. DailyTech reports new Xbox 360 hardware failures being reported in significant numbers
4. Gizmodo reports near-final Pandora Linux gaming handheld shown actually playing something
5. Shacknews reports latest Fallout 3 DLC full of glitches and
   floating exclamation marks, developer responds (updated)
6. GameInformer reports Gears of War 2 and Halo 3 set to see more content soon
7. Intel's Level Up 2009 gaming challenge
8. bit-tech reviews Battleforge

Systems, storage, and networking

1. ThinkComputers reviews Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds 17" laptop
2. DriverHeaven reviews Acer Aspire 8930G laptop
3. Guru3D's rig of the month - March 2009
4. bit-tech reviews Jetway JC92-330-LF dual-core Atom mini-ITX motherboard
5. Techgage reviews EVGA X58 SLI
6. Björn3D reviews MSI 790GX-G65 AM3 motherboard
7. PureOverclock reviews 6GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR3-1600 kit
8. EOC reviews 8GB OCZ Throttle eSATA flash drive
9. CPU3D reviews 8GB Super Talent Pico C-Gold USB flash drive
10. TweakPC reviews Synology Disk Station DS209+ (in German)
11. TestFreaks review AirLive WL-1500R 802.11g wireless broadband router

Multimedia

1. Overclockers Club reviews Sapphire HD 4870 Vapor X Series 2GB
2. Hexus.net's 3-way shootout: XFX HD 4870 vs. HIS HD 4870 vs. Inno3D GTX 260
3. techPowerUp! reviews HIS HD 4870 IceQ4+ Turbo 1GB
4. InsideHW reviews Olympus FE-5000
5. Rbmods on Hawking HomeRemote Pro wireless video camera
6. HotHardware reviews Asus Xonar Essence STX
7. Guru3D reviews Auzentech X-Fi Forte 7.1
8. Digital Trends and VR-Zone review Apple iPod shuffle (3rd gen)
9. HardwareZone's ZoneOut: The touch factor
10. XSReviews on Speedlink Vento 2.0 speaker set
11. Digital Trends on Orb Audio Mod 2 and Uber Ten
12. CCE Reviews on Samsung ML-2855ND monochrome laser printer
13. Digital Trends reviews Amazon Kindle 2
14. ProClockers review OCZ Behemoth large gaming mouse
15. HardwareLogic reviews Microsoft Sidewinder X8
16. DriverHeaven on Logitech G9 laser mouse - revisited and reviewed

Power, cases, and cooling

1. TweakTown reviews BFG Tech EX-1200 modular power supply
2. FiringSquad reviews SilverStone Raven RV01 case
3. Modders-Inc reviews Cooler Master Cosmos S case
4. TechReviews on Antec Fusion Remote Max HTPC case
5. CowcotLand reviews JCP MI-102 Mini-ITX case (in French)
6. Technic3D reviews Lian Li TR-5 thermal control (in German)
7. PCStats has DIY guide: How to install / remove Intel Socket 1366 CPU and heatsink
8. TweakTown reviews Titan Fenrir TTC-NK85TZ CPU cooler
9. CPU3D reviews Thermaltake SpinQ CPU cooler
10. DeXgo reviews Thermalright AXP-140 (in German)