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Friday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on April 3, 2009

Friday

1. Update: Nvidia announces GeForce GTX 275, limited availability until April 14
2. Disney warns cable on restrictive Web TV
3. C|Net reports RIM posts strong quarter, beats estimates
4. DigiTimes reports Asus implements 3-group structure; Dell, Acer also reorganizing
5. Fudzilla reports Acer's Aspire One family gets bigger, slimmer too
6. TG Daily: Complexity kills the computer industry
   and inside Apple's war chest: CIA-like patents for the next-gen iPhone
7. Senators agree on patent changes
8. DSL Reports: New Charter Direct support forum launched
9. TorrentFreak reports anti-piracy law causes drop in Swedish Internet traffic
10. TG Daily reports French lawmakers address piracy, adopt three strike policy
11. Harvard P2P lawyer: File-swapping is fair use—no, really
12. Digital Trends has home printer buyer's guide

Software and gaming

1. Windows 7 Forums on Windows 7: 64 bit vs. 32 bit?
2. There's more than one way Microsoft could bring Office to the iPhone
3. Nvidia GeForce 182.50 WHQL for 32-bit & 64-bit Windows XP
   and 32-bit & 64-bit Windows Vista
4. Nvidia GeForce 185.65 beta for 32-bit & 64-bit Windows XP
   and 32-bit & 64-bit Windows Vista
5. Nvidia's Graphics Plus Power Pack #3
6. QuickPWN 3.0 beta jailbreak for iPhone OS 3.0 beta 2
7. Conficker Working Group has repair tools
8. FileFront will not be suspended as previously announced (not an April Fool's joke)
9. PlayStation 3 firmware 2.70
10. Battlefield Heroes on re-sending beta keys
11. Shacknews reports Unreal Engine 3 trailer shows off latest additions and
    Saints Row 3, Warhammer 40K MMO, Red Faction 4, and more get release dates
12. GameDaily: Nintendo DSi Shop announced, first 5 titles revealed
13. TF2 official blog has been updated
14. ITreviewed on Silent Hill: Homecoming (PC)
15. bit-tech and Gaming Heaven review Stormrise (Xbox 360 & PS3)

Systems

1. ComputerWorld reports world's most efficient supercomputer gets to work
2. C|Net reports Google uncloaks once-secret server
3. Laptop's hands-on with the MSI X340
4. AnandTech reviews Dell Studio XPS 16
5. ITreviewed on Sony VAIO P-Series netbook
6. CowcotLand reviews Asus Eee 1000 HE (in French)
7. VIA Arena talks home server solutions
8. Hardware Secrets posts Sempron models decoder ring
9. PureOverclock reviews ECS A790GXM Black Series

Multimedia

1. AnandTech pits AMD Radeon HD 4890 vs. Nvidia GeForce GTX 275
2. TweakTown tests AMD Radeon HD 4890 in Crossfire
3. Björn3D's AMD Radeon HD 4890 GPU article
   and Asus HD 4890 Voltage Tweak Edition review
4. HardwareZone and TechwareLabs review AMD Radeon HD 4890
5. InsideHW reviews PowerColor HD 4890 1GB
6. TweakTown reviews Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 1GB
7. HardwareZone reviews Nvidia GeForce GTX 275
8. HardwareOC Austria reviews EVGA GTX 285 FTW (in German)
9. bit-tech reviews BenQ MP512-ST short-throw projector
10. Digital Trends reviews AUX Classic speaker system
11. XSReviews on Speedlink Chronos headset
12. DeXgo reviews Raptor Gaming Bioxar GH1 headset (in German)
13. ITreviewed on Logitech diNovo keyboard for notebooks
14. Arm3D reviews Gigabyte GM-M8000 gaming mouse
15. SuperSite for Windows reviews Amazon Kindle 2

Power, casing, and cooling

1. Futurelooks reviews 650W Lian Li Maxima Force Extreme power supply
2. bit-tech reviews 500W OCZ ModXStream Pro power supply
3. Big Bruin reviews HornetTek Hover 3.5" SATA USB enclosure
4. Madshrimps: Attack of the HDD dockings from Sunbeam, Sharkoon & Thermaltake
5. HardwareLogic reviews Arctic Cooling Accelero Xtreme GTX 280