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Tuesday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 2:32 AM on April 7, 2009

Tuesday

1. C|Net reports Intel launches new chip logos, rating system
   and Wall Street Journal, AP take aim at Google
   and Congress looks abroad to curb piracy
2. Timeline: Major events at Sun Microsystems
3. Time Warner laying ground for possible AOL spin
4. Yahoo looks outside its walls with new music service
5. DigiTimes reports TSMC and UMC March sales expected to rebound
6. Gigaom reports Time Warner Cable says it singled out Austin's geeks
7. Fudzilla reports EVGA releases SPD utility for X58 SLI Classified
   and Intel is now after Nvidia's MCP79
8. TG Daily reports Android G2 slips to May, Samsung plans three Android
   phones for 2009 and Intel phases out Z-P230 netbook SSDs
9. Futurelooks on outdated technology that refuses to die
10. Björn3D's XFX Radeon HD 4850 giveaway contest

Software

1. ComputerWorld cites report: MS to give free Windows 7 upgrades to XP downgraders
2. InformationWeek reports Microsoft plans major Windows 7 announcement
   and 96% of netbooks run Windows
3. Neowin reports Windows 7 build 7105 RC milestone reached
4. Tech ARP reports Windows Server 2008 Service Pack details leaked
5. Ars Technica reports Mozilla reveals roadmap for Firefox 3.6, scheduled for 2010
6. Phoronix Test Suite 1.8 delivers new automated testing capabilities
7. The Inquirer reports ATI ends the physics argument
8. TUAW reports iTunes 8.1.1 showing in Software Update
9. Try DPM 2007 SP1 - with just a web browser
10. Microsoft releases updated Windows Live for Windows Mobile client
11. Microsoft posts Hyper-V security guide
12. Betanews reports TiVo Series 3 software update adds ads
13. DirectX Computer Ocean demo (video)
14. Overclockers Club on Motion DSP vReveal software
15. Motherboards.org on Samfind bookmarks bar

Gaming

1. Konami announces Six Days in Fallujah, based on 2004 Iraq battle [updated]
2. Assassin's Creed 2 teaser website
3. PC Format on the state of gaming art (PDF)
4. Entertainment Consumers Association's DRM and EULA petition
5. TweakGuides Tweaking Companions updated
6. bit-tech previews Ruse
7. Shacknews features The Demoman: Wanted: Weapons of Fate
8. Gaming Heaven reviews Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
9. ITreviewed on Dark Sector (PC)
10. FreeCiv 2.1 released

Systems

1. Maximum PC reports Obama campaigns in Taiwan—as a PC
2. Ben Heck's Commodore 64 original hardware laptop
3. TechSpot's laptop buying guide - April 2009 (in Spanish)
4. Prepare for ludicrous speed: Ars reviews the 8-core Mac Pro
5. TweakTown reviews GameRigs Ego custom gaming system
6. CPU3D reviews Yoyotech 'Water Dragon' 940 gaming system
7. ITreviewed on Asus N80Vc

Processors, motherboards, storage, and networking

1. DriverHeaven reviews Intel Xeon W5580 & S5520SC motherboard
2. AnandTech's Intel Core i7 920 D0 stepping - preview (updated)
3. Guru3D reviews EVGA X58 SLI Classified
4. PC Perspective reviews MSI X58 Platinum
5. Legit Reviews on ECS A790GXM-AD3
6. Technic3D reviews 6GB Mushkin DDR3-1600 CL7 triple channel kit (in German)
7. Big Bruin and Björn3D review Seagate Barracuda 7200.12
8. Hardware Canucks review 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black
9. TweakTown reviews 128GB Solidata X2-128 MLC 2.5" SSD
10. Everything USB reviews 32GB OCZ Slate USB-based SSD ExpressCard
11. [OC]ModShop has building a custom firewall part 1: Why?

Multimedia

1. iXBT Labs have graphics card + CPU part 6
2. PCStats reviews Asus EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A
3. TheTechLounge reviews Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 1GB OC
4. HotHardware's GeForce GTX 285 roundup: Asus, BFG Tech & Zotac
5. HardwareLogic reviews Razer Carcharias gaming headset
6. Digital Trends reviews LG Incite and Versa
7. SuperSite for Windows reviews Apple iPod shuffle 3G
8. I4U reviews Logitech G19 gaming keyboard
9. t-break reviews Microsoft Wireless Notebook Presenter 8000
10. Modders-Inc reviews NZXT Avatar gaming mouse
11. Hi Tech Legion reviews Logitech V450 Nano Laser cordless mouse for notebooks
12. [OC]ModShop reviews Saitek Cyborg Force Rumble PC gamepad

Power, cases, and cooling

1. TechReviews on In Win Commander 850 PSU
2. DriverHeaven reviews 750W Antec TruePower PSU
3. Hardware Secrets reviews 700W OCZ Fatal1ty PSU
4. Rbmods on Coolmax V600 PSU
5. bit-tech's mod of the month for March 2009
6. JonnyGuru reviews Antec Twelve Hundred gaming case
7. TweakPC reviews Hiper Osiris gun metal case (in German)
8. Verdis Reviews on Gelid Silent Spirit CPU cooler
9. XSReviews on Zalman VF950 CPU cooler
10. CowcotLand reviews 20 LGA 775 CPU coolers (in French)