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Earth Day Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 2:05 AM on April 22, 2009

Earth Day

1. The Register reports AMD loses cash less quickly
2. PC Perspective on AMD earnings and Istanbul news
3. Expreview reports AMD carries out new round of price cut
4. X-bit labs report AMD expected to beat Nvidia with DirectX 11 chip time-to-market
5. Engadget reports AMD's 40nm Radeon HD 4770 outed, slated for May release?
6. Yahoo to cut 5 percent of jobs
7. Microsoft earns seen lower, but new Windows may cheer
8. DigiTimes reports TSMC profits drop in 2008
9. DailyTech reports Google releases creative new image, news searches
10. Ars Technica reports Amazon Video on Demand goes high definition
11. Electronista reports Bluetooth 3.0 spec official, hands off to Wi-Fi
12. DSLReports: Looking for hard data to justify metered billing
    and AT&T offering $79 subsidized netbook
13. C|Net reports Congress to probe P2P sites over 'inadvertent sharing' (thanks stefan231)
14. Fudzilla reports Acer's slim Aspire One 531 available, reviewed
    and MSI launches Wind U100 Plus
15. The Inquirer reports CoolIT develops Nehalem EP cooling system
16. Cracked takes a look behind the scenes of tech support

Software and gaming

1. Electronista reports Microsoft already working on Windows 8
2. Betanews reports Firefox 3.0.9 is publicly available, announcement to come
3. TG Daily reports Mozilla plans massive Firefox 3.5 beta 4 rollout
4. Windows Live: Power through simplicity
5. C|Net: Secure software? Experts say it's no longer a pipedream
6. Steam news: Left 4 Dead PC DLC out now and Left 4 Dead update released
7. Shacknews reports Battlefield 2 v1.50 beta patch released
8. FileFront has World of Warcraft 3.1.1 patch
9. Demigod: Day 6 status report

Systems and storage

1. VIA Arena reviews Samsung Q1EX-71G UMPC and VIA Pico-ITX boards
2. SysOpt on casting a smaller die
3. HardwareZone reviews Asus Rampage II Gene
4. InsideHW reviews Asus M4A79T Deluxe
5. Technic3D reviews 12GB Mushkin DDR3-1333 (EM3-10666) CL9 memory kit (in German)
6. PC Perspective reviews HighPoint RocketRAID 4310 SAS / SATA RAID controller
7. Futurelooks reviews 500GB Seagate Momentus 2.5" notebook hard drive
8. PureOverclock reviews 80GB Kingston SSDNow

Multimedia

1. NordicHardware reports Radeon HD 4770 benchmarked again, pictures
2. iXBT Labs review Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 1024MB
3. TweakTown reviews Asus ENGTS250 Dark Knight
4. HotHardware reviews Nanovision Mimo 7" USB powered LCD monitors
5. XSReviews on Raptor LH1 gaming headset

Cases and cooling

1. TechReviews on Antec P183 case
2. Hi Tech Legion reviews NZXT Whisper case
3. [OC]ModShop reviews Antec Solution NSK4480BII case
4. t-break reviews Asus Axe Square
5. Verdis Reviews on Xigmatek Nepartak S983 CPU cooler
6. Overclockers Online reviews Cooler Master Hyper N520
7. DeXgo reviews Scythe Kabuto (in German)