Thursday Shortbread - The Tech Report

Thursday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 3:32 AM on April 23, 2009

Thursday

Bright Side of News: Nvidia's GT300 specifications revealed—it's a cGPU
ATi-Forum: RV870 with more than 1.9 TFlops in July 09 (write-up in German)
Apple profit beats expectations on iPhones, iPods
Seagate Technology reports third quarter 2009 results
Ars Technica reports Microsoft in "much better place," oversight extended to 2011
Bloomberg reports Intel said to face fine, rebate ban in EU decision
FiringSquad reports AMD outlines server roadmap through 2011
PC Perspective has AMD Istanbul die shot and info
DigiTimes reports TSMC beefs up R&D, moving to 22nm by 2011
and MSI to showcase Android-based netbook at Computex, says paper
DSLReports: Time Warner Cable pouts
DailyTech reports Bluetooth 3.0 specifications announced
HardwareZone reports Acer re-enters the smartphone market
Channel Register reports Texas goes large with supersize SSD
Fudzilla reports OCZ's Z-Drive SSD shows up online
Akihabara News on the LG LH90... Your very own 55" LED TV
Ars Technica on why high-performance computing needs financial engineering
Website du jour: Red2Blu - Upgrade your Warner Bros. HD-DVDs for new Blu-ray Discs
Ninjalane's Thermaltake "Twitter" product giveaway

Software

Microsoft malware protection center: Malware distribution across operating systems
Windows 8 starts to come into focus
Microsoft Network Monitor 3.3 released
Mozilla Foundation security advisories
AnandTech reports VMware announces vSphere
Phoronix on Intel Core i7 virtualization on Linux
Slashdot: Intel cache poisoning is dangerously easy on Linux
Linux Today: Danger with Nvidia drivers 180.29
SuperSite for Windows on Windows Live Wave 3 updates: April 2009
Adblock Plus 1.0.2 released

Gaming

TG Daily on Sony's PS3 price problem
Sony: Piracy has taken 'big chunk of game sales' from PSP
The real deal on the next PSP
Gameplanet on five features that changed gaming
Shacknews: Online games on a plane - A preview of in-flight WiFi
PCGH on BioShock: Sea of Dreams - Preview to the sequel of the year
Battle.net: Diablo II ladder reset - patch 1.13
NCsoft offers award-winning product lineup on Steam
and Counter-Strike 1.6 & Company of Heroes 2.502 updates released
Left 4 Dead blog: DLC released. New L4D swag at The Valve Store
WoW Easter eggs: Mike Rowe
Gaming Heaven reviews Battleforge (PC)

Systems and networking

AnandTech, Benchmark Reviews, FiringSquad, Guru3D, Hexus.net, Hi Tech Legion,
HotHardware, Icrontic, Neoseeker, Overclockers Club, PC Perspective, and
TechSpot review AMD's Phenom II X4 955 processor
CowcotLand reviews Acer Aspire One D150 netbook 3 and 6 cells (in French)
CPU3D reviews MSI 790FX-GD70 (AM3)
Futurelooks reviews Asus M3A78-T (AM2+)
Hardware Canucks and VR-Zone review EVGA X58 SLI Classified
[H] Enthusiast and Technic3D (in German) review Foxconn BloodRage
Modders-Inc reviews 6GB Patriot Extreme Performance Viper PC3-12800 kit
TestFreaks review SlingLink Turbo single port
VIA Arena: Tatung flicks the WiMAX switch

Multimedia

Expreview's exclusive: The first review of 800SP Radeon HD 4830
and first Radeon HD 4770 benchmark goes live
Games On Net: Nvidia talks PhysX and the new GTX 275
Overclock3D reviews Zotac GeForce GTX 285 Infinity Edition
Björn3D does BFG Tech GeForce GTX 275 OC Edition & SLI testing
Digital Trends reviews Canon Vixia HF S10 camcorder
Madshrimps review Lovecraft Designs Cain & Cain Abby loudspeakers
[OC]ModShop reviews Audio2 FX force feedback headset
Digital Trends reviews T-Mobile HTC Shadow II
ITreviewed on Logitech G19 gaming keyboard
XSReviews on QPad CT Grin mouse mat
Rbmods have Ulti-Mat mouse pads roundup