Friday Shortbread - The Tech Report

Friday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 5:50 AM on April 24, 2009

Friday

Microsoft cuts costs, says Windows 7 on track (3rd quarter results here)
EU sent draft Intel ruling to member states
Betanews reports Nvidia's licensing situation with AMD is just as bad as with Intel
and the plan to get AMD Opteron back in sync
Core i7 is a waste of money for gamers, says Nvidia (thanks ssidbroadcast)
DigiTimes reports Nvidia CEO dismisses VIA investment rumors
The Inquirer reports Nvidia renaming blitz continues
AMD "Istanbul" performance demo (video)
Fudzilla reports Core 2 Duo P9700 comes in Q2
NordicHardware reports Samsung ramping up DDR3
production to accommodate new Intel server platforms
Ars Technica has a report: Average stolen laptop cost is $50K; Intel: buy vPro
Yahoo pulls the plug on GeoCities
PC Perspective's podcast #53
Win Sapphire's Radeon HD 4850 X2 from Big Bruin - one week left

Networking news

DSLReports: Time Warner Cable backlash continues
and Android climbs, but iPhone remains king
TG Daily reports Apple claims happiness with AT&T: No plans for iPhone non-exclusivity
Wi-Fi Planet on the DD-WRT controversy
Network World on the evolution of Ethernet

Software and gaming

DailyTech reports Windows 7 RC 7100 completed, distributed
Win7Connect reports Windows 7 DirectX 11 is easy
Network World reports researchers show how to take control of Windows 7
C|Net reports Google fixes severe Chrome security hole
Betanews reports more speed to come from the first Firefox 3.6 alpha
The Inquirer reports stop using Adobe Acrobat Reader
Hotfix for "No compatible hardware found" error when installing Catalyst drivers
for ATI Radeon HD 3000 and ATI Radeon HD 2000 series AGP products
Realtek HD audio driver R2.22 for Windows 2000, 2003 & XP and Vista
Google's O3D API
Shacknews reports Battlefield 1943 trailer explores 'Wake Island'
and shares BioShock 2 impressions: Seeing and dreaming
Planet Half-Life: Expecting too much?
Asylum's WoW-ebrity stalker guide - Celebrities on 'World of Warcraft'
BattleForge - now on Steam and Left 4 Dead update released
bit-tech reviews Zeno Clash

Systems and storage

TechReviewSource on hp Pavilion dv6t
AMDZone, bit-tech, Björn3D, DriverHeaven, EOC, Hard Tecs 4U,
I4U, and TrustedReviews review Phenom II X4 955
HardwareZone: Six cores coming soon - Opteron turns six
X-bit labs have a first look at Core i7 975 XE: D0 processor stepping
in action and Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P review
Elite Bastards and TweakTown review Asus Rampage II Gene mATX
Neoseeker reviews Asus M4A79 Deluxe
TheTechLounge reviews 16GB Corsair Flash Survivor USB drive