Tuesday Shortbread - The Tech Report

Tuesday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 3:52 AM on April 28, 2009

Tuesday

Fudzilla reports Nvidia to fight HD 4770 with GTS 250
Cablevision rolls out super-fast Internet access
DSLReports: Verizon in talks to offer iPhone
Plan to monitor all Internet use
Tech Fragments: Move over Blu-ray - GE shows off 500GB holographic disc
PC World reports Toshiba to ship higher capacity flash chips from July
Boot Daily interviews Intel senior performance analyst Francois Piednoel
and has 2009 Gigabyte Finals - Wrap-up
HardwareZone updates IFA 2009 sneak peek with video
DailyTech reports IBM supercomputer to compete on Jeopardy!
[OC]ModShop's custom Linux firewall part 4: Installation

Software

Has Ubuntu reached the end of the line?
The next generation of Windows is here - Join the conversation
ActiveWin reports Windows Vista SP2 nearing release
Firefox 3.5 Beta 4
Firefox 3.0.10 release notes
Ars Technica reports Apple to make QuickTime even more consumer-friendly in 10.6
Windows 7 drivers for Creative's products
Download Android 1.5 SDK, Release 1

Gaming

Hi Tech Legion's first look: Nvidia announces new PhysX titles
Gamasutra reports Konami drops controversial Six Days in Fallujah
Square Enix: We take too long to make games
Can game-design promote human rights?
Fallout 3 downloadable content retail package revealed
The Lord of the Rings Online's welcome back week (2nd anniversary)
Steam news: Left 4 Dead update released
Shacknews: How Bethesda made Rogue Warrior more like
Duke Nukem and got wet with Elder Scrolls novels
and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves multiplayer impressions
bit-tech's Dead Space: Extraction hands-on preview
The Demoman on Elven Legacy

Systems and storage

HardwareZone reviews Dell Adamo - To fall in love?
Digital Trends reviews Lenovo L215P
Benchmark Reviews, Guru3D, Hi Tech Legion, Neoseeker, and
Overclockers Club review Athlon X2 7850 Black Edition
AMDZone does Athlon 7850 overclocking
ITreviewed on Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition
ThinkComputers reviews Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition
Legit Reviews on ASRock X58 SuperComputer
Overclock3D reviews DFI X58 T3H6 JR mATX
Hi Tech Legion reviews Sapphire Pure Innovation 780V PI-AM2RS780V
HardwareOC Austria reviews 6GB Nanya Elixir PC3-12800 kit (in German)
HardwareLogic reviews 500GB Seagate Momentus 7200.4
Tech ARP reviews 250GB Seagate Momentus 5400.4
TestFreaks review 64GB OCZ Rally2 USB 2.0 flash drive
CowcotLand's 5 SSDs roundup (in French)

Multimedia

NordicHardware: RV870 to become Radeon HD 5870 with 1200 shaders?
Expreview's first look at Radeon HD 4770 CrossFire benchmark
AMDZone, Benchmark Reviews, FiringSquad, Guru3D, Hardware Canucks,
Hartware, [H] Enthusiast, HotHardware, Legit Reviews, Neoseeker, PC Perspective,
techPowerUp!, TechSpot, and X-bit labs review AMD Radeon HD 4770
PCStats reviews Asus EAH4770 HTDI/512MD5/A
Motherboards.org and TweakTown review Gigabyte Radeon HD 4770
Elite Bastards and Hexus.net review HIS HD 4770 512MB
Overclockers Club's CrossFire vs. SLI performance comparison review
DriverHeaven reviews PNY 9400 GT & Gigabyte 9600 GT
CCE Reviews on Samsung SC-HMX20C high definition camcorder
bit-tech reviews A.C.Ryan Playon DVR TV media box
Hardware Secrets: Talking iPod shuffle review
I4U reviews Ultimate Ears 700 noise-isolating earphones
TechReviews on QPAD CT - KODE5 Collector's Edition

Power, cases, and cooling

Björn3D reviews 1200W SilverStone Zeus PSU
bit-tech reviews Corsair CX400W PSU
techPowerUp! reviews Lian Li PC-A05N & 470W Maxima Force
Tweaknews reviews Antec Twelve Hundred case
XSReviews on GMC R4 Bulldozer case
TweakPC reviews Cooler Master Storm Scout case (in German)
Verdis Reviews on Noiseblocker Black Silent XL1, XL2 & XLP fans
TweakTown reviews Scythe Mugen 2 CPU cooler
CPU3D reviews Cooler Master V10 Hybrid TEC CPU cooler
X-bit labs review CoolIT Domino A.L.C. and Arctic Cooling Accelero Xtreme GTX 280