Cinco de Mayo Shortbread - The Tech Report

Cinco de Mayo Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 5:11 AM on May 5, 2009

Cinco de Mayo

Fudzilla reports Radeon HD 4770 drops to $89.99
Engadget reports students create CRT emulator, hope
to recapture that analog gaming vibe of yesteryear
PC World: Long live the mouse
NPD: The iPhone is second fiddle to RIM's Curve in Q1 '09
DSLReports: Sprint still bleeding customers and
report: 99% DOCSIS 3.0 coverage by 2013
EU hearing on Microsoft antitrust case in June
FTC looks at Google-Apple board ties: report
C|Net reports Intel invests in chip equipment maker
HotHardware pens an introduction to AMD spinoff GlobalFoundries
Expreview reports Asus P6T7 WS Motherboard boosts with 7 PCI-E slots
PC Perspective reports DDRdrive hits the ground running - PCI-E RAM-based SSD
NordicHardware reports Asus launches world's first graphics cards with super ML caps
TG Daily reports LCD prices will start to soar
TechFlash reports Wash state poised to impose "digital goods" sales tax
Futurelooks covers GOOC 2009 North American regional finals:
Tips and advice from the overclocking pros
Editorial: No place for Windows in the living room anymore
Win a 250GB Seagate FreeAgent Theater media player from Big Bruin
TestFreaks have weekly giveaway #1: Otterbox casing

Software

Microsoft: Sun will slowly set on Windows Vista
Windows 7 RC users get new IE 8 'tab responsiveness' feature
NordicHardware: ARM support with Windows 7?
TechFlash on Windows 7's new backgrounds
Techlog covers MMS 2009: System Center roadmap
Slashdot: Office 2007 SP2 ODF interoperability very bad
PC World reports Adobe promises fixes for latest flaws by next week
Ars Technica reports Mozilla ponders policy change after Firefox extension battle

Gaming

GameBizBlog's opinion: E3 is an anachronism
Gameplayer - 19 classic video game commercials
Shacknews reports analyst predicts next-gen consoles coming in 2013, HD Wii in 2010
Ars Technica on the art of post-release content: How Valve became your candyman
FiringSquad reports Fallout 3: Broken Steel trailer released
Slashdot: Blizzard going after WoW-related iPhone apps
Quake Live Forums: Progress, plans, and lots of work to do
Steam news: Unreal Tournament 3 Black update released
and Dark Sector - 33% off and
pre-purchase Battlestations Pacific, get Midway free
FiringSquad reviews Zeno Clash
The Demoman on Tomb Raider: Underworld
Gaming Heaven reviews X-Men Origins: Wolverine (PS3)

Systems and storage

HardwareZone reviews Lenovo ThinkPad W700 - Old school charm
DailyTech's server roundup: Intel "Nehalem" Xeon versus AMD "Shanghai" Opteron
Guru3D reviews Jetway Hummer HA08 LF motherboard
CPU3D reviews ASRock M3A790GXH-128M (AM3)
bit-tech reviews MSI 790FX-GD70
ProClockers review Jetway HZ01 AM2+
Björn3D reviews 6GB G.Skill Trident DDR3-2000 triple channel kit
and 8GB Patriot EP DDR2-800 quad memory kit
TweakTown reviews G.Skill Falcon FM-25S2S-128GBF1 SSD
Legit Reviews on 80GB Kingston SSDNow M Series drive
Benchmark Reviews on Thecus N7700 SATA 7-disk RAID NAS
Tweaknews reviews Spire SP331CB CombiPod USB hub / card reader
ThinkComputers reviews Kingston MobileLite 9-in-1 reader

Multimedia

Overclockers Club reviews Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 Atomic
TweakTown reviews Asus EAH4870X2
Techgage reviews Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 Vapor-X 2GB
[H] Enthusiast reviews XFX HD 4870 1GB XXX and MSI N260GTX OC3
Elite Bastards and Hexus.net on Sapphire Radeon HD 4770 CrossFire performance
PureOverclock reviews Sapphire Radeon HD 4770
Overclockers Club reviews Diamond HD 4770
Neoseeker reviews Sparkle Calibre P980
Digital Trends reviews Sherwood RD-7503 HDMI-equipped A/V receiver
and Bel Canto Ref500 amplifier
Big Bruin reviews 250GB Seagate FreeAgent Theater media player
Phoronix reviews Razer Arctosa keyboard
[OC]ModShop reviews SteelSeries World of Warcraft MMO gaming mouse
Viper Lair reviews Cyber-E-Sport Orbita mouse
Verdis Reviews on Raptor Gaming M3 Platinum laser mouse
XSReviews on QPAD XTR mouse pad

Power, cases, and cooling