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Wednesday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 4:40 AM on May 6, 2009

Wednesday

1. Microsoft CEO Ballmer's layoff mail to the troops fails to rule out more cuts
2. GameDaily reports EA posts over $1 billion full year loss
3. Electronista reports House P2P bill to regulate browsers, FTP clients
4. DSLReports: Google versus Time Warner Cable
5. C|Net: Apple adding 3G to MacBooks?
6. The Inquirer reports Nvidia's GT300 delayed till 2010
7. bsn* reports GT300 to feature 512-bit interface - Nvidia
   set to continue with complicated controllers?
8. Fudzilla reports Core i7 975 3.33GHz to come in June
   and Nvidia leaves partners guideless
9. TG Daily reports AMD’s GlobalFoundries to ramp with 22nm chips
10. DigiTimes reports Kingston optimistic DRAM prices to rise in 3Q09
    and Atom-based netbooks a bit too popular for Intel's liking, says sources
11. AppleInsider reports Apple to replace water-damaged iPhones for $199
12. Asus motherboards world's first to support Windows 7 RC
13. Expreview reports PhotoFast G-Monster-Promise SSD coming soon
14. Digital Trends has Mother's Day guide

Software

1. Ars Technica on the future of virtualization: A view from the front lines
2. Announcing Windows Storage Server 2008
3. Engineering Windows 7: Support and Q&A for solid-state drives
4. What's changed in this release candidate of Windows 7
5. Windows 7 Release Candidate: FAQ
6. Microsoft Learning's clinic 10077: What's new in Windows 7 or IT professionals
7. HardwareZone on what's new in Windows 7 Release Candidate
8. AnandTech's Windows 7: Release Candidate 1 preview
9. ITWire's first look at Windows 7 on an entry level netbook
10. SuperSite Blog reports Microsoft begins work on Internet Explorer 9
11. Alien Babel Tech reports AMD's Catalyst drivers get
    WHQL certification for Windows 7 from Microsoft
12. Silverlight-to-Linux Moonlight 2.0 preview ready for testers
13. TestFreaks review EASEUS Partition Master Server Edition

Gaming

1. EA: The PC is 'rapidly becoming the largest gaming platform in the world'
2. TG Daily reports Bethesda blames Microsoft for Broken Steel snafu
3. Ars Technica reports Dragon Age ditches SecuROM, online activation
4. Shacknews: Valve talks Team Fortress 2 Sniper unlockable
5. FiringSquad on a new Wolfenstein trailer
6. Wolfenstein 3D turns 17
7. Skinning the frog on Demigod: Breakthru
8. Dawn of War II: The road to patch 1.3 (part two)
9. iPodNN reports Myst debuts as one of iPhone App Store's largest titles
10. bit-tech on Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram
11. TestFreaks review Guitar Hero Metallica (Xbox 360)
12. [OC]ModShop reviews X-Men Origins: Wolverine (PSP)

Systems and storage

1. ITreviewed on Apple MacBook Pro 15" (2009)
2. t-break reviews Phenom II X4 810 / MSI 790GX-G65
3. bit-tech's first look at Zotac's Nvidia Ion Mini-ITX motherboard
4. Motherboards.org reviews Jetway NF94-270-LF
5. Technic3D reviews XFX X58i mainboard (in German)
6. TweakTown on GMABooster: Improving Intel GMA IGP netbook performance
7. Guru3D reviews 6GB A-Data DDR3-1600+ triple channel kit
8. Metku's how to get started with microcontrollers - Part 2
9. Benchmark Reviews on 120GB OCZ Vertex EX SLC SSD
10. Viper Lair reviews 16GB OCZ Throttle eSATA flash drive
11. Hard Tecs 4U's HDD roundup - Battlefield for Terabyte drives (in German)
12. Overclockers Club reviews QNAP TS-509 Pro Turbo NAS

Multimedia

1. Hardware Secrets posts Nvidia chips comparison table
2. HardwareZone's world exclusive: MSI N260GTX Lightning Black Edition
3. ThinkComputers reviews Asus ENGTX260 Matrix 896MB
4. TechReviews on Zotac GeForce GTX 285
5. Motherboards.org reviews Gigabyte Radeon HD 4770
6. Alien Babel Tech reviews Galaxy's low profile GeForce 9600 GT
7. Hardware Bistro reviews AVerTV Hybrid Volar HX
8. Futurelooks reviews Samsung SyncMaster P2370 23" LCD monitor
9. HotHardware reviews Olympus Stylus Tough-8000 digital camera
10. DriverHeaven reviews Sennheiser PC350 gaming headset
11. Rbmods on Razer Arctosa gaming keyboard
12. I4U reviews Microsoft SideWinder X3 gaming mouse
13. BurnOutPC reviews XtracPads Hybrid mouse mat

Power, cases, and cooling

1. Verdis Reviews on 750W In Win Commander power supply
2. PC Perspective reviews Thermaltake Spedo Advance Package case
3. PureOverclock reviews Cooler Master HAF 932 case
4. Hi Tech Legion reviews NZXT Zero 2 case
   and NZXT Cryo laptop cooler
5. CPU3D reviews CoolIT Domino A.L.C.
6. TweakTown reviews Evercool Buffalo HPFI7-10025 Core i7 CPU cooler
7. InsideHW reviews Cooler Master V10