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Tuesday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 9:43 AM on May 19, 2009

Tuesday

1. Getcha popcorn ready: Nvidia accuses Intel of unfair pricing
2. DigiTimes reports Acer debuts 11.6" Aspire One netbook
3. C|Net reports Apple Snow Leopard videos taken off YouTube
4. TechFragments reports Palm Pre release date made official by Sprint
5. DailyTech reports Samsung looks to outperform LCD TV industry
   and Napster relaunches, again
6. TorrentFreak reports studios urge ISP to admit piracy, stop wasting court's time
7. SimHQ interviews Seth Steiling, product manager for NaturalPoint
8. Ars Technica on protein sequencing gone awry: 1 sample, 27 labs, 20 results
9. Win a 2.25TB NAS system from Big Bruin
10. Ninjalane's contests and giveaways: DFI mobos, Thermaltake, and DFI swag
11. Tweaknews has IcyDock "Dream hard drive enclosure" contest

Software and gaming

1. C|Net reports Dell says Windows 7 price is possible barrier
2. SuperSite for Windows has Windows 7 RC review part 4: Conclusions
3. Microsoft security advisory (971492): Vulnerability in IIS
4. Microsoft Mobile Dev team: 'Windows Mobile 6.5 is done'
5. MS Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 is now available to MSDN subscribers
6. Softpedia reports Microsoft Surface Service Pack 1 is here
7. Ars Technica on Wolfram's Black Box: A biologist's take on Wolfram|Alpha
8. TechReviewSource on MacCleaner
9. 3D Realms: We're not dead, Take-Two's lawsuit baseless (Shacknews has updated coverage)
10. FiringSquad: Valve fires everyone over leaked spy video?
11. Gamasutra reports Walmart testing "video game buyback" kiosks
12. Shacknews on S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat system requirements, more screenshots arrive
13. The Demoman: Legendary
14. Gaming Heaven reviews NWN2 - Mysteries of Westgate (PC)

Systems and storage

1. Guru3D's rig of the month for May 2009
2. AnandTech reviews Digital Storm Core i7-965
3. HotHardware reviews OCZ Technology Neutrino netbook
4. bit-tech reviews hp Pavilion dv2-1030ea ultraportable notebook
5. HardwareZone on mainstream AM3 - AMD 790GX motherboards showdown
6. Futurelooks reviews Asus M4A79T Deluxe
7. Overclockers Club reviews 6GB Mushkin XP3-15000 triple channel kit
8. ThinkComputers reviews 6GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer Blue DDR3-1600 kit
9. Legit Reviews on 80GB Kingston SSDNow M Series
10. techETA reviews 1TB Western Digital My Book Essential Edition 2.0 external hard drive
11. Hardware Secrets reviews MSI N260GTX Lightning Black Edition

Multimedia

1. Motherboards.org reviews Asus ENGTX260 Matrix
2. Phoronix reviews Asus VH236 23" widescreen LCD monitor
3. TestFreaks review Soyo MT-NI-DYLM2086 DVI 20.1" widescreen LCD monitor
4. Digital Trends on best HDTVs for under $900
   and 5 reasons the Microsoft Zune is dead
5. Björn3D reviews HornetTek D-Slim portable optical drive
6. TweakTown reviews Samsung i200 Windows Mobile smartphone
7. PCShopTalk reviews World of Warcraft MMO gaming mouse

Power, cases, and cooling

1. JonnyGuru reviews 680W Tagan PipeRock II PSU
2. TweakPC reviews 600W OCZ ModXStream Pro PSU (in German)
3. Rbmods on Arctic Cooling Fusion 550R
4. [OC]ModShop reviews 20W Black & Decker PowerToGo
5. PureOverclock reviews Cooler Master Storm Scout case
6. XtremeComputing reviews Chieftec Aegis CH-05B-B case
7. UpgraderGuides reviews Lian Li V350 mATX case
8. bit-tech reviews CoolIT Domino A.L.C.
9. Hardware Canucks review Prolimatech Megahalems CPU cooler
10. XtremeComputing reviews Thermaltake SpinQ CPU cooler
11. TechReviews on Evercool Buffalo CPU cooler
12. DeXgo's CPU coolers roundup 6 (in German)