Friday Shortbread - The Tech Report

Friday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 3:38 AM on May 29, 2009

Friday

Dell, its quarterly earnings down 63%, predicts recovery
DSLReports on Time Warner metered billing TOS changes
Comcast about to launch 100Mbps Internet?
FiringSquad reports new HDMI spec adds Ethernet capabilities
VR-Zone reports MSI introduced GT729 gaming laptop
Dell aspires to be top Asia PC brand by 2012
DailyTech reports Dell unveils Studio 14z notebook
TG Daily reports hp considers ARM processor for netbooks
Fudzilla reports Phenom II X2 550 for $102
ATi-Forum: Gainward to stay AMD / ATI partner (write-up in German)
MacNN reports Apple to renovate 100 existing storefronts
Scientific American on racetrack memory: The future third dimension of data storage
PCPer podcast #58
Guru3D's contest #3 - The Dragon challenge

Software

SuperSite for Windows has Bing preview
Woz: Microsoft Bing 'astounding'
SuperSite Blog: Inside the Touch Pack for Windows 7: Lagoon
C|Net reports Microsoft to patch new DirectX hole
Betanews on 5 Vista perception problems Windows 7 must overcome
Tech ARP: Downgrade rights for Windows 7 & Windows Vista leaked
WSUS 3.0 SP2 RC program now available on Microsoft Connect
Operations Manager 2007 R2 hits RTM
Silverlight 3 to launch July 10
TechFlash: Could Microsoft cut your TV bill?
Ars Technica reports iTunes on the Mac plays nice with Palm Pre—for now (updated)
Developer World: Mozilla Jetpack and the battle for the web
Slashdot: KOffice 2.0.0 now open for Firefox-like extensions
PC World reports Hulu releases software client for Mac, PC
DOSBox 0.73 has been released

Gaming

Opinion: The PC as champion of the game revolution
FiringSquad reports Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine announced
Shacknews: Doom iPhone details and screenshots arrive as id's Carmack muses future plans
Valve: Team Fortress 2 random-item issues improved last night
GossipGamers have StarCraft II details, fansite summit, screens & more
GameSpot's Q&A: Dean Tate on BioShock 2
Empire: Total War strategy guide

Systems and storage

Engadget reports liquid helium trumps liquid nitrogen at AMD's Phenom II overclocking love-in
Digital Trends on blurring the line between netbook and notebook
VIA Arena: Introducing Shuttle's VIA Nano-powered XS29 SFF PC
ITreviewed on hp Pavilion dv2
Inside the Asus Eee PC 1008HA (in Italian)
TechwareLabs review Core 2 Quad Q9400
[H] Enthusiast reviews Asus Rampage II Gene
PureOverclock reviews 6GB OCZ Reaper DDR3-1866 kit
Technic3D reviews 6GB G.Skill Trident DDR3-2000 CL9 memory kit (in German)
HotHardware: Windows 7 hard drive and SSD performance analyzed
Hardware Secrets: Install an SSD and improve your
laptop speed, reliability, and battery life – part 2
Benchmark Reviews on 128GB Patriot Torqx MLC SSD

Multimedia, case, and cooling