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Monday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 10:19 AM on June 1, 2009

Monday

1. Global chip sales up 6.4% in April
2. TechRadar UK: The future of graphics cards revealed
3. Channel Register reports AMD cuts Opteron prices pre-Istanbul
4. Global Foundries 45nm, 32nm, and 28nm caught on video
5. AMD triples the performance of ATI embedded graphics chips
6. Bright Side of News reveals the real codename of ATI's DirectX 11 GPU - Evergreen
7. Hexus.net reports AMD's 785G chipset makes a splash at Computex
8. TweakTown: Nvidia GPU revolution incl. upcoming Ion products
9. TG Daily reports Nvidia, Supermicro demo 12x performance hike
10. Expreview reports Asus Ion-based EeeBox expected in Q3
11. TweakTown reports Eee PC spotted running Android + Qualcomm 1GHz CPU
12. DailyTech reports Super Talent's Eee PC netbook upgrades offer 8X write performance boost
13. DigiTimes reports VIA unveils new HD audio codecs offering full-rate Blu-ray audio
14. DSLReports: FCC may be settled soon
15. Gizmodo: First iPhone 3G 2009 screens
16. Ars Technica on expanding the gamut: Sharp to increase color range of LCDs
17. Contractors vie for plum work, hacking for U.S.

Software and gaming

1. Let's talk about Windows 7 Starter
2. Windows Vista SP2: PC World readers report big increases in free disk space
3. SuperSite Blog on making Bing your default search provider in IE
4. Microsoft update quietly installs Firefox extension
5. C|Net reports Adobe gives Flash a programming boost
6. Sony to launch smaller, lighter PSP: game websites
7. Shacknews reports multi-platform Crysis 2 officially announced
   and StarCraft II planned for release this year
8. [H] Enthusiast on Cryostasis gameplay performance and IQ
9. bit-tech reviews Guitar Hero: Metallica
10. Gaming Heaven reviews Red Faction: Guerrilla (PS3)

Systems, storage, and networking

1. bit-tech's Computex 2009 hardware preview
2. The chic geek talks netbooks
3. HardwareZone on building your own Core i7 machine
4. Legit Reviews on Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition
5. InsideHW reviews Biostar TPower X58A
6. TweakTown reviews ASRock M3A790GXH/128M
7. SilentPCReview on Asus M4A78-HTPC/RC: A complete HTPC solution?
8. PC Perspective has more on JMicron's new SSD controller
9. X-bit labs review LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 controller
10. Phoronix reviews Super Talent MasterDrive OX SATA 2.0 SSD
11. Hard Tecs 4U reviews OCZ Vertex and G.Skill Falcon SSDs (in German)
12. Tweaknews reviews Synology Disk Station DS-209 2-bay NAS
13. Digital Trends has wireless router and network buying guide

Multimedia

1. X-bit labs on the triumph of asymmetry: 3-way multi-GPU systems comparison
2. Björn3D and Overclockers Club review Sapphire Radeon HD 4770
3. Hi Tech Legion reviews Nvidia GeForce 3D Vision
4. HardwareZone reviews Sony Ericsson Walkman W995 - The audio master
5. Overclock3D reviews OCZ Behemoth gaming mouse
6. DV Hardware reviews Logitech Illuminated Keyboard
7. The TechZone reviews Proporta gadget bag
8. TestFreaks on Wicked Lasers photonic disruptor

Power, casing, and cooling

1. DriverHeaven reviews BFG Tech EX-1200W PSU
2. HardwareLogic reviews PC Power & Cooling Pro-Source 1500VA UPS
3. SilentPCReview: Single moving part PC in SilverStone TJ08
4. techPowerUp! reviews Thermaltake Luxa² LM300 Touch Pro HTPC enclosure
5. bit-tech reviews Lian Li PC-P50 chassis
6. Motherboards.org reviews Enermax Phoenix Neo case
7. Benchmark Reviews on Thermaltake Speedo Advance Package case
8. CowcotLand reviews NZXT Beta case (in French)
9. Elite Bastards review Eagletech ET-CS2XMESU2-BK 2.5" HDD enclosure
10. Hexus.net reports Corsair revisits CPU cooling: Introducing the Hydro Series H50
11. ReviewStash on Vizo Voyager dual fan HDD cooler
12. PureOverclock reviews Xigmatek D984 Cobra CPU cooler
13. Verdis Reviews on Cooler Master Hyper TX3 CPU cooler