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Tuesday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 2:35 AM on June 2, 2009

Tuesday

1. AMD processor pricing effective June 1, 2009
2. DSLReports: Comcast eyeing 100Mbps?
3. BFG 100 day power supply trade up program
4. Channel Register reports Intel confirms end of Psion 'netbook' legal fight
5. Gartner: No server growth until 2010
6. Hexus.net: Nvidia again considering acquisition of AMD?
7. ATi-Forum: AMD / ATI going on 28nm (write-up in German)
8. DigiTimes reports hp and Dell to launch Nvidia Ion-based netbooks and all-in-one PCs in 3Q09
9. Hexus.net reports Intel 'Ibex Peak' H57 chipset makes an appearance
10. bit-tech reports MSI solves Nvidia GeForce GTX 200 squealing problem
    and the truth about the Radeon HD 4770 reference card
    and JMicron 612 SSD controller to feature cache
11. TweakTown reports Gigabyte shows its X58 & P55 motherboards
12. SemiAccurate reports first AMD G43 boards spotted
13. SanDisk unveils netbook-targeted memory, drives
14. Expreview reports PhotoFast G-Monster-Promise SSDs hit retail
15. C|Net reports Kindle DX shipping June 10
16. TechwareLabs cover the Maker Faire 2009
17. French physicists claim breakthrough in ultra-fast data access
18. TG Daily reports scientists to simulate supernovas with world’s largest laser

Software and gaming

1. PC Perspective reports Nvidia demos DX11 Compute and Terminator Salvation PhysX
2. ComputerWorld reports Microsoft's IE8, Google's Chrome post record gains in browser share
3. Ars Technica reports iTunes 8.2 and QuickTime 7.6.2 released to the masses
4. Phoronix reports Sun OpenSolaris 2009.06 released
5. GPU-13: Enabling latest ATI Stream transcoding acceleration with Cyberlink Media Show Espresso
6. Mashable on 10 brand new Wolfram Alpha easter eggs
7. SuperSite Blog: Instant 1080p HD on Xbox 360 this fall
8. Shacknews reports two Modern Warfare 2 map packs hitting Xbox first (Update:
   HD gameplay footage added) and Star Wars: The Old Republic trailer swings sabers
9. FiringSquad reports Valve announces Left 4 Dead 2 with trailer
10. Assassin's Creed II trailer
11. hardCOREware's E3 2009 day 1 wrap-up

Systems

1. DriverHeaven's Alienware M17x (codename quicksilver) - exclusive preview
2. NordicHardware on Foxconn's SZ901 - First Moblin netbook
3. [OC]ModShop: Building a media center PC part 2
4. C|Net: Multi-threading reviewed
5. Engadget reports Intel debuts 3 new Core 2 Duo procs,
   new SU2700 ULV chip, and GS40 Express chipset
6. Ars Technica on AMD's E4690: More than double 780G performance, not for you
7. AnandTech on AMD's 6-core Opteron 2435
8. AMDZone, DriverHeaven, FiringSquad, Hard Tecs 4U, HotHardware, Icrontic,
   Legit Reviews, Overclockers Club, PC Perspective, TechSpot, and X-bit labs
   review Phenom II X2 550 BE and Athlon II X2 250
9. Benchmark Reviews and Neoseeker review Phenom II X2 550 BE
10. Hexus.net, Hi Tech Legion, and Neoseeker review Athlon II X2 250
11. HardwareZone on a stepping ahead - The Core i7-975 Extreme Edition and i7-950
12. Motherboards.org reviews Asus Maximus II Gene

Multimedia, power, and casing

1. NordicHardware reviews Asus Mars GTX 295 - What the GTX 295 should've been
2. ABT's Diamond HD4890-XOC review part 2
3. Hard Tecs 4U reviews Asus EAH4770 (in German)
4. CCE Reviews on Village Tronic ViBook
5. FiringSquad reviews Logitech G19 gaming keyboard
6. PCShopTalk reviews Mionix Alioth 320 & Alioth 400 mouse pads
7. JonnyGuru reviews 1000W BFG Tech EX1000 PSU
8. ThinkComputers reviews 500W Cooler Master Silent Pro M power supply
9. Hardware Secrets reviews SilverStone GD01B-MXR and Chieftec Dragon cases
10. PureOverclock reviews Azza Solano 1000 case
11. TechwareLabs review In Win Allure case
12. Rbmods on HornetTek Viper and Hover enclosures