Wednesday Shortbread - The Tech Report

Wednesday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 12:05 AM on June 10, 2009

Wednesday

As expected, the workstation market tanks in Q1’09 - But it’s not all bad news, reports JPR
io9 on 3 recent breakthroughs that will change your computer forever
ComputerWorld reports Acer to build laptop with 3-D screen
Microsoft's Bing makes early gains: study
C|Net reports Google's Schmidt dings Bing
Department of Justice wants publisher information on Google deal: report
Ars Technica reports Comcast breaks $100 barrier with 50Mbps broadband price cut
DSLReports: AT&T takes a beating for iPhone missteps
NordicHardware reports Nvidia goes low-end 40nm soon,
high-end next year and Skulltrail 2 with Nehalem-EX rumored
WD unveils world's first 4TB external hard drive for
creative professionals and Mac computer enthusiasts
EVGA announces the EVGA GTX 285 Mac Edition
C|Net on the gap in Apple's MacBook lineup
From Moscone Center: HardwareZone covers Apple's WWDC 2009
Digital Trends on budgeting for your home theater
PCStats posts shopping list for June 2009
Darwin Awards for disaster recovery

Software

Gaming

EA: Xbox 360 maxed out, PlayStation 3 isn't
Engadget reports Microsoft ends Xbox 360 RROD "coffin" program, still paying for shipping
Edge Online reports ESA wants App Store games to carry ratings
Valve: 'Ton' of content makes L4D2 too big to be DLC
World of Warcraft on hiatus in China
Ars Technica reports Mass Effect 2 brings countless improvements, updates
America's Army 3 comes to Steam with Steamworks
and new Red Orchestra mod and sale
PCGH on America's Army 2: Maxed out graphics
Shacknews reports Dungeons & Dragons Online becoming free-to-play
and shares rumor: Cryptic prepping Neverwinter Nights MMO
IncGamers have Assassin's Creed 2 video interview
Digital Trends on hottest trends from E3 2009
Futurelooks covers E3 2009: New Microsoft Xbox 360 games and Xbox Live upgrades
Shacknews has Aliens vs. Predator impressions and interview: Bringing it all back home
[OC]ModShop reviews Rock Band Unplugged
Gaming Heaven reviews Ghostbusters: The Video Game (PS3 & Xbox 360)
Technic3D reviews The Sims 3 (in German)
TF2 children's book - as told by the spy (NSFW)

Systems and storage

Hardware Secrets on the most powerful gaming laptop ever:
Alienware M17x and will the $299 netbook fly?
VIA Arena on the Owl iMpc A10: I am a computer
B3D Forum on Intel's Larrabee: Ditching x86?
Hardware Secrets and Legit Reviews romance Core i7 975 Extreme Edition
XtremeComputing reviews Phenom II 955 Black Editon
AnandTech has OCZ Blade 2133 - Preview
TweakPC reviews 120GB OCZ Vertex SSD (in German)
HotHardware reviews QNAP TS-119 Turbo NAS

Multimedia, power, casing, and cooling