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Thursday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 4:23 AM on June 11, 2009

Thursday

1. DSLReports: Did AT&T's bad week kill their iPhone exclusivity extension?
2. C|Net reports French court strikes down 'three strikes' piracy law
3. Ars Technica reports lawyers plan class-action to reclaim "$100M+" RIAA "stole"
4. DigiTimes reports global chip market may fully recover in 2012, says TSMC chairman
5. The Register reports AMD fab spin-off to break super-skinny ground
6. ATi-Forum on RV870 - Decision about launch date at the end of June (write-up in German)
7. Nvidia: GPU failures aren't hurting orders
8. The Inquirer's EVGA scoop: INTELligent innovation imminent
9. VR-Zone reports Greenhouse announces monitor with 100000:1 contrast ratio
10. DailyTech reports OCZ launches Agility Series; cheapest SSDs using Indilinx controller
11. Palm names Rubinstein CEO days after Pre launch
12. Gizmodo reports Walmart drops Blu-ray player price to new low of $128
13. Guru3D takes Gigabyte Nan-Ping factory tour: How hardware is made
14. bit-tech on how PC cases are made: In Win factory tour
15. HardwareZone and VR-Zone preview PC Show 2009
16. The 20 most anticipated movies of 2010

Software

1. C|Net reports Apple finalizes PowerPC divorce with OS upgrade
2. SuperSite Blog reports Microsoft will soon unveil free anti-virus software
3. Expreview on Windows 7 XP Mode: Any benefits at all?
4. C|Net reports Microsoft to discontinue MS Money
5. TechFlash reports Dean Cain, Bobcat Goldthwait in Microsoft IE8 charity campaign (video)
6. Linux kernel 2.6.30 released
7. Ars Technica reports OpenSolaris 2009.06 released, new ARM port announced
   and Ubuntu aims for ten-second boot time with 10.04
8. Introducing Google Quick Search Box
9. TG Daily reports Adobe Flash player to get GPU acceleration

Gaming

1. Digital downloads spell end for video game stores?
2. It's Sega Genesis day on Xbox Live Arcade
3. Oh Gizmo! reports handheld emulator plays thousands of retro games on the cheap
4. Shacknews reports new Max Payne 3 art hits alongside rumored details
   and EA: Battlefield 3 'looking very good'
5. Ars Technica's review: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 showcases MotionPlus
6. Futurelooks covers E3 2009: Aliens vs, Predator, Sony PSP Go, Silent Hill & Madden NFL 10
7. Gaming Heaven reviews Prototype (PS3 & Xbox 360)
8. Steam client, Company of Heroes, and X3: Terran Conflict updates released

Systems

1. Microsoft's fancy footwork around netbooks continues
2. DriverHeaven's building a PC: Step by step guide
3. VIA Arena on larger mini-notebooks
4. ITreviewed on Panasonic Toughbook CF-19 (MK3)
5. TechwareLabs review Core i7 920
6. HT4U reviews Pentium E6300 (in German)
7. Overclockers Club and X-bit labs review MSI Eclipse Plus
8. ITreviewed on MSI X58M

Multimedia

1. NordicHardware reviews BFG Tech water-cools new GeForce GTX 295
2. TweakTown reviews Asus GeForce GTX 285 1GB
3. PC Perspective reviews Galaxy GeForce GTX 275 OC 896MB
4. Guru3D's MSI GeForce N260GTX Lightning 1792MB review part 2
5. AnandTech: AVIVO video converter redux and ATI stream quick look
6. Digital Trends reviews Sony Alpha DSLR-A330
7. HotHardware reviews Flip UltraHD pocket camcorder
8. Digital Trends reviews Yamaha RX-V665 A/V receiver
   and talks best budget PC speaker systems
9. Tweaknews reviews Cresyn CS-HP500 folding Hi-Fi headphones
10. t-break reviews Creative EP-430 earphones
11. TechFlash has video: First take on Kindle DX
12. Ars Technica reports T-Mobile has outed CPU and RAM specs for iPhone 3G S
13. AnandTech has the iPhone 3G S hardware exposed & analyzed
14. Ars Technica's Palm Pre review part 1: The BlackBerry killer
15. SuperSite for Windows has quick take: Palm Treo Pro

Power, casing, and cooling

1. X-bit labs on PC power consumption: How many watts do we need?
2. OC3D reviews BFG Tech EX-1200 modular PSU
3. CPU3D reviews 680W Tagan Piperock II PSU
4. Hardware Secrets reviews BFG Tech LS-450 PSU
5. Technic3D reviews 400W Cougar Power PSU (in German)
6. bit-tech posts Coolmeister's ATCS 840 mod worklog
7. Hardware Canucks review NZXT Beta case
8. PureOverclock reviews SilverStone Raven RV01
9. Motherboards.org reviews Cooler Master Sileo 500 case
10. Benchmark Reviews on SilverStone LC10B-E HTPC case
11. ThinkComputers reviews Luxa2 LM200 Touch HTPC enclosure
12. TestFreaks review SilverStone SST-FP35B Premium 3.5" card reader
13. PureOverclock reviews Noctua NH-C12P Socket 1366
14. Hi Tech Legion reviews Thermaltake ISGC-300 cooler
15. ProClockers review Scythe Mugen 2 CPU cooler
16. Björn3D reviews OCZ Vendetta 2
17. FrostyTech reviews DeepCool Ice Blade Pro heatsink
18. CowcotLand reviews Cooler Master Hyper TX3 and 212 Plus (in French)
19. DeXgo reviews Cogage True Spirit (in German)