Friday Shortbread - The Tech Report

Friday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 3:32 AM on June 12, 2009

Friday

DailyTech reports AT&T, Apple set guidelines for June 19 iPhone 3G S launch
GAO on broadband: Please listen to us. For once. Please.
Ars Technica reports cable group turns net neutrality around over ISP access fees
Betanews claims the DMCA is endangering American security
Yahoo hires CFO from Altera
C|Net reports Microsoft, Mississippi settle Windows suit
Nvidia's boss: Kill your company a bit every day
NordicHardware: Intel, EVGA become launch partners for Larrabee?
VR-Zone covers PC Show 2009
HardwareZone's PC Show 2009 coverage part 1 and part 2
bit-tech pens a brief introduction to Taiwan and
Computex 2009 review - Looking back at what happened
PCStats covers Computex 2009: Gigabyte and Sparkle
Hardware Canucks have GOOC 2009 event report
PCPer podcast #60
Win prizes every month with Cooler Master & Overclock3D
XSReviews has Noctua cooling competition

Software

Microsoft to sell Windows in EU without browser
EU offers mixed view on Microsoft browser plan
Gizmodo's reminder: Windows 7 beta will start shutting down on you on 7/1
SuperSite Blog reports Windows 7 build 7229 leaks
Hexus.net's Q&A: Microsoft responds to Apple's Windows 7 jibes
New attack class exploits intranet weakness
VMware apologizes for Microsoft YouTube video
C|Net reports Dell selling downloadable Microsoft software
Ars Technica's hands-on: New Fedora release goes up to 11 but doesn't rock
VR-Zone has ATI Catalyst 9.6 comparison (8 benchmarks)
and Nvidia ForceWare 186.08 vs. 185.85 comparison (9 benchmarks)
ITreviewed on Nero BackItUp & Burn

Gaming

Asus has secret console "better than Wii"
U.S. video game sales plunge 23% in May - NPD
Sony's PSP Go "ripping off" the consumer - Pachter
Loot Ninja reports Valve shuts out "too complicated" PS3
Electronic Theatre: New PlayStation 3 bundle revealed
hardCOREware compares specs: iPhone 3GS vs. Sony PSP vs. Nintendo DS
Shacknews: More Duke Nukem Forever gameplay footage
and 'Splosion Man impressions: Blown away
World of Warcraft: Upcoming Mount changes
Sins of a Solar Empire v1.17 and Entrenchment v1.03 released
Diablo II 1.13 patch news
Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword and Hinterland updates released and
Prototype and Blueberry Garden - 2009 IGF Grand Prize winner -
now available on Steam
Stella release 2.8
MAME 0.132 released
Neoseeker has The Sims 3 graphics performance guide
Gaming Heaven reviews Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (PS3 & Xbox 360)

Systems and storage

AppleInsider reports Apple's new MacBook Pros can boot from media in SD card slot
The Register reports AMD cooking up low-power, twin server
DigiTimes reports Intel adds dual-core Celeron CPUs into ultra-thin notebook lineup
Digital Trends on turning an old PC into a home media server
Fudzilla reports AMD's Phenom II X4 905e is on sale
AMD TWKR Black hands-on
bit-tech reports 6-core Nehalem coming to LGA 1366 this year
First details on Intel 'Pineview' Atom N400, D400 & D500 processors
t-break reviews Asus Rampage II Gene
TechSpot reviews MSI X58 Pro-E
Legit Reviews on Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P
EPIAcenter reviews Zotac GeForce 9300-ITX WiFi (in German)
NordicHardware reports new extended cooling fins
give Corsair Dominator memory aggressive new look
Björn3D reviews 128GB Patriot Torqx SSD
Hardware Bistro reviews QNAP TS-119 NAS
Hi Tech Legion reviews 8GB Super Talent Godfather Edition USB drive

Multimedia

Expreview reports Asus Matrix GTX 285 features exclusive memory timing settings
and Nvidia’s 40nm mobile GPU supports GDDR5?
Expreview's quick test: Galaxy’s single & dual-PCB GTX 295 quad SLI
Guru3D reviews Point of View GeForce GTX 295 single PCB
HotHardware's GeForce GTX 275 and Radeon HD 4890 roundup
Futurelooks reviews Gigabyte Radeon HD 4890 1GB
Hartware reviews XFX GeForce GTX 285 690M Black Edition (in German)
Benchmark Reviews on Asus EN9400GT HDMI
TestFreaks review Axion AXN-8701 7" portable handheld widescreen LCD TV
Tweaknews reviews Hiyatek HB-8700 vertical 7-port USB 2.0 hub
Digital Trends on the iPhone and the next big thing
InsideHW reviews OCZ Alchemy Series Illuminati keyboard

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