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Saturday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 9:29 AM on June 13, 2009

Saturday

DailyTech reports EU plans to prosecute Microsoft on more antitrust charges despite IE decision
My Bing experiment: Can it be the default search engine?
InfoWorld reports new SPEC benchmark tool measures server muscle and watts
Expreview reports AMD denies locking down cores
SemiAccurate Forums on AMD's TWKR Black Edition
Fudzilla reports Core i7 950 to be replaced by 960
ComputerWorld reports Rambus reaches tentative settlement with European Commission
Ars Technica reports Psystar owes Apple $75,000 while Apple moves to lift stay (updated)
C|Net: New ARM chips headed for iPhone, Palm Pre?
Expreview reports LiteOn’s low-cost Blu-ray drives hit retail
SuperSite for Windows has need to know: Google Wave
HotHardware's CES 2010 sneak peek: Lightglove, slotRadio, and more
Top French court rips heart out of Sarkozy Internet law
Barry Diller: The Internet 'absolutely' will become a 'paid system.' Time projection: Within 5 years
Major UK ISP: Video streaming's "free ride" is over
DSLReports on BitBlinder: Like TOR, but faster
Ars Technica on your chance to win a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate

Software

NY Times reports Microsoft browser offer fails to impress Europe
Opera says Microsoft EU browser offer "not enough"
bit-tech: Thank you, EU regulators. You have broken Windows 7.
InfoWorld reports Windows 7 upgrade programs may not be free
Tech ARP on Direct3D improvements in Windows 7
Download Internet Explorer 8 & help fight hunger
Apple at its best: Safari 4 an “incredible” success
SophosLabs report more Mac OS X malware discovered
Microsoft launches Visual Studio Lab Management 2010 beta
Computing on Demand reports low transfer speeds from WHS fixed with jumbo frames
Phoronix reports ATI Radeon driver re-write still has work left
PC Perspective has Nvidia CUDA-enabled applications roundup

Gaming

Shacknews reports PSP Go battery life 'equivalent' to current PSP: Around
3 to 6 hours of gameplay and new Max Payne 3 art hits alongside new details
Joystiq reports Microsoft justifies price for Halo 3: ODST
Engadget reports Palm Pre runs Doom, smartphone-loving space marines rejoice
YouGamers: Shattered Horizon beta signups
Demigod nears its second month
MMOs on Steam 20% - 75% off
bit-tech reviews Fuel
[OC]ModShop reviews Ghostbusters: The video game

Systems and storage

Multimedia

Power, casing, and cooling