Monday Shortbread - The Tech Report

Monday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 2:44 AM on June 15, 2009

Monday

DigiTimes reports Intel to launch new Core i7 and Celeron series CPUs in 2H09
and Gigabyte puts DualBIOS technology on all motherboards
SemiAccurate reports Nvidia launches 5 40nm mobile parts Monday
Expreview reports Asus works on a cool-looking Radeon HD 4770
DailyTech reports Apple 13" MacBook Pro owners reporting possible SATA speed caps
Four years later: Why did Apple drop PowerPC?
Orthodox Jews launch "kosher" search engine
New York Post reports fear grips Google
Is Google about to introduce a microblog search offering
The Register reports Rambus hopes lower prices will placate EC
and iPhone owners are superior beings, says survey
TechFlash reports Kindle DX out of stock, briefly
HardwareZone on SingTel AMPed: True unlimited mobile music download
Engadget: Is this Dell's Android smartphone ditty?
Gizmodo's smartphone buyer's guide: The best of the best

Software and gaming

TechFlash reports Firefox maker wants more details on IE incentives for PC makers
New Scientist has the inside story of the Conficker worm
Before Dark's Nvidia 185.85 and 186.08 driver analysis and comparison
VIA Arena's guide to Picasa 3
Engadget reports Pre gets NES emulation in Linux; our thumbs are in for a world of hurt
1UP reports Sony rumored to be readying PSPgo app store
PC Games has S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat specs (see bottom page)
Battle.net's StarCraft II Q&A bacth 52: Map maker series
bit-tech reviews Anno 1404: Dawn of Discovery
[OC]ModShop reviews InFamous (PS3)

Systems and storage

Multimedia

Power, casing, and cooling