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Tuesday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 12:06 AM on June 16, 2009

Tuesday

DSLReports: Senators look to kill handset exclusivity
EETimes reports Chang reassumes control of TSMC in shake-up
Amazon CEO Bezos: We've got issues with Google Book Search
Sun Microsystems said to cancel big chip project (thanks UberGerbil)
I4U's interview with DDD CEO on the future of 3D in notebooks, HDTVs, and gaming
Hexus.net reports AMD confesses to Radeon HD 4770 supply problems
Donanim Haber reports Acer showcased 120Hz Full HD LCD monitor
and Microsoft Zune HD will use Nvidia Tegra platform (write-ups in Turkish)
VR-Zone reports bigger SDXC cards on the way
[H]ard|OCP: Asus Eee keyboard on video
HardwareZone covers CommunicAsia 2009: Nokia Connection
TestFreaks' weekly giveaway #6: Speck and NZXT

Software

Fudzilla reports Windows 7 will support Pine Trail Atoms
SuperSite for Windows has Windows 7 vs. Mac OS X Snow Leopard part 1: Oh, it's on!
Windows enthusiasts launch 'Boycott Opera' campaign
Ars Technica reports Adobe challenges Google Docs with launch of Acrobat.com
and Apple finally issues patch for "critical" Java vulnerability
Expreview reports Nvidia firmware update utility version 5.77 released
bit-tech: When is a browser bigger than the platform it runs on?
Breadbox64, a Twitter client for the Commodore 64

Gaming

Duke Nukem Forever court documents reveal allegations of offshore banking hijinks (updated)
DailyTech reports SCEA head Jack Tretton upset over E3 leaks
Shacknews reports Street Fighter 4 PC benchmark test released
Joystiq reports Verizon to offer Gametap-esque service in the Northeast starting this summer
and many find Fallout 3 similar to Philip K. Dick's 'The Penultimate Truth'
EA: Blur is completely underwhelming
Kotaku reports Blizzard preps for StarCraft II beta
IGN on the future of gaming past
WSJ reports slow Wii sales pressure Nintendo to cut prices
USA Today reports Nintendo confirms secret 'Help' feature
Hardware Secrets reviews Nintendo DSi
TestFreaks spend some time with the Wii Motion Plus
Steam client and Source SDK updates released;
Dark Sector 75% off
[H] Enthusiast on Demigod gameplay performance and IQ
[OC]ModShop reviews Prototype (PC)

Systems and storage

AnandTech has the new MacBook Pro part II: Lower battery life under Vista & SATA issues
Futurelooks reviews Asus Eee Top ET1602 1B all-in-one PC
Phoronix reviews ZaReason Ion Breeze 3770
DriverHeaven reviews Sony VAIO P-Series (P19WN/Q) netbook
HotHardware reviews Lenovo G530 notebook
I4U reviews Asus N90S 18.4" multimedia notebook
HardwareZone looks at Toshiba's artsy notebooks
CowcotLand reviews MSI X-Slim X340 (in French)
PC Perspective speculates about Intel's CPU plans for Q4
Fudzilla: "Moore's Law" doesn't apply to the Atom
and AMD's secretive CPU is for TWeaKrRs
iXBT Labs review: Phenom II 9xx CPUs with DDR3 support
Maximum PC's ultimate BIOS guide: Every setting decrypted and explained
FiringSquad's Gigabyte AM3 motherboards roundup
AMDZone reviews Asus M4N72-E AM2+
PCShopTalk reviews ASRock P45DE
Legit Reviews on 120GB OCZ Vertex EX Series SLC SSD