Wednesday Shortbread - The Tech Report

Wednesday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on June 17, 2009

Wednesday

Jon Peddie Research: Improved performance in online gameplay
with Bigfoot Networks Killer® Xeno Pro (white paper)
The Register reports Pirate Bay launches encrypted private network
iSuppli: Gear costs to derail Moore's Law in 2014
DailyTech reports dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 to debut in 2010
bit-tech reports Dell's XPS Gaming brand to disappear this year
PC Perspective: Zune HD uses Nvidia Tegra processor - confirmed
Early Palm Pre sales solid but new rivals due soon
DSLReports: Senate explores high SMS prices
C|Net reports AT&T and Verizon deny price-fixing accusations
PC World reports IRS now wants to repeal cell phone tax
C|Net reports Google considers request to boost privacy
Microsoft files lawsuit over "click fraud"
Microsoft: How scammers gamed online ad system and got caught
HardwareZone's CommunicAsia 2009 part 1 and Samsung Unpacked (updated)
Travel with Techgage: Taiwan for Computex 2009
Amazon launched 2-day HDTV sale
TG Daily reports booze acts fast on brain

Software

Windows 7 OEM pricing: What could and should Microsoft do?
C|Net reports Windows 7 may have limited XP downgrade rights
SuperSite for Windows has Windows 7 build 7232 screens
End User's easiest hack ever: Make Windows XP look like Windows 7 in 3 steps
bit-tech first look at Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard
Ars Technica's first look: Ubuntu 9.10 alpha 2 brings Ext4, GRUB 2
t-break's iPhone OS 3.0 first look
AnandTech on optimizing for virtualization
Neowin's exclusive: Microsoft's new anti-virus, Morro, revealed
Slashdot: HTML 5 takes aim at Flash and Silverlight
Ars Technica reports Opera hoping to reinvent the Web by making browser a server
SuperSite for Windows reports Google rains on Microsoft's Exchange parade
bit-tech: What is folding and why does it matter?

Gaming

Rumor: New Xbox console in 2010 - TeamXbox tells you the truth
CNBC on the next generation of gaming consoles
GameStop announces access to exclusive demo with pre-order of Madden NFL 10
VE3D has Half-Life 2: Episode 3 story speculation
TG Daily reports Futuremark hunts for Shattered Horizon testers
Bethesda brings more games to Steam - Save 20%
and four more strategy first titles come to Steam - Save 20%
and new features added to the Steam community
Left 4 Dead on the rules of thumb
bit-tech reviews Red Faction: Guerrilla
Ars Technica reviews Ghostbusters: The video game
TestFreaks review FaceFighter iPhone game

Systems, storage, and networking

Fudzilla reports Intel plans Q9505, 45nm quad-core and
new 45nm Celeron 9 to 34 percent better than old one
Hardware-Infos: AMD Phenom II X3 740 & X4 820 come
Tech ARP posts mobile CPU comparison guide rev. 5.0
ITreviewed on Core i7 975 Extreme
PC Perspective reviews MSI Eclipse Plus X58 LGA 1366
DriverHeaven's DDR3 tri-channel roundup
XtremeComputing reviews 4GB G.Skill PI Black PC2-6400 CL4 kit
PureOverclock reviews Patriot Torqx SSD
XtremeComputing reviews Edimax EW-7711UAN high gain USB WiFi adapter

Multimedia

Power, casing, and cooling

Overclockers Online reviews 1000W Tuniq Ripper PSU
[H] Enthusiast reviews 850W In Win Commander PSU
ITreviewed on VeseNET Piggy6 HomePlug AV power strip
Gossip Gamers on the SNES case mod
Hardware Secrets reviews NZXT Beta case
Hardware Canucks review Antec P183 case
Rbmods on Cooler Master HAF 922 case
Hardware Bistro reviews Proporta Alu-Leather N95 case & magnetic dashboard mount
Verdis Reviews on Eagle Tech Consus T-Series ET-CSTESU2-BK external HDD enclosure
InsideHW pits Cooler Master Hyper TX3 vs. 212 Plus
ProClockers review Thermolab Baram CPU cooler
Hi Tech Legion reviews Titan Fenrir heatsink