Friday Shortbread - The Tech Report

Friday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on June 19, 2009

Friday

iPhone to hit stores as Apple awaits Jobs' return
DSLReports: Comcast plans residential IPv6 in 2010
Microsoft putting investment behind search: CEO
C|Net reports Intel toots its research horn for chips—and more
Intel 'Rockstars' show off future research concepts, projects
SemiAccurate: Intel proves branding can get worse
Donanim Haber reports Nvidia projects to gain
$10 billion from Tegra project (write-up in Turkish)
Fudzilla reports Nvidia won't make x86 CPUs, nor acquire VIA
The Inquirer reports Nvidia in talks with GlobalFoundries
TweakTown reports AMD to put SATA3 in SB800 south bridge series
Hardware-Infos reports Core 2 Quad Q9505 & Pentium E6500 coming
NordicHardware: Sapphire or Zotac to launch Larrabee products?
eWeek reports Apple's Mac isn't as secure as some want us to believe
C|Net reports Sony beefs up Blu-ray strategy
DDR3 contract prices to continue growth momentum in 2H June, says DRAMeXchange
DailyTech reports hard rectangular drive may replace current spinning discs
VR-Zone reports Panasonic announces 85" Full HD plasma display
Ars Technica has Thomas verdict: Willful infringement, $1.92 million penalty
PCPer podcast #61
TG Daily reports computer visualization speeded up tenfold
and lake discovered on Mars

Software

Microsoft puts an 18-month cap on Windows 7-to-XP downgrades
More questions (and even a few answers) about Windows 7 E(urope)
Springboard Series Virtual Roundtable on June 18th
SuperSite for Windows on Microsoft Security Essentials Public Beta
Windows Internet Explorer 8: Get the facts
Tech ARP's editorial: Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 disrupts OEM communications
and the latest Windows 7 roadmap rev. 4.1
TechFlash: How a Microsoft veteran learned to love Linux, and why it matters
and Amazon.com talks up cloud services in Washington, DC
FiringSquad reports Nvidia releases new ForceWare 186.18 WHQL driver
TweakTown and X-bit labs have Catalyst 9.6 driver test
Mozilla Firefox 3.5 RC1 released
Ars Technica reports Google Books updated with new embedding, browsing features
C|Net reports Songbird 1.2 debuts new features
Digital Trends on the top 10 BlackBerry apps

Gaming

TG Daily reports Ballmer announces 2010 Xbox 360 at The Executive Club Chicago
Fudzilla reports Jasper Xbox now has double the flash
Digital Trends: Will PC games trump Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii?
DailyTech reports Blizzard aims for 2009 StarCraft 2 release
Shacknews reports huge Dawn of War 2 update bringing 8 new maps, numerous
balance tweaks and LucasArts might revamp more classic adventures
Announcing the Dawn of War II 'There is Only War' update
Company of Heroes server update
World of Warcraft PTR patch 3.2.0 notes
Steam news - Hired Guns: The Jagged Edge and RailWorks updates released
GamePro on the 24 greatest 8-bit games ever made
MESS 0.132 released
TestFreaks review Blob Dash iPhone game
ITreviewed takes on Plants vs. Zombies

Systems, storage, and networking

Multimedia

Expreview reports Asus Mars GTX 295 sells for $1,700
PC Perspective: SLI on life support on the AMD platform—Oh, snap!
FiringSquad reviews Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 Toxic
Neoseeker reviews Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 Vapor-X
X-bit labs review Gainward GeForce GTS 250 2GB Limited Edition: Two against one
Digital Trends has best budget Mini HD camcorders reviewed
iXBT Labs review Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium sound cards
Guru3D reviews Windy 6 FireWire audio interface
XSReviews on Roccat Vire headset
Digital Trends reviews 32GB Apple iPhone 3G S,
Samsung Jack, Samsung Alias 2, and Philips SE659
ITreviewed on hp iPAQ Voice Messenger
Microsoft: Wireless Mobile Mouse 4000 ideal for netbooks
PCShopTalk reviews Mionix Saiph 1800 gaming mouse
ThinkComputers reviews Lowepro SlingShot 100 AW camera bag

Power, cases, and cooling