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Saturday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 12:35 AM on June 20, 2009

Saturday

1. The NY Times reports Intel's chip renaming strategy meets resistance
2. The Inquirer reports AMD goes for Intel's jugular
3. Analysis: Intel, AMD take battle to new ultra-thin laptops
4. Fudzilla reports first Calpella P55 chipset doesn't support Braidwood
5. DigiTimes reports TSMC 40nm yields expected to pick up in August
6. NordicHardware reports Asus does SATA 6Gb/s justice with Marvell controller
7. Fudzilla reports 320GB SSD in 34nm comes in Q4
8. TG Daily reports Intel targets future MID market with power-conscious Moorestown
9. Ars Technica: Competitive US wireless market? New FCC may give new answer
10. FCC chair-designate to look at mobile handset deals
11. DSLReports: The metered billing fight is about to get ugly
12. Ars Technica reports EU admits ICANN setup has worked well, wants change anyway
13. TechFlash reports new optimism for Microsoft stock
14. TG Daily reports Steve Ballmer admits Microsoft’s biggest mistake
15. ITreviewed on Microsoft Bing
16. Expreview reports Galaxy obtains Windows 7 certification for all its offerings
    and ECS works on fastest GTS 250 available
17. Hardware-Infos reports ATI HD Audio reduces 3D performance
18. VR-Zone: Probably the world's smallest MP3 player, theKube
19. XSReviews has Noctua cooling competition: 1 week to go

Software

1. EETimes reports Microsoft warned over plans to omit browser from Windows 7
2. DailyTech reports Adobe says HTML 5 won't replace Flash
3. Fudzilla reports Intel's Dispute Finder keeps your news FUD free
4. Microsoft's Office 2010 Pro Plus: What's inside?
5. Before Dark's Nvidia 186.18 WHQL and 190.15 beta analysis
6. Mozilla: Microsoft's 'facts' on IE, Firefox good for a few laughs
7. Betanews reports Safari 4 for Windows slows down after Apple security update
8. Digital Trends on iPhone OS 3.0: Installation and overview
9. bit-tech shows how to set up Folding@home
10. TestFreaks review ChronoSync 4.0

Gaming

1. Major Nelson: To clarify what Steve said earlier today...
2. Activision says may stop supporting Sony PS3: report
3. Techgage's open letter on the state of video games
4. Shacknews reports StarCraft II Battle Report #3 brings 17 minutes of new footage
   and Fallout 3 'Point Lookout' screenshots: Axing difficult questions under the boardwalk
5. America's Army 3: Hot fix patch available soon
6. Eurogamer reports no public beta for Battlefield 1943
7. The Armchair Empire has Prototype postmortem Q&A
8. Grand Theft Auto IV v1.0.4.0 update
9. Joystiq reports Forza 3 limited edition is loaded with mostly virtual bonuses
10. bit-tech's summer 2009 games preview
11. America's Army 3 and Light of Altair updates released on Steam
12. Steam's weekend deal - Empire: Total War 50% off

Systems and graphics

1. Engadget reports Axess HD Gamer PC looks to blow your mind, empty your wallet
2. Hexus.net reviews Acer Timeline 5810T Intel CULV laptop: Promising 8-hour battery life
3. ITreviewed on Kingston SSDNow V Series kit
4. AnandTech's June GPU market update: Price compression benefits
5. Phoronix reviews Nvidia GeForce GTX 280M
6. HardwareZone reviews PowerColor PCS+ HD 4890 Battle Forge Edition
7. Motherboards.org reviews EVGA GeForce GTX 295
8. DriverHeaven pits XFX Radeon HD 4890 Black Edition & Zotac GeForce GTX 285 Infinity
9. Hi Tech Legion reviews EVGA GeForce GTX 275 Superclocked: Single, dual, and tri SLI
10. PureOverclock reviews ECS GeForce GTS 250 1GB
11. Big Bruin reviews ViewSonic VX2433wm 23.6" DVI / HDMI TFT LCD monitor
12. [H] Enthusiast reviews Gunnar Optiks digital performance eyewear
13. Digital Trends reviews Nikon D5000

Multimedia

1. AnandTech on iPhone 3G S performance: 54% faster than the 3G,
   11% faster than the Pre and the Palm Pre review
2. Digital Trends and TechReviewSource on Apple's iPhone 3G S
3. Digital Trends reviews Nokia N97
4. bit-tech reviews Logitech G19 gaming keyboard
5. I4U reviews Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 6000
6. XSReviews on Roccat Vire headset
7. DragonSteelMods on The Core Cord The Core headphone cord manager
8. DriverHeaven reviews Sumo Omni - Extreme lounge gear

Power, cases, and cooling

1. Björn3D reviews Kingwin ABT-1000MAIS power supply
2. Madshrimps: Cooler Master updates the UCP900 PSU to version 4 - 80 Plus Gold
3. Hardware Secrets reviews Corsair HX850W and 750W Seasonic M12D power supplies
4. Legit Reviews on Arctic Cooling Fusion 550RF power supply
5. Overclock3D reviews 350W Enermax Eco80+ power supply
6. Guru3D's rig of the month - June 2009
7. Hardware Bistro reviews GMC X7 X-Station gaming case
8. CowcotLand reviews NesteQ MS550 Mini-ITX case (in French)
9. VR-Zone reviews Noctua NH-U12P Core i7 cooler
10. PCShopTalk reviews Thermolab Baram heatsink
11. Technic3d reviews Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme True Black CPU cooler
12. HotHardware reviews Corsair Ice T30 memory cooler