Tuesday Shortbread - The Tech Report

Tuesday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 5:24 AM on June 23, 2009

Tuesday

Big Download reports Ziff Davis to shut down ExtremeTech.com
Apple CEO Jobs at work on Monday: witness
[OC]ModShop: Will the next great tech CEO please stand up?
Harris Interactive: While HDTV resides in more households,
interest in Blu-ray remains lukewarm (PDF)
DSLReports: TiVo coming to Time Warner Cable
and Verizon announces new FiOS tiers, promotions
The Inquirer reports DX11 is AMD's weapon
SemiAccurate reports ATI to have 4 DX11 cards in October
PCGH on multi-monitoring for simulations: Holodeck possible today?
VIA expects to get off from full-cash delivery status, says paper
Intel to release ODM motherboard orders to Foxconn, say Taiwan makers
C|Net reports Roadrunner still outrunning supercomputing field
TG Daily reports solid state drive sales stalled
Fudzilla reports OCZ extends warranty on some SSDs
Samsung develops solid state drive with SATA Mini-card design
DailyTech reports LG preps monitor with built-in virtualization
InformationWeek on hp web-connected printer: No PC needed
Slashdot: SSN required to buy Palm Pre
AppleInsider reports iPhone 3G S sports chip with 720p HD video capabilities

Software and gaming

ComputerWorld reports Apple issues fix for MacBook Pro SATA interface (thanks Neutronbeam)
Counting down to Microsoft's Windows 7 retail-price unveiling
DailyTech reports Windows 7 upgrade tool released
Ars Technica reports Nvidia says no to Linux on Tegra netbooks, chooses WinCE
and new test build of Mac OS X 10.5.8 released to developers
TestFreaks on iPhone OS 3.0 software update
X-bit labs have Nvidia GeForce 186.18 performance express-test
VIA Arena on Google Docs template gallery (video)
PC World reports GameStop says digital downloads not relevant until 2014
Analyst: GameStop expects 2009 console price cuts, slow digital sales adoption
Shacknews reports 3D Realms countersuit reveals continuing Duke Nukem Forever work,
new Duke Game and EA using The Sims 3 DLC, community to curb piracy
Planet Command & Conquer reports possible C&C4 details emerge
ARMA II coming to North America July 7th
Steam client and World in Conflict updates released
Gamepyre reviews Disciple (PC)
[OC]ModShop reviews Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings

Systems, storage, and networking

ComputerWorld reports Lenovo slims down new ThinkPad T400s
HotHardware reviews Lenovo ThinkPad T400s notebook
VR-Zone reports Acer announces budget lineup of timeline laptops
HardwareZone reviews Gateway ID5805g notebook
VIA Arena on the Ruggedbook SR659
ITreviewed on Samsung NC20
Digital Trends on upgrading your laptop
HotHardware reviews Core 2 Quad Q8400
Expreview: Phenom II Black Edition TWKR test screenshot leaked
and AMD's 6-core Istanbul finally available
and ASRock offers a more affordable X58 motherboard
Legit Reviews on ASRock M3A780GXH/128M
techPowerUp! reviews 6GB G.Skill Trident DDR3-2000 kit
PCStats reviews 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black
TheTechLounge reviews OCZ Rally 2 USB thumb drive
CCE Reviews on QNAP TS-809 Pro Turbo NAS
TechSpot reviews Synology DS-409+ NAS
X-bit labs review Asus RT-N15 Gigabit wireless N router

Multimedia

PC Perspective: LucidLogix Hydra chip shows up in ELSA Japan remote renderer
iXBT Labs review Nvidia GeForce GT2XX reference
and AMD Radeon R(V)7XX reference
[H] Enthusiast reviews PowerColor PCS+ HD 4890 1GB
Digital Trends reviews HIS HD 4770
ABT: CrossFire-X explored
Guru3D reviews Nvidia GeForce 3D Vision
Digital Trends shares DIY home theater tips
Hardware Secrets reviews Turtle Beach Ear Force HPA-2 5.1 headset
Ars Technica and ITreviewed on Apple iPhone 3G S
Digital Trends reviews VTech IS9181 Wi-Fi Internet radio
HardwareLogic reviews Gigabyte GK-K6800 multimedia keyboard
OCC reviews Zowie IO 1.1 professional gaming bundle

Power, casing, and cooling