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Thursday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 8:48 AM on July 2, 2009

Thursday

Meet the Genachowskis: Ars Technica's in-depth look at the new FCC
U.S. government to release $4 billion soon for broadband
Compuserve Classic says goodnight
ORNL prepares for a 20-petaflops computer in 2011
hp introduces first professional workstation with 6-core AMD Opteron processor
Gizmodo reports USB 3.0-equipped PCs to start shipping by end of 2009
DailyTech reports new Energy Star 5.0 specs for computers became effective yesterday
Register Hardware reports MacBook Air firmware update points to revamped batteries
DigiTimes reports Intel Capella and Windows 7 to slow down notebook demand in 3Q09
Expreview reports Ion 2 to have more than twice Ion’s shaders?
Fudzilla reports the new Atom supports Vista
TG Daily on the death of the netbook
Transcend unveils thermal sensor-equipped DDR3 memory modules
VR-Zone reports Samsung launches 2233RZ 3D LCD monitor at WCG Asian Championships
PC World reports hybrid satellite-cell pocket phone may arrive this year
TorrentFreak reports suspicions of insider trading surround The Pirate Bay buyers

Software

Engadget reports Windows 7 Beta automatic shutdowns begin, RC users safe until March 1st
C|Net reports some Vista users say they're getting the Ultimate short end of the stick
Windows 7 pricing: Some users fume as the rose-colored discounts fade
DigiTimes reports Windows 7 will not help SSD sales much, say notebook vendors
SuperSite Blog reports Windows Vista and Windows
Server 2008 SP2 now available in all languages
Running Windows 7 on a 133MHz CPU (in Hungarian)
InfoWorld reports a year after Windows XP's death, users keep it alive and kicking
TechFlash: Leaping from Windows XP to 7? Some important stuff to consider
Expreview reports AMD won’t let Nvidia’s CUDA run on its GPUs
Ars Technica reports new Linux patch could circumvent Microsoft's FAT patents
Softpedia reports VirtualBox 3.0.0 for Linux brings 3D and OpenGL 2.0 support
TG Daily reports Apple releases iPhone OS 3.1 beta and iPhone SDK 3.1 beta
TechSpot on 11 awesome applications you've never heard of
ITReviewed on eMedia Guitar Method v4

Gaming

TG Daily reports PS3 slim and price cut rumors surface again
IndustryGamers' opinion: Should Sony exit hardware?
Shacknews on StarCraft II interview: Reaction and reflection
and Blizzard files 'Cataclysm' game trademarks (updated)
Dawn of War II 'There is Only War' beta launch delay
Joystiq reports Doom Resurrection getting DLC, 'possible' for other id Software titles
Wolfenstein PC minimum specs
100 million used games traded annually in US
Steam client, Source SDK, and Empire: Total War updates released
Chains now available on Steam - Save 50%
bit-tech reviews Overlord II
Gaming Heaven reviews Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (PC)

Systems and storage

Multimedia

Power, casing, and cooling