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Thursday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 1:34 PM on July 16, 2009

Thursday

1. Stocks, oil surge on Intel-driven recovery hopes
2. TheStreet's tech rumor of the day: Don't buy the Intel rally
3. The Inquirer reports Intel is not doing as well as it appears
4. Ars Technica on Intel's gain, Dell's pain as PC market coasts along bottom
5. Palm shares sink after Apple closes iTunes sync
6. Microsoft's fiscal 2010 battle cry: Growing our share
7. Microsoft: Apple wanted 'Laptop Hunters' ads pulled
8. Microsoft stores to open near Apple stores this fall
9. TechFlash reports cracked Kindle prompts lawsuit versus Amazon.com
10. Bright Side of News reports Marvel 88SE9123 SATA 6G chips to be pulled
    from P55 boards and Intel 32nm Core i3 / i5 (finally) kills the analog VGA port
11. NordicHardware reports 3 Lynnfield models at launch, 2 branded as Core i7
12. DailyTech reports AMD defends CPU performance against Facebook complaints
13. [H]ard|OCP reports AMD Phenom II TWKR BE only $7,100 on eBay
14. Tweak.dk reports Asus adds more (battery) life to Eee PC with the Seashell series
15. DigiTimes reports eMachines launches an Atom-based all-in-one PC
16. Expreview reports MSI N260GTX Lighning reaches 1.1GHz core
    clock speed and Asus readies up another Radeon HD 4870
17. Fudzilla reports Nvidia could have beaten ATI with 40nm introduction
18. AnandTech on exploring input lag inside and out
19. 'The Hobbit' heirs seek $220 million for 'Rings' rights

Software

1. MacNN reports iTunes 8.2.1 breaks Palm Pre sync
2. Installing (European) E editions of Windows 7
3. Read the fine print in Microsoft's new application platform license
4. Another company signs Linux patent-protection deal with Microsoft
5. SuperSite for Windows covers WPC09 day 2: Ballmer, Windows Azure pricing, Windows Mobile
6. Mozilla security blog: Critical JavaScript vulnerability in Firefox 3.5
7. FiringSquad reports Nvidia ForceWare 190.38 beta driver released
8. MVK Tech releases NiBiTor v5.1
9. Popfly shutting down
10. Digital Trends on best free alternatives to commercial software

Gaming

1. Pachther: Apple prepping game console for 2013 launch
2. Spall: Xbox 720 and PS4 will be browser-based
3. Dyack: Single platform future (for video gaming) is 'inevitable'
4. FiringSquad reports Capcom announces ship date for Resident Evil PC; 3D benchmark
5. Forced to connect: Ars Technica reports C&C 4 requires always-on Internet
6. VE3D reports Red Faction: Guerilla PC release date & system
   requirements announced; DX10 screenshots released
7. Shacknews has Trine interview: Frozenbyte on pricing, online co-op, future projects, and more
8. Blizzard being suspected of illegal joint venture, WoW facing suspension forever in China
9. The Demoman on Fuel
10. Team Fortress 2: A collection of avatars
11. Download patch 1.12 for Red Alert 3
12. Steam news: Counter-Strike 1.6 and RailWorks updates released

Systems, storage, and networking

1. C|Net: Intel Core i7 laptops coming--or already here?
2. FiringSquad's summer 2009 PC buyer's guide
3. TechReviews UK on Asus Eee Box B204
4. HotHardware reviews Asus Eee PC T91 swivel-screen tablet netbook
5. Phoronix on netbook performance: Ubuntu vs. OpenSolaris
6. AnandTech's lab update: Celeron E1500 in bench, Twitter & AT redesign
7. Ninjalane on installing a Core i7 LGA 1366 processor
8. Tech ARP adds 2 BIOS features to its BIOS guide
9. DriverHeaven's X58 motherboards roundup - July 2009
10. CPU3D reviews ASRock P45X3 Deluxe
11. TechwareLabs on hacking Seagate's 1.5TB drive to turn it into a Velociraptor Killer
12. Björn3D on making an NTFS USB boot disk
13. HardwareLogic reviews 2TB Seagate Barracuda LP
14. TheTechLounge reviews 16GB Corsair Flash Voyager GT USB thumb drive
15. VR-Zone reviews Netgear N150 WNR1000 wireless router

Multimedia

1. Dr. Dobb's: Reinventing ray tracing
2. OC3D reviews Asus ENGTX275 896MB
3. Digital Trends reviews Canon PowerShot SD970 IS
4. TweakTown on Hypersonic Sound (HSS) technology: Reinventing sound
5. Verdis Reviews on MSI SyrenSpeaker Mini
6. Digital Trends reviews Sony Ericsson W995a

Power, cases, and cooling

1. [H] Enthusiast reviews 1250W Enermax Galaxy Evo PSU
2. XtremeComputing reviews 910W PC Power and Cooling Quad Silencer PSU
3. Technic3D reviews 750W Seventeam ST 750Z-AF PSU (in German)
4. OverclockersHQ reviews AeroCool Touch-2000 LCD touch screen fan controler
5. ProClockers review Cooler Master Notepal X2 notebook cooler
6. Hexus.net compares Cooler Master Hyper N520 vs. Scythe Mugen 2 vs. Xigmatek Achilles S1284C
7. DeXgo: Bitspower EIX58NSC installation on EVGA's X58 Classified (in German)