Wednesday Shortbread - The Tech Report

Wednesday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 4:35 AM on July 22, 2009

Wednesday

Apple smashes profit forecasts, iPhone shines
Apple's profit tops forecast, Mac sales strong
TG Daily reports Seagate ships 40.6 million HDDs in Q2, loses $81 million
DigiTimes reports PC players start recruiting, while
AMD denies plans to cut staff by 3 - 5% in 2H09
Why is Obama's top antitrust cop gunning for Google?
Microsoft's fiscal 2010 game plan: 7 must-see slides
BusinessWeek of Microsoft's aggressive new pricing strategy
TC Magazine: Intel's Q3 09 - Q1 2010 LGA 1156 line-up revealed?
PC Perspective: Got a hankering for AMD's Istanbul?
Fudzilla reports AMD's Leo platform (RD890) to come in early 2010
Tweak.dk reports GeIL releases new DDR3 Green Series dual channel
memory kits and Mushkin releases overclocked Radeon HD 4850 card
[H]ard|OCP reports Galaxy gets Nvidia official
NordicHardware: GeCube leaving graphics?
and Club3D announces PCIe x1 Nvidia graphics cards
TheStreet's tech rumor of the day: Apple, Verizon team up on tablet
TG Daily on UMPC, take 2: Samsung touts first WiMax MID
Netgear to help Internet subscribers measure use
C|Net reports Comcast's consumer usage meter still in the labs
TweakTown: Dolby Labs interviewed regarding PC audio
It's official: Microsoft 'retiring' YouTube challenger Soapbox
Christopher Hipp, Blade server pioneer, dies
nZone: Enter to win a trip to Blizzcon 2009

Software

When will you get Windows 7 RTM?
C|Net reports Microsoft confirms Windows 7 family pack
SuperSite for Windows previews Windows Home Server Power Pack 3
TechFlash: Was Microsoft violating the GPL before deciding to embrace it?
Microsoft's Linux contribution: Thank Novell?
C|Net reports Firefox 3.0.12 patches five critical problems
PC World reports bug in Firefox 3.5.1 isn't exploitable, Mozilla says
HotHardware takes a closer look at Safari 4: How does it stack up?
Bright Side of News on why DirectX 11 will save the video card and why you don't care
ATi-Forum: Catalyst 9.8 by the 8. August? (in German)
Guru3D releases Driver Sweeper 2.0.0 Final
InfoWorld reports Adobe offers up more Flash technology to open source
Most expensive JavaScript ever?
How they built it: The software of Apollo 11

Gaming

Kotaku reports Microsoft dates next Xbox 360 Dashboard
update and Microsoft patents drop-in co-op in shooters
Carmack: PS3 offers "theoretical" raw performance
and Rage won't work too well on 3 DVDs, Doom 4 will
Shacknews has Rage details: Regenerating health, designed for controllers,
car upgrades, DVD vs. Blu-ray and Valve still experimenting with Team
Fortress 2 items, may eliminate unlock system
Joystiq reports PlayStation motion controller accuracy 'scarily good'
and V-Screen peripheral brings 3D to PSP
Mad Catz announces Limited Edition Comic-Con Street Fighter IV
Arcade FightStick: Tournament Edtion and Fight Pad
Gazillion Entertainment names former president of Blizzard North and
Diablo creator David Brevik to lead Marvel Universe MMO development
Develop 09: Is digital distribution the PC savior?
IndustryGamers opinion: The new face of PC gaming
AtomicGamer has Wolfenstein 'Origins' behind the scenes video
Eurogamer reports Serious Sam 3 drops cartoon look
[H]ard|OCP on Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood gameplay perf. and IQ
Gaming Heaven reviews Street Fighter IV (PC)
Björn3D reviews Battlefield 1943 (Xbox 360)
ABT looks at Resident Evil 5 PC benchmark
Elite Bastards have A-Z of classic games - part I
Steam news: Left 4 Dead update released
Quake Live updated
SteelSeries unveils new Blizzard Entertainment co-branded StarCraft II gaming surfaces
Slashdot reports OC ReMix releases Final Fantasy 4 tribute album

Systems, storage, and networking

TweakTown on building an mATX-based gaming rig
XSReviews on Beast Computers Breed Evo gaming PC
InsideHW reviews Asus Eee PC 1004DN netbook
Hexus.net reviews Packard Bell Imax Mini Nvidia Ion nettop
X-bit labs report Phenom II X4 42 TWKR sold for $11,600 at auction
Engadget reports Asus P6X58 Premium motherboard arrives complete with USB 3.0 ports
Neoseeker reviews Gigabyte P55-UD5 & Core i5 platform
AnandTech's Intel's 34nm SSD preview: Cheaper and faster?
MegaTech Reviews on Corsair Flash Voyager Port backup device
XtremeComputing reviews Edimax BR-657n wireless 802.11n router