Thursday Shortbread - The Tech Report

Thursday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 5:54 AM on July 23, 2009

Thursday

Ars Technica reports Intel tells EU court antitrust fine violated its human rights
C|Net reports Apple cuts $500 million flash memory deal
Yahoo outlook misses, shares slip
Engadget reports Core i5 750 reportedly arriving September 6, bringing Core i7 friends and
AMD's 40nm DirectX 11-based Evergreen GPUs could be ready for bloom by late September
DigiTimes reports Intel Atom 270 to prop up netbook market in 2H09
VR-Zone reports Biostar releases a cheap AMD 785G mATX board
Tweak.dk reports Corsair re-launches Dominator GT DRAM modules
VR-Zone reports Canon introduces world's first hybrid image stabilizer
PC World reports Apple drops DRM case against Bluwiki
Comcast: 50% of network DOCSIS 3.0 upgraded
Engadget reports HTC adopting Android on 50% of its handsets in 2010?
People the weak link in cybersecurity: report
Madshrimps cover MSI MOA 2009 EU Finals
The Consumerist reports Best Buy won't let reader exchange money for functioning computer
TechFlash reports actor Kevin Spacey may have discovered Twitter's biz model

Software

SuperSite for Windows posts Windows 7 RTM clean install screenshots
and updates Windows 7 FAQ with availability and RTM info
Will the 'real' Windows 7 testers please stand up?
Microsoft's top 7 reasons for a PC gamer to get Windows 7
AMD set to enable ultimate visual experience for consumer PCs with Windows 7
FiringSquad reports Catalyst 9.7 released for Windows Vista / Windows 7
Phoronix reports Nvidia 190.16 driver brings OpenGL 3.2 to Linux
Microsoft: People could still change their mind on Vista
and third party software slows Internet Explorer
Update for Norton Internet Security & Firefox 3.5
bit-tech on Google's Chrome OS: Facts and rumors
TG Daily reports Chrome to get hardware accelerated 3D graphics
C|Net reports Adobe investigating zero-day bug in Flash
Microsoft Office 2008 Service Pack 2: Update issues
Mozilla Thunderbird Beta 3 release notes
CPU-Z 1.52 released

Gaming

DigiTimes reports Aptina to be sole supplier of 1.3MP CIS for new Xbox 360, says sources
Alienware invades retail with unique gaming experience in the New York area
Modern Warfare 2 controller
IndustryGamers interview: Ubisoft's Detoc on turning 'gamers' into 'players'
Bionic Commando coming to Steam, pre-purchase and save 10%
bit-tech reviews Bionic Commando
Gaming Heaven previews Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2
Phoronix: Come play this new Linux-native game with us

Systems and storage

AnandTech tests the latest x86 rack servers and low power server CPUs
Engadget's Lenovo ThinkPad T400s hands-on and impressions
Tweaknews reviews Asus Eee PC 1000HE
Hi Tech Legion reviews Core i7 965 Extreme
Björn3D's Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6 preview
Legit Reviews has Gigabyte GA-P55-UD5 preview
Hexus.net previews Gigabyte GA-P55-UD4 mATX
[H]ard|OCP reviews Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R
bit-tech reviews Asus Maximus II Gene
and DFI LANParty DK 790FXB-M3H5
OC3D reviews Zotac Ion N330 WiFi ITX 'A' motherboard
Hardware Canucks reviews 6GB OCZ Blade PC3-17000 memory kit
TweakTown reviews 6GB G.Skill Trident PC3-16000 memory kit
TechwareLabs review 12GB GeIL Evo One DDR3-1600 Hexa memory kit
AnandTech has Intel X25-M G2 Dissected and performance preview
PC Perspective has first test results of Intel X25-M G2 and prelim OCZ Colossus performance
Benchmark Reviews on 120GB OCZ Agility MLC SSD
HardwareZone has 5 solid state 64GB drives compared
TweakTown's 128GB Patriot Xporter Magnum USB pen drive video review

Multimedia

Elite Bastards on GPU video transcoding image quality: Nvidia CUDA vs. AMD Stream
OCC reviews MSI N260GTX-T2D896 OC V3
CPU3D reviews Gigabyte Radeon HD 4850 Silent Cell
Digital Trends imagines an Apple tablet
TweakTown reviews Eagle Arion 2.1 multimedia subwoofer speaker system

Power, casing, and cooling