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Friday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 5:59 AM on July 24, 2009

Friday

1. Microsoft sales drop sharply, sees no quick recovery
2. TechFlash reports Amazon Q2 profit falls 10%
3. Most memory makers to show red in Q2, recovery slow
4. Samsung Elec posts biggest profit in 2.5 years
5. DSLReports: AT&T CEO thinks network reliability keeping iPhone users around
6. TG Daily reports wireless-N finalization 'close'
7. Ars Technica on EFF's new lawsuit, and how the NSA is into social networking
8. DailyTech reports Foxconn responds about Chinese iPhone suicide
9. PC World reports laptop prices dip under $300 in the US
10. Fudzilla reports Core i9 is the new 32nm Gulftown moniker
11. Donanim Haber: Athlon II X2 250 is faster than Pentium E5400
12. Ars Technica reports Atom migration plans spur N270 regicide, N450 confusion
13. VR-Zone reports Maingear eX-L 18 claims world's most powerful gaming notebook
14. AnandTech reports Intel forces OCZ's hand: Indilinx drivers drop in price
15. Expreview reports Nvidia’s GT230 to debut in December
16. 49 port professional USB-2 hub
17. VR-Zone on Sony's BDP-CX7000ES and BDP-CX960 Blu-ray changers
18. MIT electric car may rival gas models on performance
19. PCPer podcast #66
20. Nvidia Ion case mod contest
21. Contest: Win a free OCZ Agility SSD from Benchmark Reviews

Software

1. TechFlash has video: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer signs off on Windows 7
2. Thoughts from Lenovo on Windows 7
3. MissingRemote on enabling concurrent sessions in Windows 7 RTM
4. The scarlet V: What's a Vista business user to do?
5. Microsoft and the 'premium mix' dilemma
6. AnandTech on Catalyst 9.7 graphics drivers: New UI and Win 7 updates
7. Catalyst 9.7 for Windows XP
8. Get Adobe Shockwave Player v11.5.1.601
9. Expreview reports EVGA SLI enhancement patch version 14 released
10. eWeek reports Apple releases new versions of Final Cut Studio, Logic Studio
11. DailyTech on virtualization - The good, the bad, the ugly
12. A detailed guide to Phoronix test suite 2.0
13. Techgage on SUSE Studio: The do-it-yourself Linux
14. Palm releases WebOS 1.1 for Pre; brings back iTunes syncing
15. PC World reports Google Latitude for iPhone arrives—as web app

Gaming

1. Is Windows 7 good for gamers?
2. Shacknews on Xbox avatar marketplace items, pricing revealed
3. News Corp sees MySpace as place for video games
4. Carmack: Rage a "console" game
5. Shacknews has Rage details: Regenerating health, designed for controllers,
   car upgrades, DVD vs. Blu-ray and new Rage teaser trailer debuts
6. EA's Battlefield 1943 shatters sales records for download-only games
7. Steam news: New RailWorks DLC and
   Defense Grid: The Awakening update released
8. Spore patch 5
9. Neoseeker on Resident Evil 5 (PC) video card performance
10. VR-Zone reviews Halo Wars (Xbox 360)
11. Gaming Heaven reviews Age of Pirates 2: City of Abandoned Ships (PC)
12. [OC]ModShop reviews Mountain Dew World of Warcraft Game Fuel
13. Win a signed copy of the Alan Wake Pelaaja poster

Systems and storage

1. HardwareZone reviews ASRock Ion 330-BD nettop
2. DriverHeaven reviews Asus W90Vp laptop
3. Björn3D reviews MSI X58M
4. TweakTown reviews 6GB Patriot Viper II PC3-16000 memory kit
5. HotHardware, Legit Reviews, and PC Perspective review Intel X25-M G2 SSD
6. TestFreaks review 500GB Rebit multi-PC backup appliance
7. Hardware Secrets reviews Samsung SE-S084 external DVD writer
8. Tech ARP's editorial: Checked your CD-Rs lately? (updated to rev. 2.0)

Multimedia

1. OCC reviews Sapphire HD 4890 Vapor-X 2GB
2. XtremeComputing reviews Nanovision MiMo UM-710 7" USB monitor
3. Digital Trends reviews Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3
4. Big Bruin reviews Startech KVM console to USB 2.0 crash cart adapter
5. Digital Trends reviews Klipsch HD Theater 500 (HDT500)
6. techPowerUp! reviews Razer Megalodon USB headset
7. Metku reviews Roccat Vire mobile gaming headset
8. APH Networks on Eagle Arion 2.1 iDock
9. HardwareZone previews LG GM730
10. TechwareLabs review Thermaltake Soprano aluminum keyboard
11. Technic3D reviews KeySonic ACK-540 ALU+RF HTPC keyboard (in German)

Cases and cooling

1. CPU3D reviews Lancool PC-K58 midi tower chassis
2. Big Bruin reviews NZXT Beta case
3. Overclockers Online reviews Evercool's 80mm Rifling fan
4. OverclockersHQ reviews SilenX Ixtrema 120mm red LED fan
5. [H]ard|OCP's Core i7 heatsinks roundup Q309