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Tuesday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 8:32 AM on July 28, 2009

Tuesday

Engadget reports mom installs 98" screen in son's bedroom
ceiling, deservedly garners award recognition
Time Warner buys Google's stake in AOL for $283 million
DSLReports: Sprint to buy Virgin Mobile USA
Microsoft retail store pitch: Whither PCTV?
TSMC will make chipsets for Intel: report
DigiTimes: No new netbooks from Asus, Acer in 2H09; Acer pushes back Android netbook
MSI officially announces OC Genie technology with Instant overclocking
NordicHardware reports OCZ retaliates, lowers prices of its SSDs
Fudzilla reports Nvidia GT300 to launch in Q4 2009
Expreview reports PowerColor readies new custom cooled Radeon HD 4890
iTech News Net on Panasonic's 320GB DIGA DMR-BW970 HDD / Blu-ray recorder
Engadget reports Samsung announces world's fastest Cortex A8 core, iPhone 3GS frowns a little
C|Net reports Verizon to offer Palm Pre in early 2010
DailyTech reports AT&T facing prospect of losing iPhone exclusivity
Verizon Wireless seeks U.S. court judgement on ads
AppleInsider reports Apple pulling Google Voice-enabled iPhone apps
Microsoft opens application submission on its Application Store
VR-Zone reports Samsung Korea unveils SNE-50K e-book reader
The Matrix, but with money: Ars on the world of high-speed trading
Edward James Olmos: The Plan won't be the last BSG movie

Software and gaming

TechFlash reports Opera, Microsoft differ over icons in Windows EU ballot proposal
Microsoft: European XP and Vista users to get the ballot screen, too
Windows XP to Windows 7: It's going to be a bumpy ride
SuperSite for Windows has Windows 7 feature focus RTM update #3:
Calculator, Scenic Ribbon, and Windows Gadgets
Microsoft, industry make progress defending against online threats
Kotaku reports Ubisoft plans to have piracy solution in place this year
Eurogamer reports L4D2 boycotter "invented" Spitter
CVG: It's the Resident Evil 5 PC system requirements
Shacknews reports Splinter Cell Conviction and
Red Steel 2 delayed amongst other Ubisoft games
Command & Conquer 4 is a PC exclusive right now
Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer AC130 (video)
Play this mod: Shacknews on Research & Development
Steam news: Garry's Mod update released
Elite Bastards have A-Z of classic games - Part II
Gaming Heaven reviews Gears of War 2: Dark Corners (Xbox 360)
IndustryGamers on the most profitable video game movies

Systems, storage, and networking

Multimedia

Engadget and HotHardware on AMD FirePro V8750 GPU
Guru3D reviews MSI Radeon HD 4890 Cyclone SOC
Hartware reviews Sapphire Toxic Radeon HD 4890 (in German)
[H]ard|OCP reviews XFX Radeon HD 4770
PureOC reviews Asus My Cinema EHD3-100 TV tuner
TechSpot's editorial on LCD panel quality and what to look for on your next purchase
Hardware Secrets reviews Palm Pre
HardwareZone reviews Nokia N86 - Late on the eight
Psychology of Technology: 5 smartphone rules to live by
Engadget has US Sony Walkman X-series unboxing and hands-on
CCE Reviews and TechwareLabs review Eagle Tech Arion 2.1 speakers
TweakTown reviews SteelSeries Siberia full-size gaming headset
ProClockers review Gigabyte GM-M8000 gaming mouse
TestFreaks review Garmin nüvi 255W
GPS Trends on TomTom Go 740 Live