Wednesday Shortbread - The Tech Report

Wednesday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 5:58 AM on August 12, 2009

Wednesday

FiringSquad reports AMD cuts CPU prices
[H]ard|OCP spots DRAM shell shocker
DigiTimes reports Intel moving to 32nm
techPowerUp! reports MSI "Big Bang" P55 motherboard implements
Lucid Hydra and Sempron 140 unlocks to Athlon II X2
TG Daily reports Intel phases out Tigerton quad-core CPUs
Tweak.dk: Asus ROG MARS world's first public demo at Assembly Lanparty
DigiTimes reports Supermicro announces a four-teraflop GPU-based computing system
Bright Side of News reports ViDock 2 makes notebook GPU upgrade a reality
16-core Larrabee video?
DailyTech reports OCZ launches latest SSD product: Solid 2
Ars Technica reports flash-based Zunes disappear from Zune Store
The case against Apple - in five parts
The Register reports Psystar emerges from bankruptcy
Fudzilla reports Dell said to announce phone this week
GigaOM: Broadband stimulus plan has no map for success
RealNetworks loses ruling on DVD copying
Are Google's 'Caffeine' search results more like Bing's?
Help test Google's next-generation infrastructure
C|Net reports hp, Dr. Dre plan new 'digital music ecosystem'
DSLReports: Your DVR is watching you
Analyst: Kindle sales to take off
PC Perspective will host a hardware workshop at QuakeCon 2009
XSReviews has Cooler Master CM 690 competition
Win CoolIT's Domino A.L.C. from Tech-Reviews

Software

C|Net reports judge orders Microsoft to stop selling Word
Microsoft security bulletin summary for August 2009
Ars Technica reports Symantec, 11 others fail Virus Bulletin's August 2009 test (updated)
DailyTech's Futuremark interview pt. II: Browser
speed -- why home and business users should care
ComputerWorld reports Ballmer confirms Windows 7 Starter restrictions for netbooks
SuperSite for Windows has Windows 7 Home Premium and Basic screenshots
Microsoft plans Office tie-up with Nokia
Microsoft delivers test versions of SQL Server 2008 R2
VMware buying SpringSource for $420 million
Has VMware lost its mojo?
Windows Mobile 6.5 build 23022: What is Microsoft up to?
Microsoft's Windows Mobile: Time to hang up?
BlackBerry developer's blog

Gaming

Dashboard updates: Xbox Live update
Ars Technica reports Xbox gaming platform may soon span Web, console,
mobile and hands-on with Xbox 360's new "Games on Demand"
VR-Zone reports Razer and Blizzard to co-develop StarCraft II gaming peripherals
John Carmack talks next gen consoles... and beyond
Team Fortress 2 classless update
Community Dawn of War II map pack
Modern Warfare 2 on TV
The making of World of Warcraft
Joystiq reports Activision clarifies Guitar Hero 5 song importing process
Shacknews reports Duke Nukem 3D is out for iPhone
Why we quit: Ars Technica on the moments that push us away from gaming
Gaming Heaven reviews Madden NFL 10
Hi Tech Legion's first look at Darkest of Days
Steam client update released and Darkest of Days demo - live on Steam and
mid-week madness: 50% off Call of Duty: World at War until Thursday, August 13
Shacknews has a contest: Want to play Borderlands on Friday?

Systems and storage

HotHardware posts 2009 netbook and notebook buyer's guide
AnandTech's AMD vs. Intel laptops: A platform analysis
Hexus.net reviews Novatech Allspark VHP64 system
ABT on building a value PC with Cooler Master
InsideHW reviews hp ProBook 4510s notebook
Expreview reports first review of six-core Gulftown exposed
Madshrimps have Core i7 in-depth performance scaling analysis
PureOC's Phenom II vs. Core i7: Gaming value comparison
[H]ard|OCP's Asus P7P55D Deluxe & Evo motherboards preview
OCC reviews Asus Rampage II Gene
Hardware Canucks review DFI LANParty Blood Iron P45-T2RS
Elite and 6GB G.Skill Trident PC3-16000 memory kit
Boot Daily reviews 2TB WD RE4-GP
Phoronix reviews 120GB OCZ Agility SSD
TweakTown reviews 64GB Kingston SSDNow V Series upgrade kit
NordicHardware on 128GB Corsair Voyager GT USB drive
OC3D on cloning your notebook / MacBook hard disk to an SSD
ThinkComputers reviews Asus SDRW-08D1S-U external slim DVD writer
HotHardware reviews Synology DS409+ NAS

Multimedia

PCGH: Nvidia's chief scientist Bill Dally talks GPU technology, DirectX 11, and Intel's Larrabee
Hartware reviews Asus ENGTX285 Matrix (in German)
Expreview reviews Galaxy GeForce GTX 260+ OC
Big Bruin reviews Asus ENGTS250 1GB
TestFreaks review Zotac GeForce 9800 GT Amp! Edition
Digital Trends reviews Samsung SyncMaster 2233RZ
Hardware Secrets posts new digital cameras quiz
TweakTown's Astone Media Gear AP-100 1080p media player video review
MissingRemote on enabling multi-channel for other audio formats in your HTPC
Elite Bastards review Eagle Tech ET-AR302-BK 2.0 speakers
Digital Trends reviews BlackBerry Curve 8520
HardwareZone covers Lexmark printer launch event
Review of the Kinesis Advantage ergonomic keyboard
Rbmods on Mionix Saiph 3200 mouse