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Friday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 8:46 AM on August 14, 2009

Friday

1. C|Net: Apple planning September event?
2. Brian Seitz of Microsoft's Zune team demos Zune HD (video)
3. CNN reports Best Buy will not honor $9.99 big-screen TV deal
4. Hardware-Infos: AMD RV870 with 384-bit memory interface?
5. NordicHardware reports Evergreen at QuakeCon, odd memory configs, samples shipping
6. DigiTimes reports Lenovo recalls ThinkPad batteries; non-safety related issue
   and Nvidia to launch new chipsets for Intel- and AMD-based notebooks in 1Q10
7. NordicHardware: Sandy Bridge in Q4 2010 already?
8. Donanim Haber reports Gigabyte announces Ultra Durable
   VGA series Radeon HD 4890 OC (in Turkish)
9. Antec reportedly announces the Two Hundred case (in French)
10. Fudzilla has specs for Dell's smartphone
11. C|Net: Use the iPhone on Verizon
12. DSLReports: AT&T, Apple sued over lacking iPhone MMS
13. DailyTech reports Obama proposes web-tracking plan, privacy advocates alarmed
14. Deadline for U.S. broadband grants, loans extended
15. On2 Technologies files suit claiming $106.5M deal with Google was fixed
16. Cisco says it can improve tech, music industry ties
17. TorrentFreak: Is a fair P2P trial possible?
18. Sony settles on EPUB digital book format
19. PC World on obsolete technology: 40 big losers
20. Ars Technica posts Facebook privacy: A guide
21. Hexus.winners: 10 Voyager Pro headsets up for grabs
22. Newegg's sale

Software

1. Ars Technica reports Microsoft-sponsored reports find IE8 most secure browser (updated)
2. Opera announces beta 3 release of Opera 10 browser - ready for heavy work on the web
3. Netscape founder backs new browser
4. Nvidia PhysX 9.09.0814 WHQL
5. Tech ARP posts the Nvidia PhysX tech report
6. JRE 6 update 16
7. Mac OS X security update for Leopard, Tiger systems
8. Outlook in, Entourage out on Mac Office
9. Microsoft Exchange 2010 buzz grows louder
10. SuperSite for Windows posts Windows 7 Ultimate and Enterprise screenshots
11. TweakTown on ATI Catalyst vs. Nvidia ForceWare VGA performance in Windows 7

Gaming

1. July video game sales sharply below expectations (read more here)
2. IGN has by the numbers: Battlefield Heroes (exclusive stats from EA)
3. World of Warcraft: Onyxia returns
4. Crysis Wars summer trial
5. Steamcast episode #9: Exclusive interview with Valve's Gabe Newell
6. Team Fortress 2 update released on Steam
7. IncGamers post Command & Conquer 4 interview
8. FileFront has F.E.A.R. 2 slo-mo deathmatch trailer
9. Shacknews posts Wolfenstein launch trailer
10. Direct2Drive's sales - The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut
    for $27.95, World of Goo for $9.95, and Trine for $22.49
11. Gizmodo reports Nintendo DS emulator now available at the iTunes Store
12. Kotaku reports id Software is having a QuakeCon fire sale on iPhone games
13. Guru3D's Windows 7 (Final) vs. Windows Vista VGA game performance comparison
14. Shacknews has Brutal Legend multiplayer impressions
15. bit-tech previews Command & Conquer 4
16. hardCOREware on the 6 best NES & SNES virtual console games you've never played

Systems and storage

1. bit-tech posts hardware buyer's guide for August 2009
2. [H]ard|OCP reports Core i5 750 not available yet
3. TweakTown reports Intel's Lynnfield alive and selling in Taiwan
4. AnandTech on Phenom II X4 965: A look at CPU / MB bundle pricing
5. Motherboards.org and TweakTown preview Asus P7P55D Deluxe
6. DriverHeaven reviews 160GB Intel X25-M SSD
7. TweakTown on 32GB RunCore Pro IV SSD HTPC upgrade - Worth it?
8. TWL reviews Bone Collection USB flash drives from X-tremeGeek
9. Big Bruin reviews Synology DS409slim NAS
10. PC Review on QNAP TS-239 Pro Turbo NAS

Multimedia

1. APH Networks review Maximo iMetal iM-590 earphones
2. TechReviewSource's Zune HD preview & comparison
3. HardwareZone previews Sony Ericsson Aino slider phone
4. InsideHW reviews Verbatim Rapier V1 gaming mouse
5. OverclockersHQ reviews Verbatim Nano wireless notebook optical mouse

Cases and cooling

1. Legit Reviews: 15 case mods from QuakeCon 2009 on day 1
2. Benchmark Reviews on nMediaPC HTPC 8000 wood MCE case
3. Rbmods on NZXT Panzerbox case
4. OCC reviews GMC X-7 'X-Station' case
5. ProClockers review Lancool DragonLord PC-K56 case
6. Modders-Inc reviews In Win X-Fighter case
7. Björn3D reviews NZXT Sentry 2 fan controller
8. bit-tech has 5 LGA 1156 coolers tested on Lynnfield
9. Hardware Secrets reviews Zalman CNPS 10X Extreme CPU cooler
10. FrostyTech reviews Kingwin XT-1264 heatsink and has top 161 heatsinks compared
11. DeXgo reviews Cooler Master Hyper Z600 (in German)