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Sunday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 11:25 AM on August 16, 2009

Sunday

1. Largest ISPs say no thanks to stimulus funds
2. Facebook to face off with new web rivals
3. The Register on Google Caffeine: What it really is
4. TechFlash reports Ben Huh of LOLcats fame is perplexed by company success
5. Ars Technica reports American MSRPs confirm lofty Ion pricing; Nvidia responds
6. NordicHardware: Cypress ships with 1 or 2GB RAM
7. BlackBerry Storm 2 9550 (Odin) video
8. DailyTech reports Palm defends its right to track Pre users' locations
9. Engadget reports WD TV-2 spruces up Western Digital's already attractive media player offering
10. TweakTown's Blu-ray importing: August 2009 buying guide
11. Twitter attack: Crisis of disconnectivity
12. Engadget podcast 159
13. Engadget HD podcast 150

Software

1. 'Easy workaround' could solve Microsoft Word's legal woes, says expert
2. Springboard Series virtual roundtable windows 7 applications compatibility part 2: Virtualization
3. C|Net reports reseachers prove kernel is secure
   and Apple's Snow Leopard: A flurry of changes
4. Adobe to drop support for PowerPC in future versions of Creative Suite
5. Mozilla recommends upgrading from Firefox 3.0.x to Firefox 3.5.x
6. Hardware-Infos has Catalyst 9.1 - 9.8 test (in German)
7. FileZilla client 3.2.7 released

Gaming

1. Engadget reports Xbox 360 'only console to show growth this year' according to Microsoft
2. Did consoles ruin DLC?
3. Behind the scenes at 1 vs. 100 after glitch shuts down Xbox Live show (video)
4. Inside Crytek - Q&A with gameplay programmer Alex McCarthy
5. Playing Company of Heroes Online: China
6. Call of Duty: World at War map pack 3 and patch 1.6 details
7. Big Download covers QuakeCon 2009: Todd Howard keynote highlights
8. GameSpot's Rage QuakeCon video interview
9. Legit Reviews covers QuakeCon 2009: The vendor booths
10. Shacknews on video games to be released this week
11. Dawn of War II map making contest

Hardware

1. ComputerWorld: Building an Apple-1 replica from scratch
2. NordicHardware on Dell Inspiron Zino HD - Mac mini look-alike
3. Futurelooks reviews Asus Eee PC 1005HA Seashell netbook
4. Core i7 870 @ 5.6GHz
5. TC Magazine: 2.7GHz Core 2 Quad Q7600 spotted
6. Bright Side of News reports 2nd gen Nvidia Tegra will be 400% faster than Tegra 650
7. LostCircuits on Phenom II X4 965 BE
8. Tech ARP's BIOS option of the week: Delay DRAM read latch
9. Legit Reviews: AMD previews DirectX 11 gaming performance on Evergreen
10. APH Networks review Maximo iMetal iM-590 earphones
11. Hardware Pacers review lti-Mat Breathe F-X3 heavy fabric
12. DragonSteelMods review Zowie P-RF mousing surface
13. Hardware Bistro reviews Proporta USB TurboCharger 3400
14. TestFreaks review Thermaltake Max4 external hard drive enclosure
15. DeXgo reviews Scythe Zipang 2 (in German)