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Wednesday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 7:21 AM on August 19, 2009

Wednesday

AMD takes notebook discrete graphics market share lead
C|Net reports hp quarterly profit dips 19%
TG Daily reports Apple still dominates in PC market
C|Net reports EU's exploding-iPhone investigation heats up
Fudzilla reports Larrabee is Intel's third attempt and Nvidia works on 28nm GPUs
NordicHardware reports Nvidia to announce LGA 1156 chipset in Q1 2010
DigiTimes: MSI to be first to launch Pine Trail-M netbooks in December, claim sources
Ars Technica: New Dell-ARM combo poised to take on Wintel netbooks?
AMD RV870: P18000 in 3DMark Vantage?
VR-Zone reports Creative unveils Inspire S2, to hold public
showing of new Sound Blaster WoW wireless headset
Inside Microsoft's UK Research Labs
FCC enforcing imaginary laws in P2P ruling, says Comcast
Qwest to shut off its wireless service October 31
Technology Reviews: 2009 young innovators under 35
PC World on top Apple debacles
HEXUS.winners: Lian Li PC-60FW up for grabs
TestFreaks have weekly contest: NZXT Cryo S and 4 USB drives
Dealzon's deal on Toshiba's 17" Satellite laptop

Software

Windows 7 Release Candidate downloads end August 20th
DailyTech reports Microsoft plans to fight ruling against Word
Windows 7 to get Dolby Digital Plus support
FiringSquad has game performance compared: Windows 7 vs. Vista vs. Windows XP
Tech-Xtreme on tweaking and optimising Windows Vista
Microsoft's IE 8 effective at blocking phishing, malware - report says
Ars Technica reports WebKit nightly builds top Chromium in OS X JavaScript tests
SuperSite for Windows on Windows Live Movie Maker
Exchange 2010: Another public test build released
Palm plans for commercial application store launch
Engadget: Windows Mobile 6.5 'touch interface' update in February to coexist with WinMo 7?
Technology Review on making Android more secure
EVGA Precision 1.8.0 released

Gaming

PS3 Slim CECH-2000B 250GB model uncovered at FCC site
PlayStation 3 firmware (v3.00) update
Engadget has PlayStation 3 Slim unboxing and hands-on
Kotaku reports Xbox 360 Elite no longer ships with HD cables
The Xbox Micro mod
Video gamers 'older than thought'
Researchers explore mental health benefits of video games
Shooting for the stars: Blizzard's Sigaty on developing StarCraft II
Shacknews posts interview: id's CEO talks Rage, Doom 4, Quake Live subscriptions & more
Wolfenstein multiplayer team axed on release day
Shacknews reports Wolfenstein 1.1 PC patch released
Fudzilla reports Battlefield: Bad Company 2 not till next year
GameTrailers have new Battlefield: Bad Company 2 trailer
BioWare unveils new story details of the epic action RPG Mass Effect 2
Analysing the background mechanisms of Valve's evolving cast of Left 4 Dead characters
PC Perspective covers QuakeCon 2009: Days 2 and 3
Ars Technica: How I rode a Samsung tablet PC to retro role-playing nirvana
Quake Live is now available for Mac OS X and Linux
Play classic DOS games on Ubuntu Linux
Gaming Heaven reviews Wipeout HD Fury (PS3)

Systems, storage, and networking

AnandTech talks of penguins, P55, and Patriot...
OC3D reviews Mesh Matrix II 955BE Hush gaming PC
InsideHW reviews Asus N50Vn notebook
ThinkComputers reviews Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2 netbook
HardwareZone previews Gigabyte P55-UD6
TweakTown reviews 64GB Kingston SSDNow V+ Series SSD
Björn3D reviews 128GB Kingston SSDNow V laptop upgrade kit
and 16GB Super Talent Pico Mini USB drive
DriverHeaven reviews QNAP 639 Pro NAS
OverclockersHQ reviews Trendnet gaming wireless N adapter
[OC]ModShop on the 7 most common packet-sniffer mistakes

Multimedia

[H]ard|OCP's AMD Radeon HD 4770 CrossFire evaluation
techPowerUp's world-exclusive review of PowerColor HD 4770 PCS 512MB
MissingRemote's guides: Configuring standby on your HTPC and keeping your HTPC awake
Digital Trends reviews Nokia Surge 6790
TechGaming reviews Thrustmaster T.1600 PC joystick
Tweaknews reviews G-Cube Breeze-Tini G4T-10BR notebook wireless optical mouse
TWL reviews CardScan Executive: Contact management system