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Tuesday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 2:33 PM on September 1, 2009

Tuesday

1. Taiwan market: New Intel desktop platform to be announced on September 8
2. Expreview reports Intel to stop shipping LGA 1366 and LGA 771 CPUs with an LGA cover
3. NordicHardware reports dual-core Celeron E3000 with virtualization in stores
4. VR-Zone on AMD Leo 2010 platform: Enthusiast's dream setup?
5. EVGA: The new 4-way SLI platform has arrived
6. Global demand for PC-use Blu-ray Disc drives not to take off until 2H10, says Taiwan
7. SuperSite Blog: Current Zunes are discontinued, Zune HD is it going forward
8. Expect some Superspeed USB products this year
9. Ars Technica reports Intel tips Moorestown details, talks up x86 smartphones
10. Windows Mobile 6.5 phones coming October 6
11. TG Daily reports DRAM faces a not very early death
12. VR-Zone reports Hitachi GST unleashes 2.5" 7200RPM 500GB HDD
13. Engadget reports Eee keyboard tantalizingly within reach at the FCC
14. VR-Zone reports Cooler Master enters pro gaming mouse market w/ Sentinel Advance
15. Apple: The new Microsoft
16. eBay to sell Skype stake for $1.9 billion
17. Verizon "enhanced multimedia phones" to require data plans, death of the Vpak, and more
18. Nokia to delay U.S. music service launch: report
19. Drop in P2P traffic attributed to traffic shaping
20. TechFlash reports e-books a hot topic at next CES
21. Twitter 101 college course to be offered at DePaul
22. VR-Zone reports homemade jet pack jumps you 10 feet in the air
23. 1TB Samsung SpinPoint F3 is available at Newegg (thanks Eric)
24. Dealzon's deals: Buy a Samsung 1080p LCD HDTV and get a Nintendo Wii
    or Asus 1005HA netbook for free, $15 off 500GB Samsung EcoGreen F2
    HD502HI, and Asus AT3N7A-I 1.6GHz Atom 330 dual-core motherboard
    with Nvidia Ion Mini-ITX for $155.99

Software

1. Microsoft: Windows 7 can offer better battery life
2. TG Daily reports Windows 7 closes on Linux market share
3. Windows 7 Family Pack available for pre-order early online
4. Microsoft delivers test build of Windows 7-based 'Quebec' embedded OS
5. Ars Technica reports Google Chrome celebrates early birthday with Sony distribution deal
6. C|Net reports Google reforms Chrome for Snow Leopard
7. Mac clone maker sues Apple over Snow Leopard
8. DailyTech reports Apple brags OS X Snow Leopard is more secure, security firms say otherwise
9. Ars Technica has Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard review
   and first look: Opera 10 faster with new features
10. Office 2010: What Microsoft will and won't say
11. SuperSite for Windows on Hyper-V Server 2008 R2
12. Before Dark's 190.38 WHQL vs. 190.62 WHQL comparison
13. Skype spy trojan escapes into wild

Gaming

1. A trio of Nintendo announcements
2. PlayStation 3 firmware (v3.00) update imminent
3. Crysis Wars trial period extended
4. Shacknews reports Assassin's Creed veteran Jade Raymond to head Ubisoft Toronto
5. Guru3D's Blizzcon 2009 editorial
6. Shacknews reports Battlefield 2 patch 1.50 released
7. Team Fortress 2 update released
8. [H]ard|OCP's Wolfenstein gameplay performance and IQ
9. Tetris helps brain activity
10. StarCraft Heaven's Devils free excerpt (novel)

Systems and storage

1. Steam hardware survey: August 2009
2. PCStats reviews Athlon II X2 250
3. Donanim Haber has Asus P7P55D Premium, first SATA 6Gbps mainboard, detailed (in Turkish)
4. X-bit labs review Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R (rev. 1.6)
5. OCC's X58 motherboards roundup
6. Björn3D reviews 128GB Kingston SSDNow V+
7. HotHardware's 4-way SSD roundup redux: OCZ, Corsair & PhotoFast
8. X-bit labs review Synology Disk Station DS509+
9. MissingRemote reviews VIA NSD-7800 8-bay WHS solution

Multimedia

1. Ultimate Hardware reviews Asus GeForce 9600 GSO
2. X-bit labs on new C-PVA solutions: Samsung SyncMaster F2080 and F2380
3. Hardware Canucks have Samsung LN55B650 55” 120Hz LCD HDTV 'layman's review'
4. TestFreaks review FakeTV burglar deterrent and Mionix Saiph 1800 gaming mouse
5. I4U reviews Joby Gorillatorch flashlight

Power, cases, and cooling

1. DriverHeaven reviews 800W FSP Everest 80Plus PSU
2. TechReviews UK on Antec Nine Hundred Two gaming case
3. TechSpot reviews Lian-Li LanCool PC-K62 and PC-K56 cases
4. ThinkComputers reviews Cooler Master Gladiator 600 case
5. PureOC reviews Enermax Apollish case fan
6. TWL reviews NZXT Cryo S aluminum notebook cooler
7. Modders-Inc reviews Cooler Master NotePal A1 notebook cooler
8. X-bit labs review Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus & Hyper N620 and Cogage True Spirit
9. TweakTown reviews Kingwin XT-1264 HDT CPU cooler
10. Legit Reviews on Scythe Mugen 2 CPU cooler
11. FrostyTech reviews DeepCool Killer Whale heatsink