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Thursday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on September 3, 2009

Thursday

1. VR-Zone has rumored release date updates for AMD / Nvidia DX11 cards
   and Arctic Cooling intros Accelero L7 exclusively for Sapphire
2. NordicHardware reports Noctua presents NH-U12P SE2 cooler with LGA 1156 support
3. Nokia announces laptop details and rolls out new phones
4. Engadget reports Creative announces Zen X-Fi2 touchscreen PMP (video)
5. C|Net reports Panasonic set to unleash 85" 1080p plasma for $30,000
6. Analysis: Sony's 3D TV gambit likely to fail
7. The race to be an early adopter of technologies goes mainstream, a Forrester survey finds
8. YouTube talks to studios on movie rentals: source
9. Amazon joins opposition to Google book deal
10. Ars Technica reports Hotmail DAV protocol retired; affects Outlook, OE, Entourage
11. ATi-Forum's interview with Razer's Robert Krakoff
12. Winners of the best Windows website contest 2009 announced
13. Solar Shanghai pavilion made from used CD cases
14. Urlesque announces A Day Without Cats on 9.9.09 (video)
15. XSReviews has Teufel Concept E Magnum competition
16. Dealzon's deals: $180 off hp dv6z laptop, $180 off hp dv6t laptop, $50 off
    Vison V221WD 21" LCD monitor, $180 off refurbished 40GB Sony PS3,
    and $25 off eDimensional AudioFX Pro headset

Software

1. Global Windows 7 launch party (MS wants you to host your own house party)
2. Users abandon XP for Vista, Windows 7
3. Intel, Microsoft mind meld for Windows 7
4. Microsoft shows 'faster' Windows
5. C|Net reports Microsoft extends free time zone updates
6. More Microsoft PDC 2009 sessions revealed
7. TG Daily reports Corel takes on Adobe with Digital Studio 2010
8. ABT reports Roxio Creator 2010 adds ATI Stream and Nvidia CUDA support
9. HotHardware reviews Presto instant-on operating system
10. Network World has 12 cool ways to donate your PC's spare processing power
11. C|Net reports Apple to offer ready-made ringtones

Gaming

1. OnLive opens the beta program
2. Microsoft's new (LCD screen) resolution
3. Ben Heck's swapped Xbox 360 controller
4. Joystiq reports 74% of you have watched a Blu-ray movie on your PS3
5. Edge Online reports the average PSN user is male, aged 28
6. World of Warcraft faction change service now available
7. TF2 official blog: Incoming
8. Team Fortress 2 update released
9. Batman Arkham Asylum PhysX trailer
10. IGN's Red Faction: Guerrilla hands-on
11. TheTechLounge previews Section 8
12. Gaming Heaven reviews Tales of Monkey Island: The Siege of Spinner Cay
13. Sound effects - Electronic Arts
14. Direct2Drive: $24.95 for F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (deal ends Sunday)
15. Impulse Driven: $20 for Demigod, $19.99 for Sacred 2: Fallen Angel,
    and $20 for Sins of a Solar Empire / Entrenchment bundle
16. GoGamer.com: Save 80% on Company of Heroes, save 84% on Elder Scrolls IV:
    Oblivion, save 60% on Red Faction II, and save 60% on Supreme Commander

Systems, storage, and multimedia

1. The Register reports Oracle to talk Sun hardware on October 14
2. Engadget reports Acer's Ion-powered Aspire Revo 3600 packs dual-core Atom 330
3. HardwareZone previews Nokia Booklet 3G and N900 smartphone
4. Rbmods on 500GB Verbatim Executive 2.5" portable hard drive
5. Neoseeker reviews PowerColor HD 4770 PCS
6. Engadget reports Optinvent promises to offer Clear Vu HMD for less than $200
7. Electronic House reviews Sony's 400-disc BDP-CX7000ES Blu-ray megachanger
8. Engadget's LG BL40 Chocolate Touch hands-on and
   Xperia X2 launching Q4, Windows Mobile 6.5 onboard
9. TechRadar UK reports HTC Touch2 announced as a Windows phone
10. HardwareZone has Nokia X6, X3, and N97 Mini hands-on

Power, casing, and cooling

1. Hardware Canucks have 850W XFX Black Edition PSU exclusive hands-on preview
2. Hardware Secrets reviews 500W OCZ StealthXStream PSU and PC TrickleSaver
3. Metku reviews SilverStone Fortress FT01 case
4. OverclockersHQ reviews Eagle Tech Consus ET-CSMDSU2-BK enclosure
5. Hi Tech Legion reviews Scosche Kickback iPhone case
6. Techgage reviews NZXT Sentry 2 touch-screen fan controller
7. Overclockers Online reviews Zalman CNPS10X Extreme