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Labor Day Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 5:35 PM on September 7, 2009

Labor Day

1. DigiTimes reports GlobalFoundries co-owner ATIC to acquire Chartered and
   Intel G31 chipset shortages to get worse in 4Q09 as Intel cuts back supply
2. Microsoft Russian antitrust probe closed
3. Fudzilla: Dual-core Phenom II 7MB cache at 3.2GHz
   and 3.2GHz Phenom X4 955 95W in Q2 2010
   and Propus cacheless quad-core available
   and Propus quad-core 45W available
4. NordicHardware reports AMD tunes up the Athlon II X2 series (Athlon II X2 255)
5. Supercomputer uses flash storage drives
6. Madshrimps cover MSI MOA 2009 Grand Final: European
   domination and F1 overclocking competition takes off
7. Engadget reports Asus planning dual-screen Eee reader: World's cheapest e-book reader
8. PCPlus on computing's greatest conspiracies
9. Dealzon's deals: $130 off hp G60t 16" laptop, $30 off Dell SE198WFP
   19" LCD, and 20% off Dell Outlet Inspiron 545s or 546s desktops

Software

1. TG Daily reports Psystar clones Apple's Snow Leopard
2. Microsoft attacks Linux with retail-training talking points
3. Fudzilla reports Nvidia's GeForce 186.91 WHQL driver is out
4. PreCentral reports webOS 1.2 accidentally leaked
5. TG Daily reports Apple approves Commodore 64 emulator
   for the iPhone and Windows auto restart swallows data
6. SuperSite for Windows has Windows 7 review part 6: Performance

Gaming

1. Best Buy's buy one, get 50% off second PS3 game offer
2. Engadget reports Sony hedges on plans for PS3 update to enable 3D gaming on old titles
3. FRAPS 2.9.9 released
4. Shacknews has Brutal Legend interview
   and posts Halo 3: ODST's live action trailer
5. Battlefield 2 update: Alt + Tab fix
6. A WoW player's guide to Champions Online
7. Why Japanese game ads are the best in the world

Systems and multimedia

1. ATi-Forum's Core i7 870 and Core i5 750: Small benchmarks (in German)
2. Futurelooks reviews Phenom II X4 965 BE
3. PC Perspective's MSI P55-GD65 video preview
4. Tweak.dk reports MSI N275GTX Lightning breaks 3DMark Vantage world records
5. Benchmark Reviews on Asus GeForce GTX 285 Matrix
6. HardwareZone does professional photo printing with Canon PIXMA Pro9500 Mark II
7. TG Daily reports ultra-flat speakers deliver sharp sound
8. InsideHW reviews Asus O!Play HDP-R1 media player
9. PCShopTalk reviews Vantec ezSHARE Pro adapter
10. Rbmods on Mionix Saiph 1800 mouse
11. I4U reviews Logitech Flight System G940

Casing and cooling

1. DriverHeaven reviews SilverStone Raven 2 (RV02) case
2. OCC reviews Cooler Master Gladiator 600 case
3. PureOC reviews HEC 98 Series case
4. Hardware Bistro reviews Sunbeam Airbox 3.5" external enclosure
5. Futurelooks reviews Cooler Master Hyper N620
6. DragonSteelMods review Arctic Cooling Accelero L2 Pro VGA cooler