Friday Shortbread - The Tech Report

Friday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 2:52 AM on September 11, 2009

Friday

Key U.S. lawmaker seeks changes to broadband rules
DigiTimes reports TSMC to process more 12" wafers on 45 / 40nm in 4Q09
and SiS announces SiS572 chipset adopted for Lenovo nettop
Register Hardware reports AMD shines light on Vision thing
Ars Technica reports it's official: No plans to sell Zune HD outside U.S. (thanks Sicarius)
Fudzilla reports Samsung to make AMD Eyefinity monitors
VR-Zone reports JVC introduces 46" 3D LCD monitor
NordicHardware reports Cooler Master raises the wattage on Silent Pro M with 850W and 1000W
Google to share scanned books with rivals
Digital Trends posts IFA report 2009
HardwareZone's Comex 2009 coverage part 1 and part 2
Rule no. 1: Hide the iPhone from Ballmer at the Microsoft meeting
PC Perspective's podcast #73
Win Core i7 gaming PCs from Boot Daily and Techgage
Motherboards.org's Core i7 his / hers full system giveaway
Win a SilverStone Raven RV02 case and 600W Strider PSU from DriverHeaven
Dealzon's deals: $20 + 15% stackable coupons Dell flat panel monitors—expiring at 7PM ET,
$30 off Sony PS3 Slim, $50 off 1TB Western Digital My Book Essential, $60 off refurbished
Lenovo IdeaPad S10E

Software

Ars Technica reports the first Windows 7 commercial airs
Announcing new tools for IT professionals & developers transitioning to Windows 7
Engadget reports Windows 7 to get a better version of Netflix than Vista
Sharky Extreme reports Linux 2.6.31 picks up big performance improvements
Linux Foundation to Microsoft: Stop secretly attacking Linux
C|Net reports Snow Leopard update fixes Adobe Flash issue
PreCentral Forums: iTunes 9 does break Pre sync
Early licensing details emerge from Microsoft-backed CodePlex Foundation
HotHardware intros Case In Point series: Multi-browser man (written by Loyd Case)
TestFreaks on cloud computing

Gaming

SemiAccurate reports AMD Eyefinity runs WoW at 7680 X 3200
Ars Technica reports AMD's next-gen GPU powers Crysis on an iPhone
Jobs: iPod Touch is a games console
Kotaku reports Electronic Arts tests journalists' greed with cash
Crytek to make CryEngine free to UK universities
Shacknews has Assassin's Creed 2 video: 6 minutes of footage
Massively reports Champions Online deploys diverse patch, but free retcon delayed
PSP firmware v6.00 out now
Gaming Heaven reviews Section 8 (PC)
Futurelooks reviews Guitar Hero 5 (Xbox 360)
Direct2Drive's 5-year anniversary: 50 games for $5 each

Systems and storage

Futurelooks reviews Intel's Core i5 & i7 / P55 platform
Tweaknews reviews Core i7-870
Techgage on overclocking Intel's Core i5-750 & i7-870
TweakPC's Core i5-750 Turbo Boost benchmark comparison (in German)
Hardware Secrets have first looks at EVGA P55H-A Black Series and P55 LE motherboards
Guru3D reviews Asus P7P55D Deluxe
TweakTown's ASRock P55 Deluxe and Extreme video previews
Motherboards.org's Gigabyte P55-UD5 video review
TechReviews UK on Asus P6T SE X58 i7 motherboard
TweakTown reviews ASRock M3A785GXH/128M
InsideHW reviews Biostar TA785GE
OCC reviews 4GB Kingston HyperX KHX1600C8D3K2/4GX memory kit
PureOC reviews 128GB Crucial M225 SSD

Multimedia

HotHardware and Legit Reviews on AMD's Eyefinity
TweakTown reviews Galaxy GeForce GTX 295 single PCB
HardwareZone reviews Samsung ST550 camera and Creative Inspire S2 2.1 speakers
Tweaknews reviews Eagle Arion ET-AR504LR-BK 2.1 soundstage speakers
Verdis Reviews on Eagle Arion ET-AR302-BK 2.0 soundstage speakers
[OC]ModShop's Turtle Beach EarForce p21 gaming headset impressions
Digital Trends reviews Kerchoonz K-box
TweakTown's Asus O!Play HDP-R1 1080p HD media player video review
TWL reviews Western Digital TV HD media player
Digital Trends on Epson Stylus NX515
ZoneOut previews Sony Ericsson Xperia X2
[OC]ModShop previews SteelSeries Xai laser gaming
mouse and IntesaFire Xbox 360 controller mod