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Saturday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 11:59 PM on September 12, 2009

Saturday

1. DOJ requests more info on Microsoft-Yahoo search deal
2. TechFlash reports Carol Bartz reflects on Microsoft bid: 'You think I am stupid?'
3. Microsoft $358 million damage award overturned
4. Microsoft's Ballmer flogged, other execs over company meeting messages
5. C|Net reports 802.11n Wi-Fi standard finally approved
6. Analyst: Apple will stick with AT&T exclusivity
7. Analysts call debut for Intel's CULV platform disappointing
8. GlacialTech F101 PWM cooler honored to be Intel's official partner in Lynnfield launch
9. Fudzilla reports Dell's 9.9mm Adamo XPS is a 13-incher
10. DailyTech reports 13", 15" MacBook Pro owners still plagued with SATA II issues
11. Asus Home Server TS mini on the way?
12. AMD's Eyefinity - images
13. VR-Zone on AMD's Eyefinity: Left 4 Dead on a 175" screen
14. TG Daily posts slideshow: AMD previews next-gen gaming
15. Hardware-Infos: HD 5870 with 1024 & 2048MB VRAM
16. ATi-Forum: HD 58xx final specs + DirectX 11 games (in German)
17. CzechGamer posts Radeon HD 5870 pictures
18. VR-Zone reports Juniper XT is Radeon HD 5770 and Juniper LE is HD 5750
19. Fudzilla reports HD 5770 comes in October
20. Neowin: Zune HD promo videos available, 3D gaming revealed
21. TG Daily reports green group lists the most radioactive phones
22. Electrical device plugs directly into trees for power
23. VR-Zone's Comex 2009 coverage
24. A $135,000 Blu-ray player

Software

1. MacNN reports Apple releases Grand Central Dispatch as open-source code
2. VR-Zone reports Adobe Flash gets accelerated on Zii chips
3. Symantec launches Norton Security 10 and Quorum technology
4. C|Net reports IBM offers Lotus with extra widgets
5. Microsoft: Windows 7 not on the PDC docket
6. AnandTech's browser face-off: Battery life explored
7. Ars Technica's hands-on: iTunes 9 refinements cool, but hard to find
8. TechReviewSource on iPhone & iPod Touch 3.1: What's new?

Gaming

1. AMD on DirectX 11 - What to expect
2. Gamasutra reports Bethesda sues Interplay over use of Fallout license
3. LucasArts games will be hitting Direct2Drive and Steam on the 16th
4. Shacknews reports LucasArts planning many more
   retro remakes, re-releasing Jedi Knight next week
   and posts first Lucidity gameplay footage
   and S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat is creepy
5. Call of Duty: World at War patch 1.6 will be released next week
6. Demigod: Start of September status report
7. Shacknews on video games to be released next week
8. DriverHeaven on Windows 7 gaming performance vs. Vista & XP
9. Björn3D, Hi Tech Legion, and [OC]ModShop on Darkest of Days
10. [OC]ModShop's first look at Red Dead Redemption
11. TestFreaks review Challenge Me: Maths Workout (Nintendo DS)
12. Gizmodo on 42 gaming peripherals you'll never play with
13. Electronic Arts comes to Impulse

Systems and storage

1. Legit Reviews on VIA ARTiGO A2000 barebone storage server
2. CowcotLand reviews Medion Akoya E3211 CULV laptop (in French)
3. TechSpot's mainstream quad-core CPU performance comparison
4. HWBOT overclocking competition engine
5. PC Perspective's Asus P7P55D Premium and Maximus III Formula video preview
6. Hardawre Secrets has first looks at Asus P7P55D Pro and Intel's DP55KG motherboard
7. OCC reviews 4GB Corsair Dominator DDR3-1600 memory kit
8. XtremeComputing reviews 2GB Crucial Ballistix DDR3-1600 memory kit
9. revHardware shows how to securely erase your hard drive
10. TWL reviews 128GB Crucial CT128M225 SSD
11. Tech ARP reviews 128GB Super Talent UltraDrive GX SSD

Multimedia

1. Expreview reports Galaxy GeForce GTS 250 strikes 1GHz core clock on LN2
2. FiringSquad reviews MSI R4890 Super Overclocked (SOC)
3. Futurelooks reviews Gigabyte GV-R489OC-1GD
4. ThinkComputes reviews Samsung SyncMaster 2233SW
5. Digital Trends on the LED behind the LCD: Understanding LED-backlit HDTVs
6. iFixit's iPod touch 3rd generation teardown;
   11n Wi-Fi chip discovered in new iPod Touch
7. TweakTown reviews HTC Hero Android smartphone
8. Verdis Reviews on Speedlink Base Line USB keyboard
9. TweakTown reviews Active Media Products Executive I 2-in-1 carbon fiber pen

Cases and cooling

1. Big Bruin reviews NZXT Panzerbox case
2. Benchmark Reviews on Norco RPC-4020 4U rackmount server case
3. XtremeComputing reviews Luxa2 LM200 HTPC case
4. Björn3D reviews Ikonik Ra X10 SIM case
5. DeXgo reviews Lian Li TR-5 5.25" thermometer (in German)
6. OverclockersHQ reviews Evercool Transformer 4