Thursday Shortbread - The Tech Report

Thursday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 8:31 PM on September 17, 2009

Thursday

DailyTech reports games will leap towards photo-realism with DirectX 11
Nvidia: DirectX 11 will not catalyze sales of graphics cards
We will be faster than ATI, claims Nvidia
Bright Side of News: Radeon HD 5700 pricing revealed, end for HD 4800 draws near?
ATi-Forum: IDs of new HD5XX0 cards in new driver (in German)
Expreview reports Sapphire HD 4860 Platinum graphics card arrives
TG Daily reports USB 3.0 gets public viewing
DigiTimes reports AMD may have a chance to
threaten Intel in 20" and above all-in-one PC market
DailyTech reports Lenovo unveils new C100 all-in-one widescreen PC
Get more life from your lithium ions (DIY tips for notebook batteries)
Fudzilla reports AMD to launch 6-core desktop in
2010 and AMD works on Phenom stepping 3
ARM announces 2GHz capable Cortex-A9 dual-core processor implementation
C|Net: Intel talks Linux, netbooks, and rivalry with ARM
TG Daily reports Kingston, Rambus claim multicore thread shows speed boost
NordicHardware reports Asus adds SATA 6Gbps support to all P55 motherboards
TG Daily reports 2TB SSDs released and Super
Talent uncorks storage bottleneck with RAID SSDs
Google acquires Carnegie Mellon's anti-fraud tool
EU in informal talks on Microsoft, Yahoo deal-source
Phone exclusivity limits may make sense: Sprint CEO
C|Net reports Palm losses mount despite the Pre
Verizon defends unsexy smartphone selection
Skype founders file copyright suit against eBay
Ars Technica takes a trip down memory lane and beyond at Vintage Computer Fest
Newegg's AMD combo deal
Dealzon's deals: $70 off Panasonic SC-PTX7 jukebox theater system,
$181 off Dell Vostro A860 15.6" laptop bundle, $21 off Casio Exilim
EX-S5 digital camera, and $8 off UCOOL notebook lap pad

Software

Microsoft admits "Vista was a less good product"
DailyTech reports Windows 7's XP Mode cripples malware, gives attackers headaches
SuperSite for Windows on making the business case: Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2
Microsoft starts warning of support phase-out for older Windows Server releases
ComputerWorld's opinion: Your XP-to-Windows 7 upgrade
path is to buy a new PC and fixes for Windows annoyances
C|Net reports Microsoft sues over malicious online ads
Zune apps: Free, but with ads
TG Daily reports Apple Snow Leopard sales hit record numbers
Office comes to Windows Live - starting today
This week in HTML5 - Episode 35
PC World: Can Chrome shake up the browser market?
eWeek reports new iPhone jailbreaking tool hits the street
MaximumPC's how-to: Hack your Android G1 phone

Gaming

Heart of research lies in Xbox 360 chip
Shacknews reports Left 4 Dead 2 banned in Australia and Fallout 3
Game of the Year Edition hits October 13, PlayStation 3 DLC dated
GDC Austin: Half-Life, Portal scribes talk writing process
GameSpot reports Blizzard outlines massive effort behind World of Warcraft
Shacknews has Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 preview
Ars Technica reviews Need for Speed Shift
Steam: Unreal Tournament 3 free weekend is on now - plus save 60% on UT3 Black or the Unreal
Deal Pack and weekend deal - Save 50% on The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition

Systems and storage

Legit Reviews on CyberPower Gamer Xtreme 3000 system
InsideHW reviews Acer Aspire Timeline 4810T
AMDZone and HT4U review Athlon II X4 630 and 620
[H]ard|OCP reviews Gigabyte P55-UD6
TweakTown reviews ASRock P55 Deluxe
Motherboards.org reviews MSI P55-GD65
Benchmark Reviews on Intel DP55KG
OCC's Gigabyte AMD motherboards roundup
Elite Bastards review Biostar TPower I55
OC3D reviews Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P
TestFreaks on how stuff works: RAM
OC3D reviews 120GB OCZ Vertex Turbo SSD
t-break reviews Thecus N4100 Pro NAS

Multimedia and power

PC Perspective reviews MSI N285GTX Superpipe OC
Björn3D reviews Gigabyte GV-R489OC-1GD
TweakTown reviews Sapphire Radeon HD 4770 Arctic Cooling
ThinkComputers reviews Samsung P2370HD 23" multi-function LCD monitor
CCE Reviews on Samsung LN46B640 46" 1080p LCD HDTV
Digital Trends reviews Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX1
Guru3D's sneak peek at Auzentech X-Fi Bravura 7.1
I4U reviews Novero TheFirstOne Bluetooth headset
Digital Trends reviews Zune HD
Apple's fifth take: Ars reviews the iPod nano with video
t-break reviews LG HXF1 Portable Theatre
Big Bruin and ProClockers review Cooler Master Storm Sentinel Advance gaming mouse
Modders-Inc reviews Cooler Master CHOIIX accu-mouse
Hardware Secrets reviews 850W Cooler Master Silent Pro M PSU
PCShopTalk reviews 750W Antec True Power New PSU