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Monday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 4:23 AM on September 21, 2009

Monday

C]Net on Intel and Apple—future rivals?
Expreview reports Nvidia CEO to visit Taiwan in October for a discussion with TSMC
In-Stat: External storage devices will be among leading peripherals for SuperSpeed USB adoption
DigiTimes reports VIA hopes to create NetNote segment between netbooks and notebooks
and HDD supply to remain tight until end of 2009, says Western Digital Taiwan
NordicHardware reports hexa-core Intel Gulftown moved to 6.4GHz
BmR's Seagate interview: SSD and enterprise storage
Fudzilla reports Toshiba and SanDisk to produce 20nm-class NAND flash in 2H 2010
AMD: Radeon HD 5870 up to 200% faster than Radeon HD 4870
and AA optimization of Radeon HD 5870 is largely better than GTX 285
Engadget reports AT&T's MicroCell site goes live
Pink and Microsoft Tablet (Take 2): A couple of updates
Apple iPhone abuse detection sensors: Who is abusing whom?
The NY Times: Can Amazon be Wal-Mart of the web?
TUAW reports Apple store is down... and now back up
The Register reports AT&T juices PC rescue service with Intel's Fast Call for Help
Engadget podcast 163
Win a iBuyPower Gamer Paladin system from Legit Reviews
Dealzon's deals: $100 off Lenovo C300 all-in-one desktop, $100 off Memorex
DVD+R (2 X 50) dual pack of discs, $9 off pre-order Halo 3: ODST for Xbox 360,
$99 off 2-pack Dell S2209W 21.5" LCD monitors, and $150 off Dell Vostro A860
laptop has been extended to 9/21

Software and gaming

NordicHardware: AMD to launch DirectX 11 in November?
TG Daily: Word is, Windows 7 for Netbooks won't be crippled
InsideHW on top 10 free Windows applications
Wii price drop effective 9/27 supposedly confirmed during a retailer conference call
Joystiq reports Square Enix head predicts new Wii in 2011,
says motion 'impact' for Xbox, PlayStation will be 'small'
Fudzilla on PS3 250GB for North America
PlayStation 3 ads through the years
Big Download reports S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat goes gold; still no word on
U.S. release and Batman debuts strongly on weekly Steam top 10 best seller list
Ars Technica: $60 for an expansion pack? Halo 3: ODST underwhelms
but terrific Brutal Legends demo brings metal to the masses
OCC's Darkest of Days performance testing review
Gaming Heaven reviews Majesty 2 (PC)
Gas Bandit Gaming: Why Warhammer Online is on its deathbed

Systems, storage, and networking

Ars Technica: ARM attacks Atom with 2GHz A9; can servers be far behind?
SuperSite for Windows on hp MediaSmart Servers (late 2009)
Engadget reports Asus adds textured pattern 'wow-factor' to purported
Eee PC and the Ion-infused Eee PC 1201n netbook emerges overseas
PC Pro has Intel Core i7 for laptops: First review
Madshrimps have P55 roundup: Gigabyte P55-UD6 / P55-UD6 and MSI P55-GD80
Futurelooks reviews MSI P55-GD65
Benchmark Reviews has Seagate Barracuda XT 6Gbps SATA-III HDD preview
Elite Bastards review 64GB Team Group Supreme U100 USB flash drive
TestFreaks review Wi-Fire Wi-Fi adapter