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Thursday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 7:34 AM on September 24, 2009

Thursday

TG Daily: Intel and Apple are at the crossroads
VR-Zone posts AMD's replies to Nvidia
Is hp changing its Voodoo tune?
Worldwide PC shipments on pace to decline 2% in 2009, says Gartner
MSI and LucidLogix form technology partnership to develop Big Bang mainboard
FCC: Congress said we could spank Comcast for P2P blocking
EU anti-trust chief eager to close Microsoft case
Yahoo's Bartz to cynics: Leave us alone
Palm gains on talk that Nokia may bid for phone maker
UMC moves to ramp up 300mm fab capacity
HardwareZone, Techgage, and X-bit labs continue IDF coverage
HardwareZone posts product roadmap updates
InfoWorld reports Intel shows laptop with four screens
and Intel connects PCs to devices using light
TG Daily reports Dell unveils 5 Alienware gaming rigs
and Toshiba targets high-end gamers with Qosmio X500
NordicHardware reports Acer Ferrari One gets XGP assistance
DigiTimes: Samsung boosting DDR3 output, expects tightness to ease soon, says exec
NordicHardware reports Intel PCIe SSD outputs 1.076 million IOPS
Register Hardware reports first USB 3.0 ExpressCard spotted
VR-Zone reports AMD demos dual Cypress graphics card - Hemlock
Asus launches EAH5800 series with Voltage Tweak technology
Expreview reports Sapphire non-reference HD 5870 Vapor-X sighted
VR-Zone shares rumor: Radeon HD 5700 series sum-up and
reports Atlona announces DVI-to-Mini DisplayPort converter
Cooling breakthroughs for computers, car electronics
C|Net reports Microsoft to open Windows café in Paris
Dealzon's deals: $20 off 2TB Western Digital drive, $550 off hp HDX18t 18.4" laptop,
$60 off refurbished Lenovo IdeaPad S10E, and $80 off Dell S2409W LCD monitor

Mobile news

Intel Atom may be the next big thing in the smartphone market
Images of Microsoft 'Pink' phones emerge
Ars Technica reports over 30 Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphones coming by year end
AT&T nervous about smooth iPhone MMS launch
AT&T Entertainment puts TV on PC

Software

Windows 8: More early clues start to emerge
InfoWorld reports Windows 7 drives RAM capacity explosion; Vista SP2 usage rising
Ars Technica reports Microsoft posts 5 new Windows 7 ads
and first Windows 7 update improves application compatibility
DigiTimes reports Windows 7 may not spur PC replacement until 2H10
ActiveWin's massive Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit) review
SuperSite for Windows has Windows 7 review part 7: Internet features
Judges in Microsoft-i4i case question damages
Intel hopes Atom software platform catches on
Announcing Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: The Lucid Lynx
The Register reports Mozilla plans to tie Firefox 3.7 pigtails in pretty Ribbon
Hardware Secrets on fixing the IE 8 black bar bug
Ars Technica's hands-on: Thunderbird 3 beta 4 hatches with improved search
SuperSite Blog on Google Sync: Now with push Gmail support
Ars Technica: Google Sidewiki interesting, but real utility unclear
That's one way to get Silverlight on a mobile device: Port it to Moblin Linux
Microsoft Active Directory Management Gateway Service
VLC 1.0.2 is out

Gaming

Fudzilla: Does Microsoft want to buy out EA?
Fudzilla reports ATI supported Bullet Physics developed on GeForce
NordicHardware reports AMD sponsoring game developer for DirectX 11 support
Xbox 360 system update rolling out (no new features)
Fudzilla reports Xbox 360 wireless N adapter to cost $100
and Xbox 360 Elite holiday bundle a done deal
C|Net reports Sony plans new PS3 motion controller for spring
Sony PS3 shortage looms
Ars Technica reports cloud gaming service OnLive shines at MIT conference
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings on Xbox, YouTube, iPhone
God of War III E3 2009 demo included in God of War collection
Sony says to launch Gran Turismo 5 for PS3
Shacknews reports new Batman DLC PS3 exclusive in North America
Diablo III heading to console?
Shacknews has Modern Warfare 2 and Stardock interviews
Infinity Ward teases game changing surprises for MW2
Shacknews has Alan Wake screenshots: Running in air
PC World on the most promising games of fall 2009
Complete Need for Speed missions on Twitter for a chance to win a brand new BMW M3
Freeze Tag games come to Steam - Save 25% until September 30

Systems and storage

Sharky Extreme reports Intel's Larrabee disappoints at IDF
PC Perspective reports 2 more Larrabee videos shown
Digital Trends on cloud computing
Hi Tech Legion: Sheer gaming horse power or the total package? Part 1
DriverHeaven reviews Alienware M15x Core i7
AnandTech, HotHardware & Legit Reviews review Core i7 mobile processors (Clarksfield)
NordicHardware reviews Core i7-870 and Asus P7P55D
Phoronix has another look at Intel's Lynnfield Linux performance
iXBT Labs: Core 2 Duo processors revisited
ProClockers review Jetway HA08 Combo L
Hardware Canucks review EVGA X58 SLI Micro LGA1366 mATX
X-bit labs' roundup: Triple channel DDR3-1600 kit for LGA 1366 systems
Futurelooks and PureOC review 64GB Kingston SSDNow V+
TestFreaks on how stuff works: DVDs and DVD players