Friday Shortbread - The Tech Report

Friday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 9:31 AM on September 25, 2009

Friday

TechCrunch's exclusive interview with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
DailyTech reports Republicans give up fight against FCC's Net Neutrality
What network neutrality is really about
Ars Technica: Music piracy costs money; does fighting it cost more?
Microsoft DRM patent could revive peer-to-peer music nets
hp sees tech rebound
DigiTimes reports hp cutting notebook prices; gross margins at ODM makers to be affected
Seagate updates fiscal first quarter 2010 financial outlook
Judge delays hearing on Google books deal
TG Daily reports Google looking for more acquisitions
Microsoft says no plans to buy Electronic Arts
TechFlash: Let's put Twitter's $1 billion valuation in perspective
Dell's new Alienware Aurora and Area-51 gaming systems use Asetek liquid cooling
OCZ Technology announces low-voltage AMD Black
Edition memory with "AMD OverDrive" performance
Fudzilla reports GT300 is taped out and next generation Nvidia 40nm chip yields are fine
Expreview reports AMD Radeon HD 5870 X2 spotted
Ars Technica reports AMD's latest takes GPU crown, Intel's Larrabee takes a bow
TG Daily reports Intel outlines future of interactive television
VR-Zone reports Razer revamps DeathAdder gaming mouse
Verizon cancels Palm Pre plans
Gizmodo posts the pink phone pictures Microsoft doesn't want you to see
Sharky Extreme: Must everything be web-connected?
Survey: Half of businesses don't secure personal data
Update: Google restores Gmail service
TechSpot on getting the most out of your Google search results
Wired on exploring Akihabara, Tokyo's nerd mecca
Google's Project 10¹⁰⁰
Dealzon's deals: $40 off 60GB OCZ Vertex SSD, $54 off 1TB Fantom GreenDrive,
$550 off Sony Bravia 40" LCD TV, and $30 off Acer Aspire One 11.6" netbook

Software

Ars Technica reports Windows 7 PCs go on sale early
and big GPL copyright enforcement win in Paris Court of Appeals
and horrifically bad software demo becomes performance art
TG Daily reports Microsoft confirms no Windows 7 restrictions for netbooks
Moblin v2.0 released
Microsoft makes web development tools available for free
Microsoft plays the security card in response to Google's Chrome Frame
Ars Technica reports Linux garden gets a new GNOME with version 2.28
Expreview reports AMD GPU Clock Tool v0.9.26.0 and GPU-Z V0.3.5 have been released
The evolution of a programmer

Gaming

Fudzilla reports Sony confirms 250GB PS3 Slim
Why DirectX 11 matters (in Czech)
PCGH on DiRT 2: Best graphics on PC due to DirectX 11 features
and S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat - The first DirectX 11 screenshots
Shacknews reports Valve appeals Australia's Left 4 Dead 2 ban
and PlayStation store gets updated
and ASCIIpOrtal remakes Portal in mind-bending 2D
Crispy Gamer on the 60-buck dilemma
Ars Technica reports Forza 3 demo is live: five cars, one track, a great time
Darkest of Days v1.04 patch available now
DriverHeaven's Batman Nvidia PhysX analysis
[OC]ModShop's Batman: Arkham Asylum walkthrough
TweakTown's Guitar Hero 5 multi-platform review
Steam news: 50% off F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin and F.E.A.R.: Reborn DLC
and EA launches with 10% off all games in the UK

Systems and storage

Hi Tech Legion: Sheer gaming horse power or the total package? Part 2
HotHardware's IDF coverage: Mobile computing
and Alienware Aurora ALX gaming system preview
AnandTech on the real Conroe successor: Clarkdale & all you need to know about Westmere
HotHardware's Intel 32nm Clarkdale and Arrandale processor preview
Core i3 tested
XSReviews on Asus P7P55D Deluxe
PCStats reviews Gigabyte GA-MA785G-UD3H
Björn3D reviews 4GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133MHz kit
Benchmark Reviews on Corsair P64 SSD RAID set
DriverHeaven and TestFreaks review 60GB OCZ Agility Series SSD
OverclockersHQ reviews Verbatim Tuff 'n Tiny flash drive

Multimedia, power, cases, and cooling

Guru3D's Radeon HD 5870 CrossFireX performance review
Motherboards.org's Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 video review
TweakTown's AMD Radeon HD 5870 vs. HD 4890 GPU comparison
Neoseeker reviews MSI R4890 Cyclone OC
Digital Trends: Best new smartphones compared
and will the iPhone kill standalone GPS navigators?
DeXgo reviews 650W Scythe Kamariki 4 PSU (in German)
Tweaknews reviews Lian Li PC-B25F case
Hardware Canucks have SilverStone Raven RV02 video review
techPowerUp! reviews Origen AE M10 HTPC chassis
Hi Tech Legion reviews Noctua NF-S12B fan
Rbmods on Nexus TDD-9000 liquid laptop cooler
Hardware Secrets reviews Zalman CNPS9700 NT CPU cooler