Tuesday Shortbread - The Tech Report

Tuesday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 8:53 AM on September 29, 2009

Tuesday

Newegg files IPO
WSJ thinks Verizon could buy DirecTV
Investors are souring on Research in Motion
The Register: New accounting rules to juice IT numbers
EU seeks to turn down digital music player volumes
Opera urges EU regulators not to rush Microsoft case
VR-Zone reports Nvidia GT300 architecture details revealed on B3D Forum
DigiTimes reports fierce GPU competition between AMD and Nvidia expected in 4Q09
and Intel to offer dual-core CPUs for ultra-thin notebook platform
C|Net: Apple brings back Newton developer thereby fueling
tablet PC speculation and Intel to rev up Atom development
Fudzilla reports Acer's Ferrari One gets external graphics
techPowerUp! reports Nvidia collaborates with Microsoft on high performance GPU computing
AMD claims lead in DirectX 11 market
DailyTech reports plasma TVs fading as LCD TV popularity continues to rise
Coming soon to the small screen: TV in 3D
Canada's digital TV changeover runs into problems. Sound familiar?
Engadget: Gateway's LT2016u netbook coming to Verizon next weekend
Alcatel boosts fiber speed to 100 Petabits in lab
IBM celebrates 20th anniversary of moving atoms
VR-Zone reports Google adds school-friendly features to Google Doc
Kindles yet to woo university users
Dealzon's deals: $312 off Dell Vostro desktop, $330 off hp Pavilion p6180t desktop, $19 off
FujiFilm Finepix A220 digital camera, and $170 off Nokia E75 unlocked GSM smartphone

Software

Ars Technica reports Newegg reveals Windows 7 OEM prices
Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 update
Microsoft and European researchers deliver a snapshot of multikernel 'Barrelfish' OS
and Helios: Another Microsoft operating system project to watch
Fudzilla reports Palm webOS gets an update
SuperSite for Windows reviews Microsoft Security Essentials
TechFlash on Apple's head start: 85,000 apps
Apple: Sony, Nintendo can panic now

Gaming

The Sony PSPgo dissemble complete in high definition
TG Daily reports Turtle Beach introduces dual-ear headset for the Xbox 360
Big Bruin reviews XCM Xbox 360 Diamond clear case and controller set
Tactical Intervention, the next Counter-Strike
GameSpot's Super Street Fighter IV impressions - First look
Shacknews reports new PlanetSide planned
and posts Final Fantasy XIII TGS trailer
World of Warcraft patch 3.2.2a notes
Ultima Online: Play 14 days for free
Elite Bastards review Batman: Arkham Asylum
Gaming Heaven reviews FIFA 10 (Xbox 360 & PS3)
Borderlands' unique and semiofficial preorder bonus [updated]
Price confirmed for Lucidity
Impulse's weekly top 10
Direct2Drive continues 5-year anniversary sale
Steam news: 50% off Kalypso games and 25% off
CrimeCraft this week and all 3000AD games 25% off

Systems and storage

Ars Technica reports Dell shooting to be Apple of business IT's eye with new Z600
Computerworld reports Lenovo vows 'unbelievably' fast Windows 7 boots
TG Daily reports Windows xpPhone thinks it's a PC
Legit Reviews on MSI X340 Slim
InsideHW reviews Asus UL30A 13.3" netbook
HotHardware reviews Lenovo ThinkStation S20
ThinkComputers reviews Shuttle X50 All-in-One PC
MissingRemote reviews Habey BIS-6550HD SFF
PureOC reviews Athlon II X4 620
ABT's AMD value platform analysis part 3: Athlon II X2 250 vs. Phenom II X2 550
Futurelooks and Techgage review Gigabyte GA-P55-UD5
TweakTown's storage product testing: How-to video guide
iGadgetLife pits HDD vs. SSD on Acer's Aspire One D250
Legit Reviews on 128GB Patriot Torqx MLC SSD
CCE Reviews on 64GB OCZ Agility Series SSD
Ninjalane reviews Active Media Penguin USB drive