Wednesday Shortbread - The Tech Report

Wednesday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 9:35 AM on September 30, 2009

Wednesday

DigiTimes reports TSMC to see better-than-expected 4Q09
and UMC focusing R&D on 28nm, 22nm processes
U.S. ranks 9th in global PC infection report, according to PandaLabs
Microsoft announces quarterly earnings release date
C|Net reports Microsoft gets big patent verdict overturned
hp may merge PC, print divisions: report
Galaxy announces 24/7 tech support services for United States and Canada
Ars Technica reports new Apple tablet rumor says it's more media, less
computer and iMac, Mac mini stock running low, indicating refresh
Fudzilla reports Athlon II 635 expected in Q4
MSI P55-GD80 sets a new world record of 5.3GHz
Melting memory chips in mass production
TG Daily reports Nvidia kicks off 2009 GPU conference
Fudzilla reports Nvidia to show DX 11 Fermi today
Bright Side of News reports Nvidia GT300's Fermi
architecture revealed: 512 cores, up to 6GB GDDR5
VR-Zone reports Galaxy GTX 260+ Razor Edition is the world's first single slot GTX 260+
Gigabyte breaks 3DMark Vantage world recorde in graphics card overclocking competition
5 Zune HD features Apple should steal
Ars Technica reports virtual composer makes beautiful music—and stirs controversy
'Terminator' rights may change hands again
Dealzon's deals: $20 off 2TB Hitachi Deskstar, $535 off Garmin nüvi 850 GPS,
$140 off Auria EQ2488F 24" LCD HDTV, and $531 off Samsung LN52B550
52" LCD HDTV

Networking news

Software

TechCrunch's Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer interview: Chrome and Safari are rounding errors
Ballmer: Windows 7 is a better Windows than any Windows
Microsoft's message to IT pros: Meet us half way with Windows 7
Finally, a Microsoft Windows version good enough for Intel
InfoWorld reports Windows 7 may mean fewer bargain netbooks
Microsoft Security Essentials released
Ars Technica and TechReviewSource Microsoft Security Essentials
SuperSite for Windows on Lenovo, Windows 7, and the new OS utilities
Techgage on Ubuntu: Something for everyone
The Register reports Palm Pre backs away from Apple iTunes
AMD announces Open Physics Initiative designed to bring new
levels of realism to gaming, simulations, popular applications
Turning the tide: Ars Technica's hands-on look at Google Wave
TechSpot on keeping a clean system without an antivirus
Digital Trends has smartphone app stores compared
Data Protection Manager 2010

Gaming

Shacknews reports Supreme Court considers hearing on violent video game legislation
Gamer's facial experession cloning - Next big thing in gaming?
Augmented Reality blurs the line between real and virtual
GamesBeat reports OnLive raises big round from AT&T and others for on-demand gaming
Xbox 360 offers bundles of fun at great values for the holidays
PCGH on DirectX 11 - Tesellation in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: CoP, DiRT 2, Unigine, and AvP
techPowerUp! reports Batman: Arkham Asylum enables AA only on Nvidia hardware on PCs
Sony to unveil new PS3 game title in theaters
Shacknews reports Star Wars: The Old Republic beta signups open
Joystiq reports Infinity Ward has no plans for pre-launch Modern Warfare 2 demo
Next Dead Space game in pre-production
TWL covers Knight 4 Gamers event
LAN party tips: How to organize an awesome LAN party
NFS Shift gaming performance tested on 11 graphics cards (in French)
SuperSite for Windows reviews Halo 3: ODST for Xbox 360
Steam client and Left 4 Dead updates released
Steam news: Save 50% on Left 4 Dead

Systems and storage

Gizmodo reports leaked Courier video shows how we'll actually use it
Ars Technica reports Microsoft Courier tablet rumored to run Windows 7, coming 2010
TG Daily reports Dell Latitude Z charges wirelessly
InsideHW reviews Asus F50Sv notebook
Hardware Bistro's iiView A2 12" netbook preview
XSReviews on Chillblast Fusion Switchblade system
Hardware Secrets pits Core i5 vs. Phenom II X4
PCStats reviews Athlon II X4 620
Björn3D and XtremeComputing review MSI P55-GD65
OCC reviews Asus P7P55D Deluxe
ThinkComputers reviews 1TB LaCie hard disk by Neil Poulton
HardwareZone on Intel's X25-M reloaded: Generation 2 cometh (updated)
Benchmark Reviews on 60GB OCZ Agility EX SLC SSD

Multimedia

AnandTech, FiringSquad, Guru3D, [H]ard|OCP, Hexus.net, HotHardware, Legit Reviews,
PC Perspective, and TweakPC (in German) p/review AMD's Radeon HD 5850
AnandTech on AMD HD 5870 scaling performance: X58 vs. P55 showdown
TweakTown reviews Gigabyte Radeon HD 5870 in CrossFireX
Legit Reviews has Lucid Hydra 200 details and interviews with AMD, Lucid & Nvidia
TestSeek Labs review Hauppauge HD PVR media recorder
LanOC Reviews on Kodak Zx1 HD video recorder
Digital Trends reviews Optoma Pro250X digital projector
Hardware Secrets reviews Kodak ESP-7 all-in-one printer
DriverHeaven reviews Auzentech X-Fi Forte & Asus Xonar DS
Digital Trends reviews Logitech Z523 speaker system and Sennheiser HD800 headphones
OverclockersHQ reviews Verbatim Tune Board speaker keyboard
TweakTown reviews Cooler Master Storm Sentinel Advance & CS-M FPS Tactics pad
Digital Trends reviews Samsung Rogue SCH-U960