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Wednesday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 1:59 PM on October 14, 2009

Wednesday

1. Bright Side of News: Microsoft's 128-bit indiscretion discloses AMD Bulldozer, Intel Haswell?
   and Nvidia partners claim GT200 still in mass production and an inconvenient truth: Intel
   Larrabee story revealed
2. NordicHardware reports Radeon HD 5900 coming, HD 5970 confirmed
3. Fudzilla reports Nvidia's mainstream Fermi arrives in late Q1
   and Nvidia partners order huge quantities of Fermi chips
4. AnandTech on Nvidia's bumpy ride: A Q4 2009 update
5. [H]ard|OCP's AMD briefing with Eric Demers
6. DigiTimes repors graphics card vendor Elsa shifting from graphics cards to LED lighting
7. Acer predicts it will pass Dell as PC maker
8. Michael Dell talks up services, Windows 7—but trashes netbooks
9. Ars Technica reports Nokia's little netbook gets AT&T subsidy, to cost $299
10. DigiTimes reports MSI unveils Windows 7 all-in-one PCs
11. Expreview reports Fujitsu and Sun Microsystems unveil new SPARC64 processors
12. Gizmodo reports SanDisk starts shipping X4 flash cards, will eventually be awesome
13. C|Net reports new Wi-Fi spec challenges Bluetooth
14. DailyTech reports Apple kills jailbreaking in newest iPhone 3GS shipments
15. Smartphones weigh on mobile networks: study
16. Call it a comeback? C|Net reports Google earnings due
17. Verizon continues layoffs
18. Microsoft statement on platform stability issues for Sidekick customers
19. TechFlash reports T-Mobile now hopeful about restoring lost Sidekick data
20. Sidekick outage says more about the future of 'Pink' than Microsoft's cloud
21. Sneak peek at Barnes & Noble's new Kindle killer?
22. Enermax launches support forum
23. Björn3D's Gigabyte Thanksgiving instant SLI contest (2 GTX-275 SOC)
24. MissingRemote's Asus AT3N7A-I Mini-ITX contest

Software

1. Microsoft mentions Windows 7 SP1 and Vista SP3
2. Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2: Remote desktop services architecture
3. Microsoft Windows 7 90-day eval VHD
4. Microsoft's patch registration cleanup tool
5. Gartner: Windows 7 is 'all but inevitable' (for businesses)
6. Windows 7 upgrade advisor beta
7. Custom PC makers finally get Windows 7 preinstallation kit
8. Apple immune to Windows 7 impact, analyst says
9. TG Daily reports Windows 7 won't be successful until 2011
10. DailyTech reports Windows 7 boasts better multi-core, support for up to 256 cores
    and Mandriva Linux 2010 RC2 released for public testing
11. Windows 7 Starter Edition: The best version of Windows yet
12. TechReviewSource on Windows 7: How to use the libraries
13. Microsoft grants Mac Office 11th-hour reprieve
14. Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 RC VHD
15. TG Daily reports Adobe sneaks out mega security patch
16. C|Net reports Chrome Mac beta nearer; Win 7 features recede
17. 10 popular Chrome extensions
18. First public Opera 10.01 beta competes against its predecessor for performance
19. Apple "no refunds" policy (for App Store purchases) for better & worse
20. SuperSite for Windows on Google Voice

Gaming

1. Expreview reports Jen-Hsun Huang stresses the importance of physics simulation
2. bit-tech reports Nvidia doesn't care what physics library game developers use
3. Negative Gamer: Video game journalism doesn't and can't exist
4. Valve's Gabe Newell returns from Australia
5. Gamasutra reports Aces Studio vets launch Cascade Game Foundry
6. The Last Stand update 1.8 release notes
7. Shacknews reports Dragon Age character creator now available
8. Square Enix announces release date of Final Fantasy XI Ultimate Collection
9. Ars Technica on Dungeons and Dragons Online: Behold
   the power of free and Brutal Legend review
10. THQ week on Steam - day 2 - Company of Heroes 50% off and midweek
    madness - Save 50% on Sid Meier's Civilization IV: The Complete Edition

Systems and storage

1. Liliputing reports Asus Eee PC 1201N, 1201HA specs leaked
2. AnandTech on the highest-end notebooks, 2009
3. HotHardware reviews Eurocom M98NU XCaliber gaming notebook
4. Digital Trends reviews Asus UL30A
5. Benchmark videos comparing Athlon II X4 620 vs. Intel's Q9550
6. Hardware Bistro reviews 30GB OCZ Agility SSD

Graphics

1. Legit Reviews on Asus EAH5870 Voltage Tweak
2. Björn3D reviews HIS HD 5870 1GB
3. TweakTown tests Gigabyte Radeon HD 5850 in CrossFire
4. bit-tech reviews HIS HD 5850
5. OCC reviews Sapphire Radeon HD 5770 & 5750
6. Motherboards.org's XFX Radeon HD 5770 & 5750 video review
7. Benchmark Reviews and Hexus.net on Sapphire Radeon HD 5770
8. Metku reviews HIS HD 5770
9. HT4U reviews Asus Radeon HD 5770 (in German)
10. TweakPC revies XFX Radeon HD 5770 (in German)
11. ProClockers review Sapphire Radeon HD 5750
12. PCStats reviews Gigabyte GV-N26SO-896I
13. HardwareZone on Nvidia's GeForce GT 220 - New budget arrivals
14. PC Perspective reviews Galaxy GeForce 210 and GT 220
15. DriverHeaven reviews Palit & Gainward GeForce GT 220
16. Guru3D, OCC, techPowerUp, and TweakTown review Palit GeForce GT 220 Sonic Edition
17. TweakTown reviews Galaxy GeForce GT 220
18. techPowerUp! reviews Zotac GeForce GT 220 1GB
19. Hardware Secrets posts Nvidia chips comparison table
20. TestFreaks on how stuff works: LCD TVs

Speakers, power, and cases

1. PureOC reviews Eagle Tech Arion 2.1 speakers
2. XSReviews on 950W Sapphire Pure PSU
3. OC3D reviews 850W XFX Black Edition PSU
4. PC Perspective reviews 620W Enermax Eco 80+ PSU
5. DriverHeaven reviews Corsair Obsidian 800D chassis
6. Hi Tech Legion and Neoseeker review Antec Two Hundred case