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Tuesday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 4:17 AM on October 20, 2009

Tuesday

Engadget: Apple to introduce host of new machines, new multitouch input devices today?
C|Net reports insider-trading charges focus on Intel, AMD deals
The Register reports Microsoft's Sidekick restoration turns into farce
Ad agencies to DOJ: We like the Microsoft-Yahoo deal
TechFlash reports Amazon, Facebook, Twitter push net neutrality ahead of FCC rules
Ars Technica reports latest migrations show SSD is ready for some datacenters
Engadget reports Dell Adamo Desire gets 2.1GHz Core 2 Duo Sl9600, 256GB SSD
DigiTimes reports Asus to launch new 8.9" touchscreen netbook; to delay 10" model
Asus notebook is the first to receive carbon footprint certificate
TC Magazine reports Lenovo IdeaPad S12 to get its Ion on this week
Expreview reports Gigabyte preps new P55 motherboard with SATA 6.0Gbps, USB 3.0
DailyTech reports Micron sampling new 34nm NAND with 3x write endurance improvement
Engadget reports Canon EOS-1D Mark IV announced: 16.1 megapixels,
45-point autofocus, and extreme ISO ranges of its own
Barnes & Noble e-reader has color, $259 price: report
TG Daily reports Spring Design introduces Android e-reader
CoolIT Systems announce the Omni universal liquid
cooling for AMD high-performance graphics cards
iPhone shortages "nice problem to have"
Computer and infinite computer speed
The Engadget Show: Inside Ben Heck's magic kingdom
JonnyGuru's Cooler Master Silent Pro M giveaway
Rbmods have fall contest wih CoolIT and NZXT
Overclockers Online's 850W Ultra X4 power supply contest
Twitter to win Seagate 2TB hard drive and Asus P7P55D Premium mobo
Dealzon's deals: $100 off Dell Vostro A860, $400 off hp dv6t laptop, $40 off
Xbox 360 Elite w/ MW2 bundle, and $230 off Auria 26" LCD TV

Software

C|Net on Microsoft's Windows 7 launch: Deals, deals, deals
Survey: 9 out of 10 of today's corporate PCs can run Windows 7
TG Daily reports Gartner VP outlines Windows 7 migration costs
Engadget reports Asus throws XP Professional on Eee PC 1005HA, dubs it 'business edition'
and Windows 7 Starter leads the way on netbooks, demands premium
Windows XP is history
Maximum PC on the 50 best (and worst) moments in Windows history
Mac market share is now 3.86%
Amiga and Hyperion settle ownership of AmigaOS
C|Net reports Office 2010 to enter public beta next month
Free Silverlight streaming service to be replaced by paid Azure-hosted service
Windows XP Mode IT professional deployment overview
Visual Studio 2010 and .Net Framework 4 deliver Beta 2 in final stretch to March 22 launch
Hack enables MMS on first generation iPhones and tethering on 3.12 OS
Hang up your Palm Pre by sliding it closed
Fudzilla reports Wolfram Alpha now available on iPhone for $50
HardwareZone on Nokia Life Tools - The real world

Windows 7 reviews and tips

Hexus.net's Windows 7 review part 1 and part 2
TestFreaks: Upgrading to Windows 7
TechReviewSource's Windows 7 feature focus: HomeGroup
TechSpot: Dual-boot Windows 7 with XP / Vista in 3 easy steps
and removing your Windows 7 installation, partition

Gaming

U.S. video game sales up 1% in Sept; PS3 top: NPD
Ars Technica reports game devs speak out on Valve, Steam and conflict of interest
EA: Core business model a 'burning platform'
bit-tech: How far has PC gaming come?
Kotaku on Windows 7: What happened to gaming?
Proposed change for Diablo III
Shacknews reviews Borderlands
Gaming Heaven reviews Left 4 Dead Crash Course (PC)
[H]ard|OCP's Batman: Arkham Asylum & PhysX gameplay review
PCGH: Old games in maximum quality on Radeon HD 5870
Aliens vs. Predator DirectX 11 trailer
Surfacescapes demo walkthrough
Fraps 2.9.99
The Dark Mod 1.0 released
USB reader for 16-bit game cartridges
Futurelooks: A guide to 7 video games that shaped mainstream society

Systems and storage

X-bit labs have a glance at the future: 6-core AMD Istanbul in a desktop platform
TG Daily reports AMD optimizes Athlon II processors for Windows 7
AnandTech, FiringSquad, Guru3D, and OCC on AMD's Athlon II X3 435 / Athlon II X2 240e
Rbmods on Athlon II X2 245
AnandTech on Marvell's Armada: Custom-designed ARM SoCs break 1GHz
OverClocked inside's Intel CPU decoder ring
iXBT Labs review Gigabyte P55-UD6
X-bit labs review ASRock P55 Deluxe
Björn3D reviews Asus P7P55D Deluxe
BmR on Asus P7P55D Evo
PureOC reviews ECS A785GM-M
I4U reviews Logitech MK605 notebook kit
HotHardware reviews OCZ Z-Drive m84 PCI Express SSD
bit-tech and Hexus.net review 64GB Kingston SSDNow V+