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Friday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 4:09 PM on October 23, 2009

Friday

1. Microsoft shares up (thanks DrDillyBar)
2. CHW interviews Nvidia's Jen-Hsun Huang
3. Expreview reports Core i5-650 reaches 4.7GHz on air-cooling
4. Dealzon's deals: $70 off Toshiba Satellite T135-S1307, $56 off 13.3" MacBook,
   $476 off Dell PowerEdge T100, and $20 off 2TB Cavalry CAXB external hard drive

Software and gaming

1. hardCOREware's posts the definitive Windows 7 vs. Vista performance comparison
2. TechSpot: Access and customize Windows 7's extended context menu
3. MissingRemote's guide to enable commercial skipping on Windows 7... and
   even CableCard and MyMovies 3.0 Movie Manager for Windows 7 review
4. Phoronix on Ubuntu 9.10 netbook performance
   and Unigine Heaven offers heavenly graphics
5. Hardware tessellation with DirectX 11 (Unigine 'Heaven' benchmark)
6. GamersHell has PCMark Vantage v1.0.1.0
7. Pre-purchase Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 now on Steam
8. YouGamers share Shattered Horizon beta impressions

Systems and networking

1. InsideHW reviews Athlon II X3 435 and Athlon II X4 630
2. Björn3D reviews Athlon II X3 435
3. Tech ARP's BIOS option of the week - CPU adjacent sector prefetch
4. HardwareZone on the military grade Asus Sabertooth 55i
5. TweakTown's video preview of Gigabyte P55A mobos - SATA 3, USB 3 & 3x USB power
6. OCC reviews Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6
7. Guru3D reviews Gigabyte's P55 UD5 motherboard
8. PCShopTalk reviews ASRock P55 Extreme
9. TWL reviews Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2H mATX
10. TweakTown reviews TRENDnet TEW-654TR 300Mbps wireless N travel router

Multimedia

1. Technic3D reviews Zotac GeForce GTX 275 (in German)
2. Expreview on Galaxy GeForce 210 and GT220: 40nm and DirectX 10.1 under $80
3. techPowerUp! reviews Inno3D GeForce 210 512MB
4. Hi Tech Legion reviews PowerColor Radeon HD 5770
5. HT4U: Radeon HD 5770 meets AC Accelero L2 Pro (in German)
6. Big Bruin reviews Sapphire Radeon HD 5750 1GB
7. Digital Trends reviews Motorola Cliq
8. DriverHeaven reviews Roccat Kone gaming mouse & Taito gaming surface
9. Overclockers Online reviews CM Storm CS-S Battle Pad H2

Power, cases, and cooling

1. OC3D reviews HEC Compucase Cougar 1000CM modular PSU
2. Rbmods on Xigmatek Nrp-Pc501 PSU
3. Neoseeker reviews Cooler Master Sniper Black Edition case
4. ThinkComputers reviews NZXT M59 case
5. Metku reviews Zalman CNPS10X Extreme CPU cooler
6. Big Bruin reviews Noctua NH-C12P CPU cooler
7. OverclockersHQ reviews ZEROtherm Core 92 CPU cooler