Friday Shortbread - The Tech Report

Friday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 2:42 AM on November 6, 2009

Friday

Nvidia reports financial results for third quarter fiscal year 2010
NordicHardware reports Nvidia is hiring x86 engineers
Fudzilla reports Nvidia impresses people with Tegra 2
NGOHQ reports Nvidia mocks Intel with editorial cartoons
Google CEO: Hopefully, we won't repeat Microsoft's past mistakes
Ars Technica reports EU adopts "Internet freedom" provision on Internet
cut-offs and bill could kill ISP safe harbor in cases of financial fraud
Will 'three strikes' come to the United States?
U.S. regulators mull changes to phone access rules
DigiTimes reports TSMC clarifies reports on SMIC lawsuit
NordicHardware reports Eee keyboard delayed again, new screen and Wi-Fi
Verizon to sell HTC Android phone for $99.99
Antec preps Lanboy Air for CES (in French)
Hexus.net's Asus P55 motherboard giveaway
Futurelooks has 750W Ultra PSU tweetaway
Dealzon's deals: $356 off Dell Vostro 220 PC & 24" LCD, $270 off
13" Lenovo IdeaPad U350, and $150 off 24" ViewSonic LCD HDTV

Software

Windows 7 sales exceed Vista sales by 234%
DailyTech reports Sophos finds Windows 7 UAC fails to block 7 out of 10 pieces of malware
Microsoft security bulletin advance notification for November 2009
TechRadar UK: 12 common Windows 7 problems solved
SuperSite for Windows: Clean install Windows 7 with Upgrade media
Tech ARP on Windows 7 installation woes
New Mac OS X 10.6.2 build restores Atom support
Mac|Life: 50 common Mac problems solved
ATi-Forum: Catalyst 9.11 on 25th November (in German)
Linux graphics driver updates from AMD and Nvidia
Browser rivals to register official complaints about Microsoft's ballot screen proposal
Firefox 3.5.5 release notes
C|Net reports near-final Thunderbird 3 due next week
Inside the Unity web player
Google Dashboard gives you a bird's eye view of your cloud
Psystar's Rebel EFI software and customer service are shady
Zero-day flaw found in web encryption
Mark Russinovich: The machine SID duplication myth
Try SharePoint 2010
DPM 2007 hotfix package
Ad-Aware Game Edition

Gaming

Video games climbing the ladder of American pastimes
Shacknews reports Battlefield: Bad Company 2 beta details
surface - PS3 on November 19, PC in December
Blizzard targets "first half of 2010" for StarCraft II according to Activision CC
Dedicated servers and Rage - News you probably don't want to hear
id's Carmack says iPhone Fallout for Bethesda possible
Ars Technica on PC Modern Warfare 2: It's much worse than you thought
Shacknews: First Halo Reach screenshots, details leak?
Torchlight coming to retail stores in early January
Behind the quest for the ultimate Dungeons & Dragons machine
C|Net on Mac game: Art project or malware?
Ninjalane conducts PhysX performance tests
PC Luchs reviews Need for Speed Shift (in German)
Dragon Age: Origins update released
Steam's weekend deal - 50% off Mass Effect

Systems and storage

Digital Trends reviews Dell Adamo XPS
HotHardware reviews Toshiba Satellite T135 Win 7 CULV notebook
InsideHW reviews Lenovo IdeaPad U350
Legit Reviews on ASRock M3A785GXH/128M
PCShopTalk reviews 4GB Patriot Viper II Sector 5
PVV34G2000LLK dual channel memory kit
OCC reviews 4GB Kingston HyperX KHX1600C9D3K2/4G memory kit
PCStats reviews LiteOn iHAS424 dual-layer DVD writer
ProClockers review Synology DS209 Advance NAS