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Tuesday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 10:50 AM on November 17, 2009

Tuesday

1. Fudzilla reports graphics shortage to continue
2. DigiTimes reports PC price cuts for 2009 year-end holiday season may not be as deep as
   in 2008 and AMD VP visits Taiwan to seek more support from motherboard makers
3. Verizon to AT&T: The truth hurts
4. C|Net reports T-Mobile resumes Sidekick sales
   and AOL to spin off on December 9
5. Digital Trends on top 5 most wanted tech industry mergers
6. VeriSign: Major Internet security update by 2011
7. Gizmodo reports on laptop reliability study: Asus and Toshiba come out on top
8. [H]ard|OCP: DFI patent dual system platform, Hybrid is disclosed
9. The Register's quick guide to GPU computing
10. BmR's NZXT Gamma gaming case drawing
11. Dealzon: Dell Adamo XPS ultrathin laptop has been released and starts at $1,799

Software

1. Download Office Home and Business 2010 beta (from official site)
2. DailyTech reports Flash Player 10.1 beta offloads video processing to GPU
3. AnandTech tests GPU-accelerated Flash 10.1 prerelease
4. Ars Technica reports Fedora 12 a strong update
5. Phoronix Test Suite 2.2 further expands The Linux benchmarking landscape
6. Ars Technica reports Windows Marketplace for Mobile arrives for all 6.x users
7. SuperSite for Windows has inside story: How Microsoft's open source code theft was discovered
8. TechReviewSource's AudialsOne 4 review (and giveaway)

Gaming

1. Left 4 Dead 2 launching worldwide
2. Modern Warfare 2 (PC) - post release online petition
3. Joystiq reports hackers apparently create dedicated MW2 servers, gain super powers
   and Activision pulled MW2 'No Russian' scene in Russia on advice of 'local counsel'
4. Fudzilla reports Call of Duty World at War: Zombies hits iPhone
5. Kotaku shares rumor: RIP Pandemic Studios, 1998 - 2009
6. Joystiq's PSA: Facebook, Twitter now on Xbox Live
7. Ars Technica interviews Square-Enix CEO Yoichi Wada
8. Shacknews reports Command & Conquer 4 trailer roams
   free and Borderlands PC patch v1.01 released
9. Gaming Heaven reviews Left 4 Dead 2 (PC) and Star Trek DAC (PC)
10. I4U reviews Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
11. Guru3D on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 VGA performance - with 23 graphics cards

Systems, storage, and networking

1. techPowerUp! reviews Pentium E6300
2. TechSpot's 7-way Intel P55 motherboards roundup
3. Motherboards.org reviews Asus P7P55D-E Premium
4. TWL reviews MSI NF980-G65
5. Motherboards Review on Asus M4A785D-M Pro
6. TweakPC pits MSI 785GM-E65 vs. DFI Blood Iron LANParty 785G-M35 (in German)
7. Technic3D reviews Zotac Ion ITX-A mainboard (in German)
8. Hexus.net previews Kingston's 12GB HyperX DDR3 memory pack
9. HotHardware's exclusive first look at Fusion-io ioXtreme PCI Express SSD
10. Big Bruin reviews 40GB Kingston SSDNow V Series
11. X-bit labs review Synology DS409slim
12. Digital Trends reviews Asus RT-N16 wireless router

Multimedia

1. Legit Reviews on Nvidia GeForce GT 240
2. Guru3D, techPowerUp!, and TweakTown review MSI GeForce N240GT
3. HotHardware reviews Zotac GeForce GT 240 Amp! Edition
4. X-bit labs review Asus Matrix GTX 285
5. Elite Bastards on AMD Radeon HD 5870 1GB CrossFire performance
6. Björn3D reviews Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 Vapor X
7. PureOC reviews Asus EAH5870 Voltage Tweak Edition
8. ThinkComputers reviews Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 1GB
9. Tweaknews reviews HIS HD 4850 iCooler 1GB
10. Futurelooks reviews Samsung LN55B650T1F 55" LCD HDTV
11. TWL on Podcastudio with USB interface by Behringer
12. DriverHeaven reviews Logitech G35 surround sound headset
13. Digital Trends reviews BlackBerry Storm 2
14. Hexus.net's hands-on with Intel's Reader
15. Björn3D reviews Razer Orochi mouse & Kabuto mouse pad

Power, case, and cooling

1. JonnyGuru reviews 1000W Antec CP-1000 PSU
2. Hexus.net reviews 850W XFX Black Edition PSU
3. OCC reviews In Win Maelstrom case
4. BCCHardware reviews Arctic Cooling NC notebook cooler
5. X-bit labs review Corsair H50 liquid-cooling system