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Thanksgiving Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 12:10 PM on November 26, 2009

Thanksgiving

1. The year of the mega data breach
2. Demand from PC OEMs still outpacing DRAM supply, says Nanya
3. C|Net reports Buffalo ships first USB 3.0 hard drive
4. DigiTimes reports ramp-up of 20nm nodes may accelerate SSD adoption in PCs in 2011
5. VR-Zone reports Nvidia GeForce 310 appeared online
6. TG Daily reports Intel's Itanium is tottering towards death, analyst reckons
7. TiVo sees record customer losses
8. Ars Technica reports Kindle 2 finally gets native PDF support, screen rotation
9. HardwareZone updates Sitex 2009 preview
10. IT Month 2009: Gigabyte gives away netbook with ultra-thin notebook purchase
11. Trivia: Can you ID these PCs?

Software

1. Firefox 3.6 Beta (revision 4) now available for download
2. Microsoft isn't the only one developing a hardware-accelerated browser
3. Windows 7 passes Mac OS X in market share race
4. Acer says Windows 7 good for sales
5. Windows Server 2008 R2: New power management features
6. VR-Zone reports Zone Alarm Extreme Security Windows 7 Edition in stores
7. Big changes in Security Starter Kit 2010
8. Microsoft 'worked with Apple' for Silverlight on iPhone, says Goldfarb
9. Can (and will) Microsoft keep Silverlight compatible across platforms?
10. New language features in Java 7
11. An update is available for Windows 7 to fix a data corruption issue for Secure Digital (SD) cards
12. Expreview reports Nvidia GeForce / Ion 195.62 WHQL driver released

Gaming

1. Valve: Listening to PC gamers, frequent updates equals success
2. EFF sets sights on abusive EULAs
3. Shacknews reports Mass Effect 2 PC requirement, DRM revealed
4. Star Wars teaser (announcement to be made on 12/12)
5. bit-tech reports Deus Ex 3 is Eidos and Square Enix joint effort
6. Massive Xbox 360 server upgrade for Left 4 Dead 2
7. 10 first-person shooters to look forward to in 2010
8. Expreview's S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat DirectX 10 vs. DirectX 11 comparison
9. Half-Life 2 Contra mod (video)
10. Shack PSA: PC digital Thanksgiving sales (Steam's early holiday sale & Direct2Drive's deal)
11. Steam: Sam & Max Season One 33% off

Systems and storage

1. VR-Zone reports Asus G51J is world's first notebook
   with Nvidia 3D Vision for immersive gaming
2. HotHardware reviews Asus UL80Vt notebook
3. HardwareZone reviews Lenovo IdeaCentre Q110
4. NordicHardware posts Core i3 screenshots
5. Technic3D pits Core i7 960 versus 975 Extreme (in German)
6. ThinkComputers reviews ASRock P55 Deluxe
7. PCShopTalk reviews Jetway BI-700 motherboard
8. Motherboards.org reviews 2TB Seagate Barracuda XT
9. TweakTown reviews 64GB G.Skill Falcon II SSD
10. Hardware Canucks review 60GB OCZ Agility EX SSD

Graphics, power, and casing

1. JPR review of AMD's Radeon HD 5970
2. Elite Bastards review Sapphire Radeon HD 5970 2GB Overclock Edition
3. Björn3D reviews Asus HD 5970 Voltage Tweak Edition
4. PureOC reviews 1000W ABS Dark Beret PSU
5. Hardware Secrets reviews 850W Nexus RX-8500 PSU
6. OCC reviews Thermaltake BlacX Duet