National Cheese Lover's Day Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki
1:41 AM on January 20, 2010
National Cheese Lover's Day
- Ars Technica reports tech world moves equipment, talent, cash to help out Haiti
- Betanews reports NSF study gauges American's interest in tech news at 12-year low
- C|Net reports evidence found of Chinese attack on Google
- DailyTech reports Google attackers may have had inside assistance
- Google v. China: The Chinese government reacts
- C|Net reports Google postpones phone launches in China
- Engadget's editorial: Google's multitouch dilemma
- The Independent profiles Google's Sergey Brin
- Fudzilla reports ITG xpPhone priced
- Analyst: Zune phone coming in next two months
- C|Net reports IBM beats fourth-quarter estimates and
Samsung settles with Rambus for $900 million (thanks Neutronbeam)
- DigiTimes reports TSMC says 40nm yield issues resolved
- Average U.S. broadband speed: 3.9 Mbps
- FBI faked terrorism emergencies to net user phone records
- TG Daily reports Microsoft will only keep Bing user data for six months
- [H]ard|OCP: How the Fourth Amendment applies to cloud computing
- NordicHardware reports ARM not afraid of Intel
- VR-Zone: Apple tablet, iLife 2010, and new iPhone OS confirmed?
- DailyTech reports Sony showcases new Vaio Z series with quad SSDs
- Computerworld reports D-Link issues fix for router vulnerabilities
- Expreview reports Galaxy cooking up world's first dual-core GTS 250 accelerator
- PC Authority reports DisplayPort v1.2 lands
- [H]ard|OCP reports hp is testing a touchless "Wall of Touch"
- NordicHardware on Auzentech X-Fi Bravura 7.1 for the really fastidious users
- Ars Technica reports game theory shows evolution follows most successful member
- Big Bruin's CES 2010 wrap-up
- TechFlash reports Bill Gates adding hundreds of followers a minute on Twitter
- Rbmods.se's Athlon II 630 giveaway for all Swedes (Sweden only)
- Newegg's 24-hour sale (1/20 only beginning at midnight PST)
- Newegg's deals: $100 off Toshiba Satellite L505D-LS5010 notebook, $20 off
500GB Western Digital Elements portable hard drive, $10 off 4GB OCZ
PC2-8500 Platinum dual channel kit (use promo code "MEM1197") &
$10 off Sapphire Radeon HD 5770 1GB (use promo code "VGA1181X")
- Dealzon's deals: $62
off Dell Mini 10 w/ TV tuner, $234
off 14" Asus X83 laptop,
$200 off 14" Lenovo G450 laptop, and $150
off 15.5" Sony Vaio NW laptop
Software
- Microsoft security advisory 979352: Going out of band
- Microsoft: Switch from IE and your risk increases
- Avast! version 5.0 is here (free version is here)
- SuperSite for Windows on saying goodbye to old technology (XP, IE 6 & Flash 6)
- SuperSite Blog reports Apple finally adds Windows 7 support to Boot
Camp and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 delivery date: May 2010
- Play Ribbon Hero and hone your Microsoft Office skills
- China's XP-themed Linux now available in English
- Boy Genius Report has Apple iPhone OS 4.0 featured detailed
- WMExperts on Windows Mobile 7: What we can expect and what we are hearing
- 5 Windows Mobile 7 questions and 5 speculative answers
- DailyTech's interview: Opera speaks about new CEO, being number one in mobile sector
- InfoWorld on why Firefox is doomed
- [H]ard|OCP geeks out with AMD and OpenCL
- Phoronix on the performance of EXT4 then & now
- Easily install Ubuntu Linux with Windows using the Wubi installer
- DailyTech reports IBM releases Lotus Notes for iPhone; Android is up next
- Sysinternals suite - January 19, 2010
- Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5.6.606
- TeraCopy 2.12
- HotKeyz 2.7.8.0
Gaming
- Analyst questions the future of 3D gaming at TG Daily
- Does PS3 3.10 firmware update kill Blu-ray drives?
- Engadget reports Sony PS3 motion controller delayed until 'fall 2010' globally
- Microsoft wants ESPN on Xbox 360
- FiringSquad reports BioWare announces Cerberus
Network: In-game engine for Mass Effect 2 DLC
- Ars Technica reports Mass Effect 2 uses DLC "pipeline" to profit from used sales
- BioShock 2 creative lead on sequels, prequels, multiplayer on Ars Technica
- Activision CEO talks Spider-Man video games
- Gamasutra reports LOTR movie director Peter Jackson considers developing original games
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 consoles patches are being tested
- Ars Technica and Shacknews review Dark Void
- Steam client update released
- Steam's midweek madness: Men of War franchise 66% off
Systems and storage
- TC Magazine reports Asus puts Boingo software on latest Eee PCs
- Digital Trends: How to choose a slate device or tablet PC
- HotHardware reviews hp TouchSmart 600 23" all-in-one PC
- EOC and Rbmods on ASRock Ion 330HT-BD nettop
- TestFreaks review Verizon Wireless Gateway LT 2016u netbook
- TechRadar UK on AMD Bulldozer: The fightback begins in 2011
- techPowerUp! reviews Core i5 661
- NordicHardware has more details on Rampage III Extreme and the 3DMark world
record and Biostar TH55B HD auto-overclocks the IGP of Core i3 / i5 to 1200MHz
- Hardware Secrets has a first look at Intel's DH55TC motherboard
- Metku reviews MSI P55-GD80
- ProClockers review Jetway NC93-330W-LF ITX motherboard
- TweakTown reviews 4GB Corsair Dominator GTX Series PC3-18000 memory kit
- Benchmark Reviews on SandForce SF1500 enterprise SSD processor
- Legit Reviews on LSI MegaRAID SATA and SAS 9260-8i RAID card
- CCE Reviews on Plextor PX-B940SA internal 12X BD writer
- Futurelooks reviews Thecus N0503 ComboNAS enclosure
Multimedia, power, cases, and cooling
- Hardware Canucks review Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 and 5770 1GB
- HT4U reviews Nvidia GeForce GT 240 DDR3 and GDDR5 (in German)
- Digital Trends reviews Olive 4HD hi-fi music server
- HardwareHeaven reviews SteelSeries Merc Stealth keyboard
- OCC reviews Evercool Booster Cool wrist pad
- AnandTech on Enermax Gold: Modu87+ and Pro87+
- Hardware Secrets reviews 450W 3R System iCEAGE PSU
- Techgage reviews Cooler Master 690 II Advanced case
- Bona Fide Reviews on NZXT Hades case
- Tweaknews reviews Thermaltake SpinQ VT CPU cooler
- FrostyTech reviews Apack ZEROtherm Core92 heatsink
- DeXgo's 120-mm-Lüfter roundup V3.0 (in German)