National Blueberry Pancake Day Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki
8:29 AM on January 28, 2010
National Blueberry Pancake Day
- TechFlash reports Amazon stock outperforms Apple after splashy iPad debut
- Ars Technica reports internal Apple town hall expected to discuss iPad
- Protestors: iPad is nothing more than a golden calf of DRM
- Steve Ballmer blogs Microsoft & Internet freedom
- DailyTech has report: China won't ban Google Android
- Google's older sister in China urges it to stay
- DigiTimes reports memory module makers to see flat revenues in January
despite DRAM price drop and MSI plans to launch a $500 tablet PC in 2H10
- TSMC's 4th-quarter net profit reaches 2-year high
- Worldwide PC processor shipments rise 31.3% on year in 4Q09, says IDC
- C|Net reports Obama lauds green tech, earmarks on the web
- Network World reports IBM, researchers get 24M DOE
supercomputer hours to develop controversial lithium air battery
- DailyTech reports Verizon Communications posts net loss of $653M for Q4
- Comcast prepares for IPv6 customer trials
- Privacy: Facebook under investigation in Canada
- DailyTech reports Facebook close to "technological lock in"
- The Register reports Toshiba looks ahead, sees a 14TB disk
- Fudzilla reports Intel releases new network adapter
- Matrox announces multiple graphics eXpansion module support to drive even more displays
- Neowin reports My.live.com closing in favor of MyMSN, user settings to be left behind
- TechDirt reports Jammie Thomas-Rasset rejects offer from RIAA
to settle for $25k plus request for judge to vacate last week's decision
- C|Net: How 'Avatar' may predict future of virtual worlds
- Newegg's deal: $20 off HIS HD 5850 (use promo code "VGA161302")
- Dealzon's deals: $170 off 13.3" Toshiba T135, $20 off Argosy HV335T HDD media player,
$33 off 18.4" Toshiba Qosmio X505, and $350 off 55" Vizio VF551XVT LED TV
Software
- Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and Office 2012:
Estimated RTM dates surface on an MSDN blog
- Windows Mobile 7 minimum requirements tweeted
- TUAW reports iPhone SDK updated: VoIP over 3G now permitted
- Early version of Windows Home Server 'Vail' leaks to the web
- Update for Windows 7 for x64-based systems (KB974674)
- DPM 2010 protecting Exchange 2010 DAG in a single site
- Network World reports slick algorithm helps spot
tech trouble in everything from networks to satellites
- The EVA SLI Enhancement patch version 22
- C|Net reports Firefox Mobile close to 1.0, sheds Flash support
- SuperSite's quick take: Zune 4.2 PC software
- Comodo System Cleaner 2.2.129172.4
- Tech ARP posts x264 HD benchmark 3.10
Gaming
- PC World reports PlayStation 3 hack released online
- Big Download reports Red 5 confirms "restructuring"
- Ubisoft posts online services platform Q&A
- Copy protection for BFBC2 PC (updated 1/27)
- BioShock 2 multiplayer and matchmaking Q&A
- Shacknews reports Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
PC patch 1.02 lands packing free 'Overwatch' DLC
- No more than words: Fallout Extreme
- [Academic] dissertation - Social influences in Second Life: Social network and
social psychological processes in the diffusion of belief and behaviour on the web
- Sid Meier keynote, major new lectures announced for GDC 2010
- Bleszinski explains how Gears of War ended up in Lost Planet 2
- IGN on films that inspired Mass Effect 2
- Fudzilla reports U.S. Navy says games make you sharper
- The Sun reports number of kids injured playing computer games soars
- Technic3D (in German) and TweakTown (Xbox 360) review Dark Void
- Ars Technica reviews Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars
- Team Fortress 2 update released and Mass Effect 2
now available in parts of Europe on Steam
Systems and storage
- AnandTech, Ars Technica, t-break, and TechReviewSource react to Apple's iPad announcement
- Ars Technica's hands-on with Apple's iPad
- Hardware Heaven reviews ASRock Ion 330HT with Blu-ray
- Fudzilla reports Celeron overclocked to 8.19GHz
- AnandTech on the Clarkdale experiment and why
Pine Trail isn't much faster than the first Atom
- Futurelooks reviews Core i5-661
- PCStats reviews Phenom II X4 910e
- Hardware Secrets has a first look at EVGA's H55 motherboard
- X-bit labs review EVGA P55 FTW
- PureOC reviews 12GB Kingston HyperX DDR3-1600 memory kit
- Neoseeker reviews 8GB Corsair Dominator PC3-12800 memory kit
- Hardware Secrets: Is it time to move to solid-state storage?
- Techgage reviews 2TB Seagate Barracuda XT
- techPowerUp! reviews 8GB A-Data T907 Jack Skellington flash drive
Multimedia
- NGOHQ: Workarounds for Radeon HD 5000 series vertical stripes issue
- HT4U reviews PowerColor HD 5850 PCS+ (in German)
- TestFreaks review Mionix Keid 20 gaming headset
- Tweaknews reviews G-Cube IB-990T Crystal Beats earbud headphones
- Elite Bastards review Arctic Cooling E361-WM earphones
- TweakPC reviews SteelSeries Xai gaming mouse (in German)
Power, casing, and cooling
- OCC reviews 600W Ultra X4 PSU
- TweakTown reviews Powermat wireless charging portable mat and iPhone 3G(S) receiver case
- X-bit labs review Cooler Master Cosmos 1000, Corsair
Obsidian 800D, and Lian Li PC-X2000 cases
- Hardware Secrets reviews NZXT Hades case
- PC Perspective reviews Zalman MS1000-HS2 case
- ThinkComputers reviews Vantec NexStar universal storage adapter
- X-bit labs review Scythe Grand Kama Cross
- BCCHardware reviews Noctua NH-D14 CPU cooler
- Overclockers Online reviews Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus CPU cooler
- FrostyTech reviews GlacialTech Igloo 5610 Plus Silent heatsink
- HardwareOC reviews Noctua NH-C12P SE14 cooler (in German)