USO Day Shortbread - The Tech Report

USO Day Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on February 4, 2010

Ars Technica reports Nehalem Mac Pros take 20% performance hit when playing audio
NordicHardware reports Asus shows USB 3.0 notebooks
Engadget reports JooJoo tablet now in production, will support full Flash at launch
DailyTech reports Crucial's 6Gbps C300 hits stores February 22, targets Intel
NordicHardware reports Corsair preparing P512 SSD
Sapphire non-reference HD 5850 listed in Australia (thanks Alastair B.)
TechFlash reports Microsoft's self-powered TV remote, no batteries required
Telegraph reports Apple threatened by Chinese company over iPad
DailyTech reports the end of cheap e-books is nigh after Apple makes deal with Rupert Murdoch
Report: Amazon acquires touch screen firm for future Kindles
Music's lost decade: Sales cut in half
FCC's neutrality rules too murky to help consumers?
Comcast launches XFINITY
TechFlash: Game over for WiMax?
Motorola Ventures lead investment round in ScanBuy
C|Net reports Monster buys Yahoo's HotJobs for $225 million
Hardware Heaven interviews with SteelSeries chief marketing officer Kim Rom
Dealzon's deals: $100 off 17.3" Toshiba L555D, $150 off 17.3" Acer Aspire AS7740,
and $300 off 50" Samsung PN50B450 plasma TV

Software

C|Net reports Microsoft investigates new Internet Explorer flaw
and HTML vs. Flash: Can a turf war be avoided?
Windows veteran Mike Nash to leave Microsoft
What's behind Microsoft's tinkering with its low-end server line-up?
Ars Technica's hands-on: New single-window mode makes GIMP less gimpy
TestFreaks have 32-bit OS shootout: Windows XP vs. Vista vs. 7
Skype: iPhone 3G VoIP app 'coming very soon'
Ars Technica: Can Silverlight save Windows Mobile from plummeting sales?
Auslogic Disk Defrag Screen Saver 1.1.1.50

Gaming

C|Net reports video game sales fell 7% in 2009
Eurogamer reports Microsoft cuts price of 120GB Xbox 360 drive in Europe
Black Hat: Researcher claims hack of processor used to secure Xbox 360, other products
Shacknews reports Sony working 'really hard' on digital
releases of PS1 and PS2 games, talks PSN subscriptions
20 for 2010: Ars's most anticipated games of the year
SavyGamer on the state of DRM
DailyTech reports Star Trek Online adding more servers, but open beta bugs still persist
BioWare: 'Mass Effect is for the PC and Xbox 360'
Ars Technica reports Mass Effect 2 text illegibility on SD TVs result of design decision
TweakPC reviews Mass Effect 2 for PC (in German)
FiringSquad reports Bad Company 2 demo hits PS3 tomorrow
Shacknews reports Torchlight v1.15 update released,
brings new challenges and other various tweaks
Sins of a Solar Empire v1.19 and Entrenchment v1.05 change log
BioShock 2 "Launch" trailer
[H]ard|OCP on Dark Void PhysX gameplay performance and IQ
Shacknews reports Madden NFL 10 predicts Saints Super Bowl win
Rumor: Blizzcon 2010 listed by Anaheim Convention Center
Aliens vs. Predator "Infestation Mode" trailer
Steam: Aliens vs. Predator demo now available and
and Team Fortress 2 and Torchlight updates released

Systems

From MSFT evangelist to Mac enthusiast - the other side of the road
Tablet crossover mod
Hi Tech Legion on green computing - Criteria and expectations
New Westmere details emerge at AnandTech: Power
efficiency and 4 / 6-core plans for the desktop
Hi Tech Legion reviews 4GB Patriot Viper II Sector 5 PC3-16000 memory kit