Waitangi Day Shortbread - The Tech Report

Waitangi Day Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 11:04 PM on February 6, 2010

VR-Zone reports Thuban branded as AMD Phenom II X6
X-bit labs report AMD Phenom II X6 "Thuban" processors to get dynamic speed boost
technology and Nvidia's Optimus to combine GPU and IGP for improved performance
Why you'll use a tablet. Yes, you!
Yahoo! News reports Dell must defend suit alleging defective notebooks
DailyTech reports Apple offers bounty to take yellow iMacs off UK owners' hands
DigiTimes reports Shuttle expects desktop shipments to reach 300,000 units in 2010
Ars Technica: 16- and 48-core monster chips on tap at next week's ISSCC
Computerworld reports AMD aims for GPUs in mainstream servers starting in 2012
Sharky Extreme has weekly CPU prices
DailyTech reports MIT creates world's first computer-ready germanium laser
Fudzilla reports socket 775 holds 77% share
Expreview reports EVGA updates BIOS for several X58 motherboards
Storage Forums: Western Digital WD1001FAES revealed
Best Router reports new Buffalo router surfaces in Japan
QA standards may hold back stereoscopic game dev
Fudzilla reports AMD's HD 5570 detailed
Expreview reports MSI trots out Radeon HD 5770 HAWK graphics card
Gizmodo: Full details on the new B&N Nook 1.2 firmware going out now
Nook 1.2 firmware demo (video)
Ars Technica reports publishers continue pummeling Amazon over e-book prices
Sen. Franken to Comcast, NBC execs: Merger no laughing matter
Bing: Enhanced cooperation with Facebook on search
Facebook turned 6
Windows Weekly 142: Snake in the Brass (podcast)

Software

Windows 7 battery update: Still no conclusive findings
Ars Technica reports Windows 7 stability fix breaks stability, puzzles Microsoft
Security issue on AMO
Ars Technica reports Nuanti brings HTML5 and Ogg Theora video to Silverlight
Windows Azure may host virtual machines starting March
Microsoft Small Basic 0.8
EVGA SLI Enhancement Patch version 23

Gaming

Discontinuation of Xbox Live for original Xbox consoles and games
Gizmodo reports Sony still loses money on every PS3 they sell
Shacknews on video games to be released next week
Shacknews reports Aliens vs. Predator Marine trailer
turns out the lights, PC demo matchmaking fixed
Left 4 Dead 2 and the Left 4 Dead 2 SDK updates released
XSReviews gives away free games

Systems, storage, and graphics

Sharky Extreme reviews Acer TravelMate 8471 Timeline
Rbmods on Athlon II X4 635
PC Perspective reviews Asus Maximus III Gene
iXBT Labs review Asus M4A785G HTPC/RC
Hardware Heaven reviews 4GB G.Skill Pi Series DDR3-2200 and Eco DDR3-1600 memory kits
TestFreaks review 12GB Kingston HyperX 1600MHz triple channel kit
Tech ARP's modding a Barracuda 7200.11 into a VelociRaptor rev. 1.1
Guru3D and TweakTown Radeon HD 5770 HAWK
OCC reviews PowerColor HD 5750
Ultimate Hardware reviews Sapphire Radeon HD 5670
Motherboards.org and [OC]ModShop review AMD Radeon HD 5450