International Women's Day Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki
5:59 AM on March 8, 2010
International Women's Day
- Ars Technica: Why ad blocking is devastating to the sites you love
- Yahoo! News reports China to punish hackers, says no Google complaint
- The Register: 9TB in 20 minutes? Sign me up
- Intel: Most consumers don't need high-performance graphics
- TC Magazine reports Intel's 8-core Nehalem EX chips to debut this month
- [H]ard|OCP: Intel comment on fake CPU debacle raises more questions
- TUAW share rumor: Best Buy sticks Core i7 logo on MacBook Pro page
- Fudzilla reports as of 2010, Centrino brand is reserved for wireless
- DigiTimes reports Acer to launch a frameless-screen
ultra-thin notebook with touch keyboard in 2H10
- VR-Zone reports LG launches X300 Mobile PC
- Fudzilla reports Asus Eee Keyboard finally available in April / May
- Engadget on a $95 Android tablet
- C|Net: Apple A4 chip, iPad vs. the competition
- Gartner says touchscreen mobile device sales will grow 97% in 2010 and
worldwide external controller-based disk storage market declined 8.6% in 2009
- C|Net reports iPad ad launches during the Oscars - predictable?
- Yahoo! News reports Apple hits record high after iPad announcement
- Analyst: Apple will sell 35m iPhones next year, with or without Verizon
- Will the iPad support tethering? Steve Jobs answers...
- LA Times reports Flo hand-held TV not ready for prime time
- Scientific American: Want TV in 3-D? Then you'll still
have to wear silly glasses—at least for another decade
- Yahoo! Finance reports Nvidia GPUs power all 2010
best visual effects Academy Awards nominees
- 2.6M microchips placed in U.K. trash bins to measure waste
- Phishing reaches record high in January
- Dealzon's deals: $205 off 15.6" Toshiba L500, $150 off 13.3" hp Pavilion
dm3, $200 off 14" Lenovo G450, and $290 off 12.1" Lenovo X201
Software
- Microsoft's tax for hacks 'horrible' idea, say security experts
- DailyTech reports Opera browser downloads triple after Microsoft airs browser ballot
and Google's Android gains ability to search just by writing a character
- C|Net reports new PhotoShop for Android includes Apple potshot
- CPU Tweaker 1.4 Final
- WinSCP 4.2.7 released
Gaming
- AMD's open physics initiative adds more stimulation effect to games
- Eric Rudder playing Indiana Jones on stage
- VentureBeat on the making and unmaking of Infinity Ward
- Gamasutra on Battlefield logistics: A Bad Company 2 interview
- EA server and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 disconnect status
- 1UP reports Bad Company 2 players reporting lost stats
- Ars Technica on M-rated video: The ESRB and video game trailers
- GameSpy predicts the future of video games
- Shacknews on video games to be released this week
- Duke Nukem Eternity 1.01 mod
- Direct2Drive's Command & Conquer 4 ultimate custom PC giveaway
Systems and storage
- Tech ARP's BIOS option of the week: AGP to DRAM prefetch
- Techgage on Gigabyte GA-H55M-USB3 - The ultimate $100 H55 board?
- Futurelooks reviews MSI H55-GD65 Gamer Series
- Elite Bastards review Asus Maximus III Formula
- PureOC reviews Asus M4A89GTD Pro / USB3 890GX
- TestFreaks review Asus U3S6 USB 3.0 / SATA 6Gbps PCI-E card
- CowcotLand reviews 128GB Patriot Torqx SSD (in French)
Multimedia, cases, and cooling
- Hardware Canucks have Nvidia GeForce GT 240 roundup (EVGA, Gigabyte, MSI & Sparkle)
- OCC reviews PowerColor HD 5870 PCS+
- TweakTown tests Sapphire Radeon HD 5830 in CrossFire
- AnandTech on THX-certified HDTVs - Useful or just marketing?
- Rbmods on Arctic Cooling E361-WM headphones
- Björn3D reviews Gigabyte KM7580 keyboard and mouse combo
- BCCHardware reviews SteelSeries 9HD Pro gaming surface
- TecCentral reviews Razer Vespula mouse pad (in German)
- ThinkComputers reviews In Win Fanqua case
- DragonSteelMods on NZXT Lexa S case
- LanOC Reviews on Gelid Solutions Tranquillo CPU cooler