National Milk Chocolate Day Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki
4:51 AM on July 28, 2010
Eight is Enough
- Ars Technica offers its own counterpoint: Intel and Apple clash by no means inevitable
and class action lawsuit filed over "overheating" iPads
- Engadget reports Dell Streak retailing for $299 with contract,
$549 without; Dell Aero gets launch deets as well
- Donanim Haber reports Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 will come on August 31 (in Turkish)
- KitGuru: Asus GTX 460 price cut confirmed
- Ars Technica: Microsoft should cut out the middlemen, build its own phones
- Court: Breaking DRM for a "fair use" is legal
- Mashable: Is Google watching you? New plugin will let you know
- Shacknews: Impulse adds Bethesda back catalog, will not include future Steamworks releases
National Milk Chocolate Day
- WSJ reports Oracle's Larry Ellison is pay king (highest paid CEO for this past decade)
- Engadget reports ARM beats revenue forecasts, swims in piles of gold coins
- Fudzilla reports Intel to buy German wireless chipmaker
- Akamai: U.S. 16th in broadband speed
- TechFlash reports Comcast ranks no. 1 in broadband performance
- DSLReports: Ads for Comcast 100Mbps tier surface
- Ars Technica reports privacy lawsuit targets 'Net giants over "zombie" cookies
- The federal cloud: Another Microsoft vs. Google battleground
- Microsoft calls Google-Yahoo search pact in Japan anticompetitive
- WSJ reports Google develops a Facebook rival
- PCWorld reports Yahoo! will invest in hackers with good ideas
- TechFlash reports Microsoft Hohm service rolls out wireless online meter reading
- The Windows Blog: Hotmail rollout picks up steam
- Technology Review on Microsoft's new Street Slide
- C|Net reports X Prize group eyes oil spill cleanup
- Newegg's guerrilla deals for 7/28
- Newegg's late afternoon shell shocker
- Dealzon's deals: $204 off 15.6” Dell Studio 15 i5, $150 off 15.6” Toshiba C655 AMD,
$242 off 14” IdeaPad U460 i5, and $65 off 18.5” hp LCD
Hardware news
- SemiAccurate reports Apple does kick Nvidia to the curb
- Engadget reports hp crams Fermi-based Quadro 5000M GPU inside 17" EliteBook
- SuperSite on the slate PC: Haven't we been down this road before?
- Register Hardware reports Nvidia Tegra 2 tablet to debut at IFA show
- Engadget reports Dell shows off Android 2.1 running
on the Streak, still planning to make it to Froyo
- C|Net reports Apple rechargeables smarter than average AAs
- Newsweek on why the iPad hasn't killed the Kindle
- Wired: iPad owners are 'selfish elites.' Critics are 'independent geeks.' Discuss.
- Fudzilla reports new Sempron 150 coming
- DRAM supply to outgrow demand in 4Q10, says DigiTimes Research
- TC Magazine reports Elpida claims to have the smallest 2Gb DDR2 mobile RAM ever
- HotHardware: Honey, SanDisk shrunk the USB drive
- IT trib reports Nvidia brings Fermi architecture to professional Quadro series video cards
- Expreview: Sparkle GeForce GTX 470 / 465 providing
solderless products and free contact process
- Computerworld reports AT&T to be 'premier' Windows Phone 7 vendor
- C|Net on what the iPhone-jailbreaking ruling means - FAQ
- Four generations of the iPhone (video)
- Droid Life: Droid X spotted running Android 2.2?
- The NY Times: BlackBerry's era may be ending
Software
- Virtualization - Ask the experts at AnandTech part 2
- C|Net reports Firefox 'CPU resources' issue better but not gone
- TechSpot on running Firefox 3.6 and Firefox 4 Beta simultaneously
- The Windows Blog: Messenger Companion - have conversations with your friends
directly in Internet Explorer and IE8 SmartScreen filter reaches important milestone
- TechFlash reports i4i running out of words to say how it's trouncing Microsoft
- Ars Technica reports Terminator for GNOME lets users split terminal windows
- Phoronix on benchmarking ZFS on FreeBSD vs. EXT4 & Btrfs on Linux
- EffectGames.com does old school color cycling with HTML5
- HWiNFO32 v3.56
- Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Beta 2
- TC Magazine reports Nvidia delivers OpenGL 4.1 drivers for Windows and Linux
- The EVGA SLI Enhancement Patch version 30
- Norton Power Eraser 1.3.0.9
- ZoneAlarm 9.3.014.000
- Nero DiscSpeed 5.4.24.0
- Inside BlackBerry 6: Home screen revolution
- TUAW reports Apple iOS 4.1 beta 2 is now available for developers
and Magic Trackpad and multi-touch trackpad update 1.0 is out now
Gaming
- Shacknews: GameStop buying Flash games site Kongregate
- Shacknews reports PS3 firmware update adds store recommendations
- Joystiq reports PS3 Netflix adds search option
- GameZone has five issues with PC gaming
- Shacknews reports EverQuest II explores free-to-play,
microtransaction business model with "Extended"
- PCGH on StarCraft II: How to activate anti-aliasing on GeForces - no option on Radeons
- Shacknews reports Blizzard details StarCraft II bugs and temporary fixes
- FileFront's StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty walkthrough
- Hardware Heaven posts StarCraft II launch event gallery
- GamePro recounts the history of StarCraft
- StarCraft II cake
- Jersey Shore to be made into a video game
Systems and storage
- MissingRemote reviews Dell Inspiron Zino HD
- Guru3D reviews Alienware M11x ultraportable
- Hexus.net reviews Asus G73JH gaming notebook
- Engadget Augen's $99 GenBook smartbook
- ocaholic reviews Asus Rampage III Extreme - overclocking hero
- t-break reviews Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD9
- Futurelooks reviews ASRock X58 Extreme3
- Hardware Secrets has MSI P55A-GD65 first look
- TweakTown reviews Gigabyte GA-H55N-USB3 mini-ITX
- [H]ard|OCP reviews MSI 890FXA-GD70
- Metku has AMD 890GX - Gigabyte vs. ASRock review
- LanOC Reviews on 200GB RunCore Pro-V SSD
- Techgage's 120GB OCZ Revo SSD performance preview
- Hi Tech Legion reviews Vantec NexStar SuperSpeed SATA-to-USB 3.0 adapter
- Hexus.net reviews Synology DiskStation DS411+ NAS
Multimedia
- HotHardware on Nvidia's Quadro 6000 and 5000 series workstation GPUs
- PC Perspective reviews Nvidia Quadro 5000 2.5GB
- Madshrimps review Sparkle GeForce GTX 470 with custom cooler
- Neoseeker reviews Asus Matrix 5870
- TechReviewSource on Samsung LN55C650 55" high-def LCD TV
- Digital Trends reviews ViewSonic NexTV VMP75
- TweakTown's quick article: LED vs. CCFL LCD TVs
- OCIA reviews Geeks.com mini USB 2.0 LED projector
- Ars Technica tells a home theater tale: Convergence, divergence, and Solaris
- t-break on what to look for when buying a home theater
- CowcotLand reviews Scythe Kro Craft Speaker Plus (in French)
- C|Net and Engadget have Apple Magic Trackpad first hands-ons
- ASE Labs review Cooler Master Choiix Cruiser mouse
- Digital Trends reviews Samsung Captivate
- iGadget Life reviews PixelSkin HD for iPhone 4
Power, cases, and cooling
- Björn3D reviews 950W PC Power & Cooling Mk II PSU
- ThinkComputers reviews IDAPT I3 universal desktop charger
- bit-tech features Daryl Brach’s awesome Cray-1 mod
- OCC and PureOC review NZXT Phantom case
- Hardware Heaven reviews Corsair Obsidian 700D case
- KitGuru reviews SilverStone Sugo SG07 case
- Funky Kit reviews Lian Li Pitstop T60 Test Bench
- TWL on Wicked Lasers – Spyder II 300mW green laser
- Overclockers Online reviews Noctua NH-C12P SE14
- Benchmark Reviews on best CPU cooler performance Q2-2010