National Black Forest Cake Day Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki
12:22 PM on March 28, 2011
Eight is Enough
- Ars Technica reports major Canadian ISP admits throttling World of Warcraft
- TC Magazine reports Intel starts shipping first 'Oak Trail' Atom processor
- AMD: Fusion makes a lot of sense for next-generation game consoles - X-bit labs
- AnandTech on Intel's H67 - a triumvirate of tantalizing technology
- Intel unveils third-generation SSD
- VR-Zone finds rumor: AMD Radeon HD 6790 releasing March 31st
- Fudzilla reports Point of View TGT GTX 590 ships with 691MHz clock
- Maximum PC: Crysis 2 DirectX 11 support and
'advanced graphics settings" being patched in today
National Black Forest Cake Day Shortbread
- Apple WWDC to kick off June 6 at Moscone West in San Francisco
- WSJ reports ITC revives Kodak hopes in Apple, RIM patent case
- Ars Technica: Independent Iranian hacker claims responsibility for Comodo hack
- TorrentFreak: BitTorrent case judge is a former RIAA lobbyist and pirate chaser
- Windows Weekly 201 (podcast)
Hardware news
- DigiTimes: DRAM spot price sets for rebound, says inSpectrum
- TC Magazine: I-O Data coming up with its own external BDXL-compatible Blu-ray writer
and Patriot readies 20MB/s Class 10-rated SDHC memory cards
- Expreview reports EVGA announces water-cooled Classified GeForce GTX 590
- Dealzon's deals: $180 off 15.6" Lenovo Z560 i3, $50 coupon for 15.6" Toshiba
670-ST3NX1 i3, $50 coupon for hp p6780t i5 2nd gen PC, and $50 coupon
for Dell Inspiron 560 PC + 18.5" monitor
Mobile
- TechFlash reports Microsoft apologizes for slow WP7 updates
- VR-Zone reports dual-booting x86 tablet shows up in China and
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 gets Android 2.3 Gingerbread update
- Fudzilla: Motorola Xoom quad-core for back to school
- Fudzilla: Is tablet fad killing PC sales?
- Ars Technica on Google's NFC plan: Data sharing, targeted ads, and discounts
- Yahoo! News: U.S. develops "panic button" for democracy activists
- DigiTimes: B&N already takes delivery of 3 million Nook Color e-book readers, say sources
Software
- Neowin: Windows 8 'system reset; image leaks [update]
- SuperSite's Internet Explorer 9 feature focus: ActiveX filtering
Gaming
- Ars Technica on Sony vs. Hotz: Mismatched serial numbers and sealed manuals
- The Nintendo 3DS is here: Ars Technica's guide to launch coverage, games, hardware
- Big Download: EVE Online trailer shows future of EVE franchise
- Shacknews reports Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City formally announced
- Shacknews on video games to be released this week
- [H]ard|OCP's Dragon Age 2 gameplay performance review
- VR-Zone's Crysis 2 PC review
- ReviewStash on Bulletstorm
- Ars Technica reviews PSN, XBLA Swarm
Systems and storage
- Ask the experts: Cloud computing questions answered at AnandTech
- HotHardware reviews 13" Apple MacBook Pro
- OC3D's MSI Big Bang Marshal P67 review
- X-bit labs review Biostar TP67XE
- AnandTech, Legit Reviews, PC Perspective & StorageReview review Intel's 320 Series SSD
- TweakTown's 256GB Crucial m4 SATA 6G SSD preview
Multimedia
- PC Perspective's Sandy Bridge mobile performance review
- Expreview reviews Nvidia GeForce GTX 590
- t-break reviews MSI R6970 Lightning
- OCC reviews XFX Radeon HD 6950 1GB Overclocked Edition
- CowcotLand reviews Asus GeForce GTX 570 DirectCU II (in French)
- ThinkComputers reviews Patriot PBO Core HD media player
- Guru3D reviews Corsair SP2500 speakers
- Hardware Canucks and Hardware Heaven review Gigabyte Aivia M8600 gaming mouse
- BCCHardware and Techgage review Tt eSports Black gaming mouse
Power and cooling
- VR-Zone reviews FSP Aurum Gold 700 PSU
- TweakTown reviews Swiftech Polaris 120 high performance CPU cooler
- Hexus.net reviews Corsair Hydro Series H60 CPU cooler
- Real World Labs on Xigmatek Aegir SD128264 CPU cooler
- Tweaknews on Thermalright Shaman VGA cooler
- X-bit labs have thermal interfaces roundup, part 2: bundled products