The Starting Five
- Rumor: Ballmer will leave Microsoft after Windows 8
- Expreview: Apple could buy four competitors with expected $70 billion in cash
- Report: Anti-streaming lobbyists paid off senators handsomely – DailyTech
- DailyTech reports new Windows 8 build leaks
- VR-Zone: More hidden features in Windows 8 revealed
- TechFlash reports Skype sheds executives prior to Microsoft takeover
- Inside the mega-hack of Bitcoin: The full story at DailyTech
- HotHardware’s Two and A Half Geeks webcast – June 20, 2011
Hardware news
- DigiTimes reports foundries seeing slower growth in wafer starts for 3Q11, say sources
- X-bit labs: SoC designers quick to adopt PowerVR’s “Rogue” graphics core
- Expreview: New package of Intel 320 Series SSDs turn to USB 3.0
external drives and Crucial M4 0002 firmware update releases - VR-Zone reports Biostar to release AMD APU motherboards
and Mitsubishi releases new 23″, 120Hz widescreen IPS monitor - Newegg’s limited time guerrilla deals
- NCIX Save $100 on an extended service plan
- Dealzon’s deals: $75 coupon for 11.6” hp dm1z AMD Fusion, $75 coupon for
13.3” hp dm3t ULV, $50 coupon for 14” Toshiba M640-BT3N25X i3-2310M,
and $75 coupon for 14” hp dv4t Sandy Bridge
Mobile
- VR-Zone reports Huawei launches MediaPad, world’s
first 7″ Android 3.2 Honeycomb dual-core tablet - Nielsen: Smartphone data usage continues to skyrocket – DailyTech
- VR-Zone reports hp Pre 3 shows off Skype integration
- t-break reviews HTC Sensation
Software and gaming
- Microsoft’s Windows 8 client to include a hypervisor for virtualization
- KitGuru’s Dungeon Siege 3 review (PC)
Systems and storage
- IceTeks.com: What is cloud computing?
- TweakTown reviews Gigabyte GA-X58A-OC
- Hardware Canucks review Gigabyte A75-UD4H FM1
- Benchmark Reviews on 8GB Corsair Vengeance 1866MHz memory kit
- Techgage’s Intel Z68 SSD disk caching showdown
- Legit Reviews on 240GB OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS Edition SSD
- Hi Tech Legion reviews Asus BC-12B1ST internal 12X BD-combo drive
Multimedia, power, and cases
- Phoronix reviews Sapphire Radeon HD 6950
- ThinkComputers reviews Sapphire Radeon HD 6750 1GB
- Hardware Heaven reviews SteelSeries Spectrum 7XB gaming headset
- VR-Zone reviews 400W be quiet! Straight Power E8 PSU
- Ninjalane reviews NZXT Phantom case
- Guru3D reviews Fractal Design Core 3000 case
- CowcotLand reviews Obsidian 650D case (in French)