National Hot Fudge Sundae Day Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki
12:00 AM on July 25, 2011
Eight is Enough
- Bloomberg: Companies' technology-spending spree bolsters revenue for Microsoft, Intel
- WCCFtech: AMD Bulldozer launch in September now official,
two new 8-core FX processors to arrive in Q1 2012
- Fudzilla reports no triple-core Llano from AMD
and AMD shipped a million Llano APUs in Q2
- Macworld reports Apple to replace faulty Seagate 1TB iMac hard drives
- TUAW on Lion bug: Some iMacs locking up after playing video
- Engadget: CD-shaped mouse is perfect for our physical media-free future
- id Software: Mobile development 'a growing aspect of our company'
- BF3blog shares Battlefield 3 Alpha impressions
National Hot Fudge Sundae Day
- ZDNet on Google Plus deleting accounts en masse: no clear answers
- BGR reports Personal Audio goes for round 2 after winning patent decision against Apple
- Bloomberg: Apple, Groupon are said to settle their patent suits with Walker Digital
Hardware news
- HuffPost Tech reports Apple laptop security flaw found in computer batteries
- Fudzilla reports Asus releases Kinect clone for PC
- Inside the 2012 Audi A7: a tech-lover's dream car (video) - HuffPost Tech
- Dealzon's deals: $50 coupon for 17.3” hp dv7t Quad i7-2630QM / 8GB RAM, $50 coupon
for 15.6” hp dv6t Quad i7-2630QM / Blu-ray, $180 coupon for 11.6” Lenovo S205 AMD
Fusion / 500GB HDD, and $30 coupon for 16GB hp TouchPad Wi-Fi
Mobile
- Bloomberg reports Samsung smartphone sales may pass Apple
- Analyst: Nokia's Windows Phone 7 gamble "unlikely to be successful" - Neowin
- Engadget: MSI tablet moseys on through the FCC, exposes its inner secrets
Software
- TUAW reports OS X Lion 10.7.2 seeded to developers
- Wine 1.3.25 released
- Notepad++ 5.9.3 release
- Kindle for PC 1.6.1 build 32800
Gaming
- BF3blog: Battlefield 3 pre-order levels match Black Ops
- New Red Orchestra 2 screenshots exclusive for FPSAdmin
- GameInformer on Halo Combat Evolved anniversary
- IGN on Gears of War 3's casual mode
- PC Gamer has first details on Minecraft's XP system.
Notch: "When you die you lose all levels. You lose all XP"
- Wired on 7 fantastical indie RPGs worth playing
Hardware
- VR-Zone's Alienware M17x gaming notebook review
- TR alum Dustin Sklavos reviews Alienware M11x R3
- Tech ARP's BIOS option of the week - V-Link 8X support
- ocinside reviews ASRock Z68 Pro3
- The SSD Review on 120GB Renice X3 50mm mSATA 3Gbps SSD
- Hi Tech Legion on Kingston's 32GB Data Traveler Ultimate USB 3.0 flash drive
- t-break's JBL on air wireless AirPlay dock review
- VR-Zone's 800W Thermaltake TR2 PSU review
- Rbmods on BitFenix Shinobi windows case
- Technic3D reviews Corsair Obsidian 650D case (in German)
- VR-Zone's Deep Cool Ice Blade Pro review