Eight is Enough
- DigiTimes: Intel rejects 50% Ultrabook CPU price cut demand from notebook players
- Fudzilla reports AMD and Nvidia are ready for PC slump
- C|Net: Is Apple’s case against Samsung based on shaky evidence?
- VR-Zone reports Intel’s X79 to have 10 SATA ports after all
- TC Magazine: Dell offers video presentation of its S2330MX ultra-slim monitor
- Ars Technica: Apple releases first Lion update to fix system hangs, flaky Wi-Fi
- 9 to 5 Mac: Apple releases $69 OS X Lion thumb drive, ships in 1-3 business days
- Arkham City: 3D support and improved PhysX for PC – VG24/7
- Ars Technica: HTC attempts serious patent play against Apple in federal court
and AT&T / T-Mobile: Is the merger in peril? - X-bit labs: Android partners welcome acquisition of Motorola by Google
- GigaOM’s exclusive: Guess who else wanted to buy Motorola?
- Ars Technica on what Google lostand gained by not buying Motorola in 2010
- SemiAccurate: And the suitor for TI’s OMAP is…
- ZDNet: IPG sells half of Facebook stake at $65.50 billion valuation
- DailyTech reports Steve Jobs authorized biography to be released November 2011
Hardware news
- DigiTimes reports connector makers to be affected by Ultrabooks
- VR-Zone reports VLI finally gains USB-IF certification
- TC Magazine: Dell document exposes unannounced Vostro 360 all-in-one PC
and Asus F1A75-I Deluxe mini-ITX FM1 board to reach Europe later this month
and PNY shipping its XLR8 liquid-cooled GTX 580 graphics cards
and SteelSeries coming out with DotA 2-themed QcK+ mouse pad
and EVGA starts selling a GeForce GTX 560 Ti backplate - Results of Lords of Overclocking 2011 competition
- Dealzon’s deals: $54 off 15.6” Toshiba Qosmio F755-3D290 i7-2630QM glasses-free 3D,
$150 off 14” Toshiba L740-ST4N02 i3-2310M, and $100 coupon for Alienware Aurora
PC i7-2600 / 16GB RAM
Mobile
- DigiTimes reports Apple cancels supply schedule of iPad 3 for 2H11
- X-bit labs: TSMC will only start shipping Apple A6 chips in the second quarter of 2012
- AppleInsider: Apple may add DisplayPort to its new mobile chips for iOS devices
- Nvidia: Kal El offers high performance, lower power consumption than Tegra 2
- Geeks without Frontiers creates open source Wi-Fi software
to improve the lives of millions through access to information - DailyTech: AT&T LTE USB dongle, hotspot arriving August 21; plans priced at $50 / 5GB
- Ars Technica reports EU ban on Galaxy Tab 10.1 partially liftednot due to Apple evidence
- Fudzilla reports Android tablet sales in Europe still disappointing and
Jensen calls Tegra 2 tablets a success and first Kal El is Asus Transformer 2 - VR-Zone reports another 7″ dual-core tablet shows up in China
- Ars Technica: LTE equipment shows up in Apple Store, fueling LTE iPhone rumors
- TC Magazine: Sprint launching BlackBerry Bold 9930, Torch 9850 on August 21st
- SuperSite for Windows: MS announces new gaming features, game titles for Windows Phone
- BCW reviews Dell Venue Pro
- TechFlash reports Amazon’s new iPhone app helps students shop for textbooks
Software
- DailyTech: After early post, Firefox 6.0 launch went official yesterday
- Ars Technica: Google Related collects relevant content at the foot of Chrome
- SuperSite for Windows: Internet Explorer 9 is safest web browser, NSI says
- All About Microsoft: MS warns users not to jump the gun on BPOS-to-Office 365 migrations
- TechFlash: Tellme brings speech recognition to Xbox, Windows Phone
- Phoronix spends two years with Linux BFS
- gHacks shows how to remove XP Internet Security 2012
- Dropbox 1.2.26 Experimental
- Chromium 15.0.854.0
- Mozilla Thunderbird 6.0 Final
Gaming
- Ars Technica: Sony announces PS3 price cut in all territories, on both PS3 models
- Shacknews: PS Vita will support Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare & Skype
and Sony announces new budget PSP, sans Wi-Fi
and Age of Empires Online will use Season Pass
and Neverwinter delayed until late 2012 and
Uncharted 3 trailer sets up a plane crash - Mass Effect 3: Squad Leader (video)
- Battlefield 3 | Caspian border gameplay
- NFS: The Run | Buried Alive trailer
- Watch the 20th anniversary of id Software panel at Shacknews
- Dawn of War II: Retribution update released
- TR alum Joel Hruska on Rage: The tech behind id Tech 5
- Hi Tech Legion on SSF IV Arcade Edition: 3D Vision
tested on all Nvidia GTX 500 series video cards - Ars Technica reviews Age of Empires Online for
the PC and El Shaddai for the PS3 & Xbox 360 - Hardware Heaven’s Section 8: Prejudice review
Systems and storage
- PCPer’s Acer AC700-1099 Chromebook review
- TechReviewSource’s hp Pavilion Elite h8xt review
- Kitguru’s Dell Inspiron 620 MT review
- Futurelooks pits AMD’s Llano A8-3850 and A6-3650 APUs
- PureOC reviews ASRock Z68 Professional Fatal1ty Gen. 3
- PCStats reviews Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3
- [H]ard|OCP reviews Asus P8P67 Pro rev. B3
- Motherboards.org’s Asus M5A97 EVO review
- Techgage reviews 1TB Western Digital Scorpio Blue
- techPowerUp! reviews 750GB Silicon Power Stream S10 USB 3.0
- XSReviews on 128GB Samsung 470 SSD
- CowcotLand reviews 120GB Patriot WildFire SSD (in French)
Multimedia, power, cases & cooling
- Hi Tech Legion reviews Asus HD 6870 DirectCU 1GB
- Rbmods evaluates Arctic P281 Dj Headphones and P311 Bluetooth headset
- Real World Labs on Apacer Blue Engine Mouse M721
- FiringSquad’s how to: choose the right power supply
- Neoseeker’s Corsair H100 review
- VR-Zone’s Tt Commander MS-I case review
- Motherboards.org’s Cooler Master Storm Enforcer case review
- APH Networks on BitFenix Shinobi window case
- Hi Tech Legion, LanOC Reviews, Neoseeker, OCC, and
PureOC on Cooler Master GeminII S524 CPU cooler - X-bit labs review Arctic Freezer 13 Pro
- Legit Reviews on Gelid Solutions Tranquillo rev. 2 CPU cooler