Eight is Enough
- Austin American-Statesman: Despite progress in
processor sales, AMD earnings in the red for 4Q - C|Net reports Nvidia cuts revenue outlook, citing hard disk shortage
- Judge: Fifth Amendment doesn’t protect encrypted hard drives – Ars Technica
- X-bit labs: Arctic Cooling reportedly plans to sue AMD for “Fusion” trademark
and WD’s shipments drop 42% due to severe flooding in Thailand - AnandTech reports TRIM Enabler 2.0 for OS X Lion released and
Samsung updates the firmware of SSD 830 series, fixes BSOD issue - VR-Zone: Intel graphics to challenge Nvidia, AMD in CAD pro space?
- 9to5Mac: Steve Jobs looked to reinvent Apple’s iPhone photography
with instant capture system, advanced light-field sensors - The Verge: Android 4.0 runs on an AMD tablet, thanks to the Android-x86 project
- CBC News: Rogers violating federal net neutrality rules, CRTC says
- DailyTech on bribes and LTE: the bizarre case of LightSquared, Obama, and the USAF
- X-bit labs: Micron takes over Virtensys to boost enterprise SSD effort
- AppleInsider: Dutch court rules Samsung Galaxy
Tab 10.1 doesn’t infringe on Apple’s designs - Bloomberg: Verizon posts loss on pension costs as rising iPhone sales boost
expenses and Elpida shares rise after report of Micron, Nanya merger talks - Fudzilla reports AT&T and T-Mobile seek approval of $1 billion spectrum transfer
- MediaBeat: Audiobooks.com lets you fill your ears for $25 per month
- VR-Zone: Microsoft names former anti-virus employee as Kelihos botnet suspect
- Jurors: leave the informationor go to jail
- Hi Tech Legion’s CES 2012 coverage part 5
- Ars Technica: Apple expected to adopt gigabit WiFi standard ahead of schedule
- Fudzilla reports Sony refreshes Vaio line and
OCZ releases Octane SSD firmware update - VR-Zone: PowerVR discrete GPGPU PCIe card coming later in 2012
and Compucase to unleash Cougar Evolution BO ‘Super Mid Tower’ - Newegg’s portable gadgets sale
- Dealzon’s deals: $240 off 17.3” Toshiba L770D AMD A6-3420M,
$100 off 15.6” Asus G53SX-XR1 i7-2630QM / GeForce GTX 560M
2GB, $150 off 14” Toshiba R845 i5-2430M, and $170 off 14” Toshiba
L740 i3-2350M / 6GB RAM
Mobile
- Real World Technologies on Medfield, Intel’s x86 phone chip
Software and gaming
- AIDA64 v2.20 is released
- AnandTech on VLC ‘hack‘ for encrypted Blu-ray playback compatibility
- Phoronix’s preview: Intel’s open-source driver can beat Mac OS X
- Is Lion Server suitable for home use? Ars investigates
- Bethesda Blog – save the date: QuakeCon 2012 dates announced
- Kotaku: Hackers brag that they’re banning innocent Battlefield 3 users
- Origin adds games from 11 more publishers
- Fudzilla reports PC version of Alan Wake to be released
- Jagged Alliance: Back in Action – gameplay-trailer PEG
- Fudzilla: Kinect Star Wars in April?
- Kotaku: There will be official Minecraft Lego sets
- Notch: “It’s become hip to pay for indie games” – PC Gamer
- Ars Technica’s Dustforce review: a wonderfully maddening focus on player perfection
Systems and storage
- TechReviewSource on hp Envy 15 (early 2012)
- HotHardware’s AMD A8-3870K unlocked Llano quad-core APU review
- NinjaLane reviews Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3
- AnandTech reviews ASRock X79 Extreme9 and Asus F1A75-M Pro
- Hardware Canucks test 3TB Seagate Barracuda in RAID 0
- ThinkComputers reviews 750GB Silicon Power Diamond D10 USB 3.0 2.5″ HDD
- Motherboards.org’s 1TB OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid review
- The SSD Review on 240GB Silicon Power Velox V30 SATA 3 SSD
- TweakTown reviews 128GB Samsung 830 series SSD
- circuitRemix reviews OWC DIY SSD upgrade kit
- KitGuru’s Synology RackStation RS212 review
- Tweaknews on Asus DRW-24B3LT SATA DVD-RW drive
Multimedia
- KitGuru’s Asus Radeon HD 7970 tri-CrossFire review
- Tbreak’s Asus Radeon HD 7970 review
- TechReviews UK on BenQ XL2420T monitor
- Legit Reviews on Lenovo ThinkVision LT1421 portable USB monitor
- XSReviews on SteelSeries Siberia v2 – Natus Vincere edition headset
Cases and cooling
- TR alum Dustin Sklavos reviews Antec Three Hundred
Two and Cooler Master Cosmos II cases - Rbmods on Xigmatek Asgard Pro case
- Benchmark Reviews on SilverStone SST-GD06B HTPC case
- CowcotLand reviews Xilence Interceptor Pro case (in French)
- Technic3D reviews SilverStone PS07 case (in German)
- Hi Tech Legion reviews Fractal Design Define XL USB 3.0 upgrade kit
- ocaholic reviews Enermax ETS-T40-VD tower cooler
- X-bit labs review Prolimatech Panther CPU cooler
- HardwareOC reviews Corsair Hydro series H100 (in German)
- XtremeComputing reviews Arctic Accelero Xtreme Plus II VGA cooler