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Eight is Enough

  1. X-bit labs: AMD dumps “Fusion system architecture” brand
  2. All About Microsoft: Will Windows 8 on ARM be an OEM-only product?
  3. Ars Technica: AT&T tosses smartphone, tablet users more data, raises prices
  4. WSJ reports Google earnings disappoint in rare miss
  5. C|Net: Microsoft earnings meet expectations as Windows sales dip
  6. CNNMoney: IBM earnings top forecasts
  7. SlashGear has Apple’s education revolution roundup
  8. PCPer’s Android 4.0 (on the Transformer Prime) review: Tastes like honey


Friday

  1. Ars Technica: Megaupload shut down by feds, seven charged,
    four arrested and why the feds smashed Megaupload

  2. X-bit labs: GlobalFoundries to cut spending on expansion to $3 billion in 2012
  3. VR-Zone reports supporters of SOPA in Congress now oppose it
  4. DailyTech: Eastman Kodak files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
  5. Hi Tech Legion covers CES 2012: Intel and Razer
  6. ThinkComputers covers CES 2012: Synology and Zalman
  7. OCIA covers CES 2012: Roccat and SilverStone
  8. Björn3D covers CES 2012: Rosewill
  9. Laptoping: Lenovo ThinkPad T430u ultrabook listed
    with non-ultrabook Core i5-3320M Ivy Bridge CPU

  10. techPowerUp! reports PowerColor HD 7950 PCS pictured (thanks Arjen)
  11. HotHardware and PC Perspective have podcasts
  12. OC3D’s 2012 competition madness
  13. NCIX’s flurry of fantastic savings
  14. Newegg’s super home theater sale
  15. Dealzon’s deals: $180 coupon for 15.6” Lenovo Z570 i5-2450M / 8GB RAM, $450 off
    15.4” MacBook Pro 15 Core i7-2720QM / Radeon HD 6750M, $270 coupon for 14”
    Lenovo Z470 i5-2450M / 6GB RAM, and $414 off Dell XPS 8300 i7-2600 PC

Mobile

  1. X-bit labs: Microsoft sets Windows 8 tablet design requirements
  2. VR-Zone: Samsung announces eMCP entry-level smartphone memory and
    Android 4.0 ICS update slowly rolling out for Motorola Xoom Wi-Fi

  3. AnandTech’s Samsung Galaxy Nexus & Ice Cream Sandwich review
  4. Hardware Heaven reviews Motorola Razr

Software and gaming

  1. Ars Technica: Mozilla demos MediaStream Processing, audio mixing in Firefox
  2. Phoronix on Radeon Gallium3D: A half-decade behind Catalyst?
  3. X-bit labs: Microsoft starts to produce chips for next-gen Xbox – rumors

Systems and storage

  1. OCC’s MSI X79A-GD65 (8D) review
  2. ocaholic’s Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3 preview
  3. OC3D reviews 16GB Mushkin Redline 2133MHz quad-channel kit
  4. Benchmark Reviews and TweakTown review
    16GB G.Skill RipjawsZ PC3-12800 memory kit

  5. The SSD Review on 240GB Super Talent TeraDrive Nova SATA 3 SSD

Multimedia

  1. HardwareOC reviews Zotac GTX 560 Ti with 448 cores (in German)
  2. CowcotLand reviews Radeon HD 6770 and GTS 450 Direct CU (in French)
  3. Big Bruin reviews Sapphire Radeon HD 6670 LP
  4. TechReviewSource’s 14″ Lenovo ThinkVision LT1421 monitor review
  5. Madshrimps review Mad Catz Tritton Gears of War 3 headset
  6. Real World Labs on Tt eSports Theron mouse
  7. CowcotLand reviews Corsair Vengeance K60 keyboard (in French)

Power, cases, and cooling

  1. Funky Kit reviews 1275W Thermaltake Toughpower XT PSU
  2. SPCR reviews Seasonic X-1050 PSU
  3. Hardware Secrets reviews Thermaltake Overseer RX-I case
  4. TechReaction reviews BitFenix Raider case
  5. Tweaknews reviews SilverStone Raven 3 RV03 case
  6. Real World Labs on Anidees AI-06B midi tower case
  7. circuitRemix reviews Fractal Design Define R3 case
  8. Legit Reviews has Xigmatek XAF series 140mm fans roundup
  9. X-bit labs review Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO CPU cooler
  10. KitGuru reviews Evercool HPL-815 low profile CPU cooler

7 Up

  1. Mac Rumors: Apple’s multi-user face recognition plans for iPad revealed in patent
  2. Chips: Piper Jaffray sees rising prospects from tablets, infrastructure – Barron’s
  3. Ars Technica’s look ahead: 2012 is Microsoft’s turning point
  4. Droid Life: Verizon to charge customers $2 fee when
    paying bills online for over the phone starting January 15

  5. CENS: Acer likely to withdraw from tablet PC market
  6. Fudzilla reports Intel revamps netbook strategy for 2012
    and Core i5-3470T is Ivy Bridge dual at 35W

  7. AnandTech’s Intel Core i7-3820 review: $285 quad-core Sandy Bridge E


Friday

  1. Apple: BMO ups target to $460 on higher iPhone sales – Barron’s
  2. Ars Technica: Apple slowly gaining patents to fight its war of attrition with Android
  3. Engadget has tech’s biggest misfires of 2011
  4. TorrentFreak: 15% of U.S. file-sharers hide their IP address, more to follow
  5. Dealzon’s deals: $400 off 17.3” hp Envy 17 3D i7-2670QM / Radeon HD 6850M /
    Blu-ray, $220 off 15.6” Toshiba P750 i5-2430M / GeForce GT 540M, $50 coupon
    for 15.6” hp dv6z AMD A6-3400M, and $12 coupon for Microsoft Sidewinder X4
    keyboard

Mobile

  1. The Loop: Apple will not release iPad 3 at Macworld or CES
  2. KitGuru on Windows 8 tablet: Will you really want one?
  3. Ars Technica: Small businesses have their eye on tablets—namely the iPad—says NPD
  4. Engadget: 60beat GamePad connects to iOS devices, requests $50 for the privilege
  5. Droid Life: Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 4G LTE EL01 update
    is ready, TouchWiz for tablets has arrived on Verizon

  6. Notion Ink: Pre-Alpha ICS for Adam with source
  7. WPCentral: Microsoft confirmed to be working on SMS bug fix
  8. The Verge: What is an ‘Android device?’
  9. HotHardware’s 7″ Toshiba review
  10. Technorati: Samsung Galaxy S III will make debut at MWC 2012
  11. The Verge: Nokia Ace LTE Windows Phone expected to launch on AT&T in March
  12. Engadget’s Verzo Kinzo unboxing and impressions
  13. Yahoo! News: Tablets, e-readers closing book on ink-and-paper era
  14. Droid Life: Gameloft offering all Android titles for
    just $0.99 starting December 29 through January 5

Software and gaming

  1. Microsoft security bulletin summary for December 2011
  2. The Verge: Facebook Messenger for Windows 7 download leaks
  3. Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.60.0.1800
  4. AllThingsD: PlayStation Vita sales tank in second week
  5. GWOnline.net’s interview with the Live Team – part 1, Winds of Change
  6. Joystiq’s editorial: “I’m tired of saving the world”

Systems and storage

  1. TechReviewSource on Dell Inspiron One 2320
  2. HT4U tests AMD A8-3870K Black Edition (in German)
  3. VR-Zone: Mid-range X79 boards’ VRM tested, equally stable, equally flawed
  4. PureOC reviews Gigabyte X79 G1.Assassin 2
  5. [H]ard|OCP reviews Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5
  6. PC Perspective’s Asus K53T motherboard review
  7. Legit Reviews on 750GB Hitachi Touro Mobile Pro
  8. Funky Kit reviews 256GB Crucial M4 SSD

Multimedia, power, cases, and cooling

  1. techPowerUp! on HD 7970: Bulldozer vs. Sandy Bridge vs. Nehalem
  2. OC3D’s Asus Mars 2 SLI madness
  3. HardwareLook reviews SteelSeries Cataclysm mouse
  4. circuitRemix on NewerTech NuTouch gloves
  5. XSReviews on 650W FSP Aurum CM PSU
  6. NinjaLane reviews Antec P280 Performance One case
  7. Hardware Secrets reviews BitFenix Raider case
  8. Björn3D reviews Nexus Prominent R case
  9. KitGuru reviews NZXT Havik 120 CPU cooler
  10. Rbmods on Zalman CNPS11X CPU cooler

7 Up

  1. An update to optimize the performance of AMD Bulldozer CPUs that
    are used by Windows 7-based or Windows Server 2008 R2-based
    computers is available

  2. X-bit labs: Intel reorganizes mobile business
    units to boost smartphone, tablet efforts

  3. Fudzilla: MSI rolls out X79A-GD45 (8D) motherboard
  4. VR-Zone: New-generation GPU memory bandwidth
    increases: more for compute than for graphics

  5. Fudzilla: AMD Radeon HD 7970 slide leaks and
    Radeon HD 7970 volume shipments in January

  6. Engadget, TechSpot, and The Verge review Motorola Xyboard
  7. CVG: Xbox 720 launching in 2013, ‘Microsoft source confirms’


Friday

  1. AllThingsD: Bill Gates is not coming back to Microsoft
  2. WSJ: Ultrabooks bring speed and light to Windows (thanks Neutronbeam)
  3. X-bit labs: Intel licenses Near Field Communication tech from Inside Secure
  4. Fudzilla: USB 3 will be standard on Ivy Bridge
  5. AppleInsider: Apple releases Apple TV software
    version 4.4.4, tweaks iOS 5.0.1 for iPhone 4S

  6. PCPer’s podcast #182
  7. NCIX’s stocking stuffer super sale
  8. Newegg’s computer deals
  9. Dealzon’s deals: $400 coupon for 15.6” Lenovo Y570 i7-2670QM / GeForce
    GT 555M, $174 coupon for 14” Lenovo G470 i3-2330M, $75 coupon for
    13.3” Lenovo U300s i7-2677M / 256GB SSD, and $45 off 60GB Corsair
    Nova 2.5” SSD

Mobile

  1. Fudzilla: Qualcomm unimpressed by Tegra 3
  2. Reuters has an exclusive: Made in Texas: Apple’s A5 iPhone chip
  3. DigiTimes: Apple to launch 7.85″ iPad in 2012, say sources
  4. Market share of non-Apple tablet PCs to surge in 2012, says Nvidia CEO
  5. Engadget: Windows Phone 7.5 SMS bug breaks
    messaging hub, hard reset is the only remedy

  6. RIM: BlackBerry 10 smartphones won’t arrive until end of 2012 – Engadget
  7. Engadget: Adobe Flash Player, Netflix streaming
    apps updated for Ice Cream Sandwich

Software and gaming

  1. Fudzilla: Nvidia open sources CUDA compiler
  2. Huff Post: Internet Explorer auto-update feature brings users newest browser
  3. Phoronix: Nvidia 2011 driver year in review
  4. Eurogamer: CD Projekt responds to demanding nearly €1000 from alleged pirates
  5. GameInformer: Modern Warfare 3 bans could last 5,000 days
  6. The Verge: EA launching Command & Conquer Play4Free browser game
  7. Eurogamer: Skyrim patch 1.3 on Xbox Live now

Systems and storage

  1. TechReviewSource on Lenovo IdeaPad V470
  2. PCPer reviews Core i7-3930K
  3. X-bit labs on AMD FX-8120, FX-6100, FX-4100 CPUs
  4. ocaholic reviews Gigabyte GA-X79-UD7
  5. Hi Tech Legion reviews Asus Sabertooth 990FX
  6. The SSD Review on HighPoint RocketRAID 2720SGL 6Gb/s SATA/SAS controller
  7. ThinkComputers on the best solid state drives of 2011
  8. Legit Reviews on 256GB Samsung 830 series SSD
  9. CowcotLand (in French) and KitGuru review 256GB Corsair Performance Pro SSD
  10. OCC reviews 60GB Mushkin Chronos SSD
  11. TestFreaks review 64GB Kingston DataTraveler HyperX USB 3.0 flash drive

Multimedia, power, cases & cooling

  1. iXBT Labs review Afox GeForce and Radeon graphics cards
  2. TweakTown reviews Corsair Vengeance 1500 gaming headset
  3. PureOC reviews Rosewill Mechanical Keyboard
  4. Hardware Heaven reviews 1000W Thortech Thunderbolt Plus PSU
  5. Hardware Secrets reviews 750W SilverStone Strider Gold Evolution PSU
  6. TestFreaks review 750W NZXT HALE82 PSU
  7. Real World Labs on PC Power & Cooling Silencer MK III PSU
  8. Benchmark Reviews on Rosewill Blackhawk-Ultra HPTX case
  9. Neoseeker reviews NZXT Source 220 case
  10. LanOC Reviews and Tbreak review Noctua NH-D14 SE2011
  11. TR alum Joel Hruska pens liquid coolers roundup: Intel, Corsair, MainGear tested

Eight is Enough

  1. VR-Zone reports convertible ultrabooks are in the pipeline
    and AMD refreshes notebook Llano A-series range

  2. Fudzilla reports Krishna and Wichita 28nm won’t make it to TSMC
  3. B3D Forums: AMD Southern Islands pictured?
  4. ATi-Forum shares HD 7000 – new rumors (in German)
  5. Fudzilla reports AMD follows Nvidia with mobile rebrands
  6. AppleInsider: iMac with TV functionality seen as stepping stone to Apple
    TV, but Google exec expects ‘majority‘ of TVs to run Google TV in 2012

  7. MCV reports OnLive goes live for mobile
  8. Shacknews: Steam DRM declared a success by Football Manager 2012 dev


Friday

  1. Fudzilla: TSMC gears up for sub-28nm production
    and Western Digital to set up in Taiwan

  2. Reuters: Nokia looks to sell luxury Vertu unit: report
  3. VR-Zone reports Facebook fixes private photo bug
  4. AppleInsider: Rare Apple ’80s MultiServer, ’70s Apple II ROM prototypes appear on eBay
  5. Home Media Magazine reports Blu-ray Disc sales up 35% in 2011
  6. Fudzilla reports two thirds of USBs infected
  7. Twitter Blog: Let’s Fly
  8. Newegg’s high-tech holiday deals
  9. Dealzon’s deals: $249 off 15.6” Asus A53SV i7-2670QM / GeForce GT 540M,
    $210 coupon for 14” Lenovo G470 i5-2430M, $76 coupon for Lenovo IdeaCentre
    Q180, and $30 coupon for Logitech K350 wireless keyboard

Mobile

  1. AppleInsider reports French court denies Samsung’s bid to ban iPhone 4S
  2. Fudzilla reports Qualcomm S4 8960 is TSMC 28nm chip
  3. AppleInsider: Apple’s iPad 3 will be slightly thicker with same screen size – rumor
  4. SlashGear reports Toshiba Excite Android tablet gets release date
  5. Engadget reviews Kobo Vox and HTC and EVO Design 4G
  6. TechSpot’s LG Nitro HD review
  7. TechRadar reports Microsoft outs Xbox Live app for iOS
  8. Joystiq reports Halo Waypoint hits iOS, Android, and Windows Phone on 12/10
  9. Shacknews reports MechWarrior: Tactical Command coming to iOS in 2012
  10. TUAW: Apple posts iTunes Rewind 2011, chooses App Store favorites for the year

Software and gaming

  1. All About Microsoft: MS to offer Windows 8
    business users a way to distribute private apps

  2. Nvidia: Accelerate your code easily with OpenACC directives
  3. Sony: PlayStation Vita ties PSN accounts to memory cards, not the system
  4. LGC: How to install Skyrim on Linux / Ubuntu
  5. Joystiq: Virgin Gaming hosting million-dollar EA Sports online tournament

Systems and storage

  1. PC Perspective reviews Dell Inspiron 14z notebook
  2. TweakTown reviews 16GB G.Skill RipjawsZ PC3-14900 memory kit
  3. techPowerUp! reviews 60GB Silicon Power Velox V30 SSD

Multimedia

  1. Legit Reviews on MSI R6950 Twin Frozr III 1G/OC
  2. iXBT Labs review Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 Vapor-X 1GB
  3. LanOC Reviews on Sapphire Radeon HD 6670 Low Profile
  4. HT4U has 55 graphics cards from AMD and Nvidia benchmarked (in German)
  5. TechReviews on Hanns.G HL231 monitor
  6. TechReviewSource on Nikon Coolpix P7100
  7. Benchmark Reviews on Roccat Kova[+] mouse

Casing and cooling

  1. Phoronix reviews SilverStone RVS02 SATA enclosure
  2. ocaholic reviews Cooler Master Hyper 412S cooler
  3. NinjaLane: Mounting a LGA1366 waterblock on a LGA2011 motherboard
  4. Hardware Secrets has thermal compounds roundup – December 2011

7 Up

  1. Fudzilla reports AMD CEO believes in first-to-market
    and new AMD CEO continues cuts

  2. InfoWorld: Open source effort brings Android 4 to AMD x86 processors
  3. VR-Zone: Intel and Total Immersion plan augmented reality chips
  4. Bethesda Blog: Skyrim—what we’re working on
  5. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive beta gameplay (video)
  6. BioWare Pulse – Mass Effect 3 combat (video)
  7. Neverwinter story trailer


Friday

  1. VR-Zone: Corsair intros Vengeance SO-DIMM memory modules and
    Samsung announces PM830 series of mSATA SSDs for ultrabooks
    and Cubitek has big aluminum case plans for 2012

  2. PCPer’s podcast #180
  3. Newegg’s December deals
  4. Dealzon’s deals: $170 coupon for 17.3” Lenovo G770 i5-2430M / 6GB RAM,
    $200 coupon for 15.6” Lenovo Z570 i5-2430M / GeForce GT 540M, $180
    coupon
    for 20” Lenovo C325 AMD E450 PC, and $120 off 120GB OCZ
    Solid 3 2.5” SSD

Mobile

  1. 80% of smartphones will have stereo-3D screens and cameras by 2015 – analyst
  2. C|Net: Verizon Wireless prepping two 4G Droid tablets for this month
  3. VR-Zone: ZiiLabs to showcase Android 4.0-based Jaguar tablet at CES 2012
  4. Adobe: Both Flash Player 11 and Adobe AIR to
    support Galaxy Nexus in December – Droid Life

Software and gaming

  1. Firefox 8.0.1 release notes
  2. VR-Zone: Safari was fastest then, now the slowest according to Futuremark’s Peacekeeper
  3. GTA IV PC social club multiplayer event on Games
    for Windows Live this Friday (12/2, 4-7PM eastern)

  4. Rbmods on Razer Onza Battlefield 3 Edition game controller
  5. Hi Tech Legion’s Batman Arkham City review: PhysX and 3D Vision 2 experience
  6. FiringSquad’s Saints Row: The Third PC review

Hardware

  1. HardwareLook reviews Asus Zenbook UX31
  2. PC Perspective reviews ASRock Z68 Extreme 7 Gen 3
  3. techPowerUp! reviews ECS A990FXM-A
  4. Real World Labs on Synology DiskStation DS212j NAS
  5. XSReviews on Tt eSports Isurus in-ear gaming headset
  6. techPowerUp! reviews NZXT Phantom 410 case
  7. TweakTown reviews Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU cooler

Eight is Enough

  1. Microsoft: Manufacturers that ‘play fair’ harmed by piracy – TechFlash
  2. VR-Zone: Intel Ivy Bridge-E slated for Q4 2012, compatible with Sandy Bridge-E
    and Sandy Bridge Xeons: Dual Socket 2011 designs coming in 2012
    and Qualcomm unveils new Snapdragon processors

  3. TR alum Dustin Sklavos reviews Toshiba Portégé Z835: a new ultrabook appears and
    Bulldozers for servers: Testing AMD’s “Interlagos” Opteron 6200 series

  4. Attach rate of SSDs will go up due to insufficient HDD supply – Dell
  5. SemiAccurate: More bits on HD 7000 / Southern Islands / GCN leak
  6. AllThingsD: Amazon KindlePhone for 2012?
  7. Ars Technica reports security researcher defeats Windows 8 secure boot
  8. Gamasutra: Stardock bringing games to Steam following Impulse sale


Friday

  1. Ars Technica reports Google opens music download
    store
    , welcomes artists to upload directly and 75% of
    Americans say infringement fines should be under $100

  2. Authors Guild: Amazon Kindle library a breach of contract – TechFlash
  3. TechCrunch reports Yelp files for $100 million IPO
  4. Nvidia CEO: Power is key hurdle to exascale computing
  5. X-bit labs: OpenACC standard to help developers
    to take advantage of GPU compute accelerators

  6. VR-Zone reports Wi-Fi Direct to play nice with DLNA
  7. Engadget: Samsung SUR40 for Microsoft Surface available
    for pre-order in 23 countries, expected to ship in 2012

  8. X-bit labs: Fujitsu and LSI co-develop 16-core SPARC processor for supercomputers
  9. Fudzilla reports Kingpin testing a Sandy Bridge-E dream system
  10. Engadget: iBuyPower intros Chimera 4 line, looks to set WoW ablaze
  11. Fudzilla reports Sapphire announces new HD 6670 card
  12. PC Perspective’s podcast #179
  13. NCIX’s snowbound savings bonanza
  14. Newegg’s pre-holiday clearance
  15. Dealzon’s deals: $170 coupon for 17.3” Lenovo G770 i5-2430M, $220 coupon
    for 14” Lenovo G470 i5-2410M, $100 off 13.3” Acer Timeline X AS3830T-6870
    i5-2430M, and $65 off 120GB Intel 320 series 2.5″ SSD

Mobile

  1. Engadget: BlackBerry PlayBook gets massive, temporary $300 price cut in Canada and
    Asus origami-like Transformer Prime Smart Cover hits Amazon, sporting luxurious folds

  2. Fudzilla reports Android malware becomes major source of concern
  3. Ars Technica reviews Amazon Kindle Fire and Kindle Touch
  4. VR-Zone’s Sony Tablet S review
  5. Engadget’s Kobo Vox unboxing and hands-on (video)
  6. Engadget: Verizon-branded, LTE-enabled Galaxy Nexus confirmed in official Google video
  7. Engadget’s Galaxy Nexus HSPA+ first impressions (video)
  8. TechSpot’s Nokia Lumia 800 review
  9. Six Android phones tested at AnandTech
  10. Engadget reports Minecraft arrives to mine your wallets on iOS

Software

  1. Ars Technica reports openSUSE 12.1 officially released
  2. AppleInsider reports Apple releases Apple TV software update 4.4.3
  3. The Big Blog: Facebook-to-Facebook call within Skype
  4. Phoronix: Will Mesa / Gallium3D work with the open-source Doom 3?

Gaming

  1. TechCruch reports Modern Warfare 3 sets new sales record: $775 million in five days
  2. Fudzilla: Xbox 360 MW3 discs defective?
  3. Shacknews reports Good Old Games to sell more new games
  4. Shacknews: Bohemia Interactive defends Degrade DRM, says online DRM is ‘worrying’
  5. Joystiq: Torchlight 2 officially delayed, Runic prez suggests other games to play
  6. Shacknews reports Max Payne 3 trailer shows off bullet time tech
    and Skyrim home to hilarious glitches

  7. Serious Sam 3: BFE – Blood and Gore trailer
  8. Saints Row: The Third – official launch trailer
  9. Magicka: The Stars Are Left trailer
  10. Need for Speed: The Run trailer
  11. [H]ard|OCP’s Need for Speed: The Run – performance and IQ
  12. KitGuru’s Battlefield 3 review (PC)
  13. Hardware Heaven on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC)
  14. TweakTown’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 review (PS3)
  15. Hardware Heaven’s Assassin’s Creed Revelations review (PS3)

Systems and storage

  1. TechReviewSource’s hands-on with the hp Folio 13
  2. AnandTech reviews Dell Inspiron One 2320
  3. Futurelooks and iXBT Labs review Core i7-3960X
  4. ocaholic reviews Asus Sabertooth X79
  5. VR-Zone’s first look: ASRock X79 Extreme4 motherboard
  6. TweakTown reviews MSI X79A-GD65
  7. OCIA reviews Asus Sabertooth P67 motherboard
  8. PureOC reviews Asus Maximus IV Gene-Z
  9. Legit Reviews has DDR3 memory performance analysis on Intel X79
  10. KitGuru reviews 300GB Intel 320 series SSD

Multimedia, power, casing & cooling

  1. ThinkComputers has a look back: 3dfx graphics cards
  2. Benchmark Reviews on HIS HD 6870 IceQ
  3. HT4U reviews XFX Radeon HD 6870 2GB and Double-D cooler (in German)
  4. Hardware Heaven reviews Sapphire Radeon HD 6670 low profile
  5. Examiner.com’s Raptor-Gaming LK1 gaming keyboard review
  6. HardwareLook reviews Thrustmaster T500 RS racing wheel
  7. TweakTown reviews 1000W Thortech Thunderbolt Plus PSU
  8. Hardware Secrets reviews 600W PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III PSU
  9. techPowerUp! reviews Antec P280 case
  10. Hardware Canucks review Corsair Carbide Series 500R case
  11. Real World Labs on RaidSonic Icy Box IB-RD3219STu3 USB 3.0 RAID enclosure
  12. [H]ard|OCP reviews Thermalright True Spirit CPU cooler

Eight is Enough

  1. DigiTimes reports Western Digital and Samsung will not
    supply
    hard drives to Taiwan channels in November
    and Apple to overhaul all product lines in 2012

  2. TC Magazine: CPU shipment up 6.7% in Q3, Intel increases its lead
  3. X-bit labs: AMD and Penguin builds world’s first HPC cluster based on Fusion APUs
  4. StorageReview reports new OCZ products revealed
  5. X-bit labs cite report: AMD’s next-gen GPU to
    boost performance by two times, will be delayed

  6. TC Magazine: BenQ develops XL2420T / XL2420TX 3D monitors for FPS gaming
  7. Wireless Goodness: Asus Transformer Prime gets torn down, Kal-El pictured
  8. CoD: Modern Warfare 3 ‘Social Experience‘ trailer


Friday

  1. DigiTimes reports Lenovo 3Q11 revenues hit quarterly record
  2. Engadget: Commodore USA goes Extreme, stuffs a 2.2GHz quad-core i7 into its C64x
  3. VR-Zone: Rosewill releases the monstrous Blackhawk-Ultra gaming case
  4. TC Magazine reports five more midtower cases lined up by Gigabyte
  5. Hi Tech Legion’s contest
  6. Newegg’s 24-hour special
  7. Dealzon’s deals: $100 coupon for 17.3” Dell Inspiron 17R i5-2430M, $250 coupon
    for 15.6” Lenovo Y570 i7-2670QM / GeForce GT 555M, $150 coupon for 18.5”
    Lenovo C325 AMD all-in-one PC, and $70 off Logitech Harmony 700 universal
    remote (refurb)

Mobile

  1. TechCrunch reports Siri experiencing extended outage
  2. X-bit labs: Nokia considers Windows 8 as
    opportunity” for tablets, shy to talk about plans

  3. DigiTimes reports real iPad 3 reportedly to launch in 3Q12
  4. TC Magazine: Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus starts shipping in the U.S.
  5. Engadget’s Motorola Xoom 2 and Xoom 2 Media Edition hands-ons (video)
  6. Pocket Droid: HTC Rezound Beats Audio test and full HD video & effects sample
  7. Engadget: Galaxy Nexus gets rooted, forums burst into applause
  8. HotHardware on Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch
  9. webOSroundup: What is “webOS Synergy?”

Software and gaming

  1. The OpenBSD 5.0 release
  2. Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection (FEP) 2010 update
  3. Joystiq: New Alan wake, BioWare game, and MGS Rising details at VGAs
    and watch the sounds of Skyrim get made, pre-order the four-disc soundtrack

  4. BlizzCon 2011 store post-show sale begins November 11
  5. Hardware Heaven reviews Sonic Generations (PS3)

Systems and storage

  1. TechReviews UK on Dell Vostro V131
  2. TechReviewSource on Acer Aspire 5755-6482
  3. Futurelooks has AMD FX-8150 Bulldozer & Scorpius (FX) platform review part two
  4. Legit Reviews on upgrading from Intel P55 w/ Lynnfield to Intel Z68 w/ Sandy Bridge
  5. TweakTown reviews ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Professional
  6. Real World Labs have SSDs roundup 2011

Multimedia

  1. iXBT Labs publish i3DSpeed – October 2011
  2. HT4U reviews Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 DiRT 3 Edition (in German)
  3. Kitguru reviews VTX3D Radeon HD 6770 & HD 6670 Streamer Edition
  4. CowcotLand hosts battle of GTX 560 cards (in French)
  5. Björn3D reviews Arctic E461-BM earphone
  6. Benchmark Reviews on Roccat Kone[+] mouse

Power and cases

  1. Hardware Secrets on 650W OCZ ZT series PSU
  2. OC3D reviews Corsair 500R case
  3. NinjaLane reviews SilverStone RV03 Raven 3 case
  4. LanOC Reviews on Fractal Design Define Mini case
  5. ThinkComputers reviews NZXT Tempest 410 Elite case
  6. TweakTown reviews BitFenix Outlaw case
  7. VR-Zone reviews Noctua NM-I2011 SecuFirm2 LGA 2011 mounting kit

Eight is Enough

  1. AMD reports third quarter results
  2. Ars Technica on Internet bandwidth report: Have we reached “Peak Netflix?”
  3. X-bit labs: Industry has two months of HDD stock remaining – analysts
  4. PC Perspective reports hard drive prices spike on Thai flooding
  5. TC Magazine reports ARM talks a bit about its next-gen architecture
  6. Engadget reports Logitech Revue on sale promising ‘new
    & improved
    ‘ Google TV with Android 3.1, Market

  7. NGOHQ: AMD recommends using Nvidia’s FXAA in Battlefield 3
  8. AnandTech reports Nvidia / EA posts Battlefield 3 graphics tech talks (videos)


Friday

  1. Huff Post Tech: Hackers attacked U.S. satellites connected to the Internet, report finds
  2. Ars Technica reports Righthaven hit with largest fine yet: $119,488
    and Sony to buy out rest of Sony Ericsson for $1.475 billion

  3. Ars Technica: Dell, Canonical to sell Ubuntu PCs at retail locations in China
  4. TC Magazine: BenQ readies the BL2201PTE business-grade monitor
    and Acer to release the M2 Series monitor TVs and AZiO ready
    to ship its Levetron Mech4 mechanical gaming keyboard

  5. VR-Zone: Beats by Dr. Dre and Monster launch new Heartbeats by Lady Gaga and
    Logitech unveils G105 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 official gaming keyboard
    and Microsoft launches limited edition Arc Touch Mouse and Touch Mouse

  6. TC Magazine reports Gigabyte coming out with the GZ-P5 Plus PC case
  7. PCPer’s podcast #176
  8. Win a prize pack from Tt eSports from Big Bruin
  9. Real World Labs and Sandberg joint contest
  10. Newegg’s Halloween deals
  11. Dealzon’s deals: $150 coupon for 15.6” Lenovo V570 i5-2410M, $85 coupon
    for 15.6” Lenovo ThinkPad T420 i5-2520M / 4GB RAM, $470 coupon for 14”
    Lenovo Y470 i7-2670QM / GeForce GT 550M, and $300 coupon for 14”
    Lenovo G470 i5-2410M / 8GB RAM

Mobile

  1. Ars Technica: RIM facing class action lawsuits over BlackBerry outages
  2. TC Magazine: Dell Latitude ST business tablet to debut on November 1st
  3. TechSpot’s tablets of 2011: holiday season update
  4. Sprint CEO: iPhone data efficiency is the key to continued unlimited data
  5. Droid Life’s exclusive: First pictures of the Droid 4 by Motorola
  6. Engadget: Windows Phone Apollo coming ‘middle of next year,’ says Nokia VP
  7. MobileSyrup: RIM officially announces BlackBerry Porsche P’9981,
    a “luxurious modern smartphone” that costs $2,000 (video)

  8. Engadget’s Nokia Lumia 800 unboxing and HTC Rhyme review
  9. Engadget’s Motorola Atrix 2 review
  10. PC Perspective reviews Samsung Galaxy S II

Software and gaming

  1. Phoronix: Linux 3.1 enhances Sandy Bridge, preps for Ivy Bridge
  2. Ars Technica: Firmware update enables 2011 iMacs to reinstall Lion from the
    Internet and Skype desktop SDK to bring video calling to third-party apps

  3. PlayStation Blog: Get your hands on the PS Vita early with the First Edition bundle
  4. Shacknews: Origin third-party support begins with Saints Row, Batman
  5. Official Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – Weapon Progression behind the scenes video
  6. Legit Reviews posts final BlizzCon 2011 coverage
  7. Hardware Heaven’s BlizzCon 2011 roundup
  8. GOG.com: New bonus material for EA games
  9. Ars Technica on PC Battlefield 3 multiplayer: the evolution of aggression
  10. [H]ard|OCP on Deus Ex: The Missing Link – performance and IQ review

Systems

  1. XSReviews posts CryoPC Alto HTPC review part 2
  2. Kitguru reviews Core i7-2700k
  3. Tbreak’s AMD FX-8150 review
  4. VR-Zone’s first looks: Asus P9X79 Pro & Deluxe – mainstream boards, high-end features
  5. Techgage’s Asus X79 motherboard preview
  6. NinjaLane reviews EVGA Z68 FTW
  7. OCC’s MSI Z68A-GD80 revision G3 review
  8. Benchmark Reviews on MSI 990FXA-GD80
  9. AnandTech’s Asus E35M1-M Pro review
  10. OCinside posts AMD motherboard overviews

Multimedia

  1. Hi Tech Legion on Nvidia 3D Vision 2 with Lightboost technology
  2. AnandTech on the Asus ML248HM: thin for the win?
  3. TechReviewSource on 46″ Samsung LN46D630 LCD TV
  4. Engadget’s Canon S100 hands-on (video)
  5. Examiner.com on Cyber Snipa Sonar portable mini speaker

Power, casing, and cooling

  1. ProClockers review Thermaltake Dr. Power II PSU tester
  2. AnandTech reviews Antec HCP-750 80 Plus Gold PSU
  3. Hardware Secrets reviews 600W Enermax Platimax PSU
  4. Hardware Canucks review Lian Li Cowry PC-U6 Special Edition mATX case
  5. Kitguru on SilverStone SST-TS07B enclosure & EC03B internal USB 3.0 PCIe card
  6. CowcotLand reviews CM Storm Trooper case (in French)
  7. X-bit labs on akasa’s venom Voodoo processor cooler
  8. Neoseeker’s Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO review

The Pick 6

  1. Engadget reports Microsoft has record Q1, rakes in $17.37
    billion in revenue (updated: Skype plans revealed)

  2. WDD: HDD industry will be supply-constrained due to Thailand flooding
  3. Taipei Times reports Apple suppliers in China scrutinized
  4. Fudzilla reports Ivy Bridge readying for Christmas
    and no desktop Radeon this year

  5. SemiAccurate reports Nvidia Tegra roadmap slips a year
  6. Microsoft Research shows holodesk


Friday

  1. Seagate Technology reports fiscal first quarter financial results
  2. ATi-Forum reports AMD has more market share in Japan (in German)
  3. X-bit labs: Europe okays Seagate’s acquistion of Samsung’s hard drive business unit
  4. VR-Zone reports hp launches new e-All-in-One printers
  5. TC Magazine: AOC readies two new business-oriented LCD monitors
    and Cooler Master reveals the Silencio 450 mid-tower case

  6. Engadget: Google spills the beans on Gmail revamp a bit early (video)
  7. PCPer’s podcast #175
  8. Newegg’s deals
  9. Dealzon’s deals: $220 coupon for 14” Lenovo G470 i5-2410M, $949 off 14”
    Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E420 Core i5-2430M, $175 coupon for hp Elite
    HPE-h8m AMD Phenom X4 840T / Blu-ray, and $100 coupon for 21.5”
    Dell ST2220T multi-touch IPS monitor

Mobile

  1. TechCrunch reports Verizon lights up 22 new cities with 4G LTE coverage
  2. The NY Times: Fewer iPhone activations hamper growth at AT&T
  3. X-bit labs: When it comes to tablets, Intel bets on Windows 8
  4. SlashGear reports Toshiba 6″ tablet display offers 498ppi print-quality
  5. Huff Post Tech reports HTC Titan, Samsung Focus S, Samsung
    Focus Flash: New Mango phones unveiled by Microsoft (photos)

  6. TC Magazine: Motorola Admiral comes to Sprint on October 23rd
  7. Behind the glass: a detailed tour inside the Samsung Galaxy Nexus at Engadget

Gaming

  1. VR-Zone: PlayStation Vita launches February 22, 2012

Systems and video

  1. Kitguru Lite presents the Alienware M18x with Extreme Edition
  2. Laptoping reviews Asus K53U laptop
  3. APH Networks on Core i5-2405S
  4. ocaholic’s comparison list: AMD FX, Phenom, Athlon desktop & Vision mobile CPUs
  5. OCIA reviews Gigabyte Z68XP-UD5
  6. TechSpot’s mini-ITX face-off: ASRock Z68M-ITX-HT vs. ASRock A75M-ITX
  7. PureOC reviews VisionTek Radeon HD 6970 2GB
  8. Phoronix reviews Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti
  9. Kitguru’s Hauppauge HD PVR Gaming Edition review

Multimedia, cases, and cooling

  1. Neoseeker reviews Thermaltake eSports Shock Spin headset
  2. Benchmark Reviews on Thermaltake Meka G-Unit gaming keyboard
  3. Guru3D reviews Rosewill RK-9000 mechanical keyboard
  4. TechSpot’s Microsoft Explorer Touch mouse review
  5. Hardware Canucks review LanCool PC-K9B case
  6. HT4U reviews BitFenix Outlaw case (in German)
  7. Techgage on Antec Soundscience Halo 6 LED bias lighting kit
  8. OCC’s Evercool HPL-815 and Transformer 3 review

Eight is Enough

  1. X-bit labs: Apple may become a viable chip designer – analysts
  2. Michael Dell: hp‘s PC strategy change is a bad move – Mashable
  3. Intel CPUs overclocked: Sandy easy, Ivy easier, Haswell easiet – VR-Zone
  4. TC Magazine: Kingmax going up with 1TB with new SSD line
  5. iFixit’s iPhone 4S teardown
  6. Building Windows 8: The Windows 8 Task Manager
  7. PC infected? Blame yourself, Microsoft report concludes – Network World
  8. AMD Catalyst Application Profile 11.9 CAP2


Friday

  1. Dennis Ritchie: The giant whose shoulders we stand on – Ars Technica
  2. Reuters: AOL CEO pitches investors on Yahoo! deal: sources
  3. Mashable: Hulu is no longer for sale
  4. Google announces third quarter 2011 financial results
  5. BlackBerry service update (video)
  6. TechRadar has 7 ways to save Microsoft
  7. X-bit labs: ORNL’s Titan supercomputer to deliver 10 – 20 PetaFLOPS performance
    and Corsair unveils high-speed 8GB DDR memory modules, 32GB kits

  8. TC Magazine: OCZ develops Deneva 2 and Intrepid SSDs with mSATA connectivity
    and new Buffalo external drive can switch capacities, from 1TB to 3TB
    and PQI unveils the H552V portable hard drive

  9. VR-Zone: Asus launches USB 3.0 speed booster, UASP support for ASMedia
  10. TC Magazine: Iiyama coming out with the ProLite X2377HDS IPS-based monitor
    and SteelSeries and Gunnar Optiks intro the Desmo series eyeware for gamers
    and Bose debuts the OE2 and OE2i headphones

  11. hp‘s new blog: Input | Output
  12. Dealzon’s deals: $50 coupon for 17.3” Alienware M17x i7-2670QM / Geforce GTX 560M,
    $32 coupon for 14” Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E420s i5-2430M, $150 coupon for 14” Lenovo
    G470 i3-2330M, and $105 off 256GB Samsung 2.5” SSD

Mobile

  1. C|Net reports senators aims to cut through 4G baloney
  2. Ars Technica: Android Ice Cream Sandwich event moved to October 19 in Hong Kong
  3. The Inquirer reports Dell will launch Windows 8 devices
  4. ocaholic reviews Toshiba AT100 tablet
  5. This is my next: Siri says some weird things
  6. Engadget’s HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio review
  7. Engadget: Duke Nukem 3D is coming to Android, old rope shares soar

Software and gaming

  1. MakeUseOf: Linux just got better with the Fedora 16 beta distribution
  2. Opera Desktop Team: Introducing Opera 12 alpha
  3. Forbes: U.S. retail video game sales fell 6% in September
  4. Techgage’s look at Beamdog’s PC game digital distribution service
  5. Gamasutra’s interview: Tripwire’s Alan Wilson takes Red Orchestra 2 back to square one
  6. Battleblog #13: Multiplayer map reveal, from the streets of Paris to the outskirts of Tehran
  7. Battlefield 3 – Destruction gameplay
  8. Syndicate SP gameplay video – “Executive Search”
  9. Joystiq: ‘Infinity Blade FX‘ brings the iOS hit to arcades
  10. TR alum Joel Hruska on id’s Rage: Flawed, flat, but occasionally fun
  11. Cracked: 5 real skills video games have secretly been teaching us
  12. Steam’s THQ week – day 4

Systems and storage

  1. Benchmark Reviews on Battlefield 3: Desktop PC platform recharged
  2. ThinkComputers reviews 15.6″ Lenovo IdeaPad Y570
  3. TweakTown’s AMD FX-8150 vs. Core i7-2600k CrossFireX HD 6970 x3 head-to-head
  4. Guru3D’s AMD FX 8150 – 8120 – 6100 and 4100 performance review
  5. KitGuru Lite examines AMD’s Bulldozer
  6. Hardware Secrets on the HyperTransport bus
  7. PCPer reviews MSI Z68A-GD80 G3
  8. Neoseeker’s Intel Sandy Bridge 4-way motherboards roundup
  9. OCC’s Sapphire A75 Pure Platinum review
  10. KitGuru’s 1TB OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid HDD / SSD review
  11. Legit Reviews on 120GB Corsair Force 3 SSD
  12. Overclockers Online reviews 128GB Patriot Torqx 2 SSD

Multimedia and cooling

  1. VR-Zone’s BenQ EW2420 monitor review
  2. ProClockers review Cooler Master Storm Xornet gaming mouse
  3. VR-Zone’s Microsoft Touch mouse review
  4. Real World Labs on Mad Catz Cyborg R.A.T.7 Albino gaming mouse
  5. Hardware Canucks review Corsair Hydro Series H100

Eight is Enough

  1. HotHardware reports Asus announces first batch of Ivy Bridge boards
  2. VR-Zone reports ASRock teases with X79 Extreme7 picture
  3. TC Magazine: New HIS HD 6970 card enables DisplayPort-free Eyefinity 3 setups
  4. Fudzilla reports Kindle Fire on your doorstep by November 16th
  5. Blu-ray players will take over as DVD players extinct by 2015 – market research
  6. TweakTown’s Catalyst 11.9 Windows 7 driver analysis
  7. Battlefield Blog: Welcome all to the Battlefield 3 open beta
  8. Bethesda Blog: Rage – Jackal Canyon official gameplay trailer


Friday

  1. Goldman: Microsoft is getting $444 million annually from Android patent licenses
  2. C|Net: Apple wins key battle against Psystar over Mac clones
  3. Engadget reports Intel to acquire Telmap, dole out easy
    to implement location APIs to AppUp developers

  4. TechCrunch reports Apotheker leaves hp with $10 million severance
  5. Fudzilla reports Samsung predicts slowdown for the chip industry
  6. Engadget: Dell confirms XPS 14z will go sale in the US in the ‘coming weeks’
  7. TC Magazine: Sonnet comes up with the Fusion F2QR dual-drive RAID
    storage device and Asus launches three new IPS monitors in Europe and
    Sennheiser CX 215 and MX 365 earphones officially launched in the U.S.

  8. AnandTech reports DisplayLink shows off USB 3.0 video adapters
  9. PC Perspective’s podcast #172
  10. Dealzon’s deals: $300 coupon for 15.6” Lenovo Y570 i5-2410M / GeForce GT 555M /
    Blu-ray, $140 coupon for 14” Lenovo G470 i3-2330M, $249 off 13.3” Samsung SF310-
    S01 i5, and $315 coupon for 11.6” Alienware M11x i7-640UM

Mobile

  1. TC Magazine: Samsung introduces the 1.5GHz Exynos 4212 dual-core mobile chip
  2. Fudzilla reports RIM cuts PlayBook prices in North America
    and Asus Transformer 2 has much better battery

  3. HotHardware’s Asus Eee Pad Slider Honeycomb tablet review
  4. Fudzilla reports TI is the phone reference for Ice Cream Sandwich
  5. TC Magazine: Sharp Aquos Phone 102SH packing 3D 720p display, set for Japanese market
    and Sharp Aquos Phone 104SH detailed, comes with Android Ice Cream Sandwich
    and HTC unveils the Explorer entry-level Android smartphone

  6. X-bit labs: Samsung invents 16MP camera sensor for smartphones, tablets, cameras
  7. WPCentral reports Windows Phone Beta website launches [developers]
  8. VR-Zone reports Sony Ericsson announces Lara Croft
    and the Guardian of Light first to Android on Xperia Play

Software and gaming

  1. The Register: Java, Adobe vulnerabilities blamed for Windows malware mayhem
  2. Building Windows 8: Extending “Windows 8” apps to the cloud with SkyDrive
  3. InternetNews: Happy birthday, LibreOffice
  4. Dropbox 1.2.40
  5. Mozilla Firefox 9.0a2 Aurora
  6. Skype 5.6 for Windows with improved screen sharing
  7. Kotaku: Internal PayPal email points to Nov. 15 for new Xbox Dashboard release
  8. Fudzilla reports gamers hate 3D
  9. Eurogamer reports PC Assassin’s Creed: Revelations delayed
  10. The Witcher, version 2.0

Hardware

  1. AnandTech: Rendering and HPC benchmark session using our best servers
  2. OCC reviews Core i3-2120
  3. X-bit labs review Gigabyte G1.Sniper 2
  4. Neoseeker reviews Asus Crosshair V Formula
  5. ThinkComputers reviews Gigabyte X58A-OC
  6. PureOC reviews Asus F1A75-M Pro
  7. Tweaknews on Synology DS-411 Slim 4-bay NAS
  8. Real World Labs on 500W LEPA W500-SA PSU
  9. TweakTown reviews NZXT Tempest 210 case
  10. TR alum Dustin Sklavos reviews hp Compaq 8200 Elite ultra-slim
  11. Hardware Canucks review Corsair Hydro Series H80 liquid CPU cooler

7 Up

  1. Whitman: No changes to hp‘s announced strategy, but no commitments either
  2. Engadget reports Spotify opens up to all in the U.S.
    with free, unlimited music streaming for six months

  3. Fudzilla reports Llano desktop refresh comes in Q1 2012 and unlocked
    Llano A series comes in Q4 and AMD Trinity comes in Q2 2012 and
    Intel names its solar-powered CPU

  4. X-bit labs: Stampede supercomputer to use next-gen Xeon, MIC “Knights
    Corner” accelerators, Nvidia Quadro “Kepler” graphics cards and
    Oracle vows to launch “SPARC supercluster” with T4 processors in Q4

  5. TechRadar on the elephant in the room for Windows 8
  6. The Reticule: CS: Global Offensive Beta starting in early October
  7. RPS on how Diablo III’s DRM will affect you


Friday

  1. TechRadar reports Microsoft has lost $5.5 billion on Bing
  2. Fudzilla reports Red Hat makes a killing
  3. Engdaget: Facebook outs Timeline, gives your profile page a new outfit (video)
  4. Fudzilla reports Cedar Trail loses DirectX 10 support
  5. VR-Zone: Gigabyte’s GA-A75N-USB3 mini-ITX motherboard pictured ahead of launch
  6. TC Magazine: WD debuts the new Mac-friendly My Passport portable drives
    and SpeedLink debuts the Xanthos stereo gaming headset
    and Enermax releases the ETD-T60 CPU coolers

  7. PCPer’s podcast #171
  8. Dealzon’s deals: $150 coupon for 17.3” Dell Vostro 3750 i7-2630QM / Geforce GT
    525M, $250 coupon for 15.6” Lenovo G570 i5-2410M / Blu-ray, $150 coupon for 14”
    Dell Vostro 3450 i7-2620M, and $300 coupon for 14” Lenovo Y470 i7-2630QM /
    GeForce GT 550M

Mobile

  1. Microsoft on Windows Phone: The most important thing is to capture hearts and minds
  2. VR-Zone: Samsung to launch Galaxy Skin with flexible AMOLED screen next year?
  3. Futurelooks reviews Asus Eee Pad Transformer (TF101) and keyboard dock

Software

  1. Computerworld has a deep dive into Windows 8 Developer Preview
  2. ZDNet: Skype updates its software to support Microsoft’s Windows 8
  3. Engadget: Adobe’s launching Flash Player 11, Air 3 bringing HD video & 3D gaming to all
  4. GNOME 3.1.92 RC
  5. System Explorer 3.2.1
  6. Mozilla Thunderbird 7.0 beta 3

Gaming

  1. PCPer: PC gaming to surpass console gaming in revenue by 2015
  2. Eurogamer on Battlefield 3: Why there’s no commander
  3. Joystiq on Final Fantasy XIII-2: Paradigm slightly shifted
  4. MTV Multiplayer has ‘Batman: Arkham City’ exclusive trailer – Secrets of the Joker
  5. Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Red Orchestra 2 updates released on Steam
  6. Kitguru’s Warhammer 40K: Space Marine review (PC)
  7. GameFront’s consoles editorial
  8. The Witcher 2 version 2.0 coming to GOG.com on the 29th and we’re celebrating
  9. Steam’s weekend deal – Company of Heroes franchise 80% off

Hardware

  1. HT4U’s Intel Ivy Bridge preview (in German)
  2. Neoseeker reviews MSI Z68A-GD80
  3. AnandTech’s Zotac Z68ITX-A-E Wi-Fi review
  4. Hardware Canucks review 1TB WD Scorpio Blue 2.5″ hard drive
  5. Guru3D reviews Asus Mars II
  6. Big Bruin reviews Asus GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB
  7. Overclockers Online’s Samsung T27A950 HDTV monitor review
  8. TechReviews UK on Jabra Halo Bluetooth headset
  9. PureOC reviews NZXT Avatar S gaming mouse
  10. OCC and Techgage review NXZT Tempest 410 Elite case
  11. Metku reviews Corsair Hydro Series H100 CPU cooler

Eight is Enough

  1. Reuters: hp execs misled investors before August stock crash: lawsuit
  2. VR-Zone reports AMD benchmarks FX against Intel CPUs
  3. X-bit labs: Intel unveils details about research near-threshold voltage processor
  4. X-bit labs on Intel’s Hybrid Memory Cube: When ultra high-density meets high-speed
  5. SemiAccurate reports Supermicro shows off a Larrabee box
  6. Fudzilla reports Intel SSDs to get SandForce and
    AMD switchable graphics support Intel CPUs

  7. Planet Battlefield: Battlefield 3 PC beta ready, waiting on Microsoft & Sony
  8. Research@Intel: Wolfenstein gets ray traced – now with more horsepower and new effects


Friday

  1. Fudzilla reports Intel rules out buying hp‘s hardware business
  2. Analysts: Facebook should buy webOS – X-bit labs
  3. Fudzilla: Italian security expert releases list of industry vulnerabilities
  4. Cost of Europe’s 20-year copyright extension? €1 billion – Ars Technica
  5. PCPer podcast #170

Hardware news

  1. VR-Zone covers IDF day 2: Mobile Ivy Bridge, Haswell show up
  2. SemiAccurate reports PCI Express is on a quest for speed
    and Thunderbolt on display @ IDF

  3. Fudzilla reports Nvidia Kal El in notebooks, too
  4. TC Magazine: Netbooks based on ‘Cedar Trail‘ now expected in December
    and Micron rolls out RealSSD P400e enterprise SSDs and OWC
    offering first SATA 6.0Gbps SSDs for Apple’s 2011 MacBook Air

  5. VR-Zone has ECS X79R-AX Black Series motherboard pictured and Canon unveils
    PowerShot S100 and PowerShot SX40 HS with new DIGIC 5 image processor
    and Sony unveils new range of Balanced Armature in-ear headphones

  6. Dealzon’s deals: $550 coupon for 14” Lenovo Y470 i5-2410M / Blu-ray, $189 off
    14” Dell Inspiron 14z i3-2330M / 6GB RAM, $30 coupon for 11.6” hp dm1z AMD
    Fusion / 4GB RAM, and $25 coupon for Zotac GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB GDDR5
    PCIe video card

Mobile

  1. AnandTech looks at Windows 8 tablets running on TI, Qualcomm, Nvidia, AMD & Intel silicon
  2. PCWorld – Windows 8 on ARM processors: Three working tablet demos
  3. Ars Technica reports Archos launching 8″ Android 3.2 tablet for $299
  4. VR-Zone: Google Nexus Prime with dual-core processor to launch end October?
  5. TC Magazine: LG LU2600 detailed, comes with 720p display, 1.5GHz dual-core
    chip, LTE and HTC Vigor press shot leaks, release rumored for October 13th

  6. Ars Technica’s hands-on with the Samsung Galaxy S II
  7. Ars Technica’s hands-on: Firefox Mobile’s new Android tablet interface
  8. Fudzilla reports portable and phones not on Valve’s radar

Software and gaming

  1. Fudzilla reports Microsoft pioneers software compiler as a service
  2. Google: Windows 8 App Store not competition for Chrome Web Store – TechRadar
  3. X-bit labs: Sony PS Vita to ship in late December, set to have shorter battery life
  4. Battleblog #11: Every Battlefield 3 multiplayer game mode explained
  5. Bethesda Blog: Watch the Rage TV spot and when TF2 met Skyrim
  6. Ars Technica reviews Gears of War 3
  7. Techgage’s Hard Reset review

Systems and storage

  1. Overclockers.com reviews Gigabyte G1.Sniper2
  2. techPowerUp! reviews Asus Maximus IV Gene-Z
  3. OCIA reviews Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5
  4. Björn3D reviews 60GB Silicon Power Velox V30 SSD

Multimedia, case, and cooling

  1. OC3D reviews Asus RoG Mars 2
  2. Björn3D reviews Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 Vapor-X
  3. Fudzilla reviews Gainward GTX 560 2GB
  4. Hi Tech Legion reviews NZXT Avatar S gaming mouse
  5. Real World Labs on In Win Buc case
  6. OCC’s Corsair Hydro Series H100 review
  7. VR-Zone reviews Thermalright Silver Arrow CPU cooler
  8. TWL reviews NZXT Havik 140 CPU cooler

7 Up

  1. Bloomberg reports Dell sees hp‘s PC sale as ticket to margins
  2. Founder of Voodoo: hp‘s PC unit is biggest strength – X-bit labs
  3. X-bit labs: AMD plans to launch A-series “Trinity” APUs in Q2 2012 – source and
    Nvidia announces Tegra “Grey” SoC with built-in 3G, 4G communication capabilities

  4. Fudzilla: Nvidia believes 3D gaming makes a difference
    and Ivy Bridge GPU is DirectX 11

  5. TC Magazine: VIA Labs comes out with a new, faster 4-port USB 3.0 hub controller
  6. VR-Zone reports Microsoft promises faster boot times in Windows 8
  7. MissingRemote’s Ceton InfiniTV 4 USB CableCard tuner review


Friday

  1. Bloomberg: Yahoo’s Bostock fires Bartz, may lose own job
  2. VR-Zone reports Thunderbolt devices are slowly starting to trickle out
  3. Dealzon’s deals: $50 coupon for 17.3” Dell Inspiron 17R i5-2410M / 4GB RAM,
    $110 coupon for 15.6” Lenovo Y570 i7-2630QM / 64GB Rapid Drive, $80 coupon
    for 14” Lenovo Y470 i5-2410M / Blu-ray, and $50 coupon for 14” Dell Inspiron 14R
    i3-2310M / 4GB RAM

Mobile

  1. TC Magazine: Court maintains Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales ban, only Germany suffers
  2. VR-Zone reports BenQ launches 7″ R70 Android tablet device
  3. TechSpot’s Motorola Droid Bionic hands-on impressions

Gaming

  1. Techgage’s quick look at Mandriva 2011

Hardware

  1. PCPer: Bulldozer first release and the state of 32nm AMD parts
  2. OCC’s P67 roundup part two
  3. Hardware Secrets on Asus P8H67-M Pro/CSM
  4. PureOC reviews Asus P6X58-E Pro
  5. Guru3D reviews ECS A75F-A
  6. The SSD Review on 240GB Corsair Force GT SATA 3 SSD
  7. Neoseeker reviews Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 Vapor-X
  8. Phoronix reviews AMD Radeon HD 6450
  9. PCPer’s Razer BlackWidow ultimate mechanical keyboard review
  10. OC3D reviews Cooler Master Hyper 612S
  11. TweakTown reviews Thermalright Shaman VGA cooler

The Pick 6

  1. X-bit labs: hp posts ads concerning its PC business unit: a startup valued at $40 billion
  2. Fudzilla reports AMD dual-core Llano APUs listed in Europe and
    Atom pushed back to November and 3GHz phones possible on 28nm

  3. VR-Zone: Apple is considering USB 3.0 as an addition to Thunderbolt
    and MSI set to launch two new AM3+ motherboards and
    Creative announces quad-core sound cards

  4. Phoronix: Running ARM Linux benchmarks on the hp TouchPad
  5. Building Windows 8: Reflecting on our first conversations (part 1)
  6. Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 1


Friday

  1. Intel’s Dave Byrne and the state of the SSD @ Kitguru
  2. PCPer’s podcast #168

Hardware news

  1. X-bit labs: DRAM makers should consolidate amid lowering DRAM pricing, say observers
  2. VR-Zone reports Creative launches tiny Zen X-Fi3 media player
  3. Newegg’s Labor Day weekend sale
  4. Dealzon’s deals: $360 coupon for 17.3” hp dv7t Quad i7-2630QM, $160 coupon
    15.6” Lenovo Y570 i3-2310M, $100 coupon for 15.5” Sony Vaio VPCEH13FX
    i3-2310M, and $160 coupon for 14” Lenovo G470 i5-2410M / 6GB RAM

Mobile

  1. Fudzilla: Toshiba’s new 10″ tablet seen at IFA 2011
  2. Fudzilla pits Asus Transformer vs. Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
  3. Hexus.lifestyle on Logitech Tablet Keyboard for iPad
  4. VR-Zone: HTC announces HTC Radar WP7 with Mango update

Software

  1. All About Microsoft: MS delivers near-final test version of Silverlight 5
  2. TC Magazine reports GPU-Z updated, added A-series APU support

Systems and storage

  1. TechReviewSource on Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 91z
  2. VR-Zone’s exclusive preview of Lenovo IdeaPad U400
  3. Layout and design: Gigabyte G1.Assassin @ ocaholic
  4. techPowerUp! reviews Biostar TA75A+
  5. ocaholic’s Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z review
  6. TweakTown reviews 240GB AData S511 SSD

Multimedia, cases, and cooling

  1. Legit Reviews on Asus RoG Mars 2 3GB
  2. TWL previews Samsung NX200 DSLR
  3. Guru3D’s Firestone Audio Bravo DP and Spitfire MKII DAC review
  4. Hardware Bistro reviews Thermaltake Chaser MK-I case
  5. OCC reviews Corsair Carbide Series 400R case
  6. Hardware Secrets reviews Corsair H80 CPU cooler
  7. Legit Reviews on Enermax ETS-T40 H.D.T. CPU cooler
  8. Björn3D reviews Evercool Transformer 3
  9. Real World Labs and Technic3D (in German)
    review Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU cooler

7 Up

  1. PCMag: Tech icons reflect on PC’s 30th anniversary
  2. Reuters: Intel expects Ultrabook PCs priced below $999 in Q4
  3. Bloomberg: ‘Angry Birds’ maker seeks funds at $1.2B valuation
  4. Fudzilla: Intel Marshaltown aims for 20mm slim systems
  5. Forbes reports July U.S. video game sales fall 26%; worst month since 2006
  6. Shacknews reports QuakeCon panel videos online
  7. Android Central: NFL releases official fantasy football app just in time for football season


Friday

  1. Forbes reports FTC ramping up pressure in Google probe
  2. C|Net reports Groupon’s net loss rises to over $100 million
  3. Fudzilla reports AOL in trouble
  4. C|Net’s scoop: Sprint to launch cloud services in 4th quarter
  5. Euclideon & Unlimited Detail – Bruce Dell interview at [H]ard|OCP

Hardware news

  1. GlobalFoundries announces lineup for second annual Global Technology Conference
  2. DigiTimes: Acer unlikely to increase notebook orders until September, says upstream
    supply chain and MSI, ECS, ASRock see on-month decline in July revenues
    and Foxconn sees 17% on-year growth in July revenues
    and flat panel makers set for slow sales in 3Q11

  3. DailyTech: Dell Latitude XT3 hopes to breathe life into the traditional convertible tablet
  4. VR-Zone: Samsung unveils high-capacity SATA 3 SSD with 512GB of storage
  5. Dealzon’s deals: $370 coupon for 15.6” Lenovo Y560p i3-2310M / Blu-ray, $456 off
    Lenovo G470 i5-2410M / Blu-ray, $30 coupon for hp TouchPad, and $35 coupon for
    Lenovo multimedia remote with keyboard

Mobile

  1. DailyTech: AT&T clarifies stance on T-Mobile plans; T-Mobile overages rumored
    and Nokia talks trash about Android, Apple; won’t fully launch WP7 till 2012

  2. Android Central reports HTC officially announces
    partnership with Beats by Dre; devices coming this fall

  3. Android Central’s Vizio tablet hands-on and initial review
  4. VR-Zone: Meizu MX to get quad-core processor?
  5. VR-Zone: Google Android “Ice Cream Sandwich” arriving in October?
  6. VR-Zone: RIM introduces Music Store app for BlackBerry Playbook
  7. Ars Technica’s hands-on: New Boxee iPad application and Media Manager

Software

  1. SuperSite for Windows reports Windows 7 Pro Pack
    for Windows SBS 2011 Essentials coming soon

  2. Expreview reports AMD releases APP SDK v2.5 for Llano APUs (check later)

Gaming

  1. Fudzilla: Nintendo admits 3DS could have been better
  2. Shacknews: Analysts warn of substantial decline ahead of July NPD release
    and OnLive streaming into UK in Septmber
    and Guild Wars 2 Sylvari race shown off
    and Driver: San Francisco delayed on PC

    and End of Nations will be free-to-play

  3. Ars Technica: The Metroid series turns 25 this year—and matters more than ever
  4. Ars Technica on one fan’s salute to Portal 2: an animated, talking Wheatley puppet

Systems and storage

  1. Phoronix tests AMD Fusion A8-3850 APU “Llano” on Linux
  2. TweakTown pits Z68 vs. X58 – which is the better gaming platform?
  3. Hexus.net reviews Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3P
  4. AnandTech’s SandForce roundup: Corsair, Kingston,
    Patriot, OCZ, OWC & MemoRight SSDs compared

  5. Guru3D and Hardware Canucks review 120GB Patriot Wildfire SSD

Graphics, cases, and cooling

  1. OCC reviews Sapphire HD 6950 2GB DiRT3 Toxic Edition
  2. Hi Tech Legion reviews Asus HD 6670 1GB GDDR5 with DisplayPort
  3. VR-Zone’s Thermaltake Level 10 GT case review
  4. Techgage reviews Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced case
  5. BCCHardware reviews NZXT Sentry Mesh fan controller
  6. OC3D’s Corsair H100 review

Eight is Enough

  1. Mashable reports stock market tanks: Winners & losers in tech
  2. Damage Report: A look at the sell-off’s effect on big cap tech
  3. Ars Technica: Lion install borked? Apple giving free Lion USB sticks to some
    and AT&T to revoke unlimited data plans from jailbreaking iPhone tetherers

  4. X-bit labs: AMD readies Opteron “Dublin” and
    “Macau”
    processors for launch in 2013 – slide

  5. Fudzilla reports AMD to have Llano triple-core after all
  6. VR-Zone reports Gigabyte’s G1.Sniper2 features PCI Express gen 3 support
  7. ZDNet on Windows Phone 7.5 ‘Mango’ killer feature – voice-to-text
  8. QuakeCon 2011 – Carmack: This is the “year of Rage” – VG24/7


Friday

  1. DigiTimes: Taiwan PC supply chain players facing bankruptcy crisis in China
  2. Expreview reports Samsung purchases memory maker Grandis
  3. Wired: Spotify, Spokeo, AOL & others sued over web tracking
  4. Ars Technica: P2P lawyers get their comeuppance in the form of fines, suspension
    and serious security holes found in Siemens control systems targeted by Stuxnet

  5. Techdirt: Confirmation that record labels wanted ISPs
    to spy on users and report infringement to RIAA

  6. All About Microsoft: Former Windows Server director
    now with the U.S. Chief of Information Technology

  7. Forbes: Researcher announces N00ter, a tool for catching net neutrality cheats
  8. B&C: Netflix passes 1 million sub mark in Canada
  9. GQ has the 15 worst-dressed men of Silicon Valley

Hardware news

  1. DigiTimes reports Asus reducing Eee PC orders and AMD
    Llano processor shipments reach 1.3 – 1.5 million units in July

  2. TC Magazine reports hp quietly releases the ‘635‘ AMD-powered laptop
  3. DigiTimes: Memoright talks about application-specific SSD
  4. VR-Zone reports interesting mSATA adapter launches in Japan
  5. Expreview reports Smart Modular develops Optimus SAS 6.0 Gbps SSDs
  6. VR-Zone reports Sapphire releases world’s fastest HD 6950
  7. ATi-Forum: HD 6990 soon available again after bottleneck (in German)
  8. Dealzon’s deals: $130 coupon for 15.6” Lenovo V570 i5-2410M / 6GB RAM,
    $136 coupon for 15.6” Lenovo Z575 AMD A6-3400M, $172 coupon for 12.5”
    Lenovo ThinkPad X220i tablet, and $159 coupon for Lenovo IdeaCentre K330 PC

Mobile

  1. Clearwire announces intent to add LTE to its network to accelerate wholesale business
  2. Ars Technica cites study: Android is least-open of open source mobile platforms
  3. Fudzilla reports OMAP 5 can address 8GB of memory
    and TI promises all day battery for tablets in 2013

  4. VR-Zone reports next-generation Apple iPhone is said to be 4G-capable
    and HTC to unlock bootloaders with a trade-off

  5. SemiAccurate’s look at Tegra 3, 3.3, and 4
  6. HotHardware’s Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone review
  7. VR-Zone reports Skype 2.1 for Android gives video call for more Android devices
  8. wpcentral reports Skype definitely bringing video calling
    to Windows Phone – sooner rather than later

  9. AppleInsider: Apple begins approving iPhone apps with iOS 5 compatibility

Software

  1. Ars Technica: VMsoftware softens on VSphere 5 pricing, but downsides remain
  2. GigaOM: Skype goes VP8, embraces open video codec
  3. Hardware Canucks review Cyberlink YouCam 5 webcam software
  4. System Explorer 3.0.5
  5. Spybot S&D 2.0.5 beta 3

Gaming

  1. EA: Inactive Origin accounts won’t be deleted – Shacknews
  2. Reg Hardware: No PS4 or Xbox 720 before 2014
  3. X-bit labs: Sony denies plans to release PS Vita in Europe, U.S. this year
  4. Sony: 3D costs as low as ‘half a percent’ of overhead – Shacknews
  5. Shacknews: Activision reveals sales figures for Black Ops & Modern Warfare 2
    and Resistance 3 goes gold, getting day-one patch
    and Rambo game coming next year

  6. Fudzilla reports next WoW add-on may already have a name
  7. Rage official trailer – Uprising
  8. Red Faction: Armageddon – Path to War DLC trailer
  9. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine – multiplayer trailer
  10. Deus Ex: Human Revolution ‘Classified Information‘ trailer
  11. TechFlash reports Bungie documentary celebrates 20 years of video games
  12. Ars Technica on Dead Cyborg: Pay-what-you-want
    adventure game with control problems

  13. FiringSquad’s E.Y.E.: Divine Cybermancy review
  14. QuakeCon 2011 Steam sale—four days of special deals

Systems

  1. HardwareLook’s MSI GT680 review
  2. TWL reviews AMD A6-3650 APU
  3. [H]ard|OCP’s Asus Rampage II Black Edition motherboard review
  4. Futurelooks reviews Asus P8P67
  5. X-bit labs review Gigabyte G1.Sniper and GA-X58-OC
  6. Neoseeker’s Asus E35M1-I Deluxe review
  7. Hardware Secrets on Biostar TA75A+ motherboard
  8. Tbreak compares Asus F1A75-V Pro vs. ECS A75F-A vs. Gigabyte A75-D3H
  9. PureOC reviews 8GB G.Skill Ripjaws X DDR3-1866 memory kit

Storage

  1. ReviewStash on 1TB WD Elements SE USB 2.0 HDD
  2. Hi Tech Legion reviews 12GB Kingston HyperX T1 DDR3-1600 CL9 memory kit
  3. PureOC reviews 240GB OCZ Agility 3 SSD
  4. The SSD Review on 240GB SanDisk Ultra SATA II SSD
  5. Hardware Canucks, Hi Tech Legion, Legit Reviews, The SSD Review,
    and TweakTown review 120GB Patriot Pyro SSD

  6. ocaholic’s 120GB Kingston HyperX SSD review

Multimedia, power, and cases

  1. Alice Madness Returns: PhysX and 3D Vision tested on all
    Nvidia GeForce GTX 500 series video cards @ Hi Tech Legion

  2. Hardware Secrets on Fujifilm Finepix T190 / T200 camera
  3. SuperSite for Windows on Microsoft’s Touch mouse
  4. Overclockers Online reviews 1300W Sentey Golden Steel Power PSU
  5. techPowerUp! reviews 1200W Thermaltake Toughpower Grand PSU
  6. TweakTown reviews 1000W Kingwin Lazer Gold LZG-1000 PSU
  7. PCPer reviews Antec High Current Gamer HCG-750 PSU
  8. TR alum Dustin Sklavos reviews SilverStone Temjim TJ08-E case
  9. Benchmark Reviews on BitFenix Shinobi case

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