Eight is Enough
- ZDNet reports AMD reveals new details on upcoming Bulldozer chips
- TR alum Dustin Sklavos is smitten by hp‘s EliteBook 8760w: Color, so dreamy
- C|Net reports Lenovo Ultrabook, 7″ tablet on the way
- Ars Technica proclaims the iPad is a personal computertrue or false?
- Smarter Geek: Next-gen Windows slate device revealed at TechEd 2011 NZ
- StorageReview reports Pure Storage comes out with all-flash storage array
- March of the Penguin: Ars looks back at 20 years of Linux
- RPS: EA’s Origin EULA proves even more sinister
- Former hp global gaming head Rahul Sood talks
about acquisitions, brands, and Palm at TechCrunch - New Apple CEO Tim Cook e-mails employees: ‘Our best years lie ahead‘ – AppleInsider
- WSJ: Apple working on new video delivery technology for TVs – via AppleInsider
- DigiTimes: Impact of Jobs resignation minimal, say Apple suppliers
- Ars Technica on five products Steve Jobs killed
- t-break on the legacy of Steve Jobs
- DigiTimes: Asus reports strong performance for 2Q11
- The NY Times on technology devices: either sell big or die fast
- PC Perspective podcast #167
Hardware news
- DigiTimes reports Taiwan notebook players place hopes on Wintel for recovery
- TC Magazine: Acer preps 0.87-thin TravelMate Timeline 8481T laptop for Sept. release
- Expreview reports Micron demonstrates 128GBps DRAM memory
- X-bit labs: Micron debuts world’s highest-density, highest-performance NOR flash memory
- TC Magazine: OWC offers up a 60GB Mercury Electra 6G SSD
and Sapphire unveils the Radeon HD 6850 Vapor-X Edition card
and AOC readies two Full HD monitors with IPS panels - DigiTimes: Samsung reportedly pushing flat panel sales with aggressive pricing
- VR-Zone reports Sony adds two new SLT cameras to its lineup
- TC Magazine: Panasonic also unveils the Wi-Fi-enabled FX90 compact
camera and SilverStone ships the TS07 3.5″ HDD / SSD enclosure - Dealzon’s deals: $150 off 17.3” Acer Aspire AS7750G-9657 i7-2630QM,
$250 coupon for 15.6” Lenovo Z570 i5-2520M, $320 coupon for 14” Lenovo
Y460p i3-2310M, and $85 off 240GB OCZ Vertex 3 SSD V3LT-25SAT3-240G
Mobile
- PCWorld: Tablets getting quad-core chips, face slow adoption
- DigiTimes: Tablet PC fever is already cooling down, says Acer chairman
- DailyTech cites reports: TouchPad gets first taste of Android
- TechFlash: Japan gets taste of first Windows Phone Mango handset
- TC Magazine: HTC Omega (AKA Radar) Windows Phone has its pictured leaked
- Ars Technica on Windows Phone Mango’s Wi-Fi hotspot secret
and Samsung Galaxy S II will be a no-show on Verizon - Mac Rumors: ‘iPhone 4S’ casing resembles iPhone 4 with some antenna changes
- VR-Zone: Sony Ericsson announces new Xperia neo V, Android updates
and more images of HTC’s Bliss smartphone show up online - TC Magazine reports Google Docs Android app gets
Web Clipboard feature, learns a lot of languages - Ars Technica reports RIM’s BBM Music goes
beta: $5/month for 50 songs and social sharing - VR-Zone reports Samsung releases Bada 2.0 SDK for developers
- Ars Technica – Sprinkle on iOS, Android devices: Fighting fires is fun
Software
- MS11-069 updated to version 1.1
- On second thought, Firefox will keep its version numbers – ReadWriteWeb
- TC Magazine: Chrome users get voice search in Google Maps
- CCleaner 3.10.1525
- Adobe Flash Player 10.3.183.7 released
- Google Chrome dev channel update
- Foobar2000 1.1.8 beta 6
Gaming
- DICE: No home servers for Battlefield 3 on PC – VG24/7
- Ars Technica: GameStop responds to Deus Ex controversy by pulling it from shelves
- Shacknews: GameStop’s OnLive response ‘probably legal‘ and
Xbox 360 250GB bundle includes five games in Canada for $299
and Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim races’ faces shown off and
Assassin’s Creed Revelations Ultimate Bundle detailed
and no Porsches in Forza 4, thanks to EA and
Sonic CD coming to PC, consoles, and mobile devices
and Mountain Dew Game Fuel offering double XP for Modern Warfare 3 - Bethesda Blog: Lonesome Road coming September 20th;
Courier’s Stash and Gun Runners’ Arsenal one week later - TechFlash: DIY game design from Blade Games World
- Rage – Gearhead Vault gameplay trailer
- Serious Sam 3: BFE – Serious Chaos trailer
- Super Monday Night Combat PAX announcement (video)
- The great EA classics are back on GOG.com
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution update released on Steam
- FiringSquad’s Nuclear Dawn InterWave Studios interview
- Ars Technica has Assassin’s Creed Revelations first look and
PC shooter Space Pirates and Zombies is unique & ambitious (update) - Steam’s weekend deal – Borderlands
Systems and storage
- Guru3D’s rig of the month – August 2011
- TechReviewSource on Dell Vostro V131
- X-bit labs on energy-efficient processors from Intel: Core i5-2500T,
Core i5-2390T, Core i3-2100T, and Pentium G620T - Hi Tech Legion and TweakTown review Gigabyte G1.Sniper2
- Overclockers Online reviews 8GB Corsair Vengeance PC3-12800 memory kit
- Kitguru’s 480GB OCZ RevoDrive 3 x2 review
- Hardware Canucks review 256GB Crucial M4 SSD
- TweakTown’s 240GB OWC Mercury Extreme Pro
6G SSD w/ SF-2282 & Toshiba Toggle review
Multimedia
- PCPer reviews Asus Mars II and Asus
RoG Matrix GTX 580 Platinum 1.5GB - OCC’s Asus GTX 580 Matrix review
- iXBT Labs review Zotac GTX 550 Ti Amp!, GTX 560 Amp! & GTX 590
- Legit Reviews on Asus GeForce GTX 560 DirectCU II TOP
- Real World Labs on AverMedia Deluxe Hi-Gain DTV antenna
- APH Networks on Thermaltake Tt eSports Shock Spin headset
Power, casing, and cooling
- [H]ard|OCP on the black art of dual PSUs in your enthusiast PC
- techPowerUp! reviews Enermax Hoplite case
- TWL’s ineo 3.5″ USB 3.0 external enclosure review
- ProClockers review Cooler Master NotePal U-Stand
- Madshrimps review Corsair Hydro series H80 CPU cooler
- Benchmark Reviews on NZXT Havik 140 CPU cooler