7 Up
- VentureBeat reports Intel press event on Wednesday is
“its most significant technology announcement of the year” - Fudzilla reports AMD summer launch schedule revealed
and AMD FX and Llano performance leaked
and three Bulldozer motherboards leaked and
new Extreme core in Q4 2011, Sandy Bridge E-based - C|Net reports new Dell premier laptop to be sleek, fast
- Canada still in copyright “hall of shame” according to the U.S. – Ars Technica
- Ars Technica: PC rental store accused of using webcams, keyloggers on customers
- Consumer Reports: Apple’s white iPhone is not thicker than black version
- Kotaku: Nintendo’s next console will enter the HD era, but not the hard drive era
- Yahoo! News reports EU pushes button for next Internet age
- C|Net reports day of reckoning arrives for Lime Wire
- WikiLeaks: U.S. offered to bankroll New Zealand piracy crackdown – Ars Technica
- SuperSite for Windows on trusting the cloud
- DailyTech reports 2011 flat panel TV growth to plummet 50%
Hardware news
- X-bit labs: Intel, hp unsure about the future of Itanium; Kittson may be last survivor
- Fudzilla reports netbook market contracts by 40%
and Core i7-2920XM is the fastest mobile CPU
until Q4 2011 and Cedar Trail Atom is N2800 - Laptoping reports MSI GX680 & GX780 gaming notebooks get priced, coming May 30
- TC Magazine reports Lenovo IdeaPad V470 laptop goes on sale
and PQI claims to have the smallest USB 3.0 flash drive yet - Tweak.dk reports Asus announces world’s first two-way HDMI streaming kit
- Dealzon’s deals: $245 off 16″ Toshiba A660-BT3N25X i3-2310M, $100 coupon for
24″ Sony VPC-L137FX/R touch PC, $30 coupon for 23″ Samsung PX2370 LED,
and $37 coupon for Logitech Z506 surround sound speakers
Mobile
- DigiTimes reports massive lauch of tablet PCs may result in excess
inventory for players and Asus to launch 2 tablet PCs in May – July - TC Magazine: Toshiba Stylistic Q550 Oak Trail-based tablet now up for pre-order
- Ars Technica reports Amazon may enter tablet fray in second half of 2011
and carriers crack down on wireless tethering app for Android - C|Net: Sprint readying low-cost 4G Android smartphone?
- Microsoft begins pushing out Windows Phone 7 security update
- Bing to become search default on new BlackBerry phones
Software
- Ars Technica on web browser market share: Upgrade analysis
- Microsoft delivers to testers beta of coming supercomputing service pack
- Phoronix has Gallium3D vs. Classic Mesa vs. Catalyst drivers comparison – May 2011
Gaming
- THQ reports $136 million lost – Fudzilla
- C|Net reports Nintendo drops Wii to $149
- APB Reloaded dev log says open beta date has been set
- Bethesda Blog on New Vegas DLC: Details on Honest
Hearts, Old World Blues, and Lonesome Road - Shacknews reports Black Ops DLC redemption issues
on Xbox Live and ‘Halo Fest‘ included at PAX Prime - Elemental: War of Magic 1.2 changelog
- Expreview: Which game holds the highest graphics power consumption?
- Shacknews reviews MotorStorm: Apocalypse
- Steam continues EA Week with Need for Speed Day (deal ends at noon CDT today)
Systems and storage
- TweakTown has $599 gaming PC built and tested
- TR alum Dustin Sklavos reviews CyberPower Xplorer X6-9100: Gamers need not apply
- TechReviewSource’s Toshiba Satellite L655-S5161 review
- Ars Technica’s how-to: Replace your MacBook Air SSD with OWC’s Aura Pro Express
- CowcotLand reviews MSI Megabook GE620 (in French)
- Björn3D, Hi Tech Legion, HT4U, Legion Hardware,
PCPer, and TWL review Phenom II X4 980 BE - TweakTown on SandFroce SF-2141 controller & Intel Z68 chipset: Destined to be together?
- lab501 puts Gigabyte’s Z68 motherboards under the lens (in Romanian)
- Hi Tech Legion reviews Asus Maximus IV Extreme P67
- ocaholic’s Asus P8H67-M EVO review
- t-break reviews ECS H61H2-M
- ProClockers review Asus P6X58-E WS
- iXBT Labs have AMD 870 motherboards roundup
- Hardware Canucks review 240GB OCZ Vertex 3 SSD
- Madshrimps review 32GB Patriot Supersonic USB 3.0 flash drive
Multimedia
- TechSpot’s triple monitor gaming: GeForce GTX 590 vs. Radeon HD 6990
- [H]ard|OCP’s Nvidia 3-way SLI and AMD tri-fire redux
- iXBT Labs review MSI R6950 Twin Frozr II/OC, MSI
R6870 Hawk, and MSI N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II - OC3D’s MSI GTX560-Ti OC SLI review
- KitGuru’s PowerColor HD 6870 Eyefinity 6 Edition CrossFireX review
- XSReviews on HIS HD 6870 IceQX
- Metku reviews Corsair SP2500 2.1 speakers
- Techgage reviews Corsair SP2200 2.1 speakers
Cases
- Tweaknews on Xigmatek Elysium case
- Hardware Secrets reviews Cooler Master Centurion 5 II case
- NinjaLane reviews Azza Toledo 301 case
- Hardware Heaven reviews Corsair Obsidian 650D case
- Benchmark Reviews on Antec One Hundred case