Thursday Shortbread

1. Reuters: Apple claims $2.5 billion damages in Samsung patent case
2. Risks come with rewards in Micron's purchase of Elpida - analysts
3. Patently Apple: Apple's 25 granted patents include Apple TV & future ID app
4. X-bit labs: Apple cannot fulfill demand for Apple MacBook Pro with Retina screen
5. TNW: Facebook is working with HTC on a mobile
   phone for 2013 release—reports Bloomberg
6. AnandTech's Qualcomm quad-core Snapdragon S4
   (APQ8064 / Adreno 320) performance preview
7. OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion: The Ars Technica review
8. VG24/7: Steam hardware survey denotes increase in lower-end PC use

Thursday

1. AMD is 'sell of the week' (thanks ronch)
2. DailyTech: ARM posts earnings surprise, fueled by 23 new licensees
3. Ars Technica: Comcast Internet to hit 305Mbps,
   5 megabits faster than Verizon FiOS
4. European Commission to investigate price-fixings of
   optical disk drive makers - X-bit labs (thanks dpaus)
5. X-bit labs: TSMC believes it makes sense to dedicate fabs to particular customers
   and GlobalFoundries to extend production capacities of Fab 8
6. Fudzilla: AMD Brazos successor gets USB 3.0
   and AMD SB950 to last until mid-2013
7. VR-Zone: Netgear launches WN100RP Wi-Fi booster and
   HIS announces HD 7750 iCooler low-profile graphics card
8. Fudzilla: Club 3D announces new HD 7970 RoyalAce graphics card
9. Vizio Co-Star pre-orders open: $100 for the next-gen Google TV
10. Dark Horizons: "The Hobbit" will be a trilogy after all?
11. NCIX's Go-for-Gold sale event
12. Newegg's end-of-month blowout
13. Dealzon's deals: $100 off 15.6" Acer Aspire AS5750 i5-2450M,
    $600 off 13.3" Samsung Series 9 i5-2467M / 128GB SSD, $120 off
    13.3" Toshiba Portege Z835 i3-2367M / 128GB SSD, and $500 off
    Sony Vaio L series 24" 1080p PC Core i5-2430M

1. DailyTech: Google breaks down why it bought Motorola—and downplays patents
2. BBC News: Samsung disables Galaxy S3 Google
   local search function (thanks sweatshopking)
3. Ars Technica: Head of iOS security to speak at Black Hat for the first time
4. Fudzilla: Microsoft is planning new iOS and OS X Office
5. TechSpot's Motorola Atrix HD review

1. VR-Zone reports new Mac Trojan found
2. TechReviewSource on Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
3. Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion sets sales record - Stardock
4. VR-Zone reports WoW: Mists of Pandaria expansion to launch on 9/25
5. Techgage's DiRT Showdown review

1. KitGuru's Palicomp Alpha Pulse gaming PC review
2. Hardware.Info reviews Sony Vaio T13 ultrabook
3. TechReviewSource on Toshiba Satellite U845W
4. Benchmark Reviews on Asus P8Z77-V w/ Thunderbolt
5. TweakTown's 800GB Intel 910 PCI-Express SSD enterprise RAID report
6. Big Bruin reviews 256GB Vertex 4 SSD
7. Guru3D's 240GB Corsair Force GS SSD review
8. The SSD Review on OWC Mercury Aura Pro Express 6G SSD
9. Legit Reviews on 16GB Kingston DataTraveler Locker+ G2 USB drive

1. ocaholic reviews EVGA GTX 680 Superclocked
2. VR-Zone's Palit GTX 670 Jetstream 2GB review
3. TweakTown reviews HIS HD 7850 2GB Overclocked
4. Tbreak's Nikon V1 review
5. techPowerUp! reviews Gigabyte Aivia Krypton mouse
6. Hardware Heaven reviews Razer Taipan mouse
7. LanOC Reviews on Corsair's Vengeance lineup - keyboards
8. XSReviews on Tt eSports White Ra Special Tactics mouse pad

1. APH Networks on 1000W FSP Aurum Pro PSU
2. Hardware Canucks review Corsair Vengeance C70 case
3. Hardware.Info pits Corsair Obsidian 550D
   vs. Cooler Master Silencio 650 cases
4. ThinkComputers reviews Rosewill R5 case
5. Funky Kit reviews Antec ISK110 VESA ITX case
6. Techreaction on SilverStone Raven S02 2.5" USB 3.0 enclosure
7. HTL's NZXT Hue RGB LED controller review
8. Hardware Secretes reviews Thermaltake Water 2.0 Performer
9. Techreaction reviews Noctua NH-L12 CPU cooler
10. CowcotLand reviews Zalman CNPS14X CPU cooler (in French)