Friday Shortbread

1. Ballmer: Windows 8 PCs are "the best PCs ever." The experience is "truly magical"
2. Business Wire: Windows 8 has battle globally to kill off XP - StatCounter
3. C|Net: Tim Cook compares Microsoft Surface to a 'flying car'
4. X-bit labs: ARM, AppliedMicro, and red Hat aim to develop 64-bit server platform
   Apple's new ultra-slim iMac lacks optical drive, features hybrid storage
5. Muktware: openSUSE running on $249 Google Chromebook
6. Expreview: AMD FX-8350 overclocked to 8.176GHz
7. The Register: Microsoft has no plans for a second Windows 7 Service Pack
8. PCWorld: EU antitrust regulators let Microsoft limit browsers on Windows RT

Friday

1. Samsung / Apple UK judgement
2. Bloomberg: Apple's online radio service to challenge Pandora in 2013
3. The Atlantic: Wikipedia is nearing completion, in a sense
4. KitGuru: Exclusive Natasha Sampson interview reveals Radeon RAMDisk secrets
5. VR-Zone: 84" LG 84LM9600 4K LCD TV launches in the U.S.
6. Dealzon's deals: $550 coupon for 15.6" Lenovo Y580 i7-3630QM /
   GeForce GTX 660M, $160 off 15.6" Toshiba L755D AMD A6-3400M,
   and $200 coupon for 14" Lenovo G480 i5-3210M, and $120 off 10.1"
   Gateway Intel Atom netbook

1. Ars Technica: Jailbreaking now legal under DMCA for smartphones, but not tablets
2. Android Police on the Nexus 10 with Android 4.2 - photos, specs emerge and
   Nexus 10 manual leaks on Korean site - it's pretty safe to call this thing official
3. Fudzilla: iPad sales disappoint and more Nexus rumors emerge

1. LinuxPlanet: Ubuntu Linux 12.10 rolls out as 13.04 development rolls in
2. TechReviewSource on Windows 8
3. Fudzilla: Minecraft on 360 being played more than anything else
4. Borderlands 2 update v1.1.3
5. World of Warcraft patch 5.0.5 hotfixes - October 25

1. Tech ARP's BIOS option of the week - K7 CLK_CTL select
2. KitGuru reviews Gigabyte Z77X-UP7
3. Funky Kit reviews 16GB Lexar JumpDrive S73 flash drive
4. Ocaholic: Catalyst 12.10 WHQL & 12.11 Beta 4 issues with power consumption
5. TweakTown reviews MSI GeForce GTX 650 Ti 1GB Power Edition
6. techPowerUp! reviews Logitech UE Boombox
7. NikKTech reviews Plantronics GameCom 780 7.1 headset
8. Legit Reviews on SteelSeries Siberia V2 Frost headset
9. TweakTown reviews CM Storm Ceres-400 headset
10. Hardware Heaven's SteelSeries Free mobile wireless controller review
11. OCC reviews Raidmax Orion case
12. Hardware Secrets reviews Zalman CNPS9900DF CPU cooler