Eight is Enough
- TC Magazine: Catalyst 10.10e hotfix available, brings morphological
anti-aliasing (MLAA) for Radeon HD 5000 cards - Engadget: Lenovo IdeaPad U260 and its 12.5″ display head stateside for $899
- TUAW: iTunes 10.1 live now, introduces AirPlay and iOS 4.2 and
iPad gets a new iOS 4.2 gold master build to address Wi-Fi issues - Fudzilla: Apple will indeed use AMD’s Fusion and
GeForce GTX 560 comes next year, has 384 shaders - PowerColor: Radeon HD 6900 series will be 30 – 50% faster than current generation
- Gartner: Existing options for migrating from IE 6 are too pricey, risky
- DailyTech: Windows 7 commercial makes fun of Mac’s lack of Blu-ray support
- THQ: Games should be priced at $40
- PC OEMs asking for bigger DRAM price reductions in November, says inSpectrum
- SemiAccurate interviews the founder of AMD’s TFE conference
- C|Net reports Google senior execs getting 30% raises
- The brutal decline of Yahoo!
- DSLReports: BitTorrent focuses on live streaming
- LimeWire: Seriously, don’t blame us for new “Pirate Edition”
- DSLReports: White House to create privacy watchdog
- DailyTech cites report: Facebook to launch “Gmail Slayer” November 15
- HotHardware video podcast – 11/12
- TechFlash podcast: Amazon and Microsoft
Newegg’s guerrilla deals for 11/13
- $20 off Apevia X-Master-AL/500 HTPC case
- 640GB Western Digital Scorpio Blue notebook HDD
(extra $15 off with promo code EMCYTZT231) - Belkin F9H220-TVL-DL travel surge protector
(extra $16 off with promo code EMCYTZT232) - $50 off eMachines EL1352-03 Athlon II X2 240 / GeForce 6150 SE PC
- $15 off Eco Style EVER-BY16 laptop case
(extra $5 off with promo code EMCYTZT233) - $20 off Samsung SH-B083L/BSBP internal Blu-ray combo drive
Hardware news
- Laptoping: Sony launches Vaio Holiday 2010 Signature Collection laptops
- TC Magazine: MSI FX603 laptop looking good but not ready for retail yet
and Gigabyte to let loose the E1500 lower-cost 15.6″ laptop
and Jolibook netbook confirmed, will run Jolicloud 1.1 - Cult of Mac: What happens when you shoot a MacBook, and other pictures
- SemiAccurate: Topstar has an unusual P67 board
- TC Magazine: Micro Center offering new self-branded SandForce-powered SSDs
and MSI to bundle 3DMark 11 with its new GeForce GTX 580 - Expreview: PowerColor non-reference HD 6870 graphics card exposed
- Engadget: Samsung ‘prints’ 19″ OLED TV, teases our display daydreams yet again
- TC Magazine: Gigabyte M7770 wireless mouse is small but packs a laser
and Xigmatek Pantheon mid-tower case to hit stores later this month - Expreview: Icy Vision’s dual-fan & 5-heatpipe cooler supports HD 6800 / GTX 580
Mobile
- Google: Android doesn’t infringe Oracle’s copyrights
- Google: Oracle ‘redacted or deleted‘ code in suit
- CNNGo.com: Japan gets world’s fastest cell phone network for Christmas
- DSLReports: New T-Mobile pricing goes live Sunday
- Engadget: Samsung Orion dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 chip spotted in the wild
- iFixit’s Samsung Galaxy Tab teardown
- TUAW: iPad may soon run Android via OpeniBoot
- C|Net reports Lenovo waiting until 2011 to launch a tablet
- DigiTimes: FIC unveils Windows 7 tablet PC Tycoon
- TC Magazine: Archos 101 Android 2.2 tablet to go on sale next week
- Engadget: U.K. carriers say ‘thanks but no thanks‘ to the Palm Pre 2
and AT&T tells Samsung Focus customers not to buy microSD cards yet,
wait for ‘certified’ ones (update: random access speed is key) - C|Net reports AT&T prepares for the end to iPhone exclusivity
- Expreview: Use tapes to make phone calls?
Tape-shaped iPhone silicon case hits retail - TUAW: iPhone 3G excluded from AirPlay support
- Engadget: Android 2.2 update for Samsung Epic 4G leaks out
- DailyTech reports zombie virus strikes Chinese cell phones
- TestFreaks review Juice Pack Air for iPhone 4
- TC Magazine: Intel AppUp dev program opens up MeeGo
- BlackBerry Master Control Program Portable 1.0.0.0 Beta 2
- C|Net reports Hulu Plus makes its way to Sony Dash
Software
- Ars Technica: Microsoft releases service pack blocker for Windows 7 SP1
and Apple fixes broken IPv6 by breaking it some more
and Apple’s OpenJDK project to bring Java SE 7 to the Mac
and Linaro group advances Linux on ARM with 10.11 release - PCMag: Google Chrome beta can ‘prerender’ web pages
- TUAW: Mac OS X Leopard security update available
- PCWorld: Microsoft explains missing Mac Office patches
- TUAW: Sync your iTunes library with DropBox
- C|Net: Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell on the future of software (Q&A)
- Fudzilla reports FinalWire rolls out AIDA64 v1.20
- [OC]ModShop: AIDA64 takes the benchmark torch from Everest
- AIDA64 Extreme Edition 1.20.1150
- XP Tools Pro 9.8.23
- Nvidia Inspector 1.94
- Google Chrome 8.0.552.200
- Intel Network Adapter driver v15.7 for Windows 7, Vista, and XP
- Kindle for PC 1.3.0.30884
Gaming
- The NY Times: Video games and the First Amendment
- Joystiq: GameStop details a bright (profitable) future with DLC
- THQ’s Farrell: ‘Future of gaming‘ in mass-market retail prices, more DLC sales
- Goozer Nation: When DLC goes wrong
- Xbox co-founder: Why gaming should embrace impressionism
- Shacknews: Xbox Live November schedule adds Crazy
Taxi and Alan Wake, discounts Hasbro XBLA titles
and fan-made hack puts Super Mario Bros. 3 in new
Super Mario Bros. engine - Big Download: H.A.W.X. 2 for PC finally released via download
- Shacknews is reporting Gran Turismo 5 launches on November 24
- Joystiq reports Lego Star Wars 3: The Clone Wars deploys Feb. 15
- Shacknews Weekend Confirmed episode 34 (podcast)
- Rock, Paper, Shotgun: GSC explains The Stalker TV show
- TechSpot on the hottest PC games for the 2010 holiday season
- Shacknews on Call of Duty: Black Ops on PC
- Call of Duty: Black Ops PC online – Ars shares
its thoughts now that it works (after the patch) - YouGamers review Blood Bowl: Legendary Edition
- IObit Game Booster 2.0 Final
- Left 4 Dead 2 and Portal updates released on Steam
- Just Cause 2 – Chaos Parachute DLC now free on Steam
Systems and storage
- TweakTown: The return of the mini-ITX form factor—starring AMD
- TWL reviews Jetway Mini-Top Atom-based nettop PC
- PC Perspective reviews 13″ Asus U33JC Core i3 Bamboo notebook
- Engadget’s Asus Eee PC 1015PN review
- X-bit labs have CPU benchmark, part 1: Value processors
- Tweak.dk’s sneak peek at eight Gigabyte 6-series motherboards
- Legit Reviews has Asus Sabertooth X58 motherboard performance review
- PureOC reviews Asus Crosshair IV Extreme
- Benchmark Reviews on 4GB OCZ Blade ST DDR3 2000MHz low voltage kit
- Tech ARP reviews 64GB Kingston SSDNow V+ (gen 2)
- SPCR on electronic SSD noise and tinnitus
- X-bit labs have Asus TS Mini Home Server review
Multimedia and cooling
- Hardware Secrets updates AMD chips comparison table
- KitGuru and TweakTown review HIS HD 6870 Turbo 1GB
- OCC reviews XFX HD 6850 Black Edition
- Hexus.net reviews 23″ Asus VG236H 3D Vision monitor
- AnandTech on Netgear Roku XD: Streaming for the masses
- XSReviews on Thermaltake Challenger Pro gaming keyboard
- Guru3D reviews Gigabyte Aivia K8100 gaming keyboard
- VR-Zone’s 4-way CPU coolers roundup: Venom, Alaska, Yasya & Thermax II
- Overclockers.com reviews Thermalright Shaman VGA cooler