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Posted November 7, 2009

Saturday

Apple's Steve Jobs: CEO of the decade
TG Daily reports Apple plans iPhone lockdown
Louvre plays home to Apple's first French store
The Washington Times reports 14 more charged in insider trading
A charge hard to level at Intel: Raising prices
Nvidia: Fermi in Q1 2010
Hardware-Infos: Nvidia's CEO talks about Fermi (in German)
VR-Zone on the Nvidia-Lucid controversy
Google's obsession with Microsoft burns hotter
Fudzilla reports ARM plans multi-core CPU in 2013
Comcast slammed for non-existent throttling changes
Ars Technica reports HTTPS, SSL attack vector discovered; fix is on the way
Walmart, Amazon & Target in DVD price war
Sharky Extreme on weekly CPU prices
TechReviewSource's 2009 holiday gift guide
HotHardware and TechVi video podcast no. 2
The Register reports falling bread shuts down Large Hadron Collider

Software

DigiTimes reports PC demand did not grow significantly after Windows 7 launch, says PC vendors
Vista sold more PCs than Windows 7 did
Mark Russinovich: Inside Windows 7 redux
Ars Technica posts October 2009 OS stats: Windows 7 passes Snow Leopard, Linux
Ask the artist: How Windows 7's iconic home screen evolved
SuperSite's Windows Mobile 6.5 review part 1: The sky is falling
Firefox turns 5 years old on November 9th
[H]ard|OCP on Unigine Heaven benchmark with DX 11 tessellation
NGOHQ has AMD Catalyst 9.11 beta
SuperSite Blog reports Zune HD device firmware 4.3 is out
Twitter announces Retweet limited rollout
Security updates available for Adobe Shockwave Player
Nero 9 Lite released

Gaming

Shacknews reports id's Rage unlikely to use dedicated servers and Modern
Warfare 2 shunned by several digital distributors due to Steam 'trojan horse'
VentureBeat on how investigators tracked down a Modern Warfare 2 cyber pirate
GameSpot reports Call of Duty sequel confirmed for 2010
Expreview reports S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat screenshots emerge
Bethesda Blog: John Carmack on Doom Classic development, fan questions
Ars Technica's hands-on with Assassin's Creed 2
Shacknews has preview: Why Skate 3 isn't Skate 2 DLC
Atari 800 celebrates 30th anniversary
Shacknews reports Dragon Age: Origins patch 1.01 and Torchlight update 1.12 released
Dragon Age: Origins toolset
Left 4 Dead 2 demo update released
GameTrailers have Shattered Horizons trailer
Fraps 3.0.0 released
Steam client update released
TechFlash reports auction offers chance to spend a day with Microsoft's Xbox team

Systems, storage, and networking

HardwareZone reviews Acer Ferrari One netbook
Donanim Haber posts video: Road to 7GHz with AMD Phenom II (in Turkish)
Björn3D reviews Phenom II X4 965 (125W TDP)
AnandTech's P55 overclocking showdown: Asus, Gigabyte, and EVGA at the O.C. Corral
Phoronix reviews ECS P55H-A
Motherboards.org reviews Asus M4A785TD-V Evo
Legit Reviews on 2TB Seagate Barracuda XT SATA 6GB/s
TweakTown reviews 146GB Seagate Savvio 15K.2 SAS 2.0 2.5" HDD
Technic3D reviews 128GB Corsair Voyager GT (in German)
TestFreaks review 32GB SanDisk Extreme Pro CFC
ThinkComputers reviews Asus RT-N13U wireless router and print server

Multimedia, power, cases, and cooling

Fudzilla reports AMD's Radeon HD 5870 EyeFinity detailed
Motherboards.org on AMD Radeon HD 5850 CrossFire
Futurelooks reviews Diamond Multimedia Radeon HD 4890 1GB
Digital Trends reviews Apple Magic Mouse
XSReviews on Roccat Kova mouse
DriverHeaven reviews 500W Nesteq ASM XZero PSU
TestSeek Labs review Zalman ZM500-RS PSU
TestFreaks review PowerMat wireless charging unit
Guru3D and techPowerUp! review Corsair Obsidian 800D case
Rbmods on Nexus Edge case
TWL reviews NZXT Beta case
CowcotLand reviews Fractal Design R2 case (in French)
TweakTown reviews Xigmatek Bifrost VD1065 VGA cooler

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Last by Fighterpilot at 6:44 PM on 11/07/09

Posted November 6, 2009

Friday

Nvidia reports financial results for third quarter fiscal year 2010
NordicHardware reports Nvidia is hiring x86 engineers
Fudzilla reports Nvidia impresses people with Tegra 2
NGOHQ reports Nvidia mocks Intel with editorial cartoons
Google CEO: Hopefully, we won't repeat Microsoft's past mistakes
Ars Technica reports EU adopts "Internet freedom" provision on Internet
cut-offs and bill could kill ISP safe harbor in cases of financial fraud
Will 'three strikes' come to the United States?
U.S. regulators mull changes to phone access rules
DigiTimes reports TSMC clarifies reports on SMIC lawsuit
NordicHardware reports Eee keyboard delayed again, new screen and Wi-Fi
Verizon to sell HTC Android phone for $99.99
Antec preps Lanboy Air for CES (in French)
Hexus.net's Asus P55 motherboard giveaway
Futurelooks has 750W Ultra PSU tweetaway
Dealzon's deals: $356 off Dell Vostro 220 PC & 24" LCD, $270 off
13" Lenovo IdeaPad U350, and $150 off 24" ViewSonic LCD HDTV

Software

Windows 7 sales exceed Vista sales by 234%
DailyTech reports Sophos finds Windows 7 UAC fails to block 7 out of 10 pieces of malware
Microsoft security bulletin advance notification for November 2009
TechRadar UK: 12 common Windows 7 problems solved
SuperSite for Windows: Clean install Windows 7 with Upgrade media
Tech ARP on Windows 7 installation woes
New Mac OS X 10.6.2 build restores Atom support
Mac|Life: 50 common Mac problems solved
ATi-Forum: Catalyst 9.11 on 25th November (in German)
Linux graphics driver updates from AMD and Nvidia
Browser rivals to register official complaints about Microsoft's ballot screen proposal
Firefox 3.5.5 release notes
C|Net reports near-final Thunderbird 3 due next week
Inside the Unity web player
Google Dashboard gives you a bird's eye view of your cloud
Psystar's Rebel EFI software and customer service are shady
Zero-day flaw found in web encryption
Mark Russinovich: The machine SID duplication myth
Try SharePoint 2010
DPM 2007 hotfix package
Ad-Aware Game Edition

Gaming

Video games climbing the ladder of American pastimes
Shacknews reports Battlefield: Bad Company 2 beta details
surface - PS3 on November 19, PC in December
Blizzard targets "first half of 2010" for StarCraft II according to Activision CC
Dedicated servers and Rage - News you probably don't want to hear
id's Carmack says iPhone Fallout for Bethesda possible
Ars Technica on PC Modern Warfare 2: It's much worse than you thought
Shacknews: First Halo Reach screenshots, details leak?
Torchlight coming to retail stores in early January
Behind the quest for the ultimate Dungeons & Dragons machine
C|Net on Mac game: Art project or malware?
Ninjalane conducts PhysX performance tests
PC Luchs reviews Need for Speed Shift (in German)
Dragon Age: Origins update released
Steam's weekend deal - 50% off Mass Effect

Systems and storage

Digital Trends reviews Dell Adamo XPS
HotHardware reviews Toshiba Satellite T135 Win 7 CULV notebook
InsideHW reviews Lenovo IdeaPad U350
Legit Reviews on ASRock M3A785GXH/128M
PCShopTalk reviews 4GB Patriot Viper II Sector 5
PVV34G2000LLK dual channel memory kit
OCC reviews 4GB Kingston HyperX KHX1600C9D3K2/4G memory kit
PCStats reviews LiteOn iHAS424 dual-layer DVD writer
ProClockers review Synology DS209 Advance NAS

Multimedia

PC Perspective has AMD Vision program analysis for desktop and mobile
TweakTown on video card benchmarking: Goodbye Vista and XP, hello Windows 7
techPowerUp! reviews Sapphire Radeon HD 5750 1GB
Madshrimps review Leadtek WinFast GeForce GT 220 1GB
HardwareZone's hands-on with the Olympus E-P2
Digital Trends reviews Yamaha RX-V2065 A/V receiver
Benchmark Reviews on Eagle Arion ET-AR504LR-BK 2.1 soundstage speakers
HotHardware reviews Motorola Droid
TestFreaks review Pantech C790 Reveal

Power, cases, and cooling

Madshrimps review Cooler Master Lab Test Bench V1.0
Technic3D reviews 950W Sapphire Pure PSU (in German)
Hardware Secrets reviews SilverStone Grandia GD04 case
ThinkComputers reviews Chieftec BL-01B case
[OC]ModShop reviews nMedia wood HTPC 8000 case
Metku reviews Thermaltake Element Q Mini-ITX case
FrostyTech: Heatpipe wick structures exposed

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Last by Thanato at 5:21 PM on 11/06/09

Posted November 5, 2009

Thursday

SemiAccurate reports Nvidia crushes MSI's Lucid-based board
TG Daily reports AMD discovers several Fusion mantras, disses Larrabee
Expreview reports Intel denies promoting Larrabee to graphics card makers
2nd update: NY AG claims Dell got $6B via secret Intel pact
Ars Technica takes a close look at the new antitrust allegations against Intel
San Diego supercomputer to use Intel chips, SSDs
TC Magazine reports Lenovo to offer BIOS option to switch Fn / Ctrl keys
DailyTech reports motherboards supporting USB 3.0 & SATA 6Gbps now available
DigiTimes reports AMD GPU shortage causing PC vendors to delay products to 1Q10
Fudzilla reports Nvidia's GT 240 shows up in retail
and demand for GeForce GTX 260 cards still huge
Expreview reports PowerColor readies passively-cooled Radeon HD 5750
NordicHardware reports XFX Radeon HD 5970 Black Edition at the end of November
Gizmodo on Microsoft Courier's swipes, snips, and scribbles: The leaked interface
DigiTimes reports TSMC to demand $1 billion compensation from SMIC
LiveScience on what Bing does best
Microsoft CEO eyes Yahoo! partnership outside U.S
DailyTech reports Microsoft slashes more jobs
Comcast is simply getting huge
TG Daily reports former hp CEO Carly Fiorina to run for Senate
TorrentFreak reports Pirate Party gets second seat in European Parliament
Beatles remasters heading to USB
AnandTech's giveaway: Win a Lynnfield Core i7 system
Ars Technica's November Thanksgiving giveaway
Win a Zotac GTX 295 from Hexus.net
Win an 850W Ultra X4 PSU (separately) from Big Bruin and DriverHeaven
Dealzon's deals: $285 off 14" Asus laptop, $400 off 22" hp TouchSmart IQ500t
all-in-one, $40 off Dell Inspiron Mini 9n, and $30 off Garmin Oregon 400t GPS

Software

Natural user interface is the future of PC industry, says Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
Intel's James Reinders on parallelism: Part 1
The Register reports bug in latest Linux gives untrusted users root access
Ars Technica: New tool seeks to block rootkits by protecting their targets
C|Net posts FAQ: Buying the right Windows 7 upgrade
Windows Live Sync: Now on Snow Leopard
SuperSite's Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard part 2: Pricing
Microsoft says Windows 7 doing well so far
Supporting Exchange 2007 on Windows Server 2008 R2
TG Daily reports Parallels takes on VMware
Moblin v2.1 project release for netbook and nettops - It's here
KDE 4.3.3 release announcement
Java SE 6 update 17 release notes
VirtualBox 3.0.10 released
C|Net reports T-Mobile says software error behind outage
Apple's App Store hits six digits; how many apps do you need?

Gaming

Expreview reports first DirectCompute benchmark released
Gamasutra: Xbox 360 gamers defecting to PS3 for holiday sequels?
Bright Side of News on Batmangate: AMD vs. Nvidia vs. Eidos fight analyzed
Ars Technica reports Dragon Age launch fails: Some can't play, others no DLC
Fudzilla reports CoD: MW2 multiplayer on PC only supports 18 players
American McGee's blog: Return of Alice (video madness)
John Carmack talks 'Doom Classic,' 'Rage'-themed racing game
Left 4 Dead 2 TV spot #2 hits the airwaves
Shacknews reports Epic launches free Unreal development kit
Legit Reviews on Shattered Horizon
Welcome to the Torchlight mods database
Shacknews has Natural Selection 2 interview: The evolution of a mod
Steam news - Dragon Age: Origins available in mainland
Europe and Shattered Horizon now available
Absolute Minesweeper now available on the App Store
Win a copy of Shattered Horizon from Elite Bastards

Hardware

Legit Reviews has Chris Morley interview on Maingear's Shift PC
TG Daily: Notebook benchmarks fail to convey performance, price
TweakTown's ASRock Ion 330HT-BD nettop unboxing video
EOC, HotHardware, HT4U, PC Perspective and
PCStats review Phenom II X4 965 B.E. C3 revision
TWL reviews Athlon II X3 435
Neoseeker reviews MSI NF980-G65
Hardware Canucks review 2TB Western Digital Caviar Black
AMD Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity Edition previewed
TweakTown reviews HIS HD 5850 1GB
Neoseeker reviews Sapphire Radeon HD 5770
ThinkComputers reviews Sparkle GeForce GTX 260 Plus 1792MB
Björn3D reviews Gigabyte GeForce GT 220
Hardware Secrets: Can we trust the 80 Plus certification?
PureOC reviews 1250W Enermax Galaxy Evo PSU
[H]ard|OCP reviews 1000W Kingwin LZ-1000 PSU

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Last by OneArmedScissor at 9:48 PM on 11/05/09

Posted November 4, 2009

Wednesday

Ars Technica: Are new rumors of an Nvidia x86 CPU plausible?
DigiTimes reports AMD readies 2 desktop platforms for May 2010
Fudzilla reports Nanya predicts DRAM boom
Bing U.S. market share stabilizes but Yahoo! continues to fall
Yahoo teams with OneRiot on real-time search
Microsoft to set up cloud research center in Taiwan
C|Net reports T-Mobile experiencing widespread outage
and Sony Ericsson details its first Android phone
Canalys Q3 2009: iPhone, RIM taking over smartphone market (thanks jdaven)
Ars Technica reports blacksn0w unlocks 3.1.2; Apple looks to curtail jailbreaking
AT&T sues Verizon over 3G ads
TechCrunch reports Swedish government promises superfast broadband to all
Cable uncapper faces criminal charges
Digital Trends on augmented reality
Will 'The Terminator' be back? Sci-fi franchise could sell for $200 million
Dealzon's deals: $400 off 18" hp dv8t w/ Blu-ray & HDMI out, $113 off 26" LG LCD TV,
$590 off 12" Lenovo Elite ThinkPad X200, and $20 off 640GB Seagate external HD

Software

'Fix It' released for Windows 7 upgrade problem
80% of viruses love Windows 7
Microsoft: State of the security union is good
Ars Technica has October 2009 browser stats: Firefox finally passes IE 6
AnandTech on choosing the right foundation: Which hypervisor do you evaluate?
Phoronix reports AMD's UVD2-based XvBA finally does something on Linux
TweakPC has Windows 7 tuning and tips - Update (in German)
HT4U's workaround to get RivaTuner to work with Radeon HD 5000 cards (in German)
Ars Technica's hands-on with Firefox 3.6 beta
Microsoft Systems Center Essentials 2010 beta

Gaming

Official: Futuremark working hard on DirectX 11 benchmark
Kotaku: Xbox 360 with $100 card for $200 this weekend?
Fudzilla reports Xbox Live Rewards pilot starts
TF2 blog: Left 4 Dead 2 pre-order giveaway madness
BioWare's Mark Darrah talks about Dragon Age: Origins
Shacknews reports Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter for PC has gone gold
Hexus.net: AMD and Nvidia in Batman Arkham Asylum AA fiasco - Who's telling the truth?
PCGH has Dragon Age: Origins CPU benchmarks - 75% boost for quad-cores
Trinity engine with DirectX 11: That's what future RPGs and strategy titles might look like
Development on Doom Classic as written by id's John Carmack
How to run Quake III and HD videos on a netbook
Ars Technica reviews GTA IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony
The latest on Battlefield 2142 patch
Torchlight's current fix status
Darkest of Days "Instant Action" patch & level tools released
FileFront has Dragon Age: Origins This is War trailer

Systems and storage

HardwareZone reviews Gigabyte M1022 booktop and Sony Vaio X
TechReviewSource on Lenovo ThinkPad SL510
AMDZone, BmR, FiringSquad, Guru3D, LostCircuits, Neoseeker,
OCC, and PureOC review Phenom II X4 P965 BE C3 revision
Neoseeker: Nitrogen adventures with AMD TWKR
techPowerUp! reviews Athlon II X3 425
Madshrimps have Gigabyte P55-UD3P overclocking test
Bright Side of News reviews Asus P7P55D Deluxe
HardwareOC reviews ECS P55H-A (in German)
TweakTown reviews 600GB Seagate Cheetah 15K.7 SAS 2.0 6Gb/s hard disk
Motherboards.org reviews 128GB Patriot Torqx SSD
Velocity Reviews on 32GB Corsair Flash Survivor USB drive
TestFreaks review QNAP TS-219P Turbo NAS

Multimedia

LegionHardware's Radeon HD 5750 overclocking guide
Big Bruin's Sapphire Radeon HD 5750 and 5850 CrossFire testing
Motherboards.org reviews Sapphire Radeon HD 5750 Vapor-X
Digital Trends reviews Canon PowerShot S90
MissingRemote has GlideTV Navigator review and videos
CowcotLand reviews SteelSeries Siberia V2 gaming headset (in French)
Digital Trends reviews HTC Imagio
Hardware Canucks review Cooler Master Storm Sentinel Advance gaming mouse
I4U reviews Thrustmaster Ferrari wireless gamepad 430 Scuderia

Power, casing, and cooling

Björn3D reviews 1250W Sapphire Pure PSU
DriverHeaven reviews Corsair TX950W PSU
InsideHW reviews Cooler Master SNA 95 universal notebook power adapter
Hardware Secrets and [OC]ModShop review NZXT Gamma case
BCCHardware on NZXT Lexa S case
TweakTown reviews Antec Mini Skeleton-90 open air Mini-ITX case
TWL on AXUS FiT 500 RAID box
Tweaknews reviews Kingwin F-35 external hard drive enclosure
Rbmods on Zalman CNPS10X Extreme
FrostyTech reviews Thermolab BADA heatsink
DeXgo reviews Xigmatek Bifrost VD1065 (in German)

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Last by Krogoth at 4:01 PM on 11/04/09

Posted November 3, 2009

Tuesday

Nvidia CEO: We don't make money cannon like Intel
Comcast, NBC deal almost complete
DailyTech reports speech is the next touch according to Microsoft
DigiTimes reports Intel CEO promotes Larrabee privately during China visit
NordicHardware reports hexa-core Thuban debuts at 2.8GHz
PC World reports Acer hints at faster Intel CULV chips in Q1
NordicHardware reports dual-core Cortex A9 in mobile phones next year
Fudzilla has Nvidia GeForce GT 240 spec'd
and Nvidia to launch new switchable graphics
ATi-Forum: Availability of the HD 5800 and HD 5700
series not better until the end of November (in German)
Expreview reports Elsa readies GeForce 210 with PCIe x1 interface
[H]ard|OCP: Fermi working samples for CES?
3D TV - without the glasses (w/ video)
C|Net reports Barnes & Noble hit with suit over Nook (eBook reader)
VR-Zone reports Icy Dock announces 2.5" to 3.5" SATA & SSD HDD converter
Asus ROG OC Showdown at Dreamhack Winter 2009
C|Net: Inside one of the world's largest data centers
U.S. pandemic options include crippling home modems
DailyTech reports filesharers are the biggest legitimate buyers of music, study says
Best Buy plans movie download service with Sonic
Microsoft refreshes Bing for touch phone users
TechFlash's preview: Futuristic demos from Microsoft's 2009 college tour
Nvidia Ion netbook contest
JonnyGuru's Thermaltake XT PSU giveaway
BCCHardware's 850W Ultra X4 PSU giveaway

Software

Hackintosh netbook users take note: Snow Leopard
10.6.2 update kills support for Atom processor
TG Daily: Why Apple should license Windows 7
Neowin reports Windows 7 SP1 details begin to surface
Identity of the Windows 7 upgrade "hack" revealed and more
Windows 7 upgrade scenarios: SuperSite on upgrading
from the Windows 7 RC to the final version
Microsoft TechNet magazine - October 2009
Microsoft chops prices of its hosted enterprise cloud offerings
TG Daily reports Karmic Koala displays bad karma
Microsoft report reveals resurgence of worms; rogue security software still top threat
C|Net reports Google Chrome 4.0 graduates to beta status
Microsoft: Update released for MS09-054 (IE update)
Symantec's tool to decrypt encrypted Trojan
Microsoft's hardware-assisted virtualization detection tool
Download ten free Windows 7 chapters

Gaming

Gamasutra on Valve's writers and the creative process
Kotaku on 10 years of Asheron's Call
Joystiq reports WoW 'rejected' in China, government at odds with itself over decision
PCGH on Borderlands: High quality shots with 4x SGSSAA
Gaming Heaven, IGN UK, and Joystiq review Dragon Age: Origins
FiringSquad reviews Shattered Horizon
Diablo for loners: Ars Technica on the story behind indie-hit Torchlight
[H]ard|OCP's Resident Evil 5 gameplay performance and IQ
Shacknews has Natural Selection 2 interview: The evolution of a mod
and first Prince of Persia movie trailer debuts
FileFront has Dawn of War II Chaos Rising trailer
Shacknews has Left 4 Dead 'Dead Before Dawn' campaign public beta v1.0
Team Fortress 2 update released
VE3D reports official Modern Warfare 2 guide available 11/9

Systems and storage

HotHardware's Case In Point: Navigating the upgrade minefield
I4U and TweakTown review Asus G51VX gaming notebook
Björn3D, OC3D, and XtremeComputing review Athlon II X4 620
TWL on Athlon II X2 240e
SATA 6G implementation preview - Ironing out the creases
[H]ard|OCP reviews Asus M4A785TD-V Evo
iXBT Labs review MSI 785GM-E65
iGadgetLife on recovering 5GB of hard drive space in Intel Macs running Leopard
Neoseeker reviews 2TB Seagate Barracuda XT
Madshrimps: SSD + full disk encryption = slow / slower as HDD

Multimedia and cases

ATi-Forum, BmR, Elite Bastards, Hardware Canucks, Hi Tech Legion, Legit Reviews,
OCC, and PureOC review Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X
TweakPC has AMD Radeon HD 5970 performance preview with benchmarks (in German)
Legit Reviews on Western Digital WD TV Live HD
PC Perspective reviews Asus HDAV 1.3 Slim
Ars Technica reviews Apple's Magic Mouse
Digital Trends reviews Motorola Droid
LanOC Reviews on Antec Two Hundred case
VR-Zone reviews Lancool PC-K62 case

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Last by Arag0n at 5:38 AM on 11/04/09

Posted November 2, 2009

Monday

VR-Zone: AMD's latest roadmap unveiled - entire platforms till 2011
and Samsung to collaborate with Microsoft to push Green IT
DigiTimes reports AMD updates CPU schedules and
ECS reportedly looking for talent to help depleted notebook team
The Inquisitr: Asus USB 3.0 motherboards can transfer four movies in 15 seconds
Engadget: Is this a next generation ThinkPad, or the cruelest
Photoshop ThinkPad fans have ever witnessed?
Hardware-Infos on N. Islands – The next Radeon generation
Microsoft's many multitouch mice
C|Net on why Google doesn't like its phone bill
Ars Technica: Did Congress really give the FCC power to protect the 'Net?
Hit streaming service Spotify eyes U.S. music fans
Seinfeld curbs enthusiasm for Microsoft, goes back to Mac
Gizmodo: Eating the Windows 7 hamburger (video)
Björn3D's 850W Ultra X4 Thanksgiving contest
Hi Tech Legion's holiday giveaway
ThinkComputers new layout contest / giveaway

Software

PC World spends three minutes with Microsoft's security guru and
unfinished Windows 7 feature turns laptops into Wi-Fi hotspots
Regardless of what any hack says, a Windows 7 upgrade is an upgrade. What you need to know.
SuperSite on upgrading a netbook from Windows XP to Windows 7
Exchange Server 2010 launch slides on SlideShare
Advance notification of security updates for Java SE
Engadget reports RIM posts job listing for 'WebKit
Developer,' gets one step closer to a real browser
Confused about Google Wave? Now you can read the manual.
HWiNFO32 v3.25 released
SIW 2009-10-22
VLC 1.0.3 released

Gaming

Fudzilla reports Xbox Live Halloween surprise delivered
and Sony claims exec was misquoted
Engadget reports 250GB PS3 spotted in Best Buy backroom, making trouble
Shacknews on video games to be released this week
DailyTech reports horror games rack up record sales
No demo for Assassin's Creed II
Ars Technica reviews Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
GamesRadar has fun projects for your NES
Gaming Heaven reviews Cities XL (PC)
Steam's weekend deal: 40% off Call of Duty: Modern Warfare GOTY Edition

Systems and storage

Neatorama - Alphabet of computing
HardwareZone on the Power of 3 - Investigating the trinity
AppleInsider's first look: Apple's 27" big screen iMac
InsideHW reviews Acer Aspire 7738 notebook
LostCircuits on Phenom II X4 965 BE C3 revision
Tech ARP's BIOS option of the week: Compatible FPU OPCODE
OCC reviews Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3R
Little, big, and green: Ars Technica's biography of the solid-state disk
TechReviewSource on 320GB LaCie Starck Mobile external hard drive
TweakTown reviews QNAP TS-419P 4-bay NAS

Multimedia, power, cases & cooling

Overclocker Café reviews HIS HD 5870
OC3D reviews Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 CrossFireX
PureOC reviews Sapphire Radeon HD 5750
Ultimate Hardware reviews Gigabyte Radeon HD 5750
Hardware Canucks review Samsung UN55B7100 55” 120Hz LED HDTV
TUAW's Magic Mouse unboxing video: Man vs. Tape
Legit Reviews on VidaBox wireless HTPC media keyboard with laser trackball
Guru3D reviews 850W Enermax Revolution 85+ PSU
TweakPC reviews SilverStone Raven 2 case (in German)
CowcotLand reviews Antec P193 case (in French)
DeXgo reviews Arctic Cooling Accelero L2 Pro (in German)

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Last by loophole at 7:52 PM on 11/02/09

Posted November 1, 2009

Sunday

Newsweek: The Lost Decade - Why Steve Ballmer is no Bill Gates
Garmin, TomTom stocks tank due to Android
NordicHardware reports MSI shows how to unlock Phenom cores
Fudzilla reports MSI won't do USB 3.0 / SATA 6.0 Gbps
The Register reports Wintel 7 machines freeze out iPhone
A-Data introduces industry's fastest SSD
NordicHardware reports mobile DirectX 11 chips from AMD launch January 2010
TechRadar UK: Why computers suck at maths
The three phases of owning a computer - The Oatmeal
Engadget reports new Sony Ericsson Rachael UI video hits, still looks nothing like Android
PreCentral: Pixi to ship with webOS 1.2.9 or webOS 1.3?
New rechargable zinc-air batteries coming soon
Download Squad's first look at Epix Internet movie channel
Hulu not switching to a pay site
Engadget podcast 169
Engadget HD podcast 161
Planet hunt delayed

Software

Users should delay Windows 7 upgrade, support firm warns
PC Pro on the crapware con
Are you ready for Snow Leopard? SnowChecker can tell you
TUAW reports beta version of Firefox 3.6 for Mac now available
Palm grabs AMD's Linux graphics engineer, puts him to work on webOS
InfoWord on Android 2.0: The iPhone killer at last?
Engadget reports Android 2.0 ported over to original T-Mobile G1 (video)
After one year, Conficker infects 7 million computers
VMware Workstation 7 (30-day trial)
Trillian for Windows 4.1 public beta
Opera 10.01 for Windows changelog and post-seminar Unite build
Wubi 9.10 (Ubuntu installer for Windows users)

Gaming

Nintendo president: 'The Wii has stalled'
Shacknews reports Doom classic arrives on iPhone
Rocksteady hints at Batman sequel
Valve: Left 4 Dead 2 demo did not reveal DLC names
Left 4 Dead 2 demo update released
[OC]ModShop shares Left 4 Dead 2 demo impressions
Legit Reviews on Unigine 'Heaven' - The first DirectX 11 benchmark
PCGH runs old games in maximum quality on Radeon HD
5870 part 3: WoW, Jedi Academy, Prey, and Painkiller
Gamers: Dream your way to a better score?

Hardware

SlashGear: Nvidia Ion LE DirectX 10 hack suggests purposefully crippled features
OC3D reviews Asus PCIe Gen2 SATA 6G expansion card
LanOC Reviews has Seagate Cheetah NS.2 and Cheetah 15K.7 tested
Phoronix has 2009 Linux graphics survey
TweakTown SparkLAN CAS-673W wireless IP camera
DriverHeaven on Apple's Magic Mouse on Windows 7 and OS X
Engadget reviews Motorola Droid
Gizmodo on the xpPhone: A first look at its touchscreen interface
iGadget Life reviews iPhone 3GS / 3G dock and external battery pack
Rbmods on 500W Spire Blackmoon Series PSU
Technic3D reviews be quiet! TFX-300W PSU (in German)
DeXgo reviews Phobya G-Changer 360 radiator (in German)
XtremeComputing reviews OCZ XTC Cooler Rev. 2 memory cooler

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Last by Asbestos at 5:13 PM on 11/01/09

Posted October 31, 2009

Halloween

C|Net reports executive charged in Galleon case leaves IBM
Ars Technica reports House, Senate get separate bills to kill net neutrality
FCC economist: Congestion pricing could mean efficient network operation
DigiTimes reports Acer ready to join price competition, says chairman
DailyTech reports OLED prices to be lower than LCD in 2016
Ad man behind '1984,' 'Think Different,' and 'I'm a Mac' stepping down
[H]ard|OCP: AMD clarifies driver support on DX9 only hardware in Win7
C|Net reports new Apple iMacs plagued by choppy Flash video playback?
Fudzilla reports many Phenom II X4 CPUs to be discontinued
and two Intel H55 boards leaked
The Consumerist reports Microsoft Stores to sell bloatware-free PCs
Expreview reports China successfully developed "Milky Way One" supercomputer
VR-Zone reports Silicon Power announces 16GB SDHC class 10
and photo-realistic images rendered by Fermi
Fudzilla reports Nvidia's GeForce GT 240 launches November 17th
Donanim Haber reports EVGA and Nvidia announce GeForce GTX 275 CO-OP PhysX (in Turkish)
ATi-Forum reports HD 5800 series and HD 5700 series not yet at full performance (in German)
Ars Technica reports Apple tablet may be more focused on video than print
Creative joins the eBook market
VR-Zone reports HTC launches Tattoo and new 'Quietly Brilliant' branding
The Pirate Bay founders banned from running the site

Software

Upgrade stops responding (hangs) at 62% when you upgrade to Windows 7
Now available: Secuirty baselines for Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8
Microsoft haunted by Windows 7 upgrade issue
Let's kill the OS upgrade disc
Study: Win 7 is lean, but many Windows 7 laptops are badly bloated
C|Net reports Mozilla releases first beta of Firefox 3.6
Technology Review on software that fixes itself
Ars Technica reports Microsoft Office Accounting dies on November 16, 2009
SuperSite for Windows on Apple TV 3.0
Fudzilla reports Nvidia ForceWare 195.39 beta released, supports OpenCL 1.0
Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3
Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2 eBook available for free (direct download)

Gaming

AMD: "Nvidia is somewhat abandoning the gaming market"
Nokia to close gaming service N-Gage
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves celebrates Halloween
with a title update and a Double Cash Weekend
Shacknews reports Borderlands gets patched on consoles
God of War III demo is go
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Limited Edition unveil
PC Perspective on Left 4 Dead 2 demo: AMD and Nvidia graphics performance
Gaming Heaven reviews Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony (Xbox 360)
Website du jour: BioShock 2
Steam client update released

Systems and storage

VR-Zone reviews Lenovo ThinkPad T400s
I4U reviews Asus Eee 1101HA netbook
iXBT Labs review Athlon II X3 425 & 435
[H]ard|OCP reviews Asus Crosshair III Formula
Hardware Secrets on MSI P55-GD80
HotHardware reviews Asus Maximus II Gene
Expreview's Micro-ATX X58 motherboards roundup
ProClockers review 6GB OCZ DDR3 PC3-15000 Platinum triple channel kit
Guru3D reviews 60GB OCZ Agility EX SSD
TWL reviews SanDisk UltraBackup USB drive

Multimedia

InsideHW reviews LG W2486L
TestFreaks on Spyder3Express monitor color calibration device
Ars Technica reviews AX 720 headphones
HardwareZone reviews Sony Ericsson Satio & Samsung Pixon12
DriverHeaven reviews Sharkoon FireGlider laser gaming mouse
CowcotLand reviews Enermax Micro Aurora wireless keyboard (in French)

Power, casing, and cooling

Futurelooks reviews 1050W Ultra X4 PSU
Hardware Secrets reviews 750W Asus U-75HA PSU
bit-tech's first look at Seasonic's X-series power supplies
Björn3D reviews In Win Maelstrom case
bit-tech reviews NZXT Beta case
Legit Reviews on nMediaPC HTPC 8000 wooden HTPC case
OverclockersHQ reviews Sunbeam Airbox 3.5” eSATA / USB external enclosure
TweakTown reviews Xigmatek Balder SD1283 HDT CPU cooler

17 comments —
Last by NeronetFi at 7:08 AM on 11/02/09

Posted October 30, 2009

Friday

C|Net: Hints of missed chance to pursue Galleon case
DigiTimes reports TSMC 40nm yield issues resurface, CEO promises fix by year-end
Sprint continues to lose money, customers
RealNetworks back in the black, eyes Google tie-up
The Register reports Yahoo! / Microsoft deal delayed
Is it time for Microsoft to Ask?
Microsoft's lawyers will be busy in the next few months
1,000-plus people crowd new Microsoft Store
Phoronix reports AMD loses its Linux core engineering manager
The case against the FCC's Net neutrality plan
Engadget reports Asus' Android-based 'secret weapon' smartbook launching in Q1
and 27" iMacs having performance issues?
The Register reports Intel aims 30W Nehalem at 'microservers'
New online resourece: Intel's embedded chip roadmap
Recordings from Nvidia's GPU Technology Conference are available
Engadget reports Motorola Droid user guide unearthed in its entirety
and workaround for HTC Hero battery life issues discovered
Apple dumps Windows handhelds
PC Perspective podcast #80
Dealzon's deals: $259 off 13" Lenovo IdeaPad U350, $65 off 10" Samsung
NP-N130 netbook, $45 off Buffalo Nfinity b/g/n WiFi router, and $100 off
47" Philips 1080p LCD TV

Software

Windows 7: The next generation of customer support
Ars Technica reports Microsoft readying test systems for Windows 8 development
SuperSite on Windows 7 upgrade scenarios: Upgrade
from 32-bit Windows Vista / XP to 64-bit Windows 7
Update for Windows 7
Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Edition
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition x64 (Full Install) VHD
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition x64 (Core Install) VHD
Description of the Remote Desktop Connection 7.0 client update
for RDS for Windows XP SP3, Vista SP1 & SP2
Microsoft Office Accounting 2009 Service Pack 2
Free e-book: Windows 7 troubleshooting tips
TUAW reports Apple seeds new Snow Leopard 10.6.2 beta to developers
Engadget reports iTunes goes 9.0.2: Adds support for Apple TV 3.0, kills Pre sync
and Apple TV 3.0 software update is out, with iTunes Extras, LP & Genius in tow

Gaming

DailyTech reports Nintendo profits plummet on lower Wii sales
Netflix streaming coming to Wii
Insomniac Games' Mike Acton: How much does frame rate matter?
Shacknews reports Team Fortress 2 'Pumpkin Patch' update released
Ars Technica on the Left 4 Dead 2 demo
FiringSquad reviews Borderlands
Ars Technica on Modern Warfare 2: The case for the dedicated server
Killing Floor update released
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 40% off on Steam

Systems and storage

TweakTown: Athlon II X4 630 extreme overclocking with LN2 by Deanzo
techPowerUp! reviews Sempron 140
PC Perspective's USB 3.0 and SATA 6G performance preview - Asus brings the goods
PCStats has a first look at USB 3.0 with the Asus U3S6
iXBT Labs review Asus P7P55D Deluxe, Evo motherboards
AnandTech's 2TB Seagate Barracuda XT SATA 6Gb/s performance preview
TweakTown reviews Seagate FreeAgent Go Dock+ portable HDD docking station
TestFreaks review 40GB Kingston SSDNow V Series boot drive

Multimedia, power, cases, and cooling

PureOC reviews Samsung SyncMaster XL2370 monitor
Tweaknews reviews Samsung UN55B8000 55" TV
I4U reviews Cooler Master Storm Sentinel Advanced gaming mouse
Rbmods on Logitech G27 racing wheel
OCC reviews 1250W Sapphire Pure PSU
Tweaknews reviews Antec Skeleton open air case
Hardware Secrets reviews Thermaltake Element V case
Overclockers Online reviews NZXT M59 case
Metku on SilverStone Grandia Series GD04 HTPC case
TestSeek Labs review Zalman ZM-MFC3 fan controller
Legit Reviews on Cogage True Spirit LGA 1366 CPU cooler

24 comments —
Last by Meadows at 1:32 AM on 10/31/09

Posted October 29, 2009

Thursday

Bright Side of News: AMD to increase Radeon HD 5800 prices?
C|Net reports Motorola sees small third-quarter profit
Yahoo's Bartz: We 'somehow got boring'
VR-Zone attends Asus Power Users' Seminar
and rumor: AMD to cut jobs in Q1
DigiTimes reports Asus expects BRIC (Brazil, Russia,
India & China) to boost its PC shipments in 2010
Expreview reports Nvidia scientist promises ExaScale Machine in 2017
NordicHardware reports AMD presents Vision, Vision Black for cutting edge gaming
Apple's new 27" iMac is 'stunning'
VR-Zone reports new MSI CR610 laptop comes with AMD Athlon II dual-core CPU and Windows 7
bit-tech reports Intel Core i7-930 arriving Q1 2010
Fudzilla reports AMD 6-core desktop (Thuban) is Q2 2010
C|Net reports quad-core chip makes sense for Apple laptop
Expreview reports MSI Big Bang Trinergy motherboards pixellized
NordicHardware reports ASRock launches affordable Core i5 platform - P55DE3
Fudzilla reports Atom D510, D410 ITX boards spec'd, priced
NordicHardware reports HighPoint launches PCIe SATA 6Gbps expansion cards
Fudzilla reports Nvidia Fermi GF100 to launch by early December
Hemlock is here (Radeon HD 5970)
Expreview reports PowerColor’s first watercooled Radeon HD 5870 looks pretty
Gizmodo on LG's 15" transparent AMOLED display concept
Motorola's Droid has Google navigation features
Google Voice call blocking limited, company says
Google launches music search with Lala and iLike
Ars Technica: After net neutrality, will we need "Google neutrality?"
TechFlash tours Google's new Kirkland campus
Google's Eric Schmidt on what the web will look like in 5 years
Win a 32GB iPod touch by taking the Hexus.net audio survey
Dealzon's deals: $671 off 12" Lenovo ThinkPad X200 CULV tablet,
$30 off 15.4" Acer laptop, $30 off 10" MSI U100 LED netbook,
and $490 off 46" Samsung LCD TV

Software

SuperSite for windows has Windows 7 upgrade scenarios: A new how-to series
Microsoft's Windows 7 challenge: Selling Live services (without being sued)
HardwareZone posts Windows 7 video guides
Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop Edition puts the user at the heart of its new design
Phoronix on running Ubuntu 9.10 with older PC hardware
Gizmodo reports Apple software update enables support for Magic Mouse
AVG Free 9.0 released and all AVG 8.5 products will expire (thanks p645n)
SeaMonkey 2.0 released
Windows 7 dominoes (video)

Gaming

DirectX 11 released for Windows Vista
Fudzilla reports AMD dumps DirectX 9 card support under Windows 7
NGOHQ on Unigine Heaven performance scaling
Fudzilla reports Xbox 360 gets update ahead of new features
Nintendo to launch larger-screen DS for $222
Shacknews reports Left 4 Dead 2 PC demo released
District 9 forged together with God of War III
Leaked video game footage shows terrorist attack
GameTrailers have BioShock 2 Capture the Sister trailer
Diablo-Source's exclusive interview with Diablo III's Julian Love
Ars Technica on games you can't play: The early copies of Borderlands
and DJ Hero review
Serious Sam: The First Encounter to be released on Steam
Steam client update released and
enhanced security for your Steam account

Systems and storage

HotHardware reviews Alienware Aurora ALX gaming system
PureOC reviews iBuyPower Paladin XLC V2 gaming system
DriverHeaven reviews Cryo Nano SFF PC
SPCR on Lenovo IdeaCentre Q100 nettop
InsideHW reviews Asus K50IN notebook
PCStats reviews Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3R
TweakTown reviews 2TB Seagate Barracuda XT SATA 6Gb/s hard drive
Futurelooks reviews 40GB Kingston SSDNow V Series boot drive
TWL reviews SanDisk Extreme Pro CFC

Multimedia

[H]ard|OCP reviews Asus EAH5870
LostCircuits on Asus EAH5850 overclocking
TweakTown tests HIS HD 5770 1GB in CrossFire
Ultimate Hardware reviews Sapphire Radeon HD 5770
Hardware Canucks review Gigabyte GeForce GTX 275 1792MB Super Overclock
Legit Reviews on Gigabyte GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Super Overclock
BCCHardware reviews 50" Samsung 1080p plasma TV
DriverHeaven reviews SteelSeries Siberia in-ear headphones
Brighthand's Motorola Droid for Verizon first impressions
TestFreaks on how stuff works: GPS receivers

Power, casing, and cooling

Big Bruin reviews BFG Tech EX-1000 PSU
PCShopTalk reviews 1000W Nexus RX-1K 80+ PSU
Björn3D and OCC review Lexa S chassis
techPowerUp! reviews Lian Li PC-V351R case
Ninjalane reviews SilverStone RV02 Raven 2 case
TWL on Azza Solano case
X-bit labs review ioSafe Solo
OCC reviews Antec Easy SATA hard drive enclosure
SPCR on ZEROtherm Nirvana CPU cooler
X-bit labs review Thermaltake Thermaltake ISGC-300 & ISGC-400 and Asus coolers
Hardware Secrets reviews Cooler Master Hyper TX3 CPU cooler

27 comments —
Last by PhilipMcc at 6:43 PM on 10/30/09

Posted October 28, 2009

Wednesday

U.S. disk drive probe hits Japanese tech giants (more from Reuters)
The RIAA likes net neutrality
Comcast still fighting FCC throttling sanction
Microsoft announces the "New Efficiency" in high tech and electronics
MSN Direct Service announcement
Say hello to the new MSN butterfly
Bredolab (trojan) masked as Facebook password reset confirmation
TUAW reports Apple posts DIY info for new Mac memory installation
DailyTech reports Lenovo unveils new notebooks and desktops
The Register reports Asus opens curtain on desktop 'supercomputer'
TechFlash reports Microsoft's 'Signature PCs' show its vision of computing perfection
and Barnes & Noble to sell two Kindle rivals, Que and Nook, in stores
Fudzilla reports Blu-ray players may sell as low as $49 on Black Friday
iPods from the future: 5 amazing iPod concepts
C|Net reports Microsoft, MySpace in talks about music
tie-up and the tech behind U2's record-smashing tour
HotHardware's video podcast
BCCHardware podcast #14
TechSpot's giveaway: Win an Acer Aspire One 11.6" netbook
Win an Asus HD 4870 X2 TOP from DriverHeaven
Dealzon's deals: $130 off Asus Eee PC 1008HA, $60 off 22" LG LCD monitor,
$20 off 60GB OCZ Vertex SSD, and $249 off 32" Panasonic LCD TV w/ iPod dock

Software

Description of the platform updates to Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista
Finally, some answers to Windows 7 upgrade questions
WindowsITPro reports flawed student version of Windows 7 now fixed
NGOHQ reports Toshiba screws Windows 7 Upgrade Program in EMEA
Microsoft makes final version of Windows compatibility toolset available
Microsoft's SharePoint: The team that makes the donut(s)
Why is Microsoft opening up its Outlook file format now?
Ars Technica reports Psystar's $50 hackintosh tool not all it's cracked up to be
C|Net reports Firefox gains 30 million users in eight weeks
Betanews reports public Firefox 3.6 beta now expected Wednesday, 3.5.4 Tuesday
Firefox 3.5.4 release notes
Phoronix Test Suite 2.2 enters beta
C|Net reports Google releases Android 2.0 SDK and
US-CERT warns about free BlackBerry spyware app
TUAW reports Apple's App Store unofficially breaks 100,000 approved apps

Gaming

Left 4 Dead 2 demo: 360 out now, PC coming Wednesday
Latest Modern Warfare 2 video
World of Warcraft race change FAQ
Friendly reminder from WoW.com: Convert to Battle.net now
Company of Heroes patch 2.601 download
1UP reports Borderlands online play suffering from bugs
Assassin's Creed - Lineage (Part 1)
Gaming Heaven reviews DJ Hero (PS3 & Xbox 360)
Download Squad reports Valve's Steam now has Windows 7 support
Steam client update released
Midweek madness at Steam - 50% off The Witcher

Systems and storage

Ars system guide: October 2009 Edition
bit-tech reviews Alienware M17x gaming laptop
TechSpot reviews Averatec N3400 13.3" notebook
CowcotLand reviews Compaq Mini 311c netbook (in French)
X-bit labs on LGA 1156 platform and DDR3 memory
PC Perspective reviews Intel DP55KG
Guru3D reviews EVGA P55 Classified 200
t-break reviews ECS P55H-A
PCShopTalk reviews 4GB Mushkin 996659es ES3-12800 memory kit
Björn3D reviews 4GB OCZ Platinum 1866MHz memory kit
InsideHW reviews 2TB Western Digital Caviar Black
HotHardware's Fusion-io ioXtreme SSD sneak peek
TweakTown reviews 120GB OCZ Agility SSD
Big Bruin reviews 250GB Buffalo MiniStation Metro USB drive

Multimedia

Neoseeker reviews XFX Radeon HD 5870
HardwareZone reviews AMD Radeon HD 5850
OCC reviews XFX Radeon HD 5850
BmR on XFX Radeon HD 5770
LanOC's 200th review - Sparkle Calibre X265
techPowerUp! reviews A.C.Ryan PlayOn! DVR TV
Legit Reviews on Plantronics Discovery 975 Bluetooth headset
TestSeek Labs review Ozone Smog gaming mouse
Björn3D reviews Cooler Master Storm mouse pad
TweakTown reviews NOVINT Falcon 3D force feedback gaming controller
I4U reviews Rocketfish Rapid Fire wireless controller for PS3

Power, casing, and cooling

PureOC reviews 1200W Xigmatek NRP-HC1201 PSU
OC3D reviews Enermax Staray case
TWL on Antec P193 case
ThinkComputers reviews In Win Maelstrom case
ProClockers on Lian Li PC-A71F case
XSReviews on Thermaltake Element G case
OCC reviews Antec Mini Skeleton case
ProClockers on Coolmax CN390 NAS enclosure
TweakTown reviews NZXT Sentry 2 LCD fan controller
LanOC Reviews on Thermalright T-Rad2 VGA cooler

9 comments —
Last by =assassin= at 5:22 PM on 10/28/09

Posted October 27, 2009

Tuesday

Fudzilla reports Core i5 duals to launch January 3rd
and no sign of January Core 2 price cuts
and AMD prepares 12W mobile dual-core
PC World reports Tilera targets Intel, AMD with 100-core processor
New Apple MacBook Pro revealed by OS X update
Engadget reports new iMac doesn't play nice with Apple's Mini DisplayPort-to-DVI adapter
Fudzilla reports netbook with Atom N470 can have 2GB memory
Asus teams with Nvidia on 1.1 teraflop supercomputer
Sony optical drives probed by anti-trust watchdog
The Register reports Adaptec fighting World War II
Expreview has Sapphire Radeon HD 5750 Vapor-X pictured
Engadget reports Vuzix Wrap 310 video eyewear ships out to virtual big-screen lovers
Ready or not, the latest 3D technology is coming home
Engadget reports Toshiba's BDX2000 Blu-ray deck hits Best Buy for $199
Apple Tablet "impending" ...and it might have something to do with newspapers
DigiTimes reports MSI developing Tegra-based e-book reader, still no plans for Gigabyte
Titanium-made ID mouse offers even smoother navigation
Engadget report Walmart to rival Best Buy's Geek Squad with own in-home install crew
Facebook and MySpace 'in talks?' Of course
C|Net reports Yahoo Mail outages plague some users
Engadget podcast 168 with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
Overclockers Online's CoolIT Systems Domino A.L.C. contest
Dealzon's deals: $255 off hp Mini 110-1050NR, $10 off Logitech notebook cooling pad,
$303 off 32" Panasonic Viera LCD TV, and $70 off TomTom One 140 GPS

Networking and mobile news

Ars Technica on AT&T and astroturf: Is "following the money" enough?
DailyTech reports FCC chairman talks iPhone, net neturality, national broadband, and more
Net neutrality FAQ: What's in it for you
Internet speeds and costs around the world
40 years of the Internet: How the world changed for ever
T-Mobile USA unveils new pricing and no-contract option
TG Daily reports the future of 4G is murky
C|Net reports BlackBerry Storm 2 to blow in this week
Engadget reports Sony Ericsson looking ready to come
clean with Android-powered Rachael on November 3
Palm Pixi lands Nov. 15, indicates a third webOS device
Engadget: HTC Hero having intermittent text messaging problems?

Software

Windows 7 upgrade woes mount: Endless reboots and product key problems
Windows 7 and you: Wait for the service pack?
Lifehacker's master list of new Windows 7 shortcuts
Confirmed: Windows 7 Family Pack Disc is identical to Upgrade Media
Ars Technica reports Windows 7 had 8 million beta testers, biggest beta ever
Gizmodo reports Ninite helps you upgrade to Windows 7 by installing up to 58 great apps at once
ComputerWorld hosts PC vs. Mac deathmatch: Snow Leopard beats Windows 7
Motherboards.org's Windows 7 installation & boot comparison vs. Vista video
Microsoft's IPD guide for DirectAccess (direct download)
Roadmap for Outlook Personal Folders (.pst) documentation
C|Net reports Microsoft pulls plug on 'Family Guy' special
The Register reports Apple dumps Sun's ZFS (thanks Mr. Meadows)
Linux is the future, even after Windows 7 release
C|Net reports Ubuntu cozies up to the cloud
The Register reports Dell unveils exclusive Microsoft-branded Ubuntu OS
Now Linux can get viruses, via Wine
Engadget: Symbian's Lee Williams rips into Android, implies Google is evil (video)
Digital Trends on upgrading to Windows Mobile 6.5: Experts say wait and see
Google Voice lets users keep phone number
Ars Technica's first look: Inside Mozilla's Raindrop messaging platform
CCleaner v2.25.1025

Gaming

Eurogamer's Digital Survival (Zenimax looking to acquire Valve?)
Nintendo to launch new DSi handheld in Japan: report
Engadget reports Netflix for PlayStation 3 requires a disc, software solution coming late 2010
Infinity Ward: 'Devs should do the marketing'
Dedicated server FAQ for Battlefield Bad Company 2 (PC)
More discussion from EA's Battlefield Bad Company 2 forums
Shacknews reports Modern Warfare 2 gets third person mode
Shacknews has interview: Gearbox on Borderlands' end, future
[H]ard|OCP posts Borderlands screenshot on Radeon HD 5870
Gamasutra on the design of StarCraft II
CVG's Dragon Age review: "RPG of the decade"
Joystiq reports Left 4 Dead 2 commercial hits a home run... for GameStop
GameTrailers have BioShock 2 Sin Alley trailer
Shattered Horizon - Release date and pre-order offer revealed
Joystiq shares rumor: Roger Daltrey reveals The Who joining together with Rock Band
Ars Technica reviews Forza Motorsport 3
PCGH: Unigine Heaven with DX 11 tessellation: Graphics card benchmarks
CollegeHumor: Videogame university
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - 75% off this week only on Steam

Systems, storage, and networking

Hexus.net reports Asus shows off some Christmas kit
BCCHardware reviews ASRock Ion 330
PCStats reviews Athlon II X2 240e
Expreview reports Gigabyte P55A motherboards delivering 4 exciting new features
TweakTown's video preview of the Gigabyte EX-58-Extreme2 motherboard
HardwareZone reviews MSI 785GM-E51
[H]ard|OCP reports tight cooling may limit RAM
HotHardware, Legit Reviews, PC Perspective & Techgage on Intel's TRIM firmware for SSDs
CowcotLand (in French) and Legit Reviews on 40GB Kingston SSDNow V Series boot drive
Benchmark Reviews on 600GB Seagate Cheetah 15K.7 SAS
TWL's 1.5TB Seagate mod part 2
Tech ARP reviews 320GB Western Digital Scorpio Black notebook hard drive
Best Router reviews Netgear WNDR3700 ultimate gaming router

Multimedia, power, cases, and cooling

DriverHeaven reviews Gigabyte GeForce GTX 275 SOC & Nvidia 3D Vision
[H]ard|OCP reviews Asus EAH5870
LostCircuits on Asus EAH5850
Motherboards.org reviews Gigabyte Radeon HD 5850
Hardware Canucks review Radeon HD 4890 cards from Gigabyte and MSI
TestFreaks review Jabra BT3030 stereo Bluetooth headset
JonnyGuru reviews 750W Thermaltake Toughpower XT PSU
SilentPCReview on Seasonic's X-650 PSU and Winmate DD-24AX DC-DC
module for silent, efficient power and m-ITX cases: Seed MA-280B and
Cooler Master Elite 100
Bona Fide Reviews on NZXT Beta Evo case
Hi Tech Legion reviews XigmaTek S1283V Dark Knight CPU cooler

37 comments —
Last by Arag0n at 4:47 AM on 10/28/09

Posted October 26, 2009

Monday

Fudzilla reports Intel faces antitrust probe in U.S.
and Nokia's patent claim could cost Apple $1 billion
and Apple will not do a netbook
DigiTimes reports Asus aims to ship more than 16 million
notebooks and netbooks combined in 2010
What comes after hard drives?
Ars Technica on how to give the FCC a piece of your mind, online
and court case shows limits of anonymous blogging
Yahoo GeoCities closes on Oct. 26
Google's Sergey Brin aids charity that aided him
Björn3D's NZXT Halloween triple chassis contest

Software and gaming

Larry Osterman's Windows 7 reflections...
AnandTech's Windows 7 performance guide
Ars Technica reviews Windows 7
VR-Zone responds to Gizmodo: 7 reasons not to stick to Windows XP
TechFlash's sneak peek: Family Guy meets Windows 7
Google Docs batch export
TweakTown's Catalyst 9.10 Vista driver analysis
Björn3D reviews Eve Apocrypha

Systems and storage

t-break reviews hp Pavillion dv2
AnandTech's Asus UL80Vt first look: Mobility redefined
OC3D pits AMD vs. Intel - The gaming sweet spot
SilentPCReview on Intel D945GSEJT with Morex T1610 fanless case (thanks Lans)
Hardware Canucks review 128GB A-Data S592 SSD
OCC reviews 40GB Kingston SSDNow V Series desktop upgrade kit
DeXgo reviews 16GB Kingston DataTraveler 410 (in German)

Multimedia, power, casing, and cooling

Motherboards.org's AMD Radeon HD 5770 and HD 5750 CrossFire review
DriverHeaven's Alienware OptX AW2210 monitor & TactX headset review
t-break's Nokia N900
Tweaknews reviews Corsair HX750W PSU
Rbmods on 620W Enermax Eco 80+ SLI PSU
Guru3D's Cooler Master Lab Test Bench v1.0 review
Techgage reviews NZXT M59 case
Overclocker Café reviews Cooler Master HAF 922 case
Madshrimps review Vizo Luxon 3.5" external enclosure
techPowerUp! reviews Zalman CNPS10X Quiet
PureOC reviews ZEROtherm Nirvana 120 and Core 92

20 comments —
Last by anotherengineer at 8:33 PM on 10/26/09

Posted October 25, 2009

Sunday

AT&T hints at end of iPhone exclusivity
Verizon's Droid launch November 9?
Engadget reports Verizon's Droid is a series, not just a phone; Droid Eris coming from HTC
TechFlash reports Amazon.com shares skyrocket, hit all-time high after Q3 results
C|Net reports mystery AMD executive in insider-trading case
TG Daily: DRAM makers bang DRAM shortage drum again
and rumor is Microsoft buying RIM
Ballmer: Zune services coming to 'next release' of Windows Mobile
Wired reports Google prepares music search service
Hulu may start charging in 2010
Netflix to offer standalone streaming video service
Lenovo expects big PC sales boost from Windows 7
PC vs. Mac now vs. PC and Mac then (ads)
Nokia says N900 sales delayed to November
Walmart offers tech support for shoppers
Engadget reports beastly HDX 18 no longer available from hp, dv8 to blame?
Fudzilla reports Intel plans new mobile 32nm Celeron
Apple gulps the entire holiday supply of ATI Radeon 4000 series GPUs
Albatron 42" Optical Touch Monitor brings amazing touch experience
TweakTown's Blu-ray importing: Oct 2009 buying guide
Fudzilla reports NZXT shows its Gamma mid-tower case
NordicHardware reports Danger Den shows Hemlock water block
Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture reconstructed from 1000 cellphones, 2000 text alerts (video)
The Engadget Show 002
Engadget HD podcast 160

Software

Engadget reports Windows 7 student upgrade installer not working for many
C|Net reports Windows 7 default user account control worries experts
Upgrade your new PC to Windows 7 for free
PC World reports Windows 7 launch parties fizzle
Gizmodo shares 7 reasons to stick with Windows XP
Windows 7 Enterprise 90-day trial
Microsoft mulls new corporate software: Acer
TG Daily reports Intel launches Windows 7 migration kit
TechReviewSource on 8 things we want to see in Windows 8
Motherboards.org's Windows 7 unboxing video
DownloadSquad on 6 free antivirus programs made for your Windows 7 system
VR-Zone reports Apple launches new Mac commercials,
in response to newly launched Windows 7
TUAW: Need to run Classic under Snow Leopard? SheepShaver can do that.
Microsoft expanding Office Web Apps test program
Selected testers get new build of Microsoft Security Essentials
Google Chrome for Mac is in development
Download Squad reports Adobe Browserlab open for business
and Mozilla makes its mobile move, brings Firefox 3.6 to Android
C|Net reports Mozilla pushes for fast move to Firefox 3.6
TG Daily reports the best disk defragger (Auslogic's Disk Defrag) just got better
Catalyst 9.10 AGP hotfix
PCMark Vantage 1.0.1.0 patch

Gaming

VR-Zone aggregates DirectX 11 news - Benchmark utility, DiRT 2 release / trailer
NGOHQ has AMD Mecha and Ladybug DirectX 11 demos
DirectX 8, 9, 10 & 11 comparison on Crysis
IGN: Borderlands PC unplayable for early buyers
Major Nelson's Xbox 360 preview program update
Fudzilla reports Shattered Horizon system requirements revealed
Gamasutra reports Sid Meier announces 'Civilization Network' for Facebook
GameTrailers TV features BioShock 2
Joystiq repors Elder Scrolls novel listing mentions next game, set 200 years after Oblivion
It's Unreal. And it's almost here.
Champions Online free to play next weekend
Steam client update released
Left 4 Dead 2 demo pre-loading now
Killing Floor new Level Up trailer
id Software has Rage T-shirts for sale

Hardware

techPowerUp! reviews Athlon II X2 240
XSReviews on Sharkoon SATA QuickPort Duo
CCE Reviews on QNAP TS-219P Turbo NAS
OC3D reviews Gigabyte Radeon HD 5870 1GB CrossFire
VR-Zone reviews XFX Radeon HD 5870
HardwareOC reviews Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 (in German)
HardwareZone reviews AMD Radeon HD 5750
Motherboards.org posts Sapphire + Gigabyte
Radeon HD 5850 CrossFire benchmarks (video)
OverclockersHQ reviews Apple iPod nano 5G
DragonSteelMods review MobileFun Bluetooth mini mouse
Bona Fide Reviews on PowerMobile advanced emergency charger
Björn3D reviews SilverStone RV-02 Raven

36 comments —
Last by battleRabbit at 12:15 PM on 10/26/09

Posted October 24, 2009

Saturday

Nvidia CEO: We are a software company
Hexus.net reporst AMD calls Nvidia's marketing bluff
Microsoft: Strong Windows demand helps earnings
WD announces record quarterly revenue of $2.2 billion
with net income of $288 million, or $1.25 per share
C|Net reports Carl Icahn resigns from Yahoo board
Europe backs down on piracy plans
Fudzilla reports dual-GPU Radeon HD 5950 and HD 5970 coming in November
TC Magazine reports S3 reveals the OpenCL-capable
Chrome 5400E GPGPU processor (thanks Mr. Meadows)
C|Net reports universal phone charger OK'd
Björn3D's Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 1GB contest

Software

Steve Ballmer: Windows 7 launch transcript
DailyTech reports Apple mocks Windows history in
ads, but will add Windows 7 Boot Camp support
SuperSite for Windows: Clean install Windows 7 with Upgrade Media
Microsoft: We are unable to create or save new files in
the folder in which this application was downloaded
Windows 7 direct download available from the Microsoft Store
7 Ways to Change the World (with Windows 7)
C|Net reports Psystar releases Mac clone software
Jobs and Apple seek patent on operating system advertising
HardwareZone: Side by side with Windows 7 and Snow Leopard
Ars Technica takes a first look under the hood of Fedora 12
DailyTech reports Opera 10's Turbo Mode proves to be hit, scores almost 3 million users
C|Net reports Mozilla tries to build the ultimate in-box: Raindrop
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2.1.1 (for IT professionals)
Windows 7 USB / DVD download tool (direct download)
Microsoft Power and Utilities POV white paper
Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) release candidate
Google Chrome's early access release channels
EVGA's SLI enhancement patch version 18
TestFreaks review MacSpeech Dictate
Nation's first open source election software released

Gaming

Gizmodo reports Microsoft say no Xbox Blu-ray drives
period, says Ballmer was talking about PCs
Shacknews reports Modern Warfare 2 adopts Steamworks on PC
R.U.S.E. - Strategy comes to multi-touch
Shacknews has interview with Dan Connors of Telltale Games and composer Matt Uelmen
Shacknews on video games to be released next week
Ars Technica reports Best Buy offering "Buy 2 get 1 more free" games

Hardware

X-bit labs review Athlon II X3 435
PureOC reviews 4GB G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3-1600 memory modules
X-bit labs' roundup: 17 SAS hard disk drives
Legit Reviews on 256GB Kingston SSDNow V+
Hardware Secrets reviews Corsair TX950W PSU
Overclocker Café reviews NZXT Panzerbox
Hardware Secrets reviews Antec Two Hundred case
X-bit labs review Alphacool Xtreme Pro 360 rev. 2 liquid cooling system
DeXgo reviews Noctua NH-U9B (in German)
TestSeek Labs review Kingston HyperX memory cooler

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Last by burntham77 at 8:31 PM on 10/26/09

Posted October 23, 2009

Friday

Microsoft shares up (thanks DrDillyBar)
CHW interviews Nvidia's Jen-Hsun Huang
Expreview reports Core i5-650 reaches 4.7GHz on air-cooling
Dealzon's deals: $70 off Toshiba Satellite T135-S1307, $56 off 13.3" MacBook,
$476 off Dell PowerEdge T100, and $20 off 2TB Cavalry CAXB external hard drive

Software and gaming

hardCOREware's posts the definitive Windows 7 vs. Vista performance comparison
TechSpot: Access and customize Windows 7's extended context menu
MissingRemote's guide to enable commercial skipping on Windows 7... and
even CableCard and MyMovies 3.0 Movie Manager for Windows 7 review
Phoronix on Ubuntu 9.10 netbook performance
and Unigine Heaven offers heavenly graphics
Hardware tessellation with DirectX 11 (Unigine 'Heaven' benchmark)
GamersHell has PCMark Vantage v1.0.1.0
Pre-purchase Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 now on Steam
YouGamers share Shattered Horizon beta impressions

Systems and networking

InsideHW reviews Athlon II X3 435 and Athlon II X4 630
Björn3D reviews Athlon II X3 435
Tech ARP's BIOS option of the week - CPU adjacent sector prefetch
HardwareZone on the military grade Asus Sabertooth 55i
TweakTown's video preview of Gigabyte P55A mobos - SATA 3, USB 3 & 3x USB power
OCC reviews Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6
Guru3D reviews Gigabyte's P55 UD5 motherboard
PCShopTalk reviews ASRock P55 Extreme
TWL reviews Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2H mATX
TweakTown reviews TRENDnet TEW-654TR 300Mbps wireless N travel router

Multimedia

Technic3D reviews Zotac GeForce GTX 275 (in German)
Expreview on Galaxy GeForce 210 and GT220: 40nm and DirectX 10.1 under $80
techPowerUp! reviews Inno3D GeForce 210 512MB
Hi Tech Legion reviews PowerColor Radeon HD 5770
HT4U: Radeon HD 5770 meets AC Accelero L2 Pro (in German)
Big Bruin reviews Sapphire Radeon HD 5750 1GB
Digital Trends reviews Motorola Cliq
DriverHeaven reviews Roccat Kone gaming mouse & Taito gaming surface
Overclockers Online reviews CM Storm CS-S Battle Pad H2

Power, cases, and cooling

OC3D reviews HEC Compucase Cougar 1000CM modular PSU
Rbmods on Xigmatek Nrp-Pc501 PSU
Neoseeker reviews Cooler Master Sniper Black Edition case
ThinkComputers reviews NZXT M59 case
Metku reviews Zalman CNPS10X Extreme CPU cooler
Big Bruin reviews Noctua NH-C12P CPU cooler
OverclockersHQ reviews ZEROtherm Core 92 CPU cooler

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Last by OneArmedScissor at 7:11 PM on 10/24/09

Posted October 22, 2009

Thursday

Ars Technica reports FCC proposes network neutrality rules (and big exemptions)
DailyTech reports Intel delays USB 3.0 support until 2011
Bright Side of News reports EVGA and Nvidia to launch a new dual GPU card on Halloween
Fudzilla reports ATI didn't order enough 40nm wafers
The Register reports Seagate pushes SSDs as part of recovery drive
DigiTimes reports Toshiba increases market share on Fujitsu hard drive takeover
Exclusive: Microsoft cuts deal with Twitter and Facebook to integrate feeds with Bing
Gizmodo reports Microsoft's first retail store opens (like Apple Store with more colors)
Microsoft starts selling PC hardware, third-party software via its online store
The Seattle Times reports AT&T sues screen makers, alleging price fixing
DigiTimes reports Acer launches 3D notebook in U.S. market
and Acer Android netbook arrives during lull in netbook market
Ars Technica reports ARM fills out CPU lineup with Cortex A5
Fudzilla reports the Asus Eee keyboard gets another preview
Amazon to release Kindle reader for Windows PCs in November
TestFreaks: An unofficial history of the unboxing
PC Perspective's podcast #79
BCCHardware's weekly podcast #13
Win an AMD Radeon HD 5770 from XtremeComputing
Win an NZXT M59 case from Big Bruin
Dealzon's deals: $30 off Acer AS5536-5224 15.6" laptop, $15 off 1.5TB Samsung EcoGreen F2,
$50 off MSI Wind U110-031US, and $30 off Samsung TL100 12.2MP digital camera

Software and gaming

HardwareZone: Are you ready for Windows 7?
Windows 7: SuperSite is live from the launch
Was Windows 7 totally your idea?
Windows 7 engineers: Ars describes how feedback shaped the final release
Microsoft to ease Windows 7 upgrades to netbooks with USB key solution
HotHardware on top Windows 7 features that Vista should have had
Windows 7 'PlayTo' demonstration
TechFlash posts a Windows 7 resource guide
bit-tech and TechReviewSource review Windows 7
Hexus.net's Windows 7 review part 4, part 5, part 6, and part 7
TechReviewSource's Windows 7 feature focus: Netflix instant streaming
Microsoft releases Windows 7 sponsored themes
[H]ard|OCP reports AMD Radeon 5700 series not supported in Catalyst 9.10 WHQL

Gaming

bit-tech's Windows 7 games compatibility testing
Shacknews has Modern Warfare 2 PC system requirements listed
and reports Left 4 Dead 2 Australian 'ban' appeal fails
Register Hardware reports Xbox 360 to go Blu, says Ballmer (thanks Cubical Ten)
Shacknews has Torchlight interview
and posts leaked Left 4 Dead 2 trailer
Ars Technica reviews Demon's Souls
ABT reviews Wolfenstein
VE3D's Killing Floor Level Up expansion pack video preview
Killing Floor update released on Steam
Steam's Killing Floor free weekend on now - new DLC - 25% off sale
Steam's weekend deal: Arma II 50% off

Systems and storage

TweakTown's hands-on with the ViewSonic ViewBook Pro in Taipei (video)
AMDZone, Hardware Secrets, and PureOC review Athlon II X3 435 & Athlon II X2 240e
PCStats reviews Athlon II X2 240e
TestFreaks on how stuff works: A computer CPU
PC Perspective reviews MSI P55-GD65
OCC reviews ECS P55H-A
Futurelooks reviews ASRock P55 Deluxe
Elite Bastards review Asus Maximus III Gene
Hardware Bistro reviews 64GB Kingston SSDNow

Multimedia

Legit Reviews on AMD Radeon HD 5870 + 5850 CrossFire - Mixing video cards
Hi Tech Legion reviews Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 and 5850
Björn3D reviews VisionTek Radeon HD 5870
Hardware Secrets reviews XFX Radeon HD 5770 and 5750
Guru3D's Radeon HD 5750 review (single GPU and CrossFireX performance)
Benchmark Reviews on XFX Radeon HD 5750
HardwareZone reviews Canon EOS 7D
Techgage on using the Asus Xonar Essence STX under Linux
TweakTown's WD TV Live HD media player video review
InsideHW reviews Zune HD
t-break reviews Logitech Anywhere MX mouse

Power, cases, and cooling

OCC reviews 1000W Antec TruePower Quattro PSU
[H]ard|OCP reviews PC Power & Cooling Silencer 910 PSU
Big Bruin and TWL review 850W Ultra X4 PSU
DriverHeaven reviews 600W Spire Blackmoon XP PSU
DriverHeaven reviews LanCool Dragon Lord PC-K62 chassis
Tweaknews reviews Thermaltake Element G case
Bona Fide Reviews on NZXT Cryo S notebook cooler
Hardware Canucks have Core i7 / LGA 1366 CPU coolers roundup
Legit Reviews on Corsair Cooling Ice T30 TEC memory cooler
TweakTown reviews ZEROtherm CoolMaxx 2000 VGA cooler

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Last by willmore at 4:43 PM on 10/24/09

Posted October 21, 2009

Wednesday

Microsoft update on Sidekick data restoration
Otellini: Intel ‘knew nothing’ about insider trading probe
C|Net reports Yahoo profits up, revenue still declining
Atari founder Nolan Bushnell on managing Steve Jobs and more
ISPs finally shifting to IPv6
Computers faster only for 75 more years
Fudzilla reports Lenovo leaks affordable 15.6" U550
NordicHardware reports Dell updates Adamo 13 big time
MSI announces availability of the new 12.1" Wind U210
Engadget reports Asus 12.1" Eee PC gets pictured, a little more real
Digital Trends reports experts question the future of netbook PCs
DailyTech reports first SSD using JMicron JMF612 flash controller set to appear next month
VR-Zone reports Asus CrossLink cable is all you need to data sync two PCs
Fudzilla reports AMD calls Fermi a "paper dragon"
Expreview reports AMD promises better availability of Radeon HD 5000 in weeks
Engadget reports Dell SX2210T monitor adds touchscreen
functionality to 1080p panel (Update: Multitouch)
[H]ard|OCP: Eyefinity and 3 dual-link DVI displays working
GPUs: The next frontier in film
TG Daily reports Nvidia RealityServer moves 3D rendering to the Cloud
Gartner: Brace yourself for cloud computing
Google to crash Android party
Android-powered HTC Hero smartphones in tight supply, says HTC executive
C|Net: Is Barnes & Noble's Nook a Kindle killer?
Accelerating rentals prop up shrinking home entertainment biz in third quarter
Studios want more aggressive MPAA
U2 to stream entire concert live on YouTube

Software

Windows 7 on multicore: How much faster?
Engadget reports Windows 7 Media Center's upgraded
Netflix Watch Instantly interface now available
Steve Ballmer: Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2009 transcript
SuperSite Blog: hp's end-run around the Windows 7 Starter limitations
5 years later, 5 ways that Ubuntu has made Linux more human
Ars Technica reports MySQL founder says Oracle should let go of MySQL
Engadget reports possible new Windows Mobile 7 mockups give 6.5 well-deserved spanking
SuperSite Blog: Windows Mobile 6.5.1 on the way?
Windows 7 upgrade advisor (version 2)
Window XP Mode IT pro deployment video
Microsoft releases Windows 7-friendly version of Desktop Optimization Pack
BitLocker to Go reader
Thunderbird calendars nightmare in Windows or Ubuntu, the Lightning buggy plug-in
Inside the Microsoft Apps Lab (video)

Gaming

Modern Warfare 2 for PC
Infinity Ward responds to PC fanboys' dedicated server woes
Research paper offers cues for game legislation advocates
Microsoft tests rewards program for Xbox Live
Ars Technica reviews Borderlands
Wolfenstein 1.11 patch
World of Goo sale offers fascinating results
Steam's midweek madness - Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition
$5 until Thursday and Killing Floor free weekend starts Thursday
Direct2Drive's Dragon Age sweepstakes

Hardware

AnandTech reviews Dell Studio 14z
Energy efficient Intel Core i7-860s, i5-750s overclocked
Expreview's hands-on with world’s first single slot GTX 260+ graphics card
Electricpig has Asus Designo MS monitor: Hands-on photos
VR-Zone's quick hands-on with the EOS-1D Mark IV DSLR camera
Sharky Extreme reviews Epson Perfection V500 office color scanner

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Last by designerfx at 11:06 AM on 10/22/09

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