Thursday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 3:30 AM on May 8, 2008

Thursday

1. Microsoft's Project Granola—Facebook tastier than Yahoo?
2. DailyTech reports Microsoft doesn't want Yahoo back, enjoys "independence"
3. Microsoft may build a copyright cop into every Zune
4. AMD, Intel court fight continues
5. DigiTimes reports Sony and BenQ to launch 22x DVD burners in Q3
6. Survey finds Apple's technical support to be the best
7. Macworld unboxes Psystar's Open Computer
8. TG Daily reports Intel, SGI to build 10PFlops supercomputer for NASA
9. PCGH uses a thermal image camera to show how hot computer components run (in German)
10. Ars Technica on evolution: what's the real controversy?

Software

1. SuperSite for Windows on the state of Windows Vista
   and Windows XP SP3 FAQ
2. Ars Technica reviews Ubuntu 8.04
   and has a first look at OpenOffice.org 3.0
3. Bug fix for Windows Home Server NTFS compression issue
4. [OC]ModShop shows how to recover windows that disappear
5. Apple releases fifth beta version of iPhone SDK
6. New Opera (browser) snapshot and Opera Dragonfly Alpha are out

Gaming

1. TG Daily investigates Assassin's Creed / DirectX 10.1 controversy
2. Congress considers a bill targeting teen gamers
3. Gamasutra interviews Microsoft Games for Windows senior director
   Kevin Unangst: PC will always be at the center of innovation
4. AnandTech on eight months of gaming: a preview of what lies ahead in 2008
5. Kotaku reports EA announces E3 plans
6. FastSilicon on Mass Effect (PC)—is piracy the better choice?
7. Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3) gets patched
8. FiringSquad reviews GTA IV
9. Shacknews on EarthBotched: a history of Nintendo vs. Starmen
10. [OC]ModShop reviews Condemned 2: Bloodshot
11. Battlefield 2142 update 1.50 beta

Systems and graphics

1. Legit Reviews has Hybrid SLI and HybridPower benchmarked and explained
2. techPowerUp! reviews Hyper Sonic AG2 notebook
3. Techgage reviews Asus P5E3 Premium/WiFi-AP @n
4. bit-tech reviews Gigabyte GA-X48T-DQ6
5. TweakTown reviews S3 Chrome 430 GT
6. Overclockers Club reviews VisionTek Radeon HD 3870 X2 Overclocked
7. I4U reviews Asus EAH3850 X2
8. Digit-Life reviews Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX
9. Digital Trends reviews Canon EOS Rebel XSi

Multimedia, power, casing, and cooling

1. HardwareZone reviews LG GGW-H20L (Blu-ray rewriter / HD DVD-ROM drive)
2. tkArena reviews AV Labs AVL337 Bluetooth speakers
3. Björn3D reviews Wolfking Warrior XXtreme
4. DragonSteelMods review Hades Gaming Ares H1 optical gaming mouse
5. Hardware Secrets reviews 460W Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus PSU
6. 3dGameMan reviews NZXT Tempest case
7. Hardware Canucks review Eagle Tech Consus M-Series hard drive enclosure
8. techPowerUp! reviews SilverStone Treasure TS01B RFID enclosure
9. FrostyTech reviews Intel FCLGA4-S Core 2 Extreme reference heatsink
10. CPU3D reviews Cooler Master Hyper Z600 CPU cooler

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