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Tuesday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 8:14 AM on May 13, 2008

Tuesday

1. DigiTimes reports AMD plans to outsource CPU production to TSMC in 2H08
   and Asus and Gigabyte gear up for Intel P45 chipset launch
2. hp strikes deal to buy EDS for $12.6 billion
3. Fudzilla reports GT200 to retail for $499 and R770 to launch in the
   last week of June and AMD Taiwan confirms eight-core Montreal
4. VR-Zone posts 55nm GeForce 9800 GT final clocks
5. ComputerBase has the latest AMD mobile CPU roadmap (in German)
6. DailyTech reports Sprint struggles, loses 1 million subscribers in Q1 2008
7. [H] Enthusiast on getting the Best Buy on a power supply
8. TweakNews has an editorial on buying a new computer today
9. HotHardware's Memorial Day sweepstakes: win a new rig

Software and gaming

1. WorldWide Telescope (rich web application) brings space exploration to Earth
2. Ars Technica's first look: OpenSolaris 2008.5 is a work in progress
3. Microsoft issues first SP1 betas for VS 2008, .Net Framework 3.5
4. Opera Mini 4.1 is out
5. Massively on player vs. everything: putting raiding on your resume
6. Ars Technica tells a history of the Amiga part 7: game on
7. Legit Reviews does game testing: 2GB vs. 4GB of memory on Vista 64-bit
8. bit-tech on a picture-perfect quandary: copy protection editorial
9. Primotech and Shacknews share first Guitar Hero IV details
10. bit-tech and XSReviews review GTA IV
11. [H] Enthusiast on Rainbow Six Vegas 2 gameplay performance and IQ
12. FileShack and GamersHell have World of Warcraft 2.4.2 patch
13. FileShack and GamersHell have Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock 1.3 patch

Systems

1. ChileHardware posts a picture of the Asus Eee Box B202
2. Techgage reviews Hypersonic Avenger AG2 12" notebook
3. Digital Trends reviews Alienware Area-51 m15x laptop
4. Overclock3D reviews MSI TurboBook GX600 gaming notebook
5. VIA Arena reviews Sungju TangoX Nano 7" mini-notebook
6. Ultimate Hardware considers Athlon XP gaming performance with X1950 Pro AGP
7. VR-Zone previews Asus P5Q Deluxe
8. Hardware Canucks review ASRock Penryn1600SLIX3-WiFi

Multimedia

1. Phoronix on overclocking the Nvidia Quadro FX1700
2. Big Bruin reviews Sapphire Toxic Radeon HD 3870 512MB
3. HotHardware's overclocked Radeon HD 3650 showdown: Asus vs. HIS
4. ProClockers review Sapphire Radeon HD 3650 OC
5. Overclock3D reviews XFX GeForce 9800 GTX Black Edition 512MB
6. Guru3D reviews Point of View GeForce 9600 GSO 386MB
7. Elite Bastards review XFX GeForce 9600 GT XXX Alpha Dog Edition
8. HardwareZone reviews Asus EN9600GT TOP & Silent
9. TheTechLounge reviews Asus EN8600GT TOP
10. AnandTech reviews Rosewill RHUB-310: seven USB 2.0 ports to go
11. techPowerUp! reviews Everglide DKTBoard gaming keyboard

Power and cases

1. Hardware Canucks and JonnyGuru Corsair HX1000W PSU
2. PC Perspective reviews 625W Enermax Modu82+ case
3. TweakTown reviews In Win B2 Stealth Bomber case
4. Overclockers Club reviews Apevia X-Telstar red / black case
5. CPU3D reviews Antec Three Hundred case
6. Modders-Inc reviews Sunbeam Quarterback case
7. MetkuMods review NZXT Tempest case

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