April Fool's Day Shortbread

April Fool's Day Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 3:25 PM on April 1, 2010

April Fool's Day

AMDZone: When an April Fool's prank goes too far
AMD's stock jumps nearly 40% maybe due to (falsely) leaked Bulldozer benchmarks
AMD renews patent license agreement with Rambus
C|Net cites report: FTC eyed Google, Amazon director John Doerr
Novell wins again - Jury rules copyrights didn't go to SCO
Ars Technica reports IBM and Simmtronics launch $190 Ubuntu netbook
TechFlash has it confirmed: Zune HD, 64GB, $350
DigiTimes reports notebook power supply and cooling module makers plan to increase price
SemiAccurate reports USB 3.0 xHCI spec 1.0 will require in-chipset support
Corsair breaks PC Mark Vantage world record using Force Series SSDs
Fudzilla reports Point of View's GTX 400 is green
TechCrunch reports Yahoo! Publisher Network to be axed, customers referred to Chitika instead
Ars Technica: Netflix, Hulu, CBS, ABC, TED, Flickr, more readying for iPad
TechFlash: As iPad launch nears, Amazon cuts more deals with publishers
C|Net reports core of original Apple tablet lives on in iPhone, iPad
DSLReports: Vonage increases fees on users
and Saturday postal cuts could hurt Netflix
Microsoft readying new retail stores in San Diego, Denver
Björn3D's F@H contest
Win a Core i7-980X Extreme Edition gaming PC from Techgage
Win yet another Dell XPS 16 laptop with Dell Outlet & OC3D
Win an hp wireless mouse and a Tt Massive23 CS notebook cooler from t-break
Newegg: $100 off 160GB Intel X25-M SSD (today only)
and morning and afternoon shell shockers
Dealzon's deals: $450 off 15.6" hp dv6t Quad i7 w/ Blu-ray & TV tuner, $10 off
Cisco-Valet WiFi hotspot, and $58 off 64GB iPod touch
Google beer "Gigabit IPA" debuts in Portland, OR

Software

Could there be a free, ad-supported Windows in Microsoft's future?
C|Net on Microsoft's big gamble with free Office
Microsoft security bulletin MS10-018 - Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer
Tech ARP on Windows 7's latest anti-hack update
Microsoft: Google Chrome doesn't respect your privacy
What's Google planning for Chrome 5?
Microsoft extends 90-day free Windows 7 enterprise trial until end of 2010
CoApp: An open-source package-management system for Windows
Intel: 'We won't wait for software'
The Register reports Mozilla Fennec comes to Android
TechFlash on software customized by users: UW prof wants to revolutionize UI
Ars Technica has a fast guide to system rescue using open tools
Galaxy Xtreme Tuner HD 2.0 beta version for Fermi (overclocking tool)
NGOHQ claims to have Nvidia ForceWare 197.17 beta with Fermi support

Gaming

VG247 reports Remedy "too small" to develop Alan Wake for PC
DICE: We'll never charge for Battlefield maps
Yahoo! News reports gaming apps increase spam, phishing by 50%
Shacknews reports Cliff Bleszinski to debut new game on Jimmy Fallon's show
and Duke Nukem Forever once scheduled to go gold on April Fool's Day
PAX East: Civilization V eyes-on impressions
Ars Technica on Mario Galaxy 2 Wii: New details, video, impressions
and Mega Man 10: Retro but approachable
Technic3D reviews Just Cause 2 (in German)
Empire: Total War and Shatter updates released on Steam

Systems, storage, and networking

WSJ's Walt Mossberg: iPad is a 'game changer' (review)
t-break shares tips for taking care of your laptop
bit-tech pits Opteron 6174 vs. Xeon X5650
Futurelooks reviews Asus P7P55D-E Pro
Motherboards.org reviews MSI 890GXM-G65
TweakTown: ASMedia ASM1051 USB 3.0 controller
shows actual 10x increase over USB 2.0
bit-tech on the facts: 4K Advanced Format hard disks
TechReviewSource on 640GB Toshiba USB 2.0 external HDD
Hardware Canucks review 128GB Kingston SSDNow V+ (2nd gen) SSD
OC3D reviews 8GB Corsair Flash Padlock 2
PCShopTalk reviews 4GB Kingmax “Turbo Vaccine” UD-01 flash drive
XSReviews on Synology VS60 Surveillance Station
TweakTown reviews TRENDnet TEW-653AP 802.11n PoE wireless access point
Anandtech on AT&T 3G MicroCell: A comprehensive exploration

Multimedia

Legit Reviews tries kitchen humor with GTX 480's latest BIOS update
AnandTech. FiringSquad, and Techgage on AMD Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6
TweakTown reviews HIS HD 5850 Turbo 1GB
Neoseeker reviews PowerColor HD 5750 Green
Hardware Secrets reviews HIS HD 5670 IceQ
and updates Nvidia chips comparison table
TechReviewSource on Canon PowerShot A495
Digital Trends on Apple's iPhone 4G: What we know about the "iPhone HD"
Hi Tech Legion reviews Mionix NAOS 5000 mouse
LanOC Reviews on Ozone Ground Level mouse pads