Unique Names Day Shortbread

Unique Names Day Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 5:59 AM on March 9, 2010

Unique Names Day

Cisco to "change the Internet forever" on March 9
C|Net: Could Cisco be announcing a killer set-top box?
and 100Mbps broadband may be closer than you think
Don't blame your community: Ad blocking is not killing any sites
Dot-com craze peaked 10 years ago
[H]ard|OCP: Counterfeit Intel CPU saga comes to a close
C|Net reports more states propose Internet sales taxes
TechFlash reports Amazon cuts off affiliates in Colorado over new sales tax law
DailyTech reports Canada plans shift to plastic currency
Ars Technica: Why Google keeps your data forever, tracks you with ads
TUAW on Apple patent: Use your iPhone as an electronic "iKey"
Madshrimps have CeBIT 2010 coverage
AOL News: Death of the desktop and other dire predictions
DigiTimes reports Gigabyte closes gap with Asus in motherboard shipments
and Asus subsidiary eyeing AMD south bridge design orders
Engadget reports hp Slate makes an appearance to show off Flash
DailyTech reports Tegra-powered Microsoft Courier to wage war with iPad late this year
Fudzilla reports Asus shows off its 890FX offer
TUAW reports iPad ad reveals book pricing and NYT button
Stanford survey contemplates iPhone addiction
Fudzilla reports Blu-ray prices fall
Blockbuster still seems afraid of broadband
TUAW reports remote webcam activation now disabled in
software that led to controversy at Pennsylvania school
Strobeshnik HDD clock (video)
DailyTech reports MIT researchers discover new electricity production method
Dealzon's deals: $110 off 15.6" Compaq CQ61, $110 off Dell Inspiron 15,
$150 off 14.1" hp dv4, and $300 off 55" Vizio LCD TV

Software

Technologizer on the future of Windows
Microsoft changes algorithm behind its browser ballot
Tech ARP posts Windows 7 Service Pack 1 roadmap
Ars Technica reports Mozilla previews new feature to guard against Flash crashes
DailyTech reports Adobe Flash and Microsoft Silverlight vie for dominance amid HTML5 threat
Ars Technica reports MeeGo code coming in March, will run on Atom boards and N900
InfoWorld reports Energizer Bunny's software infects PCs
C|Net reports Android coders get high-speed graphics ability
TechReviewSource on 2009 tax preparation software
Maximum PC on five apps for perfect podcast recording, listening, and editing
Sysinternals suite - March 8, 2010
DirectX Happy Uninstall 5.1 (shareware)
BayReviews.com has WinX DVD Ripper Platinum v5.9 giveaway contest

Gaming

AMD: Game devs only use PhysX for the cash
GameSpy reports Sony preps the PlayStation 3 for 3D gaming
Fudzilla reports Sharkoon showcasing waterproof mouse pad for gamers
VG247 reports Ubisoft PC DRM downtime due to "server attack"
Left 4 Dead 1 and 2 are coming to the Mac
Shacknews reports Modern Warfare 2 DLC details due soon as game accumulates 25 million
players and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 server issues continue; PS3 VIP content on the way
and first Fallout: New Vegas screenshots appear
Gaming Heaven's interview with The Creative Assembly (Total War)
Kotaku: Can Hurt Locker inspire a new generation of "war" games?
C|Net: At GDC, iPhone game development breaks out
TechSpot's Battlefield: Bad Company 2 GPU performance in-depth
Shacknews and TweakPC (in German) review Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Ars Technica reviews God of War 3
Games For Work: Super Mario Star Scramble Flash game
Dragon Age: Source update released on Steam
Steam's Monday deals
Nvidia BFBC2 Battle for PAX tournament (PC)

Systems, storage, and networking

AnandTech reviews Dell Precision M6500
HotHardware reviews Toshiba Satellite E205-S1904 laptop
TweakTown reviews ViewSonic ViewBook Pro VNB131S 13.3" notebook
t-break reviews Alienware M11x notebook
Guru3D puts Asus M4A89GTD USB 3.0 mobo to the test
[H]ard|OCP reviews Asus Maximus III Extreme
Benchmark Reviews on WD SiliconEdge Blue SSD
HardwareLogic, Legit Reviews, TestFreaks, and
ThinkComputers on 30GB Kingston SSDNow V Series
OCC reviews 2GB Mushkin Mulholland Drive USB drive
AnandTech on 10Gbit Ethernet: Killing another bottleneck?