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Thursday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 2:58 AM on March 11, 2010

Thursday

Unlimited Detail graphics engine: Potential next-gen graphics technology? (video)
The Register reports Intel's redemos 6-core Gulftown
AppleInsider reports Intel 'Gulftown' announcement fuels rumors of new Mac Pro
Don't trust critics: Four Apple products they thought would fail
Engadget reports Verizon promises first 4G handset
for next summer, foretells end of unlimited data plans
Gizmodo reports Zune HD2 will be like iPod touch for Windows Phone 7
Details leaked regarding Dell's touch-screen 'Streak'
Intel to launch budget OC CPU?
Fudzilla reports MSI sneaks Hydra onto its AMD board
NordicHardware: Motherboard price war pending?
DigiTimes reports contract quotes for DDR3 and DDR2 chips remain high in early March
Fudzilla reports Nvidia policing CeBIT
Ex-Sun chief dishes dirt on Gates, Jobs
FTC said to ask Google rivals about AdMob purchase
C|Net reports European Parliament slams digital copyright treaty
TV providers petition FCC for help in fee dispute
TorrentFreak reports piracy rises in France despite three strikes law
Boing Boing: When RealNetworks settled on DVD copying, we all lost
RealNetworks' Rob Glaser on why Apple's model must be stopped
Ars Technica: Pushing the speed limits of quantum memory
BBC reports Large Hadron Collider to shut down for a year to address design faults
TechFlash reports Mexico's Carlos Slim knocks Bill Gates off his top billionaire perch
Win an OCZ Neutrino netbook from FiringSquad
Dealzon's deals: $125 off i3 Dell Inspiron 17, $230 off 14" Lenovo G450,
$300 off hp Envy 15, and $182 off Lenovo IdeaCenter K300

Software

Register Hardware reports WD targets Win XP users to ease 4KB drive upgrades
Application compatibility update for Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008,
Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2: February 2010
Workaround for Windows 7 / Norton 360 compatibility issue
C|Net reports Mozilla to overhaul its open-source license
Ars Technica reports Google Apps becomes a platform, gets its own app store
comScore reports January 2010 U.S. mobile subscriber market share
Download Squad reports the entire U.K. set to go on Google Street View
SIW 2010 (build 0310) is available
Skype 4.2 for Windows

Gaming

FiringSquad reports PCGA says PC gaming grew 3% last year
and OnLive launching in June for $14.95 / month
Joystiq cites study: America spent $3.8 billion on MMOs in 2009
GamePolitics reports EA brings in-game ad sales in-house
Ars Technica's hands-on with Sony's new PlayStation Move motion controller
Fudzilla reports PlayStation Home to get 1.35 update
GDC 2010: What's next for video game AI?
Big Download reports more Battlefield: Bad Company 2 server downtime
Computer games disguised as Excel and Word prove a hit with office workers
GameShark has Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising Q&A
EA tweets 100% official - Command & Conquer 4 is on Steam
Shacknews shares Civilization 5 first impressions from GDC 2010
Ars Technica on Street Fighter IV: As good as you can expect on the iPhone
Dawn of War II, Supreme Commander 2, and Star Wars The Force
Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition updates released on Steam
Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising now available in North America and Korea from Steam
Square Enix, Eidos Interactive publisher week - day 3 on Steam (deals on games)

Systems and storage

HotHardware reviews Lenovo ThinkPad T410
Benchmark Reviews, Futurelooks, Guru3D, hardCOREware, Hardware Canucks,
Hardware Secrets, Hardware Heaven, Hexus.net, Hi Tech Legion, HotHardware,
MBReview, Motherboards.org, Neoseeker, OCC, PC Perspective, Techgage,
Tweaknews, and TweakTown review Core i7-980X 6-core Gulftown processor
Motherboards.org's Core i7-980X video review
Core i7-980X meets LN2 extreme cooling at TweakTown
Metku reviews Phenom II X2 555 B.E. (C3 stepping)
iXBT Labs review Athlon II X2 215
PCStats explores CPU performance in Windows Vista vs. Windows 7
CowcotLand's roundup: 24 CPU in tri, quad and hexa-cores (in French)
Gizmodo on how to complete erase your hard drives, SSDs, and thumb drives
TestFreaks review 2TB Seagate Barracuda XT SATA 6bps
ABT reviews 256GB Patriot Torqx M28 SSD
Big Bruin reviews 128GB Kingston SSDNow V+ Series SSD
HardwareLogic reviews 128GB Imation M-Class SSD
OverclockersHQ reviews Lite On external top-load DVD and CD writer