Friday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 9:59 AM on May 16, 2008

Friday

1. If your AMD-based computer keeps rebooting after installing XP SP3,
   here are details and a workaround
2. TweakTown reports EPU vs. DES power war wages on in Taipei
3. CPU3D and VR-Zone report Asus issues official statement refuting Gigabyte allegations
4. Study: Cox, Comcast Internet subscribers blocked
5. Florida seeks to fine Verizon for bad service
6. TG Daily reports RIAA hit with $107K in attorneys fees
7. DigiTimes reports Asus Eee PC 901 will have added features and launch on June 3
8. VR-Zone reveals RV770 preliminary performance numbers
9. Fudzilla reports RV770XT to e-tail for $229 and launch on June 16
10. TG Daily reports Intel cuts power consumption rating of “Skulltrail Xeon”
11. DailyTech reports Google finds that perks can't keep some employees from leaving
12. Interview with solid state leader Mtron: "SSD industry is exploding"

Software and gaming

1. Microsoft and OLPC partner to deliver affordable computing to students worldwide;
   trials of XO running Windows are planned to begin as soon as June
2. More on Windows XP Service Pack 3 from the Microsoft Update Product Team
3. Ars Technica's analysis: appeals court unlikely to fix software patent mess
4. Phoronix posts Ubuntu 8.04 KVM (virtualization) benchmarks
5. Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 SP1
6. Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 RC2 SP1 update
7. Office Live update 1.1
8. USA Today on the top 10 selling video games for April

Systems

1. HardwareLogic reviews Alienware Area-51 ALX system
2. TechSpot reviews Asus C90S laptop
3. bit-tech reviews Asus P5Q3 and Maximus II Formula
4. TweakTown reviews Abit I-N73HD
5. HEXUS.net's G.Skill vs. Crucial: high-speed DDR3 showdown
6. HotHardware reviews 1TB Seagate Barracuda ES.2 SAS hard drive
7. Tech ARP reviews 1TB Western Digital Caviar GP Serial ATA drive
8. ThinkComputers reviews 500GB LaCie Mini Hub USB 2.0 FireWire external HD

Multimedia, power, casing, and cooling

1. AMDZone and Neoseeker review VisionTek Radeon HD 3870 X2 OC
2. Tech ARP reviews Sapphire Atomic HD 3870 X2 watercooled
3. Legit Reviews on Albatron GeForce 9600GT-512X
4. TweakTown reviews LiteOn DX-401S Blu-ray Disc USB 2.0 ROM drive
5. AnandTech on 64GB SSD on the desktop: Samsung and OCZ go mainstream
6. Hardware Secrets reviews Antec TruePower Quattro 850 PSU
7. Benchmark Reviews on Lian Li PC-A09B case
8. Big Bruin reviews NZXT Tempest case
9. Futurelooks reviews Vantec NexStar eSATA / USB hard drive dock
10. Overclockers Club reviews Thermaltake DuOrb CPU cooler
11. Björn3D reviews CoolIT dual drive bay NV ver. VGA cooler

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