Saturday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 4:20 PM on May 17, 2008

Saturday

1. Firefox 3 RC1 is out
2. NordicHardware reports Intel renames X58 Smackover—DX58SO (significant other)
3. GeForce GTX 200 series specs revealed (in Turkish)
4. Shacknews reports Blizzard evaluates WoW graphics overhaul and previews next week's games
5. An analyst says underwhelming PS3 and Xbox 360 sales may force price cuts
6. Virtual-Hideout visits Intel's Hawthorn farm campus
7. PC Perspective on Asus vs. Gigabyte: the kids come out to play
8. TweakTown asks, "Where have all the Blu-rays gone?"
9. TweakPC's Nvidia ForceWare / GeForce driver comparison (in German)
10. GamersHell reports Mass Effect for PC goes gold
11. DailyTech on building an "iron man" pt. 1: military grade exoskeleton
12. Modders-Inc's mod your mouse contest

Systems

1. APH Networks review Asus Eee PC 4G
2. HardwareZone reviews Gigabyte GA-EP45-DQ6
3. FiringSquad reviews EVGA nForce 750i SLI FTW
4. techPowerUp! reviews 2GB A-Data X-Series DDR3-1600 dual channel kit
5. Virtual-Hideout reviews 4GB OCZ DDR2 PC2-8500 HPC dual channel kit
6. Techware Labs review 150GB Western Digital Raptor sATA HDD
7. CPU3D reviews A-Data S701 (Eee PC edition) and OCZ Rally2 Turbo

Multimedia, power, casing, and cooling

1. I4U reviews XFX GeForce 9800 GX2 Black Edition
2. Hard Tecs 4U's low budget graphics roundup (in German)
3. BIOS reviews ViewSonic VP950b 19" LCD monitor
4. TheTechLounge reviews Audioengine A2 desktop speakers
5. Virtual-Hideout reviews 500W NesteQ ECS5001 modular PSU
6. DriverHeaven reviews 385W Enermax Pro 82+ PSU
7. Hardware Canucks review Sans Digital MobileSTOR hard drive enclosure
8. Overclock3D and XSReviews on Coolink ChipChilla

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