Sunday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 6:34 PM on May 18, 2008

Sunday

1. Microsoft in talks with Yahoo about alternative deal
2. Gizmodo confirms Alienware assimilating Dell gaming, XPS becoming high-end consumer line
3. TG Daily reports Nvidia's NVISION 08 set to challenge IDF, Macworld
   and opines on Apture: the birth of a new Google?
4. ATI's new GPU logo
5. Asus to embed Linux into all motherboards
6. Creative's new PCI Express Titanium X-Fi announced
7. Experts foresee the end of plasma technology
8. Samsung to unveil 'Blue Phase' 240Hz LCD panel
9. DigiTimes Q&A with Wolfson CEO Dave Shrigley

Software and gaming

1. Coders tell why they're avoiding Vista
2. Windows XP SP3 update breaks Windows Home Server remote access
3. Phoronix releases test suite 0.7.0
4. Bears hunt video game stocks
5. Sins of a Solar Empire v1.05 preview
6. TTGamer reviews Boom Blox (Wii)
7. DailyTech reports life of mars theories take a hit

Hardware

1. t-break reviews Phenom X3 8750
2. X-bit labs review Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS4
   and AMCC 3Ware 9650SE Serial ATA controller
3. HardwareOC Austria reviews Edelgrafikkarten 9600 GT GX810 Luxury Edition (in German)
4. [OC]ModShop reviews Qpad gaming surface
5. Hardware Secrets reviews 700W Rocketfish PSU
6. techPowerUp! reviews Mountain Mods U2-UFO "choose your own" case
7. bit-tech reviews D-Tek FuZion v2.0 waterblock
8. SilentPCReview on Thermaltake V1 "Peacock Tail" cooler

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