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Thursday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 7:54 AM on July 3, 2008

Thursday

1. Fudzilla reports Nvidia to drop GTX 280 /260 prices
2. DigiTimes reports AMD Radeon HD 4870 X2 ready by August
3. Steve Jobs and other Apple honchos allegedly face serious fraud charges
4. TG Daily reports study claims Windows usage market share could fall below 90% soon
5. Cablevision ups HD in battle with satellite, FIOS
6. Adobe's PDF format becomes ISO standard
7. Beyond graphics—the present and future of GP-GPU
8. DailyTech reports researchers make leap in stem cell research;
   cells can now be produced from any tissue

Software and gaming

1. Firefox 3 sets world record for largest number of software downloads in 24 hours
2. Ars Technica says the critics are wrong: KDE 4 doesn't need a fork
3. SuperSite for Windows has Internet Explorer 8 security preview
4. Update for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Vista systems that are running Hyper-V
5. Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 Service Pack 1
6. Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac 2
7. EMA's 2008 home entertaiment annual report: gaming tops DVD sales
8. 'Diablo III' producer justifies controversial art direction: 'color is your friend'
9. Eurogamer's interview with Blizzard's Mike Morhaime
10. Day of Defeat Source Palermo update available now
11. Gaming Heaven reviews Alone in the Dark (Xbox 360)

Systems

1. Digit-Life tests Phenom X4 in real-life applications
2. Sharky Extreme reviews Phenom X4 9950 BE & 9350e
3. HotHardware reviews Gateway P-6831FX gaming notebook
4. Digital Trends reviews Asus Eee PC 901 laptop
5. HardwareZone reviews Gigabyte GA-EP45T-EXTREME
6. Ninjalane reviews DFI LANParty UT X48 T3R
7. t-break reviews ECS P45T-A Black Edition
8. Hardware Canucks review 4GB G.Skill PI PC3-12800 dual channel kit

Graphics

1. [H]ard|OCP adds power draw figures for HD 4870 / 4850 and GTX 280 /260 cards
2. Guru3D tests Asus Radeon HD 4850 and 4870 CrossFireX
3. 3dGameMan reviews HIS HD 4870 512MB GDDR5
4. Benchmark Reviews on Zotac GeForce GTX 280 Amp! Edition
5. Big Bruin reviews Sapphire Radeon HD 3850 1GB
6. techPowerUp! reviews PowerColor TV Wonder 600
7. Björn3D reviews Soyo Pearl Series 24" LCD monitor
8. BIOS reviews BenQ G2400W LCD monitor
9. AnandTech on Nikon's D700
10. Overclockers Club reviews Aten CS1782 DVI KVM switch

Multimedia, power, and cooling

1. TweakTown's Razer vs. SteelSeries headset comparison
2. Modders-Inc reviews Razer Piranha gaming communicator
3. Legit Reviews on Motorola H680 Bluetooth headset
4. ASE Labs review Lubix UBHS-NC1 Bluetooth headset
5. Techgage reviews XtremeMac Tango X2 docking iPod speaker
6. Techware Labs review Symphonic Designs tube amplifier
7. Gadgetzone reviews Asus P750 smartphone
8. ThinkComputers reviews 700W Sigma SP-700 PSU
9. [H] Enthusiast reviews Sigma Shark SP-635 PSU
10. TweakTown shows how to replace memory heat spreaders
11. Madshrimps review Intel's retail Core 2 Extreme CPU cooler
12. HardwareLogic reviews Scythe Orochi CPU cooler
13. CPU3D reviews Glacialtech Igloo 5750 CPU cooler
14. DragonSteelMods review Kingwin Revolution RVT-12025D CPU cooler

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