Saturday Shortbread - The Tech Report

Saturday Shortbread
by Ronald Hanaki — 2:08 AM on July 5, 2008

Saturday

TG Daily reports Nvidia expected to offer DirectX 10.1 GPU in Q1 2009
Acer G24 debuts as world's first LCD supporting advanced 50,000:1 contrast ratio
Hardware-Infos reports Hitachi announces 5000GB hard disks for 2010 (write-up in German)
Asus to offer Eee PC with built-in 3G wireless
DailyTech reports Apple MacBook Air 64GB SSD option gets $500 price cut
TG Daily reports Apple orders 50 million 8GB NAND flash chips
Fudzilla reports R700 Spartan has 2GB of memory
NordicHardware reports RV730, RV710 memory configurations unveiled
DigiTimes reports Nvidia contract makers in Taiwan low-key over defective chip reports
EETimes reports Nvidia takes charge for bad chips, but who is to blame?
74% of HEXUS community members choose AMD over Nvidia
Court order on YouTube user data fans privacy fears
Modders-Inc's interview with mnpctech.com's Bill Owen

Software and gaming

New Microsoft Office subscription bundle to hit in mid-July—'Equipt' to cost $69.99 annually
SQL Server and the Windows Server 2008 Firewall
Microsoft: Silverlight content is searchable, too
Icrontic on installing Ubuntu Netbook Remix on the OLPC XO
Nvidia's Medusa demo (GT200) on AMD's Radeon DirectX 10 hardware:
patch at ToMMTi-Systems
Eurogamer reports console Diablo "theoretically possible"
Strategy Informer's editorial: why EA needs to re-think its design
Handheld NES... in an NES cartridge
Madshrimps reports Crysis custom config boosts performance and image quality
bit-tech reviews Battlefield: Bad Company and Overlord: Raising Hell

Hardware