According to this article, Windows 7 release to manufacturing is reportedly on track for July 13th. Thanks to everyone that sent this one in.

Get out your Bill Gates commemorative calendars folks, ’cause it looks like we now have a few more dates to mark off on the road to Windows 7 availability. While Microsoft still isn’t saying anything official itself just yet, a number of different sources are reporting that the company has set July 10th as the date for the final gold build of Windows 7, while the big release to manufacturing date is apparently on track for July 13th.

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Proof positive that owning an Apple computer is far more dangerous than a PC. Alright, alright, all joking aside, I’m glad the lady that was shot is okay and let us all hope the suspect is caught and gets what he has coming.

An employee of an Apple store in Arlington was shot and wounded this morning during an attempted armed robbery in a back storeroom as more than three-dozen shoppers and other employees milled about the showroom.

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After months of speculation, the U.S. Department of Justice has finally confirmed that it is investigating a settlement involving Google Book Search for possible antitrust violations.

In a filing to the judge overseeing the settlement of a lawsuit filed by The Authors Guild against Google, the DOJ informed the court that it has opened an investigation into the proposed settlement after reviewing public comments of concern. Those comments suggest that the agreement might violate the Sherman Act, a U.S. antitrust law, the DOJ said.

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Apparently the fireworks have started early in Seattle, a fire has interrupted service at Microsoft’s Bing Travel and other major web sites.

It’s a little unclear exactly when the fire at the Fisher Plaza data center started–some reports say Thursday night, others say just after midnight Friday. A message on Bing Travel pins the problems on a blown transformer. “The blown transformer knocked out power to the entire building, which is home to the Bing Travel servers,” a message on the site says. “This is isolated to Bing Travel only, and there is no impact to any other aspect of Bing.”

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In the [H]ot deal section today we have this RaidMax ARES ATX case for only $49.99. Make sure you use the exclusive [H] promo code to get the instant rebate and free shipping. You can also get $20 off and free shipping on this SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4850 1GB as well. Also, we still have that deal on RatPadz GS or RatPadz XT for $5 off with free shipping (in North America). Show your [H] pride and grab one today!

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Alpha Protocol Dev Diary Explores Its Options @ Shacknews
L4D2 Pre-Order Sales Already Double The Original @ Joystiq
Left 4 Dead 2 Interview @ VE3D
Sesame Street Says Video Games Are OK @ Kotaku

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What is the true cost of online privacy? Any time an article asks what is the “true” amount of something, you know for a fact the answer isn’t going to be what you want to hear.

Do you like your privacy? I bet you do. What about being able to read all kinds of stuff on the internet without having to hand over your credit card number — do you like that, too? I bet that’s another yes. But which do you like more? You’d better figure that out quickly, because, if you don’t, Congress just might decide for you.

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Researchers at ESET have issued a warning against opening e-mail or video attachments that have a 4th of July theme. As always, I know you guys wouldn’t open attachments or click links to “fireworks show” but we all know friends and relatives that would. Pass the word.

Researchers at ESET have reliable intelligence that the Waledac botnet is currently being prepared for a spam campaign around the Independence Day theme. They have registered at least 18 domain names all related to the theme of video, fireworks, and Independence Day.

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Cooling
Thermaltake ISGC-400 CPU Cooler @ HiTech Legion

Motherboards
ASUS Maximus II GENE P45 mATX @ Hardware Canucks

Video
Asus GeForce ENGTX275 @ Neoseeker
ASUS Radeon EAH 4770 @ Overclockers Club
Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 Atomic @ PCG&H

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While the rest of the world is worrying about fireworks, large pyrotechnic shows and generally just setting stuff on fire tomorrow, Legit Reviews went the total. other. direction.

The CPU-LN2 operates on heat exchange with cold substances like dry ice and liquid nitrogen and the nickle plated copper evaporator. For reference, dry ice sublimates at -78.5 Celsius and liquid nitrogen evaporates at -195.7 Celsius. By pouring liquid nitrogen or dry ice and a solvent into the CPU-LN2 the end-user can achieve base temperatures that permit substantial overclocks.

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