ABT News 8/4/12
News
John Carmack’s QuakeCon 2012 Keynote
Resident Evil 6, Dishonored – Shacknews Daily: August 3, 2012
Windows 8 Reaches RTM Status, Almost Immediately Leaked
Gigabyte has a new Ivy Bridge motherboard; introducing the B75M-D3H
Developer has no regrets after angry letter to Zuckerberg goes viral
AMD Hires Veteran CPU Architect in Jim Keller
Black Ops Zombies now available for Android (sort of)
Daily Filter: Darksiders II, Halo 4
Updated: Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition magically emerges from the mists
Skyrim’s Dawnguard DLC now available on Steam
Microsoft to deprecate ‘Metro’ label
Updated: Twitter account promises return of Rise of the Triad
Quantum dots to brighten LCD colors next year
TR BBQ IX’s unprecedented prize haul unveiled
Valve: Left 4 Dead 2 already runs faster on Linux
A look at hardware video transcoding on the PC
SSD prices in steady, substantial decline
Norway concerned about Facebook’s “very powerful” facial recognition technology

Google+ shortcuts integrated into new Gmail profile cards
US plans to block any plan to give UN more control of the internet
Web Sites Are Built for Visitors…Not Designers
Mobile News
The Dangerous Side Of Apple’s iCloud
Blu Products announces Vivo 4.3: Android 4.0 and dual SIMs for $249.99
Steve Jobs: 7-inch tablets “DOA” — yeah, right, says CNET’s Brooke Crothers
All HTC One X and One S devices to get new menu button option, unknown for other One series phones
Forecast: US will spend $2.3 billion on mobile ads this year, surpassing Japan for the first time
RIM CEO says company ‘seriously’ considered switch to Android
Google discontinues Listen podcast app, Google Apps for Teams, and Google Video for Business
More on Google’s $200 Jellybean
Acer falters as tablet surge continues
Reviews
G-Cube iHL-500BK Luxury Dual-Mode Headset
Benchmarkreviews.com
ASUS P9X79 Pro Intel X79 Motherboard
Thortech Thunderbolt 1200 Watt PSU
Sennheiser’s HD 558 headphones are cans of whoop-ass
RaidSonic ICY BOX IB-CAM2002 1.3MP Outdoor IP Camera
How fast can Lightning go? Testing out the LN2 BIOS on the MSI GTX680
Other
Deal of the week: Cheap storage, bargain IPS displays, and more
A stuffed toy helps uncrack a vast international child-porn network
Hot new books to read in August
NBC’s Olympics website garners 744 million page views, quadrupling Beijing Games
Podcast #212 – Live from QuakeCon 2012!
Nine great American companies that will never recover
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