Sunday, November 1, 2009

IT News HeadLines (TechSpot) 11/1/09


TechSpot
Weekend Open Forum: Your last game purchase
It's no secret that tech enthusiasts enjoy playing video games, and the holiday season typically brings some of the year's greatest titles. A few weeks back we created a list of PC games we're most excited about for the fourth quarter and beyond, and yesterday robortwillys, a recent member of our community opened this similarly themed forum topic that we thought deserved a little more attention.
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GeForce 195.39 beta brings OpenCL 1.0 support, over 200 bug fixes
Nvidia has released GeForce 195.39 beta drivers, its first to support the OpenCL 1.0 specification. The version also brings over 200 bug fixes, support for CUDA Toolkit 3.0 (which will be released in the coming weeks), and SLI support for various titles including Borderlands, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, G-Force, FIFA Soccer 2010, League of Legends: Clash of Fates, NHL 2009, Order of War, Pr...
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MSI intros 16" Tigris-based CR610 notebook
MSI has introduced the CR610, a new 16" laptop built on AMD's upcoming Tigris platform. The machine seems fitting for standard multimedia use, and features a LED-backlit 1366 x 768 HD display, an AMD Athlon II CPU and RS880 chipset with Radeon HD 4200 graphics, up to 4GB of DDR2 800MHz RAM, a choice of 250GB, 320GB and 500GB HDDs, and a DVD burner.
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Acer prepares to initiate price war with HP
As HP seeks to reinforce their top spot for global PC shipments, the company is planning to cut prices all around, especially in the very low-cost laptop arena. Acer isn't far behind them, and is prepared to initiate a price war with HP over the coming year.
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LG to deliver 40" OLED panels in 2012, will be cheaper than LCDs in 2016
In addition to announcing that its 15" OELD display will hit Korean shelves in November, LG revealed plans to release 20"-plus OLED panels in 2010, 30"-plus in 2011, and 40"-plus in 2012 -- quite the outlook. While smaller panels will use sixth-generation substrates with a low-temperature polycrystal silicon, OLED panels larger than 40" will require eight-generation size glass substrates.
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AMD to discontinue current Phenom II X4 CPUs, plans for revamped models?
A recent rumor suggests that AMD may have plans to halt orders for various Phenom II X4 processors starting in the fourth quarter of 2009 into the first half of 2010. It is suspected that AMD's decision is based on a plan to launch a revised Phenom II X4 (Deneb 45nm) processor, which will have lower thermals and support higher clock rates.
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Connectify turns Windows 7 laptops into Wi-Fi hotspots
Few years ago a little-known feature called Virtual Wi-Fi was crafted by Microsoft's research group as a way to "virtualize" one wireless card as several separate adapters in Windows. The project was discontinued in 2006, but some of the code apparently made its way into Windows 7, and now at least one company is taking advantage of it with a new application that can turn any laptop into a wireles...
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Facebook spammer ordered to pay $711 million
Facebook has been awarded $711 million in damages against spammer Sanford Wallace for bombarding the social networking with phony wall posts and messages. The so-called آ“Spam Kingآ” was sued in February along with Adam Arzoomanian and Scott Shaw for allegedly obtaining login credentials for other users' accounts, and sending out links to phishing sites and other websites that paid spammers for refe...
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Daemon Tools 4.30.0306
Daemon Tools is a virtual cd/dvd-rom emulator
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Connectify Beta 1.0
Turn your Window 7 laptop into a Wi-Fi hotspot.
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VLC media player 1.0.3
Highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats.
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Anti Trojan Elite 4.7.4
Malware remover, it can detect and clean malware in disk or memory.
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BWMeter 5.2.1
Powerful bandwidth meter, monitor and traffic controller, which measures, displays and controls all traffic.
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Passmark PerformanceTest 7.0 Build 1010
Hardware benchmark utility that allows everybody to assess the performance of their computer and compare it.
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K-Lite Codec Tweak Tool 4.0.1
Scan the registry to detect and remove broken references to codecs and filters.
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Avira AntiVir Personal Edition 9.0.0.407
The private and individual use of the AntiVir Personal Edition is completely free of charge.
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Shuttle X27D Bios v FM27S205
Driver Date: 10/30/2009 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista

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Aus Smart Doctor v 5.48
Driver Date: 10/28/2009 OS Support: Windows XP

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Aus Smart Doctor v 5.48 for Windows Vista
Driver Date: 10/28/2009 OS Support: Windows Vista

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Aus Smart Doctor v 5.48 for Windows 7
Driver Date: 10/28/2009 OS Support: Windows 7

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ECS G31T-M9(V1.0) Bios v 9/10/15
Driver Date: 10/27/2009 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista

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ECS A790GXM-AD3 Gold(V1.0/V1.0A) Bios v 9/10/20
Driver Date: 10/27/2009 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista

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ECS A790GXM-AD3(V1.0/V1.0A) Bios v 9/10/20
Driver Date: 10/27/2009 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista

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Asus Eee PC 1101HA Wireless LAN Driver v 3.0.20
Driver Date: 10/15/2009 OS Support: Windows 7

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