Friday, February 19, 2010

IT News HeadLines (Tech Report) 19/02/2010



Ubisoft DRM scheme already drawing criticism
Remember that new Ubisoft copy protection scheme we wrote about in January? Instead of installation limits and CD checks, the new DRM mechanism simply requires an Internet connection to play. If you're disconnected, no biggie: Ubisoft said the game will simply pause until you get back online. Judging from a...
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Obsidian 800D case gets a younger sibling
Corsair's Obsidian Series 800D is a formidable enclosure—we found that out first hand when reviewing the case last November—but its perks come with a hefty price tag: $289.99 at Newegg right now. Luckily for the less wealthy among us, Corsair has announced the Obsidian Series 700D, a very...
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Western Digital's 6Gbps Caviar Black 1TB hard drive
Western Digital's Caviar Black 1TB is the first two-platter, 7,200-RPM drive to use the company's latest 500GB platters. The new Black is also WD's first step into 6Gbps SATA territory, so let's see how it performs in a battery of performance, noise, and power consumption tests.
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Metro 2033 to have DirectX 11 eye candy
We've already written a little bit about Metro 2033, a post-apocalyptic shooter from little-known Ukrainian studio 4A Games. As it turns out, the game has support for DirectX 11آ—and a whole batch of official screenshots showing the new eye candy in high resolution has made it onto Flickr.
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Catalyst 10.2 drivers bring big changes, more coming
Change is in the air for Radeon owners. AMD has released a new batch of Catalyst graphics drivers that introduces a slew of major changes and improvementsآ—and there's more where that came from. For now, the Catalyst 10.2 release is available from AMD's Game website for Windows 7, Vista,...
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