AMD's ATI 10.3a Catalyst Driver Update
While we are on the topic of driver updates today, make sure you check out our preview of the upcoming ATI 10.3a Catalyst driver update. Hit the link for the list of what is in, what is out and what AMD/ATI says you can expect from its next driver release. That aside, it is great to see CrossFire support getting addressed in Eyefinity as well as the Bezel Correction feature. We are looking forward to seeing the user response on March 17th and if performance benefits are realized at the gamer level. Comments
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NVIDIA 197.13 Drivers Resolve Fan Speed Issue
NVIDIA has just released new GeForce 197.13 drivers that take care of that fan speed issue that a lot of you were having. Grab the Windows XP 32-bit and 64-bit versions here and the Windows 7 and Vista 32-bit and 64-bit here. NVIDIA apologizes to any GeForce owners that installed the 196.75 driver and experienced quality issues. For the small number of customers that did experience problems, in almost every case reverting back to our 196.21 driver immediately resolved their issues. We continue to work closely with our add-in-card partners and PC manufacturers to help resolve any additional customer issues not solved by reverting to the earlier driver. Any GeForce owner who has questions about their board as a result of downloading the 195.75 drivers should contact their board supplier. Comments
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Fastest Site on the Web: The IRS?
The fastest site on the internet is the IRS. If you doubt these claims, just go thereÂ…and see how fast your money disappears. Performance monitoring service Gomez has released its annual list of major websites with the best overall responsiveness as measured by Gomez over the entire year 2009. Surprise winner: IRS.gov, a site that uses images sparingly and pushes off large documents to PDF format for downloading, rather than trying to serve them as Web pages. Comments
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New Xbox 360 "Slim" Motherboard Spy Pics?
Pictures of what is supposed to be a new Xbox 360 motherboard have popped up in the forums of a Chinese website. I know, I know, these could be totally fakeÂ…but they are still fun to look at. Notice the small heatsink for what appears to be a GPU and CPU combo? Comments
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Businesses Start to Embrace Windows 7
The results of a new survey suggest that businesses are planning the move to Windows 7 soon. I guess IT departments are starting to realize you can't stay on Win XP forever. A new survey shows that businesses are increasingly planning their move to Windows 7, with more than half of those questioned planning to have some machines running the operating system in their corporations by the end of the year. Comments
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Twitter CEO: Spend Less Time on Twitter
During an interview at SXSWi 2010, Twitter CEO Evan Williams said his company wants you to spend less time on Twitter. "So we have no interest in just increasing the time you spend on the Twitter site – if anything we'd like to decrease it. We want to make Twitter a tool for you that helps you get stuff done." Comments
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Cable Companies Taking Over Streaming Video May 1st
Wow, I have heard some whoppers before but this one takes the cake. Then he went on to say that he strongly suggested that I keep the tv service because come May 1, all of the online streaming services would be shut down because the cable TV providers are taking over, and that the FCC regulations are changing so that the cable companies will have total control over streaming video. Comments
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Microsoft: Blu-Ray Absence Boosted Xbox 360
And the "can-o-worms" discussion of the day is brought to you by Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg. While he may have a 100% valid point, there will no doubt be plenty of discussion from both sides on this one. "We've just taken a different strategy. Sony bet on the physical disc, and there are costs associated with that," he told us. "The fact that we're able to offer a console starting at $199 is a benefit of not being burdened with that cost. Being $100 cheaper is part of the reason why we're nearly twice their installed base." Comments
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Facebook Becomes Bigger Hit Than Google
Facebook's traffic has surpassed Google's? Seriously? I find that fairly hard to believe but, if they say so, it must be true. In a sign that the web is becoming more sociable than searchable, research firm Hitwise said that the two sites accounted for 14 per cent of all US internet visits last week. Facebook's home page recorded 7.07 per cent of traffic and Google's 7.03 per cent. Comments
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AMD Announces Strong Channel Support for Opteron 6000 Series
AMD today announced a robust lineup of forthcoming motherboard and channel products for the soon-to-be available AMD Opteron™ 6000 Series platform. This platform is based on the new AMD Opteron 6100 Series processor (code-named "Magny-Cours") and the AMD SR5690 chipset and will bring the world's first 8- and 12-core x86 processors to the market. Comments
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Intel Science Talent Search 2010 Winners Announced
Honoring the next generation of American innovators, Intel Corporation and Society for Science & the Public today announced the winners of America's oldest and most prestigious pre-college science competition, the Intel Science Talent Search. Erika DeBenedictis, 18, of Albuquerque, N.M., won the top award of $100,000 from the Intel Foundation for her project developing a software navigation system to help improve spacecraft travel through the solar system. Erika's research found that the gravity and movement of planets create "easy transit routes," which will ultimately help spacecraft move faster and with less fuel. Comments
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The Perils of Having a "Contact Us" Button
We get a few odd suggestions from our readers now and again but nothing like the folks that run the Pentagon's website getÂ…you knowÂ….like "Why doesn't the government parachute bears onto Bin Laden?." "Overnight, Parachute some bears into areas [bin Laden] might be," the innovator wrote. "Attempt to train bears to take off parachutes after landing, or use parachutes that self-destruct after landing." Comments
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iPod Wearing Jogger Killed By Plane
Wow, what are the odds of something like this happening? Thankfully I am not a crime scene investigator because you know who I'd blameÂ…Steve Jobs and the iPod. Thanks to [H] forum member Derfman for the link. He was enjoying a moment to himself on this resort island, jogging on the beach and listening to his iPod. Officials say the Woodstock, Ga., man neither saw nor heard what struck him from behind Monday evening: A single-engine plane making an emergency landing. Comments
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AMD's ATI 10.3a Catalyst Driver Update
AMD is putting out a new "performance" driver that sports some very aggressive frame rate increases according to AMD. The new "10.3a" driver will soon be released to the enthusiast with a WHQL driver coming in shortly behind that. Interestingly enough, the non-WHQL will have a couple more tweaks than the WHQL version. Let's give you the details.
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