Tuesday, March 9, 2010

IT News HeadLines (Tech Report) 09/03/2010



Newegg customers get fake Core i7 CPUs
Ordered a Core i7-920 from Newegg recently? Then take a good, hard look before starting to build your new system. TechPowerUp reports that a number of customers have complained about receiving seemingly counterfeit Intel processor boxes. Judging from images posted on the Overclockers.com forums, the packages looks genuine from...
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Nvidia pulls 196.75 drivers after overheating complaints
Last Tuesday, to coincide with the release of its next-generation Ion GPU, Nvidia put up a new graphics driver package. These 196.75 drivers promised compatibility with the new hardware as well as performance improvements, multi-GPU support, and ambient occlusion support in a handful of titles. Instead of those perks, as...
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International Women's Day Shortbread
International Women's Day Ars Technica: Why ad blocking is devastating to the sites you love Yahoo! News reports China to punish hackers, says no Google complaint The Register: 9TB in 20 minutes? Sign me up ...
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