Nvidia 196.75 GPU driver burning up graphics cards
Nvidia has yanked the latest WHQL graphics driver release (196.75) from its website after reports started pouring in about insane temperature increases and card failures. According to affected users, their systems start suffering low frame rates, freezes or even lock downs when playing games. This includes graphically intensive titles like Crysis or the StarCraft 2 Beta, as well as older, less dem...
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Apple sets April ship date for iPad, pre-orders next week
When Apple unveiled the iPad earlier this year, we were told it would be available around the end of March. Rumors began to swirl recently suggesting shipments had been delayed. However, today the company has put an end to all speculation and finally announced a firm date for the official debut of its anticipated tablet device: the iPad will go on sale starting April 3 with pre-ordering opening on...
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Nvidia blames its rebranding practices on OEMs
While some argue that Nvidia is treading in deep water (what with AMD's current lead in the graphics market and all), most can agree on one thing: Nvidia's rebranding policies are annoying and misleading. For instance, the company's G92 GPU made its way into GeForce 8800, 9800, GTS 200, GTX 200M products. More recently, the GT218 has appeared in GeForce 200, 300 and Ion 2 lines.
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Infinity Ward founders sue Activision for royalties
After being terminated earlier this week, Infinity Ward founders Vince Zampella and Jason West have filed suit against the studio's parent company, Activision. The senior employees were allegedly dismissed for "breach of contract and insubordination."
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Microsoft: Windows 7 is the fastest selling OS in history, over 90 million licenses sold
Microsoft Windows 7's popularity was evident from the get-go. The operating system received wide acclaim before it even hit store shelves, and Redmond shipped 234% more boxed versions of Windows 7 than Vista in the first few days of retail availability. It's been over four months now, and recent numbers show that Windows 7 is still a hot item. In fact, it has reportedly achieved an all-time high f...
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Lenovo is now shipping the IdeaPad Y460
Lenovo is now selling its IdeaPad Y460 notebook, and orders placed today will ship within 13 days. Originally introduced at CES in January, the system has a nifty looking geometrical pattern sketched on the exterior. Lenovo offers two base models, the $999 Y460 - 063347U, and the $1,199 Y460 - 063346U.
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Bluetooth 4.0-equipped devices to ship in fourth quarter
Devices equipped with Bluetooth 4.0 should arrive later this year, according to the Bluetooth SIG. The outfit's Michael Foley says electronics such as smartphones, headsets and computers will ship with Bluetooth 4.0 in the fourth quarter.
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IBM demonstrates light-based chip communication
IBM researchers have announced an important breakthrough today that could change the way computer chips communicate with each other in the future. The company has created a low-power device that can transfer data at high speeds using light, instead of electrical signals over copper wires. The light pulses are transmitted via silicon circuits and can supposedly handle data transfers of up to 40Gbit...
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News around the web: Google Index to Go Real Time
Google Index to Go Real Time @ ReadWriteWeb
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Ubisoft's "always-connected" DRM cracked in one day?
Ubisoft's new "always connected" DRM scheme launched alongside its WWII naval war simulator Silent Hunter 5 this week, and it may have flopped big time. The mechanism, if you haven't heard, requires a constant connection to Ubisoft's servers -- even on single player titles. When that connection is severed, gameplay halts and unsaved progress is potentially lost.
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First Crysis 2 screenshots revealed
Not a whole lot to read, but at least something nice to see. Crytek released today the first two official screenshots of upcoming first person shooter Crysis 2. The title is slated for release later this year and unlike its predecessor it will no longer be a PC exclusive, with plans to make a simultaneous launch for the PC, Xbox and PS3 platforms. Crysis 2 will use CrytekÂ’s proprietary graphics en...
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Firefox 4.0 alpha 2 brings out-of-process plug-ins
Mozilla is looking to crash-proof future versions of its Firefox browser by developing a new feature called Electrolysis that will compartmentalize processes on a tab-by-tab basis -- similar to Google Chrome. But that's not the only angle they are taking. Also like Chrome the just-released Firefox 3.7 alpha 2 (which will actually be released as 4.0) has added out-of-process plug-in support, allowi...
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Corsair launches SandForce-based SSD drives
Following the introduction of their Reactor and Nova series, Corsair has taken the wraps off of yet another solid-state drive range today -- this time built around the promising new SandForce controllers. The 2.5-inch Force drives are available in 100 and 200GB capacities, feature MLC memory chips, a SandForce SF-1200 controller, and quoted maximum read and write speeds of up to 285MB/s and 275MB/...
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Steam platform and Valve games coming to the Mac?
Valve has all but confirmed rumors that it plans to bring its Steam gaming platform to Mac OS X systems. In a clever teaser campaign yesterday, the company began sending gamer blogs a series of images featuring characters from its video game titles, presented in the style of current and past ad campaigns run by Apple, and accompanied only by this explanation: "In anticipation of an upcoming announ...
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