Weekend Open Forum: What are you playing right now?
PC enthusiasts are no strangers to long gaming sessions, and those who have recently upgraded to one of the latest and greatest graphics cards offered by ATI or Nvidia will surely be looking for something to throw at it. With the number of titles getting released quarter after quarter, coupled with some hard to pass discounts from Steam and other digital distribution mediums, it's easy to wind up ...
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Super Talent launches budget SSD line starting at $65
Super Talent has launched a new budget line of solid state drives that will compete against similar offerings from Intel, Kingston and OCZ. Starting at $65, the new VSSD range promises an affordable way into the flash storage world with "no compromise in performance" -- but before you get too excited we should note that there will be a compromise in capacity. That price will get you 8GB of storage...
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PS3 owner gets refund over "Other OS" removal
Sony's controversial decision to disable the "Install Other OS" feature on PlayStation 3 consoles via a firmware update caused quite a stir recently. Although most users were probably unaffected by the move, those who had been running a Linux distribution on their consoles were understandably irked at the fact that Sony was taking away a feature it had advertized when they purchased their unit.
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Crytek and EA post first Crysis 2 teaser trailer, share details
With the upcoming Crysis sequel moving from the jungle to New York City, it was only fitting that the world premier teaser trailer would debut on a big screen in Times Square. Now that same footage has been posted online for everyone to enjoy, in a two-minute video full of 9/11 reminiscent imagery, aliens, helicopters and nanosuits.
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OCZ launches second-gen Agility and Vertex SSD series
We've known about these drives for quite a while already, but today OCZ officially announced their second generation Vertex and Agility SSDs. Both drives are based on MLC NAND memory chips and use the new SandForce controllers for achieving up to 285MB/s read and 275MB/s write speeds, with sustained writes at an impressive 250MB/s. The differentiator between the two, however, is the all important ...
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News around the web: 3-D Internet in five years
Intel guru says 3-D Internet will arrive within five years @ ComputerWorld
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Memristors could make CPUs and RAM obsolete
Dubbed the "memory of the future," a new type of integrated circuit combining resistors with memory capabilities was recently shown off by HP and touted as a possible alternative to transistors in both computation and storage devices. Today, these functions are handled by separate chips, meaning data must be transferred between them, slowing down the computation and wasting energy. Could this new ...
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"Hello, Iآ’m a Mac" ad campaign to end?
After spawning 66 ads in a four year period, Gizmodo reports that Apple might be ending its very successful آ“Get a Macآ” ad campaign soon. Despite being lambasted by PC enthusiasts, the often times quirky and sometimes unscrupulous series of ads generated plenty of buzz for Apple, creating a meme-like interest in the form of parodies, memorabilia and more.
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iPhone OS 4.0: Game Center, unified inbox, iAd and more
Although the big news coming out of Cupertino today was multitasking support in iPhone OS 4.0, Apple simultaneously announced several other new features that take direct aim at some of its largest rivals. Among these is Game Center, a service that in many ways should mimic Microsoft's upcoming Xbox Live integration with Windows Phone 7 Series, supporting things achievements, leaderboards and onlin...
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Metal Gear dev talks about a platform-free future for gaming
We've heard countless times about the PC nearing its inevitable demise as a gaming platform, citing how weak sales and piracy have forced developers to focus almost exclusively on consoles. While I don't particularly agree with that notion, it's true that the market is evolving and the future of gaming may look quite different a few years down the road than it does today. If you take Hideo Kojima'...
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Nvidia readying cut-down GeForce GTX 460 for June launch?
According to Chinese tech blog Expreview.com, citing "reliable sources", Nvidia is preparing a lower-end addition to its GeForce GTX 400 lineup that could come as soon as June 1 -- just in time for Computex. The third Fermi-based offering will reportedly bear the GeForce GTX 460 name and should go against AMD's Radeon HD 5850 in terms of price and performance.
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Apple iPhone OS 4.0 to finally enable multitasking
It's official: Multitasking is finally coming to the iPhone with an upcoming firmware update -- and therefore to the iPad and iPod touch as well. Speaking at their scheduled iPhone OS 4.0 event this morning, Apple's CEO Steve Jobs announced the long sought feature and acknowledged customer demands saying: "we weren't the first to this party, but we're gonna be the best. Just like cut and paste." U...
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News around the web: Crysis 2 teaser video
Crysis 2 teaser video, live from Times Square @ TechSpot
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Silverlight 4.0 to be released this month
While Adobe has been getting most of the press recently for their Flash 10.1 RC, Microsoft has quietly announced their plans to release the final version of Silverlight 4.0 as early as next week. This major update will provide more fundamental changes than prior iterations, including Google Chrome support, better performance (up to 200% over Silverlight 3), improved security with digital signing a...
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DVDFab HD Decrypter 7.0.3.2 Beta
Copies entire DVD movie to hard disk, and removes all the protections while copying.
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RemoveIT Pro XT - SE 09.04.2010
Remove many viruses that other popular antivirus software cannot discover.
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McAfee AVERT Stinger 10.1.0.838
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Google Chrome 5.0.371.0 Beta
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ESET NOD32 Antivirus System 4.2.42
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Opera 10.52.3347 Beta
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Advanced Encryption Package Professional 5.3.3
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Magic DVD Creator 12.0.10.2010
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Audio Edit Magic 7.6.0.14
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The Bat! Home Edition 4.2.33
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x264 Video Codec rev. 1523
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Keep your AVG Anti-Virus updated.
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avast! Virus Definitions April 9, 2010
Protect your system and valuable data against computer viruses.
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AVIRA Antivirus Desktop Update Package April 9, 2010
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Kaspersky Anti-Virus Update April 9, 2010
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Bitdefender Virus Definitions April 9, 2010
Keep your Bitdefender Anti-Virus updated.
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Trend Micro Pattern File for Windows 6.983.0
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Opera 10.52 Build 8322 Beta for Mac OS X
Opera introduces the looks and the performance of an exceptional Web browser.
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Total Commander 7.55 Beta 2
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SiSoftware Sandra Lite 2010 SP1d 16.41
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Total Uninstall 5.6.0
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Shuttle SX58H7 Bios v SX58S10O
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Driver Date: 3/31/2010 OS Support: Windows 7
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Driver Date: 3/31/2010 OS Support: Windows 7 64-bit
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Driver Date: 3/31/2010 OS Support: Windows Vista
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