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Patch Tuesday to bring six security bulletins

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 21:12:00 +0000

Microsoft has detailed next week's Patch Tuesday in a post at the Microsoft Security Response Center. This time around, Redmond will issue six security bulletins -- far less than last month's record breaking 13 bulletins. Three of the six bulletins listed are rated critical -- the highest ...

juliofranco posted 2 days ago from techspot.com

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Shattered Horizon Now Available!

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:29:43 +0000

Futuremark Games Studio has released their first ever title on Steam: Shattered Horizon ! This multiplayer first-person shooter is played entirely in zero gravity. A catastrophic explosion on the Moon has filled near-Earth space with billions of tons of rocky debris. You and your friends will ...

DriverHeaven.net found this 3 days ago on store.steampowered.com

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Windows 7's share climbs some 40% during launch week

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 16:55:00 +0000

Windows 7's market share climbed almost 40% in the week following its release, according to research outfit Net Applications. During the week after October 22, market share of Microsoft's latest operating system jumped more than 39% from 1.91% to an average of 2.66%. That growth doesn't appear ...

juliofranco posted 5 days ago from techspot.com

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Intel X25-M 'G2' TRIM Enabled Firmware and SSD Toolbox Review

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:51:45 +0000

Today Intel released a new firmware for their X25-M G2 line of SSD's. The firmware adds long awaited support for native TRIM, which should boost performance when used under Windows 7. Also released was an "SSD Toolbox" utility to view drive stats and bring TRIM-level performance to Windows XP ...

TweakTown's News RSS Feed found this 12 days ago on pcper.com

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ATI Catalyst™ Legacy Display Driver

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:49:02 +0000

AMD has moved a number of DX9 ATI Radeon™ graphics accelerators products to a legacy driver support structure. This change impacts Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Linux distributions. AMD has moved to a legacy software support structure for these graphics accelerator products in an effort to ...

Fudzilla found this 10 days ago on support.amd.com

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Editorial: 7 Reasons to NOT stick with Windows XP

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:59:00 +0000

You have probably seen an article posted by Gizmodo listing 7 reasons to stick with Windows XP. Well, there are certainly some reasons for sticking with Windows XP and the one that really makes sense is if your current system is too old to support Windows 7. You may not meet the minimum ...

The Tech Report: News found this 12 days ago on vr-zone.com

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NVIDIA Ion LE DirectX 10 hack suggests purposefully crippled features

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:42:21 +0000

NVIDIA’s Ion LE promises to deliver the same 1080p HD playback as its regular Ion sibling , but at a cheaper price; to do that, it drops DirectX 10 support in favor of solely accommodating DX9. It turns out that the limitation is, in fact, an arbitrary one and that the Ion LE seems to have been ...

Fudzilla found this 8 days ago on slashgear.com

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Would You Pay $1,200 for a Mouse?

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:45:15 +0000

We're not sure how we would envision a $1,200 mouse, but we're pretty sure it wouldn't resemble the Titanium Mouse by Intelligent Design. Yet that's how much the Dutch outfit says their rodent is worth. So what do you get in exchange for all those ducats? A handcrafted Bluetooth laser mouse, ...

willsmith posted 11 days ago from maximumpc.com

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Ninite Easy PC Setup and Multiple App Installer - Great For Win7 Upgrades

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:30:00 +0000

The easiest way to get apps. Pick the apps you want. Start your customized installer. You're done! Ninite runs on Windows XP/Vista/7 and works in the background 100% hands-free. We install apps with default settings and say "no" to browser toolbars and other junk. All we do is install the ...

VR-Zone Articles found this 12 days ago on ninite.com

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ATI Catalyst™ Display Driver

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:51:16 +0000

DriverHeaven.net found this 10 days ago on support.amd.com

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7 Reasons to Stick with Windows XP

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Windows 7 is out today! Huzzah! But wait; if you're still rocking Windows XP , you might want to think twice before upgrading. Here are some reasons to stick with an old OS. 1. Updating will be a huge pain You do realize that you can't just pop in the disc and install the OS, right? ...

The Tech Report: News found this 13 days ago on gizmodo.com

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DirectX 11 Comes To Vista

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:00:32 +0000

Microsoft launched Windows 7 with full DirectX 11 support, but until now , Vista users running ATI’s newest 5000 series cards were left out in the cold. Its not like you’ve been waiting months to play the newest DX11 titles, but at least you now have the comfort of knowing that you don’t ...

willsmith posted 7 days ago from maximumpc.com

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Windows 7 fails to stop Mac's web growth

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 12:55:41 +0000

The launch of Windows 7 in October did nothing to stop an increase in Mac share online, the latest data from Net Applications shows. Although the Microsoft OS was on sale for nine days last month, Windows' combined share of Internet traffic actually dropped to 92.52 percent while Mac OS X ...

DriverHeaven.net found this 5 days ago on electronista.com

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