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While Windows Vista’s launch was infamous for breaking support in a vast swath of applications, Windows 7 will not repeat this situation and may even improve on Vista’s compatibility. Microsoft has pledged to improve compatibility by “rescuing” applications that simply didn’t work on Vista: Along with the core tenet of ensuring that any application that […] Add comment
I needed a printed copy of the Scriptaculous wiki, and the only PDF version I found was made in 2007. Lame. After a couple hours of CSS hackery and Acrobat tomfoolery, I present the 2009 Scriptaculous PDF manual. Add comment
Nothing is noted in the way of changes, but these official NVIDIA drivers come courtesy of a Fujitsu-Siemens notebook and have escaped Microsoft with WHQL certification in tow. The following mobile GPUs are supported: NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT NVIDIA […] Add comment
Tentatively called SATA3, AMD and Seagate took time on Monday to demonstrate the first public iteration of the new SATA spec that offers transfer rates up to 600MB/s. The new specification is in the final phase of development and should offer compliant drives by year’s end. On the platform front, AMD has pledged chipset support […] Add comment
Alright, so UBitMenu doesn’t completely kill Ribbon, but it does restore a vast majority of the functionality in the form of the Office 2003 UI that so many love. This plugin is what convinced me to switch to Office 2007, so perhaps there are others who need the same kick in the pants. Add comment
You’re Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, the brains behind the IDF’s homegrown weaponry. What do you do when you’re being considered for a defense contract in India? You make a crappy Bollywood movie, right? Right? Guys? Add comment
Make your system more portable by adding the MNPCTECH spring loaded case handles. Add comment
Sun Microsystems is throwing down in blighty on March 30 to celebrate the launch of the Xeon EP which officially brings dual-socket Nehalems to bear. Based on the Nehalem-derived Gainestown core, these SMP-enabled parts feature a second 6.4GT/s QPI link to broker inter-CPU communication. As far as specs are concerned, the chips officially sports tri-channel […] Add comment
Hulu and Boxee have been engaged in an amusing pissing contest ever since Hulu dropped Boxee support at the request of its content creators. Support was back the next day. Since this initial exchange of blows, Boxee’s support for the IPTV has changed half a dozen times. This lazy writer is tired of keeping track, […] Add comment
NVIDIA has taken the wraps off of the newest driver revision for GeForce 6000, 7000, 8000, 9000 and 200-series GPUs. Weighing in at 75-100MB, the WHQL-certified Windows XP/Vista/7 driver delivers the following changes: Added support for GeForce GTS 250. Added SLI profile support for some newly released games. There are also numerous performance optimizations for […] Add comment
We did some digging around on Twitter today, and we’re pleased to inform that the Gulftown chip from the 32nm Westmere family will be X58-compatible. With an expected release date of 4Q09/1Q10, the Gulftown is the successor to today’s Bloomfield core that serves the Core i7 920, 940 and 965 CPUs. Gulftown will continue in […] Add comment
If you don’t watch Coudal’s Layer Tennis, you’re missing out. Today is a triple feature. Add comment
Our estimate was a shade under a week too optimistic, but Windows 7 build 7048 has arrived in x64 style. Though not expected to be the build number that Microsoft offers as the official release candidate, it is nonetheless significant as 7048 boasts a codebase that has entered the release candidate phase. Most notably, 7048 […] Add comment
You may have recently heard that Internet Explorer 8 can be removed from Windows 7 as of RC1. Microsoft has confirmed that this is the case in a blog post that details the robustly modular nature of Windows 7. Users of Microsoft operating systems will know that Windows has long held the ability to add […] Add comment
Guru3D tests the HIS Radeon HD 4650 512MB iSilence4 with a Zalman passive cooler. Add comment
The Titan Fenrir heatsink is news to me. Looks good. Add comment
The LanCool PC-K6 case gets you Lian Li style at a cost savings. Add comment
In case you don’t know what a hard drive Click of Death sounds like. Add comment
ASUS looks to be the first company to snag PureSi’s 1TB SSD we saw at CES. Add comment
Cyber Snipa’s Sonar 5.1 USB headset is a step above entry-level. It should be a good value. Add comment
Almost a full decade after killing Napster and jumpstarting the piracy war in America, Lars Ulrich pirates his own album and says that piracy and leaking is “just how it is.” Add comment
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