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NVIDIA Yanks Latest Forceware Drivers Amid Complaints Of GPU Failure
It's not often that we hear credible reports that a driver may have caused actual, physical harm to a video card, but that's precisely what an unhappy group of users has done. According to reports, the latest series of Forceware (196.75) caused certain cards to overheat or fail altogether due to a fan control problem. [...]
The Return of Sony [We Miss Sony]
We love Sony. We really do. And we want them to get back in the game, because competition makes everyone better. Here’s how they do it.
Open the Library
There was a time when I might have suggested that Sony jettison its media companies, setting music and movies adrift so that the electronics divisions would no longer [...]
Skinput Turns Your Arm Into A Remote
PCs continue to get more powerful, and mobile smartphones continue togain functionality that could have never been imagined just a few yearsago. But little attention in the mainstream is paid to how we controlall the gizmos that we encounter in our lives. The mouse and keyboardcombo has been the go-to tandem for years now, and [...]
Rapportive Replaces Gmail Ads with Contact Info, Is Very Cool [Downloads]
Firefox/Chrome: Sure it’s nice and all that we get Gmail for free, but those ads to the right of open messages aren’t really all that helpful. Free browser add-on Rapportive replaces Gmail ads with contact info about the sender.
Beyond installing it, there’s nothing to using Rapportive. You have to give it access to a minimum [...]
Ubisoft Patches Assassin’s Creed 2 DRM, Allows Local Saves
There's two bits of Ubisoft news today, one of which we're still investigating. First up, the company apparently payed attention to the outrage of gamers who discovered the DRM in the PC version of Assassin's Creed II would throw them out of game without saving if they lost an Internet connection in a single-player game. [...]
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