Archive for: March 31, 2008

March 31, 2008

Apple sued for false advertising on 20-inch iMacs

Filed under: Review - 31 Mar 2008

A press announcement heralded by legal firm Kabateck Brown Kellner, LLP claimed that Apple deceived customers when they released the newer 20-inch version of the iMac line. According to the plaintiffs, the company advertised that the 20-inch LCD monitors in the recent iMac all-in-one desktops displa…

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX already popping up in stores?

Filed under: Review - 31 Mar 2008

Filed under: Desktops, Gaming, Peripherals
We got that photo in from reader Ryan, who found a small cache of NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX cards at Best Buy, each priced at $360 for 512MB versions. Can they just release these things already?[Thanks, Ryan] Permalink | Email this | Comments

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Pleo finally learns to sit with Life OS 1.1

Filed under: Review - 31 Mar 2008

Filed under: Robots
Although Pleo just got upgraded to v1.0.2 earlier that month, UGOBE is taking the Life OS to 1.1 and adding a laundry list of features to boot. Initially available for install only through an SD card (download via USB should hit within a few weeks), the update enables your favori…

Sony’s HDR-SR12 1080p camcorder gets reviewed

Filed under: Review - 31 Mar 2008

Filed under: Digital Cameras, HDTV
Sony launched the hot little HDR-SR12 HD camcorder in a overwhelming barrage of new models at CES, so it hasn’t really gotten the love it deserves, but the crew by at CamcorderInfo recently took one for a spin and found that while the $1399 cam isn’t the cheapest o…

Sony’s HDR-SR12 1080/60 camcorder gets reviewed

Filed under: Review - 31 Mar 2008

Filed under: Digital Cameras, HDTV
Sony launched the hot little HDR-SR12 HD camcorder in a overwhelming barrage of new models at CES, so it hasn’t really gotten the love it deserves, but the crew by at CamcorderInfo recently took one for a spin and found that while the $1399 cam isn’t the cheapest o…

IE7pro 2.2.0.1 Final

IE7pro is an add on for IE 7 which adds lots of features and extras that make your IE easier more useful secure and customizable With IE7pro you may switch proxy set agent identification block ads and flash apply super drag drop refresh tab automatically recover session crash manage tab history view page information save image files quickly and more

AT&T seeing executive shakedown?

Filed under: Review - 31 Mar 2008

Filed under: Misc. GadgetsDetails are still shaky, but GigaOM is reporting that the futures of undoubtful AT&T executives may additionally be doubtful. In addition to a recently replaced CTO and recently departed USi CEO, apparently VPs are being offered exit packages or demotions (their choice!…

iPhone Dev Team claims to be dismantled, Pwnage tool dead for good? Update: nope.

Filed under: Review - 31 Mar 2008

Filed under: CellphonesApril Fool’s day joke? Could be, but we’re hearing it might be real: the towering standing bastions of iPhone hacking, the iPhone Dev Team, posted a note to their site stating that “[today] the DevTeam was approached by an unnamed party to sell all of the mental property and r…

LightScribe System Software 1.12.37.1

LightScribe is an optical disc recording technology that utilizes specially coated recordable CD and DVD media to produce laser etched labels Keep burning beautiful LightScribe discs by regularly updating your LightScribe System Software It ties your labeling application software to your optical drive hardware New LightScribe System Software updates are needed to support new hardware or recently introduced LightScribe CDs and DVDs and will ensure optimal and reliable operation of your LightScribe Labeling system

AnyDVD & AnyDVD-HD 6.4.0.5 Beta

AnyDVD is a driver which descrambles DVD Movies automatically in the background This DVD appears unprotected and region code free for all applications and the Windows operating system as well With AnyDVD 39 s help copy tools like CloneDVD Pinnacle Instant Copy InterVideo DVD Copy etc are able to copy CSS protected Movies You can remove the RPC region code thereby making the movie region free and viewable on any DVD player and with any DVD player software With the help of AnyDVD you can watch movies with non matching region codes with every DVD Player Software you like
AnyDVD is capable of removing unwanted movie features including subtitles and prohibition messages such as copyright and FBI warnings It also allows you to launch an external application whenever you insert or remove a disc or prevent 39 PC friendly 39 software from automatically launching when you insert a video DVD AnyDVD decrypts not just DVDs AnyDVD allows you also to play copy and rip protected Audio CDs
Decryption is not all that AnyDVD offers You can control the drive speed of your DVD drive allowing you to reduce the noise level when watching movies on your PC You can even adjust the display frequency of your monitor for both NTSC and PAL displays
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Changes in version 6 4 0 5 2008 03 30
New Blu ray Added support for playback with Corel WinDVD 9
Change Setup Removed ability to install without a reboot because some faulty 3rd party drivers crash
Fix DVD Bug introduced with AnyDVD version 6 4 0 0 Structural repair problems with some discs
Some minor fixes and improvements

Realtek High-Definition Audio Driver 1.90

This driver supports all Realtek High Definition audio chipsets It is used as onboard sound on many motherboards Chips covered include ALC260 ALC262 ALC268 ALC662 ALC861 ALC861 VD GR ALC880 ALC882 ALC883 ALC885 ALC888 ALC888S ALC880T

VIA Hyperion Pro 5.16A

VIA Hyperion drivers are suitable for any VIA chipset and all Microsoft Windows 32 64 bit Operating Systems Please read the information about all VIA chipset driver choices however so that you chose the drivers that can best be recommended for your system VIA Hyperion 4in1 drivers are suitable for any VIA chipset but they are particularly recommended for KT4 series P4X4 series and newer nbsp
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Hyperion Pro drivers includes the following components
bull IDE Filter driver nbsp Enables the performance enhancing bus mastering functions on ATA capable hard drives and ensures IDE device compatibility also known as the ATAPI Vendor Support Driver
bull Inf driver Identifies your VIA chipset
bull AGP nbsp Provides service routines to your VGA driver and interfaces directly to hardware providing fast graphical access and in the case of 8X AGP cards on KT400 and P4X400 systems provides a performance boost over previous drivers
bull VIA Falcon IDE device driver package is a setup package for user to install VIA IDE controllers and it is composed of MiniIDE driver and SATAIDE driver both MiniIDE driver is in charge of PATA controller Oppositely SATAIDE driver manages SATA controller Moreover VIA SATAIDE driver provided the Hot Plug and Port Multiplier features on VIA SATA IDE controller Any SATA device connects to VIA SATA IDE Controllers could be automatic identified and added into the computer without reboot system
bull VIA RAID Software Package is used to install the drivers and utility which are needed for using the VIA VT6410 VT6421 VT8251 VT8237 A SATA RAID controller
The drivers will work with most recent VIA motherboards but VIA advises that users of the following chipsets should download the update for improved performance
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