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• 25Sep 08

  Nvidia 178.13 WHQL Drivers Released. Amazing Performance Increase!

  Nvidia has now released a new WHQL-certified graphics card driver, the GeForce 178.13. Coming with support for the GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9 and GTX 200 series cards, the 178.13 includes the PhysX v8.09.04 software and features:
  
  - Added support for 2-way and 3-way Nvidia SLI technology with GeForce GTX 200-series GPUs on Intel D5400XS motherboards
  - Support for single GPU and Nvidia SLI technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL, including 3-way and Quad SLI technology
  - CUDA support
  - Support for the Folding@home distributing computing application.
  - Numerous 3D application compatibility fixes
  - Several 3D application performance improvements. For example (improvements measured with 178.13 versus 175.19):
  Single GPU increases up to 11% in 3DMark Vantage (performance preset)
  Single GPU increases up to 11% in Assassin's Creed DX10
  Single GPU increases up to 15% in Bioshock DX10
  Single GPU increases up to 15% in Call of Duty 4
  Single GPU increases up to 8% in Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
  2-way SLI increases up to 7% in Bioshock DX10
  2-way SLI increases up to 10% in Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts DX10
  2-way SLI increases up to 12% in Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
  2-way SLI increases up to 10% in World in Conflict DX10
  
  To download the fresh GeForce 178.13 WHQL drivers just follow the 2Many links below:
  
  - GeForce 178.13 WHQL (Windows XP 32bit)
  - GeForce 178.13 WHQL (Windows XP 64bit)
  - GeForce 178.13 WHQL (Windows Vista 32bit)
  - GeForce 178.13 WHQL (Windows Vista 64bit)
  • Posted Sep 25, 2008 10:10 am PT
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• 23Sep 08

  **NEWS** Xbox Live Down For Service Maintenance 29/09/08!

  On Monday, 9/29/2008 from 12:01 AM PST for up to 24 hours, Xbox Live will be offline for maintenance. As a result, Xbox LIVE and the 'My Xbox' section of Xbox.com will be unavailable, and the Xbox forums will be in read only mode (you won't be able to post.) The remainder of Xbox.com will be available with limited interruptions.

  This service maintenance is in preparation for the new Xbox experience which will be available later this fall.
  
  Let me reiterate: When the service returns, you will not have any new features and you will not have thenew Xbox experience update. That will happen later this Fall.

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  • Posted Sep 23, 2008 9:54 am PT
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• 23Sep 08

  **NEWS** New Google Chrome Beta Available!

  While those that have Chrome installed are stuck at 0.2.149.30, a new beta version of Google's browser has been making its way into every corner of the web. Known as 0.2.152.1, the release has been launched through the Chrome Dev channel last week and it features new Network and Window managers, plus:
  
  Javascript/Web API
  
  - Fix hit-test detection in SVG
  - Ensure contextmenu event is dispatched _after_ mouseup.
  
  User Interface/Behavior
  
  - Stop creating full-text index data for https: pages.
  - Changes the behavior of 'New incognito window' to always open a new window and 'New window' to always open a new normal window.
  - Move the New tab, New window, and New incognito window options to the wrench menu (from the page menu).
  - When you right-click a tab and hover on Close other tabs, Close tabs to the right, or Close tabs opened by this tab, the tabs that would get closed pulse briefly so you can see what tabs will be affected.
  - The about :version page has been rearranged to show the versions of Google Chrome, WebKit, and V8. The About dialog no longer shows the user agent string (it's still available in about :version).
  - Tables in dialogs like the task manager and keyword editor do not flicker on resize.
  - Fix errors with tabs sometimes showing the wrong title or favicon.
  - Allows chrome menu items and bookmarks bar menu items to be selected with right-click.
  - Update the New Tab page properly when bookmarks change.
  
  Plugins
  
  - Fixes bugs with Silverlight plugin not displaying correctly.
  - Fix YouTube (and other Flash videos) halting if the time-advance slider is used.
  - Fixes a problem with Shockwave/Flash games not loading.
  
  Application Shortcuts and Pop-up Windows
  
  - Makes sure that application windows (and popups from applications) show the application icon and do not have an address bar.
  - Fixes the "Create application shortcut" window being too short on Windows Vista.
  
  Network/Proxy
  
  - Better handling of proxy settings, fixing a corruption reading the config file.
  - Fix performance problems with using proxies.
  - Fix a problem accessing some SSL sites that return an illegal message.
  
  Crashes
  
  - Fix occasional crash when trying to make Google Chrome the default browser.
  - Fix crash in history view when deleting a day of history.
  
  To download Google Chrome beta 0.2.152.1 follow this link.

  

  • Posted Sep 23, 2008 12:25 am PT
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