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ATI Releases Catalyst 6.2 Drivers

ATI is right on schedule with their latest Catalyst driver release. Here are some of the game issues resolved with the Catalyst 6.2 driver release: BattleField 2 Special Forces: A blooming or ghosting effect is no longer noticed when playing the game in night vision mode. Further details on this resolved issue can be found [...]

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Analyst predicts iBooks, touch-screen iPod at event in April

“At the end of his Macworld keynote address in January, Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO, noted that the company will celebrate its 30th birthday on April 1, 2006,” analyst Charles Wolf wrote in a research note released to clients on Thursday. “While it’s possible that Jobs’ was simply pointing out the longevity of Apple, we interpret [...]

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Apple 1GB iPod Nano

Apple said it has released a 1GB iPod nano which it will sell for $149. It has similar features to the 2GB and 4GB models apart from its capacity.It has also shuffled the iPod Shuffle prices, with 512MB and 1GB machines costing $69 and $99. White and black models of the iPod for the Windows [...]

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Adobe offers CS2 security patch

Overview: Adobe has been made aware that the file and folder permissions for Photoshop CS2, Illustrator CS2, and Adobe Help Center can permit non-privileged users to change key program files. This condition presents a risk for shared, multi-user systems. Adobe is providing update utilities which correct these access permission issues and prevent manipulation of the [...]

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PSP Universal Remote

I will declare this the 2nd best hack to come out of the PSP. First of which being emulators, of course. Massa84 over at PSP Updates has devised a way to turn the PSP into a universal remote. It does it by emulating lirc and 1800+ remotes supported by lirc. Unfortunately, this hack only with [...]

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Mac OS OSx86 Intel 10.4.4 Leaked

While we knew it would just be a matter of time, OS X for Intel 10.4.4 has leaked. As usual, the recovery disc is being seeded via torrent on a major bit torrent site. The following oh-so-brief note accompanies the .dmg file: This is the Mac OS X 10.4.4 Restore Disc included with all the [...]

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ATi Catalyst 6.1

ATI just released its first driver for 2006 and it is a 34MB download. This time around, it’s a Catalyst control centre version only and it supports all the cards from Radeon 7X00 generation till X1800 cards. The next driver should support the soon to arrive X1900 generation of R580 cards. Includes fixes for BattleField [...]

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Apple Rips Off Postal Service?

The lastest TV spots for the new Apple computers with Intel Chips is strinkingly similar to a music video from the band Postal Service. Take a peek at the videos side-by-side and judge for yourself.

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Hack Allows Xbox 360 Stream DivX

Casey at Brains-N-Brawn has figured out a way to stream DivX video to the Xbox 360 using Windows Media Endcoder (via HD Beat). This is great news for all us lazy people who would otherwise need a program like Videora Xbox360 Converter to manually transcode each video into Xbox compatible WMV.

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Video: OS X 10.4.3 dual-booted on a Thinkpad

From EnGadget: By now a lot of us have seen videos of Apple OS X running on PCs, but we got ahold of this latest video of 10.4.3 running on a Thinkpad — and it’s running damned fast if you ask us. The video drivers still aren’t up to snuff and neither is the wireless [...]

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