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A step towards "Free Windows OS"? MSFT allows Win7 sponsoring
SOFTWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
In somewhat unprecedented move, Microsoft allowed third parties to buy their way into creating new themes for the OS. Is Coca-Cola, Mercedes-Benz or Vodafone-branded Windows 7 on the way?
On 11/16/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (1) Read more
Esquire: racy men’s mag ventures into Augmented Reality
GRAPHICS, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Esquire magazine has jumped on the augmented reality bandwagon. David Granger, Editor, introduces Esquire’s first augmented reality issue, and Robert Downey, Jr. of Iron Man fame welcomes you via an AR segment.
On 11/14/2009 by Darleen Hartley... Comments (0) Read more

nVidia not involved in the Lucid MSI Dispute at all
HARDWARE ANALYSIS
After the big issue with Lucid and MSI we have finally heard form all parties. In the end the only thing we can be certain of is that nVidia is not involved and that they have no plans to block or hinder the production of Hydra.
On 11/13/2009 by Sean Kalinich... Comments (31) Read more
A cellphone with Windows 7? xpPhone now features Win7, 5MP Camera
HARDWARE NEWS
ITG [In Technology Group Limited] has announced that their new xpPhone can be completely customized. Including the OS that you can get with it.
On 11/13/2009 by Sean Kalinich... Comments (1) Read more

AMD execs have a Vision
HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
AMD Financial Analyst Day 2009 At their Financial Analyst Day, AMD executives shared their vision of the company’s future with the audience. VISION, coincidentally is their new logo or branding attempt.
On 11/12/2009 by Darleen Hartley... Comments (1) Read more
INTERVIEW: Chris Morley - MAINGEAR shifts the PC platform
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE, BUSINESS INTERVIEWS
MAINGEAR decided to pull a very hard move and focus itself on redefining the PC experience. Their new SHIFT line-up is offering top performance and support, but is it enough?
On 11/2/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (4) Read more

DirectX 11 now available for Windows Vista SP2
GRAPHICS, SOFTWARE NEWS
Given the fact that Windows Vista SP2 relies on the same kernel as Windows Server 2008 and just launched Windows 7, we weren't surprised to see DirectX 11 trickling down to older OS...
On 10/28/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
Game of the Year is here? Shattered Horizon arrives next week
GRAPHICS, SOFTWARE, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
During 2009, we played a lot of games, but only Shattered Horizon brought true innovation into the genre. This Zero-G shooter hits e-tail on November 4th, 2009.
On 10/28/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (5) Read more

First DirectX 11 benchmark released
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
With the release of Win 7 operating system, everybody wants to see want to see DirectX 11 in action. Russian Unigine Corporation captures the pole position here.
On 10/23/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (7) Read more
UPDATE: Toshiba SNAFU delays Windows 7 free upgrade to December
HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
If you purchased Toshiba's notebook in hope of receiving Windows 7 upgrade, unfortunately we don't have bright news [this time around]. Well, if you live in EMEA region, that is.
On 10/19/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (6) Read more

Steam Hardware Survey September 09: Windows 7 surprise
HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT ANALYSIS
September's update of Steam Hardware Survey felt the effects of Back to School period, but it looks like the biggest winners are Microsoft and display manufacturers.
On 10/19/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
ASUS launches nVidia 3D Vision laptop: 15.6" 120Hz LCD, 3D goggles
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
We received news from ASUS that the company has launched a 120Hz display… in a gaming laptop! You've read it correctly, a gaming laptop packs 15.6" 120Hz LCD and 3D Vision glasses.
On 10/18/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (2) Read more

nVidia's PhysX shortsightedness angers developers
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
When nVidia acquired Ageia, we thought "this is it for PhysX", the API will take off and dominate the market. Boy, how we were wrong.

On 9/28/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (8) Read more
UPDATED: nVidia SLI cracked - works on all motherboards now?
HARDWARE, GRAPHICS NEWS
We got contacted by a friend of the site that inform us that Chinese xDev site managed to reverse engineer the SLI verification procedure and now SLI works everywhere.
On 9/24/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (6) Read more

Steam Hardware Survey August 09: Windows 7 is at rage!
HARDWARE, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT, BUSINESS ANALYSIS
Valve just updated its Steam Hardware Survey with numbers for August 2009. The results are quite interesting: AMD fights back at Intel, while Windows 7 is really picking up.
On 9/18/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (3) Read more
ARM announces Atom killer, goes for Intel's jugular
HARDWARE, CLOUD COMPUTING, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT ANALYSIS
ARM just announced the Cortex-A9 MPCore hard macro implementations for the TSMC 40nm-G process node. ARM claims the clock speed of these dual or quad-core processors can exceed 2GHz.
On 9/17/2009 by John Oram... Comments (3) Read more

Is this a dream PC? A 42" Multi-Touch All-in-One PC
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE NEWS
The appeal of multi-touch interface turned iPhone into a runaway success. Can Winsonic do the same?
On 9/14/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (5) Read more
Windows 7 commercial strikes again
SOFTWARE NEWS
As the time for Windows 7 launch is approaching, Microsoft is bringing back the cute little girl Kylie from Microsoft's "I am a PC" series of ads.
On 9/10/2009 by Daniela Kustre... Comments (0) Read more

Steam Hardware Survey July '09: Windows XP in strong decline
HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT ANALYSIS
We are closely following the results of Steam's hardware survey, largest PC survey in the world - what hardware is run on more than 20 million computers with Steam accounts?
On 8/18/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (2) Read more
ViDock 2 makes notebook GPU upgrade a reality
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE NEWS
Taiwanese eBon Technologies continues where AMD failed: external graphics card upgrade, compatible with all notebooks featuring ExpressCard expansion slot.
On 8/11/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (5) Read more

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IP address change delay

Greetings,

The planned network provider change will not happen as planned, due to our site administrator ending in hospital as a consequence of his gliding accident. The wounds are not life-threatening but Mr. Ivica Hosko is still in the hospital, four days after the crash with transportation to Zagreb in two days time. We send our best wishes and hope for a speedy recovery. As soon as Mr. Hosko returns to his daily post, we'll announce the details of our network provider switch.

The following message is for Mr. Ivica himself:  "Ivica, you nut - gliding around a 2km/6600ft mountain with changeable winds in November?"

Thanks for understanding,

Ed-in-chief

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