A new NVIDIA ForceWare driver appeared on the web which is being served on-line by one of NVIDIA's partners. This driver set is commonly distributed and it is receiving pretty good feedback.
The drivers are dated dated (03/29/2008) and to be considered beta.
Download: 
GeForce 174.85 Beta driver Vista 64-bitGeForce 174.85 Beta driver Vista 32-bit
80 PLUS Certification is the gold standard for power supply energy efficiency. The 80 PLUS specification requires computer and server PSUs to be at least 80 percent efficient at 20 percent, 50 percent and 100 percent rated load, ultimately improving computer stability and saving money on electricity bills. In addition, there are also performance benefits, such as reduced heat output which increases system reliability and minimizes the need for loud, high rpm cooling fans.
It looks like the PS3 is finally getting some hot mod love from console modding's reigning wizard, Ben Heck. We don't really have all the details since he hasn't announced the project yet, but the display looks like it's the one he used for the Xbox 360 Elite laptop, for a true 720p picture. He's obviously been leveling up his already formidable powers though, 'cause this is one of his most polished projects yet.
Toshiba, Japan has announced a total of 10 models from the "ZH500," "ZV500," "RH500" and "CV500" series as new "REGZA" LCD TV products. The Toshiba ZH500 series will be available in 52- and 46-inch models, while the ZV500 series will offer 42- and 37-inch models. All these models support so-called full HD resolution. They can record various programs including 1seg programs on HDDs connected via USB or Ethernet cable.
They also support the new "Dubbing 10" regulations for the copying of terrestrial digital broadcast programs. Only Toshiba ZH500 is equipped with a 300-Gbyte HDD. The ZH500 models employ bass reflex speakers as well. The ZH500 models are equipped with a VA type LCD panel, while the ZV500 models are equipped with an IPS type LCD panel. With brightness sensors incorporated, all these Toshiba Regza models feature new "automatic" mode that automatically adjusts screen image in accordance with external environments. All new models allow Internet browsing and viewing of "Hikari TV" and "acTVila Video Full" services. The Toshiba ZH500 and ZV500 will be launched in mid May 2008 or later, while the RH500 and CV500 will be released in mid April 2008 or later.
Great news for home theater fans and PS3 owners. Sony's gaming console doubles as the market's best Blu-ray Disc solutionPlayStation 3 to become an even better Blu-ray Disc player with upcoming firmware update. Further cementing its reputation for being the most capable and versatile Blu-ray Disc player on the market, an upcoming PlayStation 3 firmware update will introduce DTS-HD Master Audio and DTS-HD High Resolution Audio support to the console.
AMD has just started shipping its latest processor offering, comprised of triple-core Phenom processors, also known as Tolimans. At the moment, the chip manufacturer is only shipping the chips to OEM vendors and system integrators, but they are not available through AMD's retail channels yet. The chips are 65-nanometer processors that will power AM2+ motherboards supporting HyperTransport 3. They will be included in the Phenom X3 product family, comprised of quad-core chips that come with one of the cores disabled.
The chips are alleged to come with 2MB of L3 cache, but the chip manufacturer declined to offer further details about the processors' technical specifications. However, top-tier PC vendors including Dell and Hewlett-Packard have already announced tri-core Phenom-powered computing systems.
For instance, Dell has listed the technical specifications of its OptiPlex 740 business desktop systems, that will come with a tri-core CPU featuring 1.5 MB of L2 cache and 2MB of shared L3 cache. Dell's tri-core update to the OptiPlex 740 family will start shipping during the second quarter of the year. Hewlett-Packard is currently working on a desktop system powered by the Phenom 8600B tri-core processor that is alleged to reach core frequencies of 2.3 GHz. The 8600B chip will also feature 1.5 MB of L2 cache and 2MB of shared L3 cache.
UK-based PC vendor Mesh Computer has already unveiled its tri-core CPU-powered desktop systems. Both the Matrix XXX Plus and the Matrix XXX Pro computer models are built around the same AMD's Phenom 8600 tri-core processor.
Advanced Micro devices is touting its new tri-core offering as being a better choice than dual-core chips, as the third core will bring additional horsepower in performing mundane, yet CPU cycles-consuming tasks, such as antivirus scanning. However, there are a few problems that need AMD's attention. First of all, the tri-cores will be built on the already buggy B2 silicon stepping, that will require a BIOS patch in order to work normally. This means that the chip will lose 15 percent of its computing power to ensure its stability. Previous rumors claim that the three-core processors will be available to OEM vendors only, so it's going to be a long time until you see boxed versions of the Phenom 8400 running at 2.3GHz and the 8600 running at 2.3 GHz.
Microsoft announced the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare LIVE Fire Weekend 2008, a 72-hour play and win sweepstakes full of games and prizes that begins on Friday, April 18 at 12:01 a.m. EDT through Sunday, April 20 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. Hourly prizes will be awarded throughout the weekend, including Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare shirts, Infinity Ward autographed posters and Xbox LIVE point cards.
One Grand Prize winner also will receive an Infinity Ward autographed Xbox 360 Elite console and a Limited Edition Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare faceplate, among other items. Players can register now through April 17, 2008 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. In addition, on Friday, April 18 from 6-9 p.m. EDT, gamers can play with more than a dozen developers from Infinity Ward and then on Saturday night from 9-11 p.m. EDT Jens 'Lil Evil' Pulver will join the online action.
Inno3D GeForce 8800 GT iChill edition
Since the green hornets from NVIDIA, gives its partners free choice with respect to factory-based pre-overclocking of the G92 '8800 GT 512 SKU the Inno3D GeForce 8800 GT iChill edition Guru3D tests today ships with a significant higher frequency. The card comes with an overclock from reference 600MHz to 700MHz and uses 512MB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 1,000MHz (2000 MHz effectively).
Next to that, better cooling, better design and a free game bundled, not a bad one either .. all that at a competitive price ? You betcha ..
Read our full review here:
http://www.guru3d.com/article/inno3d-geforce-8800-gt-ichill-edition-review/
I don't know if you guys noticed it but apparently NVIDIA has renamed it's drivers. At first I figured this was an Aprils fools joke, but that does not seem to be the case as more drivers seem to get renamed at NVIDIA's website.
Back on the year 1998 the drivers where called Detonator drivers, 2003 up-to April 2008 ForceWare ... and for now the new name will be "GeForce drivers".
I think this has to do with a more simple naming of the drivers, GeForce drivers. You can't confuse that. Not the entire NVIDIA website has been updated, yet you'll notice that the newer pages will show 'GeForce Release 174 drivers'.
Example:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x86_174.74.html
There will be two versions. One with GDDR2 memory at 900MHz and one with GDDR3 at 1600MHz. Both have 128-bit memory interfaces. A review posted at Chinese site zol.com.cn and reveals performance which is just slightly better than GeForce 8600GT, which isn't all that surprising since the product specs are really similar.
Just like the rest of the series 9 products, this product isn't all about performance, but PCIe 2.0, lower power consumption and an updated PureVideo HD.
The product name
See it? No there, the one that looks like a flat screen TV hanging on the wall. Right, that's Sony's new E4000 TV series. Sony has gone all arty with its Bravia E4000 range - offering a 'picture frame' style edging in Midnight Sky, Aluminium, Pearly White and Dark Walnut to match your room decor.
Sony's pushing its new Picture Frame Mode and four "blend in frame colours" hard as its looks to differentiate the 32- and 40-inch Full HD LCDs (and a wee 26 inch of unspecified, sub-1080p resolution) from the competition. As such, the TVs will display one of six, pre-installed images like Van Gogh's Wheatfield with Cypresses. Really though, why bother pre-loading content when it'll display any image you stuff into a connected USB drive. Oh right, copyright law. Anyway, the top-o-the-line 40-inch model features x.v.Color on a 10-bit panel, Bravia Engine 2 processing, 3x HDMI inputs and even SCART for you European old-schoolers. No price or release date just yet.
The Phenom X4 9850 Black Edition Processor
It's now April 2008 and AMD released their Phenom X4 50-series processors, with an all new fixed B3 core, hopefully they can now leave the past behind them and move forward with a processor that can actually start competing with the competition. The leading 'flagship' processor is the Phenom X4 9850 BE runs at a 2.5 GHz clock frequency at a full 2.0 GHz HT 3.0 speed at a 1.2-1.3V voltage and 125W TDP.
Mind you that this "Black Edition" release, the newest Phenom X4 has an unlocked multiplier that is more interesting for overclocking. We took the CPU to 3200 MHz on just the stock air-cooler.
Have a read at this URL:
http://www.guru3d.com/article/amd-phenom-x4-9850-black-edition-review/
Can it be? Why... why yes, a watch with integrated cellphone we might (might!) actually wear. The Van Der Led WM2 is a quad-band GSM watch with itty bitty 1.3-inch, 260k color touchscreen display, stereo Bluetooth, up to 240-hours of standby or 300-minutes talk, and 1GB of storage for a few of your MP3 or MP4 files. Better yet, from a distance, those uber geeky keys on the numeric pad look just like the glittering wrist studs capable of mesmerizing Death Metal, she-groupies backstage. Yours for
Adobe's security struggles have hit a new gear with three new bulletins warning about "critical" code injection and system takeover vulnerabilities in enterprise-facing products.
On the heels of the recent disclosure hiccup surrounding Adobe Reader, the vendor Feb. 12 released patches for two critical issues affecting the Flash Media Server and the Adobe Connect Enterprise Server.
A third bulletin, rated "important," provides cover for a cross-site scripting vulnerability affecting RoboHelp 7 and RoboHelp 7 installations.
The most serious of the three issues
Two press releases today from the Dutch based Point of View, say it out loud I'm Dutch & I'm proud. Anyway, the first is their announcement of their GeForce 9800 GTX EXO edition. The performance of the Point of View GeForce 9800 GTX EXO EDITION is pushed even further by increasing the core speed to 725 MHz, the shader processor speed to 1813 MHz and the memory speed to an insane speed of 2300 MHz! This gives you that edge you need without voiding any warranty.
This product still has a MSRP of 299 EUR.
The second press-release is regarding the availability of its latest hit game bundle: Assassin
AMD announced their quad-core "Barcelona" Opteron processors are available. Ten AMD Validated Server Program platforms are available and shipping and the processor is available in the channel today.
Seagate has unveiled a new series of Cheetah 15K.6 FDE (Full Disk Encryption) self-encrypting hard drives for servers and storage arrays. Pretty interesting.
While there are lots of copy cat from China phone manufacturer, they are also try their best on creating phone with unique design. From the first look of the picture below, you will never know that it will surprise you as a watch phone. The Cool series has done quite a few watch phone for China market, this Cool G108 is one of their latest work. Using a RAZR style keypad in a ring layout, the G108 is a
