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Valve's digital distribution network, Steam, has slashed nearly 50% off every id Software game on its network. This offer even applies to the id Super Pack, which includes everything from their earliest classics, to games like Doom 3 (22 Games in Total), for a measly $34.99. Quake 4 and Enemy Territory: Quake Wars are the only games i've noticed without any major price reduction.
Virus Bulletin this month released the results of a major comparative of the latest security products. The test covers a range of metrics, including detection rates over various types of malware including adware and spyware, false positive rates, scanning speed, proactive detection, and response times to outbreaks. So how does your anti-virus protection rate?
Bit-tech have published a review of Acer's G24 widescreen gaming monitor. The G24's glossy surface and orange skin may be fit into the love-it-or-hate-it category for features but there's no doubting the reflective screen does bring benefits in terms of the super sharp image quality and improved colour saturation compared with other matte TN panels. It's also pretty quick too, making the G24 an easy recommend for gamers looking for a 24-incher.
Tom's hardware compiles an article to help users find the best video card for their hard earned money. Detailed graphics card specifications and reviews are great—that is, if you have the time to do the research. But at the end of the day, what a gamer needs is the best graphics card within a certain budget.
VentureBeat has a lengthy story about the issues surrounding the Xbox 360's “Red Ring of Death.” This is the unauthorized tale of how Microsoft lost its chance to become the leader in the biggest market it has attacked beyond its twin monopolies in Office and Windows software.
AnandTech get hand's on with Nvidia's latest mainstream card, the Geforce 9500GT. So with so many similarities, why release this part? There won't be an endless supply of G84 hardware going forward. Thus the G96 comes along with nearly the same specs selling at the same price. The decreased die size of the 65nm G96 (as opposed to the 80nm G84) will also help to increase profits for NVIDIA and board partners on this hardware while they sell at the same price point.
Virtual-Hideout have published their coverage from this year's Penny Arcade Expo (PAX). This past weekend, my work schedule changed and freed up some time. On a spur of the moment change, we pillaged the Penny Arcade Expo also known as PAX 2008 in Seattle, WA at the Convention Center. I must say that the event seemed to be well organized. With the exception of the CC staff, the PAX crew were on the ball.
Lavalys yesterday announced the general availability of version 4.60 of its EVEREST family of products. These include the widely used PC diagnostic and benchmarking tool EVEREST Ultimate Edition and the increasingly popular IT asset management and network monitoring solution EVEREST Corporate Edition. This release brings several improvements and bug fixes in direct response to customer feedback.
The Tech Report review Asus' Eee PC 901 netbook. If you hang around these parts at all, you're surely familiar by now with Asus' little Eee PC laptops. These miniature, low-priced laptops were initially inspired by the One Laptop Per Child effort aimed at providing laptops to kids in developing nations, but the Eee PC has become something of a minor phenomenon in more traditional PC markets.
Mozilla developers have made Firefox 3.1 Alpha 2 available to download, for those wanting the test out the latest revision.
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