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German consumer group sues Valve over the resale of Steam games
- The Federation of German Consumer Organizations (Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e.V. or VZBV) has sued Valve for not allowing Steam users to resell their games. Speaking about the policies of Valve's digital distribution service, VZBV project manager Carola Elbrecht said that if…
EA shelves Medal of Honor franchise after weak sales, reviews
- Following weak critical and commercial reception, EA has decided to yank the Medal of Honor brand from its shooter rotation. Despite receiving generally mixed reviews among critics and consumers, the franchise's 2010 reboot still managed to sell more than five…
Google Chrome to get notification center, possibly Google Now
- An interesting find made by astute French developer François Beaufort indicates Google Chrome will be getting a notification center soon. Beaufort discovered the addition while mulling over the source code for the latest build of Chromium -- the open-source project on…
Firefox to block nearly all plug-ins by default with 'Click to Play'
- Third-party plug-ins can be a real pain in the back for browser developers. Security holes constantly showing up in Java or Adobe Reader, for example, leave those running unpatched versions open to potential drive-by download attacks. Looking to minimize the…
Catalyst 13.2 beta brings 15% boost in Crysis 3, latency improvements
- On the heels of Nvidia's performance-oriented GeForce update, AMD has released its own beta driver bringing a handful of frame rate and latency enhancements. Among the speed improvements is a 15% gain when using high MSAA settings in Crysis 3,…
WindowsAndroid lets you run Android natively within Windows
- It’s already possible to run Android apps on Windows PCs thanks to a clever little app called BlueStacks. But now a group of Chinese developers are looking to take it a step further by actually allowing you to run the…
BitTorrent introduces Dropbox-like file syncing without the cloud
- BitTorrent has taken the wraps off a new service called Sync that aims to take on services like Dropbox using peer-to-peer technology. Available in pre-Alpha, the new application allows users to securely sync files and folders to multiple devices using…
Nvidia's GeForce Experience PC game optimizer enters open beta
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Nvidia has opened the doors on its GeForce Experience after letting thousands of users hammer on it over the last month. Announced last April and introduced as a closed beta in December, the PC game optimizer aims to help players get the most out of their machines by automatically...
Microsoft confirms Windows RT update bug, promises fix
- Windows RT users were hit by application-updating problems earlier this month after attempting to install the latest set of Patch Tuesday fixes from Microsoft. Particularly, people reported being unable to access the Windows Store or Windows Update, or even updating…
YouTube and Netflix team up on AirPlay competitor DIAL
- Airplay is arguably one of the single coolest new features of Apple’s iDevices and its open alternative Miracast could be a real boon to the Android ecosystem once more devices start supporting it. But Netflix and YouTube believe they can…
Mozilla developers are working to bring Firefox to Ouya
- The Android-powered Ouya console has been making headlines for months as one of the most successful Kickstarter campaigns to date. Early units are already finding new homes with game developers ahead of a planned launch in April but it’s what…
Amazon in-app purchasing extends to Windows, OS X and web games
- Amazon has announced an extension of its in-app purchasing API, already available for the Kindle Fire and other Android devices, for games on Windows PCs, Macs and the web. The move is aimed at expanding the reach of its e-commerce…
Troubleshooting and Fixing Windows 8's Boot Configuration
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Windows 8 received a decent amount of enhancements on the desktop side that I tend to appreciate versus running Windows 7. One such area of improvement is notification management and how it handles updates and system restarts. Running the final version of the OS for a few months now, it’s been a painless affair until this past weekend.
Unable to boot all of sudden, after some troubleshooting I settled on the idea that it wasn't a hardware problem. With a long history of dual booting different versions of Windows over the years, finding a corrupt MBR, boot sector, or Boot Configuration Data (BCD) is nothing new, but it took me longer than usual to come to a solution.
Download: AMD Catalyst 13.1 WHQL driver
- Good news for Radeon owners: AMD's latest WHQL-certified Catalyst driver (13.1) has finally materialized. After an unusually long wait -- no doubt thanks in part to AMD's recent "dynamic release" policy -- 13.1 contains all the improvements 12.11 beta made…
Microsoft Security Essentials fails AV-Test certification... again
- Microsoft Security Essentials has once again failed to make the grade for certification at AV-Test, an independent but non-required honor that most anti-virus programs enjoy. By extension, Windows 8's built-in virus protection, Windows Defender, likely suffers the same shortcomings as…
Microsoft Office 2013 pricing revealed, ETA is a "few weeks"
- Microsoft Office 2013 is expected to arrive in just a "few weeks", according to long-time industry insider Mary Jo Foley. With the imminent launch of Office 2013 being so close, Microsoft's pricing has also been leaked. Price tags for 2013…
Irrational Games: BioShock Infinite will have proper PC support
- With BioShock Infinite due on March 26, developer Irrational Games is working the hype machine by gradually releasing more information, including the fact that the company's latest project will have proper PC support. In an interview with PC Gamer, technical…
RIM: 15,000 BlackBerry 10 app submissions in two days
- Research in Motion hasn't had much luck getting hordes of app developers interested in their platform, despite claims that App World is the second most profitable mobile application store behind Apple's. But the company is hoping to change that with…
Microsoft to fix critical Internet Explorer vulnerability today
- Microsoft will be releasing an out-of band patch later today to fix a critical zero-day flaw affecting Internet Explorer versions 6,7 and 8. The vulnerability allows hackers to execute code remotely in the event that a user visits an infected website.
Adobe offering Creative Suite 2 for free, but they didn't mean to
- Earlier this week Adobe made a surprise move by putting its Creative Suite 2 software, as well as individual programs like Photoshop CS2 and Illustrator CS2, up for download on its website along the corresponding serial numbers. Initially it was…
BitTorrent brings torrent downloads to Chrome with Surf extension
- Looking to bring its file sharing protocol to the masses, BitTorrent today announced a full-fledged torrent client that runs right inside your web browser and makes it easier to discover and download content. BitTorrent Surf is currently available as an…
Chrome 24 fixes two dozen bugs, boosts speed, adds MathML support
- The latest version of Google’s Chrome browser is now available for download. Chrome 24, available for Windows, Mac and Linux, offers two dozen security fixes as well as a number of speed improvements and new features like MathML support.
Windows RT jailbreak tool released, opens door to desktop apps
- Well, that was fast. Less than a week after reports emerged about a workaround to allow any unsigned ARM-based application run on Windows RT, a senior member at the XDA-Developers forums has crafted a jailbreak tool that automates the process…
Download Firefox 18: faster JavaScript engine, Retina support
- Continuing to adhere to its rapid release cycle, Mozilla has published the latest stable release of Firefox 18. "The Firefox of today," Mozilla VP Jonathan Nightingale believes, "is significantly better than the Firefox of a year ago in every way".…
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