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Advertisement on Origin briefly mentions Battlefield 4 beta

Advertisement on Origin briefly mentions Battlefield 4 beta
  • Posted July 16, 2012, 2:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming
  • It’s no secret that Battlefield 4 is already in the works as it’s one of the most popular franchises in recent memory. EA president Frank Gibeau even confirmed its existence during a speech at the University of Southern California late…

GeForce 304.79 beta brings TXAA, SLI profiles and bug fixes

GeForce 304.79 beta brings TXAA, SLI profiles and bug fixes
  • Posted July 3, 2012, 5:00 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming, Software
  • You've probably barely broken in June's 304.48 beta drivers, but Nvidia has already prepared another update that brings "essential" changes for The Secret World players as well as other improvements and fixes. Perhaps the most notable change in 304.79 beta is the inclusion of TXAA...

Catalyst 12.6 drivers improve performance, plug security hole

Catalyst 12.6 drivers improve performance, plug security hole
  • Posted June 29, 2012, 5:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Software, Gaming
  • The official release of AMD's Catalyst 12.6 driver has finally hit the scene. As expected, the unified driver features a long list of bug fixes and improvements for users with video cards dating back to the Radeon HD 2400 series.…

Nvidia's GeForce 304.48 beta offers up to 18% more performance

Nvidia
  • Posted June 18, 2012, 3:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming, Software
  • Nvidia has released new beta drivers offering GeForce 400, 500 and 600 series owners up to 18% more performance depending on the title and settings. In a blog post, Nvidia published some of its own tests in which the GTX 680 saw a 17.6% boost over last month's...

Windows 8 Release Preview is out, download now

Windows 8 Release Preview is out, download now
  • Posted May 31, 2012, 2:08 PM by Julio Franco | Filed in Microsoft, Software Breaking News
  • Microsoft accidentally leaked yesterday that Windows 8 Release Preview would become available today and indeed, it's now here, download links are below. Windows 8's development has been considerably more open than on previous releases, we believe in part so Microsoft…

Steam's remote game downloading feature out of beta

Steam
  • Posted May 17, 2012, 3:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming
  • Steam’s remote management feature is now out of beta and available to the general masses. As the name suggests, remote management allows a user to buy and download new titles directly to their main computer while away from home through…

Diablo III open beta weekend starts today

Diablo III open beta weekend starts today
  • Posted April 20, 2012, 11:07 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming
  • Blizzard is opening the Diablo III beta to the public this weekend in an effort to stress test the game’s servers before the full title is released next month. All one needs to play the highly anticipated game is a…

Diablo 3 demo accidentally made available, Blizzard shuts down servers

Diablo 3 demo accidentally made available, Blizzard shuts down servers
  • Posted April 18, 2012, 5:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Gaming, The Web
  • In a Wednesday morning stroke of serendipity, some individuals discovered that a Starter Edition of Diablo 3 was made accidentally available for download via their battle.net accounts. Upon discovery of the slip up, Blizzard promptly took battle.net down for maintenance…

Nvidia releases GeForce 301.24 beta with FXAA, Adaptive VSync, more

Nvidia releases GeForce 301.24 beta with FXAA, Adaptive VSync, more
  • Posted April 10, 2012, 5:00 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware, Software
  • Making up for March's relatively dull update, Nvidia has announced what it deems an "essential upgrade for all GeForce users." Released yesterday, the 301.24 beta drivers carry many of the goodies introduced with the GTX 680 a few weeks ago,…

Adobe Photoshop CS6 beta now available as free download

Adobe Photoshop CS6 beta now available as free download
  • Posted March 22, 2012, 11:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Software
  • Adobe has released a beta version of Photoshop CS6 that is free to download and try. The latest installment of the popular photo editing software for PC and Mac is said to have 60 percent more features than CS5 including…

Thurrott previews Microsoft Office 15, lots of screenshots

Thurrott previews Microsoft Office 15, lots of screenshots
  • Posted March 16, 2012, 6:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Microsoft, Software
  • Paul Thurrott has managed to get his hands on a copy of the Microsoft Office 15 Technical Preview. He's posted a plethora of screenshots and more details about what we can expect on his website. He outlines his experiences from…

EA opens beta of free-to-play Command & Conquer MMO

EA opens beta of free-to-play Command & Conquer MMO
  • Posted March 16, 2012, 2:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Gaming, The Web With Video
  • Electronic Arts has announced that its upcoming free-to-play game Command & Conquer Tiberium Alliances is now in open beta. This latest entry in the company's Play4Free portfolio is a browser-based MMO based on the popular Command & Conquer franchise. Developed…

Run Windows 8 commitment-free in a virtual machine

Run Windows 8 commitment-free in a virtual machine
  • Posted March 1, 2012, 12:22 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in TechSpot, Software
  • With the launch of Windows 8's Consumer Preview, you're probably itching to spend some quality time with Microsoft's latest operating system. Although you may have already downloaded the ISO, we bet some of you haven't decided how you're going to install it.

    Running Windows 8 in a virtual machine won't remove your current OS, you can access it anytime you want without rebooting and it doesn't require any extra hardware. What's more, the test OS can be deleted in only a few mouse clicks.

Skype beta finally arrives for Windows Phone platform

Skype beta finally arrives for Windows Phone platform
  • Posted February 28, 2012, 10:30 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Mobile Computing, Software With Video
  • It has been a very long time coming, but Skype has finally announced via their blog that the popular video chat client is now available as a beta release for Windows Phone 7 users. The wait might just have been…

Windows 8 Consumer Preview coming Feb. 29, bundled apps leaked

Windows 8 Consumer Preview coming Feb. 29, bundled apps leaked
  • Posted February 8, 2012, 3:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Software, Microsoft Breaking News
  • As promised, Microsoft will release a public beta of Windows 8 this month. The company scheduled a launch event for the "Consumer Preview" of its next operating system on February 29 in Barcelona, Spain -- the same timeframe and city as Mobile World Congress...

A quick look at Chrome Beta browser for Android

A quick look at Chrome Beta browser for Android
  • Posted February 8, 2012, 12:17 AM by Julio Franco | Filed in Mobile Computing, Software With Video
  • Google released yesterday a beta version of Chrome for the Android 4.0 platform, bringing a few interesting features to the table and what we assume will eventually become the browser of choice for Android devices in general (future devices that…

Google releases Chrome for Android Beta for Android 4.0 devices

Google releases Chrome for Android Beta for Android 4.0 devices
  • Posted February 7, 2012, 4:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Software With Video
  • Google has released a beta version of Chrome for Android that is available now in the Android Market. The app is initially being made available only for phones and tablets running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, according to a post…

Adobe prepping sandboxed Flash Player for Firefox, beta available now

Adobe prepping sandboxed Flash Player for Firefox, beta available now
  • Posted February 7, 2012, 3:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in IT Security, Software
  • Adobe is working on a new Flash Player sandbox for Firefox that will essentially work in “Protected Mode” in an effort to protect users against exploits. The design of the sandbox is similar to what the company used with Adobe…

Microsoft experiments ahead of Windows 8's public beta, is the Start button going the way of the dodo?

Microsoft experiments ahead of Windows 8
  • Posted February 5, 2012, 11:52 PM by Julio Franco | Filed in Microsoft, Software
  • As we draw closer to the Windows 8 public beta this month, we've come to learn many different details of what Microsoft is cooking behind the scenes in the new OS, which is expected to debut in final form by the end of this year.

Microsoft outlines changes to Explorer in Windows 8 beta

Microsoft outlines changes to Explorer in Windows 8 beta
  • Posted January 31, 2012, 12:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Microsoft, Software
  • Microsoft has published a new blog post regarding changes that have been made to Windows 8 leading up to the public beta slated for release next month. Author Ilana Smith notes that nearly 2,200 reader comments were considered in addition…

Chrome 17 beta brings speed and security improvements

Chrome 17 beta brings speed and security improvements
  • Posted January 6, 2012, 3:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Software, The Web
  • Google has pushed a new version of Chrome into the beta channel that's designed around improving two of the browser's key aspects: speed and security. The first major change in version 17 is the ability for pages to start loading…

Microsoft details Windows 8 app store, confirms February beta

Microsoft details Windows 8 app store, confirms February beta
  • Posted December 7, 2011, 2:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Microsoft, Software Breaking News With Video
  • Microsoft hosted a special event in San Francisco yesterday to discuss details about its upcoming application store for Windows. The company shared details on everything from registration fees to the approval process, revenue model, as well as advertisements and in-app…

Nvidia releases GeForce 290.36 beta driver

Nvidia releases GeForce 290.36 beta driver
  • Posted November 28, 2011, 4:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware, Software
  • Nvidia has issued a new set of beta drivers designed to bring a slew of improvements for the latest PC games on the market. Among them, the GeForce 290.36 Beta adds more realistic shadowing in Skyrim and Modern Warfare 3…

How to access the new YouTube homepage now

How to access the new YouTube homepage now
  • Posted November 22, 2011, 12:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in The Web
  • YouTube is currently testing a new layout for their landing page that is rolling out in stages. If you are impatient and want to try it for yourself now, you are in luck as there is a way to force the new homepage should you happen to use...

Latest Skype beta adds Skype-to-Facebook video calling

Latest Skype beta adds Skype-to-Facebook video calling
  • Posted November 17, 2011, 12:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Software, The Web With Video
  • Skype is expanding upon its existing partnership with Facebook by introducing the ability to make video calls to your friends on the social network from within Skype itself. The feature is a natural extension of the Skype-powered Facebook-to-Facebook video calling…

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