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Consumer group urges Blizzard to clarify always-on DRM requirement
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Over two months after its launch, Diablo III remains the subject of much criticism among gamers and consumer rights groups around the globe, including a German organization that has threatened legal action against Blizzard. Concerned about what it believes to be misleading packaging...
Amazon to collect Texas sales tax in July, Nevada in 2014
- Amazon has reached an agreement with the state of Texas which will allow them to continue doing business there but at a cost -- Amazon will begin collecting sales tax from Texas residents starting July 1, 2012. Texas is the seventh…
EA voted the worst company in America, awarded a Golden Poo
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Continuing the backlash over EA's recent blunders, users have voted the publisher as America's worst company of 2012. Conducted by Consumerist.com, the annual poll pits 32 companies against each other in a weekly faceoff. To earn its title, EA trumped Sony, Best Buy, Comcast, AT&T...
Nvidia releases GeForce 296.17 for Windows 8, others get 296.10
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Nvidia has baked a fresh batch of drivers, with two flavors covering Windows XP through Windows 8. Common folk running Windows XP, Vista or 7 should grab GeForce 296.10 as it boosts SLI performance in various titles, including Blacklight: Retribution, Dirt 3...
Windows 8 Consumer Preview nearly done, Office 15 screenshots leak
- On track with its previously shared schedule, Microsoft has reportedly stopped compiling beta builds and is preparing to sign off on the Consumer Preview of Windows 8 tomorrow. The build (8250) will be unveiled during a special event coinciding with…
Consumer tech generated $144 billion in 2011, Apple was the top brand
- Consumer electronics sales fell half a percent in 2011, generating $144 billion, NPD reports. Computers, televisions, tablets/e-readers, mobile phones and video game hardware commanded nearly 60% of those sales. Notebooks and desktops alone represented $28 billion (almost 20%), a decrease…
Don't Be Evil bookmarklet sidesteps Google's hardcoded Google+ results
- A new service from Focus on the User allows users to modify Google search results to shift the focus from the company’s self-promoted products to the most relevant search results for any given query. The browser plug-in was co-developed by…
Weekend Open Forum: What was your first screen name?
- This week we'd like to highlight a thread created by longtime TechSpot member LookinAround. He asks: "There's a lot of interesting and curious looking usernames on TechSpot. The meaning of some are more obvious than others. Some usernames are downright…
ACSI: Apple outranks competitors in consumer satisfaction
- Consumers are no happier with their computers this year than they were last year, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index. In its annual report, the group found that consumer satisfaction with personal computers has remained stagnant at 78 out…
Users with newer IE versions more likely to use Bing, especially for IE9
- It appears that Internet Explorer's tech-savvy users are more likely to use Bing. In other words, the later version of Microsoft's browser you use, the higher the chance that you're also using Microsoft's search engine.
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