This could be nifty. Graphics chip maker Nvidia on Friday announced seven new GeForce 400M series graphics cards for notebooks, which could provide parallel-processing capabilities to accelerate Web browsing and 3D image rendering. Per Macworld, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, Mozilla’s Firefox and Google’s Chrome have either implemented or will soon include the capability to offload tasks […]
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This is sort of unexpected but interesting. Per AnandTech, the current-run 13″ MacBook Pro notebook may be showing that Apple is implementing TRIM support for solid-state drives in Mac OS X. Attaching an SSD to the 2010 system will show an entry for “TRIM support” that doesn’t exist on the Core i5 or i7 MacBook […]
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TomTom Home Updated to 2.7.3.754
TomTom Home, the company’s free desktop GPS management software, was updated to version 2.7.3.754 Wednesday night. The new version, a 42.5 megabyte download (via VersionTracker), includes the following fixes and changes: – Fresh look and feel. – Improved process for installing items to your navigation device. – HOME now smartly manages internal and external memory […]
Because a combination of Windows 7 and virtualization makes life interesting. Per Engadget, a Microsoft statement from last week claiming that the company would look into reports of Windows 7 causing premature battery degradation on notebook computers has led to Microsoft stating that Windows 7 isn’t to blame. According to the company’s testing, the new […]
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Google Earth 5.1.3533.1731 Released
Late Wednesday, software giant Google released version 5.1.3533.1731 of its popular Google Earth program. The new version, a 15.9 megabyte download, adds the following new features: – Improved Startup Time. The improvement is most noticeable when users launch the Earth application multiple times. – Improved overall rendering performance. Changes include faster atmosphere rendering and using […]