Santa Clara, California-based NVIDIA has just released a brand new set of beta graphics drivers, in the form of the GeForce 182.05. The new Beta release follows NVIDIA's recently introduced GeForce 181.22 drivers that were designed to provide users with support for the latest and most anticipated game released by EA, namely Mirror's Edge. The latest Beta drivers have also been designed to provide a performance boost for yet another hot gaming title, namely F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, which has just been...
[read more >>] Round Rock, Texas-based PC vendor Dell, is expected to unveil a new portable computer system that will complete the company's line of Latitude XT tablet PCs. According to details in the market, the Latitude XT2 tablet has apparently just been released in Korea, providing us with a full list of technical specifications. However, the PC vendor is yet to officially announce the product, so we might see a change in the specification list, when the product is officially released. According to a web page on...
[read more >>] Windows 7 Beta Build 7000 continues to be available for download via Microsoft's official channels until the discontinuation deadline on February 10, 2009, but the next iteration of the Windows client has already evolved past the Beta stage. In parallel with the legitimate downloads of Windows 7 Beta Build 7000, superseding builds of the operating system are also up for grabs, albeit not from Microsoft. In this regard, Windows 7 Build 7022 has been leaked to torrent websites with the bits now accessible to a...
[read more >>] Welcome to the 32nd issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly!
Starting this week we've introduced another new section in our weekly, called "Other Linux News," right after the distribution announcements, where you can read about various Linux news that were most important in the last seven days. This week's editorial wants your opinion about the brand new EXT4 file system. In the Linux distribution announcement section you will find the following releases: Slamd64 12.2, StartCom Enterprise Linux 5.0.3, PapugLi...
[read more >>] Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices has just announced the introduction of its new, next-generation Phenom II processors, coming to expand the company's line of 45nm consumer CPUs. With the new models, AMD will be able to provide its customers with a choice between a triple core and a quad-core performance, with support for the current DDR2 or DDR3 memory technologies. These new products are meant to allow PC users the freedom of upgrading to higher-performance solutions, without requiring the...
[read more >>] The first 8 Megapixel camera handset manufactured by LG, KC910 Renoir is one of the few of its kind that can be found on the market. Competing directly with Samsung's M8800 Pixon, which also features an 8 Megapixel camera and touchscreen interface, LG's Renoir closely follows in Viewty's footsteps, one of the best LG camera phones. While there are many similarities between the two camera phones, LG Renoir received lots of improvements regarding the Flash UI, specific to latest LG mobile phones with...
[read more >>] In a second report regarding the concentration of websites advertised through junk e-mail, the anti-spam outfit KnujOn has published a top of domain registrars most favored by cyber criminals. The report uses spam activity data collected by the organization since June 2008. The interesting fact is that, while there are about 900 domain registrars accredited by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) operating at the moment, the ten in this list are responsible for administering 82.90% of...
[read more >>] The fourth alpha version of the upcoming Ubuntu 9.04 (codename Jaunty Jackalope) was uploaded a few minutes ago on the official mirrors. As usual, we've downloaded a copy of it in order to keep you up to date with the latest changes in the Ubuntu 9.04 development.What's new in Ubuntu 9.04 Alpha 4? Well, the big news is that Nvidia and AMD have finally released some new and improved video drivers for Linux systems, in order to keep up with the latest technologies. Therefore, starting with this alpha, the...
[read more >>] The yet unannounced Nokia E75 has been spotted before on the Web, and now we learn that a few more photos and several details of the handset have emerged. Since the launch date of the QWERTY-equipped Symbian smartphone is expected to be announced in a short while, it's no wonder that it can be spotted more often on the Internet. The Finnish manufacturer is expected to come to the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona with the Nokia E75 in its pocket, so we might learn more on the device then, but those newly ...
[read more >>] The project website of one of the most popular open source bulletin boards, phpBB, has suffered a major security breach that has resulted in the exposure of 400,000 e-mail addresses. A hacker has obtained access to both the forum and mailing list databases by exploiting an unpatched vulnerability in the PHPlist newsletter software. The PHP Bulletin Board, better known as phpBB, is one of the most widely used applications for managing online forums. The software is open source and is released under the GNU Genera...
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