Archive for March 8th, 2010

NVIDIA 196.75 Driver Issues, Roll Back ASAP!

As many of you have already noticed, nVidia seems to have some issues with their latest WHQL drivers. The driver is interupting with the fan operation on certain cards which will eventually cause overheating. The questionable drivers have been pulled down and have provided instructions on how to perform a roll back to 196.21.

Get Roll Back Directions here

Dept. Of Homeland Security Rolls Out Body Scanners

11 Different US airports will be recieving full body security scanning machines over the next few months. The effort by the Dept. of Homeland Security will start off at Boston Logan International in the next few days with Chicago O’Hare following closely after.

The units will literally take all the clothes off your back and provide airport staff to see if you’re carrying any metallic devices, weapons or harmful agents.

Power Strip With Foot Control!

Your power strip is most likely placed somewhere under your desk, which is generally out of reach. Should something happen, you’ll probably need to get down on your hands and knees to reset it. However, this nifty little surge from Woods Industry could be helpful. You can easily toggle the power for peripherals without having to deal with a pesky switch or risking accidentally shutting down your computer…..with your FOOT!

That’s right. If you want to stop power to a certain peripheral, you can do it very easily just by tapping the “foot pedal” on the strip. Nice :)

Via LifeHacker

Official: iPad Available on April 3, Pre-Ordering Starts March 12

Apple has announced that the iPad will now officially be available on April 3, 2010.  Pre-ordering will begin on March 12 through Apple’s online store for the USA ONLY. Next in line will be Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK……all most likely later on in April.

Acer’s Frameless Laptop With Touchscreen?

According to the Digitimes, Acer is working on a frameless laptop with a touchscreen keyboard.  Supposedly the laptop will be “impossibly thin” and will print colors directly to the back of the reinforced glass substrate. Is this the future of mobile computing?

Read more @ Digitimes