In order to prevent any problems or legal actions from unlucky/unsatisfied customers, Dell decided to extend by one year the warranty on laptops hosting a potentially defective NVidia GPU.
In most EU countries, such situation will be more complicated for both NVidia and computer companies. Indeed, as the defective GPU are considered as a hidden defect, officially acknowledged by NVidia, the one year warranty extension will not work, and in most EU countries, it will translate into a time unlimited warranty as defined by the law for such case.
While last week, we were reporting the first cases of dead MBP due to defective NVidia GPUs, we are still waiting for an official statement from Apple regarding this issue.
IBM announced to have produced the first SRAM chips engraved at 22-nm. If such product will not be commercially available, it demonstrates that IBM has the technology to reach such a low engraving process. Indeed, this is a step further than the current Intel's roadmap, with 32-nm engraving to be introduced in 2009, before being applied to the entire CPU models.
DVRFlash, the application allowing you to flash Pioneer burners on Mac OS X, is now available in version 2.6.0.
The new version brings support for DVR-116 and 216 models, allowing a firmware upgrade as well as region-free mode. (if the corresponding firmware is available, see the list on the following website:
http://tdb.rpc1.org).
For additional information and to download the application, please visit:
http://dvrflash.rpc1.org/
PS: Support for DVD-RAM can also be available on some DVR models. Details about each firmware are indicated in the list provided by http://tdb.rpc1.org.
Hereafter is a report from Emmanuel R. Saint-Loubert, co-fonder of Simplify Media.
Just to let you know that the version of Simplify Media dedicated to mobile phones has been added to the AppStore. Our blog has been updated, http://www.simplifymedia.com/blog, bringing details about this new version as well as a link to the AppStore search engine. In case you experience issues with iTunes to localize the application, hereafter is a direct link: Simplify Media on the AppStore
Thanks to the new version of Simplify Media dedicated to the iPhone and iPod Touch, you can access your entire music collection from anyplace thanks to WiFi, EDGE or 3G without requiring to upload files to a website or to copy your database. You can also remotely listen to your friend's collections (up to 30), only your group can access what you are sharing, and no one can see your other files. In addition, files are streamed only within your private group.
This new version of Simplify Media for iPhone and iPod Touch is free for the first 100,000 downloads, it will then cost 3.99 USD (however upgrades will remain free). Version of Simplify Media for PC, Mac and Linux will remain as freeware.
