Matt Bradford delves into the Daniel Kawakami story and his struggle against corporate might. Daniel is responsible for a series of homebrew drivers that enable Creative's line of sound cards to work correctly in Windows Vista. Creative Labs is allegedly disabling full audio functionality under Vista environments on purpose. Daniel's drivers also enabled proprietary audio technology, such as EAX, on non Creative Labs hardware, which made VP of Creative quite upset. The community's response was less than favorable. Read on for more on this corporate blunder.
Matt Bradford, our news
editor, covers the price changes that went into effect today with the release
of the 9850BE Phenom X4 from AMD. Several other B3 processors were released
today as well, bringing an end to the TLB errata. Read on for more information.
**Update** Prices fluctuated April the 8th, producing some very similar prices between each model.
Our new News Editor Matthew
Bradford went straight to work and summarized the release of the upcoming
9600GT. Pricing information and a release date are in sight, as long as the voltage-offset
problem is addressed.
The thought of record companies being
completely useless has crossed our minds before. The software and hardware available
to today's normal artists are increasingly powerful. February is here, and the
RPM 08 Challenge is upon us. In its third year, the project is promoting
individual creativity and proving that technology has enabled the masses. Read
on for more information.
