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It seems Activision might just care about PC gamers after all. When all hope was lost, we’ve been lucky enough to get a second title update for Modern Warfare 2 that promises to better the game and remove several very annoying glitches and exploits. The changes are as follows:

Care Package, Emergency Airdrop, and Sentry Gun marker grenades sprint speed normalized

Sentry Guns: Improved placement detection, preventing cases of Sentry Guns inside geometry

Model 1887: Bling using Akimbo and FMJ combination now has same range and damage as non-Bling Model 1887s

Improved player collision removing cases of getting into geometry and ‘elevators’

Mouse latency tweaks for more mouse movement consistency

Fixes to prevent various texture and XP hacks

[Press Release]

Just one week after Mozilla launched the first release candidate of Firefox 3.6, the company just rolled out the second one. There seems to be no substantial improvements over RC1, just a few minor bug fixes it seems. It’s said that this will be the last release candidate before the final release, which could arrive on January 26th.

[Firefox 3.6 RC2]

After rumors flew around for a little while, we finally have official word from BioWare on Mass Effect 2‘s day-one DLC. BioWare has tweeted the following details on their official Mass Effect 2 Twitter page:

Addressing rumors: BioWare will not be charging extra for any new Mass Effect 2 content on launch day. More DLC details next week.

When we first heard of Zero Gear, we were pleasantly surprised. From early previews, it was hard to believe that someone was finally making a Mario Kart-themed racer. It seemed that they captured what made Mario Kart great and managed to bring it to gamers with a fresh look and design. Like Mario Kart, Zero Gear focuses heavily on combat and weapons to win the race. However, it does offer more than just circuit-race gametypes.

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This past week we had a little more laptop news than normal, possibly just some CES aftershocks taking place. We also had a very insightful, informative and witty editorial from Tim about finger mutilation. Yes, it’s quite the read. Join us after the break for the week’s recap.

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Asus seemed to focus on laptops at CES last week, leaving eBook reader fans empty-handed by Asus. We’re now hearing rumors about the company working on a full color eBook reader currently dubbed as the DR-570. According to Times Online in the UK, the device will sport a 6-inch OLED color display, as well as WiFi and 3G capabilities. They are also apparently working on including flash support, along with a whopping 122-hour battery life.

No details on price yet, but with the OLED technology, we can probably expect it not to be budget-friendly by any means. It’s also said that the DR-570 will be shipped later this year.

[Times Online]

A video has been posted on YouTube that shows some map selection options in MW2 that are supposedly leaked from the upcoming DLC map pack. According to the video, Map Pack 1 will add six new maps and three favorites from Call of Duty 4 (for a total of nine maps in the pack). While the video only shows the map selection menu offering the maps and no actual gameplay, the video does mention that new videos showing actual gameplay should be uploaded next week. Follow the break for the video in question.

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Because of the recent Google attacks, which apparently were accomplished due to an IE security flaw, the German government is telling all their citizens to say ‘auf wiedersehen’ to IE, specifically to versions 6, 7, and 8.

Microsoft is currently working on a fix and the German government will consider switching back to IE after the fix is initiated.

via [Mashable]

True to their word, McDonald’s is now offering free WiFi in approximately 11,500 locations in the United States. Finally, you’ll be able to look up nutrition facts on that burger you’re currently stuffing your face with and not have to pay to do it. Just be sure not to spill any grease on that keyboard.

via [Lifehacker]

A demo for Capcom’s newest 3rd-person adventure, Dark Void, has finally made its way to the PC. The demo released on consoles earlier this month, but PC gamers have only just been given the chance to try it out. If you wanna give the game a test run then you can grab the 1GB demo here. While you wait for the download, follow the break for our first impressions.

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