By Craig Lloyd on Mar 8th, 2010 at 9:53PM
Redmond’s newest operating system, Windows 7, has sold 90 million licenses since its release in the Fall of 2009. This makes Windows 7 the fastest-selling operating system of all time. The announcement came early last week at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference by Microsoft CFO Peter Klein.
[Windows Blog via MCV]
By Craig Lloyd on Mar 8th, 2010 at 4:11PM
While most of us are doing the smart thing by utilizing torrents, stragglers still using LimeWire will be thankful to know that AVG will be heading their way to make the LimeWire file sharing client more secure. Using licensed AVG Antivirus SDK, LimeWire will scan files that are downloaded to the user’s PC and let them know if they grabbed a virus on accident. One of the downsides is that the integrated AVG will only be available to LimeWire Pro users. The rest of you using the free version will have to continue doing virus scans of your downloads the traditional way.
via [Download Squad]
By Tim Hage on Mar 8th, 2010 at 11:15AM
Instead of bloating this post with filler, I’ll just get right to the images. You’re welcome. Follow the break.
By Tim Hage on Mar 8th, 2010 at 12:01AM
In such economic turmoil, who will you turn to for the best cheap games? Well, Tech Olive’s Bargain Bin, of course. Every week, we’ll pick a nice game for under $10 that you should check out. This week, we’ve got a horror title: Penumbra Black Plague; the newest game in the Penumbra series for the paltry sum of $4.97 (with shipping, my total was about $8).
By Craig Lloyd on Mar 7th, 2010 at 8:48PM
The past week’s best news…
The Bargain Bin: Call of Juarez
- We’ve all heard about recent budget cutbacks that have caused all of our favorite game developers and producers to cut many jobs to keep up in today’s economy, but what you never hear about is anything that helps the gamers in today’s rough times. We at the Olive understand that gaming can be an expensive hobby and we feel your pain. So, we’ve enlisted ourselves to find, test, and report some great, cheap games every week.
By Craig Lloyd on Mar 7th, 2010 at 12:09AM
Good news for all prospective buyers of Microsoft Office 2007. If you buy the 2007 suite between now and September 30, 2010, you’ll be able to grab Office 2010 for free when it’s released this June. We’re not sure why you would want Office 2007 anytime after June, but who knows what crazy things people do these days.
By Craig Lloyd on Mar 6th, 2010 at 9:40PM
Finally, we get to see if Nvidia’s new Fermi card is any match for ATI’s monster HD 5870. Tom Petersen, Director of Technical Marketing at Nvidia gives us a quick walkthrough of their benchmark for the GTX 480 and how the new card really excels in tessellation, but looking at the graph of the results themselves doesn’t really make us ooh and ah. Yes, the GTX 480 does perform a bit better than its competitor, but isn’t this thing supposed to blow it out of the water? It’s a brand new card going up against another card that’s a half-year old….By any means, you can catch the video after the break.
By Tim Hage on Mar 6th, 2010 at 7:48PM
Bioshock 2’s DLC is scheduled to begin its release with the first piece coming next week on the 11th. The first release will be the Sinclair Solutions Test Pack. While 2K Games has only detailed a few multiplayer changes and additions, we have been assured that there will be even more new multiplayer features, as well as some new content for singleplayer. 2K has promised more details in the coming week. Until then, follow the break for a list of confirmed changes.
By Tim Hage on Mar 6th, 2010 at 9:44AM
While the console releases are still on-schedule for the May release date of Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, the PC version has been pushed back a month to June. Ubisoft has yet to explain why the PC release has been delayed, but I think it’s safe to assume that it has to do with Ubisoft’s recent experiments in copy protection.
via [CVG]
By Tim Hage on Mar 6th, 2010 at 9:32AM
After Crystal Dynamics’ press release that only left us with more questions, GameSpot comes to the rescue with an exclusive preview of the game. It seems the developers are aiming for a retro-feeling, isometric platformer. Also, you should try and make some friends between now and the game’s Summer release because it will be featuring co-op.
“You’ll also encounter a number of tombs to explore. These indoor caverns offer up the chance to take a break from the frenetic combat to do some old-fashioned puzzle solving. Think booby traps that can only be overcome with two people working as a team, and you’ve got a good idea for how these puzzles will function. This co-op system will work both online and locally, featuring a drop-in system for adding a second player on the fly. The whole game can be played using a single player, as well.” – from GameSpot’s preview.
via [GameSpot]