Big deception. I was expecting some kind of new UI and more hardware features.
I guess we’ll have to wait for V2 and see…

3 simple words:

BUY THIS GAME

Epic gameplay, graphics, audio and multiplayer. If you own a PS3, it’s definitely a game to get.

Owners of Gigabyte motherboards probably noticed the phase LEDs on their motherboard. Turns out you can have them enabled while using your PC. It shows you the current CPU usage. It requires you to install and activate their Dynamic Energy Saver app.

That’s exactly what I did. Sure enough, the LEDs were working just fine. But their dynamic saving features also causes some serious audio issues. I started to hear frequent pops and clicks noises when listening to audio, and that from any audio applications. I first tried to re-install drivers, disable some apps I had recently installed, no luck. Then I had the idea to de-activate the DES functionality: no more audio issues.

Even more proof that you shouldn’t install any applications that comes bundled with your hardware.

If you don’t use an anti-virus and your friend is trying to send you a file over Windows Live Messenger, you probably noticed that it requires you to have an anti-virus installed or the download will fail. Sure, it’s a good protection I guess, but providing an option to disable that functionality would have been appreciated…

Fortunately, you can bypass this protection quite easily.I made a little C++ .exe that simply returns 0 and exit. Basically, an empty project in Visual Studio! Then you simply assign that .exe as your anti-virus in Windows Live Messenger.

1) Download the app: DoNothing.zip

2) Extract the .exe to a location of your choice (My Documents).

3) Set the anti-virus in Windows Live Messenger:

- Go to Tools > Options > File Transfer
- Check the Scan files for viruses using option
- Click Browse… and select the DoNothing.exe application you extracted.

Windows Live Messenger - File Transfer Options

Enjoy file transfers without an anti-virus