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Asus’ Transformer Prime isn’t the only top-tier tablet out there to get an official Android 4.0 update anymore, as recently Acer has also started pushing out a new firmware based on Android 4.0.3 ICS to the recently released Iconia Tab A200.
When it introduced the A200 at the end of last year, Acer claim... |
13 February 2012
07:11 GMT |
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When we first talked about Asus’ v9.4.2.13 firmware for the Asus Transformer Prime a couple of days ago, there were quite a few users who pointed out that the update resolved the random reboot issues they were experiencing with their tablet. However, without official confirmation from Asus, we couldn’t s... |
10 February 2012
06:11 GMT |
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Three new firmware updates are available for download onto 2010 Mac computers, enabling Internet Recovery on systems running OS X Lion.iMac EFI Update 1.8 “enables Lion Recovery from an Internet connection on iMac (Mid 2010) models,” says Apple.MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 2.6 does the same thing for M... |
8 February 2012
02:51 GMT |
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This week Apple rolled out several updates for Mac users owning either a MacBook, a Macbook Pro, or a Mac mini. The updates didn’t come in bulk, so in case you missed them, you can grab them right here, right now. The three new firmware releases this week all have a common goal - to enable Lion Recovery from ... |
27 January 2012
16:41 GMT |
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Just a couple of days after we learned that updating 830-series SSDs to Samsung’s latest firmware could make such drives undetectable to the system, the outfit released a new FW to solve these issues.
The new firmware release, which is dubbed CXM03B1Q, is pretty much identical to the previous version, but acco... |
24 January 2012
09:43 GMT |
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In addition to upgrading its Samsung Epic 4G and HTC EVO 4G smartphones, Sprint also announced new software being pushed out to its HTC EVO Design 4G devices.
The new firmware, set to bring the software version on this smartphone up to 2.12.651.5, will deliver a series of security improvements, as well as updated P... |
20 January 2012
15:51 GMT |
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Crucial has recently released a new firmware update, version 0309, for the Crucial m4-series SSDs that is said to resolve the BSOD issues faced by its drives after being used for a certain period of time.We first learned about the problems faced by the m4 solid state drives at the beginning of January when we spotted... |
16 January 2012
04:40 GMT |
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Mobile phone maker Motorola Mobility has started to deliver a new software update for its Motorola RAZR handset across the European continent.
Packing a nice range of enhancements inside, the new software update is now available for users in 18 countries on the old continent.
According to Motorola, the update is... |
30 December 2011
01:42 GMT |
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When the Nikon D5100 firmware was decrypted last month, we all knew that great things are in store for owners of the entry-level DSLR, but few actually expected one of the first projects to arrive to be a Star Wars-themed firmware update.Cool, for some, useless for others, the new firmware uncovered by Wired basicall... |
28 December 2011
10:54 GMT |
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To make the wait for Ice Cream Sandwich easier for the owners of the original Transformer tablet, Asus has released a new firmware update for the slate that fixes a couple of issues encountered by its users.These focus mostly on some HDMI troubles encountered by Transformer owners when using the tablet with some newe... |
27 December 2011
06:11 GMT |
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OCZ have updated their most powerful tool for firmware upgrades, the Toolbox. This utility has reached version 3.01.11 and it will help you achieve better performance with your Solid State Drives.The firmware update should be carried out only if you experience troubles and errors with the version you're currentl... |
15 December 2011
04:33 GMT |
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Not too long has passed since OCZ introduced its new Octane SSD and the company has already released a new firmware update for this drive.According to the release notes accompanying it, this brings a series of important changes that focus on improving the SSD’s compatibility as well as its sustained performance... |
14 December 2011
06:11 GMT |
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Synology has just released a firmware update for its NAS servers, which significantly improves transfer speeds thanks to a new feature called PAT - Performance Acceleration Technology. The new update is called the DSM 3.2-1955 and is compatible with a wide variety of NAS servers from the company’s lineup.W... |
1 December 2011
07:54 GMT |
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Nintendo of Japan has announced that the new firmware update for the 3DS handheld has been delayed and is now expected to arrive on December 8. The company has not offered any reason for the delay. The system update will deliver such improvements as more features for the Mii Plaza social space, the ability to trans... |
29 November 2011
07:12 GMT |
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EVGA has just announced a new firmware for its 500-series GeForce GTX graphics cards that allows much better control of the card's fan speeds using the EVGA Precision tool or other third-party software.Before this update, most of the EVGA graphics cards could only adjust their fan speed between 40 to 85 percent,... |
8 November 2011
09:49 GMT |
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Even though the Transformer Prime is expected to arrive in just a couple of days from now, Asus hasn't forgot about its older tablet models and it has prepared a new firmware update for the original Eee Pad Transformer.The update is known as version 8.6.5.18, according to Phandroid, and it brings a series of fea... |
7 November 2011
14:21 GMT |
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After a large number of users have complained about bricking their ThinkPad Tablets after installing a battery firmware update released previously by the company, Lenovo has now issued a fix for these problems.The fix was announced by a member of the Lenovo staff on the company's forums and is actually pretty si... |
3 November 2011
06:45 GMT |
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While everybody's attention has turned to the Kindle 4 and to the Kindle Fire after the release of these gadgets, Amazon still has some love left for the previous Kindle 3 eReader and has just released an firmware update for this device that enables it to work with the company's Cloud services.The new updat... |
18 October 2011
05:40 GMT |
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Three years after introducing the 24-inch Cinema Display, Apple has been forced to look into some screen flickering issues over Thunderbolt connections, and has released an update that hopes to address the problems.
Reports of flickering started coming in ever since the first Thunderbolt Macs were released this ye... |
29 September 2011
02:46 GMT |
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OCZ just announced a new firmware release for its high-performance solid state drive series based on second-generation SandForce controllers, which could presumably fix all the problems faced by users of these SSDs until now.The company confirmed the fact that SandForce SF-2281 SSDs are affected by a series of firmwa... |
22 September 2011
15:51 GMT |
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A new firmware update is available from Apple with the purpose of addressing a graphics issue that caused some users’ iMacs to hang under certain conditions when running OS X Lion.
According to the Cupertino, California based technology giant, iMac Graphic FW Update 3.0 “fixes a graphics issue that may... |
25 August 2011
05:02 GMT |
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Corsair has just released a new firmware revision for the SandForce SF-2000 powered Force 3 and GT solid state drives which presumably resolves all the stability issues the drives faced until now.The new firmware version is 1.3 and Corsair calls it a recommended upgrade for all the users who have had problems with th... |
8 August 2011
09:04 GMT |
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A vulnerability that allows hackers to convert a Sure Signal femtocell into a call interception device has prompted Vodafone UK to force all users to perform a firmware upgrade.The Internet was abuzz yesterday with news about how a group called The Hacker's Choice (THC) published information that would allow peo... |
15 July 2011
05:26 GMT |
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Siemens has released a firmware update for its SIMATIC S7-1200 product in order to address two vulnerabilities that can be exploited to intercept data or crash the programmable logic controller (PLC).The first weakness allows potential attackers to record communications transmitted by the engineering software to the ... |
14 June 2011
14:45 GMT |
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Microsoft is preparing to launch a new and important firmware update for the Xbox 360 home gaming console which will update its piracy protection systems, among other things, and will make a number of old systems unable to play newly released games.
Microsoft has said that it will try to replace all the old Xbox 3... |
19 May 2011
05:19 GMT |
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AirLive's recently launched N.Mini 300Mbps Wireless N router is without a doubt a great piece of kit for users who require Internet access while on the road, so the device will be surely missed if, by a strange turn of events, it decides to stop functioning. Fortunately, bringing the router back to life is prett... |
10 May 2011
07:17 GMT |
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Crucial has just released a new firmware version for its popular RealSSD C300 series of solid state drives that is said to offer better product reliability as well as better performance since it resolves the stuttering issues experienced by some of its users.
The new firmware carries the 0007 designation and repla... |
27 April 2011
05:39 GMT |
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Kingston has just issued a firmware fix for their SDNow V100-series solid state drives as the company has identified a bug that prevented a small percentage of these units to get past the system's initial boot screen.
According to the company, the issue is caused by the SSD's firmware and can be simply r... |
28 March 2011
16:01 GMT |
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Hackers claim that Sony has included a rootkit-like component in the latest 3.56 PlayStation 3 firmware update, which allows it to execute any code on people's gaming consoles.The claim was made last week by French PS3 hacker Mathieulh. "3.56 pretty much has a built in psn [PlayStation Network] rootkit," he wrot... |
2 February 2011
05:15 GMT |
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Although it hasn't passed more than two weeks since the very first users got a hold of their Boxee Box units, the company is already releasing the first firmware update for their media streamer that addresses many of the issues that early adopters have encountered with their Boxee, including 1080i playback brows... |
26 November 2010
03:20 GMT |
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A flurry of updates are now available from Apple’s Support / Downloads web site, one of which resolves several occurrences with mid-2010 Mac Pro computers. The firmware update apparently resolves issues that prevented the firmware password prompt from being displayed, and a problem that prevented the Boot Picke... |
29 October 2010
04:30 GMT |
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A new Motorola handset has received a software update recently, namely the Motorola CLIQ XT, which got its firmware bumped to version 1.32.20. The new software update does not bring along an upgraded operating system, but there are a nice range of enhancements that CLIQ XT owners out there would enjoy, including the... |
5 October 2010
13:41 GMT |
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The president of Nintendo has announced that the 3DS handheld, set to be launched on February 26, 2011 in Japan and about one month later in both Europe and the United States, will be able to automatically download and install firmware updates without asking the player if he wants to upgrade his device.Talking to inv... |
4 October 2010
18:01 GMT |
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Nintendo has launched firmware updates for both the Wii home console and for the DS family of handhelds, saying only that they improve the performance of the devices, but users are reporting that the updates are also designed to eliminate the use of flash carts and homebrew software.Nintendo has long been worried abo... |
9 September 2010
05:19 GMT |
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Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation has recently made announced a new software update for one of its Android-based handsets, the HTC Wildfire. According to the company, the new “HTC Wildfire Firmware Over The Air (FOTA) update” comes with some new features and with a series of improvements for t... |
8 September 2010
05:49 GMT |
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After a very long time, Nokia has released another firmware update for the “full of bugs” Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. Since April 2009, when Hong Kong owners of 5800 had the chance to update their devices' software, no major update has been released. I'm prett... |
9 August 2010
06:36 GMT |
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3D could be the way to go for videogaming in the near future but it might be harder than gamers think to actually make three dimensions working for older titles.Sony has already announced that it will put out a firmware update for the Japanese market on June 3, adding 3D capabilities for three games: Wipeout HD, Supe... |
4 June 2010
15:11 GMT |
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Nokia 5230, the budget smartphone featuring a touchscreen display that Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia delivered to the market not too long ago, has just received a new firmware solution. The update is seen as a major one, as it brings the software on the device from v12 all the way up to v20, while also packing a ... |
29 April 2010
04:09 GMT |
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A new software update is available for the owners of a Nokia N86 8MP, namely firmware version 30.009. The new update can be downloaded and installed via the Nokia Software Update, weighing in at about 142MB, and is expected to soon become available over the air too in most regions. According to the news, the new sof... |
15 April 2010
09:00 GMT |
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South Korean mobile-phone maker Samsung promised a while ago a new firmware update for users of a Samsung i8910 HD, and it seems that the company has finally decided to make the solution available for download. There are a nice range of improvements included in the new software solution for i8910 HD, all of which are... |
12 February 2010
10:55 GMT |
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Apple is at its third attempt to address battery performance on its wireless peripherals with the release of the 2009 Aluminum Keyboard Firmware Update 1.0. The update is almost an exact replica of the former Aluminum Wireless Keyboard Firmware Update 1.1, which Apple said would improve the battery performance of the... |
11 February 2010
03:25 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia released on Monday, February 1, a new software update for one of its high-end devices, the Nokia N97, and now we learn that the company also delivered a new firmware solution for another popular handset of theirs, the Nokia N97 mini. The smaller version of N97 has just been updated t... |
2 February 2010
04:31 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has just released a new software solution for one of the most popular handsets it has on the market at the moment, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. The new firmware available for the device is 40.0.005, and it replaces firmware version 31.0.8, previously released for this music phone.
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14 January 2010
02:52 GMT |
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Samsung i8910/Omnia HD is one of the most popular mobile phones that the South Korean handset vendor Samsung has brought to the market lately, and it is a common fact that the device is set to receive a firmware update in the coming weeks. The software has been already announced as being on its way to users, and now ... |
9 January 2010
05:27 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics announced recently that it planned to enhance the user experience one can get from its Samsung I8910 HD (OMNIAHD, GT-I8910) handset. The improvements are set to arrive on the device via a firmware update that has been slated for release in January 2010, the company... |
28 December 2009
08:06 GMT |
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The popularity of NAS servers is increasing everyday, with end-users looking for more storage and better ways to manage their digital content. Leading vendor of NAS solutions, QNAP has just announced the release of its new NAS management software, designed to enable users of its Intel-based Turbo NAS servers to take... |
16 December 2009
11:37 GMT |
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Taiwan-based mobile phone maker HTC Corporation has just released a new firmware update for one of its mobile phones currently available on the market, namely the Windows Mobile 6.5-based HTC Touch2. The new software solution comes from the handset vendor as an update for the phone's capability to deliver weath... |
16 December 2009
03:45 GMT |
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Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation is hard at work with improving the functionality of one of the nicest handsets that it delivered to the market during the ongoing year, the HTC HD2. The device, which is powered by Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system, has recently seen two new ROM updates... |
15 December 2009
06:48 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia reportedly delivered two new firmware updates for some of its users, namely for those owning a Nokia 5530 XpressMusic handset, or a Nokia N85 device. The firmware in the former has been brought up to version v20.0.080, while the software solution now available for the latter is v31.0... |
14 December 2009
11:00 GMT |
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Japanese-Swedish mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson has had some issues recently with two of its latest handsets, the Satio and the Aino. Both of the phones have been struck with software issues, Satio apparently having been affected the most, as retailers from UK pulled it off the shelves. However, the comp... |
8 December 2009
06:25 GMT |
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