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5Words for May 12th, 2009
Technologizer — I’m about to visit Google… ViewSonic: from displays to smartphones. Unhappy laptop owners sue Nvidia. Adobe helps media player builders. A Moto G1 from T-Mobile? Twitter: bigger than NYT, WSJ. Help! My iPhone is overheating. Intel’s laptop and netbook ...

MacBook Pro owner among those suing Nvidia over faulty chips
AppleInsider — ... . "If the NVIDIA graphics processor in your MacBook Pro has failed, or fails within two years of the original date of purchase, a repair will be done free of charge, even if your MacBook Pro is out of warranty," the company said. As ComputerWorld points out , Dell and HP later offered its own notebook customers similar extended warranties but first issued BIOS updates designed by Nvidia that attempted to mask the issue increasing fan speed to help the chips run cooler. "This is a grossly inadequate 'remedy,' as it results in additional manifest defects, including, without ...