The DDR3 memory standard has been ratified. There is a critical software update for Intel's Core 2 Duo processors so if you're running a Windows operating system, visit Windows Update. AMD has released its Catalyst 7.6 drivers.

The guys'n'girls did not go to sleep after release of 7.5, and the release notes for 7.6 tell the tale of dozens of errors being fixed and even more important, a lot of performance improvements. The driver is based on Radeon display driver version 8.383, or a member of "magical" 8.38 family that was supposed to be available at launch time.