Silverlight based Seesmic social networking platform for Windows Phone 7, Windows and Mac demo

At the MIX10 Keynote, Loic the founder of Seesmic gave a cool demo of the cross platform capabilities of Silverlight based Seesmic Social Networking platform. He demos Seesmic Desktop based on Silverlight which runs entirely on plugins. Main social network services like twitter, facebook, linkedin were running as plugins on that platform. Further he demos how bingmaps was integrated in the tweet timeline itself.

First it was built for Windows and they were so impressed with Silverlight 4 that they ported it for Mac. And it was easy as the code was reused.

Next he demos the First Real twitter Client on Windows Phone 7 Series – Seesmic for Windows Phone . And the majority of the code was same as that for the desktop.

Check out this cool video of the same -

Free ebook : Moving to Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 (DRAFT Preview)

Check this Free ebook from Microsoft Press - Moving to Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 (DRAFT Preview)

 

This DRAFT Preview contains three chapters from what will be a ten-chapter ebook when it’s released this summer. The three chapters make up Part II, “Moving from Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 to Visual Studio 2010.”

You can download the DRAFT Preview of this ebook in XPS format here.

Download size: 63.8MB

UPDATE 22/04/10 – Microsoft has now released it in PDF and XPS Format available now at Download center in new download size for XPS, contents are same -

Moving to Visual Studio 2010 e-Book

PDF  11.4 MB

XPS  32.9 MB

“The book is not a language primer, a language reference, or a single technology book. It's a book that will help professional developers move from previous versions of Visual Studio (starting with 2003 and on up). It will cover the features of Visual Studio 2010 through an application. It will go through a lot of the exciting new language features and new versions of the most popular technologies without putting the emphasis on the technologies themselves. It will instead put the emphasis on how you would get to those new tools and features from Visual Studio 2010.”

For more details Please check source.

(Source – Microsoft Press Blog)

Just a few days back Microsoft Press had provided this -

Free E book - Programming Windows Phone 7 Series By Charles Petzold

For more such Free E-Books please check – meraTechPort

UPDATE 13 May 2010 : Now Moving to Visual Studio 2010 Draft preview II has been added -

Download it from

Moving to Visual Studio 2010 e-Book

IE9 Vs Chrome, Firefox demo by Sinofsky and Dean

Internet Explorer9 Platform Preview for developers was announced and released during the MIX10 by Dean Hachamovitch. He talked about how IE9 was planned from the ground up to enable professional grade HTML5 on hardware. How HTML5 needs great script performance, standards. HTML5 apps will be graphically rich so making it GPU powered. HTML5 apps will be more like real apps rather than web pages. HTML5 applications will push the limits of graphical richness and interactivity. IE9 will run HTML5 applications better by taking advantage of PC Hardware though Windows. This is called GPU powered HTML5.

And this very cool feature GPU powered HTML 5 was also the part of the session and was demoed by Dean and Steven Sinofsky. They showed various tests , demos comparing IE9 against other browsers like Google Chrome and Firefox.

 This video is a part of the day2 Keynote Session at MIX10.

You can also try running these tests on various browsers from http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/

Download the IE9 Platform Preview and the various demos,tests links are also given.

You can download it from Internet Explorer Platform Preview . Remember Platform Preview for developers is a light-weight frame around the core IE platform. And it installs side by side with IE8.

“The Platform Preview is not a replacement for your daily browser; for example, the Preview does not have an address bar, a back button, anti-phishing or malware protection. The Platform Preview does include debugging and diagnostics tools for developers. It also includes a way to provide feedback. The top level menus include Report Issue.”

Bing homepage image will go dark today

Lights at Bing Homepage will go off on 27th in honor of Earth Hour. The bing blog said -

“On Saturday, March 27th from 8:30pm to 9:30pm local time, the World Wildlife Fund invites you to join people from 3,100 cities in 121 countries on all 7 continents in participating in Earth Hour, where people across the world can demonstrate their concern about global climate change with the simplest of gestures: turning off all non-essential lights and electronics.

While a darker version of our page doesn’t save any energy over the regular version, we wanted to do our part to help spread the word. So in honor of Earth Hour, the Bing homepage image will go dark at 8:30pm Eastern Daylight Time and stay dark until 9:30pm Pacific Daylight Time.”

To find out more about what you can do to support Earth Hour, see http://www.myearthhour.org/community.

(Source:Bing blog)

 

EDIT : Check out the animation of the Bing Home page- The regular Bing HomePage and the HomePage during EarthHour

Book Review- Windows 7: Up and Running By Wei-Meng Lee

If you are a Windows XP or Windows Vista user and wants to move to Windows 7, then this book ‘Windows 7 – Up and Running – A Quick Hands-On Introduction’ by Microsoft MVP Wei-Meng Lee  will provide a quick path to getting started with Windows 7. It’s a compact book (~200 pages) providing essential information needed to upgrade or fresh install Windows 7.

It also covers getting around Windows 7 covering topics such as Jump lists, Libraries, Gadgets and other new features. It covers extensively various Essential applications in Windows 7 which will enable you to get going and start using them immediately.

Concept of HomeGroup is well explained covering the topics such as creating , joining HomeGroup and sharing files , printers, streaming music using HomeGroup. It also includes file sharing with earlier OS as XP and also sharing with Mac OS X.

The book has a separate chapter for Internet Explorer 8 explaining its new features. Another chapter is dedicated to Windows XP Mode.

In the end there’s a chapter dedicated to Windows 7 tips and tricks. This chapter is really interesting with lots of tips, information on utilities and troubleshooting tools. It also covers installing Windows 7 using USB Thumb drive, dual booting with Vista and Windows XP and Installing Windows 7   on a VHD.

Overall, it’s a very handy guide and as the name suggests, will get you ‘Up and Running’ quickly. Very neatly written with lots of screenshots, I was able to read the book in one go . I also mailed my views and suggestion to the author Wei-Meng Lee and was very pleased to receive the reply from Wei.

Windows 7 – Up and Running – A Quick Hands-On Introduction’ by Microsoft MVP Wei-Meng Lee  is published by O’Reilly. More details and buying options can be seen here – Amazon   , O’Reilly

Some fascinating stats about MIX10

As you know MIX10 , a 3 days event for web designers and developers took place from March 15-17th, 2010 at Las Vegas. This is one of the biggest events by Microsoft held every year. Here are some very interesting statistics related to MIX10.

Some Network related Stats–

• 200Mb of bandwidth was reserved for the entire show. After the announcement of various tools availability on Windows Phone 7 on day1 Keynote, the whole bandwidth quota almost got slammed. So the bandwidth was upped to 300Mb
• 4000 unique users on Wireless during the show. These were the individual users on their laptops on various wireless access points. This does not include data about people on phones.
• Top wireless user downloads (tracking by ones IP address) : downloaded 5 GB of contents , next were 3.04 GB and 2.71 GB
• Length of the networking cables at the show – 3.76 miles

 

Some stats on Content and sessions-

Top 10 sessions- 

• The Tale of JavaScript. I Mean ECMAScript by Douglas Crockford 
• Introducing the Silverlight Rough Cut Editor by Jason Suess
• An Hour With Bill Buxton by Bill Buxton
• The Elephant in the Room by Nishant Kothary

For rest of the list check the source video .

• And all these sessions are uploaded within 24hrs in various formats for download, if you have missed the session, you can download them. At the time of this video 40GB of session video have been uploaded and soon will cross 60GB.

Some stats on attendees and speakers -

• 1/3 rd of attendees were from outside of US
• 1/4 th of attendees attended the workshop
• MIX10 was the biggest MIX ever
• More external speakers than any other MIX-  43% were from Outside of Microsoft

 

 Some stats on MIX10 related tweets and online viewers

• So far 24093 tweets related to MIX10
• During day 1 keynote, over 8000 tweets, 3 top trending topics on twitter were related to MIX10
• 46000 viewers watched the keynote Live, 42000 on day2

Press-

• 350 articles over 2 days in major publications

 

Some other tidbits on consumptions during MIX10-

• 96 liters of Hand sanitizer
• 25 cases of trash liners
• 15 cases of paper hand towels
• 30 cases of 2-ply toilet paper
• 5 cases of soap

Food -

• 5000 Redbulls
• 1770 Gallons of coffee (this does not include Starbucks)
• 1000 loaves of regular bread
• 7,200 rolls
• 3,000 Artisan loaves of bread
• 9,120 bottles of juice
• 5 cases of foam melon soap

For more details, watch this source video -

http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/LauraFoy/Countdown-to-MIX10-From-the-Road/

This video was recorded on day3 while MIX10 was still going on.

Browse more than 400 MIX10 photos on Flickr.

(source: MIX10 Wrap Up)

No need to hide iPhones…..just shake it !

Some days ago there were talks on the net about Microsoft Employees hiding their iPhones when some senior executives are within their sight. Don’t know how authentic were these as there’s no ban on using Apple products by Microsofties. Apple Macs are common with the Microsoft group that makes Mac version of Office. Also Microsoft has released Bing App for iPhone and earlier Seadragon for iPhone was released. And Microsoft also released its first app Tag Reader for Google based Android.

Anyway, check out this fun video- what to do with your iPhones to turn them to Windows Phone… Just Shake it!

 (This video excerpt is taken from Channel9 video: Pete at MIX10: Your Favorite Things at MIX )

 

Leaving aside all this fun stuff, looking at various demos of Windows Phone 7 Series devices, the iPhones and others are already looking outdated.I’m sure Windows Phone 7 Series will bring a complete change to how we use mobile. People will talk about the Start button of Windows Phone as they now talk and are familiar with the Start button of Windows OS. The UI is great, beautiful, natural , easy to use. Once it arrives , Windows Phone 7 will be the preferred choice !!

Reading Comics in Windows Phone 7 with Graphic.ly using DeepZoom

Everyone likes reading Comic books. How about reading them on the move on your Windows Phone 7?

Silverlight on Windows Phone also supports DeepZoom thus enabling great navigation and content viewing experiences.It delivers a high res imagery on low bandwidth.It starts with low res and scales in and as user starts panning and zooming in and out, it pulls down the right res. This is very important for phone devices.

At MIX10 Scott Guthrie’s Keynote, Mike Swanson demos Graphic.ly which provides Hi-fidelity Comics reading experience using DeepZoom on Windows Phone.

And there’s some behind the scene info about Mike delivering this session. Actually this session was to be done by Ben Riga but unfortunately, when he was on stage practicing the day before the keynote, he tripped and fell and broke his nose. So at the last minute, Mike Swanson had to step in and did this session.

Check out this Marvel Comics DeepZoom demo on Windows Phone and enjoy !

 

This session is a part of MIX10 Keynote by Scott Guthrie.

Office Talk – twitter like micro-blogging for workplace from Microsoft

The Microsoft Office Labs team has just launched a new experimental tool that brings Twitter-like microblogging to the workplace. Called OfficeTalk, this concept test application lets employees post their thoughts, activities and other info which is shared with anyone and everyone in their company.

 

Ever wish you could share information broadly within your organization without emailing everyone? Ever wish you could keep the pulse of what people in your organization think is interesting? Microblogging has that potential. OfficeTalk is a concept test to explore the value of microblogging in the enterprise. OfficeTalk is deployed internally at Microsoft and has seen over 10,000 visitors and hundreds of messages posted daily. We're now making OfficeTalk available to a few customers in a small pilot test. Because this is an early-stage concept, the OfficeTalk microblogging experience itself looks very similar to other well-known services. The key difference is that the enterprise owns the data since the OfficeTalk server is hosted in the customer’s organization.

 

 

OfficeTalk is in a limited private pilot for research purposes for now. If you'd like your firm to be involved in the pilot and are willing to participate in the user research, let us know. Since this is a research project, only a very small number of pilots will be considered.

Also check - Exploring the Impact of Social Networking in the Enterprise

(Source - OfficeTalk: Microblogging for Business)

Hotmail – tools for the new busy

Just a few days back (12th Mar) Hotmail sign-in page had a new look with new fonts and cleaner look -

 

And today when I went to Hotmail sign-in page, had again a new look and also provided a link to ‘Welcome to Hotmail, New Busy’ campaign

( Click on image to enlarge)

When clicked on the The New Busy link, it will take you to site with lots of features about Hotmail - Explore the World of the New Busy and check out how Hotmail can Help do it all.

( Click on image to enlarge)

 

When clicked on different feature will nicely open up its details.

 

 

So will there be a new Hotmail soon coming up with this new campaign? Have to wait and see.

I Love Windows Phone (ILWP) tattoo seen at MIX10

I Love Windows Phone  (ILWP)

This iconic message is already very famous. And this was also seen in the form of tattoo on some speakers at MIX10.

Here Joe Belfiore is seen with the tattoo while demoing Windows Phone -

and Charlie Kindel was seen with the tattoo at back of his head !! He has now made it as his twitter avatar/DP

If you also want to display them on your PC as wallpaper, download them from here -

‘I Love Windows Phone’ Wallpapers

Do you know any more speakers at MIX10 wearing these ILWP tattoo ?

T-shirt Cannon Powered by Windows Phone

During the Scott Guthrie Keynote at MIX10 event, T-shirts (the RED ones) were given to audience in unique way. They were fired from a Cannon which was controlled by a Windows Phone App.

 

 

 

Check out this Fun video where a Cannon with Red T-shirt as ammunition controlled by a Windows Phone App throwing T-shirts to audience during the Scott Guthrie Keynote.He talks about  it while Dan Fernandez demos it. With some initial Network hiccups on stage, enjoy the Cannon, booming T-shirts at audience. This whole project was built by Coding4Fun team in just 2 weeks.

 

And what’s more the complete Project details of hardware, software  along with Source code is available at :

 

3 Windows Phone 7 Series devices from Asus, LG and Samsung seen at MIX10

In the MIX10 Event held recently, Joe Belfiore, Corporate Vice President, Windows Phone at Microsoft in his session- Changing our Game – an Introduction to Windows Phone 7 Series showed 3 Windows Phone 7 Series devices during the session.

At present these are the only 3 WP7S prototype devices. They are from Asus which was also used in his session for the demo, next is from LG which also has a slide-out keyboard and from Samsung. Here are some screenshots and the excerpt video taken from that session which shows these 3 WP7S devices.

WP7S device from Asus

 

WP7S device from LG

 WP7S device from Samsung

Check out this small video excerpt taken from that session which shows these 3 devices -

Windows Phone 7 Series promo video from MIX10

Windows Phone 7 Series Promo video shown at MIX10 during its one of the sessions -

 

 

 

(Source:Geek in disguise)

Hardware Specs for Windows Phone 7 Series

Consistent set of Hardware capabilities is now defined by Microsoft for the Windows Phone 7 devices. And Microsoft is very proactive in defining these hardware specifications unlike earlier for Windows Mobiles where it was flexible. It has set  kind of standards such as,  the front of the phone will have a multitouch display with 3 buttons generally positioned below the display, namely – Back, Start and Search. So I think the Start button of Windows Phones will be as famous as that of the Windows OS.

During the MIX10 , Joe Belfiore in this video Changing our Game – an Introduction to Windows Phone 7 Series  has shown the required hardware specifications for the Windows Phone 7 series devices.

 

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Screenshot taken from video - Changing our Game – an Introduction to Windows Phone 7 Series -Joe Belfiore

 

As you cans see from the above pic , all Windows Phone 7 devices will have -

• Symmetric multi-touch of Capacitive type with at least 4 or more contact points.
• Sensors – A GPS, Accelerometer, Compass and rest of sensors.
• Camera with 5 megapixel or more , flash and a camera button
• Multimedia – Codec acceleration
• Memory – 256 MB RAM or more , 8 GB Flash or more
• GPU –DirectX 9 acceleration
• CPU – ARMv7 Cortex/Scorpion or better
• Optional  keyboard
• 3 Hardware buttons – Back, Start, Search is a must and other buttons like buttons for Volume and Power.

These devices will come in 2 screen sizes – 800 X 480 WVGA  and later with 480 X 320 HVGA screen size devices.

 

 

Slide courtesy - Overview of the Windows Phone 7 Series Application Platform - Charlie Kindel

‘I Love Windows Phone’ Wallpapers

Download wallpaper with the message ‘I Love Windows Phone’ and ‘We Love Windows Phone’ via nice icons of Windows Phone 7 series -

 

 

Download it from -

This contains a zip file ILWP7.zip having Windows Phone Wallpapers in different sizes- 1024 X 768, 1280 X 1024, 1920 X 1200 , 1920 X 1080

Will be adding sizes on request. Now added 1920 X 1080 .

(The IHWP logo courtesy - MIX10 session by Chad Roberts, Michael Smuga, Albert Shum)

Twikini- First officially announced twitter App for Windows Phone 7

Twikini becomes the first officially announced Twitter app for Windows Phone 7 Series .

“Twikini is already one of the most popular Twitter apps in the world for Windows Mobile 6.x devices. The Windows Phone 7 version is being developed through a strategic partnership between Mist Labs and Trinket Software…”

Mist Labs is the new company founded by ex-Microsoft Program Manager, Mel Sampat from the Windows Phone team. Trinket Software is a Seattle-based developer of several popular mobile apps, including Twikini and PowerSMS.

Twikini running on Windows Phone 7 Series – Portrait Mode

 

Twikini running on Windows Phone 7 Series – Landscape Mode

 

For more details and screenshot, please check - Twikini for Windows Phone 7 – Preview

(Source: @windowsphone)

Silverlight for Nokia Symbian devices available

Microsoft Silverlight for Nokia Symbian (S60 5th Edition) devices such as Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, Nokia N97 and Nokia N97 Mini is available now for download.

 

                        

(Picture courtesy :Nokia beta labs)

Sample applications from Bing and Seesmic running on Silverlight for Symbian

Silverlight support for Nokia Symbian devices includes:

• The ability to view Silverlight applications in the mobile browser.
• Tools to build Silverlight applications that target devices.

More details and download at - http://betalabs.nokia.com/apps/silverlight 

So its Silverlight for Symbian before the current Windows Mobile devices !

hat tip:  liveside

Microsoft launches TrueColor technology with new line of webcams

“Microsoft Corp. today brightens your video calls with TrueColor Technology, a groundbreaking new image processing technology that provides superior color and brightness in even the worst lighting conditions. TrueColor Technology automatically adjusts the picture quality to provide a more colorful video whether out on the porch with bright sunshine in the morning or in the living room with low light in the evening. This technology will be available in three new webcams launching today, the LifeCam HD-5000, LifeCam HD-5001 and LifeCam HD-6000 for Notebooks. These LifeCams will also feature 720p HD sensors and Auto Focus technology at a value price. In addition, TrueColor will be available with the recently launched LifeCam Cinema through a software update.”

 

(video source:Microsoft Hardware Blog)

 

 

 

For more details pl check - Microsoft’s New TrueColor Technology Brings Color to Life

The Windows Blog

Free Preview Chapters - Programming Windows Phone 7 Series

Download 6 Preview chapters of the Microsoft Press Book “Programming Windows Phone 7 Series” book authored by Charles Petzold.

 

Microsoft Translator MIX10 Wallpaper

As you know MIX2010 is to take place from Mar15-17 and everyone is enthusiastic about it and so is Microsoft Translator, one of the Sponsors.

The MIX attendees will get some awesome swag courtesy Microsoft Translator, with one of the highlights being a lovely decal for the notebook/pad/device. Everyone liked the design so much that the Translator team came up with a wallpaper out of it :

Yes, I too liked the design. You can download the wallpaper from here -

Dark: 1920x1080 /1440x900

May be more such wallpapers might be released in various shades as the present one says ‘Dark’

(Source: Microsoft Translator (and Bing Translator) Official Team Blog)

How to embed Bing Twitter Maps in your site, blog

Bing maps has released an update to the Twitter Maps application in the Bing Maps Application Gallery. Now you can embed Twitter maps functionality in your site. This means you can have a Bing Map on your web site, blog, favorite social networking site with the Tweets you care about.

And its very easy to do. Just go to Bing Maps  Click on Map Apps to open the  Gallery and select the ‘Bing Twitter maps’

 

FixWin featured on Fox8Live

FixWin is a utility for Windows 7 and Windows Vista, that repairs or fixes 50 common Windows annoyances & issues. This was developed by my MVP colleague RameshKumar for TheWindowsClub

Recently it was featured on Fox8Live.com . There is also mention of TheWindowsClub which is run by another of my MVP colleague Anand Khanse

Check the video featured on Fox8Live discussing the same -

New Image Composite Editor (ICE) from Microsoft Research does amazing things

For the TechFest 2010, Microsoft Research  is releasing a new version of ICE (please note it links to the MSR ICE site , which at present is having the older ver. of ICE) . The new ver is not yet made public, but soon it will be.

EDIT (190310) :The new ver of ICE is now available, Please check - http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/groups/ivm/ice/

Also check - ICE Is Now Synthy

Pl.note some features described in this post are because of plug-ins which may not be yet available.

 

 

“Image Composite Editor (ICE) with Multi-Image Fusion.  In the current version of ICE, it provides advanced features for panoramic stitching such as choosing the stitch’s orientation, custom projection, and selecting a 360 stitch’s mid-point, and this tool also integrates nicely as a plug-in into Windows Live Photo Gallery. Here we’ll show you some of the upcoming new features in ICE such as:

• Structured Panoramas
• Stitching Panoramas from Video
• Sharp Panoramas from Blurry Videos
• Creating Photographs from Videos
• Multi-Image Denoising and Sharpening using Lucky Imaging ”

In the demo as we see the new ver. of Image Composite Editor (ICE) does amazing things. You’ll have to see the demo video to understand.

Bing launches ads in UK TV

The first of three TV ads by Bing UK started airing from Wed. 10th March across ITV, Channel 4, Five and their portfolio of TV services as well as Sky Media and IDS digital channels including Bravo, Dave, GOLD, Living TV and Good Food.

Using the tagline Bing and Decide the ads aim to inform the public of Bing’s role in helping searchers make more informed decisions, and contrasts other search products with the simple, integrated and instantaneous answers that Bing produces. Each ad features someone suffering from information overload, with Bing offered as the cure.

Charge your mobiles anywhere, anytime with Mechanical Chargers

ideaForge has some of the cool products under powerAlternatives range of Mobile Chargers – be it Mechanical Chargers, USB Chargers, Bike Chargers, Car chargers and the regular Wall chargers.

Among these, Mechanical Chargers seeks more attention as they offer freedom of wallsFree charging. These are hand powered mobile phone chargers.

 

 

The Answers Windows Live Forums now moved to new look Windows Live Solution Center

Microsoft has moved its Answers Windows Live Forums category to the new look Windows Live Solution Center 

Earlier Windows Live Solution Center (WLSC) provided solutions to only Hotmail related queries but now its offering to all the Windows Live products. (Click on image to enalrge)

Click on image to enalrge

 

Windows Live Solution Center, a Community for Windows Live products and services where you can find Microsoft Certified Solutions. Post your own questions in the forums, or help others by providing your answers.

And now For Microsoft Answers has communities for Windows, Microsoft Office, and Microsoft Security Essentials.

Writerous: Plug-in to publish to Posterous from Windows Live Writer

Scott has come up with another useful Windows Live Writer plug-in. This time its for Posterous users. Now you can publish to Posterous from Writer itself using Writerous plug-in. This has been made available on CodePlex.

How to use -

Adding Posterous to Live Writer
Because Live Writer doesn't natively support Posterous, there's a little bit of trickery involved. The whole basis of this plug-in relies on you having at least one other blog configured within Live Writer. All you do is add that blog to Live Writer again (in essence, copying it), and just call it Posterous.

Configuring Writerous

First of all, you need to set your username and password, and the Posterous site you will be publishing to.
To access these, go to Tools > Options > Plug-ins > Writerous > Options from within Live Writer.

 

 

Gary Flake - Director, Live Labs demos Pivot at TED

Sometimes back Blaise Aguera amazed the audience at TED with his Bing Maps’ Augmented-reality demo , Bill Gates with his talk on Energy Bill Gates on energy: Innovating to zero! . Now Gary Flakes- a Technical Fellow at Microsoft, and the founder and director of Live Labs  demos Pivot , a new way to browse and arrange massive amounts of images and data online. Built on breakthrough Seadragon technology, it enables spectacular zooms in and out of web databases, and the discovery of patterns and links invisible in standard web browsing.

Watch this Pivot demo at TED, how data can be used in powerful way.

 

TED Video: Gary Flake: is Pivot a turning point for web exploration?

WARNING – NVIDIA 196.75 WHQL drivers can damage your graphics card, rollback now!

There are many reports from customers on the latest 196.75 WHQL drivers issued by NVIDIA on 2nd Mar 2010. They are having fan speed issues with this latest drivers for their graphics cards. These drivers are causing the fan controller to behave erratically, making the fans to slow down or in some cases to stop completely thus overheating your graphics card and damaging them. So gamers and other users who have recently installed these latest drivers, better watch out and rollback your drivers to the earlier ver.

NVIDIA has also issued this warning officially on their site and have temporarily withdrawn 196.75 drivers from their site

 

 

If you have already installed this, NVIDIA has also provided the method to rollback to your previous drivers, follow these instructions -