Tuesday Tech Madness - tech
(hx) 06:45 PM CEST - Aug,17 2004
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- Windows XP SP2 via Auto Update postponed -
According to Bink.nu,
the machines in your organization using Automatic Update will not receive
Windows XP SP2 until Wednesday, August 25 – at the earliest – as long as those
machines are running Windows XP Professional Edition.
- Complete List of Bugs Fixed in SP2 - Microsoft has published
the complete list of bugs fixed in Service Pack 2.
- Does That Web Site Look Phishy? - A new software tool from
WholeSecurity
can spot fraudulent Web sites used in online cons known as "phishing" scams,
according to a statement from the company. The new product, called Web
Caller-ID, can detect Web pages dressed up to look like legitimate e-commerce
sites. WholeSecurity is marketing the technology to banks, credit card
companies, and online retailers as a way to prevent unwitting customers from
accessing false sites, to reduce fraud, and increase confidence in online
commerce, the company says.
- Off-topic: A little porn is "good for you" -
Pornography is good for people, the academic leading a taxpayer-funded
study of the subject said yesterday, as the Coalition and Labor traded jibes
about an Opposition push to stop online porn reaching home computers. Dr McKee
said porn users reported it had taught them "to be more relaxed about their
sexuality" and marriages were healthier, while porn made people think about
another person's pleasure and made them less judgmental about body shapes.
- Works 8 First Look -
The new version gives the word processor a new dictionary, and it
integrates Microsoft's free PowerPoint Viewer (which previously had to be
downloaded separately). But more important than any new features in the
package are the functions and tools it does very well without. The word
processor supports both .doc and .rtf files, as well as other standard
formats. Likewise, the suite's spreadsheet lets you save worksheets in Excel's
.xls format.
- Activator will grant your phone eternal life -
The
Activator works by preventing the generation of the waste that builds up
in batteries as they are used. The waste reduces the lifespan and the
efficiency of the battery, but the Activator works against that. Apparently,
it's easy to use – all you need do is slap it onto your mobile battery, and it
goes to work. batterylife AG also says this particular battery solution works
well every time you stick it on, unlike other so-called "magic patches."
- Taiwan to produce a new type of memory storage device -
The cards will be able to transfer 120MB of data per second, 10 times
faster than Secure Digital (SD) memory cards, sources said. Additional
features for the new card include USB 2.0 compatibility, low power, fast I/O
and a compatible interface with existing memory cards, the sources added.
The card will target applications including PCs, handsets, digital still
cameras, digital video recorders and MP3 players. Mass production for the new
card will begin in early 2005.
- AMD extends Opteron warranty to three years -
The
Opterons are three year warranty components and packed for retail
purposes, but don't come with a heatsink nor with a fan. But they do replace
both the boxed and tray components of yore. Oddly, this only apples to
Opterons, and not to Athlon 64s, nor to Sempr0ns.
- AMD ships 90-nanometer Mobile Athlon 64 - AMD announced today that
it is achieving a smooth transition to 90 nanometer (nm) manufacturing and has
shipped low-power 90nm Mobile AMD Athlon 64 processors for thin and light
notebooks (previously codenamed "Oakville") for revenue. Manufacturers are
expected to launch systems based on the new 90nm Mobile AMD Athlon 64
processors in the coming months.
- Intel delays first TV chip - The Santa Clara, Calif., chipmaker
said Monday
it will not come out with a chip for making inexpensive large televisions
this year and that it will rework the chip that has been in development for a
later commercial release.
- Nvidia partners bundle Doom 3 - You can get
a PNY
Verto GeForce 6800 GT Video Card with 256MB DDR3 for recommended $399 with
a copy of Doom 3. This is definitely a nice bargain, if you're on the market
for an expensive graphics card
- Acer Ferrari 3200 Athlon 64 Notebook review -
Acer has backed this with 512MB of RAM, though this is supplied on two
sticks so there's no further room for expansion in the current configuration,
which is a bit of a shame. It's also only DDR333 which makes it an odd match
for the Via K8T800 chipset and CPU, which runs at 400MHz. In terms of graphics
horsepower, the Acer is well equipped thanks to a Mobility Radeon 9700 GPU
with a full 128MB of dedicated memory.
- Doom 3 Guide @NVNews - NVNews has completed
their
first installment of their Doom 3 Guide. This version covers the command
line, the console, screenshots, frame rate, custom configurations, game
settings, benchmarking, and more.
- Doom 3: Dedicated Server Performance - My intention in this
article is to find out
what kind of system resources we should expect to see used with dedicated
servers. To retrieve the system usage of a Doom 3 server, I will take a
log once ever 60 seconds for 20 minutes. The log file will show Network
In/Out, Memory used, and CPU usage. We will be using this info to help us run
dedicated servers this winter in at TXGF in dallas.
- Wireless Security - How To Lock Down Your WLAN - How tightly you
want to lock down your wireless network depends on your level of paranoia. To
help you out The TechZone have prepared
a step by
step how to on locking down your network from unwanted attacks.
- Windows XP Service Pack 2 Support Tools -
The following Support Tools have been updated in Service Pack 2:
bitsadmin.exe, extract.exe, httpcfg.exe, iadstools.dll, ipseccmd.exe,
netdom.exe, replmon.exe.
- Dark-Tweaker ForceWare 65.62 Performance Comparsion - Dark-Tweaker
have posted
their benchmarks (->BabelFish
translation) for Nvidia's latest Leaked ForceWare 65.62 Drivers plus a
performance comparison against ForceWare 56.72 , 61.32 , 61.40 , 61.72 ,
61.80, 62.01 and ForceWare 62.11
- Zoom Player 4.02 Final -
Zoom Player Standard (download),
a flexible feature rich Media Player that for all its features and goodness
remains bloat-free. And
Zoom Player
Professional, which on top of being a great Media Player, incorporates the
most powerful DVD Front-End you could imagine (and is even a few features you
didn't think of imagining).
- RealPlayer 10.5 Final (Build 6.0.12.1040) -
Helix Powered RealPlayer (download)
is the all-in-one digital media player that lets you find anything and play
everything.
- DVDFab 2.10 (shw) copy DVD-9 in 1:1 mode burn to double layer disc -
DVDFab now can
copy DVD-9 in 1:1 mode, and remove all the protections (CSS, Region Code,
RCE, Macrovision, UOPs), then burn to double layer disc. So you will get a
perfect copy without any restriction. /ed.note: DVDShrink can do the job for
free :)/
- BitSpirit 2.6.3 -
BitSpirit
(download)
is an easy-to-use BitTorrent client which provides not only full BitTorrent
protocol implementation but also many personalization functions.
- ATi MultiMedia Center 9.02 - There's
a new version v9.02 of MultiMedia Center (release
notes) that was released with Catalyst drivers 4.8 yesterday.
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