Monday Tech Reading - MS Ending SP1 Support - tech
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- HKEPC tests Core 2 Duo power draw, overclocking -
In HKEPC's testing, the Core 2 machine idled at 77 W and climbed to just
118 W during a CPU Burn test. Meanwhile, the Athlon 64 FX-62-powered AMD
system drew 98 W at idle and 142 W at load. In other news,
MadShrimps have posted Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 Overclocking with Air
Cooling.
- PX-760A - Plextors first 18x DVD burner - For those who not know,
this drive supports 18x DVD+/-R,
8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 10x DVD+R DL and 6x DVD-R DL writing speeds.
- Researchers Find Technique to Quickly Erase Hard Drives -
The researchers concluded that
permanent magnets are the best solution.
- Windows Vista: Beta 2 Preview -
Anandtech has an interesting pointwise comparison of Vista vs Tiger, XP
and Windows Vista x64. Worryingly, it seems that Vista x64 is not reedy as
testers had significantly more issues with x64.
- Mac OS X 10.4.7 To Deliver Audio Fixes and More -
Specifically, people who claim to have tested the latest pre-release builds of
Mac OS X 10.4.7 say the update will offer fixes for audio playback in
iTunes, Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack and QuickTime. It will also improve
Bluetooth file transfers, mobile phone synching and mouse pairings, these
people have said.
- Microsoft Ending SP1 Support - Just as a friendly reminder,
Microsoft is going to be ending all support for Service Pack 1 as of October
10th. That means there will no longer be any security updates so make sure
to migrate over to SP2.
- PayPal fixes fatal flaw -
The issue was publicised by Netcraft, and PayPal swiftly fixed it. However
it is unclear how many people lost personal details because of it.
The scam
involved tricking users into accessing a URL hosted on the real PayPal web
site. This URL used SSL to encrypt information transmitted to and from the
site, and a valid 256-bit SSL certificate was presented to confirm that the
site does indeed belong to PayPal. But the content on the page was been
modified by the fraudsters via a cross-site scripting technique (XSS).
- Nintendo DS Lite - Handheld Console -
The touch screen is especially
impressive, considering how dull it was before, while the improvement in
viewing angle is nothing short of staggering - the picture below shows how the
touch screen looks like it's switched off on the old DS.
- Nokia Launches CDMA Flavored Megapixel Candybars -
With a high-resolution 262,144
color 240 x 320 pixel QVGA screen and framed by a real stainless steel
accent band, the sleek Nokia 6275/6275i phone immediately captures the eye.
The phone comes with Bluetooth wireless technology and a 2 megapixel camera
with flash and video capture capability, the Nokia 6275/6275i phone features a
built-in digital music player and support for up to a 2 GB microSD memory
card. It supports a range of music formats including MP3, AAC and eAAC+.
- How to speed up PDF loading with Adobe Acrobat -
It really speeds
up opening Acrobat to seconds!
- How to Get BILLIONS of Pages Indexed by Google -
The awesome thing is how Google
ignores this problem and continues serving Adsense ads on the sites. Not
only are they indexing this guy's billions of spam pages but they are paying
him for it.
- Make Your Own AC -
With 30
dollars of parts like an icechest of ice water, a fan, and some copper
tubing, you can have your very own functioning air conditioner.
- Mass. school punishes students with electric shocks -
New York education officials
issued a scathing report on a Massachusetts school that punishes troubled
and disabled students with electric shocks.
- Net students 'think copying OK' -
The "Google generation" of students often see nothing wrong with copying
work, says a plagiarism expert.
- Top 10 Myths of College Funding -
College is not a luxury for anyone seeking a lucrative career; the
difference in lifetime earnings between a high school graduate and a college
graduate is over $1 million and climbing.
- Russia to Build Floating Commercial Nuclear Reactor -
The first floating reactor that Rosenergoatom and Sevmash build is
estimated to cost around $336 million -- it will be deployed in a remote,
sparsely-populated region on Siberia's northern coast, where electric and
thermal supply is very limited.
- Vitamin C: Cancer cure? - The distinction between oral and
intravenous is crucial. The body automatically gets rid of extra C through
urine. Levine's lab has shown that, at high concentrations, the vitamin is
toxic to many types of cancer cells in lab dishes.
But
to get that much C into the body before it's eliminated, it must be put
directly into the blood.
- The Da Vinci Code Up to $678.5M Worldwide -
The Da Vinci Code, which has climbed to $480 million overseas and $678.5
million worldwide, is now the 13th highest grosser overseas of all-time
and the 22nd highest worldwide performer, surpassing Tom Hanks' Forrest Gump
($677.4 million).
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