Pre-Xmas Tech Reading - tech
(hx) 01:37 AM CET - Dec,24 2003
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- New IE flaw allows easier phishing - According to analysts from the
X-Force division of security firm ISS,
the flaw can
allow website addresses or URLs to display incorrectly in the browser's
navigation bar, thereby allowing scams that trick users into trusting a bogus
website. The flaw, which ISS says is trivial to exploit, may be triggered when
individuals navigate to URLs from within emails or hostile web pages.
- MySQL Quashes Defects in Database Release - According to its study,
Reasoning officials said the company
found 21 software defects in 235,667 lines of MySQL source code. The
report's Defect Summary noted 15 defect instances of NULL Pointer Deference,
three defect instances of an allocated memory leak, and three defect instances
of an uninitialized variable prior to usage.
- Bollywood in Internet download deal - India's film
makers are
offering Internet movie downloads on website Kazaa in a move that could
lower costs and boost revenues in Bollywood, the world's most prolific film
production centre. Some 35 producers will be able to sell movies using Kazaa,
a file-sharing program owned by Australia's Sharman Networks, according to
company statement. The industry started its first download last month when
Kazaa's users were offered "Supari" (A Contract for Killing), a slick
thriller, for $2.99. The file was programmed to self destruct after being
viewed and could not be copied.
- Asimov's "I, Robot" - The movie - Isaac Asimov's classic collection
of short stories about the role robots play in humankind's future is being
made into a
movie set to release on July 16, 2004, starring Wil Smith. (thanks
Slashdot.org)
- Xdrive launches video-sharing service -
Xdrive has added videos to the list of file formats supported by the
company's services. People can now store video clips encoded in formats such
as MPEG, Windows Media, RealNetworks, QuickTime and AVI. The service then lets
people e-mail outside contacts and invite them to view these files. The same
holds true for Xdrive users who store other types of files, such as music,
photos and documents. Xdrive charges $9.95 a month for 500MB of storage and
progressively up to $49.95 a month for 5GB.
- Kingmax intros cheap DDR 500 DIMM - Kingmax said it has
released a
DDR 500 memory module which it described as "hard core" and "hyperband".
This DDR 500 DIMM, said Kingmax, is tested for "hyperband" compatibility with
all 875/865 motherboards currently in the market.
- Intel’s Xeon 3.2 GHz / 1MB Processor review - Amazingly, Intel has
stayed fairly inanimate over the past few months, until now only releasing one
updated Xeon processor,
the 3.06 GHz w/ 1MB L2 cache. The 3.06 GHz/1MB was the Xeon equivalent of
the Pentium 4 Extreme Edition. It utilizes a more expensive processor core and
moves it down to a lower price point in order to make the standard Xeons
competitive versus the Opteron.
- Intel Aircooling - Heatsink roundup -
MadShrimps reviewed the Scythe Kamakaze, Swiftech MCX478-V, Speeze EE429B0
CopperSnake and the Thermalright SLK947-U.
- Gigabyte K8NNXP review -
The K8NNXP has left a strong impression, just as the K8VNXP did. Having
said this, which motherboard should you purchase assuming the decision is to
use a Gigabyte branded Athlon64 motherboard? Or more to the point, which
motherboard is better? The K8VNXP, sporting the VIA K8T800 chipset or the
K8NNXP boasting the NVIDIA nForce3 chipset. Let’s analyze the key differences
between these two motherboards first.
- Asus P4S800D-E SiS 655TX review - HotHardware has posted
a review of Asus P4S800D-E SiS 655TX Motherboard.
- BFG Asylum GeForce FX 5950 Ultra 256MB -
BFG's Asylum GeForce FX 5950 Ultra 256MB performs like a slightly
overclocked 5900 Ultra, and that's basically what it is. In most cases, it
performs better than its older brother, the 5900 Ultra, and its (the 5900U's)
archrival, the 9800 Pro. A price search at the time of this review shows this
board going for around $410.
- Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro Ultimate Edition - If you're desperate for
silent computing I'd take a serious look at water cooling first, but if
that's not for you then this is probably the next best solution.
- IBM ThinkPad T41 TC12FUK review -
The T41 is based on Intel's Centrino standard and you'll find a 1.4GHz
Pentium M processor at its heart. Surprisingly, there's only 256MB of RAM
supporting the processor, which is a little below par by today's standards.
That said, at least there's a free SODIM socket so you can upgrade your memory
complement at a later stage. Storage is more adequately taken care of by a
40GB 5,400rpm hard disk. If you do feel the need to offload some data, there's
also a DVD/CD-RW combo drive present.
- Hitachi 7K250 Serial ATA Drives in RAID_0 review - EnvyNews
has posted
a review of two 250GB Hitachi 7K250 Serial ATA drives in RAID_0.
- AOpen XC Cube & Soldam Pandora Claire review - With cool features
like PSU muffler and swingable PSU,
Soldam has really
perfected what Shuttle has created in the XPC. Soldam can really claim to
be the Rolls Royce of computer cases.
- 2.1 Speaker Smackdown: Xhifi versus Logitech - The fit and finish
of Xhifi's Xducer 2.1 speakers are certainly welcome in the PC speaker market,
where such considerations often get sacrificed at the bill of materials altar.
The Xducers' wood veneer, gold-plated connector posts and overall aesthetic
clearly put them in a class by themselves. That said, the
Xducer 2.1's $795 price tag can't be justified by their audio performance.
In fact, at nearly an eighth of the cost, Logitech Z2200s were much more
pleasing to our ears on almost all the test music. For the cost of the
Xducers, you could outfit a seven-man LAN party with Z2200s and still have
money left over for beer and munchies.
- Cube House - This is what happens when a person gets
a
brilliant idea and a little free time :)
- ASUS PC Probe 2.22.03 -
ASUS PCProbe is a convenient utility to monitor the computer's vital
components: fan rotation speeds, voltages and temperatures.
- Tweak FX 3.26b -Tweak
FX is a powerful configuration tool for Windows. It uses plugins written
in VBScript and provides all functions included in the VBScript language
specification.
- Maxtor Maxboost utility -
MaxBoost (download
Trial ~ lic.until June 30th 2004) is performance-boosting driver software
which operates under Microsoft Windows 2000 and XP and which is designed to
complement your Maxtor ATA or SATA hard drive. The MaxBoost driver
intelligently caches data in the host system RAM before it is written to and
read from the Maxtor disk drive, enhancing the effective storage speed of your
system under a variety of system conditions and applications.
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