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Gameguru Mania News - Nov,23 2001 -

Thanksgiving Nightly Tech Reading - briefly
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Star Trek Tech Is Not So Bold - Star Trek is set three centuries in the future, but today's scientists are already working on technologies more advanced than the science portrayed in the show. The first of a two-part look at the tech of Star Trek. By Erik Baard.
DDR 333 Is Coming In November - Nanya Technology on November 21 announced it officially began volume production of 333MHz DDR (double data rate) SDRAM memory this week, and by the end of the month it will ship 1.2 million 128Mbit-equivalent chip.
Xbox Sales Report - "I'm excited to finally see Xbox in the hands of gamers,'' said John O'Rourke, director of sales and marketing for Xbox at Microsoft. "I've always known that Xbox is the best game console ever, but after playing games with people at launch, I see that gamers also recognize the amazing power and intense fun that only Xbox can offer.''
CD-R disc makers cut prices 10-15% - Ritek and CMC Magnetics have once again lowered unit CD-R disc prices by 10-15% to stay competitive on the European market.
Visiontek Ti 200 for $99 - Best Buy's Thanksgiving flyer does indeed have the meg-super deal on the Visiontek Ti 200. $99 ! (thanks NVNews)
Hackers take out 156 Web sites in Vietnam - Hackers calling themselves revengetheplanet on Monday attacked 156 Web sites hosted by Vietnam's largest ISP (Internet service provider) and monopoly Internet gateway provider, Vietnam Data Communications Co. (VDC).
Via goes official with P4X266A - Via was brave enough to say that boards will be available immediately but we will see about that. You will be able to use both Intel 478-pin and 423-pin versions of processors even faster than 2GHz.
Osmond sells DIY movie censorship kit - Wholesome family entertainer Marie Osmond has become involved in peddling a web-based do-it-yourself movie censorship kit for DVD players. Movie Mask enables the viewer to transform restricted movies into tamer, sanitised versions so that the whole family can enjoy classics like Clockwork Orange, Titanic and Pulp Fiction with all the sex and swear words removed. Jesus isn't it crap?
Prolink Announces PixelView DTV2000 - Prolink Microsystems announced it's DTV product PixelView DTV2000 which is designed for receiving, decoding and displaying Digital Satellite Broadcasts on a standard Personal Computer. With the "DTV2000", you can receive free-to-air satellite TV and radio channels without spending any specialized additional expensive equipments.
Ricoh MP9200A Review - Ian from CDRWcentral took the time to take a look at Ricoh's DVD/CD-RW combo drive the MP9200A. The MP9200A is a 12x DVD Reader, 20x CD-Recorder 10x CD-RW Recorder and a 40x CD-ROM reader all in one unit. It has a 2 MB buffer and uses the ATAPI interface to connect to the PC.
Maxtor D740X-6L HDD Review - Xbit labs reviewed Maxtor D740X HDD, which deserves being called a really high-quality product: it boasts 40GB platters and supports new ATA/133 protocol.
ATI Radeon 8500 Demos - 3DChipset have got some new ATI RADEON 8500 demos for download demonstrating advanced features using DirectX 8.1, in cooperation with ATI.
DirectX 8.1: SDK Extras - The Extras download contains optional components like Symbols, D3D XFile Exporters, the SDK AppWizard and DirectShow DVD components that are not included with the DirctX 8.1 SDK.
PocoMail v2.50 build 974 - PocoMail is a refreshingly different e-mail application, with a specific focus: to allow you to take full potential of e-mail, whether you get one or one hundred messages a day. It will save you time and enable you to do things with e-mail you never thought possible before.
MSI Bios Updates - Leech MS-6368 BIOS v5.1, MS-6378 BIOS v1.7, MS-6532 BIOS v1.1, MS-6545 BIOS v1.3.
Creative Labs 3DBlaster Detonator 21.83 XP - Creative Labs has released an exclusive Windows XP detonator set based on the reference 21.83 Nvidia drivers.