The first 2003's Tech Reading! - tech
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- IBM waves goodbye to Winchester hard files - Big Blue said it has
completed
the transfer of its hard drive division to Hitachi. It closed the deal to
sell its hard drive related businesses for $2.05 billion yesterday, with
Hitachi coughing up 70 per cent of this money to IBM yesterday. It will pay
IBM the rest of the money over a three year period.
- Leatherman's Squirt: The LAN Gamers Friend - When it comes to LAN
gaming,
a
pocket multi-tool might not be the first thing you think about, but maybe
it should be!
- NVidia Ti4200-8XAGP Videocard Roundup - PC Stats has posted a
NVidia Ti4200-8XAGP Videocard Roundup.
- Direct X 9 Benchmarks - Given the number of decent DX8 titles, that
is, games that actually make use of the fancy Vertex and Pixel shaders (hint:
that number is low), the question
is, will DX9 make any difference with the titles we have on store shelves
now?
- Microsoft MOM Upgrade To Roll in January - Microsoft's Management
Business Group is set to start the new year off with a bang. In early January,
the group is slated to roll out
a refresh for the Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) platform. Included in
the refresh will be Service Pack 1 (SP1) updates and fixes, management pack
updates, a new software development kit and a new resource kit.
- WebTalker -
Web Talker makes it possible to have your daily web pages read aloud by a
simple 'snip' of the finger. This utility makes it possible to browse through
your favorite websites and have the content read to you. In this manner you
can keep both eyes on the road and both hands on the steering wheel.
- TweakNow PowerPack 2003 Professional v1.0.2 -
TweakNow (download)
has released TweakNow PowerPack 2003 Professional v1.0.2, a comprehensive and
easy-to-use Windows 98, ME, 2000 and XP utility that lets you fine-tune
Windows and Internet Explorer. Whether you want to tweak your Windows
registry, clean up your hard drive, or increase your multimedia and game
performance, TweakNow PowerPack's integrated suite of programs can get your
system running at peak performance levels.
- Ultimate Trainz Collection -
The
Ultimate Trainz Collection includes 2 CDs full of dynamic railroad action.
All of the excitement of Collecting, Creating and Controlling your own
railroad with the newest version of Trainz, plus tons of added features.
- jv16 PowerTools 1.2 RC2 -
jv16 PowerTools
(download)
is a full set of tools to keep your computer up and running. The new version
1.2 contains a lot of new features.
- Mozilla 1.3b - Seems that Mozilla FTP has a newer version
v1.3b.
- Gordian Knot Rip Pack v0.27 -
This Rip Pack (homepage)
contains basic software to do SBC and DivX5 encoding - contains DVDDecrypter
3.1.4.0, vStrip 0.8d CSS, DVD2AVI 1.76, BeSweet 1.5b8, AviSynth_Spatial.dll,
Decomb 4.02, GreedyHMA 0.4.0.0, IVTC.dll 2.2, SimpleResize 0.3.2.0, VirtualDub
1.4.13, Nandub RC2 lumafix ecffix.
- Zoom Player 3.00 Beta 4 -
Zoom Player
(download) is a
robust media and DVD front-end player. It was designed to be simple at first
glance while being remarkably dynamic and flexible when used to its full
potential.
- GGSearch (formerly GoogleSearchTool) 3.5 -
GoogleSearchTool is a handy tool for people who spend a lot of time
searching the various newsgroups posts in Google.
- DVD Region-Free 1.29 -
DVD
Region-Free is an unique, effective DVD tweaking tool. It allows you to
watch all region DVDs on any DVD drive even if it has been locked.
- MultiRes 1.41 -
MultiRes is a
32-bit alternative to QuickRes, which adds refresh rate and multi-monitor
support, as well as optional timed confirmation prompts. The little utility
supports Windows 9x/Me/NT4, as well as Windows 2000 and XP.
- Nullsoft SafeSex 0.35 -
Nullsoft
SafeSex (free) allows you to have some notes that are easily accessible,
but relatively secure. It sits on your screen, waiting for a click, and on a
click it will activate and give you access to your notes. That is, of course,
if you enter the passphrase that your notes are encrypted with. For ease, the
passphrase will be cached in memory, and expire after a user-configurable
time.
- Download Accelerator Plus (DAP) 5.3.9.4 -
DAP has a
newer version of its popular Download Manager. DAP is fully integrated into
the browser, providing the best possible performance from ANY Internet
connection (dial-up, cable, DSL / ADSL, T1 etc.).
- DownloadWunder.net 1.26.1400.0 (Free) -
DownloadWunder.net is a fast and intuitive download manager for all sorts
of files. Features include a download queue, clipboard monitoring, log file
writing, easy download of image galleries and much more.
- Kazaalite 2.0.2 build 1 -
Kazaalite 2.0.2 build 1
and 2.0.0 build 2 is out (fixed download links).
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