Wednesday Tech Reading - tech
(hx) 04:41 PM CEST - Oct,22 2003
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- Microsoft offers "self destructing" documents - The latest version
of Microsoft's hugely successful Office software suite launches on Tuesday,
with its most eye-catching feature
a new ability to make documents and emails "self-destruct". Experts say
the feature should act as a barrier against sensitive information being copied
or leaked, but they say it is unlikely to stop any determined attempt.
- Macrovision's SafeDisc version 3.1 launched and defeated? - A while
ago the Macrovision company announced a new version of their well known
SafeDisc copy-protection, v3.1. This latest version promised to protect
"against hacking and unauthorised copying of protected titles" by adding some
unique new features to the copy-protection. A digital signature, for instance,
should prevent any optical drive from copying a disc that is protected with
SafeDisc v3.1. However, as dr--evil reports via our forum, it seems that the
protection can
quite easily be beaten when the proper hardware is used.
- Can Water Power Your Cell Phone? - Canadian researchers have
demonstrated
a new way of producing electricity from flowing water which could provide
power for anything from mobile phones to the national grid. Professors
Daniel Kwok and Larry Kostiuk in the Faculty of Engineering at the University
of Alberta report in the Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering a new
method of generating electric power by harnessing the natural electrokinetic
properties of a liquid, such as ordinary tap water, when it is pumped through
tiny microchannels. The technique is based on understanding that when a
non-conducting glass container is filled with water, the glass develops a tiny
electric charge while the water takes on the opposite charge.
- Dell moves into family room with LCD TV - The Round Rock,
Texas-based company
will begin selling the WT1700, a 17-inch LCD screen TV on Oct. 28 in the
United States and Canada for $699, according to a representative. Gateway
sells a similar TV for $699, as well as TVs with larger and smaller screens.
- Addonics unveils 16-in-1 multifunction portable CD recorder - Over
at Mobilemag they say Addonic Technologies has announced today
a multi-function
portable digital recorder and player that does everything but write DVDs.
As an 8-in-1 Flash Memory Reader/Writer; Flash Media to CDRW Converter; USB
2.0 DVD/CDRW; MP3 Player; Home Theater DVD Player it is small enough to throw
in a bag and carry on the road, in fact, it comes with a bag.
- Logitech upgrades credit-card cam -
Logitech has updated its credit card-sized digital camera, the Pocket
Digital, by upping the camera's native picture resolution from 640 x 480 to
1280x1024 and dropping the original's Autobrite light enhancement software in
favour of a built-in strobe flash. The result is a new model, the Pocket
Digital 130 that retains the credit card length and width dimensions but is
slightly thicker than the original.
- Apple PC iTunes hits 1 million downloads - Apple Computer Inc. said
that computer users had
downloaded more than one million copies of its iTunes digital jukebox
software for Windows since its launch Thursday, and that a total of one
million digital songs had been purchased at 99 cents in that time. That
compares with 1 million songs sold in the first seven days when it introduced
the original iTunes for Mac users, according to Apple co-founder and Chief
Executive Steve Jobs.
- Microsoft Ships First SmartPhone in U.S. -
AT&T Wireless has begun selling Motorola's MPx200, the first smart phone
based on Microsoft software to be sold in the U.S. The MPx200 runs Microsoft's
Windows Mobile Smartphone 2002 software and costs $299 when bought with an
AT&T Wireless plan. The phone is available at AT&T Wireless stores as well as
Best Buy and CompUSA, according to Microsoft. In Europe, the MPx200 will be
available soon and sold by a number of operators, Suwanjindar adds.
- Microsoft Works Suite 2004: The Annual Enhancement - At the core
of the five-CD
Microsoft Works Suite 2004 ($99.99 list) is Works 7.0, comprising a
database, spreadsheet, calendar, and task launcher. Also included are Encarta
Encyclopedia Standard 2004, Money Standard 2004, PictureIt! Photo Premium 9,
Streets &Trips 2004, and Word 2002 (not Word 2003, the latest version). Added
to the suite are a Task Launcher home page, a project organizer tool, and over
500 new templates. And many of the individual apps are new versions.
- Gigabyte unveils Nvidia-based graphics cards - Gigabyte Technology
today
unveiled four graphics cards, in six configurations, powered by Nvidia’s
GeForce chip solutions and announced a renewed partnership with Nvidia.
- Problem hits Western Digital IDE RAID arrays -
According
to TheInquirer, if you are finding Western Digital EIDE drives drop out of
an IDE RAID array after a few days, the firm appears to have the answer. It
might only affect you if you have drives shipped before June. All drives since
that date are OK. This irritating phenomenon happens because of a feature that
cuts idle acoustic noise in desktops in an IDE RAID environment. But WD says
there's an easy answer - you can just switch this feature off :]
- ATI's Radeon 9800XT 256MB review -
ATI's Radeon 9800XT card is the fastest gaming card on the market; I think
that's pretty clear. Considering the Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB card was the
fastest thing around, the additional GPU and DDR clock speed boosts featured
on the 9800XT model are simply icing on the cake. While the performance
differences between the old and new ATI GPU's are not large (roughly 5% in
most games), it is pretty clear that ATI will continue to hold the lead for
the foreseeable future.
- AMD Athlon 64 3200+ CPU Review -
All in all, Athlon 64 3200+ can be considered a good choice for those
users who prefer AMD products. The only thing I have to mention though in
conclusion is a questionable situation with the Socket754 platforms. Since the
CPUs with a dual-channel memory controller cannot be used in this socket, I
expect all Socket754 CPUs to be soon moved into the Budget segment. Therefore,
you should consider Socket754 as a solution allowing further upgrade only if
you realize that this system will not be able to set any performance records
later on.
- Leadtek K7NCR18D-Pro2 Review -
Leadtek's K7NCR18D-ProII boasts NVIDIA's nForce2 Ultra 400 and NVIDIA nForce2
MCP-T, with loads of add on features. This is basically an updated version
of Leadtek's original nForce2 board: the K7NCR18D-Pro. The major difference
between the two boards is the change in chipset from the regular nForce2 to
the nForce2 Ultra400. The only difference between the two is the added support
for 400 Mhz front side bus. However, there are some added features on this
board compared to the original K7NCR18D-Pro.
- Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro -
The Audigy 2 ZS series has a lot of expectations to deal with; at least in
my eyes. Precisely as a lot of the other products that are being released this
Autumn,(Pentium 4 Extreme Edition, Radeon 9800/9600 XT, GeForce FX 5700/5950
etc.), we are talking about a so called "refresh". A refresh is, for the
uninformed, a relatively small upgrade of an existing technology.
- Crucial PC3200 Memory Review - Viper's Lair has posted
a review on Crucial's PC3200 memory. "Everything was running well so we
will go up 1 MHZ at a time until we reached our maximum over clock. As we
approached the higher speeds, we had freezing issue, and we had to increase
the memory voltage to 2.8v to maintain stability. At 3-4-4-10, I managed a
maximum over clock of 236MHz (472MHz DDR), but the ram fails the Memtest86
tests."
- Aerialix Mini Dipole Antenna - If you've ever wished for
better performance from your notebook's wireless card,
Aerialix' Mini Dipole antenna could be the solution you're looking for.
But you'll need the right card in order to use it, so check out our review and
see if you've got what it needs.
- Highpoint Rockethead100 SATA Convertor review - TweakNews has
posted a
review of Highpoint Rockethead100 SATA Convertor & AC Ryan EL SATA Cable.
- iRiver SlimX iMP-550 CD/MP3 player review - The quality and
features of
the
iRiver SlimX 550 really stand out. It's"the" CD/MP3 player to get. The
form factor is perfect with the ease ofcontrol, great battery life, great
sound, and numerous features that putit ahead of anything else out on the
market. iRiver continues to achieveexcellence in the SlimX line. With a
relatively low price point of$179.99, we believe you will not find a better
similarly equipped CDplayer than iRiver's SlimX iMP-550 today.
- Avixe Portable CD-RW/DVD combo drive Review - Hardware Zoom has
posted a review of
Avixe Portable CD-RW/DVD combo drive.
- Dell Inspiron 5100 Review - Modasylum.Com has posted
a
review on the Dell Inspiron 5100. "This is a great laptop. As long as you
are not playing Half Life 2, or rendering graphics all the time, this is a
perfect laptop for you. While not the cheepest, and lacking a few of the
features other laptops have, its a great value. And Dell is reconized as the
world leader in tech support. If you are looking for a sturdy desktop
replacement for under $1800, this is perfect for you. I would give it a 9.5,
subtracting half a point for the odd layout of the keyboard, but nothing
serious, and it just takes a little getting used to."
- The Athlon Cooler Cometh at 2.8 Ghz and Below Zero Cool -
The cooler system had no trouble keeping the CPU die temperature down to a
steady, low range between -17°C and -22°C (signal evaluation of the
thermal diode). If you're an ambitious user with cash to spare, this is the
system for you: nVentiv supplies ready-assembled the barebones plus
motherboard (Asus SK8N with NForce-3/150 chip set), processor and power unit.
All you have to do is install a suitable graphic card, memory and hard drive
and/or drives. nVentiv charges $1,500 or $1,535 for the barebones system
available in either silver or black. Our test system with the selected
components came to just under $3,256.
- Speed Strip - Athlon XP Unlocking Device -
The Speed Strip is designed only for certain AMD CPUs. Specifically, those
whose ID begins with 'AXDA'. You can see below our test chip is an 'AXDA'
style 2400 XP+ CPU.
- Properly Installing More Than One Operating System Together and
Multi-booting them -
This tutorial is only valid for single hard drive systems (1 hard rive
from which you boot)...but with a few changes you could use more hard drives.
- Beginners Guides: Little Known Features of WindowsXP - PCStats have
published
a nice WinXP guide for beginners.
- OpenMex version 0.1 (Alpha) -
OpenMex is a tool that
can extract (and in the future import) files from a large variety of game
archives. Release 0.1 includes support for 138 games, and a fresh new GUI.
- MSN 9 & MSN Messenger 6.1 Updated - Today MSN have released
another refresh update to the MSN 9 beta. Included in the update is a new
version of MSN Explorer 9 and MSN Messenger 6.1. This brings
MSN Messenger 6.1 up to build 6.1.0150 and MSN 9 Explorer to 9.00.0010.1601.
- VirtualDub 1.5.7 -
VirtualDub (download)
is a video capture and processing program. It features fast capturing, process
files larger than the 2 gigabyte limit, optimized for linear editing, support
for Motion-JPEG, MPEG-1 video and layer 3 audio, real-time and near-realtime
video processing, video job queues, and much more.
- MAME v0.76 -
MAME stands for
Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator, and currently runs 1800+ classic (and
even some not so classic) arcade games.
- DivX Pro 5.1.1 Beta -
DivX (download
5.1beta ~
changelog)
is a package that includes all the DivX codec, player, utilities, and
documentation that you need to play DivX files. DivX codec is based on the
MPEG-4 compression standard. This codec can reduce an MPEG-2 video (DVD
format) to ten percent of its original size. They claim that DivX 5.1.1 Beta 1
is 50% faster than DivX 5.1 and 12% faster than DivX 5.0.5.
- Total Commander 5.51a (Win2K) Update -
A new version of the best file manager has been just released. Whats new
since the 5.51? After installing Windows security update KB824141, quick
search no longer works correctly. They have created a hotfix which contains a
workaround to this problem. The
hotfix contains just the new program totalcmd.exe and needs to be
installed to the same directory as the installed version of Total Commander
5.51.
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