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(hx) 01:18 AM CEST - Apr,03 2003
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- Microsoft manager facing charges died of poisoning -
A Microsoft manager accused of stealing $9 million in software to fuel a
lavish lifestyle died from drinking antifreeze, according to the King
County Medical Examiner's Office. Daniel Feussner died Feb. 7 from ingesting
ethylene glycol, the main ingredient in antifreeze, according to the Medical
Examiner's Office. How it happened is unknown; there were no witnesses to his
death.
- Is Software Piracy Stealing Jobs? - Reducing software piracy by
just 10 percentage points worldwide
would generate 1.5 million jobs and add $400 billion to the world economy,
according to a study released Wednesday by the Business Software Alliance and
IDC. The BSA, composed of giant software vendors such as Microsoft, IBM, and
Apple Computer, pegs the percentage of software programs pirated globally at
40 percent. The IDC study, commissioned by the BSA, concludes that reducing
that rate to 30 percent would enable nations to add a total of $64 billion to
their tax coffers.
- Holes found in RealPlayer, QuickTime -
The
vulnerabilities have cropped up in RealNetworks' RealPlayer and Apple
Computer's QuickTime. While unrelated, the weak spots could allow an intruder
to execute damaging arbitrary code on a victim's computer.
- Eircom introduces 'low-cost' broadband -
I-stream Starter (EUR45) will offer guaranteed download speeds of 512kbs,
although upload rates may be slower for some customers, depending on a variety
of circumstances. The new service will be available to about 700,000 lines
around Ireland, Eircom said, extending to 1 million by year's end.
- Counter-Strike Goes To The Arcade - Namco has licensed the
popular Half-Life modification Counter-Strike for use in its new chain of
Ledzone entertainment centers, Impress Game Watch reports today. Namco's
original version of the game will be called "Counter-Strike Neo," and the
company plans to release a test version this month.
- Sony Shows a Smarter Robot - Sony unveiled
a new version of its Sony Dream Robot humanoid robot on Wednesday that, it
said, packs major increases in abilities and intelligence. Major changes in
the SDR-4X II have been made in four areas: The first is that of motion
control and, in particular, improvements to the robot's sensory functions so
that it can avoid falling down. Engineers have added an extra RISC CPU
(bringing the total count to three) to the SDR-4X II in order to handle speech
synthesis and speech recognition. Improvements have also been made in safety
and identification.
- Microsoft calls AMD X86-64 operating system Anvil -
Anvil will
run on both Opteron and Athlon64 chips and, the sources added, Microsoft
is billing it as causing a big adoption of PC 64-bit computing because these
chips will run 32-bit and 64-bit code natively.
- Office 2003 Configurations Unveiled - Microsoft plans to offer
a half dozen different editions of its upcoming Office 2003 productivity
suite, but none of them will include the new OneNote note-taking application.
And the company still isn't revealing pricing for the six different Office
2003 bundles or any of the stand-alone Office applications. All six versions
include the core Office applications of Word, Excel, and Outlook.
- AMD revs up transistor designs - The chipmaker's researchers have
created and demonstrated
a new
Fully Depleted Silicon-on-Insulator transistor, the company said
Wednesday. The silicon-on-insulator design technique uses special materials to
better isolate transistors inside a chip, with the aim of increasing
performance and reducing power consumption. AMD's twist on the transistor
design is as much as 30 percent faster than some of the best published results
seen so far, the company said.
- Exclusive Intel Roadmap Details -
check it out!
- Nvidia and Quantum3D team up to bring graphics technology to the
battleground - Nvidia Corp., the maker of high-powered 3-D graphics
chips that are popular among players of shoot-'em-up PC games, is
bringing the same technology to the battlefield. Military hardware --
ranging from Apache helicopters and F-22 Raptor fighter jets to Bradley
fighting vehicles and M-1 Abrams tanks -- uses display systems powered by the
Santa Clara firm's graphics processors.
- ATI ships RADEON 9800 PRO - ATI
Technologies is now
shipping its RADEON 9800 PRO visual processing unit (VPU). Boards based on
the world's fastest VPU have shipped to OEM, retail, distribution and online
customers, fulfilling ATI's promise of delivering product within 30 days of
the March 6 launch.
- ATI said to start Radeon 9600 volume shipments in April - ATI
Technologies has decided to
move up volume shipments of its Radeon 9600 (RV350) chip from June to the
end of April to compete with Nvidia's upcoming NV35 chip, according to
sources.
- ATI Radeon 9800 Pro Review - PC Mag has posted an
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro review.
- AMD Bundled Coolers: Blessing or Curse? -
As this test of AMD's bundled coolers reveals, these chill-machines are
more than adequate for most users and applications. However, if you're
in the market for a quieter model, a real freezer powerhouse or a cooler that
offers variable cooling capabilities, you should take a look at the vast array
of cooler manufacturers. If you want a cooler with excellent, variable
capabilities, the brand-new Aero7 from Coolermaster is an outstanding choice.
- NEC/Mitsubishi FE2111SB BK 22" Review - With very little surprise
the FE2111SB
produced some of most beautiful graphics to come across our faces.
Outstanding color, due to the Super Bright settings on level 2 of 3, along
with super high resolution of 1600x1200 85Hz, simply put, floored us. Unreal
Tournament 2003 couldn't have looked better.
- SBLive/Audigy ---> Audigy2. THE GUIDE! - OK this topic has been
discussed for ages & ages and here it is! Info taken from two sites with two
different ways to make your SBLive or Audigy to use the applications and the
new features-if hardware supports them, that Audigy2 can give.
To choose which guide to use, read the guides and FAQs and check the
original Web Pages that have the Guides.
- New version of Pocket War - Today
MetalShard will
release
a new
version of Pocket War, including an entirely new graphics set and network
based multiplayer. Many optimizations have been made as well.
- Medieval Heroes fight over handhelds -
Arcona
Magi has released a new strategy game for the Palm OS,
Medieval Heroes.
Medieval Heroes is a strategy game with some RTS elements set in 14th century
Europe. The player must compete with five other nobles to conquer all of
central Europe. That means building and equipping an army, espionage against
neighboring lords, and of course fighting it out with enemy troops on the
battlefield.
- Antivirus Comparison - Virus attacks now target multiple entry
points, so running antivirus software is more important than ever.
Find out which personal and corporate products are up to the task and
easiest to use. They compare McAfee VirusScan Home Edition 7.0, NOD32 2.0,
Norton AntiVirus 2003, Panda Antivirus Titanium and PC-cillin 2003.
- WinTasks 4 Professional Review - Hardware Extreme has posted a
WinTasks 4 Professional Review.
- 3ds max 5.1 Service Pack 1 brings DirectX 9 compatibility update -
This
English-only update is for customers who have 3ds max 5.1, DirectX 9, and
a video card and driver which supports DirectX 9. This also addresses issues
with XRefs that are detailed in the
readme.
PHP Nuke 6.5 -
PHP-Nuke 6.5 (download)
is now out to the public. As many of you already know this new version carries
a lot of new stuff, fixes and security patches.
- TV Tool 7.0 Beta -
TVTool is a control center for the TV output of nVidia graphics cards.
With this tool it is possible to adapt the TV output perfectly to your needs
and to control the TV mode in a comfortable way. TVTool accesses the hardware
directly and is able to offer a significant greater functionality than many
graphics card drivers.
- Eudora 5.2.1 -
Eudora (download)
is the best email program for people who get lots of email. If you're not one
of those people now, you will be soon. So, take control of your email before
it takes control of you. Eudora is more than a way to send and receive
messages - it's a powerful email management tool with features to increase
your productivity and enhance your communications.
- Mozilla 1.4a -
Mozilla 1.4a has been released. Mozilla 1.4 contains about 1000 new
bugfixes, including changes to improve performance, stability, web site
compatability, standards support, and usability.
- IE++ 2.2 Beta 2 -
IE++ is an additional Internet Explorer toolbar that increases the
usability of the browser and make Web surfing more comfortable. Try IE++ if
you want to use native Internet Explorer, but are in need of extra features.
- SmartCode Vnc Manager 1.1 -
Vnc Manager
is an easy to use remote administration tool which allows you to connect, view
and take control of any computers running VNC (Virtual Network Computing) on
your network. It provides easy to use intuitive GUI interface and provides
unique features that can significantly improve user experience of network
administrators. The list of features includes but is not limited to: Grouping
Support, Thumbnail View, IP address scan, Default session, Default password.
- CPUCooL 7.2.1 -
CPUCooL (download)
has been updated. What is CPUCool? CPUCooL is a program that monitors
temperature, fan speed, and voltages for many motherboards.
- Nvidia WDM Driver 1.27, NVFlash Tool v4.38 - A new
Nvidia WDM driver 1.27 is available. This driver is required for VIVO and
Personal Cinema functionality with Nvidia display adapters. In addition,
there's a new
Nvidia NvFlash Tool version 4.38.
- Western Digital Data LifeGuard Windows Diagnostic -
This is a
Windows version of the Data Lifeguard Diagnostics utility. The utility can
perform drive identification, diagnostics, and repairs on a Western Digital
FireWire, EIDE, or USB drive.
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