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(hx) 11:42 PM CEST - Aug,27 2003
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- Cyborgs unite! -
Steve Mann is not only a pioneer in wearable computers, an electrical
engineering professor and the star of a documentary titled "Cyberman." Mann
also is the first cyborg rights activist. A native of Canada who teaches
at the University of Toronto, Mann became famous in the 1990s for roaming the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus as a graduate student outfitted
with chunky glasses that augmented his vision, a bulging, hip-mounted PC that
boosted his memory, and an antenna that broadcast to the Internet whatever he
saw. Since then, Mann has slimmed his "eyetap" apparatus down to a more
manageable size and has purchased a former Toronto nightclub to use as a home,
a design laboratory and a sort of tech-art gallery.
- Hubble Captures Mars Close-Up -
The Hubble Space Telescope's newest picture of Mars shows summer on the
Red Planet just as it makes its closest pass by Earth in 60,000 years. The
image, taken on Tuesday 11 hours before the closest approach, shows in fine
detail the scarred surface of Mars, including the 270-mile- (450-km-) diameter
Huygens crater near the center of the image, according to a NASA press
release. Another pictures can be found
here.
- Symantec Embraces Product Activation - Software giant Symantec
is adding product activation technology to all of its upcoming consumer
products, starting with Norton Antivirus 2004. Customers who fail to activate
the software by contacting Symantec within 15 days of installing it will be
left with a nonfunctioning application. Symantec executives say the product
activation process is so simple most users won't mind it. They also say
they're confident the measures will pay off by preventing large-scale piracy
operations from thieves who bootleg Symantec programs and sell them to
unsuspecting customers.
- Has Sobig Picked a New Target? - Romanian researchers claim to have
discovered
a variant of the Sobig.F virus that looks to mail and domain name servers
at Time Warner Telecom for information about how to modify its behavior. The
first Sobig.F virus contained an encrypted list of the IP addresses of 20
servers. At a predetermined time, the virus would contact each server in turn
until one responded with the URL of a file, which the virus would then try to
download and execute.
- Amazon declares war on spoofers - Amazon has filed
lawsuits in the
US and Canada against 11 companies that it alleges have stolen its
identity to send out spam. In what it said was a strong message to spammers,
Amazon accused the companies in question of 'spoofing' - fooling people into
thinking that the online retailer had sent them emails.
- nVidia eyes PlayStation 3 - ATI beat out nVidia earlier this
month for the right to provide the graphics chip for Microsoft's next game
machine. That followed ATI's March announcement that it had struck a
technology development deal with Nintendo, presumably to supply the graphics
technology for the successor to the GameCube. The king of the console
industry hasn't made any commitments yet, though. And while Sony (SNE:
Research, Estimates) has preferred to own the technology components in past
PlayStations, it might be mulling some changes this time around. "The reality
is nVidia is not sitting in a vacuum," said Erach Desai,
an analyst with American Technology Research. "They are in discussions with
Sony for the PS3."
- Plextor 8x dual format drive will write 8x to 4x DVD+R media -
Recently some rumors appeared on the internet that the PX-708A, Plextors
latest dual format DVD recorder,
would write 8x at
4x DVD+R media. The drive should be available in stores within the next
two weeks and 8x DVD+R media is currently scheduled for release in about a
month or later.
- Toshiba unveils next-generation DVD recordable drives for mobile
computers - The
Toshiba SD-R6112 drive supports 2x DVD-R, 1x DVD-RW, 1x DVD-RAM read, 16x
CD-R and 10x CD-RW, allowing users to take advantage of multiple technologies
in a single drive. The SD-R9012 supports 8x DVD-ROM, 16x CD-R and 10x CD-RW.
Both drives include buffer underrun technology and a 2MB buffer. The tray
loading drives are also shock resistant and feature low energy consumption,
making them ideal for laptop design.
- 10 Terabit Ethernet in 2010? - Now that NTT has announced a
reliable 100 Gigabit per second transmitter/receiver pair, the progression may
be 1 wavelength for 100 Gigabit Ethernet, 10 wavelength (10 x 100 Gigabits per
second) CWDM (Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing) for 1 Terabit Ethernet,
and 100 wavelength (100 x 100 Gigabits per second) DWDM for
10 Terabit
per second Ethernet in the near future.
- VIA to release dual DDR KT880 chipset - VIA Technologies will
release another chipset supporting the K7 platform from Advanced Micro Devices
(AMD), according to the company.
The KT880 chipset, supporting a 400MHz FSB (front-side bus) and
dual-channel DDR400 memory, will be the latest and last entry in VIA's K7
chipset line. Shipments are to begin in late September or early October, the
company disclosed.
- Overclocking a Pentium 4 2.4C to 3.6GHz - The popular
motherboard maker
MSI
has made an article on overclocking a Pentium 4 2.4C (800MHz FSB) to an
amazing 3.6GHz, in order to show the great overclocking possibilities with
their 848P. To do this they used their new 848P Neo motherboard, a Pentium 4
2.4C and the memory they used was GEIL PC4200. In their first expirement they
managed to get their 2.4GHz Pentium 4 up to 3.6GHz by cranking the FSB up to
300MHz.
- Creative Audigy2 Platinum eX Sound Card Review -
The Audigy2 Platinum eX an a perfect choice for a gamer, but wouldn't
suite an audiophile or a professional musician.
- Leadtek A350Ultra TDH MyViVO Edition 256MB FX5900 Ultra VGA Review -
Overclockers New Zealand has posted
a review on Leadtek A350Ultra TDH MyViVO Edition 256MB FX5900 Ultra VGA.
- MSI FX5600VTDR128 Review -
The MSI card is unique in that it has its own media center remote control
and software (ala Windows XP Media Center Edition PCs). It would have been a
great idea if it was implemented properly. Firstly, there is absolutely no
mentioning of it in the printed manual. However, that wasn't a major problem
because installation was straightforward; all I needed to do was to put the CD
in the CD-rom and installation started automatically. After installation, one
press of the power button on the remote control turned on the program.
- Samsung Syncmaster 192T LCD Monitor Review - If you need a large
LCD monitor with excellent picture quality then the Samsung Syncmaster 192T
could be just what your looking for. Is it good value for money and how well
does it perform,
read on to find out.
- BIOS Guide Revision 8.0 Interim Release 1 - Adrian has
updated his premier
BIOS optimization guide to 8.0 Interim Release 1. "Finally, a reminder
that the BIOS Optimization Guide is protected by an anti-leeching mechanism so
please check your firewall settings. If you are using Norton Firewall, please
turn off Browser Privacy. If you are using ZoneAlarm, please turn off Cookie
Control and Ad Blocking. Otherwise, the page will keep reloading itself. "
- How to remove Lovesan Virus Guide -
Check
it out.
- KaZaA Lite K++ 2.4.2 - A new release of the ad- and spy-ware free
version of KaZaA is available from
here.
- Fresh Diagnose 6.20 -
Fresh
Diagnose (download)
is an utility designed to analyze and benchmark your computer system. It can
analyze and benchmark many kinds of hardware, such as CPU performance, hard
disk performance, video system information, mainboard information, and more.
- Media Player Classic 6.4.6.1 -
Media Player Classic
(download version for
WinXP/2k ~
Win9x/ME) is similar to windows media player 6.4 but with features
pertained to minimalist advanced users. It also supports DirectX 9 and VFW
drivers for capture. It supports viewing through ActiveX controls of Real and
QuickTime files.
- Microsoft Virtual PC 5.2 -
Microsoft Virtual PC is a powerful software virtualization solution that
allows you to run multiple PC-based operating systems simultaneously on one
workstation, providing a safety net to maintain compatibility with legacy
applications while you migrate to a new operating system. It also saves
reconfiguration time, so your support, development, and training staff can
work more efficiently. Please use the following serial number when installing
the Virtual PC for Windows Trial Version: VPT5-1181-2302-9277-6447 -- This
serial number will expire on September 27, 2003
- nVidia Refresh Rate Fix MKII v2.20 E - If you have a nVidia
graphics card, you'll probably know about the very common bug, that occurs
together with the nVidia Detonator drivers under Windows NT/2000/XP: Normally,
you can't get a higher refresh rate than 60 Hz in the OpenGL/Direct3D modes,
which makes you very blind after a while of gaming. ;-) I programmed
this
tool, to fix this bug, since I could not find an existing tool for this on
the internet, which is compatible with the new official Detonator v28.32+ >
drivers. There already were some tools around that supported the older
Detonator versions."
- VIA IDE mini port Driver 3.20b - If you are having IDE
troubles with your system it's recommended that you download and install the
IDE
miniport driver just made available on the Drivers Page, for increased IDE
performance and stability.
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