Evening Tech Reading - tech
(hx) 03:54 AM CET - Feb,07 2002
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- Microsoft game is a code-eating battle - Terrarium is not a virus,
says Microsoft, which created the game to show what can be achieved in peer-to-peer
applications, particularly those using the company's .Net Framework, but it does share
some similarities with the way viruses work. For instance, the object is to propagate as
many pieces of code (or creatures) as possible in the three weeks that the
competition will last for. And although it is just a game for now, it does show the
possibilities of peer-to-peer computing.
- AMD, Ferrari's new F1 sponsor - Ferrari will be launching their
new 2002 contender, the F2002, in less than an hour and just prior to the unveiling the
Italian team announced that they have signed a new sponsorship agreement with AMD for the upcoming 2002 and 2003
seasons.
- Police call for ban on Mafia computer game - Italian police are trying to ban
a new computer game which encourages players to climb the ladder of the mafia.
- Morpheus Security Hole a Hoax? - According to MusicCity.com, the report is not true
- the report of a security hole in Morpheus is FALSE.
- Socket423 Died. Officially... - So, Intel officially
announced the beginning of their discontinuance
program for all mPGA423 Pentium 4 processors with 1.5Ghz-2GHz core frequencies. This
way they have completely shifted to a new Socket478. At the same time they announced the
discontinuance of their 0.18micron (Willamette) mPGA478 Pentium 4 2GHz. Instead they will
offer Pentium 4 2A (built on 0.13micron Northwood core).
- ATI releases new 128MB graphics card - It's not surprising that ATI is moving to 128MB
of memory on its performance cards. Some third-party card makers not long ago released
128MB GeForce3 cards, and in part, it's a drop in memory prices that has made this
feasible. This is the most concrete change to the updated Radeon 8500 over the cards
released last year, but don't expect current games to get much, if any, performance
benefit from having more memory. While the previous move from 32MB to 64MB was partly
driven by the buffer requirements of high 1600x1200 resolutions and anti-aliasing, the
amount of memory on current cards isn't holding back performance even at high resolutions.
But in the future, game developers will adapt games to take advantage of the extra local
memory.
- Google Programming Contest - Google has just announced its first annual programming
contest! The objective is to write a program that will do something
"interesting" with the about 900,000 Web pages' worth data that's Google
provides. In addition to writing the program, contestants also have to convince the judges
why their program is interesting (or useful) and why it will scale (that is, handle a
constantly increasing load of data that grows as the Web grows). The prize is US$10,000 in
cash, a V.I.P. tour of the Google facility in Mountain View, California and possibly a
chance to run their program on Google's complete billion-Web-page store.
- Intel developing cellular Internet chip in Israel - Intel
Corporation is developing in Israel a new laptop computer that incorporates a chip system enabling users to
connect to the Internet via any available cellular network.
- IBM to unveil index card-size computer prototype - IBM research
division says it has developed a prototype of a portable computer
module that is the size of a small pad of paper and has the computing power of a
typical notebook or desktop computer. The portable computing device, which IBM Research
will unveil on Feb. 11 at a technology conference in Phoenix, Arizona, includes 128MB of
dynamic random access memory, a 10GB hard drive and a microprocessor that runs at 800MHz.
- MS .NET vulnerable to attack - Microsoft ASP.NET is vulnerable to
cross-site scripting (CSS), according to a recent post by
Johannes Westerink to the BugTraq mailing list.
- DVD Ripping Guide v2.2 - There are some simple
instructions which should start you out with all the neccessary knowledge to on how to
rip DVDs effectively.
- Daisy, an Open Source Windows 2000 Security Utility - Daisy is a program
that reviews your system for service pack and OS level, determines what hot fixes the base
OS needs, and downloads and installs them in a correct and consistent manner. It checks
that the hot fixes installed on the system are installed correctly. Command line and
initialization file settings for Daisy, along with defining a Task Scheduler job for Daisy
can automate the tedious processes of hot fix downloading, installing, verifying, and
rebooting.
- MSIE 6.0 SP1 beta leaked - Download Internet Explorer
6.0 SP1 (build 6.0.2813.3000) - Mirror1, Mirror2. Note:After install the
Internal Windows Update link id pointed to a MS secure beta site, to revert back to normal
run this regfile.
These FTPs seems to be pretty overloaded right now, that's why these links doesn't work.
So be patient and try luck a bit later. The newly leaked build doesn't sport any changes
apart from a bunch of bug-fixes, but still it seems to be worth a try for users of
Win2k/XP.
- CladDVD XP v1.2 - CladDVD XP is an Windows XP DVD ripper, completely redesigned for the
XP environment, with IFO parsing capabilities.
- Customizer XP 1.7 Beta - Tweak Now has released a beta of Customizer XP 1.7.
- Tiny PersonalFirewall 2.1 Beta2 - Although the official website
hasn´t been updated yet, a new beta version of the freeware TinyPersonal Firewall has been
released.
- Nvidia GeForce4 Goodies - Nvidia have released some trailers and
demos for the Launch of the GeForce4 today: GeForce4 Video Demo Collage featuring the song
Elevation
by U2, Demos:
Twister and Demos:
Grace.
- Detonator 27.30 For W2k/XP - Oh yeah, nVidia Detonator 27.30 for Win2k/XP is finally out :)
- Nvidia Detonator Driver 27.20 at Gainward - Gainward FTP has official
Nvidia Detonator Driver 27.20 for Windows 2000.
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