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(hx) 02:06 AM CET - Feb,13 2002
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- Serious network security holes surface - A slew of security vulnerabilities
in implementations of SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) may allow unauthorised
privileged access, denial-of-service attacks, or cause unstable behaviour, security
clearing house CERT has warned.
- Torvalds automates Linux tweaks - Linux founder Linus Torvalds
starts using software to automatically apply patches and updates to the open-source OS after
receiving complaints that the process was too slow.
- Suit says Xerox stole software - Xerox is accused in a lawsuit of stealing printer software from the University
of Texas at Austin and giving it to unsuspecting clients, including the city of Seattle
and Gannett's flagship newspaper, USA Today.
- Exploding star strafed Earth - The explosion of a
dying star could have ended much of marine life on Earth two million years ago. The
supernova could have strafed the Earth's atmosphere with cosmic rays, severely damaging
the ozone layer and exposing living organisms to high levels of the Sun's hazardous
ultraviolet rays, US researchers propose.
- Shuttle AK35GTR Review - With the ever popular KT266A at the
core of this motherboard, we knew from the start that it would probably be a great
performer. Throw in an integrated High-Point 372 RAID controller and the AK35GTR is primed for some serious performance. Needless to say, we
ran the board through its paces to see what it was made of. Through out the review we
encountered a number a surprises that helped this motherboard stand out from the rest.
- GlobalWin TAK68 Dual Fan HSF Review - Tweakers Australia has
posted a review of GlobalWin TAK68 Dual Fan HSF.
- GlobalWin ISTORM-II Hard Drive Cooler Review - Tweakers
Australia has posted a review
of GlobalWin ISTORM-II Hard Drive Cooler.
- Corsair XMS-2700 DDR Review - Serial Addiction has posted a review
of Corsair's top of the line XMS-2700 DDR memory.
- Pentium 4 1.6A GHz Northwood Review - This article
is not an attempt to review the new Intel Pentium 4 1.6A GHz processor. The following is
just to show what kind of performance is possible with the P4 1.6A. Is it the next Intel
Celeron 300A? You make the call...
- Hellstorm 3000 Case Review - Enter the realm of the HellSTORM
Case. An improvement on the Tornado series cases since the HellStorms are equipped
with true automotive paint. These cases are sanded, primed, painted, clear coated then
baked to perfection. The colors are the exact same as found on exotic vehicles such as
Lamborghini and Ferrari. This is the same brand paint and the same exact finish you would
expect. According to 3DCOOL.COM Inc each case involves close to 8 hours of labor in order
to achieve its perfection.
- Water-Cooling Hard Disk Water Block - So how do you cool two hot disks with water? Well, some imspection of
my Seagate Barracuda's revealed that there's what appears to be a large aluminium
heat-transfer block that runs right through the disk. This is the bit you normally attatch
to your case. So, the best option I figured would be to bolt a couple of plates to this
and cool them with water.
- Optimize Your Internet Connection - Tweaking
your Internet connection is one of those subjects that has become cluttered with
misinformation, rumor, and confusion. It's like souping up your car -- if done right, you
can get real benefit from it. However, there are more ways to do it wrong than right, and
doing it wrong can do more harm than good.
- miTweak XP 2.2.1 - miTweak-XP is one
of Viettre.NET featured software that is in its development phase. The primary goal of
miTweak-XP is to help the end-users who are running Windows XP to unleash the hidden
features of Windows XP that your system's performance will be maximize and give you the
maximum speed. Because miTweak-XP uses the latest programming technology of Microsoft .NET
framework. Therefore, its usablity and stability is very high.
- FlashFXP Beta 1.4.3 Build 832 - FlashFXP is a powerful and popular FTP & FXP Client for Windows.
- Suma GF3 Ti 200 64MB SE Overclockable BIOS - Suma have released
a GF3 Ti 200 64MB SE overclockable BIOS.
- Inno3D Detonators v27.30 - Inno3d have released v27.30 Detonator drivers for
Windows 2000/XP/98
- eVGA Detonators - eVGA have released v27.30 Detonator
drivers for Windows 95/98/ME/NT 4.0 and v27.30 Detonator
drivers for Windows 2000/XP. (You must be registered with eVGA to be able leech it)
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