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(hx) 02:48 AM CET - Mar,13 2002
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- Digital TV provider sues rival for piracy - France's Canal+
Group files a suit
alleging British rival NDS employed a high-tech lab to break its smart-card security and
posted the info online.
- 'Hi Sexy' SMS scam hits mobile users - Mobile phone users are
being warned over a text
message scam that could end up costing them hundreds of pounds. A message saying
"hi sexy" is reported to be luring unsuspecting victims into signing up for a
premium rate reverse charging service. Simply replying to the message registers the user
to the service. Once signed up, the user is then bombarded with sexually explicit texts
for which they have to pay
- Intel's incredible shrinking chip - Intel's experimental SRAM
memory chips measure approximately 109 square millimeters and contain up to 52 million
bits of data, making them the densest SRAM chips ever produced.
- Fujitsu shrinks fingerprint sensor for portable apps - Fujitsu
Microelectronics America Inc. said it has developed a tiny fingerprint
sensor that is about one-tenth the size and less than half the cost of conventional
fingerprint sensors.
- Atheros WLAN chip set ready for upcoming .11g spec - Atheros
Communications Inc. said Monday (March 11) that it is sampling a wireless LAN chip set
that supports both IEEE 802.11a and .11b wireless LAN standards and is capable of
supporting the 802.11g specification once it is finalized later this year.
- Nix security pandemic - major zlib/libz vuln details - The
problem here is a
stuff-up in a decompression routine which can corrupt the internal data structures of
malloc by a double call to the free() function (double-free), discovered by Matthias
Clasen. This enables memory space to be cleared twice, and can crash virtually any
program. At the moment there are no known exploits circulating, but of course it's only a
matter of time before there will be.
- Intel Demonstrates Prescott's 0.09-micron L2 Cache - Just two
weeks ago Intel officially introduced the successor to the Pentium
4 under the codename Prescott. To be released in the second half of 2003, Prescott
will be Intel's first 0.09-micron (90nm) CPU that will feature the following:
Hyper-Threading technology, Micro-architectural enhancements, Additional L2 cache,
800MHz FSB (200MHz Quad-Pumped), 90nm manufacturing process, Close to 100,000,000
transistors.
- HP Unveils USB 2.0, FireWire DVD+RW Drive - Hewlett Packard
today announces two new drives supporting DVD+R/W formats. One of the drive is also HP's first USB 2.0 drive, which happens to get FireWire as well. The
new DVD Writer dvd200x-series supports the new DVD+R format, which improves compatibility
with consumer DVD players and DVD-ROM drives.
- Thermal Compound Comparison - Dan's Data has tested six premium thermal
compounds, from Arctic Silver, Cooler Master and Nanotherm.
- EPOX 8K3A+ Review - EPoX 8KHA+
was one of the best selling KT266A boards for the past months. If you have been following
our reviews, EPoX 8KHA+ is one of the best selling and performing boards. This time round,
they threw in HightPoint HPT372RAID on board which provides ATA-133 RAID. The EPoX 8K3A+
is an improved version of 8KHA+ based on the VIA KT333 chipset. The Southbridge is VT8233A
which supports ATA-133 HD. A 6 channel audio chipset ALC201A is also implemented on board
for digital audio.
- FIC RADEON 8500 AT008 Review - At it's conception the ATi
RADEON 8500 created quite a stir. What was the big deal with the RADEON 8500? With the
release of the ATi RADEON 8500, ATi finally held the fastest video card title, which for a
long time had been held by NVIDIA based video cards. Of course this title was short lived,
but it showed the computer gaming world ATi was on the right track and wasn't going to lay
down and play dead .
- Leadtek A170 GeForce4 MX440 Review - We've been hearing an awful
lot about the new GeForce4 MX cards, but how about from one of the big players in the
overclocking world? Join TweakTown as they take you on a tour of the Leadtek A170 GeForce4
MX440 Video Card. Can the Leadtek folks make a winner out of a budget card? Come
on in and find out.
- March 2002 PCstats Dream Machines - There are the current March 2002
PCstats Dream Machines!
- Dual booting Redhat 7.2 and Windows XP - This HOWTO specifically details how to create a dual boot system using
Redhat Linux 7.2 and Windows XP with a NTFS file system using the GRUB boot loader.
- Adobe Photoshop 7.0X054 BETA Shots - Some betatester claims that
Photoshop 7 starting much faster then version 6.0 and all files include a big size files
opening faster then in version 6.0. The final version should to be released very soon,
maybe in the end of this week... :) . Check out some screenshots: Screenshot
1, Screenshot 2, Screenshot
3, Screenshot 4.
- The GIMP 1.2.3 For Windows - Wohoo, finally after more than a
year a new version of The
GIMP - GNU Image Manipulation Program for Windows has been released!
- PHP 4.1.2 for Windows - Following up from the previous
annoucement, PHP
4.1.2 has been released for windows. The delayed release is due to the fix of a
further security issue only relating to the PHP for Windows version.
- MSN Messenger v4.6.0077 - Leech it though I have no idea what is new inside :)
- PCMark 2002 - PCMark2002
is the first unified personal computer benchmark from MadOnion.com and is suited for
testing all kinds of PCs, from laptops to high-end workstations. PCMark2002 tests the
following: The CPU, The memory subsystem, Graphics memory, The hard disk drive(s), New
Microsoft Windows XP GUI features, Video performance and quality, Laptop battery.
- PowerDVD XP 4.0 Build 1329d Trial- PowerDVD
XP 4.0 is the latest evolution of the world acclaimed DVD software program that offers
maximum video and audio playback entertainment on the PC. It comes complete with numerous
customizable video/audio controls that can deliver the highest quality viewing and
listening experience.
- ZoneAlarm Pro v3.0.082 - ZoneAlarm
is designed to protect your DSL or cable-connected PC from hackers. This program includes
four interlocking security services : a firewall, an Application Control, an Internet
Lock, and Zones.
- Rage3D Tweak v3.1 - Rage3D have posted a new
version of their tweak tool.
- Soundblaster Live Drivers v35.12 WHQL with liveware3 for WinXP -
Station Drivers have got their hands on CREATIVE's sound blaster live series Drivers
v35.12 WHQL with liveware 3 for windows XP. These new drivers fixes HCT 10 RTM
Midi Test failure, pop sound after resuming from hibernation, no sound problem after
resuming from S3 Standby mode, center channel lost after resuming from S3 Standby mode,
MP3 cannot continue playback from Standby mode.
- VIA VT686A/B and VT8321 v2.20 Drivers - Via has released some
new sound drivers for there VT686A/B and VT8321 onboard sound chips. They are dated 12
March 2002. Download: VT686A/B and VT8321 for Win9X/2K/ME/NT/XP, VT686A/B
and VT8321 for Linux RedHat 7.1.
- Creative Labs Detonators - Download: Creative
27.50 Win9x/ME / Creative
27.50 Win2K/XP /
Creative 27.50 WinNT4 (GeForce 4 cards added. Performance improved), If you want
WHQL certified drivers, leech these: Suma 27.42 WHQL Win9X/ME, Suma 27.42 WHQL Win2K/XP, Suma 27.42 WHQL WinNT4.
- Epox 8KHA+ & 8K7A/+ BIOS - New BIOSes for Epox has been
released - download.
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