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(hx) 04:43 AM CEST - Apr,03 2002
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- Gamers snub Microsoft's Xbox - Microsoft's Xbox has so far failed to capture the hearts and
minds of the gaming community. According to The Independent newspaper, analysts
are reporting that the software giant has been seeing poor sales in Japan, Europe and the
US, coming a clear second to Sony's PlayStation 2. Sales have been so poor that Microsoft
may be forced to slash the £299 price tag, which is over £100 more expensive than Sony's
device.
- Security Flaw Opens Ebay Accounts To Hijack - Officials at Ebay
today said they had no
immediate plans to repair a security flaw in the password system at the online auction
site that could give criminals the ability to steal users' accounts. The vulnerability
enables attackers to easily change the password of nearly any Ebay user, as long as the
attacker knows the victim's user ID, according to a Canadian security expert who
discovered the flaw and reported it to the company last week.
- New antivirus software plugs worm holes - The new program,
called ThreatScan,
is intended to add a proactive tool to the defensive technology now used by system
administrators to protect their networks. Current antivirus software scans for malicious
code on potentially infected computers or in e-mail attachments, waiting until a virus or
worm has already attacked a system to react to its presence.
- anti-Unix site runs Unix - A Web site - "We have the way out" - sponsored by Microsoft and Unisys as a way to steer big companies away
from the Unix operating system is itself powered by Unix software. Representatives at
Unisys and Microsoft weren't immediately available for comment.
- Judges find computer ban illegal - U.S. appeals court rules that
a man convicted of receiving child porn over the Internet should not be restricted
from using computers after his jail term.
- Newest phones morph into PCs - With the coming of 3G networks
and wireless data services, cell phones aren't going to just function like PCs--they're going to be built like
PCs.
- P4 "Northwood" 2.4 Ghz chip Review - The main difference
between the Northwood core and the previous P4 core, Willamette, is that now Northwood
is built with 0.13µ (micron) production technology and has 512 KB L2 Cache. Moreover the
copper material enables the use of thinner wires compared to the aluminum used in
Willamette. (To help you get a better idea of the size, say that, hair has 60µ diameter).
Willamette was using 0.18µ technology and had 256 KB L2 cache. Moreover, it offered
frequency cores within 1.3 GHz to 2.0 GHz. range and had two models either using PGA423 or
mPGA478. (You can also check some other review at Tweak3D, VR-Zone, Hardcoreware,
HotHardware,
HardwareAnalysis,
ExtremeTech).
- Innovatek Water Cooler innovaCool Rev.3 Review - TobiTech.de
have tested the "Innovatek Water Cooler innovaCool Rev.3" As they
say, it's very easy to install, very reliably, quietly and extremely powerful.
- OCZ PC3200 Memory Review - Today we reviewed the world's first memory to be
rated to run at a 400MHz System Bus speed. This equates to PC3200, and is brought to
us by OCZ for a first look. OCZ is proving to be a highly formidable player in the high
performance computing game.
- ATI Radeon 8500 Review - The
Radeon 8500 is a dual head card, this means it supports another device as an extra
output in windows. Good implementation of this feature by using two DACs (Digital to
Analogue Converter) means two different refreshes can be supported like 50hz for a PAL
television and 85Hz for your monitor.
- How to uninstall Windows Messenger from XP - NTcompatible.com
has posted a very simple
hack which will allow you to use the Windows add/remove feature in Control Panel to get rid of the
offending progie. Use a text editor to open C:\WINDOWS\inf\sysoc.inf and change msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7
to msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,,7. That's all. Messenger will now
appear in the add/remove application under Windows Components where you can uninstall it.
- Command & Conquer: Renegade Tweak Guide
- 3D Spotlight's new tweak guide
will take you through setting up the Game, along with other informational tips regarding
graphics, audio and controls
- Windows Messenger "Trojan" update - Windows Messenger
may repeatedly try to log on to the Microsoft .NET Messenger Service in
the background, and when Windows Messenger cannot log on, no error messages are generated.
Download
update.
- XMPEG v4.5 - XMPEG is a
modification version of FlaskMPEG. This program decodes MPEG1 (Audio & Video) and
MPEG2 streams and offers you the possibilty to reencode theses streams in the format you
want. Actual evolutions makes this XMPEG faster, more stable, and add a lot of options.
- Customizer XP 1.7.9 Build 1000 - Customizer XP is an
integrated suite of programs that can help you to tweak your Windows 2000/XP to its
fullest potential performance or just keep it running like new. It offers a wide range
possibility to customize and optimize your Windows program. Whether you want to tweak your
Windows registry, cleanup your harddisk, or increase your multimedia and 3D games
performance, Customizer XP will does it all for you.
- Hardware Info v4.84 & Hardware Info32 v1.06 - Hardware Info is a powerful system
information utility designed especially for detection of hardware. It's able to identify a
large scale of system components and supports the latest technologies and standards.
- Asus BIOSes - Asus has released plenty of
new BIOSes.
- Jetway-ATI Radeon Driver v7.68 - Jetway
have released a new ATI drivers version 7.68 for Win95/98/ME, WinNT4, Win2k, WinXP.
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