Evening Tech Reading - tech
(hx) 02:13 AM CEST - May,16 2002
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- Fake XBox Emulator Gets A Stinging Update - Like an earlier
version of the hoax, the program, uploaded to three Angelfire.com Web sites on May 12,
does not deliver on its promise to give users the ability to turn their PCs into XBox
consoles. Instead, the Trojan, a file called EMU_xbox.exe, installs a small
"dialer" program named StealthXP.exe, according to an
analysis by Newsbytes.
- Deceptive Duo Suspects Netted In FBI Raids - Teenager
Robert Lyttle, notorious more than a year ago as the pro-Napster hacker Pimpshiz, has been
linked to another round of high-profile Web-site defacements following FBI raids targeting a pair
known as the Deceptive Duo.
- Pentagon hires anti-terror sniffer bees - The Pentagon is all
a-buzz about recruiting
networked bees to sniff out bombs. The US government is hoping to use the wired up
insects to sniff out minute residues of explosives and lead them to bomb factories and
landmines. Each bee will carry a tiny wireless transmitter which can be tracked using a
wireless connection to an army laptop computer. The bees are trained to think that TNT
contains sugar so that they make a beeline for it.
- Feds Out-Hack Russian Hackers - With the help of some new computer spying software, FBI agents were able to out-hack a
pair of Russian hackers who had stolen thousands of credit card numbers and broken into
Web sites like Pay Pal, the leading online bill payer, and online auctioneer eBay.
- Napster Bankrupt? - Napster's chief executive
resigned Tuesday, after founders of the troubled song-swap company refused to be
bought out by the German media conglomerate Bertelsmann AG. Further cost-cutting moves
were also announced. The company is rapidly running out of cash and may soon file for
bankruptcy protection, according to a source close to Napster who spoke on condition of
anonymity.
- GeForce4 Ti4600 Grouptest - TechNation taken the
top five Ti4600s available on the market today to pick the fastest, most
feature-packed 3d accelerator money can buy...
- Dungeon Siege to Serve as a Benchmark - Microsoft today
announced that ExtremeTech, the technology enthusiast's web site launched last year by
Ziff Davis Media, will use the critically acclaimed action fantasy game Dungeon Siege as a
key part of their benchmark suite to test the performance of the computer systems,
processors, and graphics cards they review. Gamers can also benchmark their own
systems by downloading the utility at here. (thanks ActiveWin)
- 15 May 2002 Cumulative Patch for Internet Explorer
- This is a cumulative patch that includes the functionality of all previously
released patches for IE 5.01, 5.5 and 6.0. In addition, it eliminates the following six
newly discovered vulnerabilities.
- HFNetChk-FE 2.10 - Hfnetchk.exe, is a command-line tool from Microsoft that
administrators can use to centrally assess a computer or group of computers for the
absence of security patches. You can use the Hfnetchk tool to assess patch status for
computers that are running Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and Windows XP, as well as
hotfixes for Internet Information Server 4.0 (IIS), Internet Information Services 5.0
(IIS), SQL Server 7.0, SQL Server 2000 (including Microsoft Data Engine [MSDE]), and
Internet Explorer 5.01 or later.
- Opera v6.0 for Linux /v6.2 Windows FINAL - Opera released version
6.0 for Linux and version
6.02 for Windows today - It's finally the promised final version :) (changelog)
- WinAmp 2.80b - A new
version of WinAmp is out!
- Zoom Player 2.60 RC1 - Zoom Player is
a robust Media and DVD Front-End Player. It was designed to be simple at first glance
while being remarkably dynamic and flexible when used to its full potential
- Abit BIOSes - KG7-Lite / KG7 /
KG7-RAID Version: 8S / KT7A / KT7A-RAID Revision 1.3 Version: 8T
- Suma Detonator v28.84 beta XP/Win2k - Suma have released their
own version of Nvidia's Detonator 28.84 driver for Windows 2K/XP.
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