Evening Tech Reading - tech
(hx) 02:44 AM CEST - May,21 2002
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- Win 1 GameCube and 1 XBOX - Game Network wants you to use your
skill and judgement and take part in a competition with a chance to win: 1 GameCube + 1
XBOX So if you want to be one of the two lucky winners then call us and answer the question
to have a chance of winning.
- Worm infects Kazaa network - When Benjamin infects a computer, it
creates a directory accessible by other members of the Kazaa network. It then regularly
and frequently copies itself into this directory under a multitude of different names,
duping users searching for similarly named files.
- Intel Unveils New Chipsets with Integrated Graphics - The trio of chipsets, which connect processors to the system memory and
other parts of PCs, will boost the performance of PCs for both corporate and home users,
Intel said. One of the chipsets, the 845G, is aimed at higher-end corporate and home PCs,
which will likely cut into the sales of some lower-end graphics chips sold by Nvidia Corp.
NVDA.O and others, analysts said.
- China sets date for the Moon - China says it is planning to establish a base on the Moon to exploit its mineral
resources. A chief scientist with China's Moon exploration programme, Ouyang Ziyuan, said
that the country was planning to launch its first mission to the Moon in 2010. He
reportedly told the Beijing Morning Post: "Our long-term goal is to set up a base on
the Moon and mine its riches for the benefit of humanity."
- Tiny IBM transistor beats silicon - IBM Corp. said on Monday it has built a
transistor that outperforms today's top silicon-based semiconductors and may be the
key to smaller, faster computers.
- Taiwan develops new optical disc - The National Science Council
(NSC) said Sunday that a local research team has successfully developed a new optical disc
that can
hold more than 100 gigabytes of information. The research team was led by professor
Tsai Ding-ping of National Taiwan University. The new disc can store 150 CDs of favorite
songs or an equivalent of 20 DVDs, Tsai said. By using "near-field"
optical technology, the 100-gigabyte disc stores more than any other similar product in
the world. The super-sized disc will be used at home to store large movie or music files,
according to Tsai.
- ATI pulls DirectX9 support from M9 - Ati has decided that it's
next generation mobile graphics processor will not be DirectX 9
compatible, despite its own roadmaps. That means the M9 will be very similar to the
Radeon 8500 that has been available for some time.
- Demo of K8 to be expected at Computex Taipei
- According to a Chinese report on Economic Times, AMD together with ASUS, MSI and
Gigabyte will be quietly showing their K8 mainboards based on SiS 755 and VIA k8HTB
chipset. There are also news abt K8 Clawhammer first initial model will be Athlon 3400+
which in fact is a 2Ghz. By 1Q 2003, it will reach Athlon 4000+. 3400+ In 1Q 2003, AMD
will also announce the second K8 processor Opteron which is target at corporate customers.
(thanks OCWorkBench)
- SUMA Platinum GeForce3 Ti500 SE and Ti200 SE Review - Many
graphics card manufacturers today spend a lot of time and effort to make their products
attractive and unique. The Korean SUMA Company chose its own way with the Platinum
GeForce3 Ti500 SE and Ti200 SE graphics cards. The letters SE (Special Edition) imply that
these products have some remarkable features to boast. Let's find out
what these features are!
- RDRAM vs. DDR SDRAM - Intel is moving its
Pentium 4 platform to new 533MHz Quad Pumped Bus in two steps. The first step, which
was undertaken on May 6, was the actual introduction of the processors intended to work
with this bus and one chipset supporting them, i850E. Although, i850E supported only
dual-channel RDRAM, which implied that those of you who were willing to build a
high-performance system on Intel Pentium 4 processor with 533MHz bus were doomed to using
RDRAM only. AT the same time Intel made a strategic decision: they will little by little
give up using Rambus memory in their Pentium 4 systems in favour of more promising DDR
SDRAM. And it means that i850E can never become a basic platform for Pentium 4 CPUs with
533MHz bus.
- EPoX 4G4A+ i845G (DDR333) Review - This board supports 533Mhz
FSB P4, USB 2.0, 10/100Mbps LAN, ATA-133 RAID, 6 Channel audio, Debug LED etc. One special
feature is the support for DDR333 which will enhance the performance even more. The BIOS
of the EPoX 4G4A+
has numerous tweakable settings that makes it one of the most overclockable P4 board
around. (you can check also another
review of this board at OCWorkBench)
- Gigabyte MAYA Radeon 8500 Deluxe review - Tweakers
Australia has written a new review
on the Gigabyte MAYA AP64D-H Radeon 8500 Deluxe.
- Windows XP for $39.99 - Order
your Microsoft Windows XP Professional
"Go Pro" Collectors Kit Today. Only $39.99 (plus shipping and handling).
Valued at over $300. Available while supplies last. How to register: 1)Create a .NET
Passport account. Please use your business e-mail address ([email protected]). Do not use
your Hotmail e-mail account. 2)Fill out the individual form. 3) If appropriate, enter the
information for your company so that your coworkers can also enjoy the benefits of the
Microsoft for Partners Web site.
- CuteFTP 5.0 XP Beta - GlobalSCAPE announced that a Designed for Windows XP version
of CuteFTP is now available in beta.
- Vital Desktop v1.3.8 - Vital Desktop is a
desktop animation utility, a program designed to bring a fresh new look to your desktop.
Never again will you be faced with the same static background every time. Now, your
desktop actually comes alive.
- BlindWrite Suite v4.0.2 - BlindWrite suite is a tool
designed to perfectly reproduce most CD. RAW mode is needed to produce perfect backups of
some protected CDs! DAO mode is even better
- BitDefender Freeware tools - SOFTWIN invite you to download
their freeware products and use them to protect your IMS communications: BitDefender MS-DOS
Edition v.7.0 / BitDefender
Linux Edition v.7.0 / BitDefender for Instant Messaging / BitDefender for ICQ
/ BitDefender for
Yahoo! Messenger / BitDefender for NetMeeting / BitDefender
for MSN Messenger / BitDefender for mIRC / BitDefender
Mobile Protection / BitDefender for Palm OS / BitDefender for
Windows CE.
- Easy CD Creator 5.3 Basic Update - Roxio has released an update for owners of the English version of Easy CD Creator 5.xx
Basic. The patch adds support for more drives and contains a few other random fixes.
- GeForce Tweak Utility 3.2 t33 - This utility
allows you make a lot of modifications to the registry settings of any GeForce videocard.
GeForce256 DDR, GeForce2/MX/Pro/Ultra, GeForce3, Quadro, Quadro2/Pro/MXR, Quadro DCC.
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