Evening Tech Reading - tech
(hx) 11:53 PM CEST - Jun,30 2002
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- Intel Chip Guru to Retire - Albert Yu, who led Intel Corp.'s
development of microprocessors from the 386 through the Pentium 4, is retiring
Sept. 5 after nearly 30 years with the chipmaker. Yu joined Intel in 1972, only one
year after the company introduced its first microprocessor, the 4004, a 4-bit chip
featuring 2,300 transistors. In the following years, Yu oversaw dramatic technological
advancements that enabled the creation of ever smaller and faster processors. His tenure
overseeing the processor unit culminated with the release of a 1.5GHz Pentium 4 with 42
million transistors in November 2000.
- History Of Windoze - This article
summarizes Microsoft's decades-long effort to evolve Windows from a single,
one-size-fits-all desktop operating system for everyone into a robust family of server and
desktop operating systems.
- MandrakeSoft cooperates with AMD to support x86-64 - AMD is collaborating with MandrakeSoft to ensure rapid porting and commercial
availability of Mandrake Linux for 64-bit AMD Athlon and AMD Opteron processors. AMD
Athlon and AMD Opteron processors, based on x86-64 technology, have been designed to
support large, intensive workloads providing high-performance solutions for desktops,
workstations and servers.
- Abit Introduces SR7-8X - The SR7-8X also comes loaded with the specs and features power users
expect from an ABIT motherboard, like USB 2.0 for greater connectivity to today's
high-speed digital devices. It also boasts three onboard DDR DIMMS supporting up to 2GB of
DDR333 memory or 3GB of DDR200/266 memory.
- Gigabyte GA-8IEXP i845E Review - Tweakers Australia has posted a review of the Gigabyte GA-8IEXP i845E motherboard.
- Samsung 900NF Review - This one is the Samsung SyncMaster 900NF,
which Samsung consider to be part of their Pro line. The two letters in the model stand
for Natural Flat, and 900 represents the size of the tube - 19 inches of glory.
- Athlon XP "Thoroughbred" Overclocking Database - check it out! :) Maybe
I should buy a new Athlon ;)
- Rayovac's New 1-Hour NiMH Charger - Rayovac
seems to be addressing the issue with their Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) batteries and
their new 1
Hour Charger. The batteries themselves are a good leap ahead of the old Alkaline
batteries and even the rechargeable Nickel Cadmium (NiCd) batteries. How so? First,
Rayovac is claiming that these NiMH's will last 2 times longer than any alkaline battery
out there, including the "premium" brands such as the Duracell Ultra M3,
Energizer e2, etc. and six times longer than a standard Duracell battery. Second, these
batteries won't take a memory set and can be recharged up to 1000 times.
- Microsoft Media Player Security Patch - Three new
vulnerabilities, the most serious of which could be used to run code of attacker's choice.
Download patch.
- DirectX 8.1b for Win2k - Microsoft released the latest build of DirectX 8.1 for Windows 2000 users. (If you missed
Win98/ME version, you can download it from here).
- WinACE 2.2 - A new version of WinACE
- the biggest competitor of WinRAR, has been released. It's the German version that you
download from this site, but after instalation you can choose English language.
- Zoom Player 2.70 RC1 - Zoom Player
works in two modes. A Media mode which can play any file supported by DirectShow (any file
which plays in MediaPlayer) and a DVD mode which uses pre-installed DirectShow DVD filters
to play DVD content.
- Desktop Manager 0.60 (freeware) - Desktop Manager is a virtual desktop program and Windows shell. A
virtual desktop program gives you more work space, you use a control of some kind and you
switch to another virtual screen where you can run different applications.
- LeechGet 1.0 RC 1 (Build 1300) -
- GoZilla Free v4.11.39 - GoZilla is an
Internet file management and retrieval system that lets you gather URL links for files you
want to download simply by dragging them from your browser
- Matrox Parhelia Drivers Win2k/XP - Matrox released the first
set of downloadable drivers (v1.00.01.226) for the recently introduce Parhelia series
of graphics cards.
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