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(hx) 01:01 AM CEST - Aug,09 2002
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- Sprint Unveils Mobile Internet - Sprint Thursday said it will offer customers nationwide the ability to easily check e-mail and
surf the Web from their mobile telephones. Sprint said consumers on its new network
can expect average data speeds of 50 kilobits to 70 kilobits per second -- the equivalent
of Internet dial-up over phone lines. It has a peak speed of up to 144 kilobits per
second.
- New DVD spec gains speed - The DVD+RW Alliance, one of two
industry groups battling to set a rewritable DVD standard, unveils a new
specification that should cut recording times.
- AMD Release Schedule - AMD will announce the 2400+ (1.933GHz) and 2600+ (2.066GHz) by the end
of September, and the .13 production problems are basically solved. The new processors
will have P4 type heat shields extending the CPU surface which will greatly aid heat
dissipation (and maybe finally killing multiplier unlocking). In October, Hammer (Opteron)
at 3+GHz will be shown at a major trade show (still slated to ship LATE this year or
January 2003 in the server versions), and a 2700+ (2.158GHz) ATHLON (Socket A) OPERATING
AT 333 FSB will be released. Barton (512k Cache) is now delayed to 2nd quarter next year
(if ever), and innovations like 333 FSB will NOT be moved back through the line. Athlon,
as we now know it, will move to Value CPU when the new Opteron and Athlon 64 are
introduced. Duron is discontinued for good by year-end.
- Nintendo device revives Donkey Kong - The video game veteran
announces plans for the e-Reader, an add-on for GameBoy Advance that allows it to read
cards with a magnetic stripe.
- FCC demands pirate-proof, digital TV - Future television sets
sold in the United States must include digital receivers that may include anti-piracy
technology, according to federal regulations announced Thursday.
- 4-way GeForce4 Ti 4200 shootout - With the latest batch of
GeForce4 Ti4200 based cards still selling like hotcakes, how is a poor working stiff
supposed to know which one to choose? Come join TweakTown as they try to help you in this
decision by taking a look at four GeForce4 Ti4200 video cards
- Samsung SW-240 40x Burner Review - MonkeyReview have posted a review on Samsungs newest burner, the SW-240 which sports a 40x
write along with an impressive 8MB buffer.
- WinAMP 3 "Final" (Build 488) - The
final build (changelog) of the most famous mp3 player WinAMP3 has been released.
- Powerarchiver 8.0 2002 - With a modern easy-to-use interface, PowerArchiver
provides support for most compressed and encoded files, as well as access to many powerful features
and tools.
- Mozilla 1.1 Beta - A new build of Mozilla 1.1 beta has been released.
- ALI Drivers version 1.09 - SIS have released the following SIS drivers -
ALi AGP driver 1.91, ALi AUDIO WDM v5210, ALi Ultra-IDE driver v4.0.0.6., ALi AGP driver
v1.90 for Win98/ME with WHQL. Download: FTP1 / FTP2.
- Official NVIDIA Detonators 30.82 and 30.83 NT -
NVIDIA has updated it's video card drivers to version 30.82 and 30.83 NT.
Download: Detonator XP
v30.82 WHQL for Win9x/ME / Detonator XP v30.82 WHQL
for WinXP/2k /Detonator
XP WHQL v30.83 for WinNT4 / Documentation.
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