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(hx) 02:19 AM CEST - Oct,02 2002
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- Gamecube Plays DivX -
With today’s release of the
DivX for Gamecube
Software Development Kit (SDK), Nintendo Gamecube developers can now
easily create highly compressed DVD-quality DivX video cinematics and
seamlessly integrate high performance playback into Gamecube games. DivX for
Gamecube was developed by Factor 5, the software development house and
Nintendo technology partner behind the multimillion selling "Star Wars: Rogue
Squadron" game franchise and the MusyX sound tools for multiple game
platforms, and DivXNetworks, Inc., the company that created the revolutionary
patent-pending DivX video compression technology.
- "Opasoft" Causes The Second Virus Epidemic This Week - Kaspersky
Labs announces the emergence of already
the
second virus epidemic this week. This time, the multi-component program
"Opasoft" combines the characteristics of a network worm and a Trojan program
designed to gain unauthorized remote control of infected computers. At this
time the Kaspersky Labs round-the-clock technical support service has received
confirmed reports of "Opasoft" infections in Russia, France, Germany, the UK,
Korea among other countries with the amount of events on the increase.
- Bugbear virus targets Internet Explorer - Known as
W32.Bugbear or I-Worm.Tanatos, the mass-mailing computer virus started
infecting computers via e-mail on Sunday. On Tuesday, it accounted for nearly
11,000 infected e-mail messages intercepted by e-mail service provider
MessageLabs' gateway servers. That placed it second to Klez.h, which accounted
for about 14,000 e-mail messages.
- Samsung, Mitsubishi to jointly develop camera CMOS image sensors -
Samsung Electronics and Mitsubishi Electric have agreed to jointly
develop camera chips for use in mobile phones, personal organizers and
mobile PCs, reported the Electronics Times of South Korea.
- Nvidia Officially Announces nForce 2 Production - NVIDIA
Corporation today announced
that its second-generation Nvidia nForce platform processors--nForce2--are
now in production.
- On AMD Athlon XP 2800+ 333 FSB, nForce2 and VIA - Nvidia has
confirmed that the nForce 2 graphics chipset is in production, timing the
announcement to coincide with today's big CPU launch, the AMD Athlon XP 2800+
with the 333 frontside bus (FSB). A data throughput improvement of "up to 25
per cent" is promised by AMD for its new CPU. nForce 2-powered mobos should be
heading their way in to retail by the end of this month. VIA today also
issued a press release pointing out that it already has two chipsets, the VIA
Apollo KT400 and VIA Apollo KT333, which support AMD's 333 FSB. So it can
provide an upgrade path for gamers who want to install a new 333FSB Athlon -
so long as they have the right board of course.
- Athlon XP 2800+ and nForce 2 Reviews -Both
Hardware-testdk.com and
AcesHardware have got their hands on AMD's new
XP2800+ FSB of 166/333MHz the XP2800 processor runs at 2.25GHz.
- Harddisk Roundup, Heat, Noise and Performance - Wondering what
harddisks offer
the best combination of performance and low noise? In the following pages
we'll evaluate all recent 5400 and 7200-rpm harddisks and focus on noise, heat
production and overall performance.
- nForce2 Roundup -
NVNews /
TechReport /
HardOCP
/
HotHardware /
Bjorn3D /
DigitLife /
Ace's Hardware /
AnandTech /
GamePC /
Hexus
/ Sudhian.
- GeForce4 Roundup - OC Addiction have published
a
GeForce4 Ti4200 Roundup. Here, they test cards from a variety of vendors
including MSI, Gainward, Leadtek, Abit, and OCSystems.
- Get Full RAID support -
Do you own a Asus, Abit, MSI, Gigabyte or some other branded motherboard
with onboard RAID controller? Well the thing is that these controllers,
typically from Promise are "Lite" versions and only give a minimum of 64kb in
block sizes and only one array with max 2 disks. But, if you want the real
thing and want to run a RAID system with 4 disks in ONE array and block sizes
down to 1kb, you're in luck.
Here you can grab a
modded bios that replaces the RAID controller bios with a fully functional
Promise TX2000 bios.
- PHP Master Editor 2.1 -
PHP Editor is a powerful tool for writing, editing, and debugging PHP
scripts and HTML pages. It has an internal browser, built-in FTP client and
browser, Code Explorer, File Explorer, customizable Code Templates, and other
PHP-specific features for productive development.
- DiVFix 1.091 -
This freeware program
was created to be able to watch partially downloaded DivX (AVI) movies. It can
rebuild or strip the index part of the movie, which is at the end of the file.
- CuteFTP 5 XP build 6.10.2 - The World's Favorite FTP Client! Used
by millions worldwide,
CuteFTP is the easiest way to transfer files between your PC and remote
computers.
- TVTool 6.8 -
The tool
helps with the TV ouput of Nvidia graphic cards. The main problem is the
black borders around the picture on the TV screen. They are very annoying for
most applications like e.G. DVD-playback. This tool helps getting rid of those
bars...
- Mizo - XP Themer 1.1 -
Adds Windows XP's visual enhancements to your applications. It makes your
applications follow the current Windows Theme, even if they were not designed
to do so.
- WindowFX 2.0 -
WindowFX
is a revolutionary new program that allows you to add an unprecedented
number of special effects to Windows. A short listing of its features include.
- Nero Burning Rom 5.5.9.14 - Official mirror -
Nero
Burning ROM (changelog)
is the best friend your recorder could ever have. Fast, ultra-stable,
powerful, and user-friendly, Nero is the complete answer to your recording
needs. New Features Include: DVD-R/-RW and +R/+RW support, Mp3PRO
support, Nero Wave Editor, Advanced Nero Cover Designer, Nero Toolkit, Nero
MPEG 1 Video Encoder, VCD/SVCD Menu Creator, Video CD (VCD) Picture
Slideshows, Embedded NERO API, and more...
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