Evening Tech Reading - tech
(hx) 01:25 AM CEST - Oct,08 2002
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- 800-Mile-Wide "Object" Found in Solar System - Astronomers
announced today the discovery of the largest object in the solar system since
Pluto was named the ninth planet in 1930. The object is half the size of
Pluto, composed primarily of rock and ice, and
circles the sun once every 288 years.
- Chess Champion Kramnik Beats 'Deep Fritz' Computer - World
human chess champion Vladimir Kramnik took the lead on Sunday over Deep Fritz,
the latest computer star,
by winning the second game in a match billed as the "Brains of Bahrain"
contest. Kramnik, playing white, exposed flaws in Deep Fritz's
technique with a win in 57 moves. Kramnick now leads the eight-game
competition 1.5-0.5 after drawing the opening game on Friday. Kramnik, a
27-year-old Russian, will get $1 million if he wins, $800,000 if the match is
drawn, and $600,000 if he loses. German-developed Deep Fritz is capable of
evaluating 3.5 million moves per second, but once again it was unable break
through Kramnik's rock-solid shield.
- Palm launches $99 PDA - At the low-end, Palm currently offers
the m105 model which is typically discounted to $99, but this is more full
featured than the Zire. The m105 has a greyscale screen to the Zire's mono
display, 8MB of memory instead of the 2MB; and takes standard AAA batteries
rather than the Zire's built-in rechargeable battery. Neither model is
expandable.
- Sony folds all-in-one PC into U.S. lineup - The desktop will
include a 1.6GHz Intel Celeron chip manufactured specifically for the new PC,
along with 512MB of RAM, a 60GB hard drive and a combination
CD-rewritable/DVD-ROM drive. It also includes IEEE 1394 ports for connecting
digital cameras and other multimedia devices, as well as slots for Sony's
Memory Stick data cards. The new
Vaio will
sell for about $1,600, Sony said, close to its price in Japan.
- Intel enters DDR-333 arena with new PC chip sets - Intel
today
announced four new chip sets for desktop PCs - a move that represents the
company's
entry into the DDR-333 memory arena. The chip sets from Intel include the
850E, 845GE, 845PE and 845GV. All devices support the company's
Hyper-Threading (HT) Technology, which enables software programs to run a
single microprocessor as though there are two processors in place.
- Micron Demonstrates Multiple DDR/DDR-II Platforms - Micron
Technology, Inc., today announced it is demonstrating multiple
internally-developed DDR platforms,
including DDR-II, DDR400, and DDR333 systems, at the VIA Technical Forum
(VTF).
- ATI speeds up memory chips - The new ATI version,
dubbed
GDDR3, promises to be substantially faster, capable of handling data at
speeds up to 800MHz, compared with the limit of 400MHz for current DDR. The
new memory format is intended for use on graphics cards, the circuit boards
that connect a graphics processor to a PC and typically contain up to 128MB of
dedicated memory.
- Dell Inspiron 2600 Notebook Review - Laptops are becoming more and
more viable options for users. Even the "value" $1000 laptop's can handle many
of the common applications like word processing, the Internet etc. Today, I am
going to take a look at one of these "value" laptops, the
Dell Inspiron 2600.
- Configuring a Dual-Homed Microsoft Exchange 2000 To Act as a Gateway
Server - This article presents a
recommended configuration for deploying a supported configuration of a
dual-homed Microsoft Exchange server to act as a gateway server for the
Exchange organization. This server can process mail individually or act as a
bridgehead for other servers in an Exchange organization.
- Linux From Scratch 4.0 - The most important reason for
LFS's existence is
teaching people how a Linux system works internally. Building an LFS
system teaches you about all that makes Linux tick, how things work together,
and depend on each other. And most importantly, how to customize it to your
own taste and needs.
- Banned Online Books - There's special
exhibit of books that have been the objects of censorship or censorship
attempts.
- Windows XP SP1 Russian -
Russian SP1 for Microsoft Windows XP has been released today.
- Specrem v6.2 (free) -
Specrem is a feature packed
remote control package. It is free of charge, open source, and used in
homes, schools and companies. Many unique features along with complete
multi-controlling have made it popular around the world.
- DirectX Eradicator 1.08 for Win9x and Win2k -
This utility is
designed to safely remove the DirectX runtime core component from Windows 9X,
Millennium and Windows 2000 operating systems.
- PowerStrip v3.29 beta build 344 - PowerStrip
provides advanced, multi-monitor, programmable hardware support to a wide
range of graphics cards.
- WindowBlinds v3.41 -
WindowBlinds (download)
lets users completely customize the Windows user interface. It can change your
title bars, push buttons, scroll bars, borders, radio buttons, Start bar, and
virtually every other part of Windows
- Nero CD Speed v1.01.3 - With
CD Speed you can
perform various tests with your CD-recorder varying from a standard read/write
test to a full advanced DAE quality test.
- DVD Region-Free 1.15 - You don't need to flash any firmware which
is dangerous or unavailable.
DVD Region-Free
also disables region check for popular software-based DVD players such as
PowerDVD, WinDVD and CinePlayer. Other features include Region-Free for RCE
DVDs, Macrovision-Free, Operation-Free and run self at DVD players startup
automatically.
- CopyToCD: version 1.0.0.13 -
This first public version features: checked compatibility with Windows 95
OSR2 (With MSIE 4.0), 98,0 Me, NT 4.0 SP3, 2000, XP, full compatibility with
Unicode file systems such as Win2k, WinXP, many issues fixed about "preserve
path name" option, and "Multisession" and faster operation.
- BadCopy Pro 3.31 Build 0925 -
BadCopy Pro is a fully automatic & professional corrupted floppy disk or
CD-ROM files and data recovery tool working under Windows. It can rescue all
kinds of files like documents, images, applications and other data from
damaged disks.
- Asus Tweaking Utility 3.65 -
This utility is provided for fine tuning your ASUS display card to make
maximum stablility to your system.
- ASUS Detonator Drivers v31.40 Final - Asus have released their own
version of Nvidia's Detonator Drivers v31.40 Final drivers. Download:
ASUS Detonator Drivers v31.40 Final for Win2k/XP (ASUS V9xx0 / V8xx0),
ASUS Detonator Drivers v31.40 Final for Win9x/ME (ASUS V9xx0 / V8xx0),
ASUS Detonator Drivers v31.40 Beta for windows 2000/XPfor ASUS V7x00 /
V6x00 / V34/38),
ASUS Detonator Drivers v31.40 Beta for windows 9X/ME (ASUS V7x00 / V6x00 /
V34/38).
- SUMA PLATINUM GeForce4 Ti 4200 VIVO BIOS - SUMA has released
a new BIOS for the SUMA PLATINUM GeForce4 Ti 4200 VIVO video card.
- Vivid!XS Drivers v1.06.16.55.- VideoLogis's FTP has some new
drivers (Win9x/ME
~
WinXP ~
Win2k) for their Vivid!/XS/Elite video cards.
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