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(hx) 01:29 AM CET - Oct,29 2002
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- Xbox instead Beer? :) - Under the deal, Budweiser brewer
Anheuser-Busch
will help the software giant rotate 300 Xbox demo units through thousands
of bars in the United States between now and the end of the year. Patrons will
be invited to play Xbox games and to register to win promotional items from
both companies. While some analysts have said Microsoft needs to focus on
younger consumers to reach a mass-market audience, the new promotion is
another indication the company intends to continue courting older, hardcore
gamers.
- Nextel bets on cutting-edge phone - On Monday, the wireless carrier
announced its
Nextel i90c
Swiss Army Special Edition, a Motorola-built phone that Nextel has
co-branded with Victorinox, the famous maker of Swiss Army knives. Victorinox
helped design the $250 phone, which sports a translucent red plastic shell and
a red screen backlight and comes loaded with text versions of "The Worst Case
Scenario Survival Handbook" and a first aid manual, among other features.
Buyers of the i90c even get a corkscrew and a plastic toothpick--though those
aren't part of the phone itself; they come tucked inside a matching Victorinox
knife that's part of the package.
- Army researchers eye nanomachine-based 'smart' paints for combat
vehicles - U.S. Army experts are
trying to embed microscopic electromechanical machines in paint that could
detect and heal cracks and corrosion in the bodies of combat vehicles, as
well as give vehicles the chameleon-like quality of rapidly altering
camouflage to blend in with changing operating environments. Officials of the
Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command's Armament Research, Development
and Engineering Center (TACOM-ARDEC) at Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., are working
with scientists at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, N.J., to
develop nanotechnology-based "smart" coatings for Army vehicles and other
materiel.
- TFT volumes to pass CRT in 2004 - Samsung Electronics is hoping to
consolidate its position in the LCD market with the opening of a factory in
China. The Korean electronics giant has begun work on a 100,000 sq meter
TFT-LCD factor in Suzhou in Jiangsu province, China, which will produce around
160,000
modules a month, when it opens in the second half of next year.
- Reuters hacks accused of hacking -
Reuters
stands accused of hacking today amid accusations that it broke into the
computer systems of Swedish IT group Intentia to publish its results ahead of
their official release. Intentia said it would file criminal charges today
after its internal investigation of how its disappointing third quarter
figures came to be obtained before their scheduled release pointed the finger
of blame at Reuters. Intentia told the FT that an internal investigation
revealed evidence of an "unauthorised entry" into its IT systems "via an IP
address belonging to Reuters".
- ATI R300 & NVIDIA NV30 - A Technical Comparison - ATI published its
powerful DX9 card, R300, in August, 2002 and has become the leader this time.
However, R300 still has many secrets and in comparison with NVIDIA's NV30,
which has been delayed again and again for some reason(s), is even more of an
enigma. And rumors only make this situation even worse Chaps at Beyond3D have
read many technical documents, including papers, whitepapers, specifications,
and presentations about NV30 and R300 and posted
this
article to share this pleasure with others.
- Nvidia Detonator 41.03 Comparison - Pc-extreme.com has posted
a comparison (the article is full in German language, but you can check
Benchmarks) of the newly released Detonator 41.03.
- FlasKMPEG 0.78.39 -
FlasKMPEG converts digital video in the MPEG format to other formats.
- PHP 4.3.0pre2 - This
is the second pre-release version and incorporates a large number of bug
fixes since the first pre-release. Still, to help the PHP Quality Assurance
Team catch as many bugs as possible, please download it and start testing.
- Windows XP Prefetch Clean And Control 1.1.0 -
Tool for flushing the Prefetch log and controlling the Prefetch Parameters.
Windows XP monitors the files that are used when the computer starts and when
you start applications. By monitoring these files, Windows XP can prefetch
them. Prefetching data is the process whereby data that is expected to be
requested is read ahead into the cache. Prefetching boot files and
applications decreases the time needed to start Windows XP and start
applications
- Alcohol 120% 1.3.3.1027 -
Alcohol
120% is a CD/DVD emulation and recording software that allows users to
copy a visible and invisible discs. It enables users to create 31 virtual
CD/DVD-ROMs to play discs without needing a physical disc.
- Blindwrite 4.2 -
Blindwrite Suite is a set of tools to reproduce or clone any CD even
protected ones. Blindwrite Suite is the most powerfull tool to create a
perfect copy from your original CD for personal backup use.
- jv16 PowerTools 1.1.0.154 Final -
jv16
PowerTools is the next generation of RegCleaner. A full set of tools to
keep your computer and your LAN up and running. jv16 PowerTools is basicly the
Tool to control your computer. Until now your computer might had been the one
who is in charge, but with jv16 PowerTools you can take the control.
- ATI Radeon "Lord of the Rings" Beta Driver Pack -
This driver has been specifically bundled with Lord of the Rings in order
to address the hard lock issue when running Lord of the Rings. An official
driver release will be released at a later date which will include fixes for
Lord of the Rings.
- EPoX 8K3A+ Beta BIOS Oct 10th Download - Due to numerous requests
for this beta BIOS used in comparison for the
EPoX
8K9A2+ KT400 Review , I have put up the
beta bios for 8K3A+ users to download. This new version adds AMD Athlon XP
2700+, 2800+ support and updates HighPoint BIOS.
- EPoX BIOSes - EPoX has released
many new
BIOSes for EP-4**** motherboards.
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