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- Microsoft, EA reportedly mull bids for Sega - Microsoft and
Electronic Arts are separately
exploring the possibility of buying all or part of Japanese video-game
maker Sega, according to a published report.
- Intel To Overhaul PC With "Grantsdale" Chipset -
Grantsdale will likely be Intel's most significant chipset revision in
almost a decade, hearkening back to chipsets like the Opti 4165 and Intel
Saturn, which helped usher in the PCI bus in 1995; and the Intel 440LX,
Intel's first AGP-enabled chipset, which launched in 1997. Meanwhile, Intel's
OEMs have asked the company for its "Granite Peak" initiative, which limits
the number of driver revisions to one every six months, making the launch of
each new chipset even more significant. According to a confidential
Intel roadmap obtained by ExtremeTech, the Grantsdale chipset will support the
LGA 775 socket used by the Tejas processor. More importantly, the chipset will
also serve as a transition between the Tejas and Prescott processors,
supporting both. The chipset will support both a 533-MHz and 800-MHz
front-side bus, although Prescott's 800-MHz bus will be approximately six to
nine months old at the time.
- Nintendo may use Matrix's 3D memory -
Nintendo has invested $15 million in Matrix Semicondcutors Inc., which has
developed a non-volatile 3D memory, Matrix said this week. As an alternative
memory for mask ROM on the Game Boy platform, 3D memory will have to compete
less expensive memories such as P2ROM supplied by Oki Electric Co., Ltd.
- ATI to Launch R350 and RV350 Within Next 30 Days! - During
the Goldman Sachs Technology Investment Symposium ATI Technologies' Vice
President of Engineering, Dr. Dave Rolston, who is based just near the
headquarters of the arch-rival NVIDIA Corporation in Santa Clara, California,
confirmed that the company intends to launch its high-end R350 and mainstream
RV350 graphics processors within the next 30 days.
- RV280 is Radeon 9200 - According to TheInquirer,
ATI
recently renamed its Radeon 8500 generation of cards, codenamed R250, to
Radeon 9100. This is not the first time either. ATI did a similar thing when
they renamed the original Radeon to Radeon 7200 while back.
- Samsung Syncmaster 191n 19" TFT LCD Monitor Review -
The unit sports some relatively decent specs, 25ms response which seems to
be the norm these days. We see a 500:1 contrast ratio and a brightness level
of 250cd/m2. The contrast ratio seems to be the only real change between the
171n and the 191n in terms of screen performance. With that said, the only
real difference between the two is the larger screen area, a better contrast
ratio, and a few additional features which we will discuss next.
- Nvidia CEO Huang Jen-hsun Interview - Digitimes.com has posted
an interview with Nvidia CEO Huang Jen-hsun, as he talks about GeForce FX
chips.
- 3DGPU Editorial: The Pipeline Controversy - There's been a lot of
confusion and controversy within the last few days regarding the architecture
and number of pipelines on the GeForce FX chip. Both
Beyond3D and
Tech-Report got in-depth and technical on the matter as well.
Head on over to 3DGPU's article to read what NVIDIA had to say and what
they feel.
- Plasma TVs Explained - Designtechnica gives
an in-depth look at how plasma televisions operate and how they are
different than traditional CRT televisions.
- DDR RAM Guide II - Overlockers New Zealand has
updated their DDR RAM Guide II with new entries from Corsair (Twinx
PC3200), Samsung, and V-Data.
- WinXP Patch: Hibernation Problem On Computers With 1 GB Of RAM -
This update addresses the "Hibernation Problem on Computers with 1 GB of
RAM" issue in Windows XP, and is discussed in Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB)
Article 330909.
- WinXP Patch: You Cannot Create a Network Connection After You Restore -
If you install Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows XP and then use the System
Restore feature to restore Windows to a state before the installation of
the service pack, you may experience the following symptoms: You cannot create
a remote access or Dial-Up Networking connection. All items on the "Network
Connection" page of the New Connection Wizard are unavailable (dimmed). The
Network Connections folder is empty. The Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) and
Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) services do not start because of a
dependency failure.
- PowerArchiver 2002 8.1 -
PowerArchiver
is the ultimate archive utility for the Windows family of products. 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.
- Sonique2 Alpha 2.03.02.27 -
An updated build of the second alpha of
Sonique2 has
been released.
- foobar2000 v0.53 -
foobar2000
(download) is a
media player from Peter Pawlowski (guy who used to work on Winamp3). It uses a
plain and simple UI - no skins, no fuss. While in playback mode, it
approximately consumes less than 2MB of RAM.
- NetCaptor 7.1.0 Beta 3 - The small IE based browser NetCaptor has
been updated to
version 7.1.0 Beta 3.
- XviD Codec Build 24.02.2003.1100 - For those who missed it, there
is
latest stable build (changelog).
- Microsoft Windows Media 9 Series Codecs -
Windows Media Audio and Video 9 Series codecs (direct
download link) are automatically downloaded by Windows Media Player 7.1
and Windows Media Player for Windows XP, but to get the ultimate experience,
you should download Windows Media Player 9 Series for playing, and Windows
Media Encoder 9 Series for creating new content.
- CPUFSB 2.2.11 -
CPUFSB is a small version of CPUCooL. It is for changing the FrontSideBus
only. So you have a small tool only one of the the most important freatures of
CPUCooL.
- Lite-On LTR-48125W Firmware -
Lite-on has released
a new CD-RW firmware update for the following drive: LTR-48125W (
48X/12X/48X ) R48VS0B which Solve the recorded DivX files' playback problem.
Nvidia WDM Driver v1.23 - A new Nvidia
WDM driver 1.23 is available. This file is required for VIVO and Personal
Cinema functionality with Nvidia display adapters.
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