Morning Tech Reading - tech
(hx) 02:30 PM CET - Jan,25 2002
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- Pre-order the Geforce4 MX for $118/$115! - Although nVidia
hasn't officially announced it yet, you can pre-order this card at PCMall and ECost.
- Intel chipsets could boost USB 2.0 - USB 2.0, the standard
for connecting peripherals to PCs, is expected to get a significant plug once it is integrated into Intel
chipsets by mid-year.
- Security Hole Found In Some Sony Vaio Computers - Sony Corp.
today warned owners of some recently purchased Vaio computers that a software glitch
could open a hole for intruders via the Internet or e-mail. "If the Vaio is attacked
in this way, it may result in stored data being overwritten, erased or copied," said
a security advisory on Sony's Web site. "In this instance, running regular anti-virus
software will not protect the affected models of Vaio."
- NTT researchers predict 10Gbps wireless - NTT Corp, Japan's
incumbent telco, claims to have raised the ceiling on wireless bandwidth, after achieving
a peak data transfer rate of 2.5Gbps in laboratory trials. The previous highest wireless
transfer rate was 1Gbps, but NTT's researchers
believe they can ultimately take wireless communications up to 10Gbps.
- Software Tool From CNet Opens Security Hole - CNet Catchup, a
popular Windows software update utility, contains a security
vulnerability that could enable a remote attacker to run malicious code on the user's
computer. According to CNet Networks' Catchup Dispatch newsletter, distributed Jan. 23,
the vulnerability affects all previous versions of Catchup and allows an attacker "to
launch Catchup and execute arbitrary code on a user's system."
- Serious Security Hole In AOL's ICQ - Yet with ICQ, a person who
wishes to establish a direct connection to a machine running the vulnerable ICQ program can simply query an
ICQ server for the IP address and listening port of the victim. For that reason, CERT
said blocking requests through a central server is not a completely effective solution,
because ICQ requests can be sent directly from one client to another. AOL has not yet
devised a "patch" for the security hole. Rather, the company is urging all ICQ
users to upgrade to a new beta
version.
- Microsoft .Net Beta Signup in February - Microsoft will be accepting applications in February to join the Mappoint .Net
beta team for the Mappoint .Net SDK (which will be released in March) among other things.
- Radeon 8500XT soon? - According to SavageNews, ATi is going to release
this card pretty soon. A few days before, or after the announcement of NVIDIA's GeForce4.
The RADEON 8500 XT will works at 300MHz (core/mem) and may feature the usual goods from
ATi - TV-Out and HydraVision (Dual Display).
- Samsung Syncmaster 171MP LCD-HDTV Review - What first appears to
be just a very
smart looking 17" TFT LCD manages to pack in HDTV compatibility an optional TV
tuner for cable Television and if that weren't enough by itself, the 171MP also sports
built-in speakers, RCA video and S-Video inputs. This LCD TV quite capable in the home,
office, or multimedia studio. Stereo audio via RCA input and a mini-head phone jack are
also cared for if headphones are you method of choice.
- Pentium 4 Chipset Performance Shootout - GamePC has
written a Pentium 4 Chipset Performance Shootout.
- Next-Generation Game Performance with the Unreal Engine: 15-way GPU
Shootout - Armed with a true next-generation game engine we have compared
everything from the original GeForce 256 to the Radeon 8500. Find out how today's
cards will perform in tomorrow's games.
- MouseMan Dual Optical Review - In an effort to quell the masses
with a better gaming mouse, Logitech went to work on the drawing board to attempt to
recreate a newer and better optical mouse. Needless to say, many months later, they
unearthed a shiny new testament to the input control Gods. In what may become the
'reference standard' for optical mice, Logitech devised the MouseMan
Dual Optical mouse.
- Belkin USB Dual Media Reader&Writer Review - Digital
cameras, PDAs and MP3 players mostly use either SmartMedia or Compact Flash for storage.
Evidently, they seem to be rather slow at transferring files despite of the fact that they
all come with a standard USB interface. Belkin Dual Media Reader & Writer, a USB flash card reader, will
speed up the process for $35.
- Building an overclocked PC Part #1 - To summarize, if the only PC you have
to overclock is one you rely on for making a living, spend some money and upgrade to a
off-the-shelf factory computer that's more powerful. If you are willing to accept the
inherent risks (and rewards) from overclocking read on, if not, you should hop in the car
and ride down to your local electronics retailer and buy a high end Pentium 4 or Athlon XP
rig off the rack.
- 3DMark2001 Tweak Guide - PC Stats has posted a 3DMark2001
Tweak Guide.
- Windows XP Modem Tweak Guide - Windows XP much like other
Windows OS, offers several improvements over the previous release & XP is no
exception, offering some nice updates to the Networking features. 3D Spotlight's WinXP
Modem Tweak Guide will take you through optimizing the performance, reliability &
security of your Dial-up connection in Windows XP as well as several other misc. tips.
- Kyro Bios Guide - It contains step by step guides
for flashing the Bios and what to do when it goes wrong as well as a list of the Kyro
Bios's and what's new in each one. At the moment we only have Vivid! and Vivid!XS bios's
but soon the other cards will be added.
- Norton AntiVirus Virus Definitions - Download Norton AntiVirus
Virus Definitions
January 23, 2002
- Microsoft Network Security Hotfix Checker v3.31 - HFNetChk is a command-line tool that enables an administrator to
assess patch status for computers that are running Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and
Windows XP, as well as hotfixes for Internet Information Server 4.0 (IIS), Internet
Information Services 5.0 (IIS), SQL Server 7.0, SQL Server 2000 (including Microsoft Data
Engine [MSDE]), and Internet Explorer 5.01 or later. Version 3.31 is an updated version of
3.3 that will properly identify SQL Server 7.0 systems.
- Drive Rescue - The Data Recovery Tool v1.8 Beta 3 - Freeware Drive
Rescue (WinALL) can Find any lost and deleted data on your drive (e.g. hard disk) even
if the partition table is lost or the hard disk has been quick-formatted. Lost Data, that
is the result of a system crash can also be recovered.
- WinCommander v5.0 - Windows Commander 5.0 is
now available for download. The most important new features are: Support for Windows XP
themes, Internal TAR and GZ packers, Background download manager, SOCKS4+5 proxy support
in the FTP client, Create CRC-Checksum files in SFV format, FTP+HTTP in background: Set
speed limit for up- and downloads, Pause button for background operations: FTP, HTTP,
copy, pack, unpack, Many detail enhancements, see history.txt in the program directory.
- Opera 6.01 build 1029 - Go grab it from here, but no release
notes yet...
- FlashFXP v1.4.2 Final - FlashFXP is a powerful and
popular FTP & FXP Client for Windows. (changelog)
- DVD Decrypter 3.0.0.10 - DVD Decrypter is a free
tool which enables you decrypt and copy a DVD to your PC's hard disk.
- Detonators 27.10 hidden features - NVNews has received
a registry entry file which enables certain hidden features for the leaked
27.10 Detonator drivers. The registry update enabled the popular "Clock
Frequencies" panel, and added the "Hardware Options" and "Display
Orientation" panels on his GeForce3 Ti 200. Click here to
grab it.
- NVIDIA BIOS Editor V1.0 RC2 - This new version features fixed
bug with SignOn message on non reference BIOSes, added option to change OEM Revision,
added multilingual support German, Spanish, French, Croatian languages are included, and
also included non translated files for other languages
- NVmax 4.00.21 - NVmax 4.00.21
has been released.
- Asus BIOSes non-beta - Download: Bios
P4B-M 1002 Final / Bios
P4B-FX 1002.A Final
- VIA AGP Driver - This AGP driver
v4.10., not currently in the 4in1 service pack, awaiting some Microsoft WQHL process.
- Creative Webcam Go Drivers - This is a new release of Video Blaster WebCam Go Control (English) for users
running on Win98/98SE/ME/2K/XP only. This release includes support for Windows XP
and is meant for all WebCam Go series except Video Blaster WebCam Go Mini. It also
includes the following: Better snap button functionality in Windows XP guest mode,
Improved performance in WebCam Go ES or WebCam Go series when changing modes from 'Single
snapshot' to 'Multiframe snapshot' in Undocked Settings.
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