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(hx) 10:24 AM CEST - Jun,29 2002
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- Popular Online Game Site Spread Nimda Virus - Some video game
players got a nasty surprise this week when they downloaded software from a popular online
gaming site -- the Nimda computer virus. The installer for GameSpy Arcade 1.09, the
main file exchange and gaming software of GameSpy.com,
available from sites like CNET Networks Inc.'s Download.com
service, was infected with the Nimda virus twice this week, GameSpy Chief Executive Mark
Surfas told Reuters.
- New Apache worm starts to spread - A program that
exploits a 2-week-old flaw to infect open-source Web servers has been detected by
security experts on the Internet
- Hunting for James Bond? - The fictional British spy used
technology to his advantage when tracking down criminal masterminds. But in the real-world
fight against terrorism, the situation shouldn't be different,
Gilman Louie, chief executive of In-Q-Tel, said during a keynote speech at the TechXNY
trade show here.
- Magnetic wood - the new mobile phone squelcher - There's a huge
market in Asia for mobile phone squelchers - in Hong Kong for example, people don't think
twice about making and receiving calls in the cinema and theatre. But now, a Japanese team
of boffins, based at the University of Morioka have come up with an new spill-free way of
squelching mobile signals - magnetic wood.
- Boeing's BWB -- a Super-Efficient Bat Jet - Boeing Co engineers
have designed a super-efficient aircraft that would look like a giant bat and slash
the cost of air transport. The "Blended Wing Body" concept, outlined more than
10 years ago but now said to be almost perfected, would have no fuselage or tail. Rather,
it would basically be a wing with a belly that would accommodate the passengers and
freight. The secret to its design, described by project head Robert Liebeck this week, is
that the whole structure of the aircraft would work to generate lift.
- Intel plans to boost demand with more Socket 478 Celerons and later
DDR333 chipsets - Industry sources revealed that seeing the weak sales in the OEM
market, Intel started to consider postponing the launch of its DDR333-supporting 845PE
and 845GE chipsets and increasing its shipments of Socket 478-based Celeron processors
to the clone markets. With the later launch schedule, Intel would hope to prolong the
product life cycle of its 845G and 845E chipsets, sources said. At present, the inventory
level of the two products at many OEM companies remains rather high.
- HW Round-up - AOpen Aeolus
GeForce4 Ti 4200 / Gainward GeForce4 PowerPack! Ultra/650 XP Golden Sample / XFX 64MB GF4 TI4200 / GeForce4 Ti 4200 vs ATI Radeon 8500 Deluxe / Matrox Parhelia
/ ATI All In Wonder 8500 / E-D
Wired 3D Glasses / Thermaltake GeForce4 cooler / Abit
KX7-333R / AMD Athlon XP 2200+ Thoroughbred / EPoX 4G4A+ / MSI
845GMax-L.
- DirectX 9 to Arrive in Early October - Industry sources have
confirmed that Microsoft's DirectX 9 is likely to arrive in October, quite a while later than
ATI's R300 Nvidia-buster.
- Sigma MPEG-4 Video Codec - Sigma Designs, a leader in IP video
streaming solutions, demonstrated today for the first time a MPEG-4 video CODEC that works as a plug-in under Windows to encode
digitized video content into fully compatible ISO MPEG-4 video files. The new CODEC is
available now for download, free of charge, through Sigma's website to support users
wishing to build ISO MPEG-4 compatible content.
- Opera 6.04 Final - The final release (java-ver / non-java-ver) of the cool web browser Opera v6.04 has been released.
- CuteFTP 5.0 XP - GlobalSCAPE is pleased to announce the latest
release of CuteFTP, Designed for Windows Xr. The Designed for XP logo confirms that
CuteFTP meets Windows XP compatibility, performance and stability criteria. CuteFTP 5.0 XP
runs on Windows 9x, NT, ME, 2000 and XP.
- DAEMON Tools 3.16 - DAEMON Tools
is an application for multiprotection emulation. It is further development of Generic
Safedisc emulator and incorporates all its features. This program allows running backup
copies of SafeDisc, Securom or Laserlock protected games. Also included is a Virtual
DVDROM drive enabling you to use your CD images as if they were already burned to CD.
DAEMON Tools works with all types of CD/DVDROM drives and supports nearly any CD
protection.
- PROMISE SuperTrakSX6000 Drivers & Firmware - PROMISE has
released new SuperTrakSX6000 firmware and drivers for Windows.
- VIA Twister Drivers - A new Twister drivers for
Windows 2000/XP are available.
- Abit KR7A BIOS (9n)- Abit has released a
new BIOS for the popular KR7A - series which includes the following motherboards: KR7A /
KR7A-RAID / KR7A-133 / KR7A-133R.
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