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(hx) 01:05 PM CET - Mar,28 2003
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- Software Bug May Cause Missile Errors - U.S. Central Command said
that the U.S. military is investigating
the possibility that a software problem in the Patriot missile defense
system may be responsible for targeting two friendly aircraft, but that other
scenarios could just as likely be responsible for the mishaps. On
Sunday, a Patriot missile battery on the Kuwait border accidentally shot down
a British Royal Air Force (RAF) Tornado GR-4 aircraft that was returning from
a mission over Iraq. Two British pilots were killed in the incident.
Then on Monday a U.S. F-16 fighter jet fired at and destroyed a Patriot
battery's radar dish after the pilot said the Patriot had 'locked on' to the
plane.
- NT4.0 too flawed to fix - Although a denial of service risk exists
in an "important"
security vulnerability, publicized yesterday affecting NT 4.0,
Redmond tells users not to expect a patch for that operating system anytime
soon. Windows 2000 and XP users do have access to a fix, designed to
address a flaw involving Endpoint Mapper, but the best on offer for Win NT
users is advice to shelter vulnerable servers behind a firewall.
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Toshiba PlayStation-on-a-chip company closes - Artile
Microsystems Inc., the chip company that promised to bring Playstation-level
processing to the embedded world,
has shut down and its assets reclaimed by parent Toshiba America
Electronic Components.
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10 Years With Intel Pentium Processor -
On the 22nd March of 1993 Intel Corporation introduced the first ever
Pentium processor, so, on the 22nd March of 2003 the brand-name was here for a
decade. The evolution of the Pentium processors from 60MHz to 3066MHz through
the years is simply amazing both in terms of performance and capabilities.
Basically, the whole computer industry evolved with the Pentium and, more
importantly, the revolutions are still happening!
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SSE Technology in New Intel Prescott Processors -
Xbitlabs has posted
an extensive editorial looking at SSE technology that's going to be
implemented when Intel's new Prescott Processors are released.
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Watercooled Opteron Pics -
The Opteron
watercooling solution is ready and AMDboard has some photos that show two
kind of cooling on Arima and Tyan motherboards and a cluster entirely
watercooled. Opteron is set to arrive on the 22 of April.
- BIT NF7 VDD Mod -
The Abit NF7-S
rev. 1.2 comes with higher adjustable chipset voltage to help overclockers
hit greater FSBs. However, the max of 1.7v is a real let down for high FSB
seekers. Thus many resort to soldering a resistor on the pin of an IC chip to
help increase chipset (VDD) voltage. However, for those with a phobia of
soldering, here's an easy way out. All you need is a pencil and a multimeter.
- Windows Server 2003 goes gold - Microsoft is expected to announce
on Friday (today) that
Windows Server 2003 has completed testing and has been certified final, or
gold, code. Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition will sell for $999 with five
client-access licenses (CALs), or $1,199 for 10 CALs. The Enterprise Edition
will sell for $3,999 with 25 CALs.
- Flash 6 for Pocket PCs now available - Following up on its
commitment to the Pocket PC platform through players for Flash version 4 and
5, Macromedia today announced the immediate availability of
Macromedia Flash Player 6 for Pocket PC 2002 (download).
The new player brings first-class Flash MX citizenship to owners of Pocket PC
2002 devices, enabling developers and publishers to deploy content and
applications based on the MX format on such devices - and users to view it, of
course.
- Media Player Classic 6.4.3.6 -
Media Player
Classic (download)
is similar to windows media player 6.4 but with features pertained to
minimalist advanced users. It also supports DirectX 9 and VFW drivers for
capture.
- cladDVD XP 2.98 Beta -
CladDVD XP is a 'DVD
Ripper', meaning it decrypts the encrypted VOB files off the DVD and saves
them to your hard drive.
-
1by1 1.35 - Tired of creating and updating playlists to
listen to your audios?
1by1 is a very
small sized player which is not only small: It plays whole directories without
any playlist. Navigating through your tracks has never been so easy. In
addition, you can also download
1by1
command set for IRAssistant (a nice tool to control applications with an
IR remote controller),
mpglib.dll
(Decoding library for MPEG Layer III and Layer II. Needed if you don't use an
MP3 ACM or MP3 Plugin),
Compressor &
Wider WinAmp DSP plugin (audio enhancer).
- AntiVir Personal Edition 6.18.15.69 -
The AntiVir Personal Edition
(download) offers
the effective protection against computer viruses for the individual and
private use on a single PC-workstation. The private and individual use of the
AntiVir Personal Edition is completely free of charge.
- XP Skins 1.1 -
XP Skins
is free tool for making your old programs look great on Windows XP.
- LimeWire 2.9.6 -
LimeWire (download)
is a software package which enables individuals to search for and share
computer files with anyone on the internet. A product of Lime Wire, LLC,
LimeWire is compatible with the Gnutella file-sharing protocol and can connect
with anyone else running Gnutella-compatible software.
- VMware 4.0 Release Candidate 2 (build 4388) -
VMware Workstation (Win32
~
Linux.tar ~
Linux.rpm ~
get S/N) is virtual machine software for technical professionals. It
lets you run multiple versions of operating systems simultaneously on a single
computer. Quit wasting time configuring hardware, installing software,
rebooting/reconfiguring systems.
- Opera 7.03 & 6.06b -
Opera Software has
released secruity updates for it's latest and most stable browsers
Opera v6.06b: with Java ~
w/o
Java and
Opera
v7.03: with Java ~
w/o
Java.
- kX Project Drivers 5.00.3531 Beta -
The kX Audio
Driver is an independent WDM (Windows Driver Model) driver for all EMU10K1
and EMU10K2-based soundcards manufactured by Creative Technology Ltd. and/or
E-mu Sytems Inc., including the SoundBlaster Live! series, the E-mu Audio
Production Studio (APS) card, and the Audigy series of cards.
- S3/VIA Drivers - S3 Graphics has released some new drivers: SuperSavage
WinXP/2k v12.90.89 ~
Logo'd:
SuperSavage Win9x v12.32.26 ~
Logo'd:
ProSavageDDR WinXP/2K v13.94.07 NoIshld ~
Logo'd:
ProSavageDDR WinXP/2K v13.94.07 Rotation ~
Logo'd: ProSavageDDR WinXP/2K v13.94.07 TVLargeFont ~
Logo'd:
ProSavageDDR WinXP/2K v13.94.07 w/Util. (thanks
SavageNews)
- SiS AGP Driver 1.15 WHQL - SiS has issued a new
AGP
driver v1.1 (SiS540, SiS630, SiS630ET, SiS630E, SiS630S, SiS630ST, SiS635,
SiS645, SiS645DX, SiS648, SiS650, SiS651, SiS730S, SiS730SE, SiS735, SiS740,
SiS745).
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