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(hx) 04:05 PM CEST - May,12 2003
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- Fizzer - A Multi-threat Worm That Attacks Via E-mail and KaZaA -
"Fizzer" is a classic network worm that propagates across the Internet. It arrives to the target computers as an executable file and activates when a
user launches it. Once this happens "Fizzer" creates 5 additional files and modifies the Windows registry auto-run section so that the worm
loads each time the operating system is started. To spread via KaZaA, "Fizzer"
creates multiple copies of itself under random names, and places these files
in the victim computer's dedicated KaZaA file-sharing folder, if in fact this
directory exists. By doing so, "Fizzer" becomes "available" to all other
network participants.
- Telewest takes home broadband to 2Mbps - Cable firm
Telewest launched
its 2Mbps home broadband internet service today after a month-long trial.
The firm signed up 1,500 of its 1Mbps users for a pilot phase last month to
evaluate interest, but admitted that it didn't expect the service to be
snapped up by its mainstream customers.
- Hacking victim goes postal - Cleveland man named Biswanath
Halder, who claims his Web site was destroyed by a hacker,
took hostages at gunpoint on the campus of Case Western Reserve University
on Friday. Tragically, the hacking victim killed a young postgraduate student
at the university, Norman Wallace aged 30, and wounded two others when he
fired indiscriminately in an apparent fit of rage.
- Xbox and Linux in car multimedia -
These pages shows
the use of 'off the shelf' components to construct an integrated in-car
multimedia and entertainment system. The back end of the system is powered by
a Microsoft Xbox which is running a mod-chip and a version of Linux developed
by the Xbox-Linux developent team. This is a variant of Debian/GNU Linux but
heavily stripped down by myself so that the system boots and loads the
interface in a respectable time (<40 seconds from power on). With a 40gb
replacement drive, I have multiple albums of music, several films, a few video
game emulators (Arcade, NeoGeo and Super Nintendo) and music videos to play
along with the music.
- LG.Philips LCD Interview - DigiTimes has posted
an exclusive interview with Bruce Berkoff, Executive Vice President,
Marketing, LG.Philips LCD. Because of its length, they've split it into four
parts, to be featured over the next four days. The first part, today, covers
an overview of the LCD industry with a discussion of China's position.
- Longhorn Will support All DVD-W Formats - Microsoft plans to
support all major writable DVD formats in future versions of its Windows
operating system, the software maker has said. Native support for DVD-RAM,
DVD-RW/-R and DVD+RW/+R will start with Windows Longhorn, the successor to
Windows XP slated for launch in 2005, according to a Microsoft spokesperson.
- First Athlon 64 Review in French Magazine - A brand new French
magazine call PC Performance, focused on hardware, and more precisely about
getting the max from processors, graphic cards and motherboards,
claims it
has published the first Athlon 64 review ever. The results, even though me
must considere them as temporary, show some impressive datas. Athlon 64 looks
to be 70% than competitors running at similar speed (1.4GHz).
- 7 Different 15-Inch LCD Display Round-up -
All screens were connected via their analogous 15-pins VGA-connector to a PC
with an AMD Athlon XP 2200+ processor, 512MB DDR333 and a Geforce 4 TI4200
128MB Deluxe. Screens with a digital DVI-connector were connected on the
DVI-output of the Geforce 4 Deluxe.
- Samsung Syncmaster 191N LCD Review - GideonTech has published a
review of
19 inch LCD display from Samsung.
- Samsung ML-1750 Laser Printer Review - Without a doubt,
this laser
printer is dedicated to a home-office or small-business role. The main
selling points; 17ppm printing speed, 8MB of printer memory, USB 2.0 and
Parallel connectivity, 250-sheet cassette, 166-MHz RISC processor, 1200dpi
class resolution, and full PCL6 compliance. Best of all, in-box, the ML-1750
is compatible with 17 flavors of operating systems ranging from Mac OS to
Unix, PC to Linux. Introduced at the recent CeBIT 2003 show, Samsung was proud
the tote the ML-1750 as the smallest 17ppm printer in the world!
- On The GeForce FX 5900 And Games -
HomeLAN
takes a look at NVIDIA's newly announced GeForce FX 5900 graphics chips,
based on information supplied by NVIDIA as well as talking with their product
manager Steve Sims about their new high end product.
- The 256MB ATi Radeon 9800 Pro -
The 256MB ATi Radeon 9800 Pro's board layout is similar to the 128MB
model, but with a few notable exceptions. The front and back sides of the PCB
each have eight, 16MB DDR-II modules installed, clocked at 700MHz (350MHz
DDR). The 128MB Radeon 9800 Pro has DDR-I type memory clocked at 680MHz
(340MHz DDR). The increase in memory clock speed brings total bandwidth up to
22.4GB/Sec, versus 21.8GB/Sec on the 128MB card. The core is clocked at 380MHz
on both versions of the 9800 Pro, which is cooled by the same aluminum HSF.
The 256MB board also has the added benefit of heatsinks installed on the RAM.
So, what does having 256MB of memory installed on a video card mean to gamers?
Well, there are three main benefits. First, having more memory available means
game developers can use larger, higher quality textures without having to swap
data in and out of system memory.
- XFX GeForce4 Ti 4800-SE review -
The XFX GeForce4 Ti 4800SE is an average interpretation of a GPU that's
been made redudant by a newer iteration of cards. NVIDIA seem keen on pushing
their highly specified new cards, at the expense of pure all-out speed. The
GeForce4 Ti series has served NVIDIA and its partners well, but, as you can
see once we apply antialiasing and anisotropic filtering, the relative
failings of the Ti 4800SE become all too apparent.
- MSI GeForce FX 5600 Review - VR-Zone Hardware has posted
a review
on the MSI GeForce FX 5600. From a default core clock speed of 325Mhz and
a memory frequency of 550Mhz, we were able to reach a core speed of 369Mhz and
a memory frequency of 686Mhz using Nvidia's hidden overclocking tool included
with the 43.45 Detonator's.
- NVIDIA GeForce FX5900 Ultra review -
The NV35
seeks to better the NV30 in almost every way. Having a high GPU output
only makes sense with oodles of bandwidth, especially when one knows that
antialiasing and anisotropic filtering are what most users look for in a
high-end card. The NV35 tries to solve the bandwidth problem by running a
256-bit memory interface (4 x 64-bit controllers) coupled to 850MHz RAM. A
total, theoretical 27.2GB/s of bandwidth should serve the 450MHz core well.
- Nvidia GeForce FX 5900 Ultra Preview - Adrenaline Vault has posted
an extensive preview (15pages) of Nvidia's upcoming flagship graphics
processor NV35.
- MSI FX5200-TDR128 Review - Viper's Lair has posted
a review of MSI FX5200-TDR128 video card.
- SuSE Linux 8.2 - While SuSE does not provide easily install-able
ISO images for download,
their
8.2 directory has been uploaded to provide a method to install SuSE's
Professional Edition directly from FTP servers. First, get the installation
image: boot.iso (20MB), then boot from it and follow the instructions provided
in this readme file: "Boot from CD and at the boot prompt, enter the
installation source: linux install=ftp://ftp_server/directory.
- High-speed Brute-force Password Cracker for MySQL - This tool
is a
high-speed brute-force password cracker for MySQL hashed passwords. It can
break an 8-character password containing any printable ASCII characters in a
matter of hours on an ordinary PC.
- FlashFXP sites.dat Decryption - The following tool is
able
to defeat FlashFXP's sites.data encryption algorithm, allowing local users
to retrieve the passwords stored in the file.
- TaskInfo 2003 v.5.0.0.90 -
TaskInfo2002 is
combination of Task Manager and System Information Utility, It visually
monitors different types of System information in Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.
- Boot Switcher 1.0 -
Boot Switcher is a program designed to boot Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP
Operating Systems on the fly.
- UXTheme Multi-Patcher v1.0 - WindowsX has released
a patch that will change your uxtheme.dll on Windows XP (Gold) SP1 and
Windows Server 2003. You can also restore the original file with this patch.
- Coding Workshop Ringtone Convertor 4.3.0 -
The Ringtone Converter (download)
is a software program for both Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac systems that
allows you to add new ringtones to your mobile phone without the need for
cables or expensive premium rate SMS services.
- PowerStrip 3.41 Beta -
PowerStrip (download)
provides advanced, multi-monitor, programmable hardware support to a wide
range of graphics cards - from the venerable Matrox Millennium I to the latest
Radeon 9700DV and Matrox Parhelia.
- CDBurnerXP Pro v1.1.3 -
CDBurnerXP Pro (freeware) supports buffer underrun technology and is able
to create and write ISO files. The software also creates audio CDs and rips
your CDs to MP3, WMA, Ogg Vorbis and WAV.
- phpMyAdmin 2.5.0 Final -
phpMyAdmin (changelog
~ download) can
manage a whole MySQL-server (needs a super-user) but also a single database.
To accomplish the latter you'll need a properly set up MySQL-user who can
read/write only the desired database.
- S3/VIA Driver updates - There are new driver updates from S3
Graphics:
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