Morning Tech Reading - tech
(hx) 02:21 PM CEST - Jun,25 2003
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- Symantec security product contains flaw - Security Check is
meant to help people lock down their systems and loads an ActiveX script that
aids in scanning a person's computer.
Ironically, the ActiveX script, which remains on the computer even after
scanning, contains a memory flaw that could be used by an attacker to break
into the PC. Symantec has replaced the ActiveX component--which uses the name
Symantec RuFSI Utility Class or Symantec RuFSI Registry Information
Class--uploaded by the site with a new one that overwrites the old software
and solves the problem.
- MS employee arrested for software theft -
A
former Microsoft employee was arrested on Monday for allegedly ordering
more than $17 million of software via an internal purchasing system and then
selling it to keep the proceeds for himself. Richard Gregg, 43, was also
indicted on Monday on 62 counts of mail and computer fraud, according to court
papers. Gregg allegedly ordered 5,436 pieces of software worth more than $17
million at retail price, which he sold for a profit, according to an
investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and U.S. Attorney's
Office for the Western District of Washington.
- Sexual inequality exposed in virtual world - Female virtual
characters suffer from sexual inequality in financial matters, just like their
real-world counterparts, according to
a new study of the online game EverQuest.
- New game cell phone concept -
ATELAB Research Group has
unveiled the first details about Chameleon - a new mobile phone for players.
The device operates in two positions; vertical as a mobile phone and
horizontal as a game console. Chameleon has a traditional numerical keypad
with control buttons. Such configuration maintains all the mobile phone
features. The key arrangement makes it possible to operate Chameleon in
vertical position with one hand only. (thanks
Cellular-News)
- Maxtor 300GB ATA Drives Ships - Maxtor Corporation, a worldwide
leader in hard disk drives, today announced it is shipping the world's highest
capacity ATA hard disk drive available in the retail market.
The Maxtor 300GB 5400 RPM
Hard Drive Retail Kit offers the following: 300GB of storage - enough for
up to 462 games, 75,000 4-minute MP3 tunes or 300,000 high-resolution digital
photos, Maxtor's exclusive Ultra ATA/133 interface - up to 33 percent faster
maximum throughput than Ultra ATA/100, Easy installation with step by step
instructions, Complete upgrade kit including MaxBlastTM installation software,
install guide, Ultra ATA/133 cable and mounting screws,Maxtor Ultra ATA/133
PCI adapter card for Windows included (a $39.95 value). The Maxtor 300GB Hard
Drive Kit is available at retailers nationwide (US). The MSRP for the Maxtor
300GB Hard Drive Kit is $399.95.
- Light-weight LCD monitors announced - NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics
Display of America, Inc.announced
its first line of light-weight LCD monitors that fold up for easy
portability. Attractively designed for home users and gamers on the go, the
new monitors provide a protective black bezel acrylic screen with flexible
silver cabinet and stand that adjusts to a variety of angles including flat
against its base. Priced aggressively low to help drive LCD monitors further
into mainstream consumer and gaming markets, the 15-inch NEC LCD1565 is $349
U.S. ESP and the 17-inch NEC LCD1765 is $549 U.S. ESP.
- NVIDIA QuadroR FX Go700 Introduced - NVIDIA introduced the
NVIDIA Quadro FX Go700 mobile workstation graphics solution. The NVIDIA
Quadro FX Go700 is available immediately from Dellt in the Dell Precisiont M60
mobile workstation.
- Sapphire Radeon 9600 Pro review - Almost never seen today using
stock cooling we were able to increase our original stock 3D Mark 2001 SE
scores by 1500-1800 3dmarks throughout all resolutions tested, a phenomenal
amount and one that deserves much attention particularly when
the
relatively quiet fan of the Sapphire Atlantis Radeon 9600 Pro is used to
cool the card.
- PowerColor ATi R9800 Pro 128MB review - Overclockers New Zealand
has posted
a review on PowerColor ATi R9800 Pro 128MB VGA. "Well, what can I say?
ATi successfully regain the champion title in the high-end graphics market
with the release of R9800Pro. Currently, there are no other cards, including
Nvidia FX5800Ultra, that can match R9800Pro's performance, especially when
FSAA is enabled. The other advantage ATi has over Nvidia is the noise level.
ATi R9800Pro is surprising quiet when comparing to Nvidia's flagship,
FX5800Ultra."
- MSI FX5600-VTDR128 Review - As mentioned before in the
specifications,
the GPU clock runs at 325 Mhz, and the memory runs at 550 Mhz. I was able
to boost the GPU up to 360 Mhz, and the memory to 650Mhz stable, a 35 Mhz
overclock on the core, and a 100Mhz effective overclock on the ram (it's
actually only a 50 Mhz overclock on the ram, but because the card uses DDR
RAM, it is treated as an effective 100 Mhz).
- ATI Radeon 9600 Pro review - Hexus.net let us know they have posted
a review
of the ATI Radeon 9600 Pro. It seems they like this card: "This is what
the midrange is all about. Good IQ combined with good performance and 9600 Pro
(and 9500 Pro before it) certainly brings that to the table."
- Dual Opteron K8D Master Review -
The K8D Master mainboard of course supports the new 64bit cpu from AMDR
the Opteron DPt. The cpu comes in now familiar plastic package with the
heatsink fan assembly. The cpu is quite large, compare it with a P4 cpu (left
of picture). The Opteron DPt cpu introduces a number of new elements to cpu
design one of the major one's of course is the integrated memory controller,
supporting up to 166 MHz DDR.
- MSI MegaPC Review - It is clear that
MSI have
put a great deal of time and effort into producing the MegaPC. The result
is a very well built machine that contains some excellent engineering design
and some interesting features. Internally we feel that MSI have produced one
of the most useable mini pc solutions on the market today. Externally the
materials used are excellent with the exception of the front where too much
plastic has been used. The colour scheme will undoubtedly put some people off.
- ATI's Radeon 9100 IGP Reviewed - The problem is that entry-level
Pentium 4-based PC makers are hard-pressed to deliver decent 3D performance at
a very low price-point. But it's also an opportunity for ATI; and one the
company has
responded to with its new Radeon 9100 IGP system chipset. ATI's latest
integrated solution, which is targeted at both laptop and desktop systems,
brings DX8-level technology into a north bridge, and with it respectable
entry-level gaming performance. This DX8 level of performance means pixel
shader hardware, and the in the case of the R9100 IGP, the ability to do
vertex shaders in software.
- Lindows 4.0 Review - The price of Lindows has been dropped to
$49.95 and additional add-ons such as VirusSafe and SurfSafe are now available
as separate purchases ($49.95 and $29.95 respectively). The pricing for the
Click-N-Run software library has also been changed to $49.95 a year, or $4.95
a month. When you purchase Lindows, your first year of Click-N-Run is free.
ExtremeTech have received the shipping
version of Lindows 4.0,
and installed it on their Linux test machine, a Compaq Presario 6000 (1.6Ghz
AMD with 512MB of RAM).
- XP Tweakers Compared - TweakHound has posted
a
comparison of several tweaking programs (X-Setup, NeoTweak, mi-Tweak XP
and other).
- TweakNow PowerPack 2003 Professional v1.6 -
TweakNow PowerPack is a suite of utilities that let you fine-tune every
aspect of your computer's operating system and Web browser. Whether you're a
business person who needs to ensure that your computer is stable and reliable,
a serious game player who wants to optimize your computer for the latest
games' demands on computer resources, or a home user who wants to personalize
the look and feel of Windows and Internet Explorer, TweakNow PowerPack 2003
provides the tools you need to modify your computer safely.
- Yeti Studios GunMetal Benchmark 1.20s - Yeti Studios have released
an updated version (patch
only) of the GunMetal DirectX 9 benchmark.
- BlindWrite Suite 4.5.2 -
Blindwrite Suite (download)
is the best set of tools to reproduce or clone any CD, even protected ones.
Blindwrite Suite is the most powerfull tool to create a perfect copy from your
original CD for personal private copy.
- Avast! Virus Cleaner v1.0.136 -
Avast! Virus
Cleaner is a free tool that will completely remove selected viruses &
worms from your computer.It is able to stop viruses that are active in memory,
it will disinfect your files, remove virus registry & startup items, and even
delete the virus working files.
- AntiVir Personal Edition 6.20.09.16 -
The AntiVir Personal Edition
(download) offers
the effective protection against computer viruses for the individual and
private use on a single PC-workstation. In order to make possible an easy
operation, the AntiVir Personal Edition is developed to the essential points.
- KaZaA P2P 2.5 Final -
The KaZaa Media Desktop (download)
is a second-generation peer-to-peer file-sharing service with which you can
search and download media files from other KaZaa users. You can also organize
and play/view your media files through an integrated media jukebox, publish
your own work, reach an audience, and communicate with other KaZaa users.
KaZaa supports audio, video, software, games, images, and documents.
- Tiny Personal Firewall 5.0 Beta -
Tiny Personal Firewall (download)
represents smart, easy-to-use personal security technology that fully protects
personal computers against hackers. It is built on the proven WinRoute Pro,
ICSA certified security technology. Tiny Personal Firewall is also an integral
part in Tiny Software's new Centrally Managed Desktop Security (CMDS) system
awarded a contract by the US Air Force to encompass about 500,000 desktop
computers.
- Serv-U 4.1.0.8 Beta -
Serv-U (download)
is a powerful, easy-to-use, award-winning FTP server created by Rob Beckers.
An FTP server uses the FTP protocol to share files across the Internet.
- AIM v5.2.3277 Beta - America Online Instant Messanger has been
updated
to version 5.2.3277 Beta. This new beta allows you to send and receive
encrypted IMs.
- Miranda 0.3 - The goal of
this project is not to duplicate the functionality of AOL's ICQ Client,
but to design a client that has the basic features that is designed for
mouse-less operation with a small memory requirement.
- Jet-Audio 5.16 -
Jet-Audio (download
~
what's new) features an impressive home audio system interface, including
independent A/V components for Digital Signal Processor, Audio CD Player,
Digital Audio (MP3, RA, etc.), MIDI (MID, MOD etc.), and Digital Video (AVI,
MPG, MOV, etc.), along with a Mixer and a Remote Controller
- Elby CloneDVD 1.1.7.1 - Elby released again
a new version of their DVD-tool CloneDVD
- PowerStrip beta 3.42 build 399 -
PowerStrip provides
advanced, multi-monitor, programmable hardware support to a wide range of
graphics cards. It supports multiple graphics cards from multiple chipset
vendors, simultaneously, under every Windows operating system.
- USB 2.0 Update For Windows XP -
Problems occur when a program tries to access a USB 2.0 DVD drive or CD-RW
drive. These problems may occur if the host controller issues a USB bus reset
command after it receives several USB STALL packets from the DVD device or the
CD-RW device. These STALL packets are typically issued by the device in
response to a command that the host controller cannot run successfully. If you
want you can download the new USB 2.0 update from
Warp2Search.
- VIA Hyperion (4-in-1) drivers v4.48 *unofficial* - It looks like
Gigabyte has released
a new version of the VIA Hyperion drivers. Hyperion driver sets include
INF, AGP, IDE and IRQ related drivers.
- Ks.sys Patch for Hyper Threading Crashes - ipKonfig.com has posted
a ks.sys patch
file for those running Windows XP on Intel Pentium 4 Hyper Threading
systems. Ks.sys may crash if you repeatedly start and stop a Hauppauge
playback graph on a computer with an Intel CPU that uses Hyper-Threading
technology.
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