New Year's Tech Reading - tech
(hx) 03:01 PM CET - Dec,31 2003
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- Mitnick Offers Cash to Hackers - Noted computer hacker
Kevin Mitnick is offering cash in exchange for tales of hacking escapades
to fill a new book he is writing for publisher John Wiley & Sons. Mitnick used
e-mail messages to online security discussion groups and his Web page to issue
a call to the hacking community for stories of online derring-do, promising an
award of $500 for the "most provocative story," according to Mitnick.
- Microsoft IIS Fails to Log HTTP TRACK Requests - AQTRONIX reported
that
the server does not log HTTP 'TRACK' requests. As a demonstration exploit,
you can reportedly connect to the target server and send the following text
followed by two carriage return/line feed sequences: TRACK / HTTP/1.0. The
report indicates that IIS version 6 is not vulnerable.
- Japan, China, S. Korea developing next Net - Japan, China and South
Korea are reportedly
planning to jointly develop Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), the
next-generation Internet standard, a move that will challenge the
U.S.-dominated market for current IPv4-based Internet technology. The report
in Nihon Keizai Shimbun, a Japanese business daily, said the countries aimed
to take the lead in Internet technologies, with a broad move to adopt IPv6
beginning in 2005.
- Off-topic: Kill Bill Vol. 2 Pics - Oh yeah,
check it out!
- Off-topic: Bomb blast simulator looks to 'harden' structures -
The
world's first bomb blast simulator aims to catapult "battle hardening"
from a medieval black art into a 21st-century science. A University of
California, San Diego, team thinks it can extract precise computer-aided
design parameters that characterize a 'bomb-proof" material's strength with
the $4.2 million simulator.
- More video recorders, prototype fuel cells, slim and trim notebooks
debut - Japanese electronics makers
are unveiling their new devices for the new year, and (much like last
year) video is key. NEC's latest video recorder, the PX-AX300H, is due on sale
in Japan in January and packs an impressive 300GB of hard-drive-based
recording space, IO Data's AVLP1/DVD looks like a conventional DVD player, but
if you peer a little closer at the connectors on the rear, you'll notice
something different: an Ethernet socket, JVC is matching its GR-HD1
high-definition camcorder, launched in 2003, with a portable video player and
Sharp has become the first personal computer maker to announce a machine based
on Transmeta's new Efficeon processor.
- China makers delay EVD players - Chinese optical drive makers have
delayed the release of EVD (enhanced versatile disc) players, China’s
self-developed DVD format, for one month, according to the Chinese newspaper
Nanfang Metropolitan Daily. The companies planned to offer EVD players at the
end of November, but none has done so yet. One manufacturer may offer products
in early 2004 with others following in the middle of the year.
- Motorola launches V303, V690 and V878 camera phones -
Motorola introduced three new handsets yesterday, featuring built-in VGA
cameras and 65,000-color displays. The V303, with a price tag of NT$12,900
(about US$379), will be on store shelves in mid-January worldwide, Motorola
said. The V690 and V878, available now in Taiwan and China, are aimed at the
Asia-Pacific region. As earlier reported, the V690 and V878 are made by
Taiwan’s Chi Mei Communication Systems (CMCS) and both feature flash, zoom
lens and digital cameras with video capability. The V690 and V878 are priced
at NT$17,800 (about US$523) and NT$15,800 (about US$464), respectively.
- Liquid nitrogen CPU cooling and 5-GHz Overclocking - Just how
much cooling can the P4 withstand for maximum overclocking? We cranked the CPU
down to -196°C with liquid nitrogen and, with compression cooling for the
chipset, we managed to clock the processor at 5.25 GHz. For those of you with
any doubts, it's all on
the 11th THG video.
- Roundup: 12 Graphics cards - The year's late dream
Christmas gift on the graphics card front is definitely Radeon 9800 XT.
ASUS, GeXCube and Sapphire has some different attributes. Sapphire with its
advanced tweak/overclocking tool Redline Tweaker and two enclosed games and
ASUS with its large bundle and Video In. GeXCube has also a good software
bundle and furthermore it has the lowest average price of the three cards. In
most of the stores ASUS' card is somewhat more expensive than Sapphire's,
GeXCube doesn't exist in many shops but it is cheap where you can find it.
- Enermax EG375P-VE SFMA -
The Enermax EG375P-VE SFMA certainly DOES NOT fall into that category. The
new "Noisetaker" series has two separate 12v rails, one for the MB and one for
the CPU and drives. The Fans continue to run after power down for up to 2
minutes to help cool your system down to a safe level. Two SATA drive power
connectors are built in. No adapters are needed.
- Andio frame series speakers review - Ninjalane has just posted
a review of the Andio frame series speaker system. The speakers are
very lame and underpowered but do have the ability to show off your favorite
photos.
- Logitech MX900 review -
The Logitech MX700 has been the "king rodent" for quite a while now;
today, however, we have a new contender, the Logitech MX900. It's very similar
in design to the MX700, but with several new additions; the most major being
the integrated Bluetooth, which will enable you to use your base station as a
hub for PDAs, cell phones, headsets, or even printers, all just as wireless as
your mouse.
- iRock 730i Digital Music Player review - How can you fault
something for doing exactly what it claims to do?
The 730i is a solid little player with plenty of options, plenty of memory
+ expansion, and a few bells & whistles to let you play with. It's not overly
expensive, overly large, and the display is more than adequate.
- DVD X Copy Express review -
Backing up a DVD isn't easy. DVDs are protected by the Content Scrambling
System (CSS), which encrypts the data on the DVD and a key is needed to
decrypt the content. This form of copy protection isn't perfect though, as
with a bit of work, it is possible to rip out the content, decrypt it, then
recopying it to a blank DVD. This process involves anywhere between 2-5
different software tools (usually free), and a good deal of time on your part.
- Windows CE.NET running on Xbox - First reports of
Windows CE.NET 4.2 being ported to the Xbox gaming console from Microsoft,
hit the Internet today. The project was run by the independent developers, and
intended to make use of small and quick OS, running on cheap hardware that
might soon become obsolete to its original owners - the next door gamers. It's
a 100% legal distribution (if you own a licecence for Windows CE), but still
requires modded/exploited Xbox in order to run it.
- InstantGet 1.80 -
InstantGet (download)
is a powerful and efficient download manager and accelerator, InstantGet
splits downloading files into multiple sections, downloading each section
simultaneously to increase downloading speed up to 5 times faster.
- CacheSentry 1.59 -
This is a program that fixes serious bugs in the Internet Explorer cache
manager (versions 3.0 on up through and including Internet Explorer for
Windows XP, and IE6). This program basically takes over the job of managing
the cache from Internet Explorer, and the result is your web browsing session
will be more enjoyable.
- Tray Helper v3.9 -
Tray Helper
it's compact award winning application with many features (f/e: email checker,
auto mail responder, anti-spam, popup-killer, event reminder and more).
- XGI Volari Reactor Drivers v1.01.51 - XGI have released a new set
of Volari drivers
v1.01.51 called Reactor.
- LiteOn removes latest firmware upgrades for DVD burners -
LiteOn has removed
the latest firmware updates for their DVD burners LDW-411S and LDW-811S
from their website due problems when writing to DVD+R at 2.4x.
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