Nightly Tech Madness - tech
(hx) 01:54 AM CET - Jan,31 2003
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- Nintendo reveals GBA SP Japanese launch plans - The latest version
of the
GameBoy will launch in Japan on February 14, with 300,000 units of the
hardware available at launch, retailing at 12,500 yen - approximately L68 -
and fully equipped with an oft-requested internal lighting system for the
screen, as revealed earlier this month. The GBA SP will launch in the USA and
Europe just over a month after the Japanese roll-out, with a European date of
March 28 currently on the cards. No allocation figures for any market other
than Japan are available as yet, however.
- 80,000 large-screen, analog TVs recalled -
About 80,000 large-screen, analog Zenith Electronics Corp. televisions are
being recalled for repair because they may be a fire hazard, U.S. safety
regulators and the Illinois company said on Thursday.
- DivX software delivers movable media - The San Diego-based company
on Wednesday released
DivX 5.03, technology that helps deliver full-motion video over IP networks
and now also onto DivX-compatible consumer electronics, including DVD players
and handheld devices. The code, popular for encoding video files on the PC, is
compatible with MPEG-4, an emerging standard for multimedia delivery on
applications ranging from downloadable Internet video to satellite rad.
- Sneaky Toolbar Hijacks Browsers - Xupiter is an Internet Explorer
toolbar program. Once active in a system, it
periodically changes users' designated homepages to xupiter.com, redirects all
searches to Xupiter's site, and blocks any attempts to restore the
original browser settings. The program attempts to download updates each time
an affected computer boots up, and has been blamed for causing system crashes.
Several versions of Xupiter also appear to download other programs, such as
gambling games, which later appear in pop-up windows.
- '$1m hacking challenge' product is flawed - AlphaShield's
"unhackable" consumer security
device isn't unhackable, Spanish white hat hackers claim. In a
post to BugTraq, Infohacking.com reports that AlphaShield's appliances are
prone to a flaw that could allow a cracker to inject packets into an
established session. Potentially, this compromises the security of the device.
- Sun's Java rules shape future of phones - Sun Microsystems unveils
its first-ever guidelines for the use of Java in cell phones, an effort to
bring order to how the programming language is evolving for wireless.
- Ugly But Aggressive Cell Phone -
A new
mobile phone - which isn't really a mobile phone - could quickly turn the
odds in your favor if you're being attacked. How? By zapping the attacker with
180,000 volts.The complete "phone" package weighs in at 5.3 oz without a
battery, and measures a somewhat sizeable 6" x 2" x 1". It is available from
the Safety
Technology website for $79.00 USD.
- Chasing bad guys on Series 60 -
More
games are turning up for Nokia's Symbian-based platform, Series 60, by the
week. From
Wireless Wizards comes Police Chase, where players race to catch the bad
guys. As it turns out, smartphones are generally considered by early adopters
to be excellent for gaming. Old classics are ported, new games based on old
concepts show up with a fresh touch, and every now and then even a brand new
and innovative game shows up. Police Chase for Series 60 from UK-based
Wireless Wizards falls into the second category, and pits players in a
frenzied hunt for criminals.
- XBOX Linux Cluster - The XBOX unit functions well as a desktop
computer for general usage, email, web browsing, etc. The total cost of the
unit with keyboard, mouse, and parts came to 383.72 dollars. However, it is
not as cost effective or as easy as using a general PC obtainable from almost
anywhere for the same purpose. The technical merit of soldering the USB to
XBOX controller wires as well as installing the mod chip are beyond the
technical skills of most. In short if you already have an XBOX and want to
tinker/need a computer and have no fear of the possibility of ruining your
unit then this is a viable solution. However, as a general replacement to a
desktop pc, the
XBOX is not nearly as userfriendly or cost effective as a 200 dollar pc from
walmart.
- Roundup: IDE Hard Disk Drives with 8MB Cache-Buffer - X-bit labs
has posted
a
roundup of Four IDE Hard Disk Drives with 8MB Cache-Buffer.
- IRAQ2 Flash Game -
check it out....(thanks Thomas)
- Services For Netware v.5.01 Service pack - The Windows Services For
Netware 5.0 Service Pack 1 provides
a cumulative roll up of updates and services that have been offered since
the release of Windows Services For Netware 5.0. This Service Pack (SP1)
offers substantial improvements to MSDSS 5.
- SQL Server 2000 Security Tools -
SQL Scan (Sqlscan.exe) scans an individual computer, a Windows domain, or
a range of IP addresses for instances of SQL Server 2000 and MSDE 2000, and
identifies instances that may be vulnerable to the Slammer worm. SQL Scan runs
on computers running Windows 2000 or higher and can identify instances running
on Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, or Windows XP. Instances of SQL Server
2000 with Service Pack 2 (SP2) and security patch MS02-039, MS02-043,
MS02-056, or MS02-061, or instances with SP3 or later, are not vulnerable.
Computers running SQL Server 7.0 and earlier are not vulnerable.
- GameJack v3.00.213 -
This minor update only
changed deinstallation routine with additional options to leave images and/or
profiles on the harddisc, and added German translation of the device
compatibility test.
- DVD2ZONE Released - From the creator of Remote Selector comes
a brand new product, the
ultimate DVD processing tool. With this tool you can make movie-only copies
for personal use on a single DVD-Recordable in a matter of 15-30 minutes time
(depending on the speed of your computer).
- RivaTuner 2.0 RC 12.2 + SofR9700 -
RivaTuner RC 12.2 +
SofR9700 has been released. RivaTuner is the most powerful tweaking
utility for NVIDIA display adapters running under Windows 98 / Windows 98 SE /
Windows ME / Windows 2000 / Windows XP. The purpose of this utility is to give
you access to the many undocumented features of Detonator drivers. All
versions of Detonator drivers have a lot of undocumented registry entries.
Some of them don't affect anything, but there are some that are very useful.
In general, they cannot give you big performance boost but they can improve
image quality and solve some compatibility problems. (mirror
Guru3D).
- Creative Drivers -
NOMAD Jukebox Zen Firmware (Version 1.12.02) /does not work for NOMAD
Jukebox Zen USB 2.0/ ,
Creative WebCam Pro eX Drivers (Version 1.02.01) / This update now allows
still image capture to work properly in PC-CAM Center under 640x480 video
resolution/,
- Lite-On CD-RW Firmware - LiteOn have released some
new CD-RW firmware updates for LTR-52246S, LTR-48246S, LTR-32123S,
LSC-24081M SLIM COMBO, LSC-24081.
- SiS AGP Driver 1.14 WHQL - SiS have released
a new AGP
driver v1.14 WHQL for the following chipsets: SiS540, SiS630, SiS630ET,
SiS630E, SiS630S, SiS630ST, SiS635, SiS645, SiS645DX, SiS648, SiS650, SiS651,
SiS730S, SiS730SE, SiS735, SiS740, SiS745.
- Nvidia nForce/nForce2 Drivers v2.03 WHQL - NVIDIA has released new
nForce drivers version 2.03 WHQL (Win2k
~
WinXP).
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