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- Microsoft Security Bulletin Re-release, August 2004 - Subsequent to
the release of this security bulletin, Microsoft was made aware that the
update provided for Windows XP customers running the new version of Windows
Update, Windows Update Version 5, did not contain the final release code for
the vulnerabilities addressed in the security bulletin.
Microsoft has corrected the update and is re-releasing this bulletin to
advise of the availability of a revised update available to Windows Update
Version 5 customers. Customers who are utilizing Windows Update Version 4, the
vast majority of customers, are not affected by this revision.
- Two Americans arrested for DVD piracy in China -
Two Americans, including a member of a wealthy New York City family, have
been arrested in China, where the authorities said an investigation into their
business activities had led to the seizure of more than 210,000 counterfeit
motion picture DVDs and nearly $100,000 in cash. Randolph Hobson Guthrie III,
37, and Cody Abram Thrush, 34, were among six people taken into custody on
July 1 through a collaborative effort of Chinese and US investigators.
- RFID Hack Could Allow Retail Fraud - A German consultant has
released a tool that its creator says will allow modifications of the code
stored within RFID tags, theoretically allowing consumers to wreak havoc in
future retail deployments. The
RFDump software allows a
user equipped with an RFID reader, a laptop or PDA, and a power supply to
rewrite the data stored in ISO 15693 tags, the most common tags used to host
the EPC (Electronic Product Code) information traditionally stored in bar
codes
- Federal courts cause 321 Studios to shut down - The maker of
several CD and DVD copy programs
announced that the
legal system has made it impossible to continue.
- Mozilla puts bounty on bugs - A string of high-profile flaws in
browser software prompted the Mozilla Foundation to announce on Monday that it
would
offer $500 for every serious bug found by security researchers.
- School for Hackers -
A presentation on how to be the first to exploit new flaws in Web server
software was deemed "just as cool for white hats as for black hats" attending
the Defcon 12 conference here over the weekend. The session offered new tools,
as well as insight into the mindset of the so-called black hat, or malicious
hacker, community, said one enthusiastic attendee, who works for a security
consulting company that secures Web servers for the financial sector. The two
presenters, German security consultants "FX" and Halvar Flake, spoke about
taking advantage of new-found holes, known as zero-day Web-based vulnerability
exploitation.
Linux potentially infringes 283 patents - According to
this article over at ZDNet, Linux potentially infringes 283 patents,
including 27 held by Microsoft but none that have been validated by court
judgments, according to a group that sells insurance to protect those using or
selling Linux against intellectual-property litigation.
- Windows Server 2003 "R2" release delayed until q1 2006 -
According to Bink.nu, the current release Windows 2003 "R2" is set to end
of 2005 but more likely be Q1 2006. Why? well same as the Longhorn delay: the
developers are occupied with Windows XP sp2 and Windows 2003 sp1.
- Intel develops agile radio chip -
Intel has
unveiled a chip designed to meet the demands of future radio sets by
switching between different networks and frequencies based on availability or
local government regulations. The chip maker showed off the 90nm complementary
metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) silicon transceiver with an integrated
frequency synthesizer last week
- Hard Drives Get Faster, Smarter (NCQ technology) - Part of the
latest Serial ATA specification, NCQ requires an NCQ-capable hard drive and
either a motherboard or a PCI adapter card with NCQ support.
PCWorld tested a preproduction version of Maxtor's NCQ-ready 300GB
DiamondMax 10 hard drive with a 16MB cache ($259), using an NCQ-capable
reference PCI card from Silicon Image.
- Get Aboard the PCI Express - The most significant
new feature in the 915 and 925 chip sets is the PCI Express bus. The old
bus worked at 133MB per second, and read and write tasks had to share that
bandwidth. In contrast, PCI Express X1 provides dedicated bandwidth for read
and write tasks, at 250 MBps each. And the PCI X16 slot, a longer slot for
add-in graphics cards, performs at up to 4 GBps--or nearly twice the 8X AGP's
2.1 GBps. This should spur development of more-powerful cards that handle more
data and deliver smoother, more-realistic effects for gamers and graphics
pros. The new and old buses should coexist for a while, so users won't have to
throw out all of their old cards.
- AMD Athlon 64 3000+, Budget Gamer's Perspective -
ViperLair take a Athlon 64 3000+, and see how it compares against the A64
3200+ for gamers on a budget.
- Mushkin PC3200 Special Edition Memory review -
The Mushkin "Special" series is based on the now extinct Winbond BH-6
memory chip, they offer extremely low timings, when booting up with SPD set
they'll select CL2 2-2-5 by default!
- Leadtek NV40 cards, the A400 GT TDH and A400 TDH review - Starting
off, the noise levels produced by a card should be low and Leadtek does well
in this department claiming under 30dB... With that said, we had
excellent luck overclocking the GT to past Ultra speeds- the core went up
to 410MHz while the memory overclocked to 1.15GHz. The standard 6800 also did
well, but not as well as the GT. We managed to overclock it to 400MHz core and
840MHz memory.
- Sapphire Radeon Toxic X800 Pro VIVO review - GotApex has posted
a review of Sapphire Radeon Toxic X800 Pro VIVO.
- X600 XT vs. 5900 PCX : Mid-Range PCI Express Cards Compared -
Despite all this, the GeForce PCX 5900 card performs quite well for a
mid-range product, thanks to the fairly high-end NV35 graphics architecture
which this card is based off of.
This card bested the X600 XT PCIe in the majority of our benchmarks, and
should be a much better performer in newer titles such as Doom3 compared to
ATI's chips. In addition, the card was very overclockable, as we were able to
squeeze 15-20% higher performance levels with simple GPU and DDR clock speed
boosts through Windows
- Cooling / PSU reviews -
AeroCool
Jetmaster Jr Gaming Case |
Recycle Your old thru board heatsink |
Asetek WaterChill Antarctica KT03A-L30 |
Gigabyte 3D Rocket-Pro Cooler PCU22-VG HSF |
Silverstone SST-ST30NF PSU |
Zalman Reserator 1 |
3R Systems - Poseidon WCL-02 120Cu Liquid Cooler
- Lite-On's new DVD Burners - Burning at 12x and with Dual Layers -
The 1213S is a great burner but as you can see when compared to the 8X
burn time on the 832S there really isn’t too much of a difference. If you’re
looking for a burner now we would recommend looking at the 12X but if you are
thinking about upgrading from your current 8X we wouldn’t recommend it as the
speed difference really doesn’t warrant the purchase.
- Lian Li CR-03 6-in-1 Card Reader review -
The unit itself is very simple yet elegant. It's encased on all sides by
brushed aluminum so it looks good even if you choose to leave it out in the
open. The front has four slots for the respective cards along with a green LED
indicator for each slot. And of course there's the printed Lian Li logo. You
can remove the top panel via a pair of screws around back. The internal view
is pretty simple: a couple processor chips, card slots, a 5-pin connector and
a red LED. I'm guessing the latter is for diagnostics (in case something isn't
working), though fortunately I haven't seen it in action.
- AOpen MVP Player review - TrustedReviews have posted
a
review of the AOpen MVP Player which is a new type of digital video player
based around a 2.5in hard drive.
- Lite-On LVW-5005 All-Write DVD Recorder review - DVD recorders
continue to gain popularity but not just for computers. DVD recorders are
becoming major components in consumers' home theater setups. It's no surprise
that many of the big names in consumer electronics, like Panasonic, Pioneer
and Toshiba, have released DVD recorders, but some of you might be surprised
to see
Lite-On enter this fray for your hard-earned cash. Lite-On is a name most
of you probably know from inexpensive yet good-performing optical drives, such
as CD-RW and DVD-ROM drives.
- VirtualPC 2004 vs VMWare 4.5 - Ars Technica has posted
an interesting comparison shootout between Microsoft's VirtualPC 2004 and
VMWare Workstation 4.5.
- Windows XP Security Guide 1.3 -
The Microsoft Windows XP Security Guide provides several levels of
security guidance for customers interested in hardening deployments of Windows
XP for desktop and laptop clients in their environment.
- Troubleshooting File and Printer Sharing in Microsoft Windows XP 1.1 -
This article describes how to enable file sharing, share folders and
printers, connect to shared folders and printers, and troubleshoot common
problems with folder and printer sharing.
- A quick tweak guide for DOOM 3 - TechReport has posted
a few
helpful tweaks for the game: 1) To turn on vsync, hit ctrl-alt-~ to bring
down a game console. At the console, type "r_swapinterval 1". Then hit ~ to
close the console 2) Disable AA 3) Choose the best settings for your system.
- Doom3 seems to be protected by Macrovision SafeDisc 3.20.022 -
Before, people discussed that the game would be SecuROM or even StarForce
protected but it
seems that Macrovision has won the deal as the pictures show that SafeDisc
3.20.022 is on the disc. Screenshots of two different people can be found
here and
here.
- How To Run Doom 3 on Windows Server 2003 - Though this tweak has
been confirmed for Windows Server 2003, it should work for Windows 98 and Me.
- Catalyst 4.9 brings support for Doom 3 - Computer Base are
reporting that
ATI will add suport for Doom3 in Catalyst 4.9, which are in an alpha stage
and should be out in the middle of September (thanks
Warp2Search)
- Copy URL+ 1.1 -
The Copy URL+
extension for Firefox and Mozilla makes it possible to copy the current
document's address to the clipboard along with additional information such as
the document's title, the current selection, or both.
- PlexTools Professional 2.16 - Plextor has released version
2.16 of Plextools Professional.
- Intel Pro1000 MT 9.0 Final -
Intel Network driver v9.0 Final is available.
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