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(hx) 03:44 AM CET - Jan,17 2002
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- Six arrested in anti-hacking swoop - Six Italian youths aged
between 15 and 23 have been arrested
in connection with almost 600 website defacements. Identified as part of a group known as
Hi-tech Hate, the hackers made headlines last summer after they went on a defacement spree
protesting against the G8 summit in Genoa.
- Hackers target Solaris hole - Researchers caught at least one
intruder breaking into a 'honey pot' through a 'buffer overflow' flaw that could give a
vandal complete access to a computer.
- DVD Crypto Defendant Appeals To California Supreme Court - A
former Indiana resident who is being sued for participating in an online forum dealing
with digital video disc (DVD) decryption, on Tuesday formally asked the California Supreme
Court to rule that he cannot be compelled to stand trial in California.
- AI UK Cellular Chat Service Goes Live - A text chat technology
based on nascent
artificial intelligence technology has launched on three of the U.K.'s cellular
services and is set to go live on others in Europe later in the year.
- Tiscali sat service goes live in March - Tiscali is set to launch its
broadband satellite service in the UK on March 1 - a month ahead of a similar offering
from BTopenworld. Those signing up will have to pay L230 to take part in the three-month
test. After that, they can either hand back the equipment or cough up L650 to continue
using the service.
Monthly subscriptions for the two-way satellite service runs at L59.99 a month.
- GeForce4 MX Specs - Hardware.fr has posted some specs of Abit's and Leadtek's upcoming
GeForce4 MX-440 based graphics cards on a hardware distributor's site: ABIT GeForce4
MX-440: NVIDIA Geforce4 MX-440 GPU clocked at 275 MHz, 64Mb DDR at 250Mhz; Leadtek
GeForce4 MX-440: NVIDIA Geforce4 MX-440 GPU clocked at 275 MHz, 64Mb DDR at 200Mhz. Both
cards are listed as being available in February!
- GeForce3 Ti200 128MB card from Chaintech - Chaintech is going to
release new
version of its GF3 Ti200 based card - G321 (64MB version is G320). Take a look at the
specs and key differences form the previous version:
GeForce3 Ti200 GPU, 128 MB DDR, dark brown PCB (will be standard for all Chaintech
high-end products),
'gold' accessories (also new standard for Chaintech high-end products) - heatsink and fan,
back-panel bracket , TV-out, DVI.
- PlexWriter 40/12/40A Benefits - Plextor, one of the leading
companies for the development and production of CD-ROM drives, CD-Recorders and
CD-ReWriters is expanding its range with the PlexWriter 40/12/40A, which writes CD's at
40-speed, rewrites at 12-speed and reads at 40-speed. The PlexWriter 40/12/40A is the
ideal instrument for both professional and private users who want to copy CD's,
archive large files, or create multimedia productions.
- Windows XP Nuker? - A code baseline to
test the UPNP DoS has been released. The DoS consists in sending a UDP packet to port 1900
with a NOTIFY request. This request has a URL that XP uses to open a TCP connection.
Windows XP does not sanitize this request so whatever URL and port could be specified.
Once the TCP connection is opened, a Chargen code fills the XP memory and the machine gets
into an unstable state with a 100% of CPU utilization.
- Visual Studio .NET Exclusive for MSDN Subscribers - The final
release of Visual Studio .NET, the next-generation development tool, is now available
for download by MSDN subscribers. Visual Studio .NET provides the tools to rapidly
design and build Web applications, Windows-based applications, and XML Web services. Key
features enable developers to increase productivity while creating applications that can
span platforms and devices. Find out more about the powerful features of Visual Studio
.NET.
- Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 Fix List - Listed beneath are roughly 800 fixes
currently being rolled into Windows 2k SP3. The number beneath refer to Microsoft
Knowledge Base articles.
- Norton Antivirus Virus Definitions Update - Symantec has
released a new virus
definitions update for Norton Antivirus.
- Kaspersky Anti-Virus v4.0 Final - Chaps at Kaspersky.com has
finally uploaded a new version of their Scanner on their public FTP: Personal Edition v4.0 / For Personal Pro Edition v4.0.
- FATX Explorer - A nice tool for accessing Xbox files in
Win32, has a GUI!
- Xbox DVD Breakthrough? - Someone wrote a program which repeats the sequence of ATAPI commands, so he
can read the DVD. It works! However it works only for that game which he inserted when he
created the log.
For other games the values send to the DVD in the MODE SELECT are different. It's like each
game has different password. This passwords is based on data received by READ DVD STRUCT
command. For that there must be some logic/algorithm in the BIOS. It would be easy to
figure it out when we have the decrypted BIOS. (How are you guys doing on that in the BIOS
department?)
- DUP-DVD v2.0.4 - DUP-DVD is a powerful tool to convert a DVD movie to SVCD/VCD -
easily, quickly, effortlessly.
- HyperSnap-DX v4.30.00 Beta 3 Patch - This beta adds the new
"Button Capture" function. The default hot key for it is Ctrl+Shift+B, to be
consistent with other hot keys, but if used often, it is more practical to reassign that
hot key to a one key selection, for example F8 function key.
- Customizer XP 1.6 - Customizer XP is an
integrated suite of programs that can help you to tweak your Windows 2000/XP to its
fullest potential performance or just keep it running like new. It offers a wide range
possibility to customize and optimize your Windows program. Whether you want to tweak your
Windows registry, cleanup your harddisk, or increase your multimedia and 3D games
performance, Customizer XP will does it all for you!
- Intel Application Accelerator - This new version fixes delay
when resuming from S3 power management state, and fixes HCT 10.0 Public Imports test
fails. Leech Driver v1.1.2 Build 2084 for Win9X/ME/2k/NT/XP
- ClearTweak Version 1.1 - ClearTweak
allows you to change the contrast setting of the ClearType setting for Windows XP.
- Radeon RefreshFix v0.91 Beta - A new version of the Radeon RefreshFix v0.91
Beta has been released.
- VIA 686 sound and VIA 8233 sound WHQL drivers - MSI have
released some new WHQL passed drivers for
all VIA VT8233/VIA 686A/686B/VIA 686A/686B based chipset mainboards - VIA
686 sound driver for WinALL and VIA
8233 sound driver for WinAll for use only with VIA 686A/686B southbridge motherboards.
- SiS 650/740 VGA WHQL drivers - For Motherboard with on-board SIS
650 VGA (changes VGA driver resolution default to 800x600/16): WinXP 6.13.01.2050, Win2K 5.13.01.2050, Win9X/ME 4.13.01.2050.
- SiS AGP Chipset Driver - This new driver patch USB issue that
WinXP may not detect USB device after power on :
Win9x v6.0.2091.0, Win2k/XP
v6.1.2091.0
- ASUS 23.12 Detonators Removed - ASUS removed the new NVIDIA WHQL
reference v23.12 drivers from their servers. Reason is said to be the still active "Infinity bug/loop". :-o
- Logitech MouseWare & iTouch Keyboard Drivers - Logitech has
released: MouseWare 9.42.1 Build 66 and iTouch 1.83.
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