Nightly Tech Reading - tech
(hx) 04:06 AM CET - Feb,09 2002
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- STM Says Good Bye - STMicroelectronics has announced that it is withdrawing from the PC Graphics
Accelerator IC market and is currently seeking a buyer for the related assets and
activities of its PC Graphics business, which accounted for approximately $15 million of
ST's $6.36 billion revenues in 2001. The potential sale is in line with ST's objective of
focusing its R&D efforts on market areas that are strategically important to the
Company, notably: communications, automotive, computer peripherals, smart cards and
digital consumer. In the digital consumer market, ST will continue to emphasize set-top
box, DVD and digital TV applications, in which the Company holds worldwide leadership
positions.
- Sony fights against PS2 mod chips - Sony wants the use
of modification chips for the PlayStation2 stopped in Australia, but a government agency has stepped in. It's a challenge to regional coding
for DVDs too.
- Airport security in a blink - London's Heathrow airport launched the
five-month scheme on Friday at terminals from where British Airways and Virgin
Atlantic operate transatlantic routes. The automated iris recognition stations have been
placed in the immigration halls of Terminals Three and Four at Heathrow.
- What is Lesbian GNU/Linux? - Lesbian is a free operating
system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and
utilities that make your computer run. Lesbian uses the Linux kernel (the core of an
operating system), but most of the basic OS tools come from the GNU project; hence the
name GNU/Linux. Lesbian GNU/Linux provides more than a pure OS: it comes with more
than 10000 packages, precompiled software bundled up in a nice format for easy
installation on your machine :P
- Nvidia to phase out GeForce3 - Nvidia is to phase out
its GeForce3 line of graphics chips entirely as it makes room for the the Geforce 4,
the company said on Wednesday. Instead, its low-end product will become the GeForce2 MX,
complementing the midrange GeForce4 MX and the high-end GeForce4 Ti.
- Intel 845G chipset postponed - Sources close to motherboard
manufacturers have now
confirmed a Digitimes report earlier this week suggesting that Intel's 845G (for
graphics) chipset will now be launched along with its 845E on May 20th.
- Budget Video Shootout - ATi versus Nvidia - Thus, this
article will serve to cater to those who want the best "bang for the buck."
So, let's take a look at what performance can we expect from a sub-$100 video card based
on ATi and Nvidia graphic chipsets.
- Monitor Roundup - If you've been staring at the same monitor for
the last 3 years, its colours are probably starting to fade and start up is probably
taking longer than ever so it's about time to put that baby to sleep. But cheer up,
because there are limitless flavours of monitors out there at extremely affordable prices.
Whether you primarily use your monitor to view documents, still photos, live video or play
games, a new monitor will bring new life to your existing computer.
- FlashDioTM USB Drive (64MB) Review - 3D Game Man has posted a
FlashDioTM USB Drive (64MB) video review.
- GeForce4 Review - Tecnations has written a pretty
comprehensive review covering all the aspects of GF4 lineup (there's also another GF4
review at XBit-Lab)
- ABIT KR7A-RAID Review - Overclocked Cafe has posted a review of ABIT
KR7A-RAID motherboard.
- Modifying Boot.ini on Windows XP - Microsoft has added a new user tip to its WindowsXP Expert Zone that shows how you can
modify the boot.ini without having to enable "Show hidden files and folders " in
"Folder options".
- Win2k Security Patch: Interix Patch For Telnet Bulletin -
Microsoft has released a patch that resolves the "Unchecked Buffer in Telnet Server Can
Lead to Arbitrary Code Execution"" security vulnerability in Windows 2000 and
Interix 2.2, and is discussed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-004.
- WinXP Patch: Dynamic Update 1.2 - This update provides a solution for corporate administrators who
download Dynamic Update, and is discussed in Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) Article
Q314582. Corporate administrators can download Dynamic Update 1.2 to a network
installation share, so users can install Windows XP with the updates included in Dynamic
Update 1.2.
- Microsoft Network Security Hotfix Checker 3.32 - HFNetChk is a command-line tool that enables an administrator to check
the patch status of Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and Windows XP machines. HFNetChk can be
run from Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, or Windows XP systems, and will scan either the
local system or remote ones for patches available for the following products: Windows NT
4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Internet Information Server 4.0 and 5.0, SQL Server 7.0 and
2000 (including Microsoft Data Engine), and Internet Explorer 5.01 and later.
- Trillian 0.724 - Resolving the latest round of AIM issues, Trillian now supports server side contact
lists on AIM. Additionally, we've modified the reconnection routines so they don't
rapid-fire-reconnect and changed a few other connection-related settings. Download full
install from here or here.
- NVIDIA BIOS Editor v1.0 RC2 rev130 - NVIDIA BIOS Editor enables you to do virtually anything with your
graphic card BIOS (as long as it's NVIDIA's). Now, it's simply a must have for me and
according to the forum, for many other people, too. It enables you to change the sign-on
message text & color, GPU & memory clocks, hidden features like SBA (Side Band
Addressing) and much more.
- Radeonator v1.30 - Radeonator
is a tool for tweaking your ATI Radeon 8xxx/7xxx/64DDR/LE/VE/32DDR cards.
- Matrox G200 5.72.021 Drivers - Matrox has released new
Windows 2000/XP drivers for G200 and G200 MMS products, except Marvel.
- Adaptec USB 2.0 Drivers - Adaptec has released the latest
version of their proprietary USB 2.0 drivers for Windows 98SE, Windows ME and Windows 2000. These
drivers are specifically written for the Adaptec USB 2.0 DuoConnect and USB 2 Connect
brands of USB 2.0/PCI cards.
- Gainward Detonators - Download
W2k/XP 27.20 / W9x/ME 27.30.
- Detonators 27.42 Beta - A new beta Detonator driver v27.42
for Windows 9x, ME, 2000, and XP is out. Mirrors: Guru3D, DetonatorXP 27.42 for
Win2k/XP, DetonatorXP
27.42 for Win9x/ME.
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