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(hx) 04:35 AM CET - Mar,14 2002
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- Athlon XP 2100+ - AMD will unveil its Athlon XP 2100+
processor at CeBit. The 1.73GHz chip outperforms Intel's 2.2GHz Pentium 4 on several
benchmarks, the company claims.
- Intel Releases new Xeon MP - The three
versions of the Xeon MP (for “multiprocessor”), designed for servers using
four or more processors, clock at 1.4 GHz, 1.5 GHz, and 1.6 GHz. The chips feature three
levels of integrated cache memory, adding as much as 1MB of Level 3 cache to the already
existing 8KB of Level 1 and 256KB of Level 2 cache.
The 1.4-GHz and 1.5-GHz Xeon MP processors each have 512KB of Level 3 cache. The 1.4-GHz
Xeon MP is priced at $1177, and the 1.5-GHz chip at $1980, in 1000-unit quantities. The
1.6-GHz Xeon MP has 1MB of Level 3 cache and is priced at $3692 in 1000-unit.
- Jac virus targets Linux - The Jac virus follows the
recent trend of infrequent Linux infecting malware, as the first to hit the platform in
three months. Jac infects the Linux binary files in the Linux Executable and Linking
Format that exist in the same directory as the virus.
- Teen Hacker's Offer To Help Leads To Felony Charges - A Kansas teenager
who the FBI says hacked a California city's Web site and then offered to secure it was
charged Thursday with 11 felony counts of computer crime. Matthew T. Kroeker, 18,
allegedly used the nickname "Artech" while defacing more than 50 Web sites in
2000.
- Backdoor Worm Disguised As Microsoft Security Bulletin - The
"W32/Gibe" worm masquerades as an "Internet Security Update" from
Microsoft, according to the Computer Emergency Response Team at Carnegie Mellon University
in Pittsburgh. While the worm is largely non-destructive, the attached file
"q216309.exe" when executed installs a backdoor on the infected system that
could give intruders near total control over the victim's computer, CERT said.
- Microsoft plans new Filesystem - CEO Steve Ballmer
says, "We want to evolve our storage system." Allchin says the OFS unified
storage concept is again in development and will be a major part
of Longhorn, the code name for the next version of Windows.
- New Nokia Phones - with Java - : Nokia just released a slew of new phones
(including the 9210i)
at CEBIT.
- Triplex Millennium Silver GeForce4 Series - Triplex will
showcase distinctive new range of Millennium
Silver products, based on a shiny silver printed circuit board (PCB). But this silver
is more than just a cool design feature; it is also a part of the products leading-edge
technology. Triplex has pioneered advances in cooling and EMI performance with its silver
PCBs.
- Hercules 3DProphet 4800 Announced - Hercules' european department has
released a press info in which they announce the new 3DProphet 4800 - a value placed
graphics card based on the KYRO2 SE chipset.
- AMD Athlon XP 2100+ Review - VIAHardware have posted a review of the latest
and posibly last of the Green Palomino core Athlon XP running at 1.7GHz.
- Epox 4DBA2+ Review - All advanced CPU
settings can be done in BIOS: multiplier, FSB selection, AGP/PCI ratio, CPU voltage,
AGP voltage. The multiplier can be modified between 10x and 19x, the FSB can be increased
up to 200Mhz in 1Mhz increments, the AGP/PCI clock can be selected between Auto, (AGP -
PCI * 2/3, PCI - FSB/3), and (AGP - 66Mhz, PCI - 33Mhz) and the memory frequency can be
adjusted between Auto, FSB and FSB * 4/3.
- MSI GF4 Ti4600 Review - OC Workbench has posted a review
of MSI GF4 Ti4600 video card.
- ATI Radeon 8500 64MB Video Card Review - This
Video Card has crisp 2D and dual display support, excellent 3D gaming performance and
it's affordable. Bang for the buck, this card is hard to beat.
- ATi All-In-Wonder Radeon 7500 Review - As ATI's latest addition
to the award winning All-In-Wonder family, the All-In-Wonder
Radeon 7500 combines the 2D and 3D graphics of a Radeon 7500 with the unparalleled
multimedia features of the All-In-Wonder line. In addition to great graphics performance,
the All-In-Wonder Radeon 7500 offers: built-in TV tuner, TV-On-Demand, Interactive Program
Guide, up to MPEG-2 video capture, industry leading DVD playback, and a wireless RF
remote.
- Iwill XP333 Vcore and IO mod - Before we get started I must make
it VERY clear to you that these mods WILL void your warranty and can very easily kill
pretty much every piece in your computer. If your IO voltage is too high it can easily
burn up anything in your PCI and AGP bus which includes your IDE devices. Pushing your CPU
voltage up too high can very easily burn up your CPU. Pushing your RAM voltage too high
can of course kill your RAM. Also 1 slip with your soldering iron can also kill anything
that it touches. These mods should NOT be used unless you understand that you will be
running things at a higher voltage than they are supposed to run at.
- Windows .NET Server pre-RC1 (Build 3615) - Microsoft has
released a new interim build of the Windows .NET Server family to official beta testers on
its WindowsBetaWeb
(password required).
- Ahead Software Nero Express - Nero
Express supports virtually every CDR/RW and DVDR/RW drive imaginable and is compatible
with new DVD standards ensuring the user top-quality recording every time. Nero Express
allows new users to feel comfortable by having an effective wizard walk them through the
process of recording audio, video and data CDs.
- copyToXP 1.2 - Registry tweak to enable the useful - but not installed by default -
functions of XP and w2k that allow you to copy or move multiple files to any directory,
and even create directories on the fly.
- NVmax v4.00.47 - Want more control over your NVIDIA graphics
card? Use NVmax
to control DirectX, OpenGL and System properties that effect performance, quality and
stability.
- Rage3D Tweak v3.1b -Another minor update of this
tweaking program.
- Gainward GeForce4 Power Pack BIOSes - Gainward have released new
BIOSes for their GeForce 4 Power Pack series of cards: Download GeForcr4 Powerpack: Ultra/750
XP 128MB Golden Sample BIOS v4.25.00.21, Ultra/700
XP 128MB Golden Sample BIOS v4.25.00.21, Pro/650
XP 64MB Golden Sample BIOS v4.17.00.30, Pro/450
TV 64MB Golden Sample BIOS v4.17.00.37.10, ExperTool
v2.84 for Win9x/ME/2000/XP and Nvidia
Drivers v26.50 3D glasses for Win9x/ME/2000/XP (English only)
- Leadtek Tools&Driver - Leadtek has released a new Detonator
27.50 drivers and TV2000 drivers. Download: LEADTEK Winfox v2.02.03.40, LEADTEK Winfast Titanium Detonator 27.50
drivers (Win9x/ME / Win2K/XP /
WinNT4), LEADTEK Winfast 320 Detonator 27.50 drivers (Win9x/ME / Win2K/XP, WinNT4), LEADTEK TV 2000 driver v2.03.08 (Win9x/ME,
Win2K/XP),
LEADTEK TV 2000 USB drivers v2.03.08 (Win9x/ME,
Win 2K/XP).
- Creative Graphics Cards Web Update - This update (Win9x/ME / 2k/XP) is meant for Creative TNT, TNT2, GeForce, GeForce2, GeForce3
and GeForce4 series of graphics and includes better support for newer graphics card and
improves performance in some graphics-intensive games.
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