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(hx) 02:20 AM CEST - Apr,26 2002
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- CIA Warns of Chinese Plans for Cyber-Attacks on U.S. -
U.S. intelligence officials believe the Chinese military is working
to launch wide-scale cyber-attacks on American and Taiwanese computer networks,
including Internet-linked military systems considered vulnerable to sabotage, according to
a classified CIA report.
- eBay to cancel customer service e-mail - eBay is quietly canceling a
much-used e-mail address, which has some members worried.
- 3Com puts firewall on an NIC - 3Com has launched a network
interface card (NIC) with a firewall in firmware, to minimise risks and enforce
security policies inside the enterprise. The NIC is intended for desktops and servers.
Embedded Firewall is a firmware version of Secure Computing's firewall, and loads onto the
3CR990 -- a 3Com NIC that includes a processor and memory intended to support extra
applications. So far the 3CR990 has been sold with an encryption application, which
offloads encryption tasks from the host CPU, but the firewall is the next security
application in a list which 3Com intends to add.
- Intel Plans New CPUs -The desktop chip, now running at 2.4GHz, will hit 2.53GHz
later this quarter and 3GHz during the fourth quarter, the 2.53GHz Pentium 4 will bring an
increase in bus speed, from 400MHz to 533MHz, which will boost desktop PC performance. The
bus provides a data pipeline between the processor and RAM (random access memory).
- NaturalPoint TrackIR - Here's how it works, the TrackIR has 2
basic parts that make it work. The first is a camera that mounts on the top of your
computer and second part is silver dots which you stick on your forehead, hat, etc. that
catch the attention of the camera so that the cursor moves along to the movements your
head makes. The dots have a cloth backing so you can stick it and remove it many times.
The camera is sensitive enough to detect the silver dots and it will only detect those
dots and calculate how it moves and translate it to cursor movements.
- VIA to launch Zoetrope - VIA Technologies is scheduled to
introduce its new Zoetrope graphics core in May. According to sources, the company is also
considering launching a Zoetrope-based graphics chip, in addition to adopting the core for its
integrated chipsets. However, VIA says that the idea is still under evaluation at the
moment.
- Video Cards reviews - ATI Radeon 8500
/ eVGA GeForce4 MX440 / NVIDIA GeForce 4 Ti
4200 & 4600 engineering samples / MSI GeForce4 Ti4600.
- VIA KT266/KT266a tweaking guide - In this article we are going
to look at improving the performance of the VIA KT266 chipset family. This will
be a very in depth article, covering both the theory behind it and the actual practice
involved. You will see in bit 7 really the only new feature of the KT333 chipset and
that is the CPU+33=DRAM. The KT266 technically has support built into it for running the
asynchronous bus. What I believe VIA did was they either were unable to get this feature
working properly by time they wanted to ship their chipset OR they decided they could
release a new chipset later on with features that should have been in the previous
release. Just think KT133 and KT133a, KT266 and KT266a. Where as the A only brings the
benefits that the original SHOULD have brought.
- NT4 Terminal Server Edition Security Rollup Package - Microsoft
has released the first Security Rollup Package (SRP) for Microsoft® Windows
NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition (TSE SRP1). TSE SRP1 includes the functionality of virtually all security patches
since the release of Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 6 (SP6).
- Klez Removal Tool 1.0 - W32.Klez
Removal Tool will remove the Klez worm from your system. W32.Klez.gen@mm is a generic
detection that detects variants of W32.Klez. Computers that are infected with
W32.Klez.gen@mm have most likely been exposed to either W32.Klez.E@mm or W32.Klez.H@mm. If
your computer is detected as infected with W32.Klez.gen@mm, download and run the tool. In
most case, the tool will be able to remove the infection.
- Fresh UI 2.6 (Free) - Fresh UI is a fresh solution for configuring and optimizing Windows.
Loaded with hundreds of useful hidden settings in Windows XP/2000/ NT/98/95/Me, this
software covers the customizing and optimizing techniques that you'll be glad to know.
Unlike any other similar utilities, this software is 100% free.
- ALi AGP Driver 1.90 - ALi has released a new AGP driver v1.90
with some TV card fixes. This new driver may improve system stability for PCI TV card.
- FlashFXP 1.4.4 Beta Build 847 - FlashFXP
is the most powerful and popular FTP & FXP Client for Microsoft Windows
9x/Me/NT/2000/XP on the market today. It is loaded with features for the power user, but
has an intuitive user interface that takes only minutes to master.
- Sparkle Nvidia GeForce4 BIOS - Sparkle have released a new set
of Nvidia GeForce4 TI4600 and Ti4400 BIOS files: GeForce4
Ti 4600 SP7200T6 DDR SDRAM 128MB 650MHz 4.25.00.27.WP3 / GeForce4
Ti 4400 SP7200T4 DDR SDRAM 128MB 550MHz 4.25.00.27.WP7.
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