Nightly Tech Reading - tech
(hx) 03:47 AM CEST - Jun,04 2002
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- MIT student hacks into Xbox - Computer enthusiasts have
been excited
about the possibility of using the $199 Xbox, which is technologically similar to a
PC, as a stand-alone computer running operating systems like Linux.
- Cable pirates splice into broadband - Drawing on old-school
methods to splice cable TV lines for unauthorized use, hackers say they can buy a splitter
at the local electronics store and easily run an additional line from the cable modem line
for the computer into the television. Without a set-top box, the result is free, basic,
analog cable; with an illegal converter or set-top, hackers say they have access to
premium channels such as HBO and Showtime.
- Napster Files for Bankruptcy in a Delaware Court - Napster
Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday, seeking court protection from
creditors as music industry heavyweight Bertelsmann AG follows through on a plan to take
over what's left of the company.
- Sony pushes flash memory standard - Memory Stick is a
removable flash-memory card format roughly the size of a stick of chewing gum. Sony
created it for portable consumer-electronics devices, such as cameras and digital audio
players. The upcoming Memory Stick Duo is about one-third the size of the original, and is
meant to fit into devices such as cell phones and small digital audio players, expanding
the number of devices using Memory Stick technology.
- Hardware world loves AMD Opteron - A couple of weeks ago, AMD
announced the support of ATI, 3DLabs, SiS and Matrox and for its upcoming 64-bit chips.
Today, it's the turn of Nvidia and VIA to pile in with their support for the
Opteron (MP) and Next-Generation Athlons (singletons). Both companies are to produce
optimised chipsets - Hypertransport, fat graphics etc; - for AMD's 64-bit platform.
- ALi Introduces New Generation Chipset M1687/M1563 -ALi's M1687
has support for AGP up to 8X, which provides system designers ample room to interface with
various levels of graphics requirements. Also, by adapting the industry most innovations -
HyperTransportTM technology link bus between ALi's M1687 and M1563, ALi's solution is the best one to complement
the architecture of AMD's new processor platform. ALi's M1563 comes highly integrated with
AC-Link Host Controller, Dual Channel ATA-133, 6 ports USB 2.0 Host controller, MAC
controller for 1/10/100 fast Ethernet, memory stick and SD interface, and HyperTransportTM
technology link interface.
- Yamaha CRW-F1 CD-RW Drive Unveiled - Yamaha Corporation today unveiled the CRW-F1, a high-quality, full CAV
CD-R/RW recorder that promises unmatched stability, efficiency and offers the new
"Advanced Audio Master Quality Recording" and the revolutionary
"DiscT@2" laser drawing system. The new CRW-F1 recorder features a
2'42" recording time for full 80-minute CD-R discs (at full CAV speeds of 44x) along
with up to 24x in CD-RW Rewriting. Read speed and digital audio extraction speeds reach
44X, while delivering maximum quality and compatibility.
- Computex 2002 - Day 1 Coverage - T-break has posted their coverage of the
Computex 2002. They say "We met up with ASUS, Epox, MSI and Abit
amongst others and saw their upcoming P4 and AMD boards which include everything from the
SiS 648 chipset to the Hammer, KT400 and nVidia Cursh 18 chipsets."
- Computex 2002: The Bloodbath Begins - World exclusive!
Whoohoo! Nvidia's next generation nForce! AMD is telling its partner they will
have K8 before the year end, and they're getting ready for it. Intel is in no mood to play
around and controls pricing. Gigabyte disses Nvidia in favor of ATI. The fight is on for
what's left of the PC pie in 2002. Plus, news on IWill, Soltek, and BioStar. Day 1 of the
Comdex of the East is a wild ride.
- Computex 2002: Wireless 5.1 Home Theater System - Check it out!
- HW Round-up - Albatron
GeForce4 MX440 / Abit
Siluro Geforce 4 Ti4400 (videoreview) / Hercules 3D Prophet
All-in-Wonder Radeon 8500DV / SiS Xabre 400 Reference Video Card / XFX GeForce4 Ti4400
/ VIA C3 1 GHz Gold
CPU / Leadtek
Winfast K7N420DA (Motherboard) / MSI KT3
Ultra-ARU (motherboard) / MSI 845E Max2-BLR Socket-478 (Motherboard) / Lite On
LTR-48125S 48X CD-RW / Mitsumi CR-485CTE 40/20/48 CD-RW / Benq 24x10x40 CDRW / Socket
478 Cooler Round-up
- Netscape 7.0 Out for Free Preview - Preview Release 1's purpose
is to elicit feedback, and, except for a couple of annoyances, it's pretty slick. There's
a quick-launch feature that keeps the browser in memory, so it's quicker to launch a
second time. If you're into instant messaging, that feature is highlighted and the default
is to ask you for your user ID. That was one annoyance, easy to undo in preferences.
- MagicTweak 1.87 - MagicTweak
is a special program designed to optimize and personalize Microsoft Windows. This unique
software makes it easy to tweak hundreds of hidden settings in Windows, so there is no
need to dig through the registry looking for that specific setting (from Start
Menu,Desktop,IE skin,System Icon to System Security) that just doesn't seem to be there.
- HyperSnap-DX 4.50.03 - HyperSnap-DX 4
is a screen capture and image editing tool for MS Windows. This new version features:
Bugfix: Image/Crop function would not display correctly the Zoom area after pressing F1
key (help for more precise cropping).
- Ahead InCD Update v.3.2.9.1 - Ahead has released a new version
of their InCD Software. A
changelog is not available yet.
- TVTool 6.5 Beta - A new version (v6.5) of TV Tool has been released..
This is the program that enables your video card TV-Output and seems to be the best
external one.
- Creative's EAX ADVANCED HD Audio Enhancement -
With Creative's EAX ADVANCED HD Audio Enhancement for Star Wars Jedi Knighr II: Jedi
Outcast , you'll now enjoy the most sophisticated and realistic game audio environments
that you've ever heard.
- NVIDIA Detonator Drivers 29.42 WHQL Beta - Warp2Search offers the
latest WHQL certified drivers for all Nvidia based video cards for you. The drivers
are dated 05/03/2002 and the version number is 29.42.
- nForce Drivers 1.05 WHQL (Win98se) - Nvidia has released new official nForce
drivers. Products Supported:
nForce 220D/415/420/420D Platform Processors.
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