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(hx) 03:18 AM CEST - Jun,07 2002
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- World Cup virus kicks off - Masquerading as an application for
viewing match results, WorldCup
spreads via email and the popular IRC application. The virus appears to be a simple
rewrite of the Chick virus, which claimed to be a collection of Britney Spears pictures.
The virus cannot do any damage automatically, as a user has first to open the infected
file.
- Shakira worm rocks Outlook users - There's nothing new about the
latest Internet worm,
Shakira (vbs.vbswg-aq@mm). An e-mail message allegedly containing photos of the
Grammy-winning Colombian rock star will instead launch a flood of infected copies on other
users of Microsoft Outlook or IRC.
- FBI wants to track your Web trail - Now the FBI is hoping to
capture and corral more of our digital detritus in the name of fighting terrorism. The
Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday will examine proposed Justice Department guidelines
that would give
federal investigators new license to mine publicly available databases and monitor Web
use. The changes, which come after a major FBI shakeup last week, have sparked intense
debate over the merits of expanding government surveillance powers as the country faces
ongoing threats of terrorist attacks.
- 'Disturbing' Xbox ads banned in the U.K. - Regulators in the
United Kingdom have given the thumbs-down to a Microsoft advertisement for the Xbox
console that has offended some viewers. The Independent Television Commission has slammed the ad as
"shocking" and banned the commercial from U.K. television. The ad
begins with a newborn child flying through a window before aging decades in seconds--then
crashing and screaming into a grave as an elderly man. It was designed to illustrate the
phrase: "Life is short. Play more.
- Nanotechnology's First Fruits Products Soon - The accelerating
growth curve is expected to lead roughly 300 nanotech companies to go public over the
next 10 years, according to an estimate by Neil Weintraut, founder of 21st Century Venture
Partners in Palo Alto.
- AMD XP 1.8Ghz Monday - AMD will introduce its newest desktop PC
processor, the 1.8GHz
Athlon XP 2200+, next Monday, sources say.
- Half-Life Performance Analyzer - The Half-Life Performance Analyzer
enables gamers to quickly and accurately analyze their current computer system components
in order to determine if it meets the minimum system requirements needed to play Sierra's
award-winning game, Half-Life. The service also gives options to enhance your PC's gaming
performance and image quality.
- Windows XP Service Pack Beta Leaked - This beta release
of the Windows XP SP1 includes Windows Messenger 4.7 (build 31), Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1
(build 2800.1050), a slightly updated version of Windows Media Player 8.0 (build 4483),
full support for USB 2.0 and IPv6. Despite these goodies, some people may find the Service
Pack 1 to include a rather unpleasant surprise: Microsoft has blacklisted one of the
famous Volume License Keys out there in order to prevent pirated copies of Windows XP from
updating. This beta will only work on english language systems and users of that popular
corporate CD key will find that the patch will not install. This is beta software and I
only recommend that you install it, if you know what you are doing. (mirror1, mirror2,
mirror3)
- Messenger 4.7 build 0031 ripped from XP SP1 beta - Backup
original Messenger files, replace them with the ones in the .zip
file.
- Opera 6.04 build 1120 - Opera Software have released the
next beta version of Opera 6.04 build 1120.
- FreeRAM XP Pro 1.1 - Freeware app
that defragments and frees up your system's RAM.
- mIRC 6.02 - mIRC version 6.02 has been released thursday, June
6th, 2002. The new mIRC is available from http://www.mirc.com/ and from all fast mirrors all over the world. With
this new release we hope to address most, if not all, of the comments, requests and
remarks we recieved after the release of version 6.01. Several changes are initiated by
the multi-server features introduced in mIRC 6.0. (changelog)
- The Bat! 1.60q - The Bat! (homepage) is a powerful, highly
configurable, yet easy to use email client.
- EasyEncode v0.7.31 - EasyEncode
(freeware) is a very easy but still high-quality and powerful full automatic DVD to DivX
rip-pack.
- WinDriver Expert 1.3 - Detection and backup
of your entire hardware device drivers.
- Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility v4.00.1013 - Intel
has released a new version of the Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility for
windows 9X/ME/2000/XP .This is not an official file from Intel, use at your own risk.
- MSI BIOSes - MSI has released a new BIOS
update for the MSI 845EMax(MS-6566E) motherboard, and also new BIOS
update for MSI KT3 Ultra-ARU AMI Bios v5.40.
- Detonator 29.42 Refreshrate Fixed - Download fix from Guru3D
- Elsa Nvidia Detonator Drivers + BIOS - Elsa Asia just
relased a new Detonator
Drivers and BIOS.
- Aopen Nvidia Detonator WHQL v29.42 drivers WinALL - Aopen
have released their own version of Nvidia's Detonator WHQL v29.42 multilanguage drivers
for Win9x/Me / WinNT 4.0 / Win2000/XP
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