Nightly Tech Reading - tech
(hx) 03:04 AM CEST - Jun,27 2002
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- UK Parliament to ban DoS Attacks - This bill is an amendment to the Computer Misuse Act 1990 which bans
Denial of Service attacks by name.
- Microsoft's Mira software gets name - Although devices using
Mira technology are still a few months from hitting shelves, the software giant says it
has a name for the software that will power
Web-surfing tablets.
- Hotmail blindsided by Yaha-E virus - The anti-virus protection
used by Microsoft's Hotmail service hasn't been updated
to protect users against the prolific Yaha-E virus.
- Xbox 'mod' chip gets killed off - Only weeks after the Enigmah-X
goes on sale, the mod chip
maker shuts down its business in the Xbox hacking tool--possibly under legal pressure
from Microsoft.
- Western Digital Delivers 200 GB / 7,200 RPM HDD - Western
Digital introduced the industry's largest capacity hard drive - its WD
Caviar 200 GB 7,200 RPM product. This milestone marks the fourth consecutive
first-to-market 7,200 RPM hard drive delivered by Western Digital - which was first to
deliver 7,200 RPM hard drives in 80, 100 and 120 GB capacities.
- Windows File Protection guide - One of Microsoft's latest
efforts to help promote system stability is Windows File Protection (WFP), as debuted in
Windows 2000 & now featured in Windows XP. This guide will take you through basic
operation of WFP, how to use & configure it for your system.
- GNOME 2.0 Released - The GNOME team has announced the release of
GNOME 2.0.
- MS releases Web Matrix dev tool - The new tool, known as the Web Matrix
project, offers all of the basic single-user features that would be expected and
doesn't have some of the management features that are to be found in Visual Studio .NET.
- DirectX 8.1b Redist Install - This download provides the end-user Redistributable that developers
may include with their product. The redistributable license agreement covers the terms
under which developers may use the Redistributable. If you choose to distribute the
Redistributable Code, you must include the files as specified listed in the Redist
Directory Read Me file.
- Windows XP Service Pack 1 Beta Build 1063 - I have noticed over
at Neowin and WinXP.nu this download
link.
- WinAmp 3 RC2 Build 479 - A new
build of the Winamp3 RC2 has been released. This build defaults to the included MAD
skin. If you do not install the skin you must change the default skin manully or else
Winamp 3 will not show up.
- Riva Tuner v2.0 RC11 - This NVIDIA video card tweaker has been
updated to ver. 2.0 RC11.
- CDRWin version 3.9A - Goldenhawk has posted a new version of CDRWin
on their website.
- RefreshLock 2.02 - Fed up of getting 60Hz or 75Hz in your
favourite OpenGL/Direct3D/DirectX games (e.g. Quake 1/2/3, Half-Life, Unreal, or Deus Ex)
instead of the 120Hz your display adapter & monitor are capable of? Yes? Then download this FREE
program, and enjoy higher display frequencies without the hassle of installing special
drivers!
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