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- PS2 price cut to L199 in Europe - Sony is expected to cut the
price of the PlayStation 2 in Europe at last.
The console will drop from L249 to L199 in a move which brings the
hardware price in line with the Xbox and GameCube. The price cut should take
effect on Friday and follows a drop to $179 in the USA, announced at E3 last
week. However the latter is a stock-clearing incentive designed to clear
shelves for the arrival of the new PS2 which will appear at $199 with the
network adapter.
TheRegister assumes the move to L199 will also bring the PS2 in line with
the Cube and Xbox in the UK, with a L129 price point - although those in the
Eurozone might be a little miffed at this, given that the current currency
values would mean that the UK is getting the console significantly cheaper
than the rest of Europe.
- Videogames Group to Challenge Washington State Law - Washington
State Gov. Gary Locke signed a bill on Tuesday making it illegal to sell or
rent video games to minors that depict violence against law enforcement
officers -- a move that an industry trade group immediately said it would
challenge in court. The bill, signed into law by the Democratic
governor, calls for $500 fines to be imposed on anyone who sells or rents a
game depicting violence against police to customers under the age of 17. The
Interactive Digital Software Association, the trade group for the U.S. video
game industry, said in a statement it would go to court to seek an injunction
against enforcement of the law.
The IDSA said the law violates First Amendment guarantees of free speech.
- GPS data could stop wireless network attacks -
A new danger to wireless network security has been revealed by a team of
US computer researchers. A so-called "wormhole attack" could be used to knock
a vulnerable network out of action or defeat a wireless authentication system.
But the same researchers that discovered the threat have also devised a
radical scheme designed to counter it, involving tagging packets with GPS
information or timestamps. In a wormhole attack, an intruder would intercept
wireless data packets travelling across one part of a network and quickly
re-insert them at another physical point on the network.
- Visa trials next gen credit cards -
The trial
involves 12 retailers, including small independent shops and large
supermarkets, and 160,000 Northampton residents armed with new cards issued by
the likes of Visa, Switch and Barclaycard.
- Fujitsu Unveils Notebooks -
The Fujitsu LifeBook N series is available in several different
configurations, with pricing starting at $1900. It features a 15-inch
multi-domain vertical alignment display, enabling users to clearly view twice
as much data as with standard XGA LCD displays from any angle, according to
the company. The N series also comes with 802.11b/54g wireless functionality,
which offers up to five times faster throughput than standard 802.11b
technology, Fujitsu says. The LifeBook N series also includes a Pentium 4
processor along with an ATI Technologies Radeon 9000 graphics chip with 64 MB
of dedicated video memory.
- VIA KM400A Specifications - AMDBoard let us know they have
posted the
VIA KM400A specs.
- Athlon XP 3200+ Debuts 400-MHz Bus -
The 3200+ delivers an effective FSB speed of 400 MHz, compared with 333
MHz for its predecessor. That's still a far cry from the 800-MHz FSB of
Intel's 3.0-GHz Pentium 4 chip. But the 3200+ does have at its disposal a
peppy new chipset-the nVidia nForce2 Ultra 400-which brings support for
dual-channel DDR 400 SDRAM.
- Comparison of Low-Price Multifunction Devices - Tom's Hardware
Guide has published
a comparison of low-price multifunction devices. Why buy a printer when
for less than $200 you can have a photo printer, flatbed scanner and color
photocopier all in one? Four models are in the running: Canon, Epson, hp and
Lexmark. The results are in images and figures.
- Seagate Cheetah 10k.6 SCSI 320 Review - Techware Labs has posted
a review of Seagate Cheetah 10k.6 SCSI 320 harddisk
- Samsung SP1604N ATA133 160GB HD Review - ExplosiveLabs has
checked out the Samsung SP1604N ATA133 160GB HD.
M-Audio Revolution 7.1 soundcard Review - TechSpot has posted
a review on the M-Audio Revolution 7.1 soundcard - Let me introduce to you
M-Audios Revolution 7.1, powered by VIAs Envy24HT chipset, the Revolution 7.1
is a true 24-Bit/192 kHz soundcard that doesnt take constrains from AC97
limitations unlike many other soundcards even Creatives flagship, the Audigy
2.
EPoX EP-8RDA3+ nForce2 Ultra 400 review - Hexus has posted a review
on the EPoX EP-8RDA3+ nForce2 Ultra 400 -
The
8RDA3+ is still an excellent foundation on which to build an AMD
powerhouse of a system. Its considerable merits outweigh the slight qualms we
may have. It's fast, it's stable, and it literally begs to be overclocked.
Pricing seems keen too. We've seen it available for less than Ł100 delivered.
That's good value considering exactly what you'll be getting for your
hard-earned cash. It seems as if EPoX can do little wrong with their nForce2
boards. Recommended.
Gigabyte P4 Titan GA-8PE800 Ultra Motherboard Review - PC Stats has
posted
a Gigabyte P4 Titan GA-8PE800 Ultra Motherboard review.
How To Setup A Cheap Home Network - ComputerSphere has posted
a guide called "How To Setup A Cheap Home Network"
Updated WinZip Alters Zip Format - WinZip 9.0 has entered public
beta with scheduled release later this year, bringing with it a new .zip
format--which means some of its functions will not be compatible with earlier
versions or other programs. If you use the forthcoming WinZip 9.0's latest
encryption and compression options, or create larger archives than were
previously possible,
your .zip files won't be universally readable.
GAIM 0.63 -
Gaim (download)
is a multi-protocol instant messaging client for Linux, BSD, MacOS X, and
Windows. It is compatible with AIM (Oscar and TOC protocols), ICQ, MSN
Messenger, Yahoo, IRC, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, and Zephyr networks.
VirtualDub 1.5.3 -
VirtualDub (download
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download P4 version) is a video capture and processing program. It
features fast capturing, process files larger than the 2 gigabyte limit,
optimized for linear editing, support for Motion-JPEG, MPEG-1 video and layer
3 audio, real-time and near-realtime video processing, video job queues.
Tweak-XP Professional 2.0.10 -
Tweak-XP was developed to combine both tweaking and optimizing features to
increase the speed of your Windows XP system. All settings can be done without
having any former knowledge, since Tweak-XP informs the user in detail about
each option. Tweak-XP, all you need for Windows XP.
Style XP 1.01p -
Style XP allows you to easily add new visual styles or themes to Windows
XP. Style XP is not a skinning engine. It uses Microsoft's built-in visual
style engine, but enhances it by providing many useful tools.
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