Nightly Tech Reading - tech
(hx) 01:53 AM CEST - Jul,13 2003
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- Trojan Hijacks PCs to Peddle Porn - Spammers based in Russia are
using stealth and a sophisticated new Trojan horse program to turn home
workstations into unwitting hosts in a pornography and spam distribution ring,
say security experts. The deceptive and potentially illegal practice came to
the attention of experts in late June and has been a topic of conversation
among spam fighters on Internet discussion groups since then, says Joe
Stewart, senior intrusion analyst with LURHQ, a Chicago-based managed security
services company.
- Technical Analysis of 007: Agent Under Fire save game hack - There
is an excellent article at the XBox Linux Project that describes exactly
how the XBox savegame hack works. (thanks
Slashdot.org)
- "Phantom" game console is really a copyright protection device -
Over the last few months computer and gaming-related publications) have gotten
stacks of press releases from a company called Infinium Labs touting
its upcoming Phantom game console. "Let's start by saying the console is
real, not vaporware. I've seen a working prototype in action. Inside the
spacy-looking case it's just a PC running Windows XP that has no CD or floppy
drive, and uses a proprietary encryption scheme for data stored on its hard
drive."
- PluggedIn: for PC Power Gamers, Money Is No Object - For the
dedicated PC gamer who spends more time playing games than sleeping and
working combined,
nothing is more important than having a computer souped up with the latest
and greatest technology. No surprise, then, that there are a number of
companies across the country willing help those gamers part with significant
chunks of cash. For example, Alienware's "Custom" system starts at $2,679 in a
base configuration, but a few quick upgrades add $1,000 to the price, while
fully tricked-out Voodoo systems can easily top $8,000.
- Olympus D-390 review - Overall, the new
Olympus D-390 camera ($150 street) is just about right for novice users.
Judged strictly by the numbers, however, this camera could be a little more
impressive. With only 2 megapixels and no zoom lens, it isn't as sophisticated
as cameras like the Samsung Digimax V4, and it doesn't have the
zoom-in-on-a-gnat's-eye lens of its cousin, the Olympus C-740UZ. Numbers
aren't everything, hough, and at its modest price, the D-390 is a great value.
- Gainward FX Powerpack Ultra/760XP 5600 Ultra Review -
Techseekers.net has posted
a review of the 5600 Ultra card from Gainward.
- ASUS V9950 GeForce FX5900 review - Hexus.net has posted
a review
of the ASUS V9950 GeForce FX5900.
- Soltek GeForce FX 5200 review - NVNews.net has posted
a review of Soltek GeForce FX 5200.
- H3003 Super Mini Optical Mouse review - Mikhailtech have posted
a review of the H3003 mini optical mouse.
- Samsung 172B 17" LCD review - Although
this is an analog only LCD monitor, that does not take away from how it
fared.
- Anachronox: The Movie Released - Anachronox: The Movie is a
tour-de-force (Anachronox:
The Movie Part 1 /
Part 2
/ Part 3
/ Part 4
/ Part 5
/ Part 6
/ Part 7
/ Part 8
/ Part 9
/ Part 10
/ Part 11
/ Part 12
/ Part 13)
One of the finest Machinima films produced to date, and probably the most
accomplished Machinima feature to date. Fans will also be excited to hear that
there are plans underway at Machinima.com to release the entire movie as a
high-res DVD Special Edition, complete with unseen footage from the film,
artwork from the project, and more. We'll have more information on that as it
arrives. (thanks
Warp2Search)
- ScreenSaverMax Demo -
ScreenSaverMax is a plug-in for Discreet's 3ds Max 4 and 5 that
allows you to export 3D screen savers for WinAll. ScreensaverMax v1.0 can
generate three types of screen saver: Dynamic - a number of 3D models are
duplicated and bounced and tumbled around the screen, Movie - the screen saver
plays back animation of your model or scene and Logo - a single model travels
spinning around the screen.
- GSpot v2.21 Build 030711 -
GSpot (download)
determine what codec a video/audio file uses and what codec your system will
use to play it.
- Media Player Classic 6.4.5.8 -
Media Player Classic
(download)
is similar to windows media player 6.4 but with features pertained to
minimalist advanced users.
- Coding Workshop Ringtone Convertor 4.4.6 -
The Ringtone Converter (download)
is a software program for both Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac systems that
allows you to add new ringtones to your mobile phone without the need for
cables or expensive premium rate SMS services. The Ringtone Converter supports
most makes and models of phone including Audiovox, Alcatel, Ericsson, HTC,
Kyocera, Motorola, Nokia, NEC, Panasonic, Philips, Sagem, Samsung, Sony,
Sendo, Sharp and Siemens handsets, with more added every month.
- Alcohol 120% v1.4.6.711 -
Alcohol 120% (download)
is a combination of both Alcohol 52% and Alcohol 68%. It enables users to both
copy and emulate real or virtual CDs & DVDs. Alcohol 120% can handle the
creation of 31 virtual CD & DVD-ROMs, allowing the user to play discs whithout
needing the physical disc. It also allows users to make copy CD & DVD to CD-R
/ CD-RW / DVD-R / DVD-RW / DVD-RAM / DVD+RW.
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