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(hx) 01:11 AM CEST - Jul,15 2003
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- Russia-Linked Porn Hackers Target PCs - Russian hackers are
believed to be
peddling porn through hijacked personal computers using a sophisticated
"trojan" program that could make you the unsuspecting purveyor of naked kiddy
pics. In late June, spam-fighters noticed that a certain hacker was able
to move his web sites around at will, "minute-by-minute," according to Joe
Stewart, an Internet security expert at Chicago-based company LURHQ. This made
it impossible to track down the true location of the hacker's web site.
Stewart said a thousand systems appeared to be infected by a web server trojan
making it possible for the hacker to change his domain name every 10 minutes
as he rotated through a catalogue of domains he "owned." Stewart has dubbed
the trojan Migmaf, or Migrating Mafia.
- Meet the DoJ's 'Anti-Piracy' Lawyers -
This week's Slashdot interview guests are the 'point people' for Federal
criminal actions against online file-traders and software misapproprators.
They know some Slashdot readers may have little sympathy for what they do all
day. Be that as it may, this is a great chance to understand what it's like on
the enforcement side of the intellectual property coin. They have a special
set of 'ground rules' for this interview supplied by the Department of Justice
that we must ask you to read before submitting questions.
- Gladiator-style 'wars' select out weak programs - Computer
scientists have found the ultimate way to debug their programs - let them
compete against other programs in a gladiator-style tournament.
Dubbed Grid Wars II, the contest held at the ClusterWorld conference in
San Jose, California, last month was like a software version of television's
Robot Wars and Battle Bots. In each battle, programs fought to gain control of
processing power in a huge parallel computer. The contest began with 236
different programs, submitted by universities, government research departments
and software companies from around the world. The objective of each entrant
was to fight for control of 2500 computer processors.
- AOL 9 to include Web log tools - America Online
will integrate Web log software into the next version of its service this
summer, giving its 34 million subscribers a way into the increasingly popular
medium. The online personal journals known as Web logs, or "blogs," have taken
off in popularity over the past few months. AOL's software will take advantage
of recent developments in the technology to allow people to "audioblog" over
the telephone. Subscribers will also be able to update their blogs, which
typically include references and links to other Web sites and blogs, via AOL
Instant Messenger.
- Commodore 64 Makes a Comeback - Tulip Computers, which owns the
Commodore brand name,
plans to relaunch the brand to take advantage in an upsurge of interest in
the obsolete Commodore 64 (C64) computer and its 1980s-era games, the company
said in a statement Friday. Tulip estimates that there are still 6 million
Commodore users, who can choose from a range of 6,000 games which were
developed for the system. Tulip is working with Ironstone Partners, which will
handle all sales of Commodore 64-related products worldwide and take over the
main C64 Web portal. Enthusiasts have made over 10 million game downloads, the
site owners have said.
- AMD, Fujitsu unveil their flash memory company - Advanced Micro
Devices (AMD) and Fujitsu took the wraps off their flash memory joint venture,
which will sell flash memory chips under the Spansion brand, the companies
said on Monday.
- Denon and Dolby announce 1st audio product with Dolby Virtual Speaker
Surround Sound - Denon Electronics and Dolby Laboratories, two industry
leaders in home entertainment technology, have announced the U.S.
debut of Denon's
D-M71DVXP, a DVD receiver system that is the world's first audio/video
product to incorporate Dolby Virtual Speaker surround sound technology. Dolby
Virtual Speaker ensures the integrity of the virtual 5.1 sound field by
reproducing the entire sonic signature, and its multiple reflection tails,
which can often vary significantly in level and spectral balance from the
direct sound. The further addition of crosstalk cancellation maintains the
integrity of each processed signal, thereby insuring a highly realistic and
natural sounding 360-degree sonic environment.
- Samsung's 0.10-micron 1Gbit DDR in volume production - Samsung
Electronics today
announced volume production of its 1Gbit DDR component, the first
Intel-validated DDR SDRAM. The high-density 1Gbit DDR SDRAM devices are
produced on 12-inch wafers utilizing 0.10-micron process technology. Samsung's
1Gbit DDR SDRAM component supports bank configurations of x4/8/16 in a single
design and are available in DDR266 and DDR333 speeds.
- Intel launches new Xeon with expanded cache - The 3.06GHz Xeon DP
processor
now comes with 1MB of Level 3 cache. The rest of Intel's Xeon DP
processors, including another 3.06GHz chip, have 512KB of cache. The new Xeon
keeps the 533MHz front-side bus found on the other Xeon processors.
- Lite-On IT debuts 4x DVD+RW drive - Taiwan-based Lite-On IT
recently debuted its
first half-height 4x DVD+RW drive, the LDW-401S. The drive enables 4x
writing speed with DVD+R and DVD+RW discs, taking about 15 minutes to back up
4.7GB of data, and 12x reading speed with DVD-ROM discs, according to Lite-On
IT. In addition, the drive allows writing speeds of 40x for CD-R and 24x for
CD-RW and a reading speed of 40x for CD-ROM discs, the company said.
- LaCie Unveils Dual-Format DVD drive - Storage peripheral maker
LaCie Group has announced
a new DVD+/-RW drive that is compatible with both Macs and PCs. The drives
come in two configurations: one drive supports USB 2.0 and FireWire, while the
other drive is equipped with only a FireWire interface. The LaCie Dual
DVD+/-RW Drive is available this month through authorized resellers, specialty
stores, and mail order companies with prices beginning at $299. Drives ship
with a USB 2.0 or FireWire cable, a power adapter, and DVD utilities CD-ROM.
It also comes with Sonic MyDVD Video Suite, Arcsoft Showbiz, Roxio
EasyCDCreator, Intervideo WinDVD, Roxio Toast Lite, and LaCie's CaptyDVD.
- HP iPaq H1910 review -The
HP iPAQ h190 is even overclockable. Yes it is possible to overclock a
Pocket PC. This can be done with programs like Clear Speed or Pocket
Hackmaster. So how far can you push the 200MHz processor? How does an extra
100MHz sound? Suddenly the h190 is starting to look really good against the
more expensive 300MHz and 400Mhz Pocket PCs on the market.
- OCZ EL DDR PC-3700 Gold Dual Channel Memory review - Hexus.net has
posted a
review of OCZ EL DDR PC-3700 Gold Dual Channel Memory. "This review's
primary objective was to investigate whether OCZ's impressive claims held
true. It's nice when products work just as they were intended to. OCZ's EL DDR
PC-3700 Gold memory is about as good as we've seen if high RAM MHz is your
thing. The next real performance step, we feel, is to have PC3700 speeds with
2-6-2-2 timings. Is any memory manufacturer brave enough to oblige us ?????."
- KingMAX PC3200 256MB Color Modules - Although
these modules are not the absolute fastest performing modules around, they
are damn close to it. They actually performed well above my expectations
suprisingly close to the Corsair PC3200LL despite the loose memory timings,
which goes to show that at high FSB these settings amount to only a little
improvement. The system itself remained extremely stable at all speeds up to
225MHz.
- Leadtek K7NCR18D Pro II Deluxe Limited review - Hexus.net also let
us know they have done
a review
of the Leadtek K7NCR18D Pro II Deluxe Limited.
- NETWORKING 102: NAT & PAT Guide - As you can see using
NAT & PAT is really pretty easy once you understand the basics on how it
works. Also by using a combination of NAT & PAT you can help conserve IP
address, save money and still have many computers access the internet and run
servers on the internet with out the need for all of the IP address you would
other wise use. Just remember when doing more than basic NATing you need to
sit down and draw out how you want the network to look and work. By just doing
that simple step you can quickly and easily set up your network regardless of
which router your using.
- OMEGA drivers Interview - OCAddiction has conducted
an interview with OMEGA of OmegaCorner.com. OMEGADRIVERS have been
developing great drivers for both NVIDIA and ATi based cards, but recently
nVidia lawyers contacted OMEGADRIVERS to request they take down their logo's
and the drivers from the OmegaCorner website.
- Ahead Nero InCD version 4.0 and Ahead Nero 6 Manuals - Ahead
Software has released
Nero 6 Ultra Edition manuals. Linux Kernel 2.6.0-test1 Released -
Linus Torvalds released on late Sunday
the first
test (-pre) kernel of the upcoming Linux Kernel 2.6. Download or get more
information here and make sure you report any bugs you might find on the way.
- Throttle 5.7.13.2003 -
Throttle is a tool for all that allows you to modify your modem settings
to increase internet performance up to 200% or higher Throttle on the other
hand has been tried and tested and proven to work. Whether you use a
14.4/28.8/33.6/56k modem, cable modem, or DSL modem, Throttle will boost your
internet connection speed.
- KlipFolio 2.1.1 -
Serencet KlipFolio (download)
is a free information delivery and notification application that lets you view
and manage Klipt information services right on your desktop.
- Ad-aware Standard 6.00 build 181 -
Ad-aware Standard
6.00 build 181 is now available for download. This new version brings better
speed, it should be up to 400% faster than any previous 6x release.
- Driver Cleaner + Cab Cleaner -
Driver Cleaner
is a program which helps you to remove parts of drivers that are left after
uninstalling the old drivers. The program is for ATI and nVidia drivers. First
you need to uninstall the drivers from the control panel than reboot and after
that run the program.
- DNA Drivers (based on the Catalyst 3.5 ATI) -
This
release comes with an nice installer/uninstaller and lot's of other cool
stuff check it out yourself :)
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