Nightly Tech Reading - No April Fools :P - tech
(hx) 02:45 AM CEST - Apr,02 2003
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- "DVD Jon" faces new trial for piracy -
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Norwegian court will retry a teen whose DVD-copying exploits made him a
hero to hackers worldwide, in a case that will be closely monitored by
Hollywood. In January, an Oslo court acquitted 19-year-old Jon Johansen of
charges that he developed a computer program that enabled mass copying of
movies on DVDs. Hollywood studios accused Johansen of developing the software
and posting his findings on the Internet.
- Hackers strike Georgia Tech computer, gain credit card data -
Computer hackers invaded a computer at Georgia Tech and copied names,
addresses and -- in some cases -- credit card information for 57,000 patrons
of the Ferst Center for the Arts. Tech said the database held credit card
records for about two-thirds of the 57,000 people. Some cards had expired. The
hackers had access to the computer between Feb. 4 and March 14, when the
attack was discovered.
- AMD, Fujitsu to merge Flash ops -
AMD and Fujitsu have agreed to merge their Flash memory operations in a
bid to mount a direct challenge to Intel's dominance of the market. The
two companies' Memorandum of Understanding - which will presumably require
shareholder and regulatory authority approval before becoming a done deal -
calls for the merger of Flash operations into a separate entity called FASL
(Fujitsu AMD Semiconductor Limited), to be based in the US and Japan. FASL
already exists as a 50:50 JV between the two companies. FASL was launched in
1993.
- HP bundles ADSL modems with PCs -
Hewlett Packard
(HP) will begin bundling broadband modems with a number of its higher
specification PCs. According to HP, the built in ADSL modems will not be added
to the cost of the PC, saving the end user L50 to L80 on the price of signing
up for a broadband connection. Although the modems offer broadband access
through any ADSL provider, BT Openworld discs offering free broadband
activation have been included in the offer. The PCs, priced at L1,119 to
L1,299, will go on sale in the next few weeks exclusively, for now, at PC
World.
- Intel ships prelude to desktop overhaul - Intel came out with
two new Celeron processors for desktops this week, a prelude to a slew of
desktop technology coming in the next few months. The two new Celeron chips
for bargain desktops run at 2.4GHz and 2.3GHz and cost $127 and $117 each,
respectively, in 1,000 unit quantities.
- Hitachi Unveils Do-It-All DVD/CD Recorder - Hitachi LG Data Storage
has developed a new optical disc drive that can record on all types of
recordable DVD and CD, the company announced Tuesday.
The GSA-4040B can record to DVD-R and DVD+R discs at 4X speed, DVD-RW
discs at 2X, DVD+RW at 2.4X, and DVD-RAM at 3X. It is also capable of
recording to CD-R discs at 24X and CD-RW discs at 16X, according to the
manufacturer. Read speeds are 12X for DVD-ROM, 3X for DVD-RAM, 10X for other
writable and rewritable DVD formats, and 32X for CD-ROM.
- Sony Clié PEG-TG50 Review -
The PEG-TG50 weighs 6.2 ounces and measures 4.9 by 2.8 by 0.6 inches (HWD)
with its protective flip-cover installed. The PDA's application launch buttons
and scroll dial are conveniently located directly below the excellent
320-by-320 backlit color screen. Because the jog dial, action dial, and Voice
Recorder button are on the left panel, you can easily operate the PDA with one
hand.
- Longhorn Build 3683 Preview -
PCWorld checked out a leaked pre-beta version of the successor to Windows
XP, code-named Longhorn.
- Duke Nukem 3D Source Code - As noted on the 3D Realms Website,
the source code
for Duke Nukem 3D is now available, as 3D Realms has chosen April Fool's
Day to (no joke) release the source to the not-actually-3D build-engine game
under terms of the GNU GPL. Mirror:
3DGamers.
- WinBoost 4.22 -
WinBoost 4 (download)
is a special utility designed to boost Windows XP/2000/Millennium Edition
(ME)/98 Second Edition/98/95 performance and productivity.
- Windows Media Video 9 VCM (Beta) -
The Windows Media Audio and Video 9 Series codecs offer the best
experience when delivered using the ASF file container. To offer the
flexibility our customers have asked for, new licensing terms allow for these
codecs to be used in other file containers as well.
- DVD Region-Free 2.0 -
DVD Region-Free
is an unique, effective and easy-to-use DVD tweaking too that allows you to
watch all region DVDs on any DVD drive(especially RPC2) even if it has been
locked.
- PowerStrip beta 3.31.379 -
PowerStrip provides
advanced, multi-monitor, programmable hardware support to a wide range of
graphics cards.
- Nero 5.5.10.20 - Nero
(mirror1 ~
mirro2 ~
mirror3 ~
lang.modules)
is a flexible, reliable, and easy-to-use application designed to write both
data and CD audio to CD-R and CD-RW discs. It supports ISO 9660 images as well
as ISO mode 1 and XA mode 2, and allows for on-the-fly disc recording in
addition to overburning.
- Nero CD Speed 1.02e -
Nero CD Speed is a utility that tests various parameters of your CD-ROM
performance, including, of course, its speed.
- PlexTools v1.21A, PX-W4012TA Firmware - Download
PlexTools v1.21a and
PX-W4012TA Firmware v1.05 (adds support for writing up to 99 minutes).
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