Sunday Tech Reading - tech
(hx) 01:30 PM CEST - Jun,08 2003
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- Hotmail Vulnerability Being Exploited by Spammers - A new--but not
well known--Microsoft vulnerability is being exploited by spammers, creating
even more
junk mail in your inbox. Microsoft has a terrible record of deploying
features without thinking through the security implications thereof--and
responding slowly when problems are discovered. Well, here we go again. In
recent releases, Microsoft implemented tighter integration between the Outlook
Express mail client and their Hotmail free email service. The WebDAV
(Distributed Authoring and Versioning) protocol is used to submit email to the
Hotmail servers.
- Verizon Turns Over Names in Piracy Case -
Verizon was compelled to give up the names Wednesday by the U.S. Court of
Appeals for Washington, D.C., which rejected the telecom giant's request for a
stay while it appeals a lower court decision won by the Recording Industry
Association of America. The RIAA has not decided what action to take against
the four Verizon customers, said Matt Oppenheim, the group's senior vice
president for business and legal affairs. (thanks kleptonin)
- Crazy 17" Monitor Case Modding - That has got to be
the
best monitor/case mod I have ever seen. Not my choice for colors, but I am
really impressed with the quality that went into
this.
(thanks Slashdot.org)
- DoCoMo to launch fuel cell-run handsets by 2005 - - NTT
DoCoMo Inc said on Thursday it expects to
launch a mobile phone powered by a fuel-cell battery for extended hours of
use as early as 2004, a potential boost for its high-speed third-generation
(3G) service. DoCoMo's 3G service, which offers video conferencing and speedy
access to the Web, had until recently met a cool reception due mainly to the
poor battery life of its handsets.
- Intel notebook Celerons to have 1MB cache -
According
to recent roadmaps seen by the INQUIRER, Intel will introduce 1.30GHz
notebook Celerons in the first quarter of next year. And these will have 1MB
of level two cache as well as 400MHz front side buses.In the second quarter of
next year, Intel will up the frequency to 1.40GHz and could use 90 nanometer
technology, if that's perfect enough then.
- ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB review - Hexus.net has posted
a review
of ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB.
- Gigabyte GA-7NNXP, the Ultimate nForce2 Ultra 400 review -
This blue beast is one feature packed board, not only does it have
Firewire, GigaBit Ethernet, 4 DIMM slots, the board also has support for 10
ATA devices, 4 on nForce ATA133, 4 on the GigaRAID , and 2 S-ATA drives on the
Silicon Image controller. It was stable in standard configuration and had no
trouble running my XP 2500+ at XP3200+ 400FSB settings. The GA-7NNXP is also
an excellent overclocker with stable FSB speeds in excess of 240MHz. The Dual
BIOS is a useful feature and can prevent unnecessary RMAs.
- Pentium 4-2.8C, 2.6C and 2.4C review -
The release of the Intel Pentium 4-2.8C, 2.6C and 2.4C GHz processors is
significant for many reasons. The most obvious is the upgraded 800 MHz
front-side bus, and the ability to run at synchronous dual-channel DDR400
speeds, both of which increase performance quite noticeably. But just as
important is Intel moving Hyper-Threading technology down to the mass market
level, and really giving the new processors an advantage over non-HT Pentium 4
models, not to mention the entire Athlon XP line.
- Creative SoundBlaster Cards SoftMods Guide Updated -
Three different ways to make your SBLive or Audigy utilize the
applications and the new features (if hardware supports them) that Audigy2
offers, or unlock features of your SBLive, Audigy or Audigy2 card that
official drivers neither enable nor use.
- Securing Wireless Networks -
This article describes a number of these risks to illustrate the
importance of securing a wireless network, as well as the easy steps how to do
so.
- BIOS Optimization Guide Rev. 8.0 Coming Up -
Adrian Wong let us know
he is urrently working on the BIOS Optimization Guide Revision 8.0. So, he's
looking for feedback from the public regarding BIOS options yet to be covered
in the BIOS Optimization Guide. If anyone has any BIOS option he/she would
like covered in the new revision, please do post
them
here
- Windows Server 2003 as a Workstation - OSNews has published
a guide
about Windows Server 2003 as a Workstation.
- Matrix goodies - Nitrox sent me a few interesting links :
Matrix MTV parody ~
Matrix
Revolution Trailer (movie launch 3rd Oct), more can be found
here.
- Knoppix 3.2 -
KNOPPIX is a bootable CD with a collection of GNU/Linux software,
automatic hardware detection, and support for many graphics cards, sound
cards, SCSI and USB devices and other peripherals. KNOPPIX can be used as a
Linux demo, educational CD, rescue system, or adapted and used as a platform
for commercial software product demos. It is not necessary to install anything
on a hard disk. Due to on-the-fly decompression, the CD can have up to 2 GB of
executable software installed on it.
- AntiVir Personal Edition 6.20.04.04 -
The AntiVir Personal Edition
(download) offers
the effective protection against computer viruses for the individual and
private use on a single PC-workstation. In order to make possible an easy
operation, the AntiVir Personal Edition is developed to the essential points.
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