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(hx) 02:22 PM CET - Jan,21 2004
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- Check Point unveils network security tool - Security firm Check Point
Software Technologies
announced Tuesday a network device aimed at protecting companies' internal
networks from fast-moving threats such as the MSBlast worm. Called the
InterSpect internal security gateway, the device inspects data moving over a
local-area network, identifies unauthorized behavior, and blocks malicious
attacks, said Mark Kraynak, manager of product marketing at Check Point.
- Lie-detector glasses offer peek at future of security - It
may not be long before you hear airport security screeners ask, "Do you plan
on hijacking this plane?" A U.S. company using technology developed in Israel
is pitching a lie detector small enough to fit in the eyeglasses of law
enforcement officers, and its inventors say it can tell whether a passenger is
a terrorist by analyzing his answer to that simple question in real-time.
The
technology, developed by mathematician Amir Lieberman at Nemesysco in Zuran,
Israel, for military, insurance claim and law enforcement use, is being
repackaged and retargeted for personal and corporate applications by V
Entertainment (New York).
- Portable Fuel Cells: Coming Soon? - A California start-up has made
an advance that it says
stands to make Direct Methanol Fuel Cells--envisaged as a future power
source for mobile electronics devices--smaller, cheaper, and lighter.
PolyFuel's development of a new Direct Methanol Fuel Cell (or DMFC) membrane
comes as several of the world's largest electronics companies are developing
fuel cells with a view to commercializing them later this year or next year.
- Gamepad aims to build up muscle -
The Kilowatt controller by Powergrid is designed to build up muscle while
playing a PlayStation 2, Xbox or PC game. The device costs $695 and will be
available in the US from late spring. The company is currently working on
getting the product into Europe and Asia.
- TI Seeks EDGE With Cell Phone Chip Set - Texas Instruments has
announced its first chip set for Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution, or
EDGE, networks, a stepping stone on the road to third-generation wireless
networks. TI's TCS3500 chip set is intended to enable cell-phone designers to
build smart phones and personal digital assistants that run on EDGE networks.
These networks offer faster data rates than current Global System for Mobile
Communications/General Packet Radio Service networks, but fall short of the
data rates promised by the oft-delayed 3G networks.
- Microsoft spotlights Windows-powered gadgets at CES 2004 - At the
recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Microsoft hosted a
dazzling display of devices powered by the company's Windows Embedded and
Windows Mobile software platforms.
- Super G Doubles 802.11g Performance - Based on wireless chipsets by
Atheros,
Super G products claim to double the top data rate of standard 802.11g-to
a whopping 108 Mbps-while still working with other 802.11b and 802.11g devices
(albeit at lower speeds). Be warned, however, that Super G is not
standards-based, so compatibility is up to each manufacturer and is not
inherent in the specification
- Lead Data to begin shipping 8x DVD-R discs in February - Lead Data
will
begin deliveries of blank 8x DVD-R discs to a Japanese client in February.
The client is one of the world's top five optical disc brands, Lead Data said.
With rising global supply of 8x DVD discs, the OEM price of blank 4x DVD-R
discs is likely to drop to US$0.60 in the second quarter of this year,
according to Lead Data.
- Will Intel Pentium 4 "Prescott" 3.40GHz Get Here by its Launch? -
According to OverClockers.co.uk web-store, currently you can pre-order Pentium
4 "Prescott" processors at 2.80GHz, 3.00GHz and 3.20GHz. No 3.40GHz Pentium 4
"Prescott" CPUs
and no 3.40GHz Pentium 4 Extreme Edition processors that officially debut
on the very same 2nd of February. As the parts are not listed even for
pre-order, it may mean they are not available in stock now or are not expected
to emerge on the mentioned date.
- Via takes Nvidia head on with DX9 future parts - On the AMD front,
Via's
KT800 will support the 8251, and PCI Express will loom into view. The 8239
will be a chip that takes second place to the 8251, we understand. And the
KT880 chipset will also have 8251 support, meaning that while Socket A still
lives, we'll see PCI Express in two lanes for such beasties. In Q3 this year,
the Athlon FX gets a 754 pin retrofit.
- Creative's Decoder Enables Home Theater Quality Sound -
Creative Labs DDTS-100 decoder enables relatively high-performance,
low-cost PC speakers to work with DVD players, games consoles and TV sets. For
an investment of around $150 (€169), Creative Labs DDTS-100 allows for home
theater audio for twice as less.
- VIA PT880 Chipset review - VIA has always prided themselves on
innovative and high performance designs and great overclocking support. VIA
has done this in the past but faltered slightly in the present. Since the
KT333 and KT400 chipsets came out, VIA has put a slight tarnish on its name,
which they have been pushing to remove, and have done
a reasonably good job with on the PT880 chipset.
- Leadtek WinFast A360TD FX 5700 128MB review - What this conclusion,
rambling as it is, is attempting to convey is that Leadtek has made decent use
of a GPU that's not a hot property at its current price point. That's an
eminently important point. Finite money forces the user to choose the product
that provides the best value. Unfortunately, we can think of one or two cards
that would tickle our fancy ahead of the Leadtek A360TD FX 5700. Solid and
dependable,
so it's a decent enough choice for a die-hard NVIDIA fan.
- ChillVent II Deluxe Cooler review - OverclockercClub have posted
a review of ChillVent II Deluxe Cooler - The fans included are one 80mm
fan rated at ~3000RPM. No decibel ratings, but its pretty darn quiet. The 40mm
fans are silent as well, no high-pitched hum you get with some fans.
- The NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 GPU rev2 - Adrian's Rojak Pot let us
know he has just posted
Revision 2.0 of The NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 GPU Review.
- Antec Super Lanboy Case review -
At L78 from
Overclock.co.uk it's not a cheap case, but for an aluminium one its not
bad value. A carry strap is also included in the box to make carrying it
easier and the fans would cost almost L10 each if bought separately. In the
end then, a case that achieves what Antec was obviously aiming for, a decent
looking, lightweight case for the regular LAN goer, but not quite what the
performance enthusiast will be looking for, a shame as those big quiet fans
could have made it absolutely ideal and with a little more depth it would be a
very good case.
- Crucial 7-in-1 USB Flash card reader -
The Crucial
7-in-1 USB2 reader is a highly compact, lightweight and portable little
device which lends itself well to laptop users. The support for seven key
flash memory formats is a godsend for people who own several products that use
the different formats and do not want readers for each one. The only format
that is missing is Fuji's xD memory format, possibly due to patent / licensing
issues.
- Xerox Phaser 8400 Series Color Printer - What's faster than most
laser printers, prints much like an offset printing press, and costs $1,000?
It's the
Xerox Phaser 8400 Series Color Printer. This solid-ink printer melts its
resin-based ink, sprays it on a drum, then rolls the drum against the paper to
transfer the image, all at an engine speed of 24 pages per minute (ppm) for
color or monochrome output.
- Beginners Guides: Stopping Spam - PC Stats has published
a new beginners guides about Stopping Spam.
- ATI Catalyst 4.1 Driver Comparison -
OnlyNewZ ,
Dark
Tweaker and VR
Zone let us know they have posted their Catalyst 4.1 Driver Comparisons.
- Critical Update for SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine on Windows Server
2003 - This update
addresses issues with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (Windows)
when used with Windows SharePoint Services as discussed in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base (KB) Article 829358.
- Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition Infrared Receiver Update -
This
driver update contains the latest firmware for the hardware and the
required functionality of the latest version of Windows XP Media Center
Edition. It supports all versions of the infrared receiver (IR) through
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004.
- Windows 2000 Authorization Manager Hotfix -
This Hotfix improves the Windows 2000 Authorization Manager Runtime
auditing capabilities.
- TaskInfo 2003 v5.0.1.96 (SHW) -
TaskInfo2003 (download)
is combination of Task Manager and System Information Utility, It visually
monitors different types of System information in Microsoft Windows
95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.
- Net Transport 1.71 -
Net Transport
(download),
one of the fastest and most powerful downloading tools that is ever made
available online for free access and distribution, now features unprecedented
full support of the most prevalent Internet protocols, including: HTTP /
HTTPS, FTP / through SSL (Secure Sockets Layer), MMS (Microsoft Media
Services), RTSP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol), PNM (rename PNM to RTSP).
- BlindWrite Suite 5.0.8 Build 125 (SHW) -
Blindwrite Suite (download)
is the best set of tools to reproduce or clone any CD, even protected ones.
Blindwrite Suite is the most powerfull tool to create a perfect copy from your
original CD for personal private copy. Blindwrite Suite can also create CD
audio from MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WAV, WMA, monkey`s audio and be use with an cd-rom
emulator like Daemon Tools.
- WinZip 9.0 Beta 3 (build 6007) -
WinZip (download
~ changelog)
brings the convenience of Windows to the use of Zip files and other
compression formats. WinZip features built-in support for CAB files and for
popular Internet file formats such as TAR, gzip, UUencode, BinHex, and MIME.
ARJ, LZH, and ARC files are supported via external programs.
- Central Brain Identifier 6.0.0 Final -
Central Brain Identifier
(download)
is designed to provide detailed recognition and obtaining the most complete
extended information for all AMD processors. It recognizes more than 40
various models of the AMD processors.
- NEC DVD RW-/+ Firmware - Station-drivers has posted a new firmware
for
NEC DVD+RW-1100A and
DVD
RW-1300A. Try only at your own risk!
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