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 Nightly Tech Reading - tech
(hx) 03:35 AM CEST - Aug,10 2004
  • [!] Windows XP Service Pack 2 - Microsoft now has "Windows XP Service Pack 2 Network Installation Package for IT Professionals and Developers" in the Microsoft Download Center. Start updating your desktops now! (Windows XP SP2 English ~ Windows XP SP2 German ~ Windows XP SP2 Network Install ~ 272MB). A minireview of SP2 can be found here. In addition, Microsoft has updated the "Changes to Functionality in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2" guide again.
  • AMD says its chips can boost PC security - AMD says it has one-upped rival Intel in computer security by moving more quickly to embrace new features provided by an update to Microsoft's Windows PC operating system.  AMD on Monday trumpeted a chip feature called Enhanced Virus Protection, which works with an update of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system to thwart some viruses and worms--malicious software that devours data or clogs up e-mail servers.
  • IBM Just Says No to XP Update - IBM, for one, is holding off on installing the security focused update for Windows XP. In a note headlined "To patch -- or not to patch" posted Friday on its corporate intranet, IBM tells its employees not to download SP2 when it becomes available because of compatibility issues. A copy of the note was obtained by IDG News Service.
  • AOL Messenger has highly critical hole - The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the handling of "Away" messages and can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow by supplying an overly long "Away" message (about 1024 bytes). A malicious website can exploit this via the "aim:" URI handler by passing an overly long argument to the "goaway?message" parameter. Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code on a user's system when e.g. a malicious website is visited with certain browsers.
  • Bagle Variant Exacts a 'Price' with Infected Zip Files - Another variant of the ubiquitous Bagle worm is now making its way across the Internet, flooding in-boxes with infected Zip files. The newest member of the Bagle family, named Bagle.AQ, arrives via an e-mail message with a spoofed sending address and no subject line. The only text in the message body is typically one or two words, either "price" or "new price."  The name of the infected Zip file that accompanies the message is some variation on that theme as well. The files often are named Price.zip or New_price.zip, and may have a number appended to the end of the file name.
  • New Jersey man investigated in terror probe - The FBI is investigating a man accused of running Web sites that are exact replicas of those used to solicit funds for the Taliban and Chechen mujahedeen, according to a criminal complaint filed Friday by the U.S. attorney's office in New Haven, Connecticut. Law enforcement sources identified the man as Mazen Mokhtar, 36, of New Brunswick, New Jersey. Those sources said Mokhtar is the "specific individual who resides in the United States" referred to in the affidavit as working with Babar Ahmad to solicit funds for the "blocked organizations ... in an effort to support their goals."
  • Off-topic: Four dead in Japanese nuclear plant accident - A steam leak at a nuclear power plant northwest of Tokyo has killed four workers and injured at least 10 others, several critically, Japanese media and officials have reported. Those who died were exposed to steam as hot as 200 Celsius (392 Fahrenheit), officials said. The accident was described as the worst ever in terms of deaths at a nuclear facility in Japan.
  • Off-topic: Smart glass blocks infrared when heat is on - Glass that blocks out heat but not light when a room starts getting excessively warm has been developed by UK scientists. At most room temperatures the glass lets both visible and infrared light pass through. But above 29°C, a substance coating the glass undergoes a chemical change causing it to block infrared light. This will prevent room from overheating in bright sunshine or if temperatures outside start to soar.
  • Sharp Introduces 3-D Computer Display - The Sharp LL-151-3D display, which costs $1,499, allows users to easily switch between 2-D and 3-D modes. The display has a special layer, which, when turned onto 3-D mode, helps to create the illusion of 3-D vision, adding depth to images regardless of whether they were created in 3-D. The special effect is similar to the technology Sharp uses in one of its laptops introduced last year. 
  • Fuel Cell Compatibility Considered - The International Electrotechnical Commission has formed a working group to draw up standards that will ensure compatibility between micro fuel-cells, Toshiba says. The company is among several that are developing such devices as alternative power sources for handheld electronic devices. Development of a standard could mean the micro fuel cell could be launched in music players, digital cameras, and other devices as early as next year.
  • China DVD player industry suffering from oversupply - The oversupply of DVD players in China has forced over 30 small makers to shut down in the first half of this year and pushed retail prices down to 500-600 yuan per unit. Unwilling to pay royalties on DVD players, the Chinese makers are unable to export their products and face increasing competition in the domestic market. There are more than 200 DVD player producers in China.
  • Intel readies 3.73GHz P4 Extreme Edition for Q4 - Intel has upped the clock speed of the upcoming Pentium 4 Extreme Edition which is expected to support a 1066MHz frontside bus speed. That chipset will be the i925XE and, like the faster P4EE, is scheduled to appear in Q4 - probably mid-October. Now, more recent Intel roadmaps show not only the 3.46GHz P4EE but a 3.73GHz model appearing mid-Q4 - in the middle of November, in other words. Unlike the 3.46GHz model, the 3.73GHz is a 90nm 'Prescott'-derived part. The 3.46GHz chip is based on the 130nm 'Northwood' core in its 'Gallatin' form, which supports 2MB of L3 cache. The Prescott version simply ups the L2 cache to 2MB. Both 1066GHz FSB chips will use the 775-pin Socket T connector.
  • Nvidia unveils Quadro FX 4400 - The 4400 will be made available in two forms, the 4400 and the 4400G, the latter adding genlock and framelock facilities for broadcast-level and other pro video editing work. Both boards will provide 512MB of GDDR 3 memory across a 256-bit bus running, we calculate, at 550MHz (1.1GHz DDR), for 35.2GBps of memory bandwidth.
  • Matching Doom III With The Best Graphics Card - Which graphics cards offer maximum-quality Doom III play? THG benchmarked a selection of newer and older models from ATI and NVIDIA to find out.
  • Gigabyte Radeon X800PRO and X800XT PE Compared - The X800XT PE would have to be the absolute best package we have seen so far from a graphics card. The X800PRO is also an excellent card but it really doesn't change all that much from the other packages we have seen except for the inclusion of maybe the extra game (2 instead of the 1 we get with others).
  • WD 'Light up' 250Gb External HD - For L154 plus VAT this drive is priced out of a lot of many people's budgets, factor in the dual inputs and this drive becomes more appealing than most but I don't think this justifies the extra cost. The performance is nowhere near what you'd get from an internal drive this drive is designed for semi-permanent, large capacity and removable storage - a task it does well.
  • Mitsubishi Diamond PRO 2070SB review - The price of the Mitsubishi Diamond PRO 2070SB has dropped considerly since it was released a few years ago. At around $600, it still isn't cheap, and you can pick up cheaper 22" monitors from other brands, but the quality of the monitor when playing games, watching videos and using it in everyday use is so good that I have no problems recommending it to anyone who needs a top notch monitor.
  • Razer eXactMat Limited Edition Gaming Pad review - Razer has recently released the eXactMat…is it as good as the Viper? Let's take a test drive
  • HP Photosmart Mobile 1.3MP Camera - As it stands, the Photosmart Mobile Camera is a well constructed unit with an articulated lens able to swivel a touch over 180 degrees. If we disregard the actual SD slot interface, the camera section measures a mere 50mm wide by 27mm high and 20mm deep (12mm if we ignore the lens). Although made from plastic it feels reassuringly rugged for such a small device that weighs just over 31.1g.
  • bluetake i-phono bt420 bluetooth hi-fi sports headphone - BlueTake have produced the i-PHONO series of products which are both simple and convenient to use. With its Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP), the i-PHONO BT430 Bluetooth Hi-Fi Audio Dongle enables your audio device to transfer the stereo audio signal cordlessly to the BlueTake i-PHONO BT420 Bluetooth Hi-Fi Sports Headphone. Besides the wireless stereo audio application, the i-PHONO BT420 Bluetooth Hi-Fi Sports Headphone can be used for mobile hands-free communication with any mobile phone which supports either the Bluetooth Headset or Hands-free profiles.
  • The Great DOOM3 and ATI OpenGl Drivers Controversy - There has been quite a controversy about DOOM3 and ATI OpenGl drivers. We know already that the ATI driver is not up to par with NVIDIA's best, kind of like the other side of the coin. The driver is functional, and lately it has become quite stable, but the performance has always been questioned
  • Bilinear, Trilinear, and MIP Mapping Technologies Explained  - Brilinear Filtering is basically a compromise between bilinear and trilinear. Bilinear, Briliniear, and Trilinear Filtering help make various distance textures even. However, it is not just the filtering effects that help retain image quality; a texturing technique called MIP [Multim Im Parvo] Mapping is used to create a smooth transition in depths as well. Moire, the “jagged-edge interference” created when objects too far away cannot be resolved adequately, is a problem in which MIP Mapping addresses.
  • Making a Bootable Windows CD with Service Pack Integrated - Now that Windows XP Service Pack 2 is available to some people, let me take the opportunity to remind all of our readers about Bink's excellent BootCD guide for slipstreaming a service pack into a Windows installation disk! The instructions, written for Windows 2000, work perfectly for Windows XP and Service Pack 2.
  • Official Unattended XP CD Guide XP SP2 - Have you ever wanted a Windows XP CD that would install Windows XP by automatically putting in your name, product key, timezone and regional settings? Followed by silently installing all your favourite applications along with DirectX 9, .Net Framework and then all the Pre-SP2 hotfixes, updated drivers, registry tweaks, and a readily patched UXTheme.dll without any user interaction whatsoever? Then this guide will show you how you can do just that.
  • Windows XP Professional with SP2 Utility: Setup Disks for Floppy Boot Install - The Windows XP startup disk allows computers without a bootable CD-ROM to perform a new installation of the operating system
  • Windows XP Home Edition with SP2 Utility: Setup Disks for Floppy Boot Install - The Windows XP startup disk allows computers without a bootable CD-ROM to perform a new installation of the operating system. The Windows XP startup disk will automatically load the correct drivers to gain access to the CD-ROM drive and start a new installation of Setup
  • NV40 Tweak Guide - 3DGPU has published a comprehensive GeForce 6800 series tweak guide for all you NV40 series card owners.
  • AutoStreamer, XP Slipstreamer - AutoPatcher's little brother, AutoStreamer, has gone final Although still unknown whether it will carry any neowin.net badges, at its current state, AutoStreamer works as a slipstreamer-only. Basically, all it really needs is a source (that being an original Windows CD or a local share) and a Service Pack file.
  • Ad-Aware SE Personal 1.01 - Ad-aware is the award winning, free (for private use), multicomponent detection and removal utility that consistently leads the industry in safety, user satisfaction, support and reliability.
  • CDBurnerXP 3.0.109 - CDBurnerXP Pro is a freeware CD/DVD-Writer program. The program can write CD-R, CD-RW DVD+R/RW DVD-R/RW discs.
  • Windows Memory Diagnostic - The diagnostic includes a comprehensive set of memory tests. If you are experiencing problems while running Windows, you can use the diagnostic to determine whether the problems are caused by failing hardware, such as RAM or the memory system of your motherboard.
  • ATI Radeon DNA-drivers 2.8.4.8 - These are modified/hacked ATI Catalyst drivers, use them at your own risk. The drivers have been optimized with two things in mind, better Image Quality and more/stable frames per second when compared to the Beta Catalyst drivers from ATI.

last 10 comments:
FX5950(06:33 AM CEST - Aug,11 2004 )
Has anyone had a chance to use that Ad-Aware SE Personal 1.01? I was kinda curious how it compared to Spy-bot S&D (free) or even Ad-Aware's Plus and Professional packages. I've heard good things about the regular Ad-Aware programs. The Ad-Watch (processes) is great, but I don't think the personal version includes it. Spy-Bot uses something called TeaTimer, but it seems to act a little flakey sometimes.

FX5900(10:32 AM CEST - Aug,11 2004 )
i installed SP2 and OH NO... now my system doesn't work ... and i can't boot up.. just blue screens repeatedly. man, my whole system is whacked out.... please help!!!! :(

FX5900(11:19 AM CEST - Aug,11 2004 )
oh wait... i pulled out the X800 pro and my system is all sweet again. It wasn't SP2 afterall. Go figure that one out??? ;)

FX5950(02:42 PM CEST - Aug,11 2004 )
Yeah..I figured it out. It's not the hardware, or even the software (imagine that), but the idiot sitting behind the computer. Seriously FX5900, you need to stop trying to be funny, cuz you're not. I bet you get a lot of strange looks from people out on the streets don't ya? That's to say if anyone even looks your way at all, which is probably more the case.

xxxx(07:44 PM CEST - Aug,11 2004 )
hehehe @FX5900. actually i was quite amazed to install SP2 and zero problems. the firewall is a much needed improvement over the last one which has had me now deinstall zonealarm and go with MS. so far so good with all the hack utility check sites, of course, running the old firewall was the same but i didn't use it because i wanted more flexibility. i usually don't run any firewall and just AVG but heck, i'll run with MS Sp2 firewall, seems very good and doesn't seemingly affect my net connection much. @FX5950, you meant to say, i downloaded a RIP version of Adaware Plus and now you are wondering if the Personal edition includes adwatch, let me save ya the time, no it doesn't include the Adwatch addition. Additionally, there is little point running SB S&D if you have adaware. Firstly, it's been reviewed all over the net that it is EXTREMELY rare if S&D will find anything Adaware hasn't and Adaware is updated more often. I use SpywareBlaster and Adaware only and Spywareblaster alone has pretty much wiped away anything new in terms of Spyware.

xxxx(07:57 PM CEST - Aug,11 2004 )
love the ATI debate too on GL issues and interesting little hacks that have come out to get better performance on ATI. man, what a mistake it was to trust ati in one of my machines. i think it's the worst mistake i ever made in purchasing. i feel bad too since initially when i got it it performed admirably and i told others it's a good card, but all the constant problems and constantly poor drivers just is insane. how anyone can call their products good is beyond me, obviously not too technically inclined nor money conciencious. i learned my lesson though, no more ati ever. i should have never skipped nvidia.. ah well, soon i'll have a 6800u and never really worry about driver updates again or at least being screwed with drivers. Get in the Game, what a farce. how about Get in the Door first ATI. pfff

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