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 Nightly Tech Reading - tech
(hx) 03:31 AM CEST - Aug,19 2004
  • Unprotected PCs hit by viruses in minutes - Network worms can get onto a PC within minutes of connecting to the internet, according to security researchers at the Sans Institute. The "survival time" for an unpatched PC connected to the internet averaged 20 minutes in 2004, compared to 40 minutes the year before. Users of broadband, or poorly secured public networks, would be infected much more quickly, in under 10 minutes after connecting in some cases.
  • Two flaws in Windows XP SP2 - With Service Pack 2, Microsoft introduces a new security feature which warns users before executing files that originate from an untrusted location (zone) such as the Internet. There are two flaws in the implementation of this feature: a cmd issue and the caching of ZoneIDs in Windows Explorer. The Windows command shell cmd ignores zone information and starts executables without warnings. Virus authors could use this to spread viruses despite the new security features of SP2. Windows Explorer does not update zone information properly when files are overwritten. So it can be tricked to execute files from the internet without warning.
  • Off-topic: Star Wars on DVD - Fox plans to ship millions of the four-disc collection ($70) to retailers, many of which have special promotions rewarding those who preorder the DVDs before the release Sept. 21. Despite high interest, Star Wars is a dark horse to be the year's top seller. This summer's box office smashes Shrek 2 and Spider-Man 2 are due on DVD by year's end. Another possible top seller, The Passion of the Christ, is due Aug. 31. In addition to the three films in George Lucas' original trilogy, the box set has a documentary about the films.
  • Off-topic: World's Lightest Micro-Flying Robot - Seiko Epson Corporation today announced that it has successfully developed a lighter and more advanced successor to the FR, the world's smallest and lightest micro-flying robot.
  • European Xbox Price Cut less than L100 - Microsoft today announced new European pricing at a press conference from the Leipzig Games Convention. As of Friday 27th August the Xbox will retail at an estimated street price of L99.99 (149.99 Euro) With this new pricing, even more European gamers, casual and otherwise, will be able to enjoy Xbox this Christmas, said Eduardo Rosini, regional vice president for Xbox EMEA.
  • Intel plans to slash CPU prices - According to a report at TheInquirer, Intel is prepping a big price cut on its processors for next week, on August 22. The range of Pentium 4s will then stretch over 600MHz, from 3.0 to 3.6GHz. The higher echelons of P4 chips will see massive price slashes, as the Pentium 4 560 3.6GHz drops from $637 to "only" $417. The P4 550 3.4GHz will approach the sweet spot as it drops from $417 to $278, and the P4 540 3.2GHz will drop to $218.
  • ATI preparing RV410 mainstream GPU? - Rather unexpectedly, ATI’s code-named RV410 graphics processor is said to resemble NVIDIA’s higher-end flavour of the GeForce 6600 family in terms of specifications. The new mainstream chip from ATI will have 8 pixel pipelines, 6 vertex pipelines and native support for PCI Express x16 bus. The technology will inherit feature-set of the RADEON X800-series products and will sport such technologies as Shader Model 2.0b, 3Dc and other, according to a report from HKEPC.com web-site.
  • AMD unveils Athlon 64 3700+ DTR - AMD has released its latest Athlon 64 processor, a second 3700+ part, this time aimed at desktop-replacement notebooks rather than desktop PCs. Available now, the DTR 3700+ costs $500 per processor when sold in batches of 1000 chips. The 3700+ is clocked to 2.4GHz and contains 1MB of L2 cache, according to an HP spec sheet for its Compaq Presario R3000Z, one of the first machines to contain the new CPU. HP is also building the part into its Pavilion zv5000z, and VoodooPC has confirmed it will offer the 3700+ too
  • Acer Ferrari 3200 Athlon 64 notebook review - Acer has backed this with 512MB of RAM, though this is supplied on two sticks so there's no further room for expansion in the current configuration. It's also only DDR 333 which makes it an odd match for the Via K8T800 chipset and CPU, which runs at 400MHz. In terms of graphics horsepower, the Acer is equipped with Mobility Radeon 9700 GPU with a full 128MB of dedicated memory. This can't quite claim to the be latest thing in mobile graphics since the announcement of the Mobility Radeon 9800, but in terms of what you can buy right now that 9700 is still hot stuff.
  • AJP D500E Gaming Notebook - Driving the D500E is a P4 3.4GHz chip, not an Extreme Edition like the one found in the XTR-3.4EE, though it does pretty much match the M:860 and has with a full megabyte of Level 2 cache. It also comes with 512MB RAM as opposed to the 1GB that ships with each of its rivals and the capacious 80GB hard drive spins at 4,200rpm instead of 7,200rpm.
  • Doom III: Performance and Image Quality in Different Gaming Modes - X-bit Labs decided to compare a plethora of graphics cards using five demos and different quality settings of the Doom III title. The article brings you performance numbers and image quality analysis that should help you to decide which are the best settings of Doom III game for your graphics card in terms of quality and speed.
  • Connect3D Radeon X800XT PE review - The X800 is a rare bird by today's standard's. It's elegantly engineered to do what it has to do with minimal extra power requirements, with minimal extra space requirements and with minimal cooling onboard.
  • MSI RX600XT-TD128 PCI Express review  -The MSI RX600XT-TD128 flew through all the benchmarks we ran, and performed quite well at 1024x768. Higher resolutions might be out of the question depending on the application, but if you find the card a bit slow, simply overclock it. Our particular card was able to hit a very respectable 610 MHz core, and 438 MHz memory. Despite the added stress, the MSI RX600XT-TD128 is completely silent during operation, and you will not hear it when it's installed into a case.
  • Pioneer's DVR-A08XLA Jumps to 4x Dual Layer Speeds - The arrival of a new generation of DVD burners from Pioneer usually heralds new upgrades across the feature spectrum, and the vendor's DVR-A08XLA DVR-108 is no different. With speeds of 16x for writing and 4x for re-writing, dual-layer 4x speeds for 2.4 media also represent a pleasant surprise.
  • LiteON SOHW-1213S review - The SOHW-1213S drive bundles an impressive assortment of DVD authoring software and recording applets for creation of data, music, and video discs. This includes Ahead’s Nero Express 6, Nero Vision Express, and PowerDVD from Cyberlink. For sheer simplicity and power, these applications are ideally suited to meet a wide range of consumer requirements for the creation and playback of DVDs, VCDs, and SVCDs.
  • Double-Stuff DVDs roundup - PCMag take a look at 9 dual-layer DVD recorders that let you cram 8.5 billion bytes onto a single disc
  • Samsung Yepp-55i Audio Player review - Accelenation has posted a review of the Samsung Yepp-55i audio player.
  • Catalyst 4.8 Driver Comparison - In this comparison we don't want to test the improvements in games or bug fixes, but the increase in speed with the newer versions. Beyond that we also tested the modded drivers Omega, DNA, Forsage, NGO and Unian, but not the beta-versions.
  • Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer V1.2.1 - There's a new MBSA 1.2.1 (download) which is needed for Windows XP SP2 compatibility.
  • PowerArchiver 2004 9.01 - PowerArchiver (download) is an award-winning archive utility for the Windows family of products that provides support for most compressed and encoded files, as well as access to many powerful features and tools though an easy to use interface that seamlessly integrates with Windows Explorer.
  • Netscape 7.2 - A new version of the popular browser Netscape v7.2 (download win32 ~ linux) has been released.
  • NetAdjust Anonymous Proxy 5.1 - NetAdjust Anonymous Proxy (download trial) is an Internet utility to let you browse the Web anonymously by hiding your IP number.
    When you surf the Internet your unique identification number (IP number) can be detected by any Website you visit
  • AeroBrowser Beta 1 Refresh 2 - AeroBrowser is a free, streamlined web browser designed to simplify your web browsing experience. It's spyware free, fast, and skinnable.
  • SiSoft Sandra Standard 2004.SP2b (2004.7.9.133) - SiSoftware Sandra (download) is an information & diagnostic utility. It should provide most of the information (including undocumented) you need to know about your hardware, software, and other devices whether hardware or software.
  • Spirit Driver V1.5 drivers - Spirit Driver V1.5 are based on Official Catalyst 4.8. This new version features "Best quality in 2D,3D; D3D/OGL Optimizations (Far Cry , DOOM3,BF Vietman,BF 1942,Sacred,Lock On,IL2,Splinter cell 1 et 2,UT2004,Rainbow Six 3,etc..); Bug fix Radeon 9600; 9800XT softmod is back; DivX/DVD/SVCD... optimizations; X800 Softmod has been turn off and Bugs Fixed (Halo,Deus EX 2).

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