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TechNews - 1 TeraByte HDDs announced - tech

(hx) 03:43 AM CET - Jan,06 2007

New Intel Processors To Launch Monday - As expected, the desktop chip is called the Core 2 Quad 6600 and will join the Core 2 Extreme QX6700 model Intel already ships. The new processor will run at 2.4GHz, and the front-side bus that links the chip to the rest of the system will run at 1066MHz.
11 kit DDR2 memory overclocking roundup - It is highly probably that the overclocking success of the modules that exceeded DDR2-800 can be accredited to the Micron D9 chips which both the Team Group DDR2-667 and Geil DDR2-667 kits used.
ASUS P5B-E Plus Motherboard - ASUS has done a very good job to try and chase down the P965 giant that is the Gigabyte QD6 however it still falls short.
BFG GeForce 8800 GTX Water-cooled Edition - Generally speaking about single card performance, any 8800 GTX obviously will eat anything you throw at it and then shout dude is that all? Framerates are flying which means you can enable heaps of eye candy.
XFX GeForce 7600 GT 580M AGP Tested - Performance is often close with the GeForce 7800 GS AGP in many benchmarks, although overall the edge definitely goes to the 7800 GS AGP
ATI's R600 delayed until March? - While previous rumors pointed to a February release, this new report says the latest revision of ATI's R600 prototype suffers from problems "serious enough" to warrant a re-spin. This re-spin will supposedly delay the card's release by a couple of weeks, leading to a launch in early March-likely a week before the CeBIT show, which is taking place in Hanover, Germany from March 9 to March 15.
Terabyte Drives Being Released This Year - Seagate and Hitachi are getting ready to release hard drives with a one terabyte capacity (that's a lot of porn, music, games, etc).
Seagate Plans 300TB HDD Within Matter of Years - Wired visited Seagate's R&D labs and learned we can expect 3.5-inch 300-terabit hard drives within a matter of years.
Bluegears b-Enspirer sound card - EliteBastards take a look at just one such device, in the form of Bluegears' CMI8788-powered b-Enspirer sound card - on paper, the CMI8788's abilities are very impressive indeed, moving from the 24-bit, 96KHz playback and recording capabilities of the CMI8770 to offer full 24-bit, 192KHz playback using both analogue and digital output.
Antec Nine Hundred Hardcore Gaming Case - Madshrimps posted a review on the Antec Nine Hundred Hardcore Gaming Case.
Samsung SyncMaster 225BW 22" Widescreen LCD - TheTechLounge.com take a look at the Samsung SyncMaster 225BW 22" Widescreen LCD display. Its 22" size is an upgrade from the 20" widescreens that have dominated the market for the past two years.
Microsoft Habu Laser Gaming Mouse - XYZ Computing has a new article out on the Microsoft Habu Laser Gaming Mouse.
Toshiba Announces Desktop HD DVD Drive - Toshiba says it will launch a desktop PC version of its HD DVD writer next month that will support HD-DVD, CD and DVD reading / writing. No price has been announced.
Linksys WIP320 Wireless-G phone for Skype - At first glace the WIP320, priced at $199.99, looks like a regular candy-bar style cell phone with its 1.8 TFT color LCD screen and number dialing/function keys. Instead of accessing a cellular signal however, this Linksys iPhone makes use of 802.11 b/g wireless technology, commonly found in wireless hotspots at places such as Starbucks and airports, to make phone calls using the Skype VoIP communication service.
USB AA batteries finally make it to the U.S. - Well, the folks at ThinkGeek have received stock of USBCell batteries, and U.S. customers can now order them for $19.95 a pair. While that price is high, the batteries cost £12.99 ($25.25) a pair to order from the USBCell website, so it's actually a relative bargain.
Hybrid Blu-ray/HD DVD players, discs coming to CES - Forbes says the device will play both Blu-ray and HD DVD formats, but other details like pricing and availability won't become available until the show.
Sonic Announces Legitimate Download-to-Own System for DVD Movies - The system is broken up into two forms: one for professionals called Qflix Pro, and a standard version for consumers. Right now, Sonic has a host of supporters that include both movie studios as well as hardware OEMs. Plextor, Mitsubishi and Verbatim are just some of the leading manufacturers that have voted "yes" for Qflix.
AnyDVD 6.1.0.1 - AnyDVD (download / changelog) works in the background to automatically remove the copy protection of a DVD movie as soon as it`s inserted into the drive, allowing you then to backup the movie using a DVD backup tool such as CloneDVD and CloneDVD mobile.
Realtek HD Audio Drivers 1.54 for Win2K/XP (ALC880 Series) - download
Microsoft pulls four planned patches - Microsoft has pulled four bulletins from its announced list of Patch Tuesday fixes, but did not specify why it was backpedaling on the security releases. It now plans to issue four security bulletins on Tuesday, rather than the eight originally announced, the software giant said Friday in an updated notice on its Web site. Three bulletins will contain fixes for Office, at least one of which will be rated "critical," Microsoft said. Critical vulnerabilities typically can allow a worm to spread or allow a Windows system to be fully compromised with minor or no interaction from the person using it. The fourth bulletin, for Windows, is also tagged critical.
Security bug found in PDF reader - Security researchers said malicious hackers exploiting the flaw could view victim's hard drives or use it to make phishing scams look more plausible. So far there is no evidence that the bug is being exploited in the wild. The flaw is found in the web browser plug-in of the Adobe Reader software. Ordinarily this allows PDF documents to be viewed in a browser window.
Top 10 Tech Towns - Wired has made a list of the Top 10 Tech Towns and Seattle tops the list. Other cities that made the list are Orlando, Los Angeles and Austin.
Net Tax Ban Soon? - InfoWorld has the lowdown on a new bill that seeks to permanently extend a ban on taxes on items bought on the internet.
Ten Thousand Chinese Domains Lost - The earthquake that rocked Taiwan earlier this week not only knocked people off the web for the day, it might have websites off the web. People that tried renewing domains at the last minute were unable to and might lose their domain due to non-registration
The Worst Hockey Play You Will Ever See - January 4th, 2007. The Stars lead the Oilers 5-4 with about 10 seconds left in third period. The Oilers have their goalie pulled and Dallas forward Patrick Stefan gets a clearcut breakaway (longer version) from the blueline on an empty net. The rest is now hockey history :-D I think this sums it up best....DO'H!
Aliens Vs. Predator 2 Footage - The ReelzChannel has aired a new behind-the-scenes look at 20th Century Fox's Alien vs. Predator 2, in theaters on December 21.

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