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 Saturday\'s Morning Tech Mania - tech
(hx) 01:38 PM CET - Mar,23 2002
  • Movie studios tout first DVD bust in U.S. - The Motion Picture Association of America said it helped the New York police department shut down an unlicensed DVD-copying operation based out of a Bronx apartment. These types of raids and closures have become increasingly common in the past several years when it comes to videocassettes and illegally distributed CDs. But this was the first such raid on a DVD-production operation in the United States, the MPAA said.
  • Sax-playing Clinton worm stages attack - A new variation on the MyLife virus slips into mailboxes in the guise of former President Bill Clinton tootling a saxophone. It could delete victims' Windows files.
  • Half scientist, half robot? - A controversial British robotics scientist has had his nervous system wired up to a computer in an experiment he hopes will eventually give paralyzed people more control over their own bodies.
  • Hypergravity experiment in a spin - Short, young and male human guinea pigs are being sought for a hypergravity experiment - they must be willing to withstand G forces up to twice that on Earth for up to 22 hours.
  • Hackers 'could gain missile secrets' - In its latest act in the 'war on terror', the US government has ordered officials to check that any information held about "weapons of mass destruction" is stored securely. The government fears that hackers could access the details and use them to their own ends.
  • XBox 2 'designed with AMD CPU  - Microsoft engineers are busy designing the second version of Xbox around an AMD CPU, according to Fechtor Detwiler, the Boston-based investment bank.
  • Sony kit will turn Playstation 2 into Linux desktop - Sony Corp. will release a kit in May that will turn its Playstation 2 game console into a Linux desktop, and is also working on a browser, e-mail and instant-messaging capabilities for the platform.
  • Object-based video coding challenges MPEG - Pulsent Corp. is announcing an object-based video coding algorithm that departs from the block-based coding used in all MPEG standards, raising questions about the industry's ability to move beyond entrenched standards to future-generation digital video compression technologies.
  • Star Wars Galaxies and PlanetSide optimized for GeFo4 - Star Wars Galaxies and PlanetSide Are Among First Wave of New Games Optimized For GeForce4 Series of Graphics Processors.
  • Casio EG-800 PDA Review - The EG-800 is a bit bulky but it definitely deserves its `professional' title with its ability to take a large manor of abuse and splash. The PDA is about the size of a Small Kleenex box and about 20 times as heavy, but yet, it can still fit in your pocket with a bit of jamming. This particular model comes in an ombre blue colour and contains a sleek rubberized closure for any opening holes leading into the device such as headphone jack an AC adapter ports, to prevent water damage.
  • RipFlash Recordable MP3 Player Video Review - Small, affordable, and more features then you can shake a stick at! Not only can you listen to MP3's and add extra memory, but you can record audio using a internal mic and if that's not enough you can listen to audio through a built-in speaker.
  • EPOX 8K3A+ Review - Designed with VIA's KT333 chipset, the EP-8K3A+ is a high quality motherboard built by EPoX in the industry standard ATX format. In addition to the AGP interface for high performance graphics, this board offers six industry standard PCI, one 4x compatible AGP expansion bus as well as many other advanced system and BIOS features.
  • ASUS A7V266-EX Motherboard - T-Break has posted some pictures&specs of the upcoming ASUS A7V266-EX motherboard.
  • ASUS 40/12/48 CDRW - T-Break has posted some specs of the upcoming ASUS A7V266-EX CDRW burner. Oh    Max 40 Write/ 12X Rewrite/ 48X Read? - gimme this baby! :)
  • Shuttle AK35GTR v2.x KT333 Review - Shuttle recently introduced another model after the successful AK35GTR (KT266A). In fact, this board looks exactly like the AK35GTR which we reviewed last year. The main difference is that it has DDR333 support via KT333 chipset. VIA 8233A south bridge supports the ATA-133 and the HPT372 supports ATA-133 RAID 0/1/0+1. 
  • Engelking AP2 6300SFC A Power Supply - The Ap2-6300 ordered differently than most power supplys at the back a AC power socket, those that attach a monitor made possible. Since itself the ATX standard established does many (most) manufacturers without this useful addition. The disadvantage on the renouncement of this socket is clearly obvious. The monitor must be switched off separately and consumed in the possible Standby enterprise still rather much achievement. With this connection the problem can be gone around. The moreover still another rocker switch finds around the PC from electricity mains to to completely separate on the back.
  • Radeon 8500 AT008 vs. ATi Radeon 8500 - HardwarePub has posted a comparison review between the Radeon 8500 AT008 against the ATi Radeon 8500 video card.
  • Optical Mouse Comparison - Optical mice did have some advantages though. In general, their overall usability was better than the ball mice they were upgraded from. The big selling point though was the fact that there were no moving parts, more notably, no ball. Why was this such a big deal? Ball mice get dirty, and when it gets to a specific point of, erm, dirtiness, the performance scales downwards. Optical mice never suffered this problem, hence performance stays even.
  • 3DMark2001 SE Review - Having troubles on deciding what to upgrade? Trying to figure out who's PC is better yours or mine? Well look no further 3d Mark 2001 SE is the tool for you. The main function of this tool is to provide a standard benchmark for comparison purposes and to demonstrate new DirectX features that your video card is capable of.
  • BeOS 5.0.4 Developer Edition - DeveloperEdition -  it's free for use! You've to download the boot and the main image, then burn it to CD... it's bootable. BeOS 5.0.4 is based on, BeOS 5.0.3 Personal Edition, but with updated programs and more drivers for current hardware.
  • Mandrake Linux 8.2 is USB 2.0 Ready - Mandrake has just released version 8.2 of it's popular Linux operating system platform. Among the new and improved features is support for USB 2.0, the increasingly popular high speed connectivity solution. Downloads are currently available and preorders for the CD version are being accepted at the Mandrake web site. 
  • Antivirus database feed - There is weekly update for Kaspersky Antivurus (AVP) and there is the latest virus definition data file update for Norton Antivirus 4.0/v5.0/2001.
  • MAME v0.59 - MAME stands for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator, and currently runs 1800+ classic (and even some not so classic) arcade games! Believe it or not, MAME now even runs Neo Geo Games. Download: Windows version / DOS version.
  • Intel Application Accelerator beta 2.1 -  This Beta version contains many new features that may or may not be incorporated into a future production release
  • LimeWire 2.3.1 Beta - LimeWire is a software package which enables individuals to search for and share computer files with anyone on the internet. A product of Lime Wire, LLC, LimeWire is compatible with the Gnutella file-sharing protocol and can connect with anyone else running Gnutella-compatible software.
  • nForce Ethernet Drivers - AeroWB has posted a new NForce 2000/XP Ethernet Drivers v2.23 from his friends at Compaq.
  • Nvidia Detonator 28.32 Review - PC-Extreme tested the new official Detonators from Nvidia using 3DMark 2001SE / Aquanox / Q3 / Unreal Tournament. Also  Dark Crow has posted a driver comparison   using the "fixed" 28.32 set.
  • Hercules NVIDIA/ATI Drivers - I don't speak French, but check this article and try download links :)
  • Nvidia 28.32 Detonator Drivers for Win2K/XP with Refresh Rate Fix - NVchips-fr have posted modified Nvidia v28.32 Detonators for Win2k/XP with the refresh rate fix. (here is another mirror)
  • ASUS Detonators v27.42 - Download: ASUS v27.42 - Win98/Me, ASUS v27.42 - Win2k/XP, ASUS v27.42 - WinNT4.

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