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 Nightly Tech Reading - tech
(hx) 03:47 AM CEST - Jun,04 2002
  • MIT student hacks into Xbox  - Computer enthusiasts have been excited about the possibility of using the $199 Xbox, which is technologically similar to a PC, as a stand-alone computer running operating systems like Linux.
  • Cable pirates splice into broadband - Drawing on old-school methods to splice cable TV lines for unauthorized use, hackers say they can buy a splitter at the local electronics store and easily run an additional line from the cable modem line for the computer into the television. Without a set-top box, the result is free, basic, analog cable; with an illegal converter or set-top, hackers say they have access to premium channels such as HBO and Showtime.
  • Napster Files for Bankruptcy in a Delaware Court - Napster Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday, seeking court protection from creditors as music industry heavyweight Bertelsmann AG follows through on a plan to take over what's left of the company.
  • Sony pushes flash memory standard - Memory Stick is a removable flash-memory card format roughly the size of a stick of chewing gum. Sony created it for portable consumer-electronics devices, such as cameras and digital audio players. The upcoming Memory Stick Duo is about one-third the size of the original, and is meant to fit into devices such as cell phones and small digital audio players, expanding the number of devices using Memory Stick technology. 
  • Hardware world loves AMD Opteron - A couple of weeks ago, AMD announced the support of ATI, 3DLabs, SiS and Matrox and for its upcoming 64-bit chips. Today, it's the turn of Nvidia and VIA to pile in with their support for the Opteron (MP) and Next-Generation Athlons (singletons). Both companies are to produce optimised chipsets - Hypertransport, fat graphics etc; - for AMD's 64-bit platform.
  • ALi Introduces New Generation Chipset M1687/M1563 -ALi's M1687 has support for AGP up to 8X, which provides system designers ample room to interface with various levels of graphics requirements. Also, by adapting the industry most innovations - HyperTransportTM technology link bus between ALi's M1687 and M1563, ALi's solution is the best one to complement the architecture of AMD's new processor platform. ALi's M1563 comes highly integrated with AC-Link Host Controller, Dual Channel ATA-133, 6 ports USB 2.0 Host controller, MAC controller for 1/10/100 fast Ethernet, memory stick and SD interface, and HyperTransportTM technology link interface.
  • Yamaha CRW-F1 CD-RW Drive Unveiled - Yamaha Corporation today unveiled the CRW-F1, a high-quality, full CAV CD-R/RW recorder that promises unmatched stability, efficiency and offers the new "Advanced Audio Master Quality Recording" and the revolutionary "DiscT@2" laser drawing system.  The new CRW-F1 recorder features a 2'42" recording time for full 80-minute CD-R discs (at full CAV speeds of 44x) along with up to 24x in CD-RW Rewriting. Read speed and digital audio extraction speeds reach 44X, while delivering maximum quality and compatibility.
  • Computex 2002 - Day 1 Coverage - T-break has posted their coverage of the Computex 2002.  They say "We met up with ASUS, Epox, MSI and Abit amongst others and saw their upcoming P4 and AMD boards which include everything from the SiS 648 chipset to the Hammer, KT400 and nVidia Cursh 18 chipsets."
  • Computex 2002: The Bloodbath Begins  - World exclusive! Whoohoo! Nvidia's next generation nForce! AMD is telling its partner they will have K8 before the year end, and they're getting ready for it. Intel is in no mood to play around and controls pricing. Gigabyte disses Nvidia in favor of ATI. The fight is on for what's left of the PC pie in 2002. Plus, news on IWill, Soltek, and BioStar. Day 1 of the Comdex of the East is a wild ride.
  • Computex 2002: Wireless 5.1 Home Theater System - Check it out!
  • HW Round-up - Albatron GeForce4 MX440 / Abit Siluro Geforce 4 Ti4400 (videoreview) / Hercules 3D Prophet All-in-Wonder Radeon 8500DV / SiS Xabre 400 Reference Video Card / XFX GeForce4 Ti4400 / VIA C3 1 GHz Gold CPU / Leadtek Winfast K7N420DA (Motherboard) /  MSI KT3 Ultra-ARU (motherboard) /  MSI 845E Max2-BLR Socket-478 (Motherboard) / Lite On LTR-48125S 48X CD-RW / Mitsumi CR-485CTE 40/20/48 CD-RW / Benq 24x10x40 CDRW / Socket 478 Cooler Round-up
  • Netscape 7.0 Out for Free Preview - Preview Release 1's purpose is to elicit feedback, and, except for a couple of annoyances, it's pretty slick. There's a quick-launch feature that keeps the browser in memory, so it's quicker to launch a second time. If you're into instant messaging, that feature is highlighted and the default is to ask you for your user ID. That was one annoyance, easy to undo in preferences.
  • MagicTweak 1.87 - MagicTweak is a special program designed to optimize and personalize Microsoft Windows. This unique software makes it easy to tweak hundreds of hidden settings in Windows, so there is no need to dig through the registry looking for that specific setting (from Start Menu,Desktop,IE skin,System Icon to System Security) that just doesn't seem to be there.
  • HyperSnap-DX 4.50.03 - HyperSnap-DX 4 is a screen capture and image editing tool for MS Windows. This new version features: Bugfix: Image/Crop function would not display correctly the Zoom area after pressing F1 key (help for more precise cropping).
  • Ahead InCD Update v.3.2.9.1 - Ahead has released a new version of their InCD Software. A changelog is not available yet.
  • TVTool 6.5 Beta - A new version (v6.5) of TV Tool has been released.. This is the program that enables your video card TV-Output and seems to be the best external one.
  • Creative's EAX ADVANCED HD Audio Enhancement - With Creative's EAX ADVANCED HD Audio Enhancement for Star Wars Jedi Knighr II: Jedi Outcast , you'll now enjoy the most sophisticated and realistic game audio environments that you've ever heard.
  • NVIDIA Detonator Drivers 29.42 WHQL Beta - Warp2Search offers the latest WHQL certified drivers for all Nvidia based video cards for you. The drivers are dated 05/03/2002 and the version number is 29.42.
  • nForce Drivers 1.05 WHQL (Win98se) - Nvidia has released new official nForce drivers. Products Supported:
    nForce 220D/415/420/420D Platform Processors.

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