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| (hx) 02:54 AM CEST - Aug,08 2002 |
- Another tool for Xbox mod squad - The new X-ecuter chip for the Xbox includes
several new design components, including a layout that requires soldering of only nine
connection points, compared with 20 in the first Xbox mod chips. The X-ecuter also has a provision for an on/off switch that would disable the
mod chip. That feature has attracted significant interest from would-be hackers concerned
that Xbox Live, Microsoft's upcoming online service for the console, will include
diagnostics intended to detect the presence of modified game machines.
- TiVo Might Rue Arrival of DTV - Broadcasters are scheduled to begin delivering
digital TV signals in 2006, giving consumers better picture and sound quality in their
homes. However, Hollywood is threatening to withhold its movies unless cable companies are
given the right to prohibit taping of shows. Since the new signals will deliver perfect
copies to the home, the entertainment companies want to protect their content.
- Einstein's relativity theory hits a speed bump - Australian scientists
have discovered that light isn't quite as fast as it used to be. But it doesn't mean E=mc2
will be consigned to the dustbin, writes David Wroe. Energy, Einstein discovered, was
equal to mass times the speed of light squared, with the speed of light as a constant in a
vacuum such as space. News that the
speed of light may not be constant after all does not mean the old theory falls apart
altogether, Davies says. The theory of relativity remains good for most situations, just
as Newton's laws remained more or less correct after Einstein, except at high speeds or
under intense gravity.
- Ford Unveils Hydrogen-Fueled Generator - Ford Motor Co. F.N and
Canadian fuel cell developer Ballard Power Systems Inc. jointly unveiled on Wednesday a hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engine-driven generator they said
could help pave the way toward the commercialization of fuel cell technology. The
Ballard Ecostar hydrogen generator, able to produce 114 kilovolt-amperes (kVA) of power,
will be the cleanest combustion generator on the market, with no carbon dioxide emissions
and almost no smog-creating nitrogen oxide produced, officials said.
- Trial date set for DVD hacker - A date has been set for the trial of Jon Johansen, the
Norwegian hacker who created the controversial DVD descrambling tool DeCSS. The trial will
start at a Norwegian district court on 9 December and will be headed up by one judge with
the help of two lay assessors.
- Win32 API utterly and irredeemably broken - Windows might possibly be
the most insecure
piece of viral code ever to infect a computer, according to Chris Paget who's found a fascinating hole in
the Win32 Messaging System which he believes is irreprarable, and which he posted to the
BugTraq security mailing list. /Note: Good morning Chris, it's really nothing new
:)/
- ATI announces 9700 Pro - ATI today announced the
addition of the RADEON 9700 PRO graphics board, featuring the RADEONT 9700 PRO visual
processing unit (VPU), to its successful retail lineup. ATI will begin shipping the RADEON
9700 PRO board to retail customers and distributors beginning August 19, where it will
join the recently introduced RADEON 9000 PRO, and ATI's other strong retail products in
stores and online. RADEON 9700 PRO boards will be available from ATI's board partners
later this month.
- Samsung DDR 400 Q4, DDR-II 666 next year - The first densities Samsung
will produce are 128Mb chips at 2.5 volts, but it will move to 256Mb chips by Q1 of 2003,
the roadmaps indicate. DDR 333 memory chips in 1Gb densities are not due until the end of
next year. Samsung is already shipping samples of DDR-II at 512Mb, but in Q4
this year it will release 1.8 volt 667/533/400 DDR-II. In Q3 of next year, it will
introduce a new die, the E-die, for these parts at x4, x8 and x16, and in densities of
256Mb.
- GeIL PC-3500 DDR - The Combination of the PC3500 and the IT7 came up
with some strange memory timing results. First off I had to use "6" Precharge
Delay around 186MHz, Cas2-6-2-2. Then after 208MHz I needed to go to "7"
Precharge Delay, Cas2-7-2-2. This seemed to be an optimal setting for the GeIL 3500.
- Obtaining DDR333 from EPoX 4G4A+ Guide - Epox's 4G4A+ based Intel 845G
motherboard is one of the most popular Pentium 4 motherboards on the market today. Users
in our forums and others have been asking how we managed to
obtain DDR333 support from the motherboard. By popular request, TweakTown wrote this
short guide which shows how to enable DDR333 from the Epox motherboard.
- AMD 762 Chipset Tweaking (MP/MPX) Guide - In this
article we are going to look at improving the performance of the AMD's 760MP/MPX
chipset which is designed for multi processor use. We have been digging into the white
papers on this chipset over the past week to try and find out every last thing we could
about this chipset and then figure out how all of you power hungry madmen with the
duallies can make it run even faster! If you've been around this site for very long you
know all about chipset registers by now.
- CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 11 Released - Corel Corporation today
announced that CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 11 is now available on store shelves across
North America. CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 11 is a collection of professional graphics tools
designed to make graphic design work more creative, enjoyable and fun. Available on both
Mac OS X and Windows XP, customers can upgrade to version 11 of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite
for $249 US.
- News Interceptor 0.96 Beta - News
Interceptor allows you to be instantly notified when your favorite web sites emit news
of interest. It displays the news title and you can, with a simple mouse click, read the
entire news in your Web browser.
- XP Antispy 3.51 - This tool allows you to disable most if not all suspicious home call
functions in Windows XP.
- BlindWrite Suite v4.0.5c - BlindWrite suite is a tool
designed to perfectly reproduce most CD. RAW mode is needed to produce perfect backups of
some protected CDs! DAO mode is even better. Almost all protected CD can be perfectly
backed up using with DAO
- WindowBlinds 3.4 - A new version of WindowBlinds is available that has
all sorts of cool new features. The ultimate GUI customization program allows users
complete control over how Windows looks and feels.
- kX Project Drivers 5.10.0.3522 beta - The kX Audio Driver is an
independent WDM (Windows Driver Model) driver for all EMU10K1 and EMU10K2-based soundcards
manufactured by Creative Technology Ltd. and/or E-mu Sytems Inc., including the
SoundBlaster Live! series, the E-mu Audio Production Studio (APS) card, and the Audigy
series of cards.
- Plextor PleXCombo Firmware 1.03 - Plextor Japan has released a new firmware
for their 20X CD-Write, 10X CD-ReWrite, 40X CD-Read, 12X-DVD-Read ATAPI CD-RW/DVD-ROM
drive.
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| Comments from Jasmingo Durante | posted - 05:07 AM CEST - Aug,08 2002 | | Re: Win32 API utterly and irredeemably broken
Ah but you see, this is the first time anyone's come across something that absolutely cannot be fixed. That IS new.
Btw, here is Chris himself displaying his disgust with MS -
http://theregister.co.uk/media/858.jpg
Ah "Hollywood" (more like NYC) never fails to amaze me with their tactics...
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| Comments from jim pete | posted - 09:46 AM CEST - Aug,09 2002 | | Re: "the first time anyone's come across something that absolutely cannot be fixed"
It's wrong, the "fix" has to be done on the side of coders, not on the system.
This a link to a little article about WM_TIMER:
http://f0dder.didjitalyphrozen.com/wm_timer.htm
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