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 Nightly Tech Reading - tech
(hx) 03:13 AM CEST - May,27 2003
  • Introducing New Wireless Security - Information technology departments might or might not use a protocol such as 802.1X or RADIUS for additional authentication. To help address this gap in WLANs, the IEEE 802.11 Working Group instituted Task Group is to produce a security upgrade for the 802.11 standard. 802.11i is building the standard around 802.1X port-based authentication for user and device authentication. The 802.11i standard, which isn't expected to be complete until later this year, includes two main developments: Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) and Robust Security Network (RSN).
  • PGP Encryption Proves Powerful - If the police and FBI can't crack the code, is the technology too strong? ~ Italian police have seized at least two Psion personal digital assistants from members of the Red Brigades terrorist organization. But the major investigative breakthrough they were hoping for as a result of the information contained on the devices has failed to materialize--thwarted by encryption software used by the left-wing revolutionaries. Failure to crack the code, despite the reported assistance of U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation computer experts, puts a spotlight on the controversy over the wide availability of powerful encryption tools.
  • Microsoft to give support for free - Microsoft Corp. will start giving companies free support and service as it overhauls a licensing plan introduced last year that's been met with slow sales. The company will give customers of its two-year and three-year Software Assurance upgrade plan free training and support, said Rebecca LaBrunerie, a licensing product manager. It comes after the switch to the new plan, which gave customers free upgrades over several years, angered licensees by raising prices in some cases and imposing too early a deadline for some to act.
  • Gene Mapping Key To Unlocking Human Secrets, Says Geneticist - Genetic mapping is an attempt to find mileposts along the genome of a particular organism. The genome is the total genetic material contained in every cell of a species and the DNA that makes up the genome serves as coding for a particular animal. Determining the exact sequence of the chemicals contained in DNA involves a string of three billion figures.
  • Dell and HP see first wide-screen Centrino notebooks - Both Dell Computer and Hewlett-Packard (HP), the world's two largest notebook vendors, are having their first wide-screen Centrino notebooks produced by Taiwan-based Compal Electronics, sources said. While Dell is outsourcing its 15.4-inch Centrino-based Latitude D800 to Compal, HP is ordering its Compaq Presario X1000 notebook, launched recently, from the Taiwanese notebook maker. Initial monthly shipments of the Presario X1000 are estimated at 20,000-30,000 units, according to sources.
  • Duke Nukem targets Pocket PCs - Next after Doom, one first-person shooter drew particular interest from gamers on the PC platform in the 90s: Duke Nukem 3D. As a new and updated version of the game - sporting a real 3D engine, as opposed to the original's faux pax solution - is being prepared for the PC platform, the original version has found its way to the Pocket PC platform courtesy of independent developer Frank Pennault. (thanks InfoSyncWorld)
  • Skinning smartphones - New software from 3G LAB lets users of Series 60-based smartphones, such as the Nokia 7650 and 3650, skin their phones - with themes ranging from naughty to nice.
  • Cellphones to control toy cars - NEC has announced a technical cooperation with the Japanese toy manufacturer, Konami to enable cell phones to control its range of MICROiR toys cars. Owners of the tiny toy cars can download software into the move N504iS handset from DoCoMo and the J-N51 handset sold by J-Phone that will then enable the handsets to control the cars.
  • A new Nokia 7650 game - Nokia has now introduced a new addition to its line-up of free games for its Nokia 7650, based on the Series 60 platform. titled 'Space Impact', the new game features a plot where Neon Force pilot Geneva gets trapped in hostile territory and requires the player's assistance.
  • Athlon XP 3200+ Review - In general, the Athlon XP 3200+ is a good processor, though the reputation is certainly a bit spoiled by AMD and the chipset makers. At the moment it is adequate to the 3GHz Pentium 4.
  • DFI Lan Party Intel (Canterwood) PRO875 Motherboard  Review - 3dXtreme has posted a review of the DFI Lan Party Intel (Canterwood) PRO875 Motherboard.
  • SiS 648FX Ref Board Performance Review - How does SIS 648FX (P4 800mhz cpu chipset) compares to Springdale. What does SIS 648FX chipset offers that brings it on par with the latest Intel chipsets on the market ? Will the integrated RAID 0/1/0+1/JBOD SATA chipset be the new chipset of choice for all future SiS based boards with RAID ?
  • ATI Radeon 9000 All In Wonder Pro Review - The latest All In Wonder card from ATI. Priced at a affordable $199 this card has everything you could ever dream of, great gaming performance, TV Tuner, Remote Wonder and more Video editing features than you can shake a stick at.
  • MSI GeForce FX5600-VTDR128 Review - This brings us to MSI's incarnation of the GeForce FX 5600: the FX5600-VTDR128. Among GeForce FX 5600 boards, MSI's got a real winner on their hands here. Online prices start about $26 higher than the cheapest GeForce FX 5600 cards, but when you factor in MSI's excellent T.O.P. Tech Cooling, the VIVO module for video editing, remote control unit, and the decent software bundle, $26 is a small price to pay for what you're getting.
  • Albatron FX5800 Ultra Review - Ever seen the movie "The fast and the furious"? Well, the FX5800 Ultra is "The fast and the thunderous". Looking at the graphs above, the FX5800 Ultra is no doubt one of the fastest cards; however, the associated noise level is just too high for most people and so is the price.
  • Samsung ML-1710 Laser Printer Review - The ML-1710 can be described as a simple, sleek, well built workhorse. The speed and economy of a Laser Printer truly cannot be beat. Let's see what Samsung has to offer the market.
  • HydroCool200 External Water Cooling Kit Review - The water block used on the HydroCool200 is very compact, and universal. Those running AMD K7 based processors will have an installation bracket, as will those using Intel Pentium 4 processors.
  • Vibe's PT-2002-T Wireless Keyboard and Mouse - Are you tired of fighting with keyboard and mouse cords or maybe you just want more freedom of movement? TechTastic.ca have posted a review of Vibe's PT-2002-T wireless keyboard and mouse.
  • DivX 5.0.5a - DivX (free ~ adware ~ pro) is a package that includes all the DivX codec, player, utilities, and documentation that you need to play DivX files. DivX codec is based on the MPEG-4 compression standard. This codec can reduce an MPEG-2 video (DVD format) to ten percent of its original size. DivX is a digital video compression technology based on the ISO MPEG-4 standard. This minor version fixed a bug that would cause the codec to encode every frame as an I-Frame when used with certain applications (e.g., AVIUtil, DVD2AVI, and some video capture applications).
  • Virtual CD v5.02  -  A new version of Virtual CD is available. This program allows you to emulate CD and DVD drives and it is also able to handle copy protections.
  • ZMatrix for Win 2000/XP 1.5.2  - ZMatrix is an animated desktop background which displays streaming characters in a style similar to what was used in the movie 'The Matrix'.
  • Useless Creations Matrix Reload Screensaver 2.0 -  This is pretty kewl screensaver, try enabling the Sideways Movement option in the screensaver Settings, pretty damn cool and it runs on old systems too!
  • jv16 PowerTools v1.4 RC1 - jv16 PowerTools is the next generation of RegCleaner. A full set of tools to keep your computer and your LAN up and running. jv16 PowerTools is basicly the Tool to control your computer.
  • MR Tech Systray 2.1.35 Beta - MR Tech Systray will not only quickly shut down, restart or log off from Windows, it can help keep your hard disk a little cleaner, organize your MP3 files, edit the ID3 tag, text sorting, reboot logging and system tune-up.
  • KM Remote 2.0 Build 76  - With KM Remote it is possible to remote control Windows using keyboard and mouse. Pressing one of defined virtual buttons calls associated with him action or shows OSD menu if more than one action is defined.
  • TMPGEnc DVD Author and TMPGEnc Plus Updated - Both TMPGEnc DVD Author and TMPGEnc Plus have been updated.  TMPGEnc DVD Author v1.0.4.24 fixes the problem with changing the audio sampling rate and TMPGEnc Plus v2.512 fixes - When selecting an MPEG file in MPEG Tools, Multiplex, a message saying "does not support multiplexing a DVD Sub-Picture stream to a system stream" was displayed, and also some Memory access violation error.
  • Yamaha CRW-F1 firmware - Yamaha released a new firmware version 1.0g for CRW-F1 drive. This new firmware added support for following Ultra Speed CD-RW discs for 24x writing.Infodisc (24x), Ritek (24x).

Comments from Georgeposted - 05:40 PM CEST - May,27 2003
Re: PGP Encryption Proves Powerful If I were the FBI and figured out how to thwart the encryption software of a group I was trying to bring down, I would leak information to sites like Gameguru saying I couldn't break the code. This way, the Group I was trying to bring down would keep using that encryption and I could sit back and glean all kinds of info from them easily. If I leaked information that I broke the encryption then they would just change it and I would have to spend more man-hours breaking it again.

Comments from Hjarryposted - 10:03 PM CEST - May,27 2003
Yep, that's a valid point. You can't trust what law enforcement says publicly about its vulnerabilities. On the other hand there's another theme at work in this story, which is pretty nasty. It's the idea that 'only terrorists need encryption.' This is a scare tactic used by the right wing to rally people behind more police state solutions, while doing dirt on the idea that privacy is OK (let alone your right).

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