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| (hx) 02:57 AM CEST - Jun,03 2003 |
- Microsoft to drop standalone IE - Microsoft is
phasing out standalone versions of its Internet Explorer Web browser,
according to statements attributed to IE program manager Brian Countryman in
an interview posted on the software giant's Web site. Microsoft issued a
standalone browser with IE 6, following a court ruling that found the company
had violated antitrust laws by bundling IE with its Windows operating system.
The company has since settled the case with the Justice Department and most of
the other parties to the suit, although a handful of holdouts continue to
press for additional remedies.
- Tiscali boots off heavy users - Tiscali UK is
to
boot off a bunch of heavy users tomorrow after they ignored requests to
reduce their online usage to less than 150 hours a month. Today, those "heavy
users" received an email telling them that their Tiscali AnyTime accounts will
be "terminated on June 3rd 2003 [tomorrow] in accordance with our terms and
conditions".
- VX writers release sequel to infamous Sobig worm - Sobig-C, which
spreads by email or (less commonly) network shares, has been intercepted more
than 15,000 times since its first appearance on Saturday by message filtering
outfit MessageLabs. This virus has now reached 'high level' outbreak status,
the company reports. The emergence of
Sobig-C comes days after its spammer-friendly predecessor, Sobig-B (AKA
Palyh), reached its "expiry date". The worm was designed to spread only until
31 May. Sobig-C can be easily recognised since although the name of the
subject line or infectious attachment varies the body of the text is always
"Please see the attached file".
- The Next Ethernet - Where (and how fast) will the 30-year-old
technology take us next? - "Forty-Gigabit will not be economically
viable in terms of the effort the industry has to put in to develop a new
technology," said Nan Chen, director of product marketing at Atrica, an
equipment maker in Santa Clara, California, and a veteran of the Fast Ethernet
standards process in the 1990s.
That speed could be achieved simply by bringing four 10-Gigabit Ethernet
connections together using link aggregation, a much less expensive
proposition than developing a new kind of interface. If a whole new standard
is to be developed, it should go all the way to 100 gbps, he said. Chen said
he would not be surprised to see a formal call for interest in 100-Gigabit
Ethernet at the IEEE in 2004, a standards development process of two years or
so, and products in 2006.
- Intel's 3.2GHz Pentium 4 to ship 23 June -The
3.2GHz Pentium 4 will be launched by Intel on 23 June, sources familiar
with the chip giant's plans have told Xbit Labs. The part operates across a
200MHz frontside bus, quad-pumped to an effective 800MHz. It's got 512KB of L2
cache and is fabbed at 0.13 micron. It is expected to cost $637.
- Intel slashes Centrino prices by up to 30% -
The new chips are priced at $694, $341 and $319, respectively, in batches
of 1000 and bundling the 855 chipset and Pro Wireless 2100 mini-PCI 802.11b
card. So says Intel's press release, but its official price list, has the
1.7GHz part down at $725, $372/$367 (depending on whether you choose an 855
with integrated graphics or not) and $350/$345. According to the price list,
the processors alone cost $637, $284 and $262.
- Digidesign Mbox review - Digidesign, a heavy hitter in the
professional audio market, powers many digital recording studios with its
high-end hardware and Pro Tools software. Recently the company began offering
lower-priced products to entice weekend warriors and dabbling musicians-first
with its Digi001 audio interface, and now with the
USB-based Digidesign Mbox ($450 street), a two-input, two-output audio
interface that digitizes analog input and allows you to transfer the digital
stream to a PC
- The Digital Writing Pad: Tablet PCs -
Tablet PCs are bringing fresh impetus to mobility: handwriting
recognition, digitizer displays and stylus input provide for new
possibilities. However, high prices make the tablets uninteresting for the end
user.
- Canon Unveils High-End Digicam, Projector - Due for release in June
at a suggested retail price of $899, the
PowerShot G5 digital camera features a 5-megapixel CCD sensor that
captures 2592-by-1944-pixel images. Its 4X all-glass optical zoom lens
provides a 35mm film camera equivalent range of 35mm to 140mm, a maximum
aperture of f/2.0-3.0, and macro focusing down to 2 inches. The additional 4X
digital zoom extends the camera's telephoto capabilities to provide
photographers with 16X zoom functionality.
- Nvidia nForce 2 Motherboard roundup - AMDZone tested
five different motherboards (Abit's NF7-S, Chaintech 7NJS Zenith, Epox
8RDA+, FIC AU11, Leadtek K7NCR18D-Pro) based on the Nvidia nForce 2 chipset.
- Radeon 9800 Pro Roundup -
NordicHardware recommendation is to get HIS or Sapphires board and if you
really want the ultimate performance go for the PowerColor.
- Interactive Pin-Mod guide for AMD Athlon XP, T-Bred and Barton CPUs -
OCinside.de has published
its brand new Interactive Pin-Mod Guide For AMD Athlon XP - T-Bred &
Barton CPU's. Check it out!
- PCAnywhere Turns 11 - Monday, Symantec plans to announce
PCAnywhere 11, an upgraded release of its remote-access software that
features performance improvements and a revised user interface for IT help
desk administrators. The new version can transfer needed files in the
background while IT administrators continue with other work.
- phpMyAdmin 2.5.1 RC1 -
phpMyAdmin
(changelog)
can manage a whole MySQL-server (needs a super-user) but also a single
database.
- GAIM 0.64 -
Gaim (download)
is a multi-protocol instant messaging client for Linux, BSD, MacOS X, and
Windows. It is compatible with AIM (Oscar and TOC protocols), ICQ, MSN
Messenger, Yahoo, IRC, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, and Zephyr networks.
- Tom's Hardware Guide Clock 1.2 -
This is a special developer's tool designed to detect dynamic overclocking
in realtime. Unlike other CPU frequency programs this one will give you the
actual speed of your CPU in realtime.
- WinDVD Platinum 4.5.28.104 -
WinDVD Platinum (download)
is InterVideo's latest version of WinDVD which is a simple-to-use DVD player
that combines all the features of a standard consumer DVD player and offers
much more.
- DUP-DVD v2.2.0a -
DUP-DVD is
a powerful tool to convert a DVD movie to SVCD/VCD - easily, quickly,
effortlessly. With DUP-DVD you can make a DVD backup to SVCD with just a
click.
- CPUCooL 7.2.4 -
CPUCooL (download)
is a program that monitors temperature, fan speed, and voltages for many
motherboards.
- DirectX Eradicator 1.09 -
This utility is
designed to safely remove the DirectX runtime core component from Windows 9X,
Millennium and Windows 2000 operating systems... DXE gives you the ability to
install and uninstall any version of DirectX as you wish.
- PowerStrip 3.41 Beta Build 391 -
PowerStrip (download)
provides advanced, multi-monitor, programmable hardware support to a wide
range of graphics cards - from the venerable Matrox Millennium I to the latest
Radeon 9700DV and Matrox Parhelia.
- 3D Blaster Drivers 44.04 - Creative Labs has released a new 3D
Blaster drivers v44.04 -
Win9x/ME ~
Win2k/XP ~
WinNT4 . This is first Creative release based on the NVIDIA DetonatorFX
driver build.
- kX Project Drivers 5.00.3533b -
The kX Audio Driver (download)
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.
- SiS Drivers - SiS officially released Chipset drivers
AGP 1.16a,
SiS 740/65x Onboard VGA drivers 2.16a (win9x)
and SiS 7012
Sound drivers 1.10. (thanks
Warp2Search)
- Roxio Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Update - Roxio has released
an update v6.0.3.4. (download). The update fixes problems with Sony CDRW
and NEC DVD-ROM.
- PlexTools Professional v2.03 - Plextor Europe has released
an update for its PlexTools software.
- AVM FRITZ!Card DSL Driver v3.11.02 - AVM Germany released
a new driver version for the internal PCI card DSL modemFRITZ!Card DSL and
the external FRITZ!Card DSL USB.
- Turtle Beach Santa Cruz BETA Driver v5.12.4187 - Voyetra has
released a BETA
driver for the Turtle Beach Santa Cruz card v5.12.4187 for WinAll. Please
report any issues (with the driver version and Windows OS) only to:
[email protected].
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| Comments from Hjarry | posted - 05:00 AM CEST - Jun,03 2003 | | RE: "Microsoft to drop standalone IE." Oh, really? Who ever heard of an ass without a hole? | |
| Comments from Lard Ass | posted - 10:07 AM CEST - Jun,03 2003 | | Tiscali boots off heavy users ! ohhh those 56kers when will they learn, FFS tight arsed ppl get BROADBAND ;) | |
| Comments from Pete | posted - 11:25 AM CEST - Jun,03 2003 | | Lard Ass, please think before you post.
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| Comments from satan | posted - 03:13 PM CEST - Jun,03 2003 | | and how do you expect people too far away from the telephone exchange or where the demand doesnt warrant broadband to do such a thing lard ass? (and yes I know your post was taking the piss) | |
| Comments from Erboz | posted - 10:02 PM CEST - Jun,04 2003 | | "Microsoft to drop standalone IE " .... Mmmm.... If I remember correctly, those same "rumours" were allready there in the Win95 times, but I guess, as long as Bill Gates is among the richest on earth, all Microsoft does when hearing those claims, is ROTFLOL (Rolling On Floor Laughing Out Loud)
... Where living under a capitalistic dictatorship, as long as Bill's blatter ain't empty, nobody can stop him from peeing on our heads. | | The old comment system has been replaced. Use the regular FORUMS!
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