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 Thursday Tech Reading - tech
(hx) 05:41 PM CEST - Jul,03 2003
  • Nintendo's Yamauchi speaks - Former Nintendo chairman Hiroshi Yamauchi has given an interview with Nihon Keizai Shimbun, with the legendary industry veteran giving his views on a wide range of topics with his trademark bluntness. On the topic of Sony's forthcoming PlayStation Portable, Yamauchi-san broke the ice in typical style - stating that analysts who "think Nintendo has a monopoly over the handheld market and Sony may be able to break it" simply don't understand the games business.
  • Solar sailing 'breaks laws of physics'  -  The next generation of spacecraft propulsion systems could be dead in the water before they are even launched. A physicist is claiming that solar sailing - the idea of using sunlight to blow spacecraft across the solar system - is at odds with the laws of thermal physics.  Both NASA and the European Space Agency are developing solar sails and, although never tested, the concept is quite simple. A solar sail is essentially a giant mirror that reflects photons of sunlight back in the direction they came from.  Although photons do not have mass, they are considered to have momentum, so according to the law of conservation of momentum, the photon loses some of its energy to the sail as it bounces off, giving the sail a shove in the opposite direction.
  • Microsoft offers free e-book downloads  - As part of the five-month promotion, users can download three e-books a week from Microsoft's Web site via a Pocket PC, a Tablet PC, a laptop or a desktop. A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson, The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, and Fear Itself by Walter Mosley are among the titles offered.
  • Hacker defacement contest -  A call for online vandals to take part in a Web site defacement contest has some companies warning clients to beware over the holiday weekend.  The contest awards points to vandal groups for defacing Web sites, with higher points awarded for sites that are run on less common servers. The winner of the contest will be the group that defaces 6,000 servers in the shortest amount of time.
  • MSI announces Nbox FX family of graphics cards - Micro-star International (MSI) will provide an added incentive for gamers buying its FX graphics cards by introducing its NBox graphics card series, which bundles three popular hit computers games of 2003 as well as an aluminum, 800dpi optical mouse.
  • No more pins? Intel LGA and Tejas Scoop - Well Intel are moving away from the 'socket' interface and on to a LAND GRID ARRAY format - this is 775 push-pin style contacts. This will be introduced at the same time as Intel launch the new Grantsdale core logic. There is photos of the new interface, the reference board, and also the weird new mounting bracket for the LGA.
  • First AMD Opteron Supercomputer in Europe - Manchester University in the UK has selected ClusterVision, specialist in Linux supercomputer clusters, to install a 70 processor supercomputer cluster using the new 64-bit AMD Opteron processor. This will be the first public, production-ready AMD Opteron processor based cluster for chemistry applications in Europe.
  • HP Unveils Linux PC -  Hewlett-Packard has announced a new low-end desktop PC designed for small businesses and featuring a version of the Linux operating system. The Compaq D220 PC ($349) will be available July 7 as a user-configurable system, according to HP. The base configuration includes a 2.0-GHz Celeron processor, 128MB of DDR SDRAM, a 40GB hard drive, and a CD-ROM drive.
  • Fujitsu LifeBook P5010 review - Users who want the latest CPU technology in the smallest package should make a beeline for the Fujitsu LifeBook P5010 ($1,700 street) notebook. Intel's Centrino platform and a DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drive fit handily in a 3.8-pound package. Just make sure you can live with the small keyboard, fonts, and screen.
  • Gyration Ultra Cordless Optical Mouse review - Feeling tied down by your mouse? The $80 (street) Gyration Ultra Cordless Optical Mouse frees you. This unique device uses a dual-axis gyroscope to detect a wide range of motion. Within 25 feet of the USB radio-frequency (RF) receiver, moving the mouse pointer on-screen is as simple as waving your hand in the air. Should you want to sit at a desk, though, the Gyration Ultra also acts as an optical mouse.
  • Cooler Master CoolDrive 3 Hard Disk Cooler review  - Adrian's Rojak Pot just posted the Cooler Master CoolDrive 3 Hard Disk Cooler review.  "Don't you just love 7200 RPM hard disks? They are blazing fast! Too bad they are also so HOT!!! As a result, most hardware enthusiasts now rely on a variety of fans and hard disk coolers to keep their ultra-fast hard disks running cool."
  • EpoX 4PDA2+ i865PE Springdale review - This 4PDA2+ sample was a prodigious FSB overclocker, a features champion and a paradigm of stability. As long as EPoX launch a BIOS that corrects the Vcore failings found on the 6/18 update, we're confident that this board will sell well. One has to ask themselves exactly what they need from a prospective motherboard. This EPoX seems to have most of the bases covered.
  • DVD Video Copy Software On Test - EliteBastards.net let us know they have compared three of them: DVD X Copy Xpress, DVD2One, and the newest of the bunch, Elaborate Bytes' CloneDVD.
  • Messenger Plus! 2.20.43 - Messenger Plus! Extension (download) is a program that adds functionalities to the MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger chat program. Some of the added features are logging, personalized Away Messages, transparency effects, and a feature to minimize all MSN Messenger windows to the system tray.
  • Alcoholer 4.0a - Alcoholer 4.0a has been released. With this tool first you scan your copy protected CDs for their protections using ClonyXXL and then Alcoholer kicks in to make sure the right settings are passed trough to Alcohol 120%.
  • ATV2000 v2.0.20.1 - ATV2000 (Freeware ) is new generation of TV viewing and capture application based on old ATV, but with reworked core.
  • FolderIcon XP 1.0 RC - FolderIcon XP (download) allows you to change an icon for any folder. Left-click on a folder and choose its icon, mark it as a "hot" or make it look gray.
  • Avant Browser 8.02 Build 001 - Avant Browser (download) is an upgrade to Internet Explorer. Avant Browser is a fast, stable, user-friendly, versatile multi-window browser.
  • CuteFTP Pro 3.2 - CuteFTP Pro 3.2 (download) integrates state-of-the-art security standards including SSL via FTP and HTTP, SSH2 and advanced S/KEY password encryption to ensure that confidential business data stays that way. However CuteFTP 3.x Pro costs +$60 :(, if you prefer a freeware (I do), try WinSCP2!
  • ICQ Lite Build #1253 - ICQ Lite Build #1253 (download ~ changelog) has been released.
  • Creative Sound Blaster Live & Audigy 1 Driver 5.12.4.285 WHQL - Station-Drivers.com have posted a new Creative Sound Blaster Live & Audigy Driver version 512.12.4.285 WHQL.

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