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 Nightly Tech Reading - tech
(hx) 03:06 AM CEST - Jul,08 2003
  • Consumers not ready for online gaming - Nintendo - George Harrison, Nintendo of America VP of marketing, has hinted strongly that Nintendo will not be rolling out any online strategy in this generation of hardware, although the company is looking into it for N5.  In an interview with the Puget Sound Business Journal, Harrison commented that "we just don't believe consumers are ready for [online gaming]. Right now, no one's paying for subscriptions. The real test comes when you have to start coughing up $15 a month."
  • Playstation Portable ships in 2004, PS3 doesn't - According to Afterdawn.com, the Playstation Portable, which will challenge old-timer Nintendo GBA and newcomer Nokia N-Gage, will ship to retailers late 2004.
  • ICQ 2003a Password Bypass - How it works? Simple! You may use EnableWindow API to enable ICQ contact list window. After enabling the window you can set your status to online and the UIN will be connected no matter how high is your security level.
  • Hacker Challenge Fizzles - A weekend competition to test the skills of malicious hackers fell apart after poor planning by contest organizers and infighting among different hacker groups crippled the Web site responsible for keeping score in the competition.
  • Samsung to ban camera phones - Samsung is to ban camera phones from its semiconductor, flat-panel and electronics factories because of industrial espionage fears. The ban, due to come into effect from 14 July, will apply to both workers and visitors to the factories.
  • Fossil delays US Wrist PDA shipment - Fossil's Palm OS-based Wrist PDA watch did not shipped in the US on 30 June as promised and has slipped back until 21 July.  Fossil's own web site confirms the delay, but simply notes that the 'dress' watches will ship "in July", and the other two "in early July". Fossil's low-cost brand, Abacus, is also releasing the Wrist PDA with metal and plastic straps. According to Amazon.com, both versions will ship on 31 July. The Wrist PDA contains a 33MHz Motorola Dragonball VZ processor, 2MB of ROM and 2MB of RAM, IrDA port, a synchronisation port, and a 160 x 160 16-greyscale display. The 'dress' and 'casual' versions cost $295, and the 'sport' watch costs $275. The Abacus versions are priced at $200 for the metal strap and $180 for the plastic strap.
  • Intel Prescott 3.40GHz Pricing Unveiled - The initial pricing of Intel code-named Prescott processor was revealed by an unofficial source here today. The fastest Socket 478 chip from Intel with 800MHz Quad Pumped Bus and 1MB of L2 cache in addition to loads of other improvements will cost you $640 in quantities starting from 1000 units at launch this year.
  • Realtek GbE chip production to be delayed until 4Q, sources say - Realtek Semiconductor's first Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) MAC/PHY single chip did not complete first-cut sampling due to a technical bug between the chip and motherboards, said first-tier motherboard makers and competing IC design firms.
  • Sony Ships Business LCDs - Sony has released a new line of flat-panel displays that are aimed at corporate and government customers. The new 15-inch SDM-X53 ($430), 17-inch SDM-X73 ($600), and 19-inch SDM-X93 ($800) models are Mac- and Windows-compatible via an analog input connector.
  • Motorola puts nanotubes in screens - Motorola is researching a new type of large flat-panel display that the company says has the potential to be cheaper than plasma or liquid-crystal display screens. The new screen technology uses carbon nanotubes, which are long, thin strands of specialized carbon molecules. The material is popular with researchers who are investigating its use in everything from optic cabling to antibacteria coatings. The screen, dubbed a "nano emissive display" or NED, is being developed by Motorola Labs, the research arm of the electronics giant.
  • Intel to launch 848P and 865GV chipsets - Intel plans to release two new Pentium 4 chipsets supporting single-channel DDR400 and an 800Mhz FSB (front-side bus), Taiwanese motherboard sources said. The 848P, formerly rumored as the 865PL, will be marketed for the value-line end-user market, while the 865GV will target OEM customers.
  • Thermaltake Introduces Silent Boost Cooler - It is categorized in Thermaltake's high performance Volcano Series line for AMD Athlon XP 3400+ application. Heat sink's design greatly increased the surface area to dissipate more efficiently with following dimension: 82mm x 70mm x 49mm. High-density fins (41 fins) also allow heat to be distributed even across the heat sink.
  • Iwill Produces World's Smallest P4 SFF Barebone - Iwill's ZPC comes with a slim and light box as a book-sized P4 barebone. The dimension is ultra-compact as 18.4 x 26.3 x 5.4(cm) which perfectly matches even the smallest of spaces in home or office
  • AMD Athlon FX Processor - Adrian's Rojak Pot has posted a scoop on the new AMD Athlon FX processor. "Has anyone heard of the new AMD Athlon FX? No? That wouldn't be surprising since I have never heard of it until now! Athlon FX is apparently going to be AMD's official name for the new Athlon XP Thorton core!"
  • Apple G4 Powerbook review - Currently retailing at L2299.00 this beautiful work of engineering at its best does not come cheaply. But I ask my self, has the switch been worth it? Hell yea! I would do it again if I have to, and I seriously plan to follow the Apple way of life for the next couple of years.
  • Kingston 128mb USB Drive Review - The DataTraveler is about the size of a stick of gum and 3-4 sticks thick. Mac users will be delighted to know that they too can use this in their computer. Which also makes it handy for transferring files between platforms. 10 years of listed data retention means you'll probably lose it before it dies.
  • Scythe Ergo Diver Keyboard And Mouse Pad Review - OcPrices.com has released a review of Scythe Ergo Diver keyboard and mouse pad.
  • How-To Fill and Bleed an Inline Water Cooling System  - Let me lay out a little scenario for you. You finish installing all your water cooling gear. Your water block is mounted on the mobo, and everything looks fantastic! Only one problem .... there is no water in there!
  • Upgrading to Peltier Cooling - OCAddiction has posted an interesting article about upgrading to Peltier Cooling.
  • Wireless home networking Guide - PC Stats has posted a Wireless home networking guide.
  • Building The Ultimate Gaming PC Guide - If money was not a factor, how would you design the Ultimate Gaming PC?
  • Unwinder's Detection Script: Catalyst 3.5 On Test  -  EliteBastards taking a look at a host of frequently used benchmarks, running them on ATi's latest Catalyst 3.5 drivers both with and without Unwinder's script running.
  • GIMP v1.3.16 - The GIMP (GNU/Image Manipulation Program) is a very nice graphics manipulation application that works on many operating systems, in many languages, on many file formats and is used for a variety of computer imagery purposes.
  • Klient 2.0.16 - Klient (download) is an IRC application for WinAll. Klient features a fully customizable interface, multiple server support, highly robust scripting, external .dll support, and much more.
  • AnyDVD 1.3.1.1 - This baby allows you to decrypt CSS encrypted DVDs on the fly and has been developed by Elaborate Bytes (CloneCD/DVD).
  • foobar2000 v0.7 Beta 12 - foobar2000 (download ~ changelog) is nice&very small audio player made by WinAMP's Peter Pawlowski.
  • CopyToDVD 2.2.4 - CopyToDVD is the easiest way to backup your files. Integrated to the shell or used as a normal application, CopyToDVD works with all CD & DVD Writers to create the cd type of your choice.
  • OpenGL 2.0 Enabled Drivers - MAME stands for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator, and currently runs 1800+ classic (and even some not so classic) arcade games!
  • TVTool 7.2.5 beta -  The main purpose of this update is to fix some bugs, especially an incompatibility with Win98/Me and a possible blackscreen after turning off TV mode on some systems. Besides that it has some new features, especially the sound options have been renewed and support SPDIF now.
  • My Drivers 2.21 - My Drivers enables easy and fast detection, backup and restore of all hardware device drivers currently on your system.
  • Lite-On CD-RW Firmware - LiteOn have released some new CD-RW firmware updates for the following drives: Lite-On LTR-52327S ( 52X 32X 52X ), Lite-On LTR-48126S ( 48X 12X 48X ), Lite-On LTR-40125S ( 40X 12X 48X ), Lite-On LXR-40243A / B ( 40X 24X 40X ). (thanks Warp2Search)

Comments from Bert~US~posted - 03:28 AM CEST - Jul,08 2003
Consumers not ready for online gaming - Nintendo "Harrison commented that "we just don't believe consumers are ready for [online gaming]. Right now, no one's paying for subscriptions. The real test comes when you have to start coughing up $15 a month." I'd say that consumers are ready for on-line multi-player gaming. They're just not ready to nickle and dimed tp PAY FOR IT! I've been playing Quake series, UT, and the Delta Force series on-line for years and other than paying for the game, I've never had to pay for multiplayer on-line access. It sucks when you pay for the game, pay the ISP for access, and then a game managment company subscription fee for an overly value-added on-line subscription. Internet quality, like low lag, is never guarenteed. For the meatime, I'll stick to games that offer multiplayer gaming as part of the game rather than some additional subscription service.

Comments from f u nintendoposted - 05:07 AM CEST - Jul,08 2003
i agree unless the game is super super good then there no fucking way i would pay to play fuck i can make my own network and play with whoever i want why the fuck would i care about paying for a network nintendo provides? thats fucking dumb. why the fuck should i pay for extra for mulitplayer.

Comments from JSoloposted - 08:06 AM CEST - Jul,08 2003
The guy from Nintendo is wrong. First, look at home and see Everquest, DAoC, Anarchy Online, Sims Online (well, maybe ignore them), Planetside and the like to see that there are people who do indeed pay monthly to play online. If these numbers are not big enough to satisfy him, then he needs to look at the numbers that Lineage pulls. That is by far the most loved and played game around MMORPG game that people do pay for. Of course, these are two different markets - PC gamers versus console gamers, and each one has inherent differences.

Comments from Erbozposted - 05:38 PM CEST - Jul,08 2003
These are the first interesting words comming from Nintendo. Of course nobody wants to pay for online gaming. Perhaps if you give away the games for nothing, then MAYBE, but i really doubt. Online gaming is boring anyway, because of the bunch of cheaters.

Comments from screw nintendoposted - 09:04 PM CEST - Jul,08 2003
some PC gamers are also Console gamers there are more than just Two different markets JSolo plus there is the handheld platform. i find that cheating in role playing game in mulitplayer mode is pretty much always there which makes it boring like hell cause the game becomes more like "who has the best cheat" rather than the intended game atmosphere. so i don't buy/play RPG's anymore cause i can't play RPG's in mulitiplayer mode without some fucking loser using a cheat. It almost makes me cry at night to think i can't play RPG's in multiplayer mode without some loser player using a cheat. RPG multiplayer mode has become so gay with all the cheating thats all people do now use cheats why play the game even then? just use a cheat to edit the game so it gives you the "WINNING SCREEN" everytime then you beat it! wooo party!! aren't you fucking cool. Other game types i have not noticed the cheating to be so devestating to the game play. but i still hate cheats there are for fucking losers who can't or will not try to overcome the challenge and instead just ignore it by using a cheat. thats what losers do though they give up. there are pathetic.

Comments from binkyposted - 09:48 PM CEST - Jul,09 2003
JSolo - [email protected] i will NEVER play to play online. Only a fool gives into that or someone with absolutely no life. I know that, cuz I have proof. Pay to play is BS period. Just the companies soaking people.

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