Gameguru Mania Updated:10:31 PM CEST Jun,20
AR Wallet

66 lottery login

91 club

okwin

bdg game

55 club

Playbonus.ca
CONTACT
Please e-mail us if you have news.

(c) 1998-2026 Gameguru Mania
Privacy Policy statement
SEARCH:
 Friday Tech Reading - tech
(hx) 02:33 PM CEST - Jul,11 2003
  • IBM, Adobe Tighten Acrobat Security - Adobe Systems has tweaked the cryptography features in its Acrobat 6.0 software to let users take advantage of a security chip included with IBM's newer notebook and desktop computers, the companies say. Documents created with Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) can already make use of public key infrastructure (PKI) technologies that let users add a digital signature to a form, and control who can open it. Adding support for IBM's hardware-based Embedded Security Subsystem is supposed to boost that level of security further.
  • PDAs pose potential privacy problems - Companies are risking legal action by failing to protect data held on personal digital assistants (PDAs) and smartphones, according to a survey. While there are no official statistics about the number of these devices that have been stolen, as many as a quarter of staff surveyed on PDA usage by mobile security firm Pointsec Mobile Technologies claimed to have either lost or had their PDA stolen.
  • DVD 'ripper' pre-empts DMCA ruling - Studio 321 is awaiting a ruling over its DVD X Copy software, which includes a facility that allows users to rip backups of movie DVDs. If the ruling goes against Studio 321, the company says this new version of the copying software will ship without the "ripper" module, which decrypts DVDs and allows them to be copied. Other products in the new line-up include a DVD editing and authoring application that allows conversions to and from standard DV video, MPEG-2 and MPEG-1 formats. The company is also creating an add-in that converts Microsoft PowerPoint, as well as a CD/CDRW/DVD utility that enables data to be recovered from damaged or defective discs.
  • PS2 gaming service browser hacked - PlayStation 2 owner has figured out how to access non-Sony web pages using the browser software provided with the console's online gaming service. The PS2 typically points to a Sony server, and displays pages minus the web navigation tools computer owners are accustomed to using to surf the Net. Brook's self-confessed "hack" involves modifying the IP address the PS2 connects to when seeking out web pages, according to a BBC report. The PS2 typically points to a Sony server, and displays pages minus the web navigation tools computer owners are accustomed to using to surf the Net. Brook's self-confessed "hack" involves modifying the IP address the PS2 connects to when seeking out web pages, according to a BBC report.
  • Lindows offers easier-to-install Linux - Lindows.com, which tries to make the Linux operating system more consumer-friendly, has introduced a version of the OS that runs directly from a CD-ROM.  The San Diego-based company said Thursday that its new product, LindowsCD, is targeted at people who want to try Linux without altering or removing other operating systems running on their computers. The Linux OS CD is free for those who purchase or already own LindowsOS 4.0, the full-featured version of the company's software. The CD can also be purchased separately for $29.95.
  • Corporate e-mail to call on cell phones  - Japanese cell phone carrier NTT DoCoMo next week will launch a new corporate e-mail service that could pose a threat to manufacturers of handhelds for mobile professionals. Starting July 17, NTT DoCoMo will give ordinary cell phones access to Microsoft and Lotus e-mail, contacts and calendar items. Most carriers already sell similar services but require customers to purchase specially made handhelds from Research In Motion, Good Technology, NEC and other manufacturers. Such devices can cost more than $200 each, whereas cell phones are often free when customers sign up with a carrier.
  • Lowering CD prices won't work according to US official - In an effort to combat piracy, the Malaysian goverment had introduced the idea of lowering prices of original discs. The country is suffering from a high piracy rate and most inhabitants are not able to purchase original discs because of their price. The Malaysian goverment wanted to cut the prices of the originals to have them compete with the much cheaper pirated versions, but according to the US assistant secretary of commerce for market access and compliance is this not a good idea.
  • Pirated CDs now 1/3 of global market - Production of pirated recordings of music increased by 14 percent last year and now account for a third of all CDs sold around the globe, an industry group reported Thursday. The estimated value of pirated recordings last year reached $4.6 billion, and included some 1.1 billion CDs, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, representing 1,500 record companies in 70 countries. IFPI President Jay Berman said the group would focus its enforcement efforts on 10 major producers of pirated recordings: Brazil, China, Mexico, Paraguay, Poland, Russia, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand and Ukraine.
  • Sony to replace 18,000 damaged DVD+RW (DPW47L1) discs - Customers of the Sony DRU-500AX and/or DRX-500ULX DVD recorders might have received damaged DVD+RW discs with their recorder. The discs included in the packages of these drives contain a memory layer that may oxidize after some time. The discs become unreadable and/or unwriteable due to this malfunction.
  • PATA Hard Drive Roundup - This will likely be the last PATA roundup you see anywhere, as the PATA interface will certainly become a dying breed, being replaced with the more future-friendly SATA interface. However, currently there is not much reason to warrant purchase of a SATA drive, especially if your current platform doesn't support it. Today, we'll look at the newest, fastest, biggest hard drives from most of the big HDD manufacturers. Let's find out who comes out on top!
  • Enermax CS-528 X-Point Review - LittleWhiteDog has published a new review of the Enermax CS-528 X-Point case. This case offers many sought after base-line features, such as an included 300-Watt power supply, a removeable motherboard tray, pre-installed case window with a 4 LED fan, front mounted media ports, and room for pleny of cooling fans. It does however lack a few "luxury" features, such as thumbscrews, modular drive bays, intake fan filters, and the inclusion of more than one cooling fan.
  • GigaByte GA-8S648FX Motherboard Review - NextGen Electronics now checks in once again with GigaByte to see their newest motherboard, the GA-8S648FX, which supports the SIS 648FX and the SIS 963 AGPset chipset. Boasting 8X AGP, DDR 400+, Hyper-Threading Technology, and AC97 6-channel audio onboard, this is one motherboard that packs a punch - especially at under $100.
  • Norton Anti-Virus 2004 Beta 4 - A new beta is available - many improvements - sign-up for key ~ beta4
  • BlindWrite Suite 4.5.3 - Blindwrite Suite (download) is the best set of tools to reproduce or clone any CD, even protected ones. Blindwrite Suite is the most powerfull tool to create a perfect copy from your original CD for personal private copy.
  • NuSphere phpED 3.2 - NuSphere phpED is an IDE (Integrated Development Environment) that integrates a comprehensive set of editing, debugging and deployment tools that can speed development time by up to 75 percent and significantly reduce time-to-market. And when you're done, you can take advantage of multiple platform deployment options including Windows, Linux, and UNIX.
  • Alcoholer 4.0b - Alcoholer (download) combines ClonyXXL with Alcohol 120%. It will set right settings for each protection.
  • SecureFX 2.1.6 - The SecureFX (download) client application lets you choose between SFTP or FTP over an encrypted SSH2 connection for secure transfers, or standard FTP for non-secure transfers. It has a simple Explorer-like interface, so it's easy to learn and use.
  • Kazaa Lite K++ 2.4.0  - Kazaa K++ is an enhanced Kazaa (KMD) with a lot of new features only available with K++.
  • ReactOS 0.1.2 - ReactOS is an Open Source effort to develop a quality operating system that is compatible with Windows NT applications and drivers.  Relationship with the WINE project ReactOS has always planned to work with the WINE project to share as much programming effort as possible. This will mainly concern User Mode DLLs and will happen once ReactOS's Kernel Mode areas are more complete, as those areas form the underlying infrastructure. Other areas of cooperation lie in applications and testing suites.
  • MSN Messenger 6 Build 6.0.0503 - A new version (WinXP ~ Win9x/ME ~NT4) of Microsoft's popular instant messaging client has been released today.

Comments from Zeusposted - 05:53 PM CEST - Jul,11 2003
Forget the Lindows stuff, its not even free unless you already purchased their products. Get a free Linux Version that you can boot from your CD Drive without a hard disk. I got a running system in 1 minute and 30 seconds with Window's like GUI and i could play all media files and even use the internet. AND THE BEST THING IS ITS FREE AND ITS OUT FOR A LONG TIME NOW: http://www.knoppix.com they have a list of very fast servers on their page so you can download the CD Image for free. Try it, you wont regret it.

Comments from Zeusposted - 05:55 PM CEST - Jul,11 2003
"What is KNOPPIX®? KNOPPIX is a bootable CD with a collection of GNU/Linux software, automatic hardware detection, and support for many graphics cards, sound cards, SCSI and USB devices and other peripherals. KNOPPIX can be used as a Linux demo, educational CD, rescue system, or adapted and used as a platform for commercial software product demos. It is not necessary to install anything on a hard disk. Due to on-the-fly decompression, the CD can have up to 2 GB of executable software installed on it. " www.knoppix.com

Comments from Erbozposted - 06:18 PM CEST - Jul,11 2003
Piracy Piracy Piracy, we hear nothing else these days. Any US official ever though about the fact the customers are sick of buying beta-crap, were the user has to pay for beta-testing all this junk, why ain't there any law that says "For every BSOD a program creates, the author is forced to pay the victimized customer."

Comments from mark popsposted - 12:29 AM CEST - Jul,13 2003
id rather use freebsd. but basically i agree you don't need to use windows except for playing games. put you can always install windows on your linux box and just use it to run games.

The old comment system has been replaced. Use the regular FORUMS!