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Nightly Tech Madness - tech
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| (hx) 02:43 AM CEST - Jul,19 2003 |
- Off-topic: Hydrogen-fueled Cars Not Best Way To Cut Pollution,
Greenhouse Gases And Oil Dependency - In a paper appearing in the July 18
issue of Science magazine, Alex Farrell, assistant professor of energy and
resources at UC Berkeley, and David Keith, associate professor of engineering
and public policy at Carnegie Mellon University, present various short- and
long-term strategies that they say would achieve the same results as switching
from gasoline-powered vehicles to hydrogen cars.
"Hydrogen cars are a poor short-term strategy, and it's not even clear
that they are a good idea in the long term," said Farrell. "Because the
prospects for hydrogen cars are so uncertain, we need to think carefully
before we invest all this money and all this public effort in one area."
- Off-topic: Tech Tool Aims to Translate Cat Talk - You and your cat
could be on the verge of becoming a lot closer. After the success of a device
designed to interpret a dog's moods and feelings, Japan's Takara is planning
a similar gadget for cats. The Meowlingual is still under development and
few details are available. However, Tokyo-based Takara says the gadget will
have some of the same functions as the Bowlingual translator. Among them: the
capability to "translate" cat calls into one of around 200 phrases that are
displayed on a built-in LCD.
- Off-topic: New Sensor Can Detect DNA in One Step - Imagine that
your doctor, using a small hand-held sensor, could detect from a drop of your
blood if you carry the gene for cystic fibrosis, or whether or not you have
HIV. Or on the battlefield,
a soldier could wear a small sensor that detects the smallest amount of
anthrax in the air. In the food industry the same type of sensor could check
for the DNA signature of salmonella.
- Cisco IOS DoS exploit released in the wild - As I reported
yesterday,
The DoS vulnerability arises from a bug in Cisco's core IOS software which
means vulnerable devices to stop processing inbound packets on receipt of
maliciously constructed IPv4 packets. Normal service would be restored only
with a manual reboot. No alarms will be triggered, nor will the router reload
to correct itself. Cisco IOS versions 11.x and 12.x prior to 12.3 are affected
by the vulnerability. That means almost everybody is affected.
Cisco has released a fix but the concern is how much mischief could be wrought
before admins get a chance to upgrade router software. The situation was
already bad and just got a whole lot worse with the release of exploit code
into the wild. (Cisco
o Advisory)
- IBM to launch 12.1-inch Tablet PC - Computer giant IBM expects to
launch
its first Tablet PC, featuring a 12.1-inch display and both handwriting
and keyboard input, in the fourth quarter of this year, according to sources.
According to sources, the Tablet PC will be produced by South Korea-based
LG-IBM, with shipments starting in November at the earliest. Although IBM has
worked with Microsoft on Tablet PC development, it will use self-developed
Tablet PC handwriting software, sources said.
- Intel to launch notebook Celeron processors with Banias core in early
2004 - Intel is set to start launching notebook-use Celeron processors
featuring
the Banias core design in the first quarter of 2004, which should
encourage the roll-out of low-priced Centrino notebooks and Tablet PCs,
according to sources at notebook makers in Taiwan.
- New Sony handheld to use Sony chip - Unsatisfied with existing
microprocessors, Sony Corp. announced Friday a new handheld computer that for
the first time will use a Sony-made chip. Sony's new CLIE personal digital
assistant,
due to ship in September, will have a chip optimized for multimedia
applications - functions for which Sony's handhelds are known - while draining
as little battery power as possible, said Masanobu Yoshida, president of
Sony's handheld computing company. Video will run more smoothly at 30 frames
per second, he said. Battery life will last 16 hours with continuous playback
of music, or five hours of video. An attachable battery accessory more than
doubles that performance, he said.
- Nokia N-Gage Pre-Orders - According to
CnetNews, Nokia will begin taking preorders at GameStop and Electronics
Boutique stores and web sites on Saturday for the N-Gage. The $299 game
console-phone-PDA-MP3 player and more will begin selling to stores on Oct. 7.
- Closer Look at 17" LCD Monitors Features: Pixel Response Time -
X-bit Labs have reviewed thirteen 17" LCD displays in order to figure out
not only their evident highs and lows, but also their real pixel response
time, which definitely affects the image quality. Find out the best 17" LCD
now.
- Samsung SyncMaster 153B 15 inch Black LCD Monitor - One major
questions brought forward by most computer enthusiasts in today's market is
"Does it game well?". Testing this monitor
with a quick
game of Quake 3 proved that you can easily game with this monitor, but you
will have to get used to the slight ghosting present. If you want to reduce
the ghosting even more, enabling your videocard's vsync will smooth things out
considerably.
- Albatron Gigi GeForce FX 5900PV 128MB Video Card Review - Let me
point it out once again that
the FX 5900 and RADEON 9800 PRO cards are approximately equal. It's for you to
choose. In future complicated shader-filled games ATI's cards can have
more prospects, but when should we expect such games? When the FX 5900 and
R9800PRO become the mainstream solutions? At that time the difference will be
lacking at all. Besides, the pricecut rates should be also accounted for. If
the FX 5900 is cheaper than the RADEON 9800 PRO, the choice won't be so
difficult.
- ATI RADEON 9800 Review - So where are the differences in
performance? Does the card overclock as well as e.g. the Tyan Tachyon 9700
did? We had no problems in 3DMark2001SE to push way beyond the 20,000 points
score but
what else is new?
- PalitDaytona GeForce FX 5200 Ultra 128MB Review - Will the card be
able to keep up with the next generation of games coming out in the Fall? I
don't see the FX 5200 Ultra being enough to feed the hunger of an avid game
player who enjoys the latest and greatest on the store shelves. What I do see
is this card providing
a great entry-level card with performance that matches the price.
- Pioneer DVR-A06 DVD+RW recorder Review -
Pioneer DVR-A06 is possibly the most consistent and powerful dual burner
currently in the market today. The drive delivered top performance in most of
the benchmarks and strengtheners the company's position in the optical storage
market. Pioneer continues its tradition of producing quality DVD burners. The
retail package is available in the market at an estimated "e-street" price of
$240-250.
- Three Ultra320 Hard Drives at 10,000 RPM -
They are very fast, relatively affordable and form the backbone of untold
business systems. Customers can choose between 36, 73 or 147 GB and an LVD or
an SCA-2 interface. Every model has 8 MB cache. The main differences between
the 10,000 rpm drives are found in the details that make them perfect choices
for certain applications.
- Warp Pipe Project - GameCube Online -
"The Warp Pipe
Project", an open source project to bring LAN-based GameCube games online,
recently released a
specification detailing how GameCubes communicate over a network. The Warp
Pipe Project is aggressively
seeking out developers who would be interested in this project. (Slashdot.org)
- Creative SoundBlaster Cards SoftMods Guide -
Three different ways to make your SBLive or Audigy utilize the
applications and the new features (if hardware supports them) that Audigy2
offers, or unlock features of your SBLive, Audigy or Audigy2 card that
official drivers neither enable nor use!
Apache 1.3.28 - The Apache Group has released
Apache 1.3.28.
GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner 3 Build 20030715 -
GFI LANguard Network Security
Scanner (download) checks
your network for all potential methods that a hacker might use to attack your
network.
jv16 PowerTools 1.4 Final -
Jv16 PowerTools (download
~ this is only trial version, this program is not free anymore) is the next
generation of RegCleaner. A full set of tools to keep your computer and your
LAN up and running.
WinDVD Platinum 5.0 B26.033 -
WinDVD Platinum 5 (download)
is the ultimate DVD software player, providing you with the finest quality
video and audio playback.
WinOnCD 6.0 Service Pack 2 -
WinOnCD 6.02 is
a maintenance release of WinOnCD 6 PE and DVD. There have been numerous
improvements and fixes. The following list contains a selection of the most
important changes that have been made in WinOnCD 6.02.
BootVis.exe Tool Updated -
BootVis.exe is a performance trace visualization tool for use with WinXP
systems. This new version resolves a compatibility issue when running on Intel
Pentium 4 processors with Hyper-Threading Technology enabled (note: In order
to correct a problem with Bootvis tracing on systems with Hyper-Threading
Technology, a kernel hot fix is required. Refer to Knowledge Base article
Q821581 for more details and to obtain the fix) and resolves a compatibility
issue when using third-party IDE drivers.
TracePlusR/Ethernet 2.95.000 -
This TracePlus
product (download)
obtains its information directly from the network subsystem of Windows, and
can see ALL network traffic generated from your PC as well as all other PCs on
your segment of the network. (thanks
SavageNews)
PowerStrip 3.43 Beta Build 401 -
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.
CMedia 9738/9739 Audio Drivers - CMedia officially released
a new driver for their 9738/9739 4-/6-channel AC97 audio codecs widely
used as OnBoard sound solution on many mainboards.
Drivers: DNA Drivers 1.5.3.6HFSU - These
drivers have been optimized for better Image Quality and more/stable
frames per second compared to the official Catalyst drivers from ATI, at least
this are the claims.
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| Comments from sow | posted - 07:16 AM CEST - Jul,19 2003 | | My comment to Off-topic: Hydrogen-fueled Cars...
This Alex Farrell is either a naive dumb or being paid by some middle east countries. | |
| Comments from 144floppydrive | posted - 07:25 AM CEST - Jul,19 2003 | | A better idea... we start killing useless people around the world, so that would reduce idiots and people that drives around and pollute... LoL Sigh.... so call "experts" these day | |
| Comments from taxes | posted - 08:46 PM CEST - Jul,19 2003 | | more speculation treated ass fact. i have to agree with 44floppydrive - NoHope@forPeopleLike. it should be agaisnt the law to be stupid. and punishment should be classes in logic. I think its a waste of matter to have idiot people on the planet. Also there is not an infinite amount of matter on earth. So if people keep producing stupid items with no practical use they are just wasting matter. non-offense to collectors but non-utilized matter is stupid. If not saying matter used for enterntaiment should not exist. We definately need matter for entertainment. But there is just some matter on this earth that is completely stupid and useless and those items should be discarded,tax or otherwise nullified. the government should invoke a new matter tax. and stupid items should be taxed heavily and practical items should be taxed less. this way the matter will be utilized better. And hopefully some companies will not make products that intentionally fail after 1 year. products that have quality. | |
| Comments from v1m | posted - 07:58 AM CEST - Jul,20 2003 | | Cat speech? You don't need software for this. It's no mystery what cats are saying. "Piss off, human being!" That's one of their favorites. Also, "Let me outside so I can go screw and kill birds." | | The old comment system has been replaced. Use the regular FORUMS!
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