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| (hx) 03:54 AM CEST - Jul,25 2003 |
- XBox Live gets chatty in Japan - Microsoft is seeking to broaden
the appeal of its
Xbox video game console in Japan by adding chat functions to its online
gaming service. The attachment for its Xbox Live service will go on sale later
this year for 3,500 yen ($44), with a free two-month trial subscription,
Microsoft said. Since the service was launched in January, users have gone
head-to-head in car racing and speed skating over broadband connections. But
they haven't been able to talk to each other because the required software
wasn't ready. The chat service can handle up to 16 players at a time,
said Peter Moore, vice president of Microsoft's home entertainment division
- Robotic Nation Any Soon? - What if we extrapolate another 20 years
after that, to 2040?
A
typical home machine at that point will be 1,000 times faster than the
2020 machine. Human brains are thought to be able to process at a rate of
approximately one quadrillion operations per second. A CPU in the 2040 time
frame could have the processing power of a human brain, and it will cost
$1,000. It will have a petabyte (one quadrillion bytes) of RAM. It will have
one exabyte of storage space. An exabyte is 1,000 quadrillion bytes. That's
what Moore's law predicts. .
- Flaw in Windows Function Could Allow Denial of Service -A
flaw exists in a Windows NT 4.0 Server file management function that can
cause a denial of service vulnerability. The flaw results because the affected
function can cause memory that it does not own to be freed when a specially
crafted request is passed to it. If the application making the request to the
function does not carry out any user input validation and allows the specially
crafted request to be passed to the function, the function may free memory
that it does not own. As a result, the application passing the request could
fail.
- Wheelchair moves at the speed of thought - Severely disabled
people who cannot operate a motorised wheelchair may one day get their
independence, thanks to
a system that lets them steer a wheelchair using only their thoughts.
Unlike previous thought-communication devices, the system does not use
surgical implants. Instead a skullcap peppered with electrodes monitors the
electrical activity of its wearer's brain. Early trials using a steerable
robot indicate that with just two days training it is as easy to control the
robot with the human mind as it is manually.
- Palm's New PDA Gets Rave Reviews - As part of its Tungsten
line of products, Palm just launched a new handheld computer that is already
receiving a vote of confidence from business users.
The Tungsten T2 is an improvement over Palm's original Tungsten T in that
it has a brighter screen, twice as much memory, more multimedia capabilities
and -- at $400 -- is $100 cheaper than the original Tungsten T.
- X-Micro Bluetooth Modem and Dongles Review - If you need
a dongle to
connect your PC to your mobile phone, bluetooth enabled PDA or access to
other compatable hardware like printers and keyboards, the X-micro USB
Bluetooth dongles will be of interest. Also, if you are still stuck on 56k, or
want a convenient emergency connection to the internet then their 56k modem
will also be right up your street.
- Beginners Guides: Installing Windows XP - PC Stats has published
a new beginners guide called "Installing Windows XP".
- Cumulative Patch for Microsoft SQL Server -
This is a cumulative patch that includes the functionality of all
previously released patches for SQL Server 7.0, SQL Server 2000, MSDE 1.0, and
MSDE 2000. In addition, it eliminates three newly discovered vulnerabilities.
- Google Toolbar 2.0.88 Beta -
Google
toolbar 2.0 is exactly what IE needed. The popup blocker is the missing
key.. Screw mozilla, screw opera, screw everything.. The popup blocker and the
other new features of this makes IE complete.
- Real Alternative 1.01 -
Real Alternative will allow you to play RealMedia files. This way you can
play RealAudio and RealVideo files without having to install RealPlayer. You
do need a player that is capable of playing RealMedia. The included Media
Player Classic supports it and works very well. Supported: RealAudio (.ra
.rpm), RealMedia (.rm .ram .rmvb .rpx .smi .smil), RealText (.rt), ReadPix
(.rp), RealMedia embedded in webpages. .smi and .smil files sometimes only
play the first part of a clip. This is a limitation of the current Media
Player Classic.
- Hmonitor 4.1.3.2 -
Hardware Sensors Monitor
(download)
has been updated to version 4.1.3.2. Hmonitor has much more functions than
MotherBoard Monitor, for example, including thermocontrol features and
COM/PerfMon API support.
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| Comments from L.A | posted - 08:51 AM CEST - Jul,25 2003 | | I think more is a TERMINATOR fan, or else he is a machine from the future trying to warn us :O |
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| Comments from | posted - 09:12 PM CEST - Jul,25 2003 | | No screw IE. Until they add better image controls, cookie controls, ad blocking, tabbed browsing and follow CSS standards Mozilla is still better. |
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The old comment system has been replaced. Use the regular FORUMS!
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