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Morning Tech Madness - tech

(hx) 01:54 PM CEST - Jul,31 2003

Microsoft Fixing Another Faulty Patch - Microsoft acknowledged Tuesday that a recent security patch is causing problems on machines running the Windows NT 4.0 operating system. The patch, released July 23 and described in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-029, causes the Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) on NT 4.0 machines to fail, Microsoft said.

Canadian, French and Croatian hackers use Kentucky state computers to store pirated files - Investigators believe French and Canadian hackers have been using Kentucky state government computers to store pirated computer files, including newly released movies and video games. State Auditor Ed Hatchett said he believes the hackers entered the system April 2 and have been using it since. Because the hackers also gained access to the system's administrator and user-password files, they could be able to manipulate any state file on the infected network, Hatchett said. "These unknown person or persons have as much control over the Transportation Cabinet's system as those users of the system who are authorized in the department," Hatchett said.

I'm working for the FBI, claims accused hacker - Self-styled grey hat hacker Jesse Tuttle is fighting charges that he broke into his local council's computer network with a claim that he only did it as part of his work with the FBI.

FTC warns about file trading, spyware - The Federal Trade Commission issued a brief consumer warning Wednesday about potential privacy concerns surrounding file-swapping software and spyware. In the latest of a series of consumer privacy alerts, the agency stopped short of warning consumers not to use free file-trading software, but it said computer users should take care to understand and prevent a range of potentially unpleasant consequences for doing so.

Sony wins Aussie mod- chip sales ban - Australia is now officially under the thumb of the mod-chip banners, after the Court of Appeal, accepted its argument that mod-chips should be made illegal. Another story can be found here.

'Safe' alternative to depleted uranium revealed - Controversial anti-tank shells tipped with depleted uranium may be phased out if an alternative material proves its worth. The US Army is expected to award a contract this week for the manufacture of prototype ammunition incorporating a "liquid metal" alloy. The new rounds could be in service within two years. Amorphous tungsten alloy has many of the properties that make DU such an effective penetrator: it is self-sharpening and it should also be pyrophoric, says Steve Collier, president of Liquidmetal's defence arm.

Print a hologram? Almost, Xerox says - On Thursday, the company is unveiling a new technology it calls "Glossmark," which can use ordinary office printers to superimpose a glossy image on an ordinary printed document in a way that can't be photocopied or otherwise easily reproduced. Taking advantage of eccentricities in laser printing processes, once viewed as flaws, the Xerox scientists think they've found a way to authenticate hard copies of printed documents in much the same way that holographic stickers prove the validity of credit cards and drivers licenses.

Titania nanotubes make supersensitive hydrogen sensors - Titania nanotubes are 1500 times better than the next best material for sensing hydrogen and may be one of the first examples of materials properties changing dramatically when crossing the border between real world sizes and nanoscopic dimensions, according to a Penn State materials scientist. Hydrogen entering an array of titania nanotubes flows around all the surfaces, but it also splits into individually charged atoms and permeates the surface of the nanotubes. These hydrogen ions provide electrons for conductivity. The change in conductance signals that hydrogen, above the background level, is present.

IBM pre- announces AMD Opteron 246 - IBM's Opteron-based eServer 325 will power the Japanese National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology's new Linux-based supercomputing cluster - set to be the world's third most powerful supercomputer. The system will comprise 1058 dual-processor 1U rack-mounted eServer 325s. Each server is based on a pair of AMD Opteron 200-series CPUs, including the Opteron 246, IBM said.

Orange to deliver Wearaphone by Christmas - According to Orange's Imagineering website, the company plans offer a shoulder bag that doubles as a handsfree phone interface. Developed by Clothing+ and OrangeImagineering, the Wearaphone is a shoulder bag that can be used as a complete handsfree phone interface. A user will need to simply plug the phone into a pocket on the Wearaphone. Making and receiving calls can then be accomplished by using a speaker and microphone integrated into the bag. Unlike ordinary handsfree accessories, there is no need for external wires or headphones.

Shure In-Ear Earphones Review - According to Shure, these earphones can attenuate external noise by 10-15Db SPL, and a custom-fitted earpiece can get you as much as 20dB of attenuation. There are environments, such as noisy airports, airplanes, trains or buses, where the attenuation brings welcome relief to allow you to enjoy your music in peace. But there are also environments where, because of the attenuation, these headphones are a really bad idea. That would include riding a bike, or driving a car.

HW Reviews Storage Roundup - Portable Device Roundup | Four SATA RAID Controllers Shootout | Highpoint RocketRAID 1520 Card | Samsung SP1614N & SP1614C HDD | Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 160GB SATA HDD

HW Reviews Misc Roundup - Auravision's EluminX Keyboard | QuietPC QuietFeet Vibration Anti Noise Device | Polaroid PhotoMAX PDC 2150 Digital Camera | Samsung yepp YP-35H Digital Audio Player

Quick guide to cleaning your PC - If you have a PC you know how dirty and filthy it gets after couple months of use. It doesn't have that shiny new look when you first bought it. You see dust particles hanging off the motherboard, heatsink, fans etc. Maybe you spilled coffee on the keyboard and now every key on your keyboard is brown. Maybe your mouse has stains on it. The list goes on and on forever. There is no end to dirtiness especially when it comes to computers.

The Windows XP Survival Guide - If you're just getting ready to make the move to Win XP, or if you're anxious to dig beneath the surface and find some cool new tools, or if you've been using Win XP for a while and it's time for some serious maintenance, you'll find what you need to know in this guide.

OpenGL 1.5 Specs - SGI and OpenGL ARB just announced the OpenGL 1.5 specification, introducing support for a new OGL Shading Language.

XMPEG v5.0 RC 3 build 3 (free) - This program decodes MPEG1 (Audio & Video) and MPEG2 streams and offers you the possibillity to re-encode them in the format you want. Actual evolutions makes Xmpeg faster, more stable, and offers more options.

SynthMark XP - SynthMARK is a synthetic benchmarking tool designed to accurately test the performace your apps receive from your system. It performs the following tests: CPU / Memory Benchmark, FPU / Integer Benchmark, IdleWild Operating System Benchmark, 3D Accellerated Graphics Benchmark (requires DirectX8 or higher). Results can be saved and compared to other systems.
DVDxCopy Gold updated to version 3.0.1 (non-free) - Besides an update for DVDxCopy XPRESS has 321 Studios also released an update for DVDxCopy Gold. DVDxCopy Gold is the complete DVD backup solution from 321 Studios and contains both DVDxCopy and DVDxCopy XPRESS.
AntiVir Personal Edition 6.20.19.51 - The private and individual use of the AntiVir Personal Edition is completely free of charge.
InboxShield 2.0.3 - InboxShield (download) filters your incoming mail and separates good mail from Spam mail.
Google Toolbar 2.0.92 Beta - The Google Toolbar (download) increases your ability to find information from anywhere on the web and takes only seconds to install. When the Google Toolbar is installed, it automatically appears along with the Internet Explorer toolbar.
foobar2000 v0.7 Beta 28 - This is ugly but very small audio player made by WinAMP's Peter Pawlowski (changelog ~ download).
PowerStrip 3.43 Build 405 Beta - PowerStrip 3.43 provides advanced, multi-monitor, programable hardware support to a wide range of graphics cards - from the venerable Matrox Millennium I to the latest SiS Xabre and Radeon 9800.
A-Tuner 1.5.35.4490 - A-tuner is a small tool for changing Anti-Aliasing (including all unofficial modes), Anisotropic Filtering, Vsync and MipMap LOD (Level Of Detail) Bias settings on your Nvidia card and should work with Nvidia Detonators 23.11 - 44.90.
Rage3D Tweak 3.9 - Rage3D Tweaker (download) is a Radeon Tweaker program designed to fit right in with the other ATi option tabs in the Advanced Display Properties accessed through the Control Panel. This new verison adds support for 9800 series and other new cards.
CPU-Z 1.19 - Freeware CPU-Z is a program that provides most of the information on your CPU.

Comments from Erboz	posted - 02:00 PM CEST - Jul,31 2003
Yea right! This is called "abuse of power" for hiding the facts that they're sneakily enjoying some "not so legal" material themselves. Lamers.

Comments from

posted - 05:17 PM CEST - Jul,31 2003

Whoever is running that computer department should be fired. They obviously don't know there job. 2 wholes months of not detecting the hacking? what is this guy stupid idiot? im not so sure it was done on purpose because they where french movies on computers. But who knows maybe someone there understands french? further investigation is need to make a conclusive determination. But one thing is clear people need to stop slacking around with computer security. Computer security is not about installing the right software and sitting back and let it do all the work for you.

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Comments from hx	posted - 12:18 AM CEST - Aug,01 2003
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Comments from 9 Butthole Road Cunt	posted - 10:35 AM CEST - Aug,01 2003
MS IIS 5.1 sucks, I didn't know you can only have 5 clients at a time 10 if you change some system files, will 20 each one counts as two clients, that sucks so much for hostting my web site on xp pro ... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaa puke .

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