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 Sunday Tech Reading - tech
(hx) 11:03 PM CEST - Aug,17 2003
  • Next-Gen Windows Worms Will Be Smarter - Despite infecting tens of thousands of computers worldwide, the recent W32.Blaster worm is poorly written and inefficient, blunting its impact, according to security experts.  However, future versions of the worm could correct Blaster's flaws and spread much more quickly, resulting in service outages on infected networks and causing far greater harm to businesses and individual users on the Internet, experts warn. Blaster, which is also known as the MSBlast, the Lovsan Worm, and the DCOM Worm, surfaced on Monday and quickly spread to computers worldwide by exploiting a known security vulnerability in Microsoft Windows.
  • New Blaster worm variants on the loose - New variants of the Blaster worm are spreading rapidly because of poorly patched home users.
    Blaster B and Blaster C are very simple tweaks on the original blaster code. Virus writers have changed the name of the infection application from MCBlast.exe to Teekids.exe or penis32.exe respectively. The code compression format has also been changed and new messages have been added taunting Microsoft and antivirus companies. The Blaster C worm can also include a Trojan that allows hackers to take control of infected PCs. Antivirus vendors have already identified the Trojan, called Lithium, and a scan should remove it.
  • GNU servers 'owned' by crackers since March - Crackers owned the primary file servers of the GNU Project from mid-March until two weeks ago, the Free Software Foundation admitted this week. The attack raises concerns about whether malicious code could have been inserted in the software available for download, including some Linux applications
  • MS fixes WinNT patch RAS knock-out glitch - As if hard pressed Windows sysadmins didn't have enough problems dealing with the effects of the Blaster worm, Microsoft has warned that an unrelated security fix it supplied to NT 4 users last month was faulty. The security patch, issued in July and designed to guard against a potential DoS risk, causes Remote Access Services to fail when a system is rebooted after applying the patch, Microsoft has admitted.
  • ATI wins bid for next Xbox -  Graphics chip underdog ATI Technologies said Thursday it has signed a contract with Microsoft to produce components for future versions of the Xbox game console, beating out market leader Nvidia.
  • Chinese launch wristphone - The Chinese announcement won't be seen in Europe; it's designed to work on the CDMA standard, found mostly in North America.  There are three solutions. There's the Seiko, which uses the wrist module as an alert and as a display, and provides simple control for accepting and terminating calls. A Bluetooth headset deals with the audio, and a belt-mounted personal mobile gateway does the GSM wireless work. The other famous wrist-watch phone is the Japanese model, the Wristomo, was announced by NTT DoCoMo in March this year. To talk on that one, you take it off, opening up the wrist-clip to make it look like a reasonably neat phone. The buttons on the inside of the band are, presumably, a minor discomfort for the tough-guy nerds who wear it.
  • T-Mobile, RIM Launch Color BlackBerry - The BlackBerry 7230 is a tri-band Global System for Mobile Communications/General Packet Radio Services (GSM/GPRS) device. It lets users access e-mail along with the Internet and voice networks around the world, and supports 900-MHz, 1800-MHz, and 1900-MHz bands. It was launched in Germany and Austria on June 2 through T-Mobile International, but is now available in the U.S. for $400.
  • New HP Device Converts VHS to DVD - A device to convert those stacks of cherished but now rarely watched videotapes to DVD is a highlight of the dozens of new Hewlett-Packard products announced this week. The $399 DVD Movie Writer dc3000 is among the 158 new products launched by HP. All of the consumer devices, which include cameras, printers, and scanners, were unveiled in New York on Monday by HP CEO Carly Fiorina.
  • Sony Unveils 8-Megapixel Digicam - Sony's digital camera line hits new resolution levels with the unveiling of the 8-megapixel Cyber-shot DSC-F828, which sports a new four-color CCD, imaging processor, and a high-end Carl Zeiss lens. The new digital camera is aimed at sophisticated hobbyists, not strictly for professionals, according to Sony. Suggested retail price will be $1200 upon its release in early November, according to Sony.
  • Sony polishes up flash memory card  - The Japanese consumer electronics and entertainment company announced on Friday a new version of its Memory Stick Duo card, called the Memory Stick Pro Duo. The new removable flash memory card has a capacity of up to 512MB, up from a maximum of 128MB in the previous version. It will theoretically be able to transfer data at a rate of up to 20 megabytes per second under optimal conditions, according to Sony.
  • Phantom console unveiled -  The Phantom games console comes with a 100GB hard drive, 256MB DDR RAM, the latest iteration of nVidia's video card and runs on the Windows XP kernel! With the Phantom SDK, you can port Xbox and PC games over extremely easy, they provide the SDK at no cost.
  • Camera Round -up - PCMag has tested 15 cameras, each of them has some sort of lens protector that opens automatically when you turn the camera on, and all have optical zoom lenses, LCD viewfinders, and removable memory cards.
  • Roundup of 9 GeForce FX based videocards - NordicHardware have compared nine GeForce FX-based videocards. One 5200 Ultra, one 5600, three 5600 Ultras, three 5900's and finally one 5900 Ultra. The three boards we'll use for comparison are Radeon 9600 Pro, 9800 and 9800 Pro. (We won't use Radeon 9200 Pro since the 5200 Ultra reviewed today is even more expensive than a Radeon 9600 Pro and thus would make it a very unfair comparison.) Four manufacturers are represented in the review: ABIT, Creative, Gainward and Inno3D. Nothing new here as these are all well known brands.
  • Windows XP SP2 Delayed Until Late 2004  - In a surprising turn of events, Microsoft has pushed back the release date for the second Windows XP service pack to the third quarter of 2004. SP2 was long expected to debut before the end of 2003, a year after SP1 made the rounds. The change in plans came to light by way of Microsoft's Product Lifecycle Web site, which details future support timelines for the company's products.
  • Windows Registry Guide 2003 - The Windows Registry Guide is a Windows help file that reveals all the best tweaks, tricks, and hacks for the Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 2000 and XP Registries. The Registry is a database used to store settings and options for the 32-bit versions of Microsoft Windows.
  • OpenOffice 1.1 RC3 - There is latest stable build (win32 ~ linux) of Sun's OpenSource office suite called OpenOffice, an  open source project through which Sun Microsystems is releasing the technology for the popular StarOffice productivity suite.
  • Real Alternative 1.04 - 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.
  • GAIM 0.67 - Gaim (download) is a multi-protocol instant messaging client for Linux, BSD, MacOS X, and Windows. It is compatible with AIM (Oscar and TOC protocols), ICQ, MSN Messenger, Yahoo, IRC, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, and Zephyr networks. What's new in this version?
  • NeroVision Express 2.0.1.2 - NeroVision Express 2 leads you comfortably through the whole process of making video CDs, Super VideoCDs or high-value DVDs.
  • Fresh UI 6.25 - Fresh UI (download) is the fresh solution for configuring and optimizing Windows. Loaded with hundreds of useful hidden settings, this software covers the customizing and optimizing technique that you'll be glad to know: Customizing Windows User Interface, Optimizing system settings, Optimizing hardware settings, Customizing Windows application settings, and Control user environment with policies.
  • Fresh Download 6.00 - Fresh Download (download) is an easy-to-use and very fast download manager software that turbo charges downloading files from the Internet, such as your favorite software, mp3 files, video files, picture collections, etc. Unlike any other similar utilities, this software is 100% free, no charges, no banners in the software, no spyware.
  • Earth Station 5 v1.1.24 - Earthstation 5 (download) breaks new ground by providing fast file sharing with Windows audio and video streaming and P2P downloading with stealth technology to hide your IP address and prevent harassment.
  • TVTool 8.2 - With version 8.2 the nView features were renewed completely. Now the nView configuration works properly on systems with multiple graphics cards, too. Also the assignment of the primary/secondary monitor is done correctly. The problem with the resolution and refresh rate, which were not restored correctly because of a Detonator driver bug, is solved now. TVTool restores them manually now.
  • DivXG400 2.83 - DivXG400 (download) was first brought to live to work around incompatibility with DivX ;-), MS MPEG4, WM7, WM8 codecs and Matrox G400/G450 drivers/hardware. If image width of the clips is not exact multiple of 32 (like 720x???), clip may be played back without using video overlay. Without video overlay, clips are looking choppy and DVDMax can not be used.
  • WinAce 2.50 - WinAce (download) is an archiving utility with an easy-to-use interface for creating, extracting, and viewing archives. It includes built-in compression for ACE, ZIP, LHA, and MS-CAB formats, and built-in decompression for ACE, ZIP, LHA, MS-CAB, RAR, ARJ, ARC, GZIP, TAR, and ZOO formats.  This final version adds BZip2 extraction support, fixes a bug that sporadically produced an error when exiting WinAce, adds "extract to directory with the same name" (XFolder) to the context menu, fixes a shell extension problem with filenames > 220 characters and problem with ACE Sfx files on drives with more than 4GB free space.
  • Cpu-Z 1.19a - CPU-Z (download) is a freeware that provides some information on your CPU, Board, RAM ...
  • Nvidia Detonator Drivers v45.23 (Official) WHQL - NVIDIA has released new official Detonator WHQL drivers (now called Detonator FX) for Win2k/XP  ~ 9x/ME ~ Release Notes
  • Nvidia Detonator Drivers v45.24  - Nvidia's FTP also offers Detonator (non WHQL) driver version 45.24 - core files are dated: 08/05/2003.
  • VIA Hyperion 4in1 v4.49p - VIA's FTP server has now offers a new Hyperion 4in1 drivers version 4.49p (mirror1 ~ mirror2). No word yet on what's new. VIA Hyperion drivers are suitable for any VIA chipset and all Microsoft Windows Operating Systems. Hyperion driver sets include INF, AGP, IDE and IRQ related drivers.

Comments from NOTHINGposted - 02:01 AM CEST - Aug,18 2003
Just want to say I'm glad your back and hope you had well rest.

Comments from thuggishposted - 05:35 AM CEST - Aug,18 2003
phantom console.. pffft! right... have to see it to believe it.

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