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 Saturday Tech Madness - tech
(hx) 12:48 PM CEST - Sep,06 2003
  • "Homeless hacker" may surrender to FBI  - Adrian Lamo, the so-called homeless hacker who claims responsibility for a series of high-profile electronic intrusions over the last two years, is negotiating with the FBI to surrender over criminal charges.  Lamo, 22, said his attorney is talking with the U.S. Attorney's office in New York City over unspecified allegations of criminal misconduct. On Thursday, FBI agents showed up at his parents' home in Sacramento, Calif., Lamo said in a telephone interview Friday evening, during which he would not disclose his location. "(The FBI agents) went to my parents' house to try to find me there," Lamo said. "Since then, I've been told they're looking for me. But I've had no direct contact with them."
  • IBM accused of poisoning workers - IBM has been accused of running an unsafe workplace which resulted in an unnaturally high incidence of disease among its workers in a series of recent filed, hotly contested lawsuits filed in the US. Almost 200 former and current employees (or their families) are parties to the suits, which allege that the computing giant did nothing to safeguard the safety of workers handling chemicals known to be hazardous to people since the mid-1980s, until ten years later - well into the 90s. In that ten-year period, IBM workers were subject to various forms of cancer or their children were born with birth defects at a higher frequency than the general population, the lawsuits allege.
  • Off-topic: Tiny atomic clock could make smarter missiles -  A matchbox sized atomic clock could be used to build more accurate automated aircraft navigation systems, its US military creators say. Scientists at the Office of Naval Research have developed a functioning atomic clock measuring 40 cubic centimetres in volume - about the size of a matchbox. The Ultra-miniature Rubidium Atomic Clock is so precise that it will lose only one second over 10,000 years. It also uses just one watt of power. Existing atomic clocks are many orders of magnitude larger - typically around 4,800 cubic centimetres - and normally consume around 50 watts.
  • Off-topic: Ecstasy Study Botched, Retracted - A researcher who a year ago published startling research showing that the drug commonly known as ecstasy can cause Parkinson's-like brain damage has retracted his study. George Ricaurte, the Johns Hopkins Medical School researcher who performed the research, said his lab did not administer ecstasy, or MDMA, but methamphetamine, to the primates in the study.  
  • PS2 and Xbox to see price cuts - in weeks - Both Sony's PlayStation 2 and Microsoft's Xbox are set to see price cuts in the coming month as the battle for Christmas sales dominance kicks off earlier than ever - with both companies also planning a range of other promotions. The PlayStation 2 price is set to be cut to L129.99 in the UK within the coming months, according to sources who spoke with our sister site Eurogamer.net today - a cut which brings the console in line with the Xbox and GameCube, and indeed with the price of the hardware on the continent.
  • LCD TVs From Dell? - Dell is expected to break into the consumer electronics market this year with the release of a line of LCD television sets, according to an analyst in Taipei. "Dell will have some alliance with Korean and Taiwanese panel vendors, and they would like to make LCD TVs," says David Hsieh, director of Taiwan market research at DisplaySearch. Dell is expected to begin selling LCD TVs before the end of this year, he adds.
  • BenQ debuts US$999 digital projector - BenQ yesterday announced the immediate availability of its digital projector - the PB2120. Priced at US$999, the projector also announced BenQ's entry into the sub-US$1,000 digital projector category.
  • Sony Ericsson 3G phone set for January launch - Sony Ericsson will launch its first 3G handset early next year, the company said today. The phone, the Z1010, was unveiled last February. The clamshell handset looks not unlike the Z600 tri-band GSM/GPRS phone the company launched earlier this week. It will launch in January 2004.  Like the Z600, the Z1010 contains a digicam for picture messaging. However, it also sports a second 480 x 640 camera for video calls inside the case, alongside the 16-bit colour screen.
  • Epson touts new FeRAM material as nearly fatigue-free - Seiko Epson Corp. has developed a new ferroelectric material for ferroelectric random-access memory (FeRAM). The company claimed the material tentatively named PZTN will significantly improve endurance cycles. PZT is one of the more promising materials for FeRAM but is subject to fatigue. Memory performance deteriorates about by 50 percent after 1 billion rewrites, Epson said. An FeRAM memory based on the new material exhibited minor deterioration measured in just several percent after 1 billion rewrites, according to Epson.
  • Dell Finally Ships Axim ROM Update - Dell is shipping a long-awaited ROM update to its Windows Mobile 2003 Axim handhelds on CDs, a company representative says. The ROM update fixes performance problems related to the firmware needed to make the Windows Mobile 2003 operating system work with its Axim handhelds, says Jess Blackburn, a Dell spokesperson.
  • Pentax Readies Three New Digicams - Pentax has introduced three new digital cameras, ranging from the 5-megapixel Optio 555 to a 3.2-megapixel model, the Optio 33WR, that is designed to be watertight. In between is the 4.23-megapixel Optio S4. All three models are compatible with both Windows systems and Apple Macintosh OS X and OS 8.6 through 9.x. Pricing will be announced when the products ship in October.
  • Fanless MSI GeForce FX 5600 to arrive soon  - Japanese and Korean websites, including Darkcrow, PC watch, etc., announced that localized versions of fanless MSI GeForce FX 5600 videocards will go on sale in the middle of the month (depending on the region). There are three models total: FX5600-VTD256-J, FX5600-VTD128OC-J andFX5600-VTD128-J.
  • MSI KT6 Delta (VIA KT600) Motherboard Review - As regards the speed, the MSI KT6 Delta is a bit inferior to the average motherboard based on the nForce II chipset. On the other hand, of the three KT600-based motherboards tested, this one was the fastest. Besides, the board demonstrated a superb memory operation under the most aggressive timings. At the expansion options, this board ranks among the best: 4 SerialATA channels, Gigabit Ethernet, possibility to create two RAID arrays, support for 8 USB2.0 and 3 Firewire ports.
  • ATI's All-In-Wonder 9800 Pro graphics card - The All-In-Wonder 9800 Pro is the latest step in the evolution of ATI's video-capable line, and it's a worthy successor to the All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro. It sounds cliché, but the AIW 9800 Pro really is a one-stop video card solution, excelling at everything from 3D graphics to TV viewing to video capture. The very capable hardware is aided by a fantastic software bundle that ATI is obviously committed to improving. Another very positive review can be found at ViperLair.
  • ATI to Attack Entry-Level Market with RV351 and RV381 VPUs - ATI Technologies is set to start sampling of its code-named RV351 chip shortly in order to mass-produce it in late Q4 2003 or, more probably, in Q1 2004. The chip will have 4 rendering pipelines, DirectX 9.0, AGP 8x support and other features of the RADEON 9600 (aka RV350) product line. ATI will redesign the VPU a bit in order to reduce manufacturing costs. Most likely, the main trump of the whole RV350/RV360 VPU family - their high core-speed - will not be inherited by the RV351 due to price constraints. Obviously, you should expect some 275 - 325MHz VPU, 400 - 500MHz memory and a simple PCB with 64- or 128-bit memory bus.
  • PowerColor ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB review - There are many video cards in today's market making it important choosing the correct video card. In the PowerColor Radeon 9800 Pro (256MB) review, it was shown that the Radeon 9800 Pro was the finest video card in the market. With technology changing every day, ATI always tries to be one step ahead. ATI did a suburb job in the production of the ATI 9800 Pro.
  • NVIDIA vs. ATI: Desktop GPU DX9 Showdown - Gamers Depot has posted pretty interesting article called  "Desktop GPU DX9 Showdown!" which looks at the Pixel Shader 2.0 DX9 functionality within a gaming environment. "Who are we to argue with NVIDIA’s wishes? They’ve been insisting that synthetic benchmarks such as 3DMark 2003 don’t reflect actual game play - yesterday we took them up on that in the mobile space, and today we look at the desktop cards. Using a Beta build of Halo (version 1.5) and the newly released Tomb Raider Patch, we’ve been able to provide an early peak at Pixel Shader 2.0 performance – even 1.1 and 1.4 performance as well."
  • Pioneer DVR-A06 DVD Writer: The War +/- Won't Happen -Two years after the launch of the first mass-market DVD writer, Pioneer has brought out its sixth generation device, the DVR-A06 boxed version and the DVR-106 OEM version. The Japanese manufacturer, a member of the DVD Forum and an enthusiastic advocate of the -R and -RW standards, is nevertheless offering a hybrid product that the company says can read and record to multiformats. The guys at THG put the company's compatibility claims to the test.
  • DVD±RW/DVD±R TEAC DV-W50D Drive Review - This drive can be recommended even for very demanding users. No grave flaws or problems were noticed. The impression is generally positive, though it burns CD-R and CD-RW too slowly, and I hope that its next versions will have it lifted it up to match the up-to-date level. Since the OEM manufacturers is Pioneer, a leader on the DVD-R market, we can see that it finally accepted the DVD+RW format.
  • Philips 180MT 18" LCD Monitor/TV review  - The Philips 180MT is a wonderfully stylish monitor and TV, and would be a great addition to any home office or dorm room. While the ghosting was too intense for gaming and high speed action, this multifunctional device fits the bill for an all purpose, casual use system.
  • Microsoft Adds Tilt To the Mouse Wheel - ExtremeTech has posted a review on the Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer with Tilt Wheel Technology. They say: "In a nutshell, horizontal scrolling is a must-have for accountants. For regular web surfers with larger monitors, it's not worth the extra money."
  • Samsung YEPP YP-55i MP3 Digital Audio Player  - If you're looking for a device that is ready to roll when you are, and ya wanna take it right out of the box and head outta the door without reading the manual, this is your product. You can pack in the fact that it gives you 192MB of storage capacity, and you can use it as a removable hard drive, MP3 player, digital voice Recorder, FM radio, and gives you the ability to encode your own MP3's. Well what do you think?
  • Microsoft to Unleash Harmony End of September - Microsoft is planning to launch its next release of Windows XP Media Center Edition (codenamed "Harmony") on September 30.
  • Arrowkey product recovers CD/DVD data from unreadable discs -  A new product to recover data from unreadable CDs and DVDs is available from ArrowKey. Titled CD/DVD Diagnostic, it is used to retrieve damaged files corrupted by a defective drive, bad software or from user error. The software maker claims CD/DVD Diagnostic recovers data from unreadable, scratched, or corrupt CD-R, CD-RW, DVD+R, and DVD+RW discs. CD/DVD Diagnostic bypasses Windows file system and ignores the original software that created the lost data file. Whether the bad files were created by Roxio Easy CD Creator, Ahead Nero and DLA, digital cameras that record directly onto discs, other proprietary PC or Macintosh software, or are even audio disc files, CD/DVD Diagnostic can find, retrieve and copy the files to your hard drive.
  • Windows XP 64-Bit Edition for AMD64 First Look - AMD's move to 64-bit processing is much more challenging, as they are targeting home users, gamers, and everyday business folks. In these markets, the amount of software, drivers, and subsequent headaches rises by leaps and bounds. AMD's goal is to succeed where all of its competitors have failed, and succeeding in this goal not only requires flawless execution of the 64-bit hardware, but cooperation from some of the biggest names in the industry as well. There's little doubt that the key player in this equation is Microsoft, whose release of Windows XP for AMD64 will be the litmus test to see if the world is ready to accept AMD's take on 64-bit computing, or if the platform will be headed for obscurity.
  • NTSC-J, PAL, and SECAM TV Tuner Hotfix for DirectX 9.0b - DirectX 9.0b was released on 7/23/03 to address the MIDI security issue identified in bulletin MS03-030. A small number of non-security fixes were also included in the release. One of these fixes caused several TV Tuner capture card/driver combinations using video formats other than NTSC (NTSC-J, PAL, SECAM) to no longer initialize correctly on Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. Symptoms include loss of capture functionality and potential inability to set/retain device capture settings. This hotfix, documented further in Knowledge Base article 825116, has been issued to correct the flaw.
  • Internet Explorer Object Data Remote Execution Vulnerability - eEye Digital Security has discovered a security vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer that would allow executable code to run automatically upon rendering malicious HTML. Dont allow your system to remain vulnerable, this is a very critical hole, and should be patched immediately. As MSBlaster shows, you can't take these kind of holes too lightly.
  • Fresh Download 6.10 - 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.
  • ASUS PC Probe 2.21.05 - Asus PCProbe is a convenient utility to monitor the computer's vital components: fan rotation speeds, voltages and temperatures.
  • MSN Messenger 6.1 Beta Build 114 - It's now officially available from Microsoft's FTP.
  • MySQL Control Center 0.9.3 - MySQL Control Center (download) is a platform-independent GUI administration client for the MySQL database server.
  • BlindWrite Suite 4.5.7 (SHW) - Blindwrite Suite is a 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. Blindwrite Suite can also create CD audio from MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WAV, WMA, Monkey's audio and be used with a CD-Rom emulator like Daemon Tools.
  • CDRWIN 3.9e (SHW $39) - An updated version (dated September 5, 2003) of CDRWIN v3.9e is available for download.
  • Nero InCD v4.05.3 - Ahead's FTP has been updated with new InCD version 4.05.3, as usually changelog is not available.
  • ATi Linux Drivers 3.2.5 - ATi have released an update suite of drivers for Linux.
  • Catalyst 3.7 Installation Problems? - There has been some discussion that some users find it difficult to install the new ATI Catalyst 3.7 drivers and the new Control Panel...
  • Catalyst 3.7 Performance Comparison - The new Catalyst 3.7 convinced me. It's a little bit slower without AA and AF in RTCW/Quake 3 but also massively faster in MDK 2. With AA and AF it's a little bit faster in UT2003 and massively faster in MDK 2 and Serious Sam 2.

Comments from JSoloposted - 06:25 PM CEST - Sep,06 2003
Sunday? I think someone is in a time machine!

Comments from hxposted - 06:39 PM CEST - Sep,06 2003
oh yeah hehe, you caught me ;)
...fixed

Comments from thanks4posted - 10:48 PM CEST - Sep,06 2003
On the price drop for the ps2 and x-box, how much is £129.99 in US Dollars?

Comments from JKposted - 08:29 AM CEST - Sep,07 2003
Americans, no sense of history. lol i have no idea.....all i know is that $100 is more then £100.

Comments from palenspenktoposted - 03:24 PM CEST - Sep,07 2003
Just over $205 US

Comments from JSoloposted - 07:19 PM CEST - Sep,07 2003
The PS2 in the US is 180$, so I would suspect that if any price drop came along, it would be anywhere from 20$ to 30$. Nothing huge, but enough to get the thrifty American to buy it. Wow! A mere 180$ for 4megs of vram. Whatta deal.

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