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 Nightly Tech Reading - tech
(hx) 02:58 AM CEST - Sep,10 2003
  • 12-Year-Old Sued for Music Downloading - The music industry has turned its big legal guns on Internet music-swappers — including a 12-year-old New York City girl who thought downloading songs was fun. Brianna LaHara said she was frightened to learn she was among the hundreds of people sued yesterday by giant music companies in federal courts around the country. "I got really scared. My stomach is all turning," Brianna said last night at the city Housing Authority apartment where she lives with her mom and her 9-year-old brother. "I thought it was OK to download music because my mom paid a service fee for it. Out of all people, why did they pick me?"
  • Accused Hacker Surrenders - A hacker who has acknowledged involvement in computer break-ins at New York Times Co., Yahoo Inc. and other large corporations surrendered on a federal arrest warrant from New York. Adrian Lamo, 22 years old, turned himself in to marshals at the federal courthouse in Sacramento, said Federal Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Karen Twomey Ernst. Patty Pontello, a spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney in Sacramento, said the warrant was sealed and she didn't know what the charges were.
  • Winamp 2.91 Buffer Overflow - Winamp 2.91 uses a default plugin called IN_MIDI.DLL used to play MIDI files. The versions prior and equal to the 3.01 of this plugin let an attacker to execute code on a victim simply setting the "Track data size" value of a MIDI file to 0xffffffff.
  • Microsoft Opens Office Online - Microsoft launched Office Online, an updated version of its Tools on the Web site, on Tuesday. The site, at Office.Microsoft.com, gives users access to templates, clip art, and other information designed to help them use Office products more effectively, Microsoft said.
  • Sony Promotes Memory Stick for Video - The smaller Memory Stick Duo cards can also be used with an adapter. Recording is in MPEG-4 at 15 frames per second and can be set at one of four quality levels. "High quality" records 384 kilobits per second at 320-by-240-pixel resolution, and "long play 2" records at a 64-kbps data rate at 176-by-144-pixel resolution.
  • New Memory That Doesn't Forget  - According to Motorola, samples of the new magnetoresistive random access memory, or MRAM, chips will be distributed to developers by the end of 2003, and cell phones and PDAs incorporating MRAM should be on sale by mid-2004. Unlike conventional high-speed memory devices, MRAM uses magnetism instead of electrical charges to store data -- making it, in a sense, a back-to-the-future technology based on the same laws of physics that enabled the creation of audio and videotape recorders as well as hard drives.
  • AMD unwraps faster Opteron 100, 800 CPUs - AMD rolled out two new Opteron processors, one each for its 100 and 800 series of chips. Both the Opteron 146 and 846 had been widely anticipated. The former is aimed at single-processor systems, the 846 for four- and eight-way machines. Both are clocked at 2GHz, like the Opteron 246 release a month or so back. Now that the 100 and 800 series have caught up with the 200 series' highest rated chip, AMD will soon release the 248 at 2.2GHz, later this month or early October.
  • Opteron 146 2GHz Review  - Now in regards to the 146 its performance is identical to that of the 246, and it is meant for single CPU workstations. It is paired nicely with the Asus SK8N which is now in revision 1.03 and now with the latest bios has DDR400 support. At as low as $213 it is becoming more attractive. The 146 should cost lower than the 246 which currently comes in at $900.
  • Triplex Para-Souls R9600Pro 128MB VGA Review - Overclockers New Zealand has posted a review on Triplex Para-Souls R9600Pro 128MB VGA.
  • Creative 3D Blaster 5 FX5900 Ultra Review - Beyond3D has posted a Creative 3D Blaster 5 FX5900 Ultra review.
  • Zalman ZM-RS6F 5.1 Surround Headphones review - Hardware Pacers take a look at the Zalman ZM-RS6F headphones for 5.1 sound configuration.
  • TweakHound's Super XP Tweaking Guide v3.0 - Tweakhound's Eric Vaughan has updated his Windows XP tweaking guide to revision 3.0.
  • Notebook - Laptop Tweak Guide - Notebooks are very common now, as they're much more affordable than they have been in the past. Well equipped 'books from companies like Dell start in the $700 to $1000 range if you shop around and look for discounts. But no matter what you pay for a notebook, you'll likely have the same complaints as most other notebook owners. Your notebook drains its battery like you never thought possible and you can't figure out why it's so sluggish compared to a similarly-equipped PC. Don't worry, young grasshopper, there is hope yet. After following a few steps, your notebook will be faster, more useful, last longer, and do so much more than you imagined it could.
  • WinGuard Pro 2003 5.5 - WinGuard Pro 2003 - Free Edition (download), stop people changing your settings, accessing unauthorized programs, and important files.
  • AntiVir Personal Edition 6.21.09.20.0908 - The AntiVir Personal Edition (download) offers the effective protection against computer viruses for the individual and private use on a single PC-workstation.
  • Messenger Plus! 2.21.55 - Messenger Plus! Extension (download) is a program that adds functionalities to the MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger chat program. Some of the added features are logging, personalized Away Messages, transparency effects, and a feature to minimize all MSN Messenger windows to the system tray. Now supports MSNM 6.1 as well.
  • Style Studio 3.5.28 - Whether you're creating a new website, editing an existing site, or converting a site to use CSS, Style Studio (download) is designed to make all your CSS and HTML tasks easier.
  • SecureFX 2.1.7 - The SecureFX (download) client application lets you choose between SFTP or FTP over an encrypted SSH2 connection for secure transfers, or standard FTP for non-secure transfers. It has a simple Explorer-like interface, so it's easy to learn and use.
  • USB 1.1 and 2.0 Update for WinXP - This update addresses the "Availability of the Windows XP SP1 USB 1.1 and 2.0 Update" issue in Windows XP and is discussed in Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) Article 822603. Download now to install the Windows XP SP1 USB 1.1 and 2.0 update. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.
  • nVidia 45.33 Detonators Flicker Fix -  NVIDIA was made aware of an issue involving the GeForce FX 5900 series of graphics cards where some users have reported a slight "flickering" of the image on their screen, visible on a light color background in certain 3D scenes.  In examining the information available, NVIDIA has determined that the issue may involve an interaction between select combinations of the graphics card, system, monitor, other electronic components and the application which creates noise or signal interference. If you are experiencing this issue on a GeForce FX 5900 or GeForce FX 5900 Ultra card, you can download this driver fix. The fix can be found also at 3DGPU

Comments from The Law!posted - 04:39 PM CEST - Sep,10 2003
"12-Year-Old Sued for Music Downloading" If your old enough to find sites for downloading illegal music (they are hardly main page stuff....) then your old enough to be punished. Nip them in the bud young!

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