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 Saturday Tech Reading - tech
(hx) 02:01 PM CEST - Sep,27 2003
  • Feds nab second suspect in worm attacks - The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Friday that a juvenile had been arrested in connection with the release of a computer worm that spread in the same way as the MSBlast worm. The suspect is thought to have created and released a worm that exploits a security flaw in Microsoft operating systems, according to a statement released by the Justice Department. The worm--known as Spybot.worm.lz, Randex.E and RPCSdbot--infects systems by taking advantage of a security flaw Microsoft revealed in mid-July.
  • U.S. State Department Blames The Welchia Virus - After the shock and horror of September 11, 2001 the U.S.A. decided to fortify its borders with the passage of the Patriot Act. One aspect of the Patriot Act was to upgrade the State Department's Consular Lookout and Support System (CLASS), which contains more than 12.8 million records from the FBI, the State Department and U.S. immigration, drug-enforcement and intelligence agencies. Among the records are the names of at least 78,000 suspected terrorists. On September 23rd CLASS ceased to function for several hours due to the detection of a computer virus, and thus, for that time nowhere in the world was a U.S. visa issued. With no immediate backup system ready, thousands of visa candidates found themselves in a state of limbo.
  • IM Worms Pose Growing Threat - Currently, there are about 60 published IM vulnerabilities, according to Eric Chien, chief researcher at Symantec Security Response in Dublin, Ireland. Those range from security holes that could be used to crash IM clients in denial-of-service attacks to flaws that could allow attackers to remotely install and run malicious code on computers running the vulnerable IM clients.
  • Off-topic: Curvy aircrafts could silence sonic booms - As tickets for Concorde's final flight go on sale this week, an American aerospace company has demonstrated a way to modify a supersonic jet to dramatically reduce its sonic boom. The work could pave the way for a new generation of business jets quiet enough to fly at supersonic speed over populated areas. Sonic booms are one of the biggest drawbacks of supersonic flight. They are the thunderclaps caused when shock waves created at the nose and tail of an aircraft meet as they travel to the ground. Where the shock waves overlap they reinforce each other, creating the boom. Concorde's boom is so loud that the plane is forbidden from flying at supersonic speeds over land.
  • Nintendo's Game Boy to go wireless - Motorola's semiconductor unit will supply chipsets for a wireless adapter for use with Nintendo's Game Boy Advance and Game Boy Advance SP. The 2.4 GHz radio frequency chipset will let as many as five players link up wirelessly with one another, Motorola said Friday. The chipset contains a 32-bit RISC architecture-based processor and a RF transceiver designed to work in the TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) protocol.
  • Wireless Cards Give Your PC Access Anywhere  - Currently two technologies are in use, with a third expected later this year. Sprint and Verizon use CDMA/ 1xRTT, which has a theoretical maximum data rate of 144 Kbps; typical real-world throughput speeds range from 40 to 60 Kbps (slightly better than that of a 56K modem). AT&T, Cingular, and T-Mobile use GSM/GPRS network technology, which is a bit slower. This technology has a theoretical maximum rate of 110 Kbps, with realized speeds ranging from 20 to 40 Kbps. By year's end, AT&T will launch EDGE, a new technology that promises to boost real-world data rates to 100 Kbps.
  • Nokia launches trendiest phone yet - Nokia continues to try and find new mobile phone form factors that might supersede the classic rectangular shape, this time with the 7600 an almost square handset, with the number buttons placed on either side of the 16-bit colour, 128 x 160 screen. Weighing a mere 123g and measuring 8.7 x 7.8 x 1.86cm, the 7600 is one of the lightest and smallest dual-band GSM and 3G (WCDMA) phones in the world, Nokia claims. It's a "unique marriage between technology and design", the company says - just what trendies the world over are looking for, it believes.
  • Playscreen tablet style portable DVD player - The PlayScreen by JoyTech claims to be the worlds first 'Tablet Style' Portable DVD Player with Integrated 16:9 Widescreen 7inch TFT Monitor. At only L299.99 from Play.com the truly portable device comes complete with a Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery, and In-Car Adapter for true 'Play Anywhere' entertainment. It also uses Integrated Stereo Speakers, combined with full Dolby Digital and DTS compatibility.
  • New DivX video application for AMD Athlon 64; Dr. DivX - The new version of the official DivX video encoding application, called Dr. DivX: AMD64 Edition, is planned to be distributed for a limited time as part of a special program to customers who purchase the AMD Athlon 64 FX processor in a box ("PIB") or AMD Athlon 64 FX processor-based systems
  • U_S_Robotics 802.11g Wireless Turbo Multi-Function Access Point (USR5450) review - U_S_Robotics 802.11g's wireless access point is based on Texas-Instrument's 802.11g chipset and features upgradeable antennas, superior range and viable data rate speeds. It's a good all-around 802.11g product, but a 100Mbps access point it's not.
  • ASUS V9950 GeForceFX 5900 Ultra 256MB review - With 256MB of memory, meaning chips on the back side of the PCB, ASUS have created the worlds first AGP8X copper sandwich. Not very tasty (I did try to eat it, the dentist appointment is next week) in the traditional sense, but in the world of consumer graphics and all that entails, very tasty indeed.
  • Corsair TwinX 4000 vs OCZ Gold 4000 - The Madshrimps share their experiences with OCZ and Corsair's PC4000 memory modules.
  • AMD Opteron / Xeon Comparison under Linux - Hexus.net has tested Opteron/Xenon under Linux.
  • Athlon 64 Chipset Comparison: ALi, Nvidia, VIA  - AMDZone compared the Athlon 64 Socket 754 chipsets ALi M1687, Nvidia nForce 3, and VIA K8T800.
  • Omniquad Personal Firewall 1.0.1 - Omniquad Personal Firewall (homepage) it keeps your computer shielded from hackers by blocking all unsolicited network connections and traffic to your computer, yet you can browse the web unaffected. In addition to making your computer invisible, it gives you a full control over what programs on your computer gain access to the Internet. This product is available in 2 editions: Freeware and Professional. The Professional edition includes hacker tracing, IP blocking and selective port opening and can be purchased for $39.
  • Kerio Personal Firewall 4.0.4 - Kerio Personal Firewall (download) represents smart, easy-to-use personal security technology that fully protects personal computers against hackers. It is built on ICSA-certified security technology. It is free for home and personal use.
  • GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner 3 Build 20030922 - GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner (download) checks your network for all potential methods that a hacker might use to attack your network. By analyzing the operating system and the applications running on your network, GFI LANguard N.S.S. identifies possible security holes. In other words, it plays the devil's advocate and alerts you to weaknesses before a hacker can find them, enabling you to deal with these issues before a hacker can exploit them. (thanks SavageNews)
  • Messenger Plus! v2.21.57 - Messenger Plus! Extension (download) is a program that adds functionalities to the MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger.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 as well.
  • Real Alternative 1.06 - Real Alternative will allow you to play RealMedia files. This way you can play RealMedia files without having to install RealPlayer.
  • QuickTime Alternative 1.15 - QuickTime Alternative will allow you to play QuickTime files (.mov, .qt and other extensions) without having to install the official QuickTime Player.
  • WinDVD Platinum 5.1 B05.015 ($69.95) - WinDVD Platinum 5 (download trial) is the ultimate DVD software player, providing you with the finest quality video and audio playback. Watch movies with a theater experience right on your computer or laptop.
  • Bart's PE Builder 3.0.13 BETA - Bart's PE Builder (download) helps you build a bootable Window CD-Rom or DVD from Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 very suitable for PC maintenance tasks. It will give you a complete Win32 environment with network support, a graphical user interface (800x600) and FAT/NTFS/CDFS filesystem support. Very handy for burn-in testing systems with no OS, rescuing files to a network share, virus scan and so on. This will replace any Dos bootdisk (even masterpieces like modboot and Bart's Network Bootdisk) in no time.
  • Mozilla v1.5 RC2 - Mozilla v1.5 Release Candidate 2 is available for download.
  • Matrox Parhelia Win2k/WinXP driver - Matrox has released a new Parhelia driver for Windows 2000 and Windows XP.

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