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 Saturday Tech Reading - tech
(hx) 11:49 AM CET - Jan,24 2004
  • Bill Gates Says Make Spammers Pay - Gates said Microsoft is working on a solution based on the concept of "proof," or identifying the sender of the e-mail. One method involves a human challenge, or requiring the sender of an electronic pitch to solve a puzzle that only a flesh-and-blood person can handle. Another is a so-called "computational puzzle" that a computer sending only a few messages could easily handle, but that would be prohibitively.
  • Users still waiting for browser patch - Microsoft has admitted that it is still unable to release a fix for a serious flaw in Internet Explorer (IE) that allows hackers to clone websites. Security experts notified the software giant about the vulnerability, exploited in so-called 'phishing' attacks, early last month.
  • MS Blaster clean-up tool was stellar success - Microsoft's recently released Blaster clean-up tool was downloaded 1.4 million times during the first few hours of its availability earlier this month. The strong need for the tool makes a case for greater automation of viral removal, according to Microsoft.
  • First Office 2003 Service Pack Scheduled - Users of Microsoft's Office System products released in October can expect the first service pack for the software in late June, Microsoft said Friday. Service Pack 1 (SP1) will apply to InfoPath 2003, OneNote 2003, Project 2003, Publisher 2003, Visio 2003 and SharePoint Portal Server and Windows SharePoint Services, as well as the Microsoft Office 2003 suite, which includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, a Microsoft spokesperson says.
  • Chipping PlayStations isn't illegal, says Italian court - Calling the limits put on the PlayStation 2 by Sony "absurd", the Italian authorities have ruled that it's illegal to prohibit certain uses of commercial products. While Sony is boasting about PlayStation sales breaking the 70-million barrier, the Japanese giant has suffered its first significant legal defeat in Europe. On 31 December, a court in Bolzano, Italy, ruled that the authorities' seizure a few days earlier of mod-chipped PlayStation 2s was illegal - officially landing chipped PlayStation 2s on the right side of Italian law.
  • Off-topic: NASA fights to revive Spirit - Attempting to diagnose a nearly mute and temporarily delirious spacecraft more than 100 million miles away, NASA mission controllers said Friday that they suspect a hardware problem on the six-wheeled Mars rover may have caused a severe malfunction. Cautioning that they will need more time to understand what went wrong, project engineers said they have determined that Spirit has rebooted or tried to reboot itself more than 60 times a day since the failure. As NASA scientists struggled to revive their ailing Mars rover, they also began to prepare for the landing of its twin, which was scheduled to touch down on the other side of the Red Planet late Saturday night. In related story, "first data from Mars Express confirms ice water".
  • "Exploding" cell phone battery recalled - The voluntary recall affects Kyocera Wireless model 7135 smart phones sold between September and December, bought either online or in stores belonging to Verizon Wireless, Arkansas-based Alltel or Chicago-based US Cellular. The handsets use batteries manufactured by Coslight International Group of Hong Kong, and have a serial number on the underside that begins "-05". San Diego-based Kyocera said on Friday that it is trying to reach all 40,000 people who bought the cell phone in order to arrange for delivery of a free replacement.
  • Walkie-Talkie Phones Proliferate - PCMag has tested the Sprint PCS Sprint Vision Video Phone VM4500 ($379 street, plus service fees), also known as the Sanyo SCP-5500, a 3.8-ounce, dual band, tri-mode phone with a built-in video camera that can capture 15-second video clips. The phone, which Sprint PCS advertises as "The Whole Package," comes with an abundance of cool and user-friendly features.
  • Are 64-bit Binaries Slower than 32-bit Binaries? - Tony Bourke decided to run a few of tests on his SPARC to see if indeed 64-bit binaries ran slower than 32-bit binaries, and what the actual performance disparity would ultimately be.
  • Intel Limits Socket 478 Processors' Evolution to 3.40GHz - While originally Intel planned to offer 3.60GHz processors for PGA478 platforms, some sources now report about absence of such chips in the firm's plans. The last and final play for Socket 478 will be 3.40GHz Intel Pentium 4 processors with 1MB or 512KB of L2 cache.
  • Alienware Aurora Extreme review - GeekNews has reviewed Alienware Aurora Extreme ($3600): "This system is no doubt the best I've ever had a chance to own or even see. Performance is amazing and 3D gaming is just for hardcore gamers that will enjoy the full feel of a game. The components are all quality but like we mentioned before it doesn't come cheap. Alienware has a great reputation of their systems but the tech support just isnt worth the call."
  • Logitech diNovo Review - Logitech has the MSRP of the diNovo at a whopping $249.99, far out of the reach of most of us mere mortals. But just like buying a Ferrari or Bentley, you definitely get a masterful piece of equipment when you shell out this kind of cash.
  • XGI/Club3d Volari Duo V8 256mb review - Driverheaven has posted a review of the XGI/Club3d Volari Duo V8 256Mb Video card.
  • HIS Excalibur 9600SE VIVO Edition review - Legit Reviews has posted a review of the HIS Excalibur 9600SE VIVO Edition.
  • Western Digital Raptor 36.7GB Serial ATA 10000RPM  review - Although SCSI is still the fastest interface, with drives like this at hand the SATA interface no longer has to prove its case, installation is simple, and performance is higher than any IDE drive ive used. Certainly the prices are alot higher with this drive currently costing around the same price as a 160 gig parallel ATA drive (around L90) so you have to balance the loss in storage with the speed you are gaining. If you already have alot of storage and want to inject some speed into your rig, then move your current drive into a file storage device and put one of these babies into your system as the OS drive. What about a game drive? Speed differences will be noticeable, especially on loading times which can make you want to pull your hair out.
  • Top Secret Fanless 350 W PSU Phantom - It operates at or above 80% efficiency by using dedicated circuits for each voltage output and does not needs any fans or external heat absorbers. The PSU is the same size than all other ATX12V 1.3 PSU. Check it out!
  • Intel Prescott benchmarked against Northwood 2.8GHz  - This time, the benchmarks compare a Prescott 2.8GHz against a Northwood 2.8GHz using a number of benchmarks. Those benchmarks include a bunch of SiSoftware Sandra, CPUBench2003, and PCMark measurements. (TheInquirer)
  • OCZ Ultra 2 Recall - OCZ would like to take this time to address the recent article published at Overclockers.com, which shows that OCZ Ultra 2 thermal compound has no silver content.
  • Microsoft releases memory diagnostic tool - The Windows Memory Diagnostic (download) tests the Random Access Memory (RAM) on your computer for errors. The diagnostic includes a comprehensive set of memory tests. If you are experiencing problems while running Windows, you can use the diagnostic to determine whether the problems are caused by failing hardware, such as RAM or the memory system of your motherboard. Windows Memory Diagnostic is designed to be easy and fast. On most configurations, you can download the diagnostic, read the documentation, run the test and complete the first test pass in less than 30 minutes.
  • AutoPatcher 4.2 - AutoPatcher XP is a comprehensive collection of patches & registry tweaks that give you peace of mind in the knowledge that your Windows XP is up to date.
  • Sonique2 Beta 1.01 - Sonique (download) is a windows audio player capable of handling Microsoft Windows Media files, MP3 files, audio CDs, and more.
  • Logitech iTouch Keyboard Software 2.21 Build 270 - Logitech have released a new iTouch Keyboard drivers version 2.21 Build 270 for Windows 9X / ME / NT / 2000 / XP

Comments from im a fruity flavoredposted - 04:06 PM CET - Jan,24 2004
AI program might be able to defeat such anti-spam measures. But not alot of people know how to make good AI programs. Another example would be when you create a free email account at yahoo and they show you a picture with text in it. Well you actually can right a program that will correct identify the characters in a image but you need to know stuff on computer vision and AI programing and neural networks which is part of the AI field. Its seems like a good short term solution but not a realistic long term solution. Because eventually the smart people will make a program to defeat the anti-spam measures. I think layers of different types of anti-spam measures need to be put into place and together they will reduce the spam. __________________ ____________________________________ HEY IF YOU WANT TO FIGHT MICROSOFT go to www.onlinemike.com and give him a donation. lol!

Comments from spotty checkposted - 04:46 PM CET - Jan,24 2004
They are at least two sites mikerowesoft.com and mikerosoft.ca mikerowesoft.com is no longer taking donations.

Comments from Erbozposted - 12:26 AM CET - Jan,25 2004
Best things to do against spammers, is track down the spammer yourself (or the company that tricks you into buying stuff) and go shoot him in the head. 100% sure he won't spam you another time ;à)

Comments from billgatesposted - 07:23 AM CET - Jan,25 2004
what do u want to fight me for? i love you guys?!?!?!

Comments from philfenceposted - 10:40 PM CET - Jan,25 2004
you love us?!?!?!? that sounded more like you are trying to reassure us that you're confused. hah.

Comments from netfoolposted - 12:24 AM CET - Jan,26 2004
I think the best or easiest way to slow or stop spam is to block all emails. And then the user must enter the list of addresses manually for Accepted email addresses (or even domains), otherwise its blocked.

Comments from bill666posted - 01:46 PM CET - Jan,26 2004
philfence - okay, you're right. I'm just saying i love you because I want your money AND your soul!

Comments from posted - 06:53 PM CET - Jan,27 2004
netfool your suggestion is not pratical.

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