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 Saturday Tech Madness - tech
(hx) 11:49 AM CET - Feb,07 2004
  • RealNetworks Patches Security Holes - RealNetworks Inc. recently released a security update to plug a series of vulnerabilities in its media players that could open a user's machine to malicious code. Security researchers at British-based NGSSoftware Ltd., which issued an advisory on Wednesday, discovered the security holes in December and informed Real Networks of the vulnerabilities (thanks PCMag)
  • Piracy fighters raid offices of Sharman, others - The Australian music industry has launched raids on peer-to-peer technology developer Sharman Networks. Australian trade organisation Music Industry Piracy Investigations (MIPI) sent investigators into Sharman Networks' Sydney offices and the homes of two of its executives. The raids took place at 12 sites, including three Australian universities and several local ISPs.
  • MS demos Jetsons' kitchen on FoodTV - Microsoft is hard at work solving the problems of moneyed illiterates who hate to cook. Those who can't quite manage to interpret the microwaving instructions printed on a cup of dehydrated soup no longer need to worry: the Microsoft Kitchen is alive with RFID (radio frequency identification) transponders that tell the microwave oven how long and at what intensity to nuke your soup powder or Macaroni & Whey Dinner for perfect results every time. The Microsoft Kitchen features a heavy reliance on RFID for inventory control, and numerous, unnecessary Internet connections. It also includes a magic countertop that reads the RFID information emanating from each appliance and grocery placed on it, then offers to instruct one in manipulating them in quest of a meal.
  • Xbox Live 3.0 - Microsoft will soon ship an update to the Xbox Live online game service that adds key communications features, such as the ability to send and receive voice and text messages to foes and teammates during games. And later, the company will reportedly add a voicemail feature.
  • Samsung Sends Satellite TV to Cell Phones - Samsung Electronics is developing a cellular telephone that can receive multimedia programming broadcasts via satellite, the company says. The new phone, which is still in the development stage, is expected to be compatible with a new satellite broadcasting service that is planned to launch in South Korea and Japan later this year.
  • Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro first-look - With the Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro and Creative GigaWorks S750, Creative Labs becomes the first company to complement a 7.1 board with matching speakers. Although almost no discrete 7.1-channel content exists (yet), the Audigy 2 ZS can render EAX-compatible game soundtracks as eight completely independent channels, and it can expand stereo, 5.1, and 6.1 source materials into virtual 7.1 content.
  • Philips Aurilium External Soundcard review - The PSC805 Aurilium is Philips' latest effort to take on the somewhat crowded soundcard market still dominated by Creative Labs. The Aurilium is a certified USB 2.0 external soundcard which doesn't differ much in concept with the SoundBlaster Extigy.
  • Compro Videomate TV Gold Plus review - Compro Videomate Tv Gold Plus is a good product, rich in functionality, and built with care. The software is complete and easy to use: you'll love the time-shifting feature and the power-up function. While the video reproduction is convincing, Compro should advance the frame capture feature. The video smoothing filter does a good job. But it is a pity that it does not support MPEG4-encoding.
  • Sapphire Radeon 9800XT Videocard review - Until then, there is a healthy selection of graphics cards currently available. The Sapphire Radeon 9800XT weighs in at $450USD ($600CDN), and the only real reason to consider such a pricey piece of hardware is to play games... at high resolutions with all of the visual details maximized. Of those cards currently available, Sapphire's RADEON 9800 XT does an excellent job.
  • ABIT Radeon 9800XT - Compared directly to the Sapphire 9800XT, the ABIT 9800XT comes up short in a few areas. First, while they both offer the Half-Life2 coupon in the box and the same bundle of cables and adapters, the Sapphire 9800XT also comes with the full version of Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness. Granted, Tomb Raider is such a bad game that having it bundled could be considered cruel and unusual punishment, but I have to give Sapphire points for offering something extra that ABIT isn't. ABIT makes up a little for that though by including the new version of PowerDVD 5 while Sapphire still bundles PowerDVD 4.
  • GeIL PC3200 DDR400 review - The GeIL PC3200 proved stable at DDR400 as rated, and provided us with a set of stable and impressive results during benchmarks. Whilst not shown on the results table, (but may be added) I’m able to run the ram at DDR333 @ the ratings of 6-2-2-2, 2.0, much higher and faster than rated by the top folks at GeIL.
  • 3Com OfficeConnect Wireless 11g Cable/DSL Gateway review - Although not a bad product by any means, 3Com's OfficeConnect Wireless 11g Cable/DSL Gateway seems uninspired. The feature set, though adequate for many users, lacks features such as schedulable filtering and WDS bridging that are found on other products from lesser-known (and smaller!) competitors. And wireless performance is average at best, with the disadvantage of non-upgradeable antennas.
  • Sony DRX-510UL External USB2/Firewire DVD±R/RW Drive review - The Sony DRX-510UL is a multiformat (DVD±R/RW) drive that burns both format DVD discs as well as CD-R and CD-RW discs. A little bit larger than a standard internal optical drive, it is still relatively compact and feels very solid - not flimsy at all.
  • 3ware 8500 SerialATA RAID Controller Review - 3ware 8500-8 Escalade controller left a lasting good impression as it went with waving banners through our tests. Of course, there are minor problems you have to put up with. For example, TwinStor technology is not always correct, and, just like with 3Ware 7850 controller, we have no support for PCI 64bit/66MHz, which is critical even for the four-channel version of the controller if you use modern hard disk drives.
  • Maxtor OneTouch 300 GB Hard Drive Review - DesignTechnica has posted a review of Maxtor OneTouch 300 GB Hard Drive.
  • Samsung SyncMaster 172x Review - MonkeyReview has posted a review of Samsung SyncMaster 172x Review.
  • Coolermaster Aerogate II Multi-function Panel - Matt Mantel at Overclockers Club has completed a review on the Coolermaster Aerogate II Multi-function Panel.
  • Logitech Comfort Duo Cordless Keyboard and Mouse Combination review - The Logitech Cordless Comfort Duo is definitely a winner. You can’t go wrong with these two bits. Just keep in mind that if you have large mitts then this set might not be for you as your hands may feel a bit crowded. Just keep in mind any cordless pieces you may have you are paying to use them each year! You have to put batteries in them every so often, unless you are running rechargeable batteries!
  • Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Group Test - The last 18 months has seen a flood of wireless devices wash onto the market, from routers to printers to game pads. Perhaps the most high profile arrival has been mobile phones, where the changes in driving law have made Bluetooth car kits a legal necessity, bolstering public interest in the whole technology. Despite the grumbles, the benefits of installing these kits are unmistakeable, and potentially life saving.
  • AC-Ryan IDE & SATA Lighted Cables - Sick of that horrible looking IDE cable obstructing the airflow of your case? Are your case temperatures rising to the limit? Is your case dull and boring? Well if you’ve answered yes we have just the product for you! Today it's AC-Ryan’s chance to show off their rounded IDE cables and SATA cables with Blue Neon string.
  • Prescott Hyper-Threading Examined - From what we've seen, the Prescott occasionally gains up to an additional 4% with Hyper-Threading than Northwood did. There are certain cases where the Northwood benefits more from Hyper-Threading, but in those cases, the Prescott still outperformed the Northwood. Either way, the addition of more L2 cache on the Prescott hasn’t changed Hyper-Threading performance by much. This could be attributed to the Prescott’s longer pipeline or higher latency L2 cache, either way we won’t be able to find out if the cache latency is the culprit till the Prescott scales to 4 GHz, which matches the L2 latency with a 2.8 Northwood; that is if Anand’s theory on the L2 cache is correct.
  • Futuremark PCMark04 Benchmark Suite review - TechConnect has posted a review of PCMark04. "All in all, users with interest in benchmarking should see in PCMark04 a great tool for analysis on their computer performance. The PCMark04 suite is great and should provide enough information on how fast and how reliable the computer runs. Based on the received feedback, you can easily take decisions on tweaking the computer to your needs. PCMark04 showed great potential and strengthened its position as a world-class benchmark. Besides all these aspects, PCMark04 is very easy to use and user-friendly. We recommend it to novice as well as advanced users."
  • Critical Update for Microsoft XML Services - This update contains Microsoft XML (MSXML) functionality that will allow applications using MSXML to continue to function correctly after security update 832894, Security Update for Internet Explorer, has been applied. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.
  • Gush - Gush (download ~ screenshot) makes instant messaging and news aggregation simple, functional, and attractive. Gush excels at the functionality it provides without including the kitchen sink. Its not just pretty looks -- Gush provides several unique features such as Split Chat, real IM conversation management, IM Announcements, and a tabbed News Reader.
  • X-Setup Pro 6.5 final -  X-Setup Pro (download) is a high-performance tool which allowes you over thousand different adjustments of Windows. No matter if you want to change your boot-section of your computer or if you want to accelerate your start-menue: X-Setup Pro can handle it. But there are feature for example Windows 2003 server support.
  • Fresh UI 6.90 - 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.
  • TaskInfo 2003 v5.0.1.102 - TaskInfo2002 (download) is combination of Task Manager and System Information Utility, It visually monitors different types of System information in Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.
  • WinAmp 5.02 - Nullsoft Winamp (full ~ lite) is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity media player for Windows. Winamp supports playback of many audio (MP3, OGG, AAC, WAV, MOD, XM, S3M, IT, MIDI, etc) and video types (AVI,ASF,MPEG,NSV), custom appearances called skins (supporting both classic Winamp 1.x/2.x skins and Winamp 3 freeform skins), audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins (including two industry dominating visualization plug-ins), an advanced media library, Internet radio and TV support, CD ripping, and CD burning.
  • Intel Processor Frequency ID Utility 6.5.20040203 - The Intel Processor Frequency ID Utility was developed by Intel Corporation to enable consumers the ability to identify and, in some circumstances, determine if their Intel processor is operating at the correct and rated frequency intended by Intel Corporation.
  • HighPoint BIOS And Drivers 2.351 - HighPoint has released new BIOS files and drivers for the HPT370/370A RAID and the HPT372 RAID version 2.351 for WinAll (thanks Warp2Search)
  • Latest Bios and Drivers updates  - OnlyNews let us know they have the latest released bios updates and drivers (10 ABIT bios updates, 10 GIGABYTE bios updates, 3 TYAN Firmware updates, 2 ASUS bios updates, 2 ECS bios updates, 5 LITE-ON IT bios updates, 1 MSI bios updates)

Comments from Evil Bill Gates Twinposted - 12:40 PM CET - Feb,07 2004
These piracy raids are just a media stunt so it makes it look like the idiots are doing something. Somebody is obviously paying these jerks to run around pretending to fight piracy. What morons!!! Get a real IT job. What is the point of stinging users for piracy; how are you going to prosecute juveniles?!?!?!?!? Will somebody please raid the Australian music industry HQ because I bet they are loaded up with illegal copies of windows/office/winzip and their proxy servers are probably oozing with kiddy p0rn! GET A LIFE PIRACY FIGHTERS! YOU WILL NEVER WIN! WE WILL JUST GO FURTHER UNDERGROUND AND FURTHER UNDER YOUR SKIN!!!

Comments from Warezdaddyposted - 01:29 PM CET - Feb,07 2004
HX - you need to start posting crack links for shareware, it would save me a lot of time. thanx.

Comments from Grammar Naziposted - 01:30 PM CET - Feb,07 2004
TYPO = TaskInfo 2003 - TaskInfo2002 ?!?!? what year is it?

Comments from someposted - 02:26 PM CET - Feb,07 2004
Shall go nowhere, the court case will be dropped around the initial hearing. Sharman Networks is registed in Vanauata, not Australia...therefore Sharman Networks can not be attacked through the legal system as it stands in Australia.

Comments from xxxxposted - 06:20 AM CET - Feb,08 2004
to Evil Bill Gates Twin. Stay in school. Your last sentence shows your integelligence level. If they can arrest these arrogant fuckers, things might actually normalize. I have zero respect for any fucking idiot that thinks he's above the law. You crack something, I hope you end up in a jail cell with a big fat mofo that uses as his long lost inflatable doll. Same should happen to the guy(s) that ripped HL code. As far as I'm concerned, all caught hackers should get 20 years period.

Comments from Ph.D Postgradposted - 12:59 PM CET - Feb,08 2004
xxxx - Evil bill gates doesn't sound immature. I think he got carried away in the H4X0R rhetoric. :-) I think the hardcore crackers & piracy distributors should definitely be nailed to the wall. But going after individual users is a futile scare campaign. Nail the HL2 leecher; we could have all been playing as Gordon Freeman if it weren't for him.

Comments from dumbfounded by gatesposted - 12:18 AM CET - Feb,09 2004
How do I download the latest critical patch for my Microsoft Kitchen appliances???

Comments from Bill Gates Seniorposted - 10:13 AM CET - Feb,09 2004
Bubba - how much is Bill Gates worth? I think he owns the penitentiary... :-)

Comments from Bubba 2ndposted - 12:41 PM CET - Feb,09 2004
On the other side of these walls your worth what your worth. On my side of the fence, your worth is in ciggas. One day, these Piracy fighters WILL get every last one of these warez distributing criminal wannabe's. Once this happens, we ALL will start seeing some descent money going into quality software. P2P software that does not restrict pirate software is just as guilty as the warez distributors, If anything, they are supporting the criminal element. IMO, Hackers & Virus creators are by far worse, but even so, breaking the law is breaking the law, and like drugs, it should be stopped at the source. Oh and for the admin who deleted Bubba's post and probably this one, that's fine, it's your site, i'll respect that. Maybe you should check the rules aswell considering posts 1&2 break rule 6 & post 5 breaks rule 2. no offence xxxx but the law can't be selective, otherwise it would discrimination.

Comments from heaven isposted - 03:11 PM CET - Feb,09 2004
bubba - lighten up dude. take a chill pill. :-)

Comments from hell isposted - 03:14 PM CET - Feb,09 2004
bubba - lol. yeah, lighten up. you sound like a programmer. take the 'chill pill' or try some crack. :-) the software-type i mean.

Comments from xxxxposted - 10:32 PM CET - Feb,09 2004
as long as developers continue to lie to the public, they deserve what they get. but in terms of distributing, thats just pure lame. Balls to the WALLS!!!

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