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 Saturday Tech Madness - tech
(hx) 12:41 PM CET - Feb,14 2004
  • Windows 2000 and Windows NT Source Code Leaks (confirmed)  - On Thursday, February 12, Microsoft became aware that portions of the Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0 source code were illegally made available on the Internet. Subsequent investigation has shown this was not the result of any breach of Microsoft’s corporate network or internal security, nor is it related to Microsoft’s Shared Source Initiative or its Government Security Program, which enable our customers, partners and governments to legally access Microsoft source code.  Microsoft is working closely with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation on this matter. Microsoft source code is both copyrighted and protected as a trade secret. As such, it is illegal to post it, make it available to others, download it or use it. Microsoft will take all appropriate legal actions to protect its intellectual property. Questions about the investigation should be referred to the FBI. The leaked code includes 30,915 files and was apparently removed from a Linux computer used by Mainsoft for development purposes. Dated July 25, 2000, the source code represents Windows 2000 Service Pack 1.
  • XBox EvolutionX FTP 'cd' Command and Telnet 'dir' Buffer Overflow - EvolutionX  (EvolutionX 3921, EvolutionX 3935)is "a Replacement of Microsoft Dashboard.It has these Features: Build in FTP Server, Configurable Menu System, Flash BIOS utility, Upgrade Harddisk and Format/Partition easily, Create game backups and Build in Trainer menu system". Two vulnerabilities have been found in the product, one in its FTP server, and the other in its Telnet server. This issue exists when 'cd'  (FTP) command followed with a long string which will freeze the EvolutionX or 'dir' (Telnet) command followed with a long string.
  • Man-In-The-Middle Attack Using Bluetooth In A WLAN Interworking Environnment - The paper by Eric Gauthier describes the assumptions and attack on the bluetooth link and details what is vulnerable and why. It presents a discussion about the requirements and the conditions in which such an attack can take place, how it is performed and the consequences of compromising the bluetooth link.
  • Off-topic: Scientists Advance Hydrogen Tech -  Researchers say they have produced hydrogen from ethanol in a prototype reactor small enough and efficient enough to heat small homes and power cars. The reactor is a relatively tiny 2-foot-high apparatus of tubes and wires that creates hydrogen from corn-based ethanol. A fuel cell, which acts like a battery, then generates power. Another article can be found at CNN.
  • Sony pledges to move chips to 45nm in 2005 - Sony and Toshiba will beat Intel, AMD and co. to the 45nm node, the duo announced yesterday, reaching that point in 2005, around the time other processor makers are shifting to 65nm chip fabrication processes.
  • ATI's 2004 Plans Unveiled: R420/423 Specs Inside  - As you can guess, R420 is the AGP successor to the R350 (Radeon 9800) while R423 is a PCIe version of the R420. The specs on the two GPUs are as follows: 0.13-micron low-k manufacturing process, 160M transistors, ~500MHz core clock, 8 pipe design, 6 vertex engines, Improvements to all of the basic architectural features (shader engines, AA, etc...), 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 (~1GHz data rate), Single slot design. The R420/423 chips will offer twice the pixel fill rate and vertex throughput of the R350 core, as well as increases in memory bandwidth. Initial indications show that there may be two versions of the R420/423 with different memory clocks; one design calls for ~1GHz GDDR3 memory while the other calls for slower DDR1 memory. It isn't clear whether R423 (PCIe) based designs will eventually carry higher clock speeds than their AGP counterparts, but there is a definite possibility. 
  • Toshiba ET1 LCD Projector review - The standard resolution of 854 x 480 pixels might not sound impressive compared to high resolution DLP projectors, but the ET1 has digital scaling functionality for higher resolution inputs and the result looks more than acceptable. You can also set the ET1 to 4:3 mode if you are using it for something that’s not widescreen. One of the more useful features is the adjustable projection size. You can digitally shrink the size of the projected image by up to 20 per cent. This is really handy if you can’t position the projector perfectly in relation to the screen.
  • Dell Inspiron XPS Gaming Notebook - First Look -  Borrowing the name of its successful desktop gaming machine, the Dimension XPS, Dell hopes to propel the same kind of success with its new Inspiron XPS ($2,899 direct) notebook. Based on a 3.4-GHz Pentium 4 chip, along with an 800-MHz front-side bus and 512MB of dual-channel DDR SDRAM, this XPS brings true desktop hardware and power to the mobile world. The system is poised to give Athlon 64-based laptops serious competition and provide high-end users with horsepower they can use anywhere. Some benchmarks can be found at TechTV.
  • MSI FX5950 Ultra-VTD256 review - HotHardware has posted a review of the MSI FX5950 Ultra-VTD256 video card.
  • MSI FX5900XT-VTD128 review  - The GeForceFX 5900XT GPU has basically been equipped with some slower memory, and priced it at about half of what a regular GeForceFX 5900 goes for. Naturally, being a top of the line card, the MSI GeForceFX 5900XT easily outperforms the GeForceFX 5700 Ultra, and handily trounces ATi's Radeon 9600XT to boot. In fact nVIDIA may have even put themselves in the awkward position where one product could potentially steal sales away from the other. It's like the GeForce4 Ti4200 situation all over again, but this time more is on the line.
  • Inno3D Geforce FX 5700 Ultra  - Techware Labs has has posted a review of the Geforce FX 5700 Ultra Video card (an affordable video card with a street price of ~$175 - $200 for the retail box).
  • Gigabyte K8VNXP K8T800 Motherboard review - Hardcoreware has posted a review of Gigabyte K8VNXP K8T800 Motherboard. "If you are looking for crazy overclocking features, you'll have to look elsewhere however. Then again, neither the K8T800 nor the nForce3 150 chipsets are of much use to overclockers. We'll have to wait for the next revision of each to see what we can REALLY do with our 3000+'s. At $180 street, the K8VNXP is well beyond average price. Then again, I can virtually guarantee that you will not find a board with this kind of bundle for less than that."
  • Gigabyte's 3D Cooler Pro review - The 3D Cooler Pro from Gigabyte is a uniquely designed cooler with variable cooling capacity. At a maximum rotational speed the cooling capacity is very high - unfortunately the noise level is high as well. At a minimum rotational speed and full load on the CPU, the boxed coolers from AMD and Intel are superior to Gigabyte's 3D Cooler Pro with respect to cooling capacity. In the end, this cooler with its four blue LED's on the top can be recommended only for case-modding fans. 
  • Olixir Mobile Data Vault 3DX review - The Olixir really does come close to fulfilling its goal of building the best external hard drive in the world. The performance values that we calculated are at a comparatively high level. Only models with FireWire interface (e.g. Western Digital Combo Drive 250 GB) deliver transfer rates that are even better. Here, it should be mentioned that we did not have the optional FireWire cable for the Mobile Data Vault 3DX, however.
  • Virtual PC 2004 incompatibilities with AMD Processors -  There are some posts to the Microsoft VPC newsgroup (microsoft.public.virtualpc), as well as a few sentences on Robert Moir's Blog/Website about this.
  • Guide: Backup that data the smart way  - Designtechnica has published a new guide called "Backup that data the smart way"
  • Recovery Commander Gives XP the Boot - Recovery Commander ($40) has been part of V Communications' SystemSuite and Fix-It packages for some time, but this is the first time it's offered as a stand-alone product. At its heart, Recovery Commander is a system backup tool like XP's own System Restore. But unlike System Restore, it doesn't require you to successfully boot Windows to restore your system.
  • ATI Catalyst drivers 4.1 vs 4.2 comparison - OnlyNewZ has posted a comparison between the ATI Catalyst drivers. Also VR-Zone has done some quick tests on the newly released Catalyst 4.2 drivers and compared it to the Catalyst 4.1 and 3.10.
  • Media Player Classic v6.4.7.7 - MPC is a standalone video/music player that can handle a lot of media types, including DVD playback, Ogg audio, RealMedia and Quicktime video
  • VisualBoy Advance 1.7.1 - Visual Boy Advance is a Game Boy Advance and Game Boy emulator that runs with Windows system. This is the DirectX version of Visual Boy Advance.
  • DVD Shrink 3.1.5 - DVD Shrink 3.1.5 now retains Closed Captions, fixes a few bugs with still-picture encoding and default playback streams (when re-authoring) and shows a reminder, in case of re-authoring menus, that they will be converted into video clips, not menus.
  • AVG Free Edition 6.0 Build 587 - With AVG, you will get a reliable tool for your computer protection against computer viruses. A free registration is required to run AVG. You will be emailed a registration code and can not install it without it. The installer does provide a link during installation to get your code.
  • PuTTY 0.54 Beta  - PuTTY  (download) is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Win32 and Unix platforms, along with an xterm terminal emulator.
  • Tweak FX 4.23 - Tweak FX is a powerful configuration tool for Windows. In contrast to hundreds of so called 'tweaking programs', Tweak FX uses plugins, which can extend its possibilites to a significant extent.
  • TweakNow RegCleaner 1.0 - RegCleaner finds and removes incorrect or obsolete values in your registry.
  • SiSoftware Sandra 2004.SP1.9.104 - SiSoftware Sandra is an information & diagnostic utility. It should provide most of the information (including undocumented) you need to know about your hardware, software, and other devices whether hardware or software. It provides similar level of information to Norton SI, Quarterdeck WinProbe/Manifest, etc
  • ATI REMOTE WONDER Software Version 2.3 - ATI Remote Wonder Software has been updated to version 2.3 for use on RADEON Products with ATI Multimedia Center 8.5 or higher.
  • S3G DeltaChrome Drivers - Logo'd: WinXP Drivers for DeltaChrome, with InstallShield v15.07.07.10 | Logo'd: WinXP Drivers for DeltaChrome, No InstallShield v15.07.07.10 (thanks SavageNews)
  • Omega drivers  - OmegaCorner has now offers a new Omega Drivers (v2.5.22 for Win2k/XP ~ 2.6.37 for Win9x/ME) based on the Official Catalyst 4.2 (thanks Blooduk)

Comments from bloodukposted - 12:56 PM CET - Feb,14 2004
ATI Catalyst drivers 4.1 vs 4.2 comparison cool and look at the difference in some of the frame scores although need for speed suffered. Thanks for the link HX

Comments from [email protected]posted - 09:02 PM CET - Feb,14 2004
with ati drivers only upgrade when u have too

Comments from Bill Gatesposted - 11:25 AM CET - Feb,15 2004
I can assure everyone DO NOT PANIC about the Windows source code leak -- Windows XP is still the most secure OS in the world!

Comments from giGGlerposted - 06:35 PM CET - Feb,15 2004
stop laughing BilL!

Comments from L.Aposted - 08:12 PM CET - Feb,15 2004
i cant blame the chinese & israeli governments going down the LINUX route !

Comments from jesusposted - 07:47 PM CET - Feb,16 2004
only reason 4.2 scored better cuz they fixed the @#%^@#^ bugs..ati driver quality is Shhhhiiiiiiiiiit, nothing gained since 3.4. any1 want a 9600XT lookon e-bay selling this vaginalscum?!!

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