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 Saturday Tech Madness - tech
(hx) 04:04 PM CET - Mar,20 2004
  • Malicious computer worm detected - A new malicious computer program has been detected that can create networks of remotely controlled computers to take part in online attacks, send junk e-mail messages and engage in other shady activities common to the bad neighborhoods of cyberspace. The program, known as phatbot or polybot, uses technology like that developed for file sharing networks such as Gnutella and Kazaa to control the machines. ("Bot" is shorthand for "software robot," a term generally applied to automated software.)  Once the program has made its way onto a victim's computer, it spreads across networks and searches for passwords that are stored on hard drives and are passing across local networks. It also disables antivirus programs and systems for upgrading software security.
  • World largest series of raids against movie and entertainment software piracy - It would appear that a major event has been happening that is going to shake up the piracy and hacker world. What has been reported by the German news media as being "one of the world's largest raid against movie / entertainment software pirates and hackers" are happening over in Europe and that the raids may spill over to the United States, Europe, the UK and other countries. Details are sketchy at the moment because the early reports are based on loose translations taken from the German news media... but here is a synopsis of two publications. Another articles can be found on SkyNews, TheRegister.
  • China bans IGI2 - China has banned a computer game because it tarnished the image of the country and its army.  According to state media Project IGI2: Covert Strike - which was created by the Norway-based Innerloop Studios and published by UK-based Codemasters - has broken tough gaming laws because it "hurt China's national dignity and interests". Officials got the hump because part of the game is set in China, from where a mercenary engages in sabotage and shoots at its soldiers.
  • The Memory-Optimization Hoax - As you've surfed the Web, you've probably seen browser pop-ups such as "Defragment your memory and improve performance" and "Minimize application and system failures and free unused memory." The links lead you to utilities that promise to do all that and more for a mere $9.95, $14.95, or $29.95. Sound too good to be true? It is. These utilities appear to do useful work, but at best, RAM optimizers have no effect, and at worst, they seriously degrade performance (free reg.required).
  • Phoenix software allows pre-boot access to Outlook data -  BIOS manufacturer Phoenix announced a new software which enables users of notebook PCs to access their Outlook data without booting a PC. FirstWare Assistant is an example how the company wants to extend the features of the traditional BIOS and replace it with its Core System Software (CSS) in the future. Phoenix believes that there is more to the space between hardware and operating system than we see today. Rather than serving just to the operating system, the BIOS of the future might do much more than just recognizing hardware components.
  • Ritek first from Taiwan to obtain Philips 4x DVD+RW certification - Ritek recently passed the certification for 4x DVD+RW discs by Philips, the first of Taiwan’s optical disc makers, according to company CEO Gordon Yeh. Ritek is exhibiting a variety of its new products at CeBIT, with a focus on 8.5GB single-sided double-layer DVD+R discs, 25GB single-sided and 40GB double-sided Blu-ray discs, 16x DVD+R discs and HD (high-definition) DVD discs. An HD DVD has a large storage capacity 20-100 times that of today’s mainstream optical discs, Yeh pointed out. Ritek will start volume production of 8.5GB single-sided double-layer DVD+Rs and 12x DVD+Rs next quarter. Production of 16x DVD+Rs and HD DVDs will begin in the second half, Yeh indicated.
  • Microsoft smartphone by Sagem Photos - MSMobiles have done all possible photos of Sagem's new smartphone and they were even turning it on/ff, playing with software, taking out battery - simply everything - including comparative photos of Sagem myS-7 with Orange SPV e200 (currently leading, and already released, Microsoft Smartphone)
  • Via Launches Nano-ITX Motherboard - Via Technologies is officially introducing the EPIA-N Nano-ITX motherboard at the Cebit trade show here this week. Measuring 4.7 inches by 4.7 inches, the Nano-ITX is the smallest PC motherboard form factor to hit the market. The Nano-ITX motherboard is based on Via's CN400 chipset and works with Via's Eden-N processor running at speeds up to 1 GHz, the company says in a statement.
  • Memorex True 8x DVD±RW review  - Like the Pioneer drive its based on, the True 8x can write to both DVD-R and DVD+R media at 8x. While not as fast as some of the other drives we've reviewed, it was able to write 4GB of data in as little as 8 minutes. This is pretty impressive. However, the True 8x could probably be faster. For some reason, it took longer than normal to complete its calibration tests and write the lead out.
  • PowerColor Radeon 9800XT 256MB review - PowerColor, then, has to position its 9800XT on the basis of price. It doesn't contain enough novel or value-adding features to warrant purchasing for anything other than low price, and priced at around L320, it's one of the cheaper retail 9800XTs. Overall, our advice is simple. If you require a no-nonsense Radeon 9800XT card the PowerColor version is as good as any
  • The Hard Disk Myths Debunked Guide Updated - Adrian's Rojak Pot has just updated the Hard Disk Myths Debunked! guide. This guide was written in response to the numerous fallacies about the hard disk that are still being propagated in many forum discussions. Although many articles have covered these topics, it is apparent that hard disk urban legends are still more popular than the simple truth..
  • Windows XP Service Pack 2 Technical Preview Out - As I reported earlier this week, Microsoft has released a preview of XP SP2 to the wider public for testing. Of course, this technical preview is unsupported and is intended for testing purposes only.
  • BSOD Win2k3 screensaver - The infamous Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) will pop up on an NT system whenever something has gone terribly wrong. Bluescreen is a screen saver that not only authentically mimics a BSOD, but will simulate startup screens seen during a system boot. 1) On NT 4.0 installations it simulates chkdsk of disk drives with errors! 2) On Win2K and Windows 9x it presents the Win2K startup splash screen, complete with rotating progress band and progress control updates! 3) On Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 it present the XP/Server 2003 startup splash screen with progress bar.
  • PHP Nuke 7.2 - PHP-Nuke 7.2 Final version (download) has been released. This version includes the new phpBB Forums port version 2.0.7 and several bugs fixed.
  • PHP 5.0 RC1 & PHP 4.3.5RC4  - Both PHP 5.0 RC1 and PHP 4.3.5RC4 have been released for testing.
  • Process Explorer 8.34 - The Process Explorer display consists of two sub-windows. The top window always shows a list of the currently active processes, including the names of their owning accounts, whereas the information displayed in the bottom window depends on the mode that Process Explorer is in: if it is in handle mode you’ll see the handles that the process selected in the top window has opened; if Process Explorer is in DLL mode you’ll see the DLLs and memory-mapped files that the process has loaded. Process Explorer also has a powerful search capability that will quickly show you which processes have particular handles opened or DLLs loaded.
  • Net Transport 1.85 - Net Transport (download) is a fast and powerful file download tool. Net Transport can use multiple threads to download files. If a sites allows multi-threaded downloads, you can expect much faster speeds.
  • Nero Suite Update (March 19, 2004)  - The Nero Suite contains: Nero Burning Rom 6.3.1.6, Nero Burning Rom 5.5.10.56, Nero Burning Rom WMA9 Plug-In 2.0.9.3, Nero Burning Rom WMP Plug-In 1.0.1.5, Nero Media Player 1.4.0.20, NeroMIX 1.4.0.20, NeroVision Express 2.1.2.0, Nero InCD 4.1.5.10, Nero InCDRegCheck 1.03, Nero SIPPS 2.0.45.18, NeroNet 1.0.43.0 RC1, Nero SDK 1.04, Nero EasyWriteReader 4.0.0.19, Nero BurnRights 1.0, Nero Ping 1.07.
  • MV2Player 0.7.0 RC1 Plus - Mv2 player (download) is freeware multimedia player for Windows, with tons of usefull features.
  • Easy CD-DA Extractor 7.0 (SHW) - Poikosoft has now released version 7.0 of their all-in-one music software Easy CD-DA Extractor. Easy CD-DA Extractor can be used to convert your audio CDs to all kinds of other formats such as MP3, WMA, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis and AAC.
  • CloneDVD 2.0.4.1 - CloneDVD extracts, transcodes and writes any orginal DVD title you like to a single recordable DVD. Be impressed by the program speed and the amazing image quality of the movie copy. A special transcoding technology compresses your choice of DVD title with your selected audio and subtitle streams to one DVD Recordable. There are new versions of DVDIdle Pro 3.39, DVD Region-Free 3.39 that contains CloneDVD 2.x and NeroShowtime support.
  • CDBurnerXP 2.2.2 - CDBurnerXP is a freeware CD/DVD-Writer program. It's capable of writing CD-R, CD-RW, DVD+R/RW and DVD-R/RW discs, plus, you can rip audio CDs with it.
  • Fresh UI 7.02 - 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.
  • A-Tuner 1.8.22.5304 - A-tuner is a small tool for changing the following Anti-Aliasing (including all unofficial modes), Anisotropic Filtering, Vsync, MipMap LOD (Level Of Detail) Bias settings on your ATI and Nvidia cards and should work with Nvidia Detonators 23.11 - 53.04 and ATI Catalyst 3.0 - 4.3 for W98/ME/2k/XP.
  • ATI Radeon DNA drivers 2.2.4.3a - New DNA drivers have been released by KillerSneak. These are modified/hacked ATI Catalyst drivers. The drivers have been optimized with two things in mind, better Image Quality and more/stable frames per second when compared to the official Catalyst drivers from ATI.

Comments from ASkposted - 05:51 PM CET - Mar,20 2004
The Memory-Optimization Hoax requires not just free registration, but upgrade of the account to Subscriber level, including all the associated costs. So the article is not relevant anymore :)

Comments from stumpusposted - 08:37 PM CET - Mar,20 2004
"World largest series of raids against movie and entertainment software piracy" GOOD!, jail the SCUM and then sell their PCs for profit, then they will know what it's like to have personal property 'nicked' and stolen -just like the software comapnies. If you want reduced prices then removing $hit like that off the streets is the first move. If not then simply DON'T buy their products and watch prices drop! Hurt them in the wallets. Anyone who pirates is a low-life 2 faced hypochrite!

Comments from Bill Gatesposted - 04:31 AM CET - Mar,21 2004
you're slipping HX -- "The Hard Disk Myths Debunked Guide Updated" should be in bold. ;-) BTW, the reason people believe the HDD myths & legends is because they CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH! =D

Comments from Tomposted - 05:03 AM CET - Mar,21 2004
Stumpus - PIRACY DOES NOT HURT SOFTWARE SALES. People who pirate generally wouldnt buy the software in the first place. Photoshop is one of the most pirated programs on the net, but how many people actually need it? If anything, it boosts Adobe's marketplace because more people are familiar with photoshop. And the excuse the software market says about dropping prices is total bullsh!t -- when CD-ROM's were first introduced, it was claimed that game prices would drop $10-$20. They didn't!!! And this was a couple of years *before* CD-R drives became available. So you can go waste all your surplus cash on buggy software that's superceeded every 6month, while the rest of us spend it on Hardware which FUELS THE SOFTWARE MARKET!!! It's a win-win situation.

Comments from Jacobposted - 05:18 AM CET - Mar,21 2004
I have been buying my games lately.I really like the online thing.Getting tired of using a pirated cd key or "CD KEY ALREADY IN USE" error mssg.I think it is worth it in the long run to purchase software.That goes for DVD's to..I'm not spending 5-8 hours to d/l a dvd movie just to find out its divx codec and the qulity sucks and I could have just rented the darn thing for $3.00?? Hello! Music.WEll we wont go there.I heard the RIAA is working a deal with our ISP to enable all the music swapping we want for $5.00 a month.Thats cool with me.

Comments from Bobbyposted - 06:03 AM CET - Mar,21 2004
I dont download songs but if ya really believe that the RIAA will honestly allow free swapping for 5 bucks you must have just fallen off the turnip truck heh :). Even if it does get passed how much do you want to bet they will inflate that price in a few months? This MP3 crap has been happening since Napster, and people will always find a way to get it free. Instead of wasting billions on lawyers to fix something that will obviouslly NEVER stop (Hell I honestly doubt that the "supposed" sales losses come close to the lawyer fees), they should just calm down and stop being such tattle tails like were all in grade school. Am I supposed to feel bad for the rich artist? Im working class and lucky if after rent I have enough for the bare essentials. Sorry if I dont feel bad for billionaires missing a few CD sales (Sarcasm). If they cant take some losses maybe theyre in the wrong buisness.

Comments from posted - 07:07 AM CET - Mar,21 2004
well there you go stumpus, this is one of the main reasons behind why the entertainment industry is going to shit. Bobby- "missing a few CD sales" What do you classify as a "FEW" "Stumpus - PIRACY DOES NOT HURT SOFTWARE SALES" Oh gee of course not, I mean if i can download it free why would i want to then go and buy it. Use your head, If they sell more software, they then have more money to develope better products. Developing bigger & better products means they'll need more employees. Not only does piracy kill quality it limits the workforce. Paying for your software is called "Everyone wins" Oh and having great hardware is pointless without decent software.

Comments from asdposted - 09:27 AM CET - Mar,21 2004
piracy is our friend and 5$ or 1$ or0.0001$ a month never beats free.Well actuaööy its not free, we pay for our internet conections dont we?????

Comments from Tomposted - 12:03 PM CET - Mar,21 2004
from noname -- now you are believing in ignorant logic. What makes you think if i downloaded a game i would have bought it??? If i didn't download any games, i wouldn't buy them either. So if I pirate a game, it's no loss to the company making the game. Piracy can actually generate sales. In the instance of Max Payne: when the MP2 came out, i had to buy it - because i had played and LOVED the first one. So rockstargames made a sale they otherwise wouldn't have BECAUSE OF PIRACY. like ASD said -- Piracy is our friend. It's about the Freedom to Leech.

Comments from Tomposted - 12:06 PM CET - Mar,21 2004
i bet all you lamers with the money to buy games are the same lamers with the money to buy ripoff $$$$$ ati 9800XT cards.

Comments from alicia037posted - 06:22 PM CET - Mar,21 2004
Tom, you're like a broken record.

Comments from stumpusposted - 06:31 PM CET - Mar,21 2004
Don't come crying here when there's a knock at your door and someone has grassed you up for piracy...."what goes around comes around" If you had read what i implied; i said if you DON'T buy a game/software because it's overpriced, then it **WILL** drop in price and end up in the bargain bin (pretty logical) It's pretty easy to hurt a company financialy that way, of course it requires patience to wait for the product to be removed from the shelves because it's NOT selling. But so what? Your **STILL** getting it BRAND NEW. It's better to "passively" support our hobby that way then to blatantly RIP THEM OFF! -they still get SOME money but NOT the full amount. Afterall, it's our taxes that PAY for the low-life pirate SCUM when they are imprisoned!!!

Comments from Tomposted - 01:19 AM CET - Mar,22 2004
stumpus - your getting all worked up and excited but not making any sense.

Comments from asdposted - 07:27 AM CET - Mar,22 2004
the games are way too expensive

Comments from Tomposted - 11:02 AM CET - Mar,22 2004
asd - finally we agree on something. ;-)

Comments from stumpusposted - 03:06 PM CET - Mar,22 2004
Comments from Tom posted - 07:19 PM EST - Mar,21 2004 stumpus - your getting all worked up and excited but not making any sense. Your joking Tom...right?? How clear has it got to be spelt out for you to understand......sheesh. You can't be THAT slow surely! Bargain bin= not selling= punter get's it LOW PRICE= NO REASON TO PIRATE. How hard was that LOL

Comments from Bobbyposted - 03:16 PM CET - Mar,22 2004
To the dope that replied to me: I clearly said I was talking about music, or are you to close to illiterate that you were so quick to post you didnt read first? Secondly I buy my games and music, all I am saying is in a land based on freedom (That being the US), we are slowly having it taken away by companies showcasing talentless whores like Britney Spears who cant really sing but rely on big breast and machines to make them appealing. Soon they will be charging cash to users who dont download music... all based off the suspision "they might". Years ago it was proven CD sales NEVER went down, but in fact rised. The only issue was the greedy musicans felt they deserve a piece of that pie to. There has and always will be piracy, the music industry has just gotten sue happy and greedy. If the artists cant tell, any artist supporting the RIAA might as well say they they dont want fans.

Comments from Tomposted - 03:22 PM CET - Mar,22 2004
Tom - [email protected], ya numb nut, it's [email protected], and how old are you kid cuz man you're a retard? and by the way imposter, ati is cheap already moron...cheap for a reason, might I add. As for ripping and pirating and getting music. Well, in Canada I can download all the music I want(gives finger to all rich music artists)it's legal here and I made these artists already rich buying their cheapass vinyl, as for software; well I'm not going to lie like the half of you here. I do get software off the net and I use nocd's and serials etc. If these companies had half a brain and released decent demo's of their software maybe people would be less prone to pirate etc. If a game is $20 or less, I will buy it. If it's more than that, generally has to be rated really well everywhere. If it's question, damn right I'm getting it off net. As for Spellforce, I'll likely buy it cuz i can't find a decent download for it. Like me or hate me.. who cares? and really WTF can you do about it. I bought BF:Vietnam, that's enough for a month or so..

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