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| (hx) 11:36 PM CET - Mar,25 2004 |
- Indonesian government plans to stop using pirated software - After
Years of using hot software,
Indonesia
says it is planning to eliminate the use of pirated software in government
offices. This is despite the fact that nine months ago it announced a tough
copyright law and launched a crackdown on sales of pirated software.
- Germany targets neo-Nazi music - German police have
raided
the homes of more than 300 people suspected of posting neo-Nazi music files
on the internet. Police say they have seized thousands of compact discs
and hundreds of computers in their nationwide raids. Federal Crime Office
President Joerg Ziercke warned neo-Nazis used skinhead music to reach out to
young people. ;Young people are being targeted and brought into the world of
anti-Semitism and hatred of foreigners," he said.
- DOJ criticizes EU's ruling on Microsoft - The European
Commission's order for Microsoft Corp. to ship a version of Windows without
the Windows Media Player
could stifle innovation and help Microsoft's rivals instead of promoting
fair competition, the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust chief said
- Nokia eyes N-Gage turnaround - Nokia is counting on a few
upcoming games to turn around lackluster sales for its N-Gage portable game
player.
In an interview at the Game Developers Conference here, Pasi Polonen,
director of games publishing for the cell phone giant, blamed slow sales for
the device on initial software selection. But Nokia is still confident in the
system's prospects, he said.
- Microsoft releases Pocket Streets for Smartphone -
The Pocket Streets program - known from Windows XP and Pocket PC versions
- now has been ported also to Microsoft smartphone: Take a map with you
wherever you go with Microsoft Pocket Streets for Smartphone, the street-level
mapping guide for your Windows Mobile-based Smartphone. Pocket Streets for
Smartphone offers great map guide functionality right on your Smartphone.
Locate addresses, intersections and points of interest or customize locations
by inserting your own pushpins. Download maps of cities in the US, Canada and
Western Europe from the Pocket Streets web site, or create your own maps using
Microsoft desktop applications MapPoint, Streets & Trips or AutoRoute. Once
your maps have been synced to your Smartphone you can access them when you
need them most, when you are on the go.
- U.S. students shun computer sciences - Undergraduates in
U.S. universities are starting to abandon their studies in computer technology
and engineering amid widespread worries about the accelerating pace of
offshoring by high-technology employers. A new study, to be published in May,
shows there was a dramatic drop-off of enrollment in those fields last year --
19 percent -- and some educators warn about the potential consequences for
America's global competitiveness.
- Dell Fixes Inspiron XPS Flaw -
Dell has resumed shipments of its Inspiron XPS system after a problem with
the notebook caused the company to hold over deliveries of the notebook until
last week. The Inspiron XPS is Dell's first notebook computer aimed
exclusively at gaming enthusiasts. According to postings on both the
notebookforums.com and Dell forum Web sites, users have been experiencing lock
up and display corruption problems with both the Inspiron XPS and the
lower-priced Inspiron 9100.
- Rest of the world to wait for iPod -
Apple Computer Inc. will delay global sales of its new iPod mini digital
music player until July due to stronger-than-expected demand in the United
States, Apple said Thursday. Apple began shipping the smaller version of its
iPod music player in February. Demand in the United States has outstripped
expected supply through the end of June, the company said. Tight supplies of
the hard drive at the core of the player forced Apple to delay increasing
manufacturing until July, it said.
- Sony launches true electronic book - The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the
Galaxy - the real one, not that Douglas Adams novel thingy - just came a step
closer. Sony has launched its first electronic book using what it calls
"electronic paper". In reality, that means a high pixel density LCD panel.
Unlike most 72dpi notebook and monitor panels, the one used in
the Sony Librié 1000-EP is a 170dpi job. The display's resolution is 600 x
800. The technology comes to Sony from Philips - the e-book uses Philips'
Electronic Paper Display, which is itself based on E-Ink technology. The
Librié 1000-EP contains 10MB of memory and includes a Memory Stick Pro slot
for extra storage. You get about 500 books on a 512MB Memory Stick, says Sony.
But they are likely to be copy-protected - the machine incorporates Sony's
Open Magic Gate (OpenMG) DRM system.
- AMD Socket 939 chip launch pinned to 25 May - AMD will officially
launch its
new 939-pin processor socket on 25 May. However, significant volumes of
the Athlon 64 and Athlon 64 FX chips that will use the new packaging many not
appear until much later in the year. Citing sources familiar with AMD's
plans, Xbit Labs claims Socket 939 parts will be offered in only limited
quantities until Q4. In this context, 'limited' means Q2 shipments of 50,000
939-pin Athlon 64 and FX parts compared to 700,000 754-pin chips.
- Microsoft Introduces Unified Game Development Tool - At the Game
Developer’s Conference, Microsoft announced
a new software tool for game development that aims to cross-pollinate
features between the Xbox and other Windows gaming platforms. Microsoft’s XNA
will port certain XBox features over to the Windows and Windows Mobile
operating systems, including capabilities like billing, matchmaking, and
security from the Xbox Live online service.
- DVDXTREME DVD copy suite announced -
DVDXTREME
is a complete digital media toolbox that allows you to create, edit, back up,
rescue, and share your photos, home video, music, and data with only a few
clicks.
- AIDA32 development is finished - As of March 24, 2004 we have
decided to discontinue the development project that we all know as
AIDA32 (download
latest version)
- Apache 2.0.49 -
Apache 2.0 (changelog)
offers numerous enhancements, improvements and performance boosts over the 1.3
codebase. The most visible and noteworthy addition is the ability to run
Apache in a hybrid thread/process mode on any platform that supports both
threads and processes. This has shown to improve the scalability of the Apache
HTTP Server significantly in our testing. Apache 2.0 also includes support for
filtered I/O. This allows modules to modify the output of other modules before
it is sent to the client. We have also included support for IPv6 on any
platform that supports IPv6.
- NVSDK 7.0 - NVIDIA empowers real-time developers with the latest
graphics technology by providing the
NVSDK, a
suite of cutting edge content creation, code integration, performance analysis
and educational resources.
- RealPlayer 10.0 Final - Build 6.0.12.857 -
Helix Powered RealPlayer (download)
is the all-in-one digital media player that lets you find anything and play
everything. Now also includes an option during setup to install the Real
Toolbar for Internet Explorer.
- WinAmp 5.03 Final -
WinAmp (download
full
~ lite
- pro)
is an audio player that can handle audio CDs, MP3 audio files and streaming
audio broadcasts. It combines extensive functionality with an intuitive
interface. WinAmp features a playlist editor and a 10-band graphic equalizer
with user-definable presets that can automatically load specific files.
- FFDShow MPEG-4 Video Decoder 25-03-2004 -
FFDSHOW is a DirectShow decoding filter for decompressing DivX, XviD, WMV,
MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 movies.
- 3D Traceroute 1.8.81:231 - Replace all your ugly ping plotters and
traceroute programs with a full blown
three
dimensional traceroute program (download)
- CDBurnerXP version 2.2.3 - There's a new version of the freeware
burning application
CDBurnerXP available. This new version adds possibility to shut down the
PC when writing is finished, fixes an error in the audio ripper, etc.
- RadLinker 1.006 -
RadLinker is new
tweaker/linker for ATI Radeon based graphics cards.
- TweakOL 3.0 -
TweakOL
is a standalone utility that allows you to change hidden functions in
Microsoft Outlook.
- VideoToolbox v0.9.0.3. -
This new version
can automatically download codecs required by a video file.
- Codec Pack All in 1 6.0.0.5 -
Free-Codecs has
updated their bundle to
version 6.0.0.5.
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