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 Thursday Tech Reading - tech
(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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