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Wednesday Night (15 Comments) (link)
 Wednesday, 15-September-2004  20:42:23 (GMT +10) - by aftahours

Microsoft published on Tuesday a patch for a major security flaw in its software's handling of the JPEG graphics format and urged customers to use a new tool to locate the many applications that are vulnerable. More info and patch details here on Cnet, and here.

The Tech Zone has a great guide for those out there wanted to switch to Wireless Netorking, but are feeling a bit daunted on all the different ways to do it.

Sudhian Media have an article about whether the new ATI Control Panel is worth the wait.

If you have a Thermaltake Bigwater, you must definately check this out, where A1-Electronics have added another radiator to the design.

Check out this pretty cool free game, Cube is an open source multiplayer and singleplayer first person shooter game built on an entirely new and very unconventional engine. Cube is a landscape-style engine that pretends to be an indoor FPS engine...

Phoronix has a guide on doing a pretty easy PSU Fan Mod, but be VERY careful when fiddling around, and don't do this stuff unless you know what you are doing. The volts inside the PSU can kill!

There is an interesting article on e-commerce over at Flickerdown, and how it has impacted and will change our lives in the future.

Modfathers has a great guide on cable management. I don't know where you'd start with my system!

James found this unique Beowulf Cluster over on eBay, I would love to know the shipping on that from the states!

Legit Reviews has an article about Intel Technology Showcase. I kinda like this SLI/Doom3/Plasma setup. :)

SD-enabled handsets to be commercially available in the second half of 2005... More info on Infoworld.

Tenoq sent in that OpenGL 2.0 spec has been released, more info here on their site.

Toby has created an excellent, helpful site about heatsink compatibility using different motherboard/case designs. Definately one for the bookmarks!

Ever heard of PEG Link Mode? Well Rojakpot has information on what it is all about and how Asus are now promiting it as a new graphics enhancement technology.

Although almost everyone detested 'Steam' when it was first released, it now appears that it might have been the best move Valve has made!

Bit of a concern for Gmailers, since chances are it'll dupe a few people who'll get locked out of their accounts! Thanks Azzkikr!

Legion Hardware has a Pentium 4 Integrated Graphics Shootout, but things will get a bit more interesting in the scene as soon as ATI brings up a solution with the 915G Chipset.

Pyroreport has a trip down memory lane with an article about why Descent 3 was not as successful as the recently released Doom 3 is proving to be.

Still using Internet Explorer? Well, Phoronix has a look at the latest Mozilla Firefox, and how much better it is than its competition.

HardcoreWare has a great guide on the S462 AMD CPU's and what the difference is between them, and what is the best out there if you are looking to upgrade to a midrange system.

Ars Technica has published an in-depth look at the goings-on at last week's US Intel Developer Forum and what it all means.

Bytesector has an interview with Microsoft's Peter Moore.

Stick Cricket is back with even better graphics and gameplay, thanks Stu.

It seems that there is an issue with many 6800U Boards with BIOS version 5.40.02.10.14, especially when used with ForceWare 61.77. When running 3D applications for extended time there is a high chance that freezes up to several seconds occur. Full story can be found here.

RojakPot has just posted their Desktop Graphics Card Comparison Guide Rev. 7.0.

Dan has more letters !



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