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(link) Thursday, 13-July-2006 18:43:47 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Sniper spotted this interesting copy-protection flaw in Blu-Ray and HD-DVD. Computer magazine c't has discovered that the first software players running on Windows XP allow screenshots of the movies to be created in full resolution. To do so, you only need to press the Print key on your keyboard while the movie is running. Such a screenshot function could then be automated to produce copies of HD movies both from Blu-ray Discs and from HD DVDs picture by picture. As c't calculated, the performance of current PC systems is sufficient for a clean recording using this procedure. What'll they think of next. :)
LegionHW wondered if using two slower cards in SLI is worthwhile. The benefit of two GeForce 7300GT cards such as the Gigabyte ones used in this article, is that they are passively cooled and produce very little heat, even when overclocked
TheTechZone have a guide to wireless security. For a start, most of the wireless base stations sold by suppliers come with the in-built security Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) protocol turned off. This means that unless you manually reconfigure your wireless access points, your networks will be broadcasting data that is unencrypted.
From lostintranslation: Microsoft and Yahoo have finally released versions of Windows Live and Yahoo Messenger that allows users on both networks to communicate with each other. Info here and here.
LegitReviews cover building your own Core Duo Gaming Notebook. It's been nearly one year since Legit Reviews has written an article on building your own custom whitebox gaming notebook and boy how times have changed.
From Nick: VMware has released v1.0 of their VMware Server product for free.
PenStarSys have part 1 of a giant multi-GPU article. In the spring of this year nine sites around the world decided to work together on a single, comprehensive article covering the multi-GPU space. Part 2 is here on Bit-Tech.
Microsoft have copped a 280M Euro (AUD $473M) fine for not complying with an earlier anti-trust ruling. More info here.
From Ma77: Tuesday was D-Day for Windows 98, 98 SE and ME users. After some extensions, Microsoft finally ended its association with the eight-year-old Windows 98 operating system by dropping all support and updates on July 11th. Info here and here.
HWSecrets compared Intel's ViiV and AMD's Live!, both standards for digital entertainment PC's.
LegitReviews compared budget and inbuilt graphics. So what we did learn here? That integrated video is slower compared to even the least expensive cards on the market including an add-in board with the same name. The X300 was much faster while the 6200TC was easily capable of doubling the performance of the integrated video in all but one situation.
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