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Sorry for the lack of my news lately, busy playing with my new Geforce Ti 4200 :) A big birthday shout out to 'Sticks' who turned a ripe 29. Enjoy mate!
The DDRzone have a nice piece up with pictures of AMD's Mobile Thoroughbred CPU using a VIA reference board. " This reference board was also supporting DDR SO-DIMM's. This time we had the presence of mind to take a closer shot of the CPU."
A few people have sent this in. NVIDIA has today announced an initiative with participation from Microsoft to create a cross-platform, hardware-independent, high-level Pixel and Vertex Shader programming language dubbed "Cg". Articles can be found here and here and now here!
Ubeek sent in a whole bunch of security related stuff. A Philadelphia man who hacked into a western New York library Web site was sentenced to one to three years in prison Friday. THE US Secret Service will launch task forces in eight cities to prevent and prosecute cyber crime, identity and data theft and hacking of corporate databases.
Government technology officials, tired of security holes in Microsoft's products, are discussing whether to use their collective purchasing power to force changes in the way the software giant does business. Users of AIM+ are unwittingly sharing information about themselves every time they connect to AOL.
Counter-strike 1.5 has been released. "You can get the full 121meg Mod version file, the 7meg Mod upgrade, the full 116meg Retail file, or the 19meg Retail upgrade patch. Check back here in the next few days for the unofficial "missing retail map pack" People actually still play that game?
This had been floating around the forums and chat for the last few days. Bumble Bee the transformer in a real life render.(Divx) and the MPEG here as well. The author is quite talented.
Free BSD 4.6 is out. Download it here and the Image files here.
The weird and wonderful ZZZ issue 132 is out. Expect to see some "Space tourism, Caffinated soap, Rocket men and Bomb handling mishaps"
An interesting thread in the forums at the moment about the music industry and their new Piracy Proof format. Speaking of piracy, A few sites have been hit about the apparently leaked build of Unreal Tournament 2003. Here is an example.
Cal sent in a link 'Gaming back in the day' which explores and reviews a bunch of old games.
PsychoSmiley sent word that there are new Kyro II drivers from PowerVR.
There is a tutorial up on how to build a strange copper tubing type computer case."My goal for this project was to build an all-in-one desktop computer with an integrated flatpanel monitor. Something along the lines of the new iMac, with the monitor attached to an adjustable arm. As you will see, the finished product is nothing of the sort. It just goes to show that I'm not right in the head."
TastyLan have a nuke style power switch guide for your PC modding pleasure. There also is an article up on memory types and so forth. "... a memory guide which answers most of the questions our readers were having. It covers most aspects including different memory types, bus widths, speed grades, bandwidth and everyone's favorite memory timings."
There is a freakin huge LAN just starting called Dream Hack. Something in the likes of 3000 people. Yipes. Thanks TrippleX. Also Microsniper has updated his PCDB entry. Spiffy!
There are still a few hundred virus infected emails coming through and some are named something similar to 'W32.Elkern removal tools'. PLEASE get some virus software or update your definitions.
Win Stuff :
VH & Directron's Weekly Case Giveaway
LAN Addict Giveaway
Win an Athlon XP2100+
Color Hydraulic Mid Tower Case Giveaway
Funnies :
Overclocking your pants. Cheers Sciby. Rockslide sent in some nice politically incorrect flash games. The Hunter and the Pedestrian Killer. Also the funky politically correct skateboarding game.
Reviews :
Belkin Nostromo n30 GameMouse
Imation RipGO! USB Mini-CD Burner & MP3 Player
Abit KX7-333R Motherboard Reviewed at tweaktown
Mouse Bungee Crystal Pro Reviewed at mikhailteck
Alpha PAL-8045T Heatsink @ Viper's Lair
Coolermaster ATC-210 Reviewed at neoseeker
Fortis A102 'Pro' CPU Cooler Reviewed by OC'd cafe
MSI KT3 Ultra-ARU Review from hardwaremania
MSI G4Ti4200-TD64 review @ AMD3D.com
Pentium 4 1.6A GHz Review from pcstats
ASUS A7V333 Review @ hexus
CPUFX Nitro System in Video Review
WinFast A250LE 64 MB and Gainward PowerPack GeForce4 Ti 4200 128 MB at Digit-Life
Intel's 2.53GHz P4 vs AMD's Athlon XP 2100+ from 3dvelocity
Wintasks 4.0 software review by overclockers club
ATi's Catalyst Software Previewed at Hothardware
Cooler Master Everest IHC-H71 Review at iamnotageek
Hauppauge WinTV Go! reviewed @ phlux.co.uk
Asus A7V333 Review by harfwaremania
WinTasks 4 Professional Review from thinktechie
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