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Monday Midday (0 Comments) (link)
Monday, 29-July-2002 12:07:49 (GMT +10) - by Agg

A couple more nice new PCDB entries.. Jaz's IBM XT case fitted with more modern components (including a security keypad for power-on!) and sir_veja's briefcase PC which takes an easier route than some others we've seen, by using a removable motherboard tray from a minitower case which fits inside the briefcase. This is a good way to solve the problem of having to create mounting holes for the motherboard and installed cards.

Andrew says: Using a search engine to locate stories on newspapers' sites violates European Union law and a bizarre rumor about Microsoft making sweeping changing to its Product Activation technology in Windows XP Service Pack 1 is completely untrue. Bricktop spotted 2 more sites saying it's not true, here and here.

Digit-Life have an article about iSCSI, a new standard for connecting storage devices to an IP network.

TweakTown have a WinXP Tweaking guide.

Can't afford to buy the latest games? Write your own. :) Kasar sent in this site with DirectX tutorials which look like a good starting point.

Or, perhaps designing AMD's next CPU is more your style.

From Ninsei: Microsoft has made Windows .NET Release Candidate 1 available through it's Corporate Preview Program. You can download it (for free?) or order the CDs to be posted to you for $10 AUD. There are RC1 versions of 32bit Windows .NET Standard, as well as both 32bit and 64bit versions of .NET Enterprise server. Links: Australia and USA.

Reviews:
Maxtor DiamondMax D540X-4G 5400RPM ATA133 HDD on PlanetSavage.
Griffin Technology PowerMate USB volume control on ExtremeCooling.
Abit IT7-MAX Motherboard (Intel 845E P4 DDR) (video review) on 3DGameMan.
EPoX EP-4G4A i845G-based P4 DDR motherboard on Hexus.
Thermaltake G4-VGA copper cooler on SystemCooling.
Netcomm InModem 56 PCI modem on OCPlus.
FrontX Port Extender on AusPCWorld, our review here.
Gainward GeForce4 PowerPack! Ultra/650XP "Golden Sample" video card on PlanetSavage.
EPoX 4SDA+ SiS645-based P4 DDR motherboard on OCOnline.
Chaintech Apogee 7VJL KT333-based SocketA DDR motherboard on TweakTown.
Abit Geforce 4 4400 video card on HouseOfPlus.

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