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128565	2003-03-16 00:16:00	ATI unleashes the MOBILITY RADEON 9600 family of mobile visual processors, PR World's first mobile DirectX® 9 . 0 VPU features innovative overdrive and memory technologies, astonishing performance levels, vivid cinematic imagery and an upgradeable graphics architecture MARKHAM, ON – Delivering a powerful combination of innovative technologies and revolutionary performance levels to the mobile graphics space, ATI Technologies Inc . (TSX:ATY, NASDAQ:ATYT) unveiled the MOBILITY™ RADEON™ 9600 family of mobile visual processors today at a worldwide launch event at CeBIT . The MOBILITY RADEON 9600 will be the first mobile graphics processor to ship with hardware support for the richest Microsoft® DirectX® 9 . 0 feature set and version 2 . 0 programmable pixel and vertex shaders, which are required for dramatic, true-to-life cinematic special effects . Using an extraordinarily efficient 3D core delivering 12 pixel shader operations per clock cycle, MOBILITY RADEON 9600 easily outperforms the competitor’s fastest mobile graphics chips, and astonishingly, delivers up to 50% more performance than the fastest competing desktop graphics processors in key benchmarks, including the industry-standard 3DMark 2003 Pixel Shader 2 . 0 test . More Info >> Full Press Release ( . ati . com/companyinfo/press/2003/4621 . html" target="_blank">mirror . ati . com) ATi RADEON CATALYST 3 . 2 Drivers out Download >> Powered by ATi ( . ati . com/support/drivers/powered . html" target="_blank">mirror . ati . com) (boards NOT made by ATi themselves) Download >> Built by ATi ( . ati . com/support/driver . html" target="_blank">mirror . ati . com) (retail boards made by ATi THEMSELVES) Mozilla 1 . 3 Final On this page ( . mozilla . org/releases/" target="_blank">www . mozilla . org) you can find suitable version for the OS you are running . Here is a quick link to the Win32 version ( . mozilla . org/pub/mozilla/releases/mozilla1 . 3/mozilla-win32-1 . 3-installer . exe" target="_blank">ftp . mozilla . org) of the browser . Whats new: Read here ( . mozilla . org/releases/mozilla1 . 3/#new" target="_blank">www . mozilla . org) All New DeltaChrome Desktop Series from S3 Graphics Delivers DirectX 9 . 0-class 3D Graphics Top to Bottom with Hi-Def Clarity, PR DeltaChrome's ultra efficient design doubles the competition's 3D pipelines in the same silicon area, delivering premium 3D graphics performance and stunning Hi-Def™ HDTV display and Chromotion programmable video engine effects to every level of the desktop market Fremont, California, 13 March 2003 - S3 Graphics, Inc . , a leading supplier to the 3D graphics accelerator market, today announced the full DirectX 9 . 0-compatible 3D graphics product family for the desktop market, with aggressive pricing on this design efficient range aimed at driving market adoption of DirectX 9 . 0 technology and enhancing the 3D graphics and visual display experience across the board . The DeltaChromeF1 series will serve the high end 8-pixel pipeline performance segment, bringing impressive performance metrics to the premium and gaming desktop space with up to 256 MB of video memory; for the mainstream segment, characterized by 4-pixel pipeline designs from the competition, DeltaChromeS8 will dominate with a full 8-pipe architecture providing a clear price/performance advantage, while the cost effective, cutting-edge DeltaChromeS4 series brings sophisticated DirectX 9 . 0 performance at previous generation prices . All DeltaChrome desktop products have on-chip Hi-Def HDTV-out and the revolutionary Chromotion Programmable Video engine to ensure ultimate visual output quality . "With DeltaChrome, S3 Graphics is providing our customers and ultimately end-users with affordable DirectX 9 . 0-compatible hardware at the appropriate time," said Dr . Gerry Liu, Vice President of Marketing at S3 Graphics Inc . "We are adding value to every segment of the desktop market with DeltaChrome . For the high end, we make the superior 8-pipe, 256 MB DirectX 9 . 0-class graphics affordable; for the mainstream, we are packing incredible graphics computing power with our 8-pipe architecture; and for the value segment, we offer true DirectX 9 . 0 for all users . " "Microsoft is thrilled with the strong support of S3 Graphics and their DeltaChrome desktop graphic processors," said Dean Lester, General Manager of Windows Graphics and Gaming Technologies . "Our standard programmable pixel shader technology combined with DeltaChrome's features such as HDTV-out will result in serving the broader gaming community with a wide variety of solutions . " DeltaChrome desktop products feature 0 . 13 micron wafer technology to make practical application of DirectX 9 . 0 possible given the very large transistor counts involved, and to ensure lower power consumption . With DeltaChrome, S3 Graphics has successfully increased the efficiency of design to save up to 50% in silicon area compared to other DirectX 9 . 0 implementations . About S3 Graphics DeltaChrome The S3 Graphics DeltaChrome display core is the most efficient and sophisticated ever to be designed for the demanding PC market . The 8-pixel pipeline, each 128-bit, 3D engine boasts an amazing 2 . 4 Giga-pixels per second fill rate for a truly immersive 3D experience in 3D applications, while the programmable Pixel Shader 2 . 0+ and Vertex Shader 2 . 0+ implementation in hardware is above and beyond Microsoft DirectX 9 . 0 requirements . The ground-breaking Advanced Deferred Rendering™ technology dramatically increases the efficiency of the 3D engine for maximum performance beyond standard z-culling technology, and the programmable floating point render target and blending will set a new standard for accuracy and quality in 3D effects for a surreal gaming experience . Moreover, PicturePerfect™ full-screen anti-aliasing technology will reward the end user with an elegant realistic image for all connected displays . All DeltaChrome products include the industry's first integrated Hi-Def HDTV encoder for true high definition display devices up to an incredible 1080 progressive lines of resolution . Real computing and Internet content can be viewed in all its glory when an HDTV capable device is connected directly to the DeltaChrome family of products . Moreover, when combined with the new Chromotion programmable video engine, the result is picture perfect on your HDTV . The revolutionary Chromotion programmable video engine technology in DeltaChrome will allow flexibility and quality not previously achievable . Chromotion enables the processing of compressed and raw video streams as well as ingenious post processing for film-like video from any video source such as MPEG-2/4, webcasts and WMV8/9 . Support for Microsoft VMR front-end processing for pixel adaptive de-interlacing, programmable video scaling and video compositing as well as traditional video overlay support ensures future-proof video for the end user . For the professional video graphic artist, Chromotion offers real time video filter effects for creative muscle . About the S3 Graphics DeltaChrome Desktop Series The S3 Graphics DeltaChrome desktop series can be summarized according to the three distinct market segments targeted: Performance, Mainstream and Value . DeltaChromeF1: Performance Series World's first 0 . 13 micron 8-pipeline GFX engine . Up to 256 MB of memory . DirectX 9 . 0 compatible . Native HDTV-out Chromotion Programmable Video Engine DeltaChromeS8: Mainstream Series A true 8-pipeline GFX engine . Up to 128 MB of memory . DirectX 9 . 0 compatible . Native HDTV-out Chromotion Programmable Video Engine DeltaChromeS4: Value Series The lowest cost DIRECTX 9 . 0 solution on the market . Up to 128 MB of memory . DirectX 9 . 0 compatible . Native HDTV-out Chromotion Programmable Video Engine More Info >> Full Press Release ( . s3graphics . com/pressrel/2003_03_13 . html" target="_blank">www . s3graphics . com) Win32Whois 0 . 6 Win32Whois is a small and efficient Whois client . It is able to retrieve domain information for most of the common TLDs (top level domains) . It has it is internal list of servers that it connects to in order to provide a detailed report on a requested domain . What is new since 0 . 5? Added e-mail address detection code . Added simple DNS client code in order to improve actual domain detection code . Added support for showing what this host is an alias to . Added whitespace stripping code . Added simple URL parsing . Major code cleanup/rewrite . Number of new bugs fixed/introduced . Download it from here and check this page ( . gena01 . com/win32whois/win32whois . zip" target="_blank">www . gena01 . com) for more info . eMule 0 . 27a eMule is a new filesharing client which is based on the eDonkey2000 network, but offers more features than the standard eDonkey client, because it's opensource but under the restrictions of the GPL License . What's new in this version? Check this page ( . sourceforge . net/content . php?s=news" target="_blank">emule . sourceforge . net) for full changelog . More Info >> Homepage (http://emule . sourceforge . net/) Download >> eMule v . 27a ( . dl . sourceforge . net/sourceforge/emule/eMule0 . 27a-Installer . exe" target="_blank">twtelecom . dl . sourceforge . net) New Savage4 Server Drivers S3 Graphics has released new server drivers for the Savage4 . They work on Windows XP and . NET Server, but they should work fine on Win2K too . Server drivers means they are just 2D drivers, nothing more . Download >> Logo'd: Savage4 WinXP . NET Server 2003 version 13 . 95 . 16 ( . s3graphics . com/395serverdrv/139516s4wxpsrvlogos3 . zip" target="_blank">archive:archive@ranger . s3graphics . com) Tag and Rename 3 . 0 Beta 4 Tag&Rename is a powerful, easy-to-use program for organizing and archiving your library of music files . Its solid design handles both the . mp3 and . vqf music formats . With Tag&Rename, you can quickly and easily rename your music while also editing the embedded tag data used by popular music players - both ID3 and ID3 v2 formats . Tag&Rename makes it easy to edit existing tag information, update for new tagging standards, or write tags for music files which had no previously embedded tags (e . g . bootlegs) . Tag&Rename simplifies the boring and time-consuming task of updating tag information for your music by allowing you to quickly get information from the CDDB1 database or [url]www . allmusic . com site . It can also write or edit tag information based on your music libraries file structure (artist\album\title . mp3 for example) . Often many files can be processed with a few clicks using Tag&Rename's built-in automated features . What's new: Added Auto update ID3v1 tag after ID3v2 changing function (see Program options -> Tags) . Minor improvement in wma support . Fixed bug in Save tag comment function and this function was changed to Save tag Comment and Encoded by fields . Improved allmusic . com data import . Some minor fixes . More Info >> Official Site ( . softpointer . com/tr . htm" target="_blank">www . softpointer . com) Screenshots >> Gallery ( . softpointer . com/tr_screenshots . htm" target="_blank">www . softpointer . com) Download >> Tag and Rename 3 . 0 Beta 4 ( . softpointer . com/downloads/TagRename30b4 . exe" target="_blank">www . softpointer . com) PySoulSeek 1 . 0 . 0 Final PySoulSeek is a client for SoulSeek filesharing system that runs under Linux/FreeBSD and sorta runs under Mac OS X . PySoulSeek is licensed under the GNU General Public License . What's new: Banning (patch from Hyriand) Upload bandwidth management (patch from Hyriand) . Numbers are now formatted according to locale rules . Total upload and download bandwidth usage is shown in the status bar . Various / commands in chat (see Help menu for full description) (patch from Hyriand) . Nickname completion in chat (patch from Hyriand) . Config files are now saved every time a configurration is changed, not just on exit . Added script for importing configuration from the windows version . It is now possible to change the path for writing log files . Pyslsk now resumes files left over by the official windows client . wxPython 2 . 4 . 0 . 4 is now supported . Sorting is now case-insensitive . TONS of bugfixes and smaller improvements . More Info and Download >> Official Site ( . sensi . org/~ak/pyslsk/" target="_blank">www . sensi . org) Slackware 9 . 0 RC3 More Info and Download >> Slackware Linux 9 . 0-RC3 Released ( . geeknewz . com/comments . php?id=3932&catid=33" target="_blank">www . geeknewz . com) Enjoy :) Lo .	Lohsing (219)
128566	2003-03-16 03:03:00	Nothing there for me old boy,but thanks for thought.	cicero (1379)
128567	2003-03-16 03:04:00	Yeah, slim pickings I know... Oh well, something will happen over the next few days I'm sure! Lo.	Lohsing (219)
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