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Thread ID: 26249	2002-10-23 01:24:00	TUESDAY OCTOBER 22 news (sorry its late)	tweak'e (174)	Press F1

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91908	2002-10-23 01:24:00	Longhorn Screenshots - Part 2 Due to the downtime of Winbeta the screenshots of Longhorn posted yesterday can now be viewed here (www.fileconnect.net). Faster Gaming in Windows XP - Part 2 A couple of days ago I posted a story on fixing the mouse acceleration in Windows XP to improve your gaming experience. As a supplement to this, if you don't like playing with your registry, here's (www.ozquake.com) a zip file with a couple of reg editors that will do the job for you, one will change the settings, the other will change them back to their original setting. A new version of MSN/Windows Messenger, Build 4.7.0105 has been released with no word on the changes since the last release. New Version of MSN/Windows Messenger (Build 4.7.0105) (messenger.msn.co.uk) Winnow Cleaner, the complete Internet cleanup utility to clear the tracks left from your Web browsing, version 3.0 has been released with the following changes: - Clear AutoComplete forms from previously typed user names, passwords, ... - Clear the address bar from previously typed addresses (URLs). - More effective clearing of index.dat files." Winnow clears the index.dat file while Windows is running and runs on Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP. Winnow Cleaner 3.0 released (www.winnowsoft.com) Pioneer A05 DVD burner review Dvdwriters has posted up a review of the new Pioneer DVR-A05 4 speed DVD writer which has just been released on the market. Here's part of the review: "Pioneer has finally delivered on what we and most others wanted most in a DVD writer and that was an increase in DVD recording speeds. There is no disputing that the speed at which new DVD writers record to DVD-Rs at is light years ahead of the 1st generation drives - the A05 only needs 15mins to writes a whole 4.7GB of data. We were slightly disappointed with the A05's CD writing ability, mainly its CD-R maximum writing speed of 16 X and its relatively slow re-write speed. It's interesting to note that the preliminary product specifications show that Pioneer had faster CD recordable features and higher DVD-ROM read speeds in mind but decided against implementing them. We were pleased that Pioneer added support for writing in DAO-RAW mode - a useful feature used by Clone-CD for backing up games (in countries that permit it). This addition isn't all that it appears to be as its performance was so bad that it's pretty ineffective - it failed to backup any of our games and took long time to read them!" Check out the whole review here (http://www.dvdwriters.co.uk). First DVD 1:1 clone software released CD Freaks is reporting that the first software that is able to make 1:1 copy of DVD movies has been released. The software is called DVDXCOPY is being marketed as software to backup DVD movies. The program will copy your movies with just a few mouse clicks and will retail for $US99.99. Here's the spiel from the company: Now you can backup your favorite DVD movies with nothing more than a DVD burner and your home computer with DVDXCOPY software. There's no need to invest hundreds of dollars in replacing lost or damaged DVD discs. Not when DVDXCOPY lets you make backup copies of all your DVD movies using a standard DVD+R or DVD-R burner! Best of all, your copies will play on your home DVD player just like regular DVDs! (Most Newer DVD Players support DVDR or DVD RW) You can check out more details here (www.cdfreaks.com). P4 3.06 GHz Processor Q&A with Intel Adrenaline Vault have posted up a P4 3.06 GHz Processor Q&A interview that they held with Intel's Gabe Achanzar. Here's a snip: Percentage-wise, how much faster will the Pentium 4 3.06 GHz processor be than the Pentium 4 2.8 GHz processor? You'll see the usual solid performance increases when we add 200 megahertz. However, in some instances, you can see up to 25 percent performance improvements from Hyper-Threading Technology alone. Will the Pentium 4 3.06 GHz processor require a new power supply? No. A standard ATX12V supply works fine. However, a motherboard should be rated by the manufacturer to support 3.06 GHz operation. Check out the whole Q&A dirt here (www.avault.com). Elsa Asia have released new drivers based on the version 31.00 detonators for all nVidia based. The drivers support the Erazor ,Gladiac ,Gloria and Synergy products. The Elsa tools are for 3D studio Max and AutoCAD, 3D-Stereo and ViVo drivers. New Elsa detonators 31.00 released and support tools (www.elsa.com.tw) LimeWire 2.7.0 Beta out Version 2.7.0 beta of LimeWire (http://www.limewire.com) has been released for download. Limewire is a software package which enables individuals to search for and share computer files with anyone on the internet. LimeWire is compatible with the Gnutella file-sharing protocol and can connect with anyone else running Gnutella-compatible software. This version has the following changes: Remote queueing: if an uploader is too busy to handle a download request, it will queue you. The uploader then serves downloads in a first-come, first-serve basis. This feature is compatible with the queueing schemes used by other vendors. Resume from library: you can resume incomplete files in the library with a single button press. Safer resumes: LimeWire keeps track of the hashes for all incomplete files. This reduces the chance of a corruption when resuming. Fixed several bugs. Limewire for Windows (www9.limewire.com) Limewire for Linux (www9.limewire.com) Microsoft Windows Longhorn Preview Movie Fileconnect has posted a movie on the new Windows codenamed Longhorn that shows off some of the new features, screenshots and more verifying that the screenshots published yesterday were not fake. For a long list of mirrors and more screenshots click on over to Fileconnect (www.fileconnect.net). Zoom Player, the program that provides special zooming functions to improve TV-Output quality by eliminating overscan, version 2.90 beta 2 has been released with a list of changes that can be viewed here (www.xp-erience.org) as there is just too many to list. here's a bit more on ZoomPlayer: Zoom Player's scaling system allows you to exactly match the video area to your screen's dimensions in real-time with adjustable background color in order to test for brightness bleeds. You can also fast forwarding (even on MPEG4 type formats such as DivX), 10 Keyboard accessible presets to automatically adjust the video area to pre-defined settings, customizable control bar with graphical time-seek controls, keyboard mapped controls, aspect ratio support for correct playback of anamorphic video and out of aspect-ratio content. Zoom Player version 2.90 Beta 2 released (www.husbandd.clara.net) Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.1 has been released adding support for digital signatures, file attachments, e-mail options, and more. Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.1 released (download.adobe.com) Microsoft contemplates bugging out of Australia CNN (http://www.cnn.com/) is reporting that Microsoft is contemplating pulling out of the Australian market as a result of the court ruling earlier in the year, deeming the modding of consoles to be legal in Australia. Here's a snippet of the report: According to a report in The Sydney Morning Herald, Ballmer said late last week that the company could remove the Xbox from the Australian market if Australia's legal system does not provide appropriate protections. Ballmer made the comments at an Australian event to promote a new PocketPC device, the Herald said. Check the news story here (news.com.com). Powersupply test at Tom's Hardware Tom's Hardware has published the ultimate power struggle, pitting 21 powersupply units against each other. The test covers maximum wattage output figures and safety features along with ergonomics. Here's a short jolt: Power-hungry CPUs and graphics cards call for powerful PSUs. The latest models promise a delivery of 500 watts. THG uncovers the hard reality: frequent incorrect and improper power specifications, lack of specifications documentation, and the absence of safety overload protection features lead to the destruction of the power supply and other potential hazards. Go check it out here (www.tomshardware.com)if your up for a good read. Epox bios updates Epox released some new bios updates for the following boards: Epox Bios EP-4GLM A02 (ftp://ftp.epox.com/motherboard/support/BIOS/4glm2A02.exe) Epox Bios EP-4BDAE A07 (ftp://ftp.epox.com/motherboard/support/BIOS/4bde2A07.exe) Epox Bios EP-4GEA+ A15 (ftp://ftp.epox.com/motherboard/support/BIOS/4gea2A15.exe) Epox Bios EP-4SDA A09 (ftp://ftp.epox.com/motherboard/support/BIOS/4sda2a09.exe) Epox Bios EP-4SDM2 A09 (ftp://ftp.epox.com/motherboard/support/BIOS/4sdm2a09.exe) cheers monty (www.ozquake.com)	tweak'e (174)
91909	2002-10-23 02:16:00	Er... should a certain pc assembler read Toms Hardware review of power supplies? It makes you think, and reinforces what some people on this forum have been saying. Now I wonder if my 300 watts is enough?	Terry Porritt (14)
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