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77347	2002-09-07 09:05:00	UT2003 Movie for download German site PC Games Online (http://www.pcgames.de/) has posted another UT2003 movie that shows off seven minutes of in-game footage from the upcoming game. The MPEG-format movie is available in two versions, a high-res 54MB version and a low-res 20MB version. They also have 30 new screenshots. download (www.pcgames.de) Neverwinter Nights beta patches and server patch Bioware has released a new version 1.24 beta 1 patch for Neverwinter Nights. The patch is strictly beta and thus you will not be able to play with people that do not have the Beta patch installed. The download page features the patch and patch uninstallers for both the German and English versions of the game, as well as a Linux Dedicated Server version 1.24 beta 1. The patch offers improved server stability, improvements to the scripting commands, and large font support. (nwn.bioware.com) Nvidia NV30 in Q1 next year The Public Relations director of nVidia has posted an official reply to a story featured at The Inquirer (www.theinquirer.net) below. In his relpy, he stated the following: Over the next 6 months, we will be making a quantum leap forward in our technology. The next generation GPU requires the capabilities of 0.13 micron process. With 0.13um (micron), our architects and engineers have made a quantum leap in algorithms and for the first time, enable cinematic rendering in real-time. We believe we are well ahead of our competition in making this important jump to 0.13um and cinematic rendering. This next generation GPU is targeted to be available for the holiday season. New NV30 Details Vr-Zone has posted more details from nVidia on the NV30. Here's the word form David Kirk, nVidia's chief scientist: The NV30 is described as a full floating point processor with thousands of instructions and a high level language. For the past years, NVIDIA main focus is on improving the GPU speed rather than designing a complicated pipe but for NV30, things will change. CineFX architecture work in conjunction with Cg programming language will make NV30 a fully programmable GPU with flexible instructions for vertex and pixel processing. It is expected that Microsoft will probably start supporting CineFX architecture with DirectX 9.1 therefore NV30 may be based on DirectX 9.1 when launched. Read more at vr-zone (http://www.vr-zone.com/). Asus A7V8X Review at Anandtech Anandtech (http://www.anandtech.com)has posted a review of ASUS's first KT400 motherboard the A7V8X. Here's a snip from the review: Once we started testing the A7V8X we started to see that, for the most part, the motherboard lived up to our expectations. However, clearly DDR400 performance isn't all that exciting; in fact, it falls behind its own DDR333 performance numbers in addition to other DDR333-powered boards. VIA's P4PB 400 (P4X400) Pentium 4 motherboard suffers from the same issues. Read the rest here (www.anandtech.com). Windows XP SP1 Final released early Microsoft has released the final build of SP1 for windows XP a few days early. This is a big update for XP owners and has made it's name via it's anti-piracy features. TweakTown has a tool that will change the key for you and you can grab it from the link below. SP1 (download.microsoft.com) its also at majorgeeks (www.majorgeeks.com) XP Key Changer (www2.tweaktown.com) Playstation 3 to go radical News.com has posted a new report on how the next evolution of Sony's Playstation console machine will be something quite radical and outside of the square. Here's a small quote on what Sony said: "We're not thinking about hardware,'' said Kenichi Fukunaga, spokesman for Sony Computer Entertainment, the Sony subsidiary that develops and makes the PlayStation. "The ideal solution would be having an operating system installed in various home appliances that could run game programs." Check the rest at News.com (news.com.com). Blubster 2.0 Beta 1 released The next program off the boat in the long list of music-sharing programs is Blubster, and they have just released version 2.0 beta 1. Blubster is a music-sharing program that is uses a peer-to-peer network with a new private protocol that works without a central server. Once your client program connects with another client, you can search and download MP3 files from the entire network of users. Blubster offers an easy-to-use interface enabling fast searches, resumable downloads, multi-source downloads, chat and voice chat, an internal MP3 player, and more. It facilitates an anonymous community and does not compile, store, or otherwise retain data about users, searches, or files. This version has the following changes: * Multi-downloads * Better connections * Chat * Advanced Search Read more over at the Blubster homepage here (http://www.blubster.com) and download from the link below. download (www.blubster.com) WinMX version 3.3 released WinMX, the free file-sharing program, version 3.3 has been released for download. WinMX allows you to connect, download, and share files with other users through the decentralized WinMX Peer Network. Once WinMX is installed, you'll have access to one of the largest and most diverse networks of shared media files in the world. There's no word on the changes in this version as yet. Download from the link below. download (dld25.winmx.com) New Nokia 3650 based on Series 60 platform Nokia has shown off their new 3650 mobile phone that is to be released early next year. The new phone is quite radical in it's look, as seen in the picture below, and will be based on the 60 series of phones platform. Here are some of the nitty gritty details on the new phones: The introduction of the Nokia 3650 today clearly marks the beginning of a new era for the Series 60, the software platform of choice for developing and deploying applications that harness multimedia messaging, content downloading and browsing in a small and dynamic package. The Nokia 3650 is the first product to give the Series 60 platform global availability by operating wherever there are GSM 900/1800/1900 GPRS networks available throughout Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas. "The Nokia 3650 is the next must-have device that defines what an imaging phone must do," said Jouko Hayrynen, Vice President, Forum Nokia, Nokia’s global developer program. "It will captivate the consumer market and introduce mobile messaging to new consumers young and old. For all of us, our first mobile phone completely changed how we communicate. This phone, we feel, will reshape the market in the very same way." The Series 60 is a software platform designed for smart phones characterized by color screens, rich communications and enhanced applications. The software platform consists of key telephony and personal information management applications, browser, messaging clients and a complete and modifiable user interface. You can read more from the press release here (press.nokia.com) and visit the 3650 homepage here (www.nokia.com). Norton SystemWorks 2003 released Norton SystemWorks, Symantec's all-in-one suite, version 2003 has been released for retail sale, chocked full of the following features: of its new features include: ENHANCED! One Button Checkup makes system maintenance as easy as the click of a mouse. LiveUpdate™ keeps your Norton SystemWorks applications and their associated files updated quickly and easily over the Internet. Norton AntiVirus™ NEW! Scans for viruses in instant message attachments. NEW! Exclusive Worm Blocking technology detects and stops new worms even before virus definitions are created for them. Repairs many virus infections automatically, in the background. Scans and cleans both incoming and outgoing email messages. Norton Utilities™ Finds and fixes system problems, including hard drive problems, software errors, and hardware configuration conflicts. Optimizes file storage for faster hard drive performance. Can monitor your PC continuously to spot problems before they occur. Norton CleanSweep™ Removes unneeded files, including old software applications and the files associated with them. Can log details about software installations for easy uninstalls later. These are but some of the many features of the new version, the full list can be read over at the Systemworks homepage . here (www.symantec.com) Detonator 40 update due next week nVidia is set to release an update to it's 40.xx series of Detonator drivers next week. The update is in response to several bugs that have surfaced and also the first offering of Windows 98/ME support. Stayed tuned for download links. Windows XP Tweaking Guide Neoseeker have posted up a new Windows XP Tweaking Guide (www.neoseeker.com) for everyone's viewing. Here's a snip: I have broken this guide into 6 parts. Networking, file system, memory performance, freeing up memory, startup/shutdown and then the other stuff. I've tried to pack as much performance related tweaking here as I can but there's always more to be uncovered. I will update this article as frequently as possible. I know there's a million tweaks that I'm missing here but I am trying to keep this guide dedicated to tweaks that directly affect your performance. I'll put together a second guide about the annoyances and other things but keep in mind this is ONLY performance stuff. If you know of something that affects the performance quite a bit and it's not listed here please post a thread in our Windows forum. Although this guide is mostly no different to the squillions of other XP tweaking guides out there, I did find a few tweaks that were new and the fact it is separated into 6 parts is also handy. FlashFXP 2.0 RC3 released Version 2.0 RC3 of FlashFXP has been released for download. FlashFXP is described as follows: FlashFXP is a powerful and popular FTP and FXP Client loaded with features for the power user. It has an intuitive user interface that takes only minutes to master. Using the FTP protocol, you can transfer files from remote servers to your computer, or even to another remote server. It makes it easy to update your Web site, download files from the company server, or even download files from the internet that always seem to fail using your Web browser. It allows you to transfer files between two sites (FXP), resume incomplete downloads, synchronize directories, schedule multiple tasks, and more. The new version has the following changes: If you have a 5 button mouse and forward/backwards isn't working you can try adding XMouse=1 to the flashfxp.ini When connected to a site in SSL/TLS a lock icon is displayed in the status bar When creating a copy of a site in the site manager the site is no longer named "Copy of (1)", it is now named " (1)", the "Copy of" has been removed The option "items per column" has been moved to an ini only setting MIPrCol=X where X is the number of items per column Optimized local listing, slight speed increase 0.09% per item, reduced memory usage 8 bytes per item File Associations has been modified to accept wildcard masks file.ext (*.*) previously only extensions were allowed Go & stop transfer after file icons have been replaced When pasting a ftp:// url into the host field of the site manager, the url is now automatically parsed The failed transfer icon in the queue is now red When passing the application password via the command line you must quote it i.e. -pass="mypass" If a site contained within the active queue is renamed/moved via the site manager the queue is updated to reflect the changes Removed the "display size in bytes" option and replaced it with an option to select displaying the size in bytes, kb, auto. auto is default Updated Secure Socket Layer dlls Security Alert Bug Fixes download (www.flashfxp.ws) cheers monty (www.ozquake.com)	tweak'e (174)
77348	2002-09-07 23:39:00	yippeee	tweak'e (174)
77349	2002-09-08 00:00:00	more weekend news. zoomplayer final is out get it here (www.majorgeeks.com)	tweak'e (174)
77350	2002-09-08 01:42:00	> "We're not thinking about hardware,'' said Kenichi Fukunaga, > spokesman for Sony Computer Entertainment, the Sony > subsidiary that develops and makes the PlayStation. "The ideal > solution would be having an operating system installed in > various home appliances that could run game programs." Ummm ..... is this not what a PC is ?? ?:| :p	antmannz (28)
77351	2002-09-08 07:50:00	*bumps it up a notch*	Hervard (405)
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