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Thread ID: 22882	2002-08-01 11:51:00	thursday news	tweak'e (174)	Press F1

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67407	2002-08-01 11:51:00	A new security issue with IE has been found, this time it involves IE and .xla. If an IE user visits a specially designed web page, the page may create almost arbitrary files on his computer. This may lead to executing arbitrary programs on the user's computer. Here is an unofficial solution to the problem: In IE disable "Run ActiveX controls and plugins" Have not tested this personally but probably works: Deregister & delete the ms office spreadsheet component &/or all the OWC. This may be done from: ControlPanel - Add/Remove programs - Office - Change (then look for OWC) The Inquirer is reporting that despite denials from AMD on the production of 333MHz FSB CPU's a few months ago, it now seems that they may do so. The increase in FSB may happen in conjunction with the release of the 2400+ and 2600+ sometime before the end of the year. This must in response to the ever widening gap in speed between the Athlon and Pentium 4. You can read more over at The Inquirer (www.theinquirer.net). There are new leaked beta nVidia 30.82 drivers out for Windows 2000/XP. The driver supports all nVidia cards and have the following features: Driver dated 07/16/2002 - 16th of July 2002 All Nvidia cards to date supported nView support present Driver not compatible with old Refresh Rate Fixes - use RivaTuner RC11.1 (http://www.nvworld.ru/)instead. Unofficial beta release - not supported by Nvidia - install only @ your own risk! You can download the drivers here (www.warp2search.net). ATI has released new beta Radeon 6.13.10.6118 drivers for all OS's. The big drawback with these drivers is that going to need DirectX 9.0 installed to use them. So if your the owner of a Radeon I suggest you go find a copy of the DX9 beta and then grab the drivers from the following links: - ATI Radeon 6.13.10.6118 DRIVERS for windows 2000/XP (www.driverheaven.net) - ATI Radeon 6.13.10.6118 DRIVERS for windows 9X/ME (www.driverheaven.net) - ATI Radeon 6.13.10.6118 DRIVERS for windows 2000 (www.driverheaven.net) ASUS have released new BIOS update file 1011 Final for the A7V333 motherboard. The new BIOS fixes a problem with incorrect temperature reporting, it should now report a temp about 7-9 degrees lower. Grab the BIOS here (ftp://www.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/socka/kt333/a7v333/av33311.zip). CPUBENCH version 3.3.0.0 is out. CPUBENCH is a freeware program that measures MFLOPS and MIPS of your CPU. Grab it here (www.majorgeeks.com) if you want to see how your CPU compares with others. For all you Linux fans, especially those of RedHat, Xbetas (http://www.xbetas.com/) has posted some info and and a screenshot of RedHat Linux 7.3.92 Beta codenamed Limbo. Here's part of the write up: A new beta release of Red Hat Linux, code-named Limbo, is the new version of Red Hat's Linux Operating system. It ships with the latest open-source desktop software, GCC 3.1, Apache 2.0, and installer and utility software based on GTK2. This beta from Red Hat, code-named Limbo, is significant in that it provides a first look at what will likely become Version 8.0 of the company's industry-leading Linux distribution. Limbo's inclusion of OpenOffice, Mozilla, GNOME 2.0, and a host of new and improved graphical system configuration tools may point the way to a greater presence for Red Hat in the desktop computing space. Version 0.97.7b of nVHardPage has been released by the guys over at Guru3D (http://www.guru3d.com). nVHardPage is an nVidia based video card tweaking program that offers the ability to change values of your card without having to go into the registry. The new version has the following changes: added higher-order primitives support emulation added alpha fs f/d option added option for easy change of screen resolution fixed D3D Antialiasing settings and detection fixed OpenGL Antialiasing settings and detection added support for 2 nV cards in system updated preset manager updated OpenGL anisotropic filtering option some others small fixes and changes news in adapter info program: added object LOD support updated caps info Download it here (www.guru3d.com). The Unreal Tournament 2003 fansite in the UK has posted a copy of the full IRC chat by Mark Rein from Epic on the difficulties they are having with Unreal Tournament 2003 at the moment. The transcript makes for some interesting reading, check it out here (www.fasterfiles.com). A trailer for No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way is available for viewing or download. The movie shows off some in-game footage as well as an introduction to what the game is all about and a look at several of the enemies. It is available in either a high or low resolution and runs for just under two minutes. Check em out here (www.3dgamers.com). ATI has released a testimonial movie for the Radeon 9700 that shows off some in-game footage from Asheron's Call 2, Dungeon Siege and DOOM III running on a 9700 machine and comments from Turbine Entertainment's Chris Dyl (Asheron), Gas Powered Games' Chris Taylor (Dungeon) and id Software's John Carmack (no need to tell which one this guys is responsible for) on this new graphics chipset. The movie is three minutes and is available in a high res 77MB mpeg movie or a lower res 41MB mpeg. grab em from the links below: - Lo-Res 320x240.mpg (41MB) (mirror2.ati.com) - High-Res 640x480.mpg (77MB) (mirror2.ati.com) Hardware reviews: Asus V8460 Ultra Deluxe GeForce 4 Ti4600 Video Card on Active Hardware (active-hardware.com). Cooler Master HSC-V62 Cooler on Techware Labs (www.techwarelabs.com). Heatsink shoot-out on OverClock Intelligence Agency (www.ocia.net). Hercules Gamesurround Muse 5.1 DVD and XPS 510 Speakers on Bjorn3d.com (www.bjorn3d.com). Matrox Parhelia Video Card on SimHQ.com (www.simhq.com). NVIDIA GeForce 4 Ti4200 Round-up on VIAHardware (www.viahardware.com). Shuttle SS51G Barebones System on Legion Hardware (www.legionhardware.com). Vantec Stealth Case Fan on eliteHW (www.elitehw.com). Visiontek GeForce 4 Ti4400 Video Card on Quadract.com (www.quadract.com).	tweak'e (174)
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