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Thread ID: 22561	2002-07-24 10:47:00	wedensday (sorry its late but CSI was on)	tweak'e (174)	Press F1

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64928	2002-07-24 10:47:00	For all you Linux fans out there, here's a web site sent to me by one of my readers that will give you the opportunity to download either Mandrake, Red Hat, SUSE, OpenOffice for Linux, Sun Java for Linux, Netscape and Mozilla . If you don't feel like downloading between one and two gigabytes of data in this broadband capped country you can order CD's to be sent to your door . Anyway here (http://www . linux-download-cds . com/) is the link, happy downloading and thanks to Ian for the heads up . Anandtech (http://www . anandtech . com) have posted a news item that details how the newly announced Radeon 9700 has been fully validated to run with the upcoming AMD Hammer . The RADEON 9700 chip, which offers more bandwidth than any other graphics chip in the world, will work efficiently and seamlessly with AMD's leading edge platforms - based on the newly specified Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) 8X interface - to deliver solid and stable solutions for commercial and consumer use . The RADEON 9700 becomes the world's first AGP 8X part to be validated by AMD . You can read the rest of the post here ( . anandtech . com/news/shownews . html?i=16868&t=pn" target="_blank">www . anandtech . com) . VR-zone have posted a guide on How To Increase Your 3D Mark Scores ( . vr-zone . com/guides/Madonion/3DMark2001SE" target="_blank">www . vr-zone . com) . Hee's a tidbit to get you interested: "Prior to use the system for 3DMark2001SE benchmarking session there are lots of preparation involved before you can get some real satisfying results . First you will need to select the hardware you are going to use for the setup and choices must be good so they can yield the highest performance . " Mozilla for Windows 1 . 1 Beta has been released . As you might know, Mozilla is an open-source Web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance and portability . Mozilla is a cousin to Netscape Communicator that is being developed by the Free Software Community with the cooperation and support of Netscape . The new version has the following changes: Improvements to Arabic shaping which result in better layout of Arabic pages on Linux and other platforms without their own Arabic support . A bug was fixed which caused English text in text boxes to be displayed in the wrong direction on Hebrew pages . The JavaScript Debugger has gone through a major development cycle . It now sports a palette of nine views which can be rearranged within the main window, or docked in separate floating windows . It is also possible to create user defined views and commands directly with JavaScript . More details are available in the FAQ, newsgroup, or IRC channel . Distinct window icons on MS Windows for the different Mozilla applications Mozilla on Linux now has Fullscreen mode . (press F11) All Search entry points now your default search engine . Improved site compatability and rendering . The tab bar now has a button for creating new tabs . You can download the beta here ( . betanews . com/detail . php3?fid=942889097" target="_blank">fileforum . betanews . com) . TMPGEnc version 2 . 57 is available for download . TMPEGenc converts * . AVI file to MPEG1, the format which is used in VideoCD . Using variety of option in TMPEGenc, you can compress your video file in high quality . It enables you to adjust bitrate, qantize matrix, GOP structure, Interlace and many other parameter so that you can create most appropreate movie file depends on your purpose . You can download this handy tool from here ( . cdfreaks . com/news2 . php3?ID=4431" target="_blank">www . cdfreaks . com) . ZoneAlarm free version 3 . 1 . 291 is out for downloading using the ZoneAlarm control panel . There is no word on the changes but they can only make it better . Windows XP SP 1 build 1079 has been released to beta testers . This build is the last build before RC1 bringing the official release that little bit closer . As yet, there are no leaked copies, but you can wet your whistle by reading the official release notes here ( . neowin . net/downloads/sp1079 . rtf" target="_blank">www . neowin . net) . new version 4 . 41(a) beta of VIA's 4-in-1 drivers has been released . The new beta has the following inclusions: AGP Version 5 . 0 . 0 . 3430 for XP AGP GART Version 5 . 00 . 00 . 0430 VIA Inf Driver 1 . 70 You can download the drivers from here ( . soltek . com . tw/downloads/drivers/4in1-441 . zip" target="_blank">www1 . soltek . com . tw) or here ( . warp2search . net/download . php?op=viewsdownload&sid=4" target="_blank">www . warp2search . net) . OSBetas ( . osbetas . com/forums/portal . php" target="_blank">www . osbetas . com) have got their hands on a new leak from Microsoft called Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) . WinPE is a minimal operating system, based on the Windows XP kernel and contains the minimal functionality you need to run and automate Windows Setup . WinPE lets you create and format disk partitions and gives you access to both NTFS file system partitions (with some constraints) and your internal network . The environment supports all mass storage devices that use Windows 2000 or Windows XP drivers, and you can incorporate additional drivers as new devices become available . As a failsafe against people using it as an operating system, WinPE will automatically exit whatever shell it is running and reboot after 24 hours of continuous use . You can check out a slideshow of the new environment here ( . sympatico . ca/betatest/winpe/default . htm" target="_blank">www3 . sympatico . ca) and view the readme here ( . osbetas . com/readme-WinPE . htm" target="_blank">www . osbetas . com) . Here's a case of the bizarre and strange: Firefighters were called to rescue an 11-year-old girl who got her lip trapped while trying to scan her face into a computer . A spokesman for the Ipswich (UK) fireservice said that Catherine Simpson had been experimenting with the old-style scanner when her lip got caught in a roller . "Her mother could not release her and in desperation called us," the spokesman said . It took one fireman to hold her and another to roll her lip out . A fire service spokesman said: "We have the tools for these kind of things although this was certainly a little bit different . She was in quite a lot of pain . " Catherine's mother, Sally Simpson, said that her daughter screamed when she thought she was going to lose her top lip . "She's fine now . Her lip's a bit swollen and she will not be doing it again," she said . "I just gave her a cuddle . She didn't do it on purpose . " You can read the whole article here ( . eveningstar . co . uk/Content/news/story . asp?tbrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=NEWS&category=News&brand=ESTOnline&ItemId=IPED22+Jul+2002+07%3A30%3A40%3A000" target="_blank">www . eveningstar . co . uk) . Bet she won't be doing that again Hercules has announced their new 3D Prophet 9000 and 3D Prophet 9700 series video cards . Here's part of the announcement: Hercules is delighted to announce the latest members of its award-winning 3D Prophet family: the 3D Prophet 9000 series and 3D Prophet 9700 series . The 3D Prophet 9000 series contains graphics accelerators based on Radeon™ 9000 and 9000 Pro processors - unique technology designed by ATI for accelerating 3D in life-like, virtual reality games . The 3D Prophet 9700 series board is based on ATI’s highly awaitedanticipated Radeon™ 9700, . It providing provides a hardware acceleration with the cream of ultimate in 3D innovation and giving access to the latest features available in 3D graphics technology . "Hercules’ objective is to give offer unlimited performance in 3D gaming entertainment . The 3D Prophet 9000 series provide toboosts the the the frames-per-second rate in games and provides gamers with a set of life-like effects . By designating the Radeon™ 9700 as our new flagship 3D accelerator board, we are offering hardcore gamers the reference platform for the new 3D APIs . The 3D Prophet 9700 accelerates the new 3D environments usingavailable Microsoft DirectX 9, which addsenhances realism in games and offers an unprecedented speed upgrade," says Claude Guillemot, President of Hercules . Here are some links to scrennshots of the Prophet 9000 and the box: - 3D Prophet 9000 ( . neowin . net/images/screenshots/hercules4_9000 . jpg" target="_blank">www . neowin . net) - Box shot ( . neowin . net/images/screenshots/hercules1_9000 . jpg" target="_blank">www . neowin . net) - Box shot ( . neowin . net/images/screenshots/hercules2_9000 . jpg" target="_blank">www . neowin . net) - box shot ( . neowin . net/images/screenshots/hercules3_9000 . jpg" target="_blank">www . neowin . net) Hardware reviews: 3COM 3CR990-TX-95 NIC on Hardware Fusion ( . games-fusion . net/hardware/content/000078 . php" target="_blank">www . games-fusion . net) . AMD Athlon XP 2200+ CPU on HardwareZone . com ( . hardwarezone . com/articles/articles . hwz?cid=2&aid=472" target="_blank">www . hardwarezone . com) . Arctic Cooling Super Silent 2500 Cooler on chillblast ( . chillblast . com/?s=\reviews\Arctic\ac . htm" target="_blank">www . chillblast . com) . Cooler Master ATC-600 Case on MidnightCafe . com ( . midnightcafe . com/articles/viewer . asp?a=100&z=6&isasp=" target="_blank">www . midnightcafe . com) . Dynalink RTA020 ADSL Router on Tweakers Australia ( . tweakers . com . au/articles/networking/dynalink_rta020/page1 . asp" target="_blank">www . tweakers . com . au) . ECS AG400 SiS Xabre 400 Video Card on PC STATS ( . pcstats . com/articleview . cfm?articleID=1176" target="_blank">www . pcstats . com) . ECS K7VTA3 v3 . 1 Motherboard on MBReview . com ( . mbreview . com/k7vta3 . php" target="_blank">www . mbreview . com) . Hercules XPS 210 Speakers on MonkeyReview ( . monkeyreview . com/reviews/index . php?action=fullreview&id=157" target="_blank">www . monkeyreview . com) . i845E Motherboard round-up on Explosive Labs ( . explosivelabs . com/reviews/i845e_part1/index . shtml" target="_blank">www . explosivelabs . com) . Soyo KT333 Dragon Ultra Platinum Motherboard on HEXUS . net ( . hexus . net/review . php?review=393" target="_blank">www . hexus . net), OcPrices ( . ocprices . com/index . php?rev_id=80" target="_blank">www . ocprices . com), and TweakTown ( . tweaktown . com/document . php?dType=review&dId=320" target="_blank">www . tweaktown . com) . Swiftech MCX4000 Heatsink w/TMD Fan (in Video) on 3dGameMan ( . 3dgameman . com/vr/swiftech/swiftech_mcx4000/video_review . htm" target="_blank">www . 3dgameman . com) . Taisol CEP426151A Pentium 4 Heatsink on FrostyTech ( . frostytech . com/articleview . cfm?articleID=1154" target="_blank">www . frostytech . com) . thx to monty ( . ozquake . com/montysdump/index . html" target="_blank">www . ozquake . com) and yes CSI rules :)	tweak'e (174)
64929	2002-07-24 11:37:00	Go CSI. Shame it was a repeat episode from the very beginning but was still great anyway	dipstick01 (445)
64930	2002-07-24 11:47:00	Last one next week, double 2 hour show, news will be xtra late. :_| cheers merlin-nz ;)	merlin-nz (275)
64931	2002-07-24 11:58:00	wednesday news might just become thursday news ;-) all depends om if there is news of course . end of csi and no star gate . what will i do :_| :_|	tweak'e (174)
64932	2002-07-24 13:29:00	Increase your 8 hour gaming time slot to 14?	Elwin Way (229)
64933	2002-07-24 22:46:00	Yeah, I wondered why the acting was so bad. Its definitely improved of late. Some of those camera angles were just shocking.	honeylaser (814)
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