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| Thread ID: 21551 | 2002-06-28 11:21:00 | friday nite news | tweak'e (174) | Press F1 |
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| 58069 | 2002-06-28 11:21:00 | Take Two Games has released a patch for Grand Theft Auto III ( . take2games . com/index . php?p=support&product=121,3,GrandTheftAuto3,PC,Rockstar_Games,gt" target="_blank">www . take2games . com a3§ion=patches), that takes it up to version 1 . 1 . The patch is 1 . 1MB and contains some improvements and fixes, removes most protection checks, and is save game compatible with the original game . A group of Web publishers has filed a lawsuit in a US federal court against a company which has what is becoming one of the most hated pop-ups on the net, Gator Corp . The suit charges that Gator sells ads on their Web sites without authorization and pockets the proceeds . Ina description of the suit the company was described as such: "Gator Corp . is essentially a parasite that free rides on the hard work and investment" of the publishers, said the lawsuit, filed Tuesday by a dozen large publishers in U . S . District Court in Alexandria . You can read the whole story over at The Washington Post ( . washingtonpost . com/wp-dyn/articles/A52132-2002Jun26 . html" target="_blank">www . washingtonpost . com) . i hope they sue them right off the net Sigma Design has released the REALmagic MPEG-4 Video Codec for download enabling the creation of high-quality MPEG-4 video bitstreams in applications such as Adobe Premiere or Ulead VideoStudio . The codec also has a better compression than MPEG-2 allowing for smaller file sizes and enabling up to 2 hours of content to be stored on a standard CD . You can download a copy of the codec here ( . sigmadesigns . com/products/MPEG4_video_encoder . htm" target="_blank">www . sigmadesigns . com) . This codec is and will be compatible with their upcoming REALmagic Xcard hardware decoder card Intel is hinting that they may follow AMD's lead with the Hammer processor and include 32 bit computing in it's upcoming Prescott processor which was previously only to be a 64-bit processor . The news was first hinted at in a meeting where an Intel exec stated the following: WHILE INTEL'S PAUL OTELLINI told a meeting in New York recently that his firm wasn't interested in cloning AMD's Hammer, there's word on two Web sites that despite those denials, the chip giant will bung in IA-32 bit extensions to its next generation processor, codenamed Prescott . The first of the Web sites says that the design includes AMD "Hammer-like" 64-bit instruction set extensions a la Yamhill . They have to be "Hammer like" . More details can be read over at The Inquirer ( . theinquirer . net/27060202 . htm" target="_blank">www . theinquirer . net) . For all you Trek fans out there, the first teaser trailer for Star Trek: Nemesis has been released for viewing and download over at the Apple Trailer page . You can pick the trailer of your choice from the links below: Small - Quicktime ( . apple . com/trailers/paramount/star_trek_nemesis/small . html" target="_blank">www . apple . com) Large - Quicktime ( . apple . com/trailers/paramount/star_trek_nemesis/large . html" target="_blank">www . apple . com) Visit the official Star Trek: Nemesis (http://nemesis . startrek . com) before the December release of the film . The US Army is set to release it's PC video game Operations: Defend Freedom on July 4 . Operations is described as such: You can find out more on the game here ( . com/soldiers/news/" target="_blank">americasarmy . com) . i wonder if it will have bin laden in it? BearShare version 4 . 0 is out . BearShare is a file sharing program built on Gnutella technology that provides a simple, easy to use interface combined with a powerful connection and search engine that puts thousands of different files . There is no word on the changes, but go ahead and download it here ( . bearshare . com/download . htm" target="_blank">www . bearshare . com) . ExtremeTech has posted an article claiming that the nForce2 chipset is set to be released officially on July 15, two days before ATI unveils its RV250 chipset . Read the full article at ExtremeTech ( . extremetech . com/article2/0,3973,288797,00 . asp" target="_blank">www . extremetech . com) . ASUS has released more new BIOS files for selected motherboards in their range . Check the list below: Bios P4S133-VM with Onb . LAN 1005 Final (=1005 - 02 Beta) Bios P4S133-VM ohne Onb . LAN 1006 Final (=1005 - 02 Beta) Bios P4B-LX 1006 Final (=1006 - 04 Beta) Bios P4B-MX 1005 Final (=1005 - 02 Beta) Bios A7N266 1003 Final (=1003 - 02 Beta) Bios A7N266-E 1003 Final (=1003 - 02 Beta) Bios A7N266-C 1003 Final (=1003 - 02 Beta) Bios P4B-E 1005 - 01 Beta Bios P4B-LS 1003 - 01 Beta Choose your download here ( . asuscom . de/support/techmain/technical . htm" target="_blank">www . asuscom . de) . Hercules have released new ATI Radeon drivers version 7 . 72 for the following cards: 3D Prophet 8500 128MB 3D Prophet 8500 LE 128MB 3D Prophet 8500 LE 64MB 3D Prophet 7500 DDR 64MB The drivers are for all Windows operating systems and contain the following changes: The system hangs when exiting from standby mode in systems with Windows XP , apparent both on I845 and KT266 chipsets . After installing the drivers, the computer always reboot under Windows XP and Windows 2K 3DMark2001SE in Windows XP displays texture corruption when FSAA is enabled Starting up a new game of Medal of Honor displays vertical lines an corruption in menus while playing games . Grab the driver for your card from the following links: - Radeon Driver 7 . 72 for 3D Prophet 8500 series ( . hercules . com/supportf . php?pa=drv&mq=4&id_prd=40&ft=1" target="_blank">europe . hercules . com) - Radeon Driver 7 . 72 for 3D Prophet 7500 series ( . hercules . com/supportf . php?pa=drv&mq=4&id_prd=44&ft=1" target="_blank">europe . hercules . com) CloneCD version 4 . 0 . 1 . 9 is out for download with the following changes: Fixed hang of computer at the end of DAO-RAW burning with several writers . Fixed writing of unreadable CDs with WAITEC STORM24 in SAO-RAW+SUB mode . Fixed problem of reading subchannel data in Pre-Gap with Lite-On drives . Fixed problem of "Block Address out of range" message in Lead-Out . Removed "Laser Power Calibration failed" message with SANYO drives . Updated Turkish and Slovakian Languages . You can download it here ( . t-online . de/home/CloneCD/download/SetupCloneCD . exe" target="_blank">home . t-online . de) or use the in-built updater in the program . |
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