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55626	2002-06-20 23:57:00	Monitors Direct ( . monitorsdirect . com/toolkit/index . shtml" target="_blank">www . monitorsdirect . com)has released an online monitor calibration tool that you can use to set your monitors brightness/contrast, colour calibration etc up . This tool is a definite boon for keeping your monitor in top visual shape . Microsoft has decided to include Java Virtual Machine ( . com . com/2100-1001-937053 . html" target="_blank">news . com . com) in it's Service Pack 1 for Windows XP . Microsoft has said that it will include its own version of the Java software in the service pack . After the above announcement, Microsoft has backed up by saying that they only include it until 2004 . This is their reason for the sudden change: Sun is among Microsoft's bitterest rivals . Its Java software is a computer language designed to run on different operating systems, not just on Microsoft's dominant Windows platform . The announcement came on the day before attorneys for Microsoft and nine states are scheduled to make their final arguments before a federal judge about what antitrust sanctions should be imposed on the company . Check out the full news story here ( . news . yahoo . com/news?tmpl=story&cid=581&ncid=738&e=1&u=/nm/20020618/tc_nm/tech_microsoft_dc_1" target="_blank">story . news . yahoo . com) Microsoft has updated it's Office XP and 2000 Clip Art Galleries . The update includes several stability and performance fixes . Grab the new galleries from the following links: - Office XP Clip Art Gallery Update ( . microsoft . com/downloads/2002/cag1001 . aspx?FinishURL=%2Fdownloads%2Frelease%2Eas" target="_blank">office . microsoft . com p%3Freleaseid%3D39926%26redirect%3Dno) - Office 2000 Clip Art Gallery Update ( . microsoft . com/downloads/2000/cag0901 . aspx?FinishURL=%2Fdownloads%2Frelease%2Eas" target="_blank">office . microsoft . com p%3Freleaseid%3D39923%26redirect%3Dno) Philips has demonstrated the world's first fully functional miniature optical disc drive using blue laser technology . The new optical disks measure 3cm in diameter and can store up to 1Gb of data on a single side . The size of the disks are perfect for devices such as digital cameras, mobile phones, PDAs and portable Internet devices . A picture of the new disk is available here ( . extra . research . philips . com/natlab/download/pictures/stor_minoptdiscdrive_h . jpg" target="_blank">www . extra . research . philips . com) and a movie demonstrating the disk can be found here ( . research . philips . com/InformationCenter/Global/FArticleDetail . asp?lArticleId=2589" target="_blank">www . research . philips . com) . You can read the full story of the disks over at Philips ( . research . philips . com/InformationCenter/Global/FPressRelease . asp?lArticleId=2575&lNodeId=13',%20550,450" target="_blank">www . research . philips . com) . Winamp 3 Build 478 (RC1) has been released with the following changes to the widely popular MP3 player: Full ID3v1/v2 Tag Editing Fully Functional Media Library . Improved Preference Selection Full Support for EQ presets . many bug fixes . Download it here ( . manx . net/nospam/winamp3_478 . zip" target="_blank">homepages . manx . net) and give it a try . Here's another free online utitilty that checks Internet Explorer for security holes and certain hacks . The tool, if it finds an problems will notify you of what is needed to fix it . The utility is called Qualys Browser Checkup (http://browsercheck . qualys . com/) . If your bent on trying out programming languages or setting up servers then take a look over at Sniper Tech ( . warp2search . net/sniper/Sniper . html" target="_blank">www . warp2search . net) . They have just posted a tutorial on How to install and set up a Microsoft Windows compatible PHP Server that you can use for hosting web sites or for developing PHP code . The tutorial shows you the following: What is PHP? What can PHP do? What is Apache? What is MySQL? Setting up Apache HTTP Server Setting up the PHP Engine Test if PHP Works Setting Up MySQL The same site also has tutorials on How To Build A Computer, Device Manager Codes and Windows NT/2000/XP Error Codes . A new patch has been released for Morrowind, bringing it up to version 1 . 1 . 0605 . The patch is 3 . 41Mb and contains a huge list of changes: Grab it here ( . bethsoft . com/downloads/patches/Morrowind_v1 . 1 . 0605 . exe" target="_blank">www . bethsoft . com) . Asus have released yet more new BIOS files . Here's the list: Asus Bios P4B533-V 1003 Final (=1003 - 05 Beta) Asus Bios P4B266-M 1005 - 01 Beta Asus Bios P4B-FX 1004 - 01 Beta Asus Bios P4T-M 1005 - 05 Beta Asus Bios A7N266-Serie 1003 - 03 Beta Asus Bios P4B533 / -E 1007 - 06 Beta Asus Bios P4B-LX 1006 - 04 Beta Asus Bios P4T533 1003 - 02 Beta Asus Bios TUWE-M 1004 - 01 Beta Asus Bios CUV4X-D 1016 - 01 Beta Asus Bios CUV4X-DLS 1016 - 01 Beta Asus Bios TR-DLSR 1012 - 06 Beta Asus Bios CUR-DLS / -DLSR 1012 - 06 Beta Asus Bios P4B266 / P4B266-SE 1007 - 05 Beta Asus LiveUpdate v3 . 30 . 02 for Win9x / NT4 / W2K / XP Get em here ( . asuscom . de/support/techmain/technical . htm?ctn4" target="_blank">www . asuscom . de) . Opera Software has released version 6 . 04 - Build 1129 of their Opera browser . The new beta has the following changes: Fixed crash caused by faulty wml . css . Fixed bug 77984: "Content-Disposition Handling Broken" . New fix for improved flash handling (bug # 77933) . Download here ( . com/?show=2087" target="_blank">savagenews . com) . CuteFTP 5 . 0 XP Final has been released . CuteFTP is one of the original and best FTP transfer programs and the new version has incorporated the XP interface so that it conforms to Microsoft Windows XP Design Guidelines for the most user-friendly interface available . Run it on XP to experience the great new look and feel . You can read the full list of new features here ( . globalscape . com/products/cuteftp/features . asp" target="_blank">www . globalscape . com) and download it from here (ftp://ftp . cuteftp . com/pub/cuteftp/cuteftp . exe) . The Tech-Report ( . tech-report . com) has become wired for sound and put out a Huge Soundcard Round Up (http://www . tech-report . com/reviews/2002q2/soundcards/index . x?pg=1" target="_blank">www . tech-report . com) has become wired for sound and put out a Huge Soundcard Round Up (http:) . The comparo looks at the basics of 3DSound and six different soundcards from Hercules, Turtle Beach, Philips and Creative Labs . Here's a bit of a sample: In most cases, the differences we uncovered here aren't anything to write home about . The Muse XL was notably slower than the rest in the benchmarks, but otherwise everything was pretty even . As for the listening tests, all of the differences we heard were the results of back-to-back tests, but no matter what we said about any of the cards, none of them were objectionable . The days of ISA Sound Blasters that hiss like a cat are gone; unless there's a really bad card out there that we didn't include, the state of PC sound today is that even the worst card sounds pretty darn good . If one were to listen to any of these cards by itself, one probably wouldn't find any gross deficiencies in audio quality (with the possible exception of the overdone EAX effects in Serious Sam, but we're not sure whether to blame that on the sound cards or the game developers) . AMD has published it's Official System Builders Guide ( . amd . com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/26003 . pdf" target="_blank">www . amd . com), AMD's official document for all beginners and system builders . The guide covers topics like airflow in the case, calculating system power consumption, heatsinks and proper installation and optimal order of part insertion . This guide is a must for any experienced or novice PC builder . Hardtecs4u . com have posted a chart that lists the Asus motherboards that are compatible with AMD's new Thoroughbred CPU and shows you from which bios and board revision . Check it out here (http://www . hardtecs4u . com/) . Ad Aware version 5 . 83 has been released with the following changes: faster scanning logfiles include more file details Mousewheel error corrected when scrolling in the "sections to scan" window Errors encountered with the use of the "logfile detail level" options corrected Download the new version from here ( . majorgeeks . com/article . php?sid=506" target="_blank">www . majorgeeks . com) . Ausgamers has posted up a playable demo of the Spider-Man: the Movie ( . ausgamers . com/?agn=details&id=2526" target="_blank">files . ausgamers . com) game . The download is a whopping 175 . 5MB and available here ( . ausgamers . com/?agn=download&id=2526" target="_blank">files . ausgamers . com) . Piranha Games has released a patch for Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza . The patch is 1 . 3MB and updates the game to version 1 . 02 . 3 offering fixes for one more graphics problems . You can download the patch from Sierra's ftp server (ftp://ftp . sierra . com/pub/patches/pc/ppg_dhnpus_update_1 . 0_1 . 02 . 3 . exe) . Hardware reviews: ABIT BG7 Motherboard on PC PowerZone ( . pcpowerzone . co . uk/reviews . php?id=114&page=1" target="_blank">www . pcpowerzone . co . uk) . Altec Lansing 251 Speaker System on Gamersclick ( . gamersclick . com/hardware . cfm?p=v&id=404" target="_blank">www . gamersclick . com) . Axiom Epic 50 Speakers on Designtechnica Gamersclick ( . designtechnica . com/reviews . php?op=showcontent&id=31" target="_blank">www . designtechnica . com) . Creative's Cambridge Soundworks FPS 1600 Speakers on ReviewNation . com ( . reviewnation . com/r_1600_1 . shtml" target="_blank">www . reviewnation . com) . Directron Dragon DA-01BLD Full Tower Case on GideonTech . com ( . gideontech . com/reviews/bluedragon/" target="_blank">www . gideontech . com) . GlobalWin TAK58 Cooler on phlux ( . phlux . co . uk/articles . php?aid=15" target="_blank">www . phlux . co . uk) . Lian Li PC-6089A Aluminum Case on Mikhailtech ( . mikhailtech . com/articles/cases/pc6089a/index . shtml" target="_blank">www . mikhailtech . com) . MSI G4Ti4200-VD64 Video Card on PC STATS Network ( . pcstats . com/articleview . cfm?articleID=1134" target="_blank">www . pcstats . com) . MSI K7D Master Motherboard on Viper's Lair ( . viperlair . com/reviews/motherboards/k7d/k7d . html" target="_blank">www . viperlair . com) . Via Eden EPIA 800 MHz C3 CPU on Overclockers Australia ( . overclockers . com . au/techstuff/r_via_eden/" target="_blank">www . overclockers . com . au) and TweakTown ( . tweaktown . com/document . php?dType=review&dId=287" target="_blank">www . tweaktown . com) . VIA KT333 Motherboard Round-up on Sharky Extreme ( . sharkyextreme . com/hardware/motherboards/article . php/1367631" target="_blank">www . sharkyextreme . com) . XI Computer MTower Athlon MP 2100+ System on AMDZone ( . amdzone . com/articleview . cfm?articleid=1135" target="_blank">www . amdzone . com) . Yamaha has published details of CRW-F1, the first CD-RW recorder to offer the revolutionary DiscT@2TM Laser Labeling System . This system allows graphics and text to be burnt onto the CD-R disc, eliminating the need for labels . Customers can put graphics, such as signatures, logos, memorandums, and photo images onto CD-R's unused area after data writing . here's ( . musicgearreview . com/dbpix/yamahadisctattoo . jpg" target="_blank">www . musicgearreview . com) an example of what it looks like and you can read more over at Yamaha ( . yamaha . co . jp/english/product/computer/extra/products/crwf1/crwf1 . html" target="_blank">www . yamaha . co . jp) . The BBC has put forward an article that says the computer you sit at could provide an insight into the kind of person you are . The article writes how Psychologists are saying that a computer's virtual desktop can tell you as much about a person's personality as their real desktop, and it is not a matter of analysing the screensaver you use or the picture you have chosen as the computer's wallpaper . Read the full article here ( . bbc . co . uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_2045000/2045175 . stm" target="_blank">news . bbc . co . uk) . Creative has released new SB-Live 5 . 1 WHQL drivers with a version number 5 . 12 . 1 . 3521 for all Windows operating systems . Get em from the links below: - SB-Live! 5 . 1 Driver For Win9X/ME < . uranus . xtnoc . de/hosted/shs-sound/>-" target="_blank">web95 . uranus . xtnoc . de SB-Live! Driver For Win2000/XP (http://www . fdrsoft . fr . fm/) Soltek has released their own version of the VIA 4-in-1 Drivers version 4 . 39 for all their VIA based motherboards . The driver is not WHQL certified and the AGP driver version 4 . 20 included . Get them here ( . 13 . 211 . 131/downloads/drivers/4in1 . zip" target="_blank">61 . 13 . 211 . 131) . Blindwrite Suite version 4 . 0 . 5 has been released . Blindwrite Suite is a set of tools to reproduce or clone any CD even protected ones . Blindwrite Suite can create a perfect copy from your original CD for personal backup purpose . Furthermore you can create CD audio from MP3, and be used with an CD-Rom emulator like Daemon Tools . Changes for this release are: - updated translations - updated hardware database - minor fixes Download here ( . blindwrite . com/download/blindwrite_setup . exe" target="_blank">www . blindwrite . com) . cheers MONTY ( . ozquake . com/montysdump/index . html" target="_blank">www . ozquake . com)	tweak'e (174)
55627	2002-06-21 01:33:00	Very purty tweak'e :-) Hey, I thought Robo was going to peg the news to the top of the page until the next version? ?:| And I can't get that AMD Official System Builders Guide, it comes up as Page Not Found. :-(	Susan B (19)
55628	2002-06-21 01:46:00	I get same 404 - Page not found message for the system builders guide I'd like to check it out still Joe	Chilling_Silence (9)
55629	2002-06-21 02:12:00	That's cause there is a space between the 3 and the .pdf. The link goes on to two lines and inserts a space when displaying it. Change that and problem solved.	stevie_boy (478)
55630	2002-06-21 02:18:00	i have the buliders guide but at 6meg it will take awhile to send to you on my slow poke lines.(however an evil thought has appeared ....might be able to get around that) my log URL www.amd.com Comment Official System Builders Guide Referer www.ozquake.com Resume Yes Local File D:\DOWNLOADS\downloads\26003.pdf File Date 05/14/02 17:32:15 File Size 6324099 Completed 6324099 Total Time 00:39:34 Average Speed 2.60 KB/s Create Time 06/20/02 21:56:21 Complete Time 06/20/02 22:43:52	tweak'e (174)
55631	2002-06-21 02:36:00	That link has inserted a space between the 2 and the 6 which still gives the 404 error. Get rid of any extra spaces or % signs that occur (not _) and it *should* work.	stevie_boy (478)
55632	2002-06-21 02:54:00	thx for that will have to look see if it was finger trouble at my end or the site formatting it.	tweak'e (174)
55633	2002-06-21 03:07:00	This (www.amd.com) link will go to that AMD one in tweak'e's news post	-=JM=- (16)
55634	2002-06-21 03:24:00	I got there in the end and tried to print it out but only got two pages before it disappeared on me :-( Is there any way of saving that PDF file? The save option was greyed out on my browser, is it the same for you other guys?	Susan B (19)
55635	2002-06-21 05:41:00	I'm on the limited library system, so can't test this (especially because this CE terminal won't do PDF), but if you have the file open in the Adobe reader, you should be able to use *its* save function, whatever the browser "thinks". The floppy icon should do it.	Graham L (2)
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