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| 49224 | 2002-05-16 11:47:00 | A couple of new movie teaser trailers to start the day off. First off there is a teaser trailer out for one of the most eagerly anticipated films of the year, Matrix Reloaded. Here are the links to all the different resolution Quicktime ads: - Lo-Res <progressive.stream.aol.com (7.2MB) - High-Res <progressive.stream.aol.com (16.4MB) - Super Hi-Res <progressive.stream.aol.com (24MB) The next teaser id for Die Another Day, the next James Bond film: - Low-Res <a772.g.akamai.net 2589f25382f668c9329e0375e81784eb5887eb54b91879e756 ca32970968cc2da6/die_another_day-tsr1_m240.mov> (2.4MB) - Hi-Res <a772.g.akamai.net 2589f25382f668c9329e0375e81784eb5887eb54b91879e756 ca32970968cc2da6/die_another_day-tsr1_m480.mov> (8.4MB) Bohemia Interactive has released a multiplayer beta test patch for Operation Flashpoint. The test which is version 1.55 requires the most recent retail version (1.46) of the game to be installed. The patch comes in at 4.7MB and includes new beta netcode using Sockets, a reworked MP Lobby interface, and various other multiplayer enhancements. Grab it here <ftp://www.flashpoint1985.com/fp/OFPMPTest_1_55.zip>. Microsoft has launched the official Impossible Creatures <www.microsoft.com website. The site showcases their upcoming 3D real-time strategy game by Relic Entertainment. The site is a Flash <www.macromedia.com pop-up affair with details on the overview of the game and features, 20 new screenshots, a few sample species and a pair of wallpapers. Codemasters and Innerloop have announced that IGI 2: Covert Strike <www.codemasters.com has been delayed until September instead of the original June release. Here's a bit on why the game was delayed: Since multiplayer is such an integral part of PC gaming these days, Codemasters has decided to delay the release of IGI 2: Covert Strike in order to hone that component of the game. Codemasters along with Innerloop, the game's developer, recognize the importance of shipping a complete product to retail and are committed to presenting gamers with the highest quality gaming experience possible Gas Powered Games and ExtremeTech have developed a new Dungeon Siege Benchmark program that you can download <ftp://ftp.extremetech.com/pub/extremetech/3dGraphics/DSBenchmark.EXE> to test your computer and video card. The only drawback is that you will need the game to use it. Here's more from the announcement: Microsoft today announced that ExtremeTech, the technology enthusiast's web site launched last year by Ziff Davis Media, will use the critically acclaimed action fantasy game Dungeon Siege as a key part of their benchmark suite to test the performance of the computer systems, processors, and graphics cards they review. Dungeon Siege's unique architecture allows testing of a broad range of resources on nearly any PC system available today. The benchmark is a non-interactive demo in which the character runs through various aspects of the world. Dungeon Siege's 'continuous world' technology incorporates resources from CPU, memory, and graphics during gameplay, making it a superb all-around system test for benchmarking standards. 'When Chris Taylor described Dungeon Siege's unique architecture to me, I knew it would make an excellent stress test for PC systems and graphics card,' noted ExtremeTech's Loyd Case. 'We worked with the Dungeon Siege team, supplying them with the main spec. They did a great job of turning that spec into a great benchmark. We'll be using it as a key component of our 3D GameGauge 3.0 benchmark.' Microsoft have released a new cumulative patch for IE that includes the functionality of all previously released patches for IE 5.01, 5.5 and 6.0 as well as eliminating six newly discovered vulnerabilities. Grab it here <www.microsoft.com Microsoft has followed in Sony's footsteps and issued another price cut for the Xbox. Microsoft said it was cutting the US price for the Xbox machine to about $US200 from $US300. You can read more here <money.cnn.com I hope this flows on to OZ. Intel has released two new Intel Celeron processors. The new processors come in at 1.7 and 1.4 GHz. VIAHardware <www.viahardware.com posted a KT333 motherboard comparo including boards from ABIT, ASUS, EXOX, ChainTech, Gigabyte, Shuttle, MSI, AOpen and Soyo. Overclockers Australia <http://www.overclockers.com.au> has posted a comparo of three of the fastest ATA hard disks available for the time being from IBM, WD and Maxtor. The comparision tests each of the drives in a Single Disk and RAID0 setup. Here's a bit from the comparo: Today we have a look at the latest and hopefully greatest ATA hard disk drives from IBM and Western Digital and compare them with the Maxtor D740X. In our recent ATA 133 review the D740X came out very strong, besting our ATA 100 reference disk in all categories. In autumn 2001, when Maxtor launched the D740X series, it was safe to say that it was together with IBM's 60GXP the fastest ATA disk around. The question is: Can the D740X hold on or do the newcomers dethrone it? Check the review out here. <www.overclockers.com.au TechNation < have done a review of five GF4 Ti4600 graphics cards from Leadtek, MSI, Gainward, Visiontek and Creative. To read the whole review click here <http://www.tecnation.co.uk/reviews.php?section=3&index=363>." target="_blank">www.tecnation.co.uk> have done a review of five GF4 Ti4600 graphics cards from Leadtek, MSI, Gainward, Visiontek and Creative. To read the whole review click here <http: Opera 6.02 for Windows and 6.0 for Linux have been released. Here's what Opera had to say on the release: Today, Opera Software launched the latest update to its desktop browser, Opera 6.02 for Windows, and at the same time announced its all-time high of 10 million successful downloads and installations of its Opera for Windows browser. Opera 6.02 for Windows enhances many of the existing features, boosts speed, adds new integrated searches with eBay and Download.com in the Personal bar, and incorporates several improvements to the popular Opera 6 for Windows. Changes to the browser include the following: Opera 6.02 for Windows adds and updates the following features and functions: eBay in the integrated search box Download.com in the integrated search box OperaMail button on the Personal bar. Users can log in to their Web mail account while surfing in Opera. SMS (Short Messaging Service) panel currently in Norway only Flash plug-in upgraded to Version 6 Improves the integrated e-mail client Updated full kiosk mode; This is a feature available to registered users of Opera and lets Internet Kiosks control the setting of the browser for public use. For further information on kiosk mode, please go to www.opera.com #kiosk General Unicode improvement Updated Help files Opera 6.0 for Linux adds features that improve the speed and Internet experience for Linux users worldwide. Opera's earlier version for the Linux platform, Opera 5 for Linux, was downloaded and installed over one million times. Version 6.0 adds a couple of new and improved features already present in the Windows version e.g.: Help files; New help files, completely rewritten and improved. If you are running Opera 6.0, press F1 to see them now. Keyboard shortcuts; New shortcuts to speed up your surfing. Improved window handling; Switch easily between document windows with the new keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Tab. Personal bar; Organize and personalize your favorite bookmarks and searches in one place. New look; Opera has a new default button set, skin and panels. Plug-in support; The Opera plug-in support is improved. Most Netscape plugins are supported. We've tested Macromedia Flash, Acrobat Reader, Real Player, Java, Plugger, TCL 2.0, Codeweaver Crossover (Apple Quicktime). Import/Export; You can import and export bookmarks, contact lists, window setup files and pages. Much more Grab the new versions from the following link Opera 6.02 Windows/ 6.0 Linux <www.opera.com Abit has released some new BIOS for the KG7 series and the KT7 Revision 1.3 series. details of the changes are as follows: KG7-Lite / KG7 / KG7-RAID | Version: 8S Support AMD XP CPUs up to 2100+. Support AMD Thoroughbred (0.13 micron process) CPUs. HPT 37x BIOS version 2.0.1024. The RAID function is for KG7-RAID only. This BIOS version is also for non RAID boards and HPT BIOS will be automatically disabled while RAID controller chip not detected. BIOS compile date: 04/11/2002. Grab the file here <fae.abit.com.tw KT7A / KT7A-RAID Revision 1.3 | Version: 8T Support AMD XP CPUs up to 2100+. Support AMD Thoroughbred (0.13 micron process) CPUs. HPT 37x BIOS version 1.11.0402.The RAID function is for KT7A-RAID only. This BIOS version is also for non RAID boards and HPT BIOS will be automatically disabled while RAID controller chip not detected. BIOS compile date: 04/12/2002. Grab it here <fae.abit.com.tw Winamp version 2.80 has been updated although Nullsoft hasn't released details of the change. The updated version is available from the following links: - Full version <download.nullsoft.com Standard version <download.nullsoft.com Lite version <download.nullsoft.com Asus PC Probe version 2.16.07 has been released. Asus PCProbe is a utility to monitor the computer's vital components: fan rotations, voltages and temperatures. Grab the new version here <ftp://ftp.asuscom.de/pub/ASUSCOM/UTIL/PC_Probe/probe21607.zip>. A new version of RefreshLock is out with the following list of changes: Beta Detonator Driver 29.40 for Windows 2000 and XP Driver dated 04/26/02 - 26th of April 2002 All Nvidia cards to date supported No multi-language support nView support present Not compatible with Nvidia Refresh Rate Fix, use RefreshLock 2.01 instead. Beta driver, install only @ your own risk! Download it here <ftp://winsite.teleglobe.net/winsite/pc/win95/sysutil/refreshlock.zip>. |
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| 49225 | 2002-05-16 12:57:00 | Thanx tweak'e. I'm dizzy now. | Guest (0) | ||
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