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45804	2002-04-26 11:33:00	WinAMP 2.80 has been released for download incorporating these new features: Fixed drag & drop from open file dialog related bugs Made CDDB support better handle not-found CDs/lack of CDDB installed Update to CDDB ui New splash screen Minibrowser security fix Updated winamp agent to support both winamp 2.x and 3.x Included PP's hacks for slightly better unicode filename support in_wave support for floating point .WAV files fixed Better win9x compatibility for DirectSound waveOut made skip less Some in_mod per-file fixes OGG Vorbis support The download is 1.93MB and available here <download.nullsoft.com If you think you might be or if you are infected with the Klez virus, Symantec has released a program to detect and remove it. The program detects W32.Klez.gen@mm and its variants. You can download here <securityresponse.symantec.com read the instructions for use at the Symantec <securityresponse.symantec.com website. Still with viruses and a new one has surfaced. Labelled W32.Maldal.K@mm <mailto:W32.Maldal.K@mm>, it is a variant of W32.Maldal@mm <mailto:W32.Maldal@mm> worm virus that is is a mass-mailing worm written in Visual Basic. The worm attempts to send itself to all contacts in the Microsoft Outlook address book and the MSN Messenger contact list. It also searches for email addresses in all .html files. It creates several registry keys and files on the system. You can read more here <securityresponse.symantec.com Neoseeker <www.neoseeker.com> has posted up an Optical Drive Tweak Guide <http: to harness the full power of all those CD and DVD drives out there. Here's a clip from the first couple of paragraphs: Just like with the BIOS on your motherboard often times the manufacturer will find problems with the product after it has already begun shipping. They will apply the fixed BIOS to future shipping models and also post the updated BIOS to the web for us to download. You will need to know the model number of your drive before you can do this. Just like with BIOS updates, if it's not broke don't fix it! For firmware updates you will have to visit the manufacturers website and lookup your drives model number in their support sections. Mods4Me has put together a KT266/KT266a chipset tweaking guide <www.mods4me.com that will tweak the chipset and also reveal some of the hidden features of the chipset not know. Here's a small bite of what they said: You will see in bit 7 really the only new feature of the KT333 chipset and that is the CPU+33=DRAM. The KT266 technically has support built into it for running the asynchronous bus. What I believe VIA did was they either were unable to get this feature working properly by time they wanted to ship their chipset OR they decided they could release a new chipset later on with features that should have been in the previous release. Just think KT133 and KT133a, KT266 and KT266a. Where as the A only brings the benefits that the original SHOULD have brought. After finding some information on asynch registers in VIA's white papers I thought I'd give this a try. Surprisingly I was able to get both of these settings to work on my Abit KR7a. I've had some other people try this register and it results in an instant lockup. Before you even try this please make sure that your RAM is capable of running 166Mhz with all the timings you have set and give a good amount of room just to be on the safe side. I'm really quite interested in seeing some more peoples results with this. X-Bios have posted a quick guide that shows you how to remove the Nvidia Nview from the latest official Detonator Drivers and all leaked drivers. Check it out here <x-bios.3dgames.ru but be aware that any changes are done at your own risk. ALi has released a new AGP driver (version 1.90) with the following change: 1. Improve system stability for PCI TV card. Grab it here <ftp://ftp.aliusa.com/driver/agp_1.90_eng.zip>. Asus have updated their video tools that ship with all their video cards. The tools include Digital VCR, Video Security, Smart Doctor and Tweak Util. Grab em from the links below: Download Asus Digital VCR v2.2 <ftp://ftp.asuscom.de/pub/ASUSCOM/TREIBER/VGA/ASUS_VGA_TOOLS/asdvcr22.zip> Download Asus Video Security v2.0 <ftp://ftp.asuscom.de/pub/ASUSCOM/TREIBER/VGA/ASUS_VGA_TOOLS/asvsec20.zip> Download Asus Smart Doctor v2.00 <ftp://ftp.asuscom.de/pub/ASUSCOM/TREIBER/VGA/ASUS_VGA_TOOLS/smdoc20.zip> Download Asus Tweak Util v3.60 <ftp://ftp.asuscom.de/pub/ASUSCOM/TREIBER/VGA/ASUS_VGA_TOOLS/tweak360.zip> Real Networks has released their Real Video 9 codec for download. Real Video 9 offers a 30% improvement over the RealVideo 8 codec and the same quality at half the bit rate of MPEG-4. Here are more of the details: - = screen video at dial up rates VHS quality at everyday broadband rates (starting at 160 Kbps) - Near DVD at 500 Kbps for download or streaming on high speed networks. - Included with RealVideo 9 is the ability to experience a multi-channel audio experience for streaming or other playback. Even when assigning as little as 44 kbps to audio, you can select the new RealAudio Surround codecs and preserve the multi channel surround audio embedded in conventional surround sound audio. Such content is created using Dolby Pro Logic or Circle Surround encoders. These surround signals can be decoded by almost all of A/V receivers available on the market today as well as many that have shipped over the last several years. Additionally, many computer accessory manufactures are now adding this functionality to their systems. With RealAudio Surround, you can enjoy 5 channel audio as well as a dedicated subwoofer channel. The new software will work with RealOne Player, RealPlayer 8 for Mac, and RealOne Enterprise Desktop through autoupdate, but if you are still using RealPlayer 8, simply click on the demo files on the Real Video 9 presentation page and you can download the plugins. Check it all out here <www.realnetworks.com Leadtek's has released it's own version of the nVidia Detonator 28.32 drivers as well as a new version of the Winfox Tool. Get them at the links below: ftp://ftp.leadtek.com.tw/entertainment_graphics NVchips-fr have modded the leaked nVidia Detonator driver 28.90 so that now the refresh rate fix works on Windows 2000/XP. Get them here <www.nvchips-fr.com ABIT has released new nForce chipset and display drivers for all their nForce powered motherboards. Get the from the links below: nForce Chipset driver for Windows XP <ftp://ftp.abit.com.tw/pub/download/fae/nForce_Chipset_winxp.exe> nForce Chipset driver for Windows 2000 <ftp://ftp.abit.com.tw/pub/download/fae/nForce_Chipset_win2k.exe> nForce Chipset driver for Windows ME <ftp://ftp.abit.com.tw/pub/download/fae/nForce_Chipset_winme.exe> nForce Chipset driver for Windows 98 <ftp://ftp.abit.com.tw/pub/download/fae/nForce_Chipset_win98.exe> nForce Display driver for Windows 2000/XP <ftp://ftp.abit.com.tw/pub/download/fae/nForce_Display_win2k.exe> nForce Display driver for Windows 98/ME <ftp://ftp.abit.com.tw/pub/download/fae/nForce_Display_win98.exe> VIA USB 2.02 driver for Windows <ftp://ftp.abit.com.tw/pub/download/fae/via_usb202.exe> Hardware reviews: AMD Duron 1 GHz CPU on PC STATS <www.pcstats.com Antec Performance Plus 860 Workstation Case on GamePC <www.gamepc.com Chenbro PC610 Case on PC Scoop <www.pcscoop.com Crucial PC2100 DDR RAM (Overclocked) on HardwarePub <www.hardwarepub.com DFI AD73-RAID Motherboard on accelenation.com <accelenation.com Enermax EG365AX-VE FCA PSU on Viper's Lair <www.viperlair.com MSI GeForce4 Ti4600 Video Card on Tweak3D.Net <www.tweak3d.net NaturalPoint TrackIR Hands-Free Mouse on SLCentral <www.slcentral.com Nexland Wavebase Wireless Gateway on Hardware Pub <www.hardwarepub.com NVIDIA GeForce 4 Ti 4200 & 4600 Video Card engineering samples on G3D <www.guru3d.com Samsung MR-A02B DVD-RAM on Futurelooks <www.futurelooks.com Shuttle SS50 mini bare-bones system on The Tech Report <www.tech-report.com Soyo Fire P4I Motherboard on BurnOutPc <www.burnoutpc.com Soyo KT333 Dragon Ultra Motherboard on Reviewmakers <www.reviewmakers.com Thermalright AX-7 Cooler on Envy News <www.envynews.com Thermaltake Volcano 7+ CPU Heatsink-fan on HardwarePub <www.hardwarepub.com Abit AT7 Max KT333 Motherboard on Active Hardware <active-hardware.com Antec Performance Plus 1080 Case on Envy News <www.envynews.com AOpen AX4B Pro Motherboard on BlueSmoke <www.bluesmoke.net ASUS A7V333 Motherboard on LostCircuits <www.lostcircuits.com ATI Radeon 8500 Video Card on SLCentral <www.slcentral.com Coolermaster PTK-001 and HTK-001 Thermal Compounds on Cipher.be <www.cipher.be Crucial 512MB PC2100 RAM on Envy News <www.envynews.com EPoX 8K3A+ Motherboard on PC Hardware <www.pchardware.ro Lian Li Aluminum PC-86USB ATX Case on 3dXtreme <www.3dxtreme.org NVIDIA GeForce 4 Ti4200 Video Card on 3DVelocity <www.3dvelocity.com Power Cooler PCH147H Heatsink on Mikhailtech <www.mikhailtech.com	Guest (0)
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