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34855	2002-02-07 23:17:00	The big news of the day is the launch of the geForce4 from nVidia. Here is an excerpt from the official announcement: SANTA CLARA, CA ? FEBRUARY 6, 2002 ? NVIDIA. Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA) today unveiled the all new GeForce4(TM) family of Graphics Processor Units (GPUs), the fastest, most innovative and powerful GPUs in the world. The GeForce4 GPU brings innovative and performance leading technology to multiple markets, including the desktop PC, the Mac and notebook computers. ?People are changing the way they use computers,? stated Dr. Jon Peddie, President of Jon Peddie Research, the leading market research company tracking multimedia and graphics technology. ?With the introduction of the new iMac and the Sony Vaio MX ? it?s easy to see what consumers want ? a flat screen for brighter, sharper graphics; a digital interface to the electronic world of MP3s, DVDs and other consumer electronics; and of course, performance. The new GeForce4 GPUs are the engines of that emerging digital lifestyle.? This new family of GPUs delivers revolutionary new technologies, including: - World?s Most Powerful Graphics ? Delivering up to four times the performance over previous GeForce generations. - Accuview Antialiasing(TM) (AA) ? New and innovative AA technology provides the best visual quality possible without a performance hit. - nView(TM) Display Technology ? New display technology provides the ultimate in multidisplay flexibility and user control. VIA have announced the new P4PA Motherboard. The board offers support for DDR266 SDRAM, USB 2.0 and Ultra ATA/133 support. www.viavpsd.com The makers of the Morpheus download program have refuted the claim that there is a security hole in their software as reported a couple of days ago. The report stated that there was a security hole that could allow a hacker to share any file on your hard drive. According to MusicCity Networks, the security expert that supposedly uncovered the hole has never contacted StreamCast, and numerous postings have been made to other websites and such from people claiming to work for StreamCast spreading further rumours about the supposed insecurity of Morpheus. For the word, go here.http://www.musiccity.com/ Creative has issued a knowledge base article on a problem some Audigy owners are having with system locks up with squealing noise from the speakers, while performing activities such playing games and listening to digital audio. Symptoms may vary in Windows 98 and Windows ME. The article posts this resolution: This can occur when the Audigy has a conflict with another device in the system. There are various steps which may solve the problem. One or more of the following steps may correct it. The article is here www.americas.creative.com and should be looked at if the problem effects you. A new beta version of TinyPersonal Firewall has been released. No word on what has changed but you can grab it here www.kerio.com and find out. More leaked det drivers are out. This time it is version 27.30 for Windows 2000/XP. You can download and try at your own risk from here.www.mediaxplosion.gamigo.de Microsoft have a new file format for audio. It's called WMA (Windows Media Audio) and it allows you to have files that are smaller in size than MP3, but with better sound quality. here's more on the new format: With the help of WMA Encoder Decoder the conversion into WMA format and decoding WMA becomes as easy as 'one-two-three'. User-friendly interface, multilingual support, digitizing an Audio CD directly into WMA format using a 'noise click removal' technology and batch conversion mode make this product to be a leader amongst the series of audio converters supporting WMA format. Multilingual At the moment WMA Encoder Decoder supports 9 languages. These are English, Danish, Dutch, French, Chinese, Czech, Hungarian, Italian, German, Russian and Ukrainian. Windows Media 8 WMA 8 encoder improve quality of encoded audio of 30 to 50 percent over WMA 7. AudioCD rip mode You can use the Audio CD digitizing mode for saving music tracks into WMA format. Read more and get the decoder here.www.mediatwins.com A new version of the RivaTuner (Version 2.0 RC10) is out. The new version sports the following: - Full Detonator 27.xx support. - Added databases for the Detonators 23.11, 27.00, 27.10 and 27.20 for both Windows 9x and Windows 2000/ XP. - SoftQuadro scripts are no longer supported and will not work with the Detonator 27.xx. The reason is that NVIDIA has implemented SoftQuadro protection again and I do tired of endless protection/antiprotection chase and it eats a lot of my time. Probably I'll bring you SoftQuadro 2.0 scripts once againg, but now I'm concentrated on adding ATI Radeon 8500 support to RivaTuner and it is the primary task in my plan for today. - Added fake DDR problem workaround for GeForce4 MX boards (thanks to Hilbert Hagedoorn for testing RivaTuner with GeForce4 MX 420). It is pity, but this problem (double displayed memory clock frequency), which is widely spead on GeForce2 MX with 4Mx16 memory modules, also appears on GeForce4 MX boards. To address this issue RivaTuner just halves displayed memory clock frequency on GeForce4 MX boards when SDR memory is detected and the MPLL coefficients are programmed to 300MHz or above. - Added GeForce4 support to the built-in 60Hz refresh rate fix for Windows2000/XP. - Added support for 27MHz reference frequency to the low level hardware overclocking module. This allows RivaTuner's low level overclocking module to work with GeForce4 boards (thanks to Andrew Worobyew for testing RivaTuner with GeForce4 Ti 4400). Grab it here.www.guru3d.com An updated version of NVmax is out. This version is 4.00.40 and has been released due to a previously corrupt version .40. Grab it here.www.nvmax.com The Microsoft Knowledgebase is now admitting there are problems with CD copying in Windows XP using the in-built software. Here's a bit from the article: 'CD Recording Software Will Cause Windows to Become Unstable' Error Message When You Start Windows (Q315345) The information in this article applies to: Microsoft Windows XP Professional Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SYMPTOMS: When you start Microsoft Windows XP, you may receive an error message similar to the following: Devices or Applications disabled CD Recording software will cause Windows to become unstable. Windows has prevented these drivers from loading. Click here for more details. When you view the details, the following information is displayed: A CD Recording driver is installed that may cause stability problems including shutting down and problems using a CD/DVD drive. The driver will be disabled. The drivers may be installed by Easy CD Creater or Windows Media Player or Real Jukebox. You might not be able to record CDs until you obtain compatible drivers. www.roxio.com www.microsoft.com www.switchboard.real.com Read more and how to fix it here.support.microsoft.com Ferrari will be launching their new 2002 F1 contender, the F2002, with a new sponsorship agreement that it has signed with with AMD for the upcoming 2002 and 2003 seasons. AMD, one of the world's leading suppliers of computer processors, will be supporting the world championship winning outfit in all areas of computer technology with particular emphasis on engineering data processing and analysis. AMD will be unveiled on the livery of the new Ferrari F1-2002 at the team?s launch in Maranello today. FlashGet 1.2 Beta 1 is out. FlashGet is specifically designed to address two of the biggest problems when downloading files: Speed and management of downloaded files. Flashget can split downloaded files into sections, downloading each section simultaneously, for an increase in downloading speed from 100% to 500%. At this time there are no noted changes. Grab it here. www.amazesoft.com (*cough*spyware*cough*) Internet Explorer 6.0 Service Pack 1 build 1330 has been leaked to the public. if you are game and would like to try a beta copy of IE6 SP1 you can get it here.ftp://ftp.iexbeta.com/ie6/ie6sp1_b1330_w2kxp.zip Mikhailtech have punched out a review of the rather sharp looking Enermax FS-710BB Server Case. this is the case for you if you don't want to shell out for a Lan Li. www.mikhailtech.com thy god www.ozquake.com	Guest (0)
34856	2002-02-07 23:43:00	I got an email from Creative Asia today saying that the Sound Blaster Extigy has been released - the external version of the SB Audigy, with some extra features too, apparently.	Guest (0)
34857	2002-02-09 04:00:00	saw a little bit of a reveiw on it a ages ago. interesting. not my cup a tea but would be really good for a laptop docking station.	Guest (0)
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