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Hardware Canucks is pleased to present our review of the ASUS Xonar DX 7.1 PCI-E Sound Card. Quote: ASUS has heard the call for a product aimed at this budget-priced market and they are back from the drawing boards and off to market with another addition to their new line of PC soundcards: The Xonar 7.1 DX. They recently started to apply their considerable design talents to cement a solid name and reputation for themselves among PC audio fans with high spec, high quality soundcards even though the new Xonar DX 7.1 is clearly aimed at the entry level markets with a lower price tag and no-frills bundle. Link: http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/5599-asus-xonar-dx-7-1-pci-e-sound-card-review.html Image: http://images.hardwarecanucks.com/image/robscix/Snd_Cards/Xonar%20DX/1stanglethumb.jpg Regards, Hardware Canucks News

This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1209085834-11275-3208 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 _______________________________________________________________________ Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:091 http://www.mandriva.com/security/ _______________________________________________________________________ Package : wireshark Date : April 24, 2008 Affected: 2007.1, 2008.0, 2008.1, Corporate 4.0 _______________________________________________________________________ Problem Description: A few vulnerabilities were found in Wireshark, that could cause it to crash or hang under certain conditions. This update provides Wireshark 1.0.0, which is not vulnerable to the issues. _______________________________________________________________________ References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1561 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1562 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1563 http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-02.html _______________________________________________________________________ Updated Packages: Mandriva Linux 2007.1: 8787584277e32c57e8dbdfa90a09d6d3 2007.1/i586/libwireshark0-1.0.0-0.1mdv2007.1.i586.rpm 90e8906045320889892164014b4ae09e 2007.1/i586/tshark-1.0.0-0.1mdv2007.1.i586.rpm aa76809ca85216ac3378fbfd77c8f0f7 2007.1/i586/wireshark-1.0.0-0.1mdv2007.1.i586.rpm 064dd8c764cb6341d54b24e74e726cac 2007.1/i586/wireshark-tools-1.0.0-0.1mdv2007.1.i586.rpm e619607ac168cad95c9d8be177414d1e 2007.1/SRPMS/wireshark-1.0.0-0.1mdv2007.1.src.rpm Mandriva Linux 2007.1/X86_64: 8ba33eac114c70d5db62ae4555fd078d 2007.1/x86_64/lib64wireshark0-1.0.0-0.1mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm 53fd170cc3a0c7845018b0016a83ad95 2007.1/x86_64/tshark-1.0.0-0.1mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm 012e2d0c9331f3133ad09c74d0964578 2007.1/x86_64/wireshark-1.0.0-0.1mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm bf8a2d43190488174f02317db866aabb 2007.1/x86_64/wireshark-tools-1.0.0-0.1mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm e619607ac168cad95c9d8be177414d1e 2007.1/SRPMS/wireshark-1.0.0-0.1mdv2007.1.src.rpm Mandriva Linux 2008.0: 41ebbf92d53fc6236c501ef5c953670b 2008.0/i586/libwireshark0-1.0.0-0.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm 92dfdcfc34cd49fba7a48e125c2fde16 2008.0/i586/tshark-1.0.0-0.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm e6222a7870ab3954bac26b7b6ba5bbd2 2008.0/i586/wireshark-1.0.0-0.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm 4c2865ee18ee7a16603bfde697df8213 2008.0/i586/wireshark-tools-1.0.0-0.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm 4fdd76ed933632936dd99720d4e6250d 2008.0/SRPMS/wireshark-1.0.0-0.1mdv2008.0.src.rpm Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64: 90e06e9450c8aa5b0a8f856f279ac81b 2008.0/x86_64/lib64wireshark0-1.0.0-0.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm e6235ac2844f5bb96908df0c8146d7bb 2008.0/x86_64/lib64wireshark-devel-1.0.0-0.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm 109705d2be271a0465d507c608250152 2008.0/x86_64/tshark-1.0.0-0.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm 6e485179083d47ea9b87d43825ef7a59 2008.0/x86_64/wireshark-1.0.0-0.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm 332e92a7f42f1d69e36d89624007aa2b 2008.0/x86_64/wireshark-tools-1.0.0-0.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm 4fdd76ed933632936dd99720d4e6250d 2008.0/SRPMS/wireshark-1.0.0-0.1mdv2008.0.src.rpm Mandriva Linux 2008.1: 368a41966b95c34310c20136f33510cb 2008.1/i586/dumpcap-1.0.0-0.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm 20775130a49c3df874ec12553b4d8b84 2008.1/i586/libwireshark0-1.0.0-0.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm 04e2d93fc36508ba476b265e0eac8a66 2008.1/i586/libwireshark-devel-1.0.0-0.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm 2dc8b55ee2f39a974e36187dbe5958ce 2008.1/i586/rawshark-1.0.0-0.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm 960699b9d4fab3d158e25a97c16cd8ac 2008.1/i586/tshark-1.0.0-0.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm f37d602bdec21c4d0cf2d367d3806322 2008.1/i586/wireshark-1.0.0-0.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm b4310471e4a6b805798c14417c20d4ac 2008.1/i586/wireshark-tools-1.0.0-0.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm 43cf1ba211095bff90205372b3bc765e 2008.1/SRPMS/wireshark-1.0.0-0.1mdv2008.1.src.rpm Mandriva Linux 2008.1/X86_64: 6c33e6ac2c9926db8b1b4dace0336e42 2008.1/x86_64/dumpcap-1.0.0-0.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm b87b8cdd68ff0aa2065636ec7a9da91f 2008.1/x86_64/lib64wireshark0-1.0.0-0.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm 76083985fe72b0570f5f9f4a710b900d 2008.1/x86_64/lib64wireshark-devel-1.0.0-0.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm 08cf866aa760a033759240dfb4f9d3af 2008.1/x86_64/rawshark-1.0.0-0.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm 836517a64854c925fc50ed3d4a92a948 2008.1/x86_64/tshark-1.0.0-0.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm ee799f9a903de787b22bcc2577e9ee97 2008.1/x86_64/wireshark-1.0.0-0.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm 51577890d056c553912b68e83f58c6c7 2008.1/x86_64/wireshark-tools-1.0.0-0.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm 43cf1ba211095bff90205372b3bc765e 2008.1/SRPMS/wireshark-1.0.0-0.1mdv2008.1.src.rpm Corporate 4.0: f2da2805f44784b44bee20d4d99509f3 corporate/4.0/i586/libwireshark0-1.0.0-0.1.20060mlcs4.i586.rpm 8f326e641b25d5589048df62d022991e corporate/4.0/i586/tshark-1.0.0-0.1.20060mlcs4.i586.rpm 9b2943b2bb023c205f6142ba8d45fcca corporate/4.0/i586/wireshark-1.0.0-0.1.20060mlcs4.i586.rpm 65c6f43193ca8c5dd704e279c3ab6481 corporate/4.0/i586/wireshark-tools-1.0.0-0.1.20060mlcs4.i586.rpm 440f3a82ed9b770dac808764c141f050 corporate/4.0/SRPMS/wireshark-1.0.0-0.1.20060mlcs4.src.rpm Corporate 4.0/X86_64: f7b496670d75f4abf2c41ab2d21a56b0 corporate/4.0/x86_64/lib64wireshark0-1.0.0-0.1.20060mlcs4.x86_64.rpm afd1cb38a5c78fe226306104aad14de4 corporate/4.0/x86_64/tshark-1.0.0-0.1.20060mlcs4.x86_64.rpm b986ab0557e9f52897664bfd579a17c2 corporate/4.0/x86_64/wireshark-1.0.0-0.1.20060mlcs4.x86_64.rpm ef5caa4d6233962417dfa9d7f5785e85 corporate/4.0/x86_64/wireshark-tools-1.0.0-0.1.20060mlcs4.x86_64.rpm 440f3a82ed9b770dac808764c141f050 corporate/4.0/SRPMS/wireshark-1.0.0-0.1.20060mlcs4.src.rpm _______________________________________________________________________ To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. 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It seems as if the folks at Western Digital have been working late night in their RD department as the new Velociraptor takes the Raptor series to the next level. The Raptor series of drives were already a hall of fame winning product and with new drives with basically twice as fast overall performance levels these new Velociraptors will take their rightful place alongside their predecessors. The new Velociraptor is also very quiet running; you can barely hear it when engaged, always a good thing. Games were accessed faster, files transferred quicker and Music ripped seamlessly. Review Link: http://www.motherboards.org/reviews/hardware/1770_1.html

At Phoronix we have posted a new article. A link to this from your site's news section would be greatly appreciated. Title: Phoronix Test Suite 0.4.0 Released ( -at -) Phoronix Direct Link: http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=12268 Summary: "Following last week's release of Phoronix Test Suite 0.3.0 and the 0.3.1 hot-fix, a surprising amount of changes have wound up in this week's development release known as version 0.4.0. In fact, there are 21 major changes in this new release not counting general development work and minor bug fixes. Among the changes are new test profiles, a number of new PTS options, PTS External Dependencies support for new Linux distributions, reworking how results are saved, and the graphs are now rendered locally when saving the results." Please feel free to contact us with any questions or comments you may

Dear Editors, we just posted a new article which might be interesting to your readers. A post in your news section would be appreciated. Title: Head-Direct RE1 Earphones Link: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Head-Direct/RE1 Brief: Head-Direct has just released their RE1 earphones which are quite different compared to all the other in-ears on the market today. The special thing about them is that they are based around some very unique performing drivers that scale particularly well. The better your amplifier is, the better their sound, leaving the competition behind in the dust - if you have a good amp.

The time has come again for new system guide. In the two months since we last outlined system specifications, AMD has rolled out B3-stepping Phenoms that banish the TLB erratum that plagued the processor's initial release. Intel's 45nm quad-core chips have become available en masse, bringing with them a wave of price cuts that makes a Penryn-based CPU more affordable than ever. And Asus has busted the sound card market wide open with the introduction of its Xonar DX. There has been action on the storage front, too, with Western Digital's latest Caviar SE16 offering what we think is the best all-around value in a Serial ATA hard drive. Naturally, these new products feature heavily in our latest system guide, which packs more goodness than ever before. We've revamped everything from our Econobox, which now offers loads of gaming power for just over 500 bucks, to our Double-Stuff workstation, which packs more parallelism than should be allowed by law. Between them, our Grand Experiment and Sweet Spot configs offer tremendous power for their respective price points. We've even included a fifth system this time around: the Couch Potato Mk. 2. This latest take on the ultimate home theater PC combines HD tuning capabilities with Blu-ray playback support all wrapped up in a quiet, power-efficient package. Keep reading to see which components made the cut for our recommended system configurations, and more importantly, why we selected them. http://techreport.com/articles.x/14610 Thanks, Geoff ---- Geoff Gasior The Tech Report http://techreport.com -- To unsubscribe from: TR-News, just follow this link:

Rapicorn version 8.4.0 is available for download at: http://rapicorn.org/files/2008/'>http://rapicorn.org/files/2008/ Rapicorn is an experimental UI toolkit. It aims at bringing UI-design, UI-notation and UI-programming as close together as possible. To accomplish this, it provides conscise ways for UI notation, usable also throughout design phases. Simple but powerful programming mechanisms will be provided to automate binding of programming and GUI logic and to minimize manual work. The project is hosted at: http://rapicorn.org

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A news post would be great. OCC has published a new review of the Sansa C250 MP3 Player Here is a quote from the review: Quote: "As for as I am concerned, Sandisk should be ashamed of themselves, three units on five different computers, come on. You cannot tell me there is not a problem and brush it off like it's nothing. Was it a bad batch? Was it a bad product? I will never know because I never could get one to work. For tech support to not want to help me at first and to try and turn it onto Microsoft was just disturbing. After listening to the store's complaints about how they were treated and knowing how I was treated until I identified myself gives me the impression that Sandisk does not give a crap about anyone but themselves." Title: Sansa C250 MP3 Player Review Link: http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/sansa_c250_mp3_player/ Img: http://www.overclockersclub.com/siteimages/articles/sansa_c250_mp3_player/5_thumb.jpg

Thermalright is a company with a long history in the enthusiast PC market and they have created some of the best, hardcore CPU coolers over the last decade. Today we will have a look at two of their greatest CPU coolers, the Ultra-120 eXtreme and the IFX-14. The Ultra-120 eXtreme is an updated version of the extremely successful Ultra-120, while the IFX-14 has quickly became famous because of the monstrous size. http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews.php?reviewid=556 ______________________________

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200804-28 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: JRockit: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: April 24, 2008 Bugs: #218226 ID: 200804-28 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in BEA JRockit. Background ========== JRockit is BEA WebLogic's J2SE Development Kit. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-java/jrockit-jdk-bin < 1.5.0.14 *>= 1.4.2.16 >= 1.5.0.14 Description =========== Because of sharing the same codebase, JRockit is affected by the vulnerabilities mentioned in GLSA 200804-20. Impact ====== A remote attacker could entice a user to run a specially crafted applet on a website or start an application in Java Web Start to execute arbitrary code outside of the Java sandbox and of the Java security restrictions with the privileges of the user running Java. The attacker could also obtain sensitive information, create, modify, rename and read local files, execute local applications, establish connections in the local network, bypass the same origin policy, and cause a Denial of Service via multiple vectors. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All JRockit 1.4 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/jrockit-jdk-bin-1.4.2.16" All JRockit 1.5 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/jrockit-jdk-bin-1.5.0.14" References ========== [ 1 ] GLSA 200804-20 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security ( -at -) gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200804-27 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: SILC: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: April 24, 2008 Bugs: #212362, #214116, #214812 ID: 200804-27 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== Multiple vulnerabilities were found in SILC Client, Server, and Toolkit, allowing for Denial of Service and execution of arbitrary code. Background ========== SILC (Secure Internet Live Conferencing protocol) Toolkit is a software development kit for use in clients, SILC Server is a communication server, and SILC Client is an IRSSI-based text client. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-im/silc-toolkit < 1.1.7 >= 1.1.7 2 net-im/silc-client < 1.1.4 >= 1.1.4 3 net-im/silc-server < 1.1.2 >= 1.1.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 affected packages on all of their supported architectures. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Description =========== * Nathan G. Grennan reported a boundary error in SILC Toolkit within the silc_fingerprint() function in the file lib/silcutil/silcutil.c when passing overly long data, resulting in a stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-2008-1227). * A vulnerability has been reported in SILC Server which is caused due to an error in the handling of "NEW_CLIENT" packets that do not contain a nickname (CVE-2008-1429). * Ariel Waissbein, Pedro Varangot, Martin Mizrahi, Oren Isacson, Carlos Garcia, and Ivan Arce of Core Security Technologies reported that SILC Client, Server, and Toolkit contain a vulnerability in the silc_pkcs1_decode() function in the silccrypt library (silcpkcs1.c), resulting in an integer underflow, signedness error, and a buffer overflow (CVE-2008-1552). Impact ====== A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to cause a Denial of Service or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All SILC Toolkit users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/silc-toolkit-1.1.7" All SILC Client users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/silc-client-1.1.4" All SILC Server users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/silc-server-1.1.2" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2008-1227 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1227 [ 2 ] CVE-2008-1429 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1429 [ 3 ] CVE-2008-1552 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1552 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-27.xml Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security ( -at -) gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

TechwareLabs announces Eagle Tech/TechwareLabs Contest Give-A-Way. Quote: TechwareLabs is happy to announce a Give-A-Way Contest through our sponsor Eagle Tech. We will be giving away three Eagle Tech Consensus 2.5" portable hard drive enclosures. Check out the contest page for rules and the deadline to enter the contest. LINK: http://www.techwarelabs.com/articles/events/eagle-tech-contest/ Title: Eagle Tech/TechwareLabs Contest Give-A-Way ( -at -) TechwareLabs Image: http://www.eagletechusa.com/product/ExterS/2.25/L-Series/ET-CS2LSU2-BK/2.jpg A news post would be greatly appreciated!

Alienware High Definition Media Server Review Cutting-edge technology is coming home with the Alienware High Definition Media Server. With wireless high definition media streaming, full digital home automation readiness, 4 terabytes of hot swappable hard disk drive content storage, and Blu-ray high definition movies, your house just got a whole lot smarter. Read on to see our thoughts on a $7,000 HD media server! Quote: "The Alienware High Definition Media Server is not the Cadillac of media servers – it’s more like a Maybach. If you have to ask how much, you probably can’t afford it, but once you drive one everything else is pretty much crap. In a world that is moving towards complete home integration, Alienware has drawn first blood and set a high standard for others to beat..." Article Title: Alienware High Definition Media Server Review ( -at -) Legit Reviews Article URL: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/696/1/ --

Hello Everyone, OCZ Rally2 Turbo 4GB USB Flash " OCZ may be best known for their memory products such as low latency and high speed RAM, but they also provide other products with enhanced speed and performance. Their line of cooling products as well as flash memory provide excellent performance in today's market. Today, ASE Labs has the OCZ Rally2 Turbo 4GB USB flash drive for review. Even flash can be dual channel. " Link: http://www.aselabs.com/articles.php?id=255 Thumb: http://www.aselabs.com/members/attachments/upload/2008/04/15/2545t.jpg

TechwareLabs has published a review of the My iButton. Here's a clip from the review: Quote: Jason checks out the unique iButton aimed at enhancing your image and company by giving you some flair. This multi-functional device works as an MP3 player, video player, picture viewer, and more. We show you why we feel the iButton is an iFlop and cover some fatal flaws in this gadget gone wrong. LINK: http://www.techwarelabs.com/reviews/misc/iButton/ Title: My iButton ( -at -) TechwareLabs Image: http://www.techwarelabs.com/reviews/misc/iButton/images/09.jpg A news post would be greatly appreciated!

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Long-Term Support) on desktop and server, continuing Ubuntu's tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. Read more about the features of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS in the following press releases: Desktop edition http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-8.04-lts-desktop Server edition http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-8.04-lts-server Ubuntu 8.04 LTS will be maintained and supported for three years on the desktop and five years on the server. Ubuntu 8.04 LTS is also the basis for the new 8.04 release of Kubuntu: http://kubuntu.org/news/8.04-release 8.04 brings a restructuring of Edubuntu as the Ubuntu Education Edition. The education desktop and application bundle now installs as an add-on to a standard Ubuntu desktop. http://www.edubuntu.org/news/8.04-release The Ubuntu 8.04 family of variants, Xubuntu, UbuntuStudio, and Mythbuntu, are also released today: http://www.xubuntu.org/news/hardy/release http://ubuntustudio.org/ http://www.mythbuntu.org/ To Get Ubuntu 8.04 LTS ---------------------- To download Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, or obtain CDs, visit: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu Users of Ubuntu 7.10 will be offered an automatic upgrade to 8.04 via Update Manager. As always, upgrades to the latest version of Ubuntu are entirely free of charge. For further information about upgrading, see http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading Users of Ubuntu 6.06 LTS may wish to wait for the first point release of 8.04 LTS, due in July 2008, before upgrading. We recommend that all users read the release notes, which document caveats and workarounds for known issues. They are available at: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/804 Find out what's new in this release with a graphical overview: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/804overview If you have a question, or if you think you may have found a bug but aren't sure, try asking on the #ubuntu IRC channel, on the Ubuntu Users

Mobility Modder Hits Final build ! The Driver Heaven Mobility Modder has had a long history and since its inception has received over 8,000,000 downloads. Thanks to support from the public and an array of beta builds, we have the first retail version released featuring a plethora of bug fixes and enhancements. V 1.0.0.0 has a full installer method and has additional support over previous versions for: Windows XP ATI MOBILITY FireGL V5600 ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 2700 ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 3450 ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 3470 ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 3650 ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 3850 Windows Vista ATI MOBILITY FireGL V5600 ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 2700 ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 3450 ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 3470 ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 3650 ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 3850 The program now uses MSXML 6 (was V4 in beta versions), this is preinstalled now within Windows Vista but if you are using Windows XP you can download it over <http://www.driverheaven.net/Windows XP>here. For full details of ALL the cards supported as well as the download links and support for installation, please visit the Mobility Modder Homepage over <http://www.driverheaven.net/modtool.php>here.

TechwareLabs has published an editorial on Cable vs DSL. Here's a clip from the editorial: Quote: The two most prevalent technologies used today to access the internet are Cable and DSL. making the decision between one or the other can be difficult. We explain the technologies behind each, how they work, and the pro's and con's of each. LINK: http://www.techwarelabs.com/articles/hardware/cable-vs-dsl/ Title: Cable vs DSL ( -at -) TechwareLabs Image: http://www.techwarelabs.com/articles/hardware/cable-vs-dsl/images/coax-tn.jpg A news post would be greatly appreciated!

Today we have a shoot out, OCZ DDR3-12800 Platinum vs. Patriot DDR3-1500 Viper. SNIP: Recently we received two DDR3 kits, one from OCZ Technology and one from Patriot Memory. The kit from OCZ was their 4GB DDR3 12800 (DDR3 1600) Platinum Enhance Bandwidth product and Patriot sent us their 2GB Viper DDR3 15000 (DDR3 1866) kit. Both of these products were used in our recent review of the ASUS P5E3 Premium motherboard. We saw some rather interesting phenomena with both of these memory kits in that review so we have decided to review both of these kits comparatively in much more detail using the same test rig. Our goal is not only to give you a complete review of these two memory products, but to also answer the questions we alluded to in the beginning of this introduction. http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1267 A post on your site would be great if you can. Thank you, Scott -----------------------------------------

Hi all, We have just published a review of *Wii Fit* - if you could post a link on your site that would be very much appreciated. *Link:* http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/2008/04/24/wii_fit/1 *Picture:* http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2008/04/wii_fit/fp_img.jpg *Quote: */"I say this a lot, but it really is hard to know what to think about //Wii Fit. On the one hand it’s obviously great. The hardware has a lot going for it in the future and is just as clever as everything else in the Wii. It’ll help get lard-arses off the couch and on their feet and even if you aren’t into fitness then the game itself is still fun for a little while. Yet, on the other hand the balance board is quite expensive, it is still just another collection of minigames at the most basic level and the reality is that those lard-arses will play the game every day for about two weeks at most before going back to exercising their drinking arm. Sure, that last part is grumpy as hell, but it’s also true. There’s room for movement, but the vast, vast majority of people will vociferously defend themselves and pledge to play the Wii for hours every day – only to let themselves off because they had a hard day at work. I know. I’m one of those people. Judged on fun and ingenuity, //Wii Fit gets top marks. Judged on longevity and value though, the game suffers horribly at our admittedly grumpy hands. The decider then goes to the future of the balance board and whether the hardware can prove itself useful in upcoming games. If the support is there then the game and the hardware will flourish – but otherwise it may end up as ugly and uncomfortable as the Zapper."/ * *Cheers guys! Tim Smalley www.bit-tech.net

app4mac releases CheckUp 1.1 for Mac OS X - Published on 04/23/08 app4mac today released CheckUp 1.1, a major update to the innovative tool that allows you to check the health and monitor the behavior of a Mac computer (even from a remote computer). Built from the ground up with Mac OS X technologies, CheckUp features an amazing user interface. CheckUp is first designed to monitor the usage of CPU, Memory, Disk Drives and Network Adapters. CheckUp works with any Mac with a PowerPC G4, G5 or Intel Processor. San Jose, CA - app4mac today released CheckUp 1.1, a major update to the innovative tool that allows you to check the health and monitor the behavior of a Mac computer (even from a remote computer). Built from the ground up with Mac OS X technologies, CheckUp features an amazing user interface. CheckUp works with any Mac with a PowerPC G4, G5 or Intel Processor. CheckUp is first designed to monitor the usage of CPU, Memory, Disk Drives and Network Adapters. You can display detailed information about all running processes and pause or terminate these at any time. By adding rules that will be triggered when certain conditions are met for a specified resource on the computer, you can receive visual notifications. For example, CheckUp can alert you when a certain resource exceeds a certain value or when a hard drive seems to have hardware failures, even when the application is not opened (thanks to an innovative background process and the use of S.M.A.R.T technology). CheckUp can also help you to determine if your computer is able to run Mac OS X Leopard or determine if your computer have enough memory to run all your Applications at the same time. The graphical user interface is designed with a top priority on high usability in mind. Unlike other competing products it takes a very short time to setup your environment. CheckUp is lightning-fast on the latest Intel-based Macs. One of the most innovative feature of CheckUp is the ability to monitor a Mac on a network or via internet. It's a powerful feature for IT administrators interested to check a remote computer or a remote server. New with version 1.1 : * You can uninstall applications and related files * Display option for the processors view (in a small transparent window above all applications) * You can mount / unmount any disk * You can see if a selected application is Universal / PowerPC / Intel / 32 or 64 bit * Possibility to monitor the used bandwidth per month (with full alert management) * Integrated tutorial * Updated user interface * English, French, Chinese, Italian versions A user license of CheckUp costs $49 USD and can be installed on two computers. Discounts are available for education and volume licensing. CheckUp Requires Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger or Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, a PowerPC G4, G5 or any Intel processors (Universal Binary). A trial version of CheckUp is available. app4mac Website: http://www.app4mac.com CheckUp 1.1: http://www.app4mac.com/checkup.html Direct Download Link: http://dl.filekicker.com/send/file/204763-6F56/CheckUp.dmg Purchase Link: http://www.app4mac.com/store.html Screenshot: http://www.app4mac.com/screenshots/CheckUp/large/photo3.jpg QuickTime demo: http://dl.filekicker.com/send/file/209226-DPYA/CheckUp.mov app4mac is a company created in 2001 with the goal of providing innovative applications for Mac OS X. We take great pleasure building Mac products. We are committed to creating quality software that will make the Mac even more user-friendly. ### Greg Arrigton Product Manager 408-550-4969 greg ( -at -) app4mac.com *******

Hi all, We have just published a review of *The World Ends With You* for Nintendo DS - if you could post a link on your site that would be very much appreciated. *Link:* http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/2008/04/20/the_world_ends_with_you/1 *Picture:* http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2008/04/the_world_ends_with_you/fp_img.jpg *Quote: */"The World Ends With You is both a fantastically imaginative and hugely derivative game as far as DS RPGs go and the whole thing feels like a teenage version of //Contact what with the intriguing art style and obsession with stickers and badges as weapons. There’s two ways to look at //The World Ends With You, if you ask us. You can look at it in terms of Square Enix and say that, as far as their history goes, //The World Ends With You is a good game, but hardly as remarkable as past titles. //Final Fantasy VII this is not. On the other hand though, if you look at this as far as the DS goes, then this is definitely one of the best RPGs the platform has seen. Yeah, it may not be the next //Final Fantasy, but it’s still a great game and the art style that runs through the game is both striking and adorable. The characters are visually arresting and some of the more powerful combos and fusion powers are really quite cool. The best thing about //The World Ends With You though is that the game manages to be both involving and accessible. There’s an awful lot of information to absorb in the first few hours of play, not least of which is the combat system, which is hugely fun and frantic but also tough to get to grips with. The game never once feels overpowering or dull though and instead pulls players in deeper, thanks to characters that players can relate to and excellent dialogue. //The World Ends With You may not quite live up the expectations of those wanting the next //Final Fantasy or //Kingdom Hearts – but those people would probably never be satisfied anyway and, as it is, //The World Ends With You is still a fantastic game that all DS gamers can easily enjoy. "/ * *Cheers guys! Tim Smalley www.bit-tech.net

Hello Webmasters and News Posters, NEW CONTENT (Storage) - Enhance Tech T4H CR External RAID Tower QUOTE: "Getting your hands on this device should solve your problems when it comes to flexible mobile storage with fail-safe protection. This is Enhance Technology’s T4H CR. The unit comprises a very nicely built enclosure with handles for easy mobility, four HDD eSATA bays, a built-in LCD display for setup and configuration, and last but most certainly not least, a RAID controller with levels 0, 0+1 and 5. An independent PSU and rear mounted case fan is also resident. Before we get into the benchmarking side of things, let’s perform a close physical inspection of the unit itself to get the full gist of what’s on offer." For more information, please visit - http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1398/enhance_tech_t4h_cr_external_raid_tower/index.html Best Regards, The TweakTown Team http://www.tweaktown.com

Hi everyone! After first making use of XFX's nForce 790i Ultra SLI motherboard as part of our Quad SLI review, today we put this part under the spotlight in its own right, to see how it shapes up against a competing nForce 790i board in a similar price range. XFX nForce 790i Ultra SLI motherboard review "While it may not be the most comprehensive list of tweaking options we've ever seen, in reality is should be enough for all but the most hardcore of overclockers, offering up every option you should need with a decent range of settings to choose from to boot, as befitting of an enthusiast level motherboard." http://www.elitebastards.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=563&Itemid=27 As always, a news post on your site would be hugely appreciated, and we guarantee to reciprocate by posting any news items received from yourselves. Many thanks! Regards, Hanners Elite Bastards ------------------------------------- Elite Bastards News Letter www.elitebastards.com