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PC Stats has posted a review on the Samsung ML1651N Laser Printer The Samsung ML-1561N is a network enabled SOHO 17ppm mono laser printer. With a resolution of 1200dpi and an average toner lifespan of about 8,000 pages (at 5%) it makes an attractive option for small to medium businesses to consider. The small footprint and fairly diverse feature set mean that companies currently looking for a quick, low cost printer can easily do so with out breaking the bank. With a total of 16MB on board memory and two 100pin SDRAM expansion slots, the ML1651N can be expanded to better suite specific printing requirements (large images or files for example), but from what we´ve seen during our use of it, 16MB is quite sufficient. A total of 144MB can be supported by the 166MHz RISC processor. Read more

3dXtreme has posted some Unreal Tournament 2 screenshots. Check it out

PC Stats has posted a review on ATI´s Radeon 8500 Chipset In theory, this will allow the 8500 to render more complex texture affects within a single rendering pass than the GF3 is capable of. I say "in theory" because first of all, nothing besides ATI tech demos currently uses the 1.4 instruction set. Secondly, Nvidia has disputed ATI´s claim to superiority, noting that the Geforce 3´s nfiniteFX engine is capable of the same amount of detail. Nvidia also suggest that the two extra texture operations per pass supported by the Smartshader will not add up to any real world speed increase. Finally, in order for the 8500´s 1.4 compatibility to be used, developers will have to code for it. This means extra work and you can be sure that they will program for the 1.3 pixel shader spec which the GF3 supports. Read more

Microsoft has put up some information on the Nimda Worm. Thanks CastLaVie. Summary: A new worm, officially called W32/Nimda@MM, is circulating on the Internet and affecting large numbers of customers. Microsoft is working with the anti-virus community and other security experts to thoroughly investigate the worm. If you haven’t already installed the appropriate updates and/or patches, your computer can become infected. Read more

Tweak 3D has put up a Windows XP guide We have received a few flat panel monitors from Samsung recently for review, but this is by far the one I have been most excited about. The reason being that this is not only a flat panel monitor but also a flat panel TV. The Samsung 170MP has a television tuner built into it. Not only does it have a TV tuner but it also has an RCA Cable, and S-Video line in so you can hook up your VCR or DVD player too it. Read more

Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices will call its upcoming desktop processor the Athlon XP in what seems to be an odd marketing coincidence. Sunnyvale, Calif.-based AMD next month will release a 1.5GHz Athlon desktop processor. But unlike current chips that merely go by the name "Athlon," the new chip and its successors will carry the XP suffix, similar to Windows XP, the name of Microsoft´s next operating system. Read more

Amdmb.com has posted a NVIDIA nForce Chipset Preview After meeting with representatives of NVIDIA earlier last week, I decided to write my findings and thoughts on the technology that will be behind the nForce power motherboards that you might see as soon as October. While some of this information may seem to be well known, there were many rumors circulating that the nForce chipset was having delays and that features were being dropped in order to meet deadlines. NVIDIA assured me that this was not the case, and the data they provided me with, and that I am sharing with you, is an assurance of that. Read more

I am Not a Geek dot com has posted a review on the Samsung SyncMaster 170MP monitor We have received a few flat panel monitors from Samsung recently for review, but this is by far the one I have been most excited about. The reason being that this is not only a flat panel monitor but also a flat panel TV. The Samsung 170MP has a television tuner built into it. Not only does it have a TV tuner but it also has an RCA Cable, and S-Video line in so you can hook up your VCR or DVD player too it. Read more

3D Spotlight has posted a Wolfenstein MP Test Tweak Guide. Return to Castle Wolfenstein multiplayer pits players in a team-based Axis versus Allies contest for front-line domination, where multiple player classes must mobilize & work together to accomplish mission objectives. 3D Spotlight´s tweak guide will take you through many of the options available for the Game, along with other tips & hints. Read more

Adrian´s Rojak Pot has posted rev. 6.40 of their BIOS Optimization Guide Here is the list of new BIOS features :- - Refresh Interval - Refresh Mode Select - SDRAM Idle Limit Read more

MooSoft has posted a new trojan definitions update for "The Cleaner" Database v3255, dated September 18, 2001, 3710 trojan definitions. ------------------------- Added Badblood Added Nimda Updated Magistr Download

3D Game Man has posted a GearGrip Monitor Carrying Harness video review Check it out

The japanese version of Internet Explorer 6.0 is now available. Thanks Velocitty. Download IE6 Download IEAK6

Storage Review has posted a review on the Seagate Barracuda ATA IV harddisk. Over the past few months, Seagate´s 4th-generation Barracuda ATA has generated an unprecedented amount of fervor. Seagate has finally managed to get one into our hands. The results are in. Does the ´Cuda ATA IV deliver? Let´s find out! Read more

A variety of major PC vendors have begun taking orders for new PCs and laptops that feature Microsoft Corp.´s new Windows XP operating system, but analysts and economists now worry that the anticipated operating system may face a cold consumer market in the wake of Tuesday´s terrorist attacks on New York and the Pentagon. Read more

GamePC has posted a review on the Creative SoundBlaster Audigy Platinum Creative has finally moved past its vaunted SoundBlaster Live! series with the Audigy. On the surface, not much has changed. The board itself is still made of Creative´s trademark "onyx" style PCB. It is slightly larger than the Live, making room for the additional connectors on the board. Creative has also gone back to the gold connectors, much like the original Live, to replace the fruity PC99 colors. Read more

W32.Nimda.A@mm is a new mass-mailing worm that utilizes multiple methods to spread itself. The worm sends itself out by email, searches for open network shares, and attempts to copy itself to unpatched Microsoft IIS web servers. The worm does this using the Unicode Web Traversal exploit. Read more

Dan´s Data has posted a review on Pentium 4 coolers Two Glacial Tech "Igloo" coolers go up against Intel´s stock board-bending Socket 478 cooler, and AVC´s very groovy Sunflower. Thanks to the size of the heat sink and fan, and the big contact patch, even the stock cooler performs very well - but that doesn´t mean it can´t be beaten. Read more

Overclockers Online has posted a review on the new Fortis coolers. Here´s how we test all heatsinks @ O² ... We tested each heatsink for about an hour with RC5 and Prime95 running together with other common used software like email, ICQ and stuff. RC5 and Prime95 is used to max out the CPU power and to let the CPU generate as much heat as possible. After an hour, we measured the temperature with that nifty little program called Motherboard Monitor. The next step is to turn of all the programs that were running during the stress test and see how the temperature evolves after about half an hour. That´s when we measure the idle temps. I´d like to note that the HQ45 case of our testbed was closed and no additional case cooling was turned on. By the way ... this is how we always test the HSF´s around here! Read more

Saw over NeoWin that new unoffical XP drivers for Voodoo 3 are available: I found this site that claims to have full working drivers for XP. This means, OpenGL, and Glide will work under XP!!! I tried them, and they seemed to work great. Download

Symantec has released a new virus definitions update for Norton Antivirus. This update will work on the following products: NAV for Lotus Notes (Intel) NAV for MS Exchange (Intel) NAV 4.0, 5.0 and 2000 for Win9x NAV 4.0, 5.0 and 2000 for WinNT NAV 2000 for Win2000 NAV for Firewalls pcAnywhere32 7.5 and higher for WinNT Norton Utilities for Windows 95/98 (all versions) Norton SystemWorks (all versions) Read more

Logitech has released a new version of their mouse drivers. Download

A new bios update for the Tyan Thunder i840 motherboard is available. Update SCSI BIOS to V2.57, fix multi-Adaptec SCSI card support, fix ICH2 LAN with NT4.0 problem. Download

Warp2Search has posted a guide "How To Get Rid Of Alexa Spyware" Internet Explorer has an implemented feature in newer versions (since 5.0 and up), with which related pages can be displayed to the current. This function is implemented over the software Alexa. Most do not know however that this service constantly monitors the users steps through the internet. Read more

ActiveWin has posted a review on the Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server/Enterprise Server In the fourth incarnation of Microsoft’s premier messaging system, the guys and gals in Redmond have decided to pull out everything that they could to make this THE corporate email solution. Microsoft Exchange 2000 has got a lot of claims to fame; after all it was the first application to take full advantage of Active Directory. New features have been placed to simplify your job of management and recovery. It helps the end-user get to the information that they need, be it email or documents, as soon, and in as many ways, as possible. There are a bunch of things that you need to do to get to that point, but after this brief review you’ll see if this is the messaging system for you and what it should take to get you there. Read more