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Hardware Analysis has posted a guide "Notebook Upgrading, how and why?" Ever wondered what you could do to prolong the life of your notebook? Or upgrade it to meet today´s standards? Or maybe you want to turn your mid-range notebook into a high-end model? In this article we´ll be taking a closer look at the available options. Read more

X-bit labs has posted a review on the Intel Pentium III-S 1.13GHz (Tualatin) CPU. In this review we examined the performance of the 0.13micron Pentium III-S processor built on the new Tualatin core with 512KB L2 cache. We tried to figure out if the Pentium 4 family was so necessary for Intel or if the development of Pentium III Tualatin family could save Intel time and trouble in the mainstream and performance sectors. Read more

Thanks to Chris for this one: We, the dedicated customers and users of 3dfx products DEMAND that Nvidia support the customers of 3dfx Interactive. Last year, Nvidia purchased 3dfx Interactive (Their main competitor.), and have not lifted a finger to support existing 3dfx products. They basically bought out 3dfx to kill the company and boost sales of their own products. With the upcoming release of Windows XP, Nvidia has decided to shaft 3dfx owners by not creating compatible drivers for the new operating system. What does this mean? Well users of the Voodoo line of 3dfx card will not able to use all of the features that their card was intended for when they upgrade to Windows XP. Before, users had support for 3D API engines such as GLIDE, OpenGL and Direct 3D. With the new operating system, GLIDE and OpenGL support are gone and games like Quake 2 and 3 (which run under OpenGL) cannot be played by these users. Please sign this petition and DEMAND that Nvidia support these products. Nvidia MUST be shown that when that when they acquired 3dfx, they acquired their customers as well! Read more

2CPU has posted a review on the Tyan Tiger MP motherboard. I took some time out of my lunch break to get this one posted up for all of you. Some of you have been hounding me for weeks on this, so I am glad to finally be done with it ;-) I must admit, I did get a little carried away and I turned a simple motherboard review into a serious platform battle. All in all, I think you should be able to draw some of your own conclusions from the numbers I presented and you´ll see where dual processing is headed in the future. Enough rambling... Let´s get to it! Read more

3D Spotlight has posted a nVidia detonator drivers comparison With so many new leaked & beta detonator drivers, it is easy to get confused getting the right one. It’s not always the case that the latest version will be the fastest. Sometimes new drivers lead to a performance and/or quality decrease. Here at 3D Spotlight, we have just tested all the newer 1x.xx series of detonators, from the last official Detonator 3 drivers (version 5.13.01.1231) to the latest Detonator XP drivers (version 5.13.01.2181). Read more

3D Spotlight has updated their weekly price guide Browsing around looking for the best deals for this week we found the top of the line, 1.4GHz Athlon selling for only $125, and the one running at 1.2GHz being sold for $98.95. In the other hand we have Intel´s Pentium 4 1.8GHz selling for $181, definitely not a bad price either. In the videocard arena, the only GeForce 3 card that has dropped its price is Visiontek´s GeForce 3 going for $315.85... GF2 MX400s go as low as $78. Last but not least, we have the excellent Acoustic Edge soundcard from Phillips with an amazing price tag, $65. Read more

TweakTown has put up a review on the Vantec CCK-6027D HSF The Vantec CCK-6035D copper sink was a good unit, but many people want something that has just a bit less volume than the whining Delta 38CFM fan that goes with it. Enter the newest HSF to carry the Vantec name; the CCK-6027D. It was designed to be smaller, lighter and quieter than it´s big brother. Come join TweakTown as we discover if they were successful, and more importantly, is it an effective cooling solution. Read more

Vipers Lair has posted a video review on the Logitech iFeel MouseMan Everyone needs a mouse, regardless of what they do on their PC. Mice have changed a lot over the years, from regular ball mice, to optical, to ergonomic. Some mice feature force feedback, which may appeal to you if you do a lot of gaming. The Logitech iFeel MouseMan combines all of the above, with decent results. Read more

3D Game Man has posted a video review on GearGrip´s Case Carrying Harness Check it out

HardOCP has posted a review on the Hercules GeForce3 video card. Thanks Brian. Hercules has been a well known name in the PC video card market for the last 19 years. They certainly have a lot of experience and a name that carries on. Guillemot Corporation acquired Hercules in October of 1999, and their 3D Prophet line of video cards are currently the ones to notice. Hercules makes many kinds of cards to cater to just about any niche they have the need to serve, whether it be the Video Editor User, the Business User, the Home User, the Casual Gamer, or the Hardcore Gamer. The 3D Prophet line includes the NVIDIA GeForce2 MX series of cards, the GeForce2 series, and now the GeForce3 series. Hercules, however, doesn´t only carry NVIDIA products. They also make cards based on other chipsets as well, most recently the KYRO 1 and KYRO 2 chipsets. Read more

.... Service to Fail The RPC endpoint mapper allows RPC clients to determine the port number currently assigned to a particular RPC service. The Windows NT 4.0 endpoint mapper contains a flaw that causes it to fail upon receipt of a request that contains a particular type of malformed data. Because the endpoint mapper runs within the RPC service itself, exploiting this vulnerability would cause the RPC service itself to fail, with the attendant loss of any RPC-based services the server offers, as well as potential loss of some COM functions. Normal service could be restored by rebooting the server. Read more

UKGamer.net has posted a interview with Intel which was held at ECTS. We talk about various aspects of Intel´s processor line-up, including the Tualatin, Pentium 4 and Itanium processors. Other technologies looked at are USB 2.0, RDRAM and other general bits. Read more

OC Workbench has posted a i845 boards shootout We probably already know that Pentium III is at it´s of the product life cycle. Pentium 4 is probably the solution that most Intel users will go for as it´s a cheaper alternative to the i850+RAMBUS solution as RAMBUS is still an expensive solution. At this moment, it seems that a Pentium 4 + SDRAM solution is the only available right now. The Pentium 4 price reduction over the months has also made it a viable solution for those who just prefers the to use Intel over rival AMD. In The review we will take a look at 4 boards and they are Chaintech 9BJA, Gigabyte 8IDX?ABIT BL7-RAID and FASTFAME 8IFE. Read more

nVidia has released new 21.81 detonator drivers. Thanks Nail, FrogMaster, Stefan & Lemmi. Download for Windows NT 4.0 Download for Windows 2000/XP

Though Microsoft´s Windows Product Activation already has appeared in other products, the anti-piracy scheme has come under a spotlight with the impending release of Windows XP. Read more

Saw over Savage News that VIA Tech has posted new ProSavage drivers for Windows XP Download

In the past, most PC makers offered free upgrades to a new operating system in the months leading up to the launch of an OS. But don´t expect one for Windows XP. Instead, owners of most recently purchased PCs will need to pay $15 to $30 for a coupon to get a copy of XP once Microsoft´s operating system is released Oct. 25. Read more

Microsoft Corp. today announced Windows® Datacenter Server Limited Edition as the next installment in the Windows family of servers. As part of the Microsoft® Windows Datacenter Program, Windows Datacenter Server Limited Edition is for customers that require their server operating environment to provide enhanced levels of database performance and scalability in single-server machines operating with 16 or more processors. "Windows Datacenter Server Limited Edition continues to build on the great enterprise-class features and functionality we introduced in Windows 2000 Datacenter Server," said Cliff Reeves, vice president of the Windows .NET Server Solutions Group at Microsoft. "We made a commitment to our enterprise customers to develop cost-effective products that meet the high levels of performance, scalability, reliability and serviceability they demand. Windows Datacenter Server Limited Edition further delivers on this promise." Read more

Today at ISA 2001, the annual conference of the Instrumentation, Systems and Automation Society, Microsoft Corp. announced the Microsoft® BizTalk™ Server 2000 CIDX Software Development Kit (SDK). The BizTalk SDK will provide chemical companies with a powerful solution enabling rapid integration of applications, platforms and businesses within and across organizational boundaries, using the chemical industry’s core XML protocols developed by the Chemical Industry Data Exchange (CIDX). "Chem eStandards reduce the time, cost and complexity of making XML-based connections," said Patricia Simmons, executive director of CIDX. "Active participation of software suppliers such as Microsoft is critical to the success of Chem eStandards." Read more

TweakTown has posted a review on the Intel Pentium4 2GHz processor. The Intel Pentium 4 processor has had a somewhat rocky entry into the market since it´s release earlier this year. Intel´s marketing ideas have been criticised by most media sources around the world for the expensive RDRAM, and developing technology for tomorrow but not today. Come join TweakTown as we tell you everything you need to know about the new Intel Pentium 4 2GHz 478-pin processor, and the lead up to it from the very beginning of the Intel processor line. Read more

Accelenation.com has posted a review on the Intel 845 chipset as well as four production boards. Now, besides the difference in memory support, there won’t be a whole lot of difference between 845 and 850. As a matter of fact, as we’ll soon see, even the small differences you would expect (latency) remain similar. Simply put, this product is meant to fill a gap in the market and offer more inexpensive Pentium 4 desktops to OEM’s and System Integrators. Read more

VIA Hardware send words that official VIA 4-1 drivers 4.33 are now available The 4.33 BETA 4-1 drivers we posted last week are now official. The drivers are the same as the ones we had posted earlier, however they can be called official now that they are on VIA´s site. Download

VIA Hardware has posted the VIA Chipset roadmap VIA just recently launched the KT266A and P4X chipsets, though things are certainly going to get more exciting over the next 12 months. Be sure to check this out for more info on P4X333, Zoetrope, K8T33 and much much more. Read more

The 96th issue of ZZZ online is out. Read in the latest issue of ZZZ online about: - the fastest human powered submarine - small helicopter - robotic space carrier - 3D robotic surgery Read more

The Italian version of Internet Explorer 6.0 is now available. Thanks Lucia. Download