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DivX 4.01 is out. Thanks Mark. Version 4.01 of the DivXTM codec is now available for Windows-based systems. DivX is rapidly becoming the de facto standard for download-and-play high-quality digital video over IP-based networks. Download it today and see what all the fuss is about. Download

Microsoft has released the french version of Internet Explorer 6.0 Download

EPoX has released a new bios for the EP-8K7A/EP-8K7A+ motherboards. Thanks Mark. Download

Thanks to CestLaVie for this one: The Microsoft® Windows® Installer is an application installation and configuration service. Instmsi.exe is the redistributable package for installing or upgrading Windows Installer. Version - 2.0 Release Date - 28 Aug 2001 Estimated Download Size/Time @28.8 - 1,779 kb / 9min System Requirements Windows Installer 2.0 Unicode redistributable supports Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 6 or later and Windows 2000. Windows XP contains Windows Installer 2.0 and therefore can´t be installed by the residtributable. Download

Microsoft has released a new Windows 2000 security patch "Trusting Domains Do Not Verify Domain Membership of SIDs in Authorization Data". Thanks CestLaVie. Version - q305330 Release Date - 30 Aug 2001 Estimated Download Size/Time @28.8 - 3,309 kb / 17min System Requirements Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server Download

StorageReview has posted a review on the Fujitsu MPG3204AH-E harddisk. The MPG-AH ships exclusively with an ATA-100 interface. Remember, since ATA drives have yet to break sequential transfer rates greater than even 45 MB/sec that ATA-66 (and in many cases, even ATA-33) interfaces will run a drive with optimal performance. Our testbed remains equipped with a Promise Ultra66 controller. Read more

.... with Full Integration of mp3PRO. Thanks CestLaVie. KARLSBAD, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 29, 2001--Ahead Software AG has now upgraded its world leading CD/DVD Recording application Nero 5.5 with full support for mp3PRO. mp3PRO is the next generation of the World´s most popular audio compression format, MP3. Developed by Coding Technologies and launched by Thomson multimedia (Paris Sicovam: 18453) (NYSE: TMS - news), the mp3PRO digital audio codec has complete backward compatibility with MP3, and improves compression rates and overall audio quality with files that are half the size of the original MP3 data. Read more

Maxmum Reboot send words that sources close to NVIDIA report that the Geforce3 Titanium series will be officially announced on 17th of September 2001. Read more

PC911 has posted a new article about securing your Windows installation It is your responsibility to keep Windows safe and updated at all times to protect yourself, your privacy, your data, your computer from being compromised one way or another. PC911 shows you how to take a basic Windows installation and apply a number of security measures to strengthen the defenses of your operating system. Read more

Thanks Clutch for this one: Cnet reported today that David Milner, director of competitive strategies for Microsoft Windows group, stated in a recent interview that "... Windows .Net Server will include not only the Server, Advanced Server, and Datacenter versions of Windows 2000, but also a stripped-down version that costs less for use on Web Servers". Read more

Neoseeker has posted a review on the Antec JetCool Socket 370 HSF When you take out the sink from the packaging, you’ll notice an interesting design as it features aluminum radial folding fins wrapped around a central copper core. The core measures at 29-mm diameter by 34 mm high. The aluminum fins are not bonded to the copper core. The heat transfer from the core to the fins is done by a layer of thermal grease which lies between the base of the aluminum fins and the core. Read more

Hexus has posted a review on the SBLive! 5.1 Platinum The Creative Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 Platinum (what a mouthful! is creative´s current top of the line sound card. It´s UK retail is £152 from the creative European home page. Its main competitor at the moment is the newly released Hercules gaming theatre XP, which is also a 5.1 card. Read more

Thanks to CestLaVie for this one: The European Commission has informed Microsoft Corp. that it believes that the US software company may have violated European antitrust rules by using illegal practices to extend its dominant position in the market for personal computer operating systems into the market for low-end server operating systems. Low-end server systems are cheaper servers usually used as file and print servers as well as Web servers. In a Statement of Objections, the Commission also alleges that Microsoft is illegally tying its Media Player product with its dominant Windows operating system. This Statement of Objections supplements one sent to the company a year ago and adds a new dimension to the Commission´s concerns that Microsoft´s actions may harm innovation and restrict choice for consumers. A Statement of Objections is a formal step in European antitrust proceedings which does not prejudge the final outcome. Read more

Overclockers Melbourne has reviewed the Philips 107p10 Professional 17" Flatscreen CRT Monitor Your Monitor. The part of your home or work computer you spend nearly all of your computer time using. When you aren´t using keys or pointing aimlessly with your mouse, you are reading text from some anonymous website, chat windows from IRC, messages in ICQ, emails in outlook, or watching DVDs or other Multimedia Applications. In fact, the only time you may not be using your monitor while using your computer would be when you are listening to MP3 or CD audio from a distance. Even then you may use your monitor to display visualisation scopes or other displays. All of these applications aren´t in black and white, they are in many millions of colors, many in vibrant shades of reds, oranges, greens, blues and nearly any other color your eyes are capable of seeing. Read more

Viper´s Lair has put up a review on the Swiftech MC462A heatsink The Swiftech MC462A beats out the Vantec CCK-6035D by about 2C/4F degrees, and destroys everyone else by quite a substantial margin. Although 2C/4F doesn´t seem like a whole lot, I think that with faster CPUs, which run hotter (Palomono cores are supposed to address the heat issues), the Swiftech MC462A will be better suited due to the mass of it. Read more

Rancho of Warp2Search send words that a new VIA USB patch is available. Read more

McAfee Virus definitions has been updated to version 4156 If you are using VirusScan 5.x, you can easily update your DAT files from the VirusScan Central (the main VirusScan menu) and click on the Update button. The DATS will be downloaded and applied for you. Updates for VirusScan, and all McAfee products that include VirusScan, ensure that your virus protection is constantly updated as cures for new virus threats are published. The cures are included in a virus definition file called a DAT file. The easiest way to obtain new DAT files is to use the UPDATE button from VirusScan 5.x Central. DAT files are published weekly, or in the event of a virus outbreak. 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) Download

Elsa has posted new drivers for their video cards based on the Detonator 14.61 drivers. Thanks Mark. Download

TacoNuts has put up a review on the Battle Lamp. It is a gooseneck lamp for gaming in low light. Upon opening the package, I thought the Battle Lamp would be a handy item for late night gaming. It has a strong clamp that’s not too large to find a spot for. The dimmer switch is useful for giving off just the right amount of light for your after dark computing needs. And, being unable to touch-type myself, I figured that it would be just what I need for typing up that last minute paper or e-mail at midnight. Read more

WCM reports that SEK´D has released new Windows 2000 drivers for Prodif Plus, Prodif 96 Pro, ARC-88, and Siena. Download

Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer get most of the ink, but Microsoft´s near- and long-term fortune is going to depend on the abilities of one Jim Allchin. Allchin, a group vice president and 11-year company veteran, is in charge of Windows XP, the operating system upgrade that Microsoft--and a good part of the computer industry--hopes will help kick-start moribund demand for PCs come the fourth quarter. Read more

Overclocked Cafe has posted a review on the Fortis A102 CPU cooler The copper base is 5mm thick, and the fact they used aluminum for the fin design keeps the weight down to minimal. They´ve also "built" the aluminum around the copper base, using a rod that runs through the body of the heatsink, and then riveting it secure (see middle picture below). What it does is help to "seal" the copper base, into the aluminum shell. This where a lot of manufacturers falter, trying place a piece of copper inside a cut out in the aluminum isn´t going to get the job done - there will always be a gap between the copper and aluminum when it is done that way (Confucius say trying to squeeze copper base plate into aluminum cut-out like two male dogs humping - it look like it work but they beat head against wall). You can squeeze as much paste as you want to fill the gaps, but it´s not going to work. It´s best to get an ice bucket, and shove cubes in between, it´s your only shot at keeping it cool. Read more

Brian Swales of Open Tech Support has written a short piece about the licensing plans that Microsoft intends for its future products. Back on May 10, 2001, Microsoft announced plans to change its licensing programs. They used words like enhancement, simplification, flexibility, convenient and less expensive. These words work fine for the sixty percent of their corporate and OEM client base. But, the other forty percent of the home and small business users are going to suffer. Microsoft has indirectly hidden these new changes to the general consumer under their Volume Licensing Programs. Read more

3D Spotlight has updated their OS updates guide. This is a fairly big update to the guide, with Internet Explorer 6 being released & thus all the now unneeded patches being removed. Well, go check out our OS Updates guide for Windows 98 Second Edition, Millenium Edition & 2000. Read more