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NVmax 3.00.23 is now available. Everything going to plan this will be the last beta release. There are no known problems apart from display/refresh rate is disabled on 9x/ME. In this version overclocking on cards: Ali TNT2, m64, Vanta and Crush has been fixed and some problems with color control has been fixed on 2000/XP. Download

Intel will demonstrate a mobile version of the Pentium 4, release a 2GHz desktop chip and outline a number of other initiatives at its developer forum later this month, as the high-tech industry moves into the living room. Read more

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

Asus has released a new bios for the CUV4X-D / -DLS motherboards. Read more

OC Workbench has updated their Chaintech 7SID SiS735 review Now with the latest BIOS, the performance sped up a lot esp in 3Dmark2000 .. it beats all the boards out there by quite a substantial. Read more

2CPU has posted a review on the Rioworks SDVIC-LAR motherboard. Options. That´s all a consumer wants right? When we´re going to spend our hard-earned money on a certain type of product, we would like to have several to choose from. Several to ponder over before making that final purchase decision. Well, ever since Iwill released the first Pentium !!! DDR-based Duallie, the DVD266, we´ve realized that our options have been rather limited. Sure I remember Gigabyte announcing such a board, Asus has also announced one... but still the only board of this type readily available today is produced by Iwill. Until now. Read more

A group of privacy organizations on Wednesday renewed their attacks on Microsoft´s Passport authentification service and Windows XP, asking the Federal Trade Commission to mandate changes in Microsoft´s new operating system. Read more

Overclocked Cafe has posted a review on the Linksys Etherfast Cable/DSL router. So, you´ve finally got broadband. No more 300ms pings for you, baby. However, what if you want to share that speedy connection with other machines? What if you want a piece of hardware in between you and the wild, wooly Internet? Code Red have you scared? Sick of all these questions yet? Good, then you are ready to hear about the Linksys Etherfast Cable/DSL Router. The particular flavor that I´m going to take a look at today is their BEFSR41 model, with 4 10/100 switched ethernet ports. Read more

3D Spotlight has posted a Giants: Citizen Kabuto tweak guide Giants: Citizen Kabuto is a revolutionary new style of action game by Planetmoon Studios. Giants also pushes the limits hardware wise, with vast viewing distances, huge enemies, 32bit textures & support for Hardware T&L. Here at 3D Spotlight we have just updated our tweak guide that will show you how to get the best out of Giants, be it improved graphics quality, audio quality and performance. Read more

I am Not a Geek dot com has posted a review on the Athlon MP shims. Shims are nothing new but this is the first Athlon MP shim I yet to see. It is available from the Cooler Guys. For those of you who are unfamiliar with shims they are designed to prevent your core from being damaged when installing or removing a heatsink. They do this by creating a level surface with the core, this prevents the heatsink from rocking to one side or the other and from chip away at the edges of the core. Read more

Everything USB send words that CMS unveils 100GB USB 2 hard drive The USB 2.0 compatible ABS device now sizes up at 100GB and contains the same "Automatic Launcher" feature as previous ABS devices, which automatically starts the desired system backup. Read more

This patch is a cumulative patch that includes the functionality of all security patches released to date for IIS 5.0, and all patches released for IIS 4.0 since Windows NT® 4.0 Service Pack 5. A patch is available to fix these vulnerabilities. Please read the Security Bulletin for information on obtaining this patch. Read more

Soyo has posted a new bios for the K7V DRAGON mainboard. BIOS revision: K7VX_2AA2 Changes: Change "Adding Vcore" list table to fit CPU. Fix Ratio issue. Download

Storage Review has posted a comprison between the Iwill SIDE-RAID100 and the Adaptec ATA RAID 1200A RAID controller. Entry level RAID´s popularity continues unabated. Enthusiasts everywhere pursue greater performance by striping or mirroring inexpensive ATA drives. Yet what kind of gains should one expect? StorageReview.com´s exploration of low-cost raid solutions continues with a face-off look at the IWill SIDE-RAID100 and Adaptec´s ATA RAID 1200A. Read more

Adrian´s Rojak Pot has posted a Pocket PC Performance Guide with the inclusion of new scores from the 221MHz Compaq iPAQ (64MB) and both the 180MHz and 204MHz Casio EM-500 Pocket PCs For the most comprehensive performance comparison of the top Pocket PCs in the market, check out the Pocket PC Performance Guide. And if you have a Pocket PC, please try out our free GAPI Benchmark 2.0 and send us your scores! Read more

Hexus has posted a review on the Elsa Geforce 2 Ultra video card. Elsa have a long tradition of making high performance graphics cards. I reviewed some of their other GeForce2 offerings back in late 2000, here I´m looking at the GeForce2 Ultra, the fastest GeForce2 series card that is made. It has 64MB of 3.8ns DDR memory running at 460MHz DDR, backed up by the GeForce2 Core running at 250MHz, and all packaged together with some fairly large green heatsinks, there is unfortunately no TV Output as standard on the Gladiac Ultra, although this is available, on an optional TV out module. There are lots of articles on the GeForce2 core architecture and T&L, already out there on the net, so here I´ll be just looking at how it all works. Read more

Apple Computer this week said it is trying to fix a problem that prevents its QuickTime media player from working with the most recent versions of Microsoft´s browser. Read more

Thanks to CestLaVie for this one: CERT® Advisory CA-2001-24 Vulnerability in OpenView and NetView Original release date: August 15, 2001 Last revised: -- Source: CERT/CC Systems Affected Systems running HP OpenView Network Node Manager (NNM) Version 6.1 on the following platforms: HP9000 Servers running HP-UX releases 10.20 and 11.00 (only) Sun Microsystems Solaris releases 2.x Microsoft Windows NT4.x / Windows 2000 Systems running Tivoli NetView Versions 5.x and 6.x on the following platforms: IBM AIX Sun Microsystems Solaris Compaq Tru64 Unix Microsoft Windows NT4.x / Windows 2000 Read more

Microsoft is secretly planning to launch its Windows XP operating system in New York City in October, The Post has learned. Read more

Security professionals have welcomed the release today of a patch scanner for Windows NT and 2000 machines. The command line program, HFNetChk, was designed by Microsoft´s security program manager, Eric Schultze. Read more

USBMan send words that ADS Technologies has developed a USB device that will transfer video to a PC in DVD format. Dubbed, Instant DVD, the first USB device of its kind will convert any analog video source to full resolution DVD format, then transfers the video to the PC. Users can import home movies, or videos from a camcorder, VCR, DVD or laser disk then edit and create their own movie projects and save as DVD, MPEG2, MPEG1, VCD, or SVCD with the included Ulead VideoStudio 5.0 and Sonic Solutions MyDVD 3.0. USB Instant DVD is scheduled to ship worldwide in September at an estimated street price of $229 USD. Read more

The Code Red II computer worm has attacked some of the Hong Kong government´s internal servers causing temporary suspension of access, a government spokeswoman said on Wednesday. Read more

In a final effort to sway Microsoft, a security researcher has released a new tool that he says proves Windows XP is unsafe. Steve Gibson, president of Gibson Research Corporation, today posted on his Web site a free utility called SocketToMe. The program, co-authored by Collake Software, enables Windows users to determine whether their computer has an advanced networking technology called "raw sockets." Read more

McAfee Virus definitions has been updated to version 4154 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

Microsoft late Tuesday issued a nearly finished version of Windows XP to testers, signaling it plans to release final code earlier than expected. The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant had told PC makers to expect final code, which would be used to install Windows XP on new computers, around Aug. 22. But Microsoft now is expected to certify final Windows XP code within the next few days. Read more