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Intel plans to introduce two new entry-level desktop processors in August and October this year, and will drop the price of previous entry-level processors, according to sources familiar with Intel's plan.

Intel will launch the new Pentium E2180 with 2GHz frequency, 1MB L2 cache and 800MHz FSB on August 26. The processor will be priced at US$84 in 1000-unit tray quantities. The previous E2160 will drop from US$84 to US$74 while the E2140 will slowly step out of the market, noted the sources.

In October, Intel will launch the entry-level Core 2 Duo E4600 processor with 2.4GHz frequency, 2MB L2 cache, 800MHz FSB and a price of US$133. The previous E4500 will drop from US$133 to US$113, while E4400 and 4300 fade out the market, added the sources.


Note: I found this information on the web i did not write it , also note there isnt one SPELLING mistake The E2180 isn't a 2 core is it?
Do you know if they 'll be launching a quadcore?
I've heared something about it but that's it.

Jonas

Off topic insider:
Quote from: richenstony on June 24, 2007, 02:18:54 PM

Note: I found this information on the web i did not write it , also note there isnt one spelling mistake

A Venezuelan techie apparently has set a new record for longest WiFi link. Networking guru Ermanno Pietrosemoli established a wireless connection between a PC in El Aguila, Venezuela, and one in Platillon Mountain, a distance of about 237 miles, mostly using off-the-shelf equipment and a few hacked parts.

LinkNice, but how strong is the connection?
I have to take a 25 minute ferry ride to get to school every morning and there is a special wi fi feature on the ferry so we can use the internet, but the distance from land is no longer than about 10 kmVery nice.
I have trouble finding a connection sometimes, and I'm like 5 metres from my access point . . .
Although longer range connections will mean that more PEOPLE will be trying to break into your network, it definitely does raise some security issues.Quote from: Calum on June 21, 2007, 06:16:28 AM

Very nice.
I have trouble finding a connection sometimes, and I'm like 5 metres from my access point . . .
Although longer range connections will mean that more people will be trying to break into your network, it definitely does raise some security issues.

According to a ARTICLE today at Digitimes, some sources are indicating that Nvidia will plan to launch their new MCP 78 chipset in just a few MONTHS. This will be Nvidia's next platform that includes integrated graphics, something they are relatively new in the market for.

Due to production ISSUES, MCP 68 was delayed to market. AMD is planning to launch their next gen chipset before too long, which may make Nvidia fearful that vendors will turn to an AMD CPU, AMD chipset platform, RATHER than sticking with an AMD cpu and an Nvidia chipset.

AMD's 780 series platform isn't expected until MID 2008, so Nvidia has ample time to prepare. There is not yet an official press release from Nvidia regarding the launch of MCP 78.

http://www.techspot.com/news/25812-nvidia-to-launch-mcp-78-chipset-in-october.html

It's UNUSUAL, but confirmation of the availability of Windows Vista's first service pack came Tuesday not from Microsoft Corp., but from the U.S. Department of Justice. Tucked into the government's 27-page joint status settlement report released late Tuesday was evidence that Microsoft will put the beta of Vista SP1 into users' hands before the end of the year. The report ALSO confirmed Windows XP SP3, but did not specify beta or final release dates, although it said some code would be finalized this summer.

Microsoft has been loath to talk about either service pack, but has been particularly mum about Windows Vista SP1, a widely-anticipated bug UPDATE that some enterprise users are waiting on before deploying the new operating system. As recently as April, when Intel Corp.'s CEO Paul Otellini hinted that Vista SP1 would likely release in October or November, Microsoft refused to confirm any schedule. "We will continue to take customer FEEDBACK from programs like the TAP [Technology Adoption Program], and will ultimately determine an official delivery date as the service pack is nearer to COMPLETION," a company spokeswoman said at the time.

http://www.neowin.net/index.php?act=view&id=41069

Intel entering DISCRETE GPU market in 2008?
By Jose Vilches, TechSpot.com
Published: June 7, 2007, 12:24 PM EST

According to a DigiTimes report, Intel is planning to move into the mid-range GRAPHICS card market for desktop PCs, positioning the products as direct competitors to AMD's ATI Radeon and Nvidia's GeForce series of cards. Although Intel’s roadmap reportedly remains vague at the moment, sources from multiple graphics card vendors have confirmed Intel has approached them to lay down their GPU market entrance plans.

Reception to the news is generally positive with one graphics card vendor stating that it will almost certainly support the Intel line with new products, while most of the others are all waiting for more information before they make a decision.
Intel has built a strong lead in the graphics market, holding over a 50% share of the integrated graphics market (IGP) in the first quarter of 2007, although this is will not guarantee Intel success in the discrete market its entrance into the GPU market should benefit customers, considering the company has the resources and aggressiveness to compete with AMD and Nvidia in terms of technology and costs.

http://www.techspot.com/news/25607-intel-entering-discrete-gpu-market-in-2008.htmlThis would create one heck of a fight, with AMD/ATI with CPUs and GPUs and then Intel doing the same.
nVidia might face a struggle to survive.nVidia still makes sick Graphics Cards.Isn't AMD working on a CPU that has the GPU built into it?

That would make for some crazy graphics performance, and be hard to compete with. Quote from: Beta Quadrant on June 17, 2007, 03:00:55 PM

nVidia still makes sick Graphics Cards.

Isn't AMD working on a CPU that has the GPU built into it?

That would make for some crazy graphics performance, and be hard to compete with.

Isn't AMD working on a CPU that has the GPU built into it? "YES"

That would make for some crazy graphics performance, and be hard to compete with.

may the firefox be with you

6. (bitcomet) Never used it, but I guess people like BitTorrent. I prefer uTorrent myself.

May the fox be with you

And I just noticed that two people have quotes from me in their sig.!

Mmm... enchiladas....

It cracks me up that more than half of the apps cNet lists as shareware/freeware cost money...

I quit trusting them and their reviews years ago.

Have a READ .........

http://thundercloud.net/infoave/answers/2007/oe-rumors.htm



dl65 It's not a RUMOR...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070530/tc_pcworld/132400We're gonna need a Windows Live MAIL sub-Forum....

For your ENTERTAINMENT and education:

http://www.geeks.com/techtips/2007/techtips-10jun07.htmThat's a nice ARTICLE, well worth a read for anyone with an unused PC lying around.
Good find.

Coming this Thursday, Dell will begin selling a few of their computers with Ubuntu Linux preinstalled. Anyone going to consider buying a Dell with linux? I kinda wish they would go with OpenSuSE instead of Ubuntu, but I guess it's easy enough to reinstall.
Share your thoughts.

http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/07/05/22/0142255.shtml
I think it's a great idea. I would imagine this would ALSO lower the overall cost of the machine as well. I do however have some what of a difficult time believing Dell when it comes to Linux. They did this in the past and then completely dropped Linux and said they were not going to do anything other then Microsoft in the past. But with the popularity of *nix and especially Ubuntu maybe they'll stick with it this time.

Also wonder how they're support for *nix is going to be. Especially when it comes to drive support.Well, according to the slashdot article and it's reference, their only going to offer hardware that is mature and proven to work with Linux. Could be that their support offering would be along the lines of, "I dunno, ask linuxquestions.org."
When did dell offer Linux before? Linux has come a long way as far as user friendliness in the last couple years.
Here is one old EXAMPLE I found after a quick search, sure there are plenty of others as I recall reading about it a lot in the past.

LinkThat's good, that they're selling more of them.
Previously they were a specialist range, not available outside the US, and didn't save that much cash.Found this link that's related to this article. This is a price comparison between Dell's with Unbuntu and Windows.

http://www.cs.uml.edu/~ntuck/dellbuntu/Some nice differences in price there.
It may even be enough to sway a few Joe Average buyers towards Linux.Quote from: Calum on May 27, 2007, 04:25:29 AM

Some nice differences in price there.
It may even be enough to sway a few Joe Average buyers towards Linux.

If the Free version dissappeared i would buy the product. I don't use it only cause it's free....

If the Free version dissappeared i would buy the product. I don't use it only cause it's free....

A SHARED View of The World: The Alien, the Elephant and the Coconut Tree

With fun cartoons and easy to follow code samples, you'll be creating your own inventions in no time!

Computers Are Just Like Aliens

Comments - Helping the Humans Out

what's a kid

The team envisages that the technology could be used by advertisers, and in the future, it might even be employed for product packaging.

Nathan, I wish you wouldn't post some of this stuff; it really creeps me out.

Ha, that might actually be interesting. I'd love to hear it cry for help everytime I wipe!

WOW! This would be so amazing if this ends up coming out to the public.

Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of TECHNOLOGY (MIT) have demonstrated a new method to wirelessly transfer power from a power source to an electronic device. The MIT claims that the new approach may be efficient enough to even run notebooks over room-sized distances and decrease our dependency on batteries overall.

LinkThat would be fantastic.Great job guys, now we're getting somewhere.Hey, I made a voice-activated door, and my brother made a rain-activated awning, but you don't see them in stores near you.



But if we could use that worldwide, we would be getting somewhere.I got a voice controlled computer. Software called E-Speaking is a voice recognition software I sometimes use when I can't be bothered to use the mouse.
Really cool.

"open NOTEPAD"
"Type hello"
"File"
"save as"
"type STUFF"
"enter"I think my friend has that (or some other voice software), but it worked kinda strangly when I SAW it.

He said something into it, and it wrote (because Notepad was open) something INVOLVING the words monkey, uncle, wheelchair, and Peter.Yeah, sometimes if you say something, the computer writes down what it thinks you said. I saw that, it looks like the news is jumping all over this one today 6-8-07
along with the stem cell thingy, Science is roaring this week on the biology & tech side !!

You go some weeks on end with the same old/ same old and now days like yesterday and today, the new stuff is everywhere !!!

nice post*

Yeah, my mum said she heard it on the news this morningThis is really cool, Nathan! However, I think it'd be cooler if it were The Magnetic Fields.

My memory is just plain awful.

Newspaper Zaman quotes from John Kremer, Yahoo Email SERVICES Vice president, that Yahoo plans unlimited inbox for both - paid and free customers.
ummm... more ads thenYeah, I guess more ads would be necessary.
I don't see ads anyway.
Unlimited storage is nice though.I couldn't really see a need for anything more than a couple GIGS for e-mail storage. However, I'm not going to make the claim that it will never be needed.

Found an article link for those interested in reading a story about it. One thing I found INTERESTING in the article is this quote: "When Yahoo! Mail launched 10 years ago, users got a whopping 4MB of storage for their entire mailbox. Today, you would fill that up with a single picture from your weekend." Total capacity when Yahoo! launched its mail service was 200GB for all accounts"

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/28/yahoo_email_extended/Off-Topic thing I noticed:

Peccavi -- Latin for "I have sinned". Admin:
Quote

I couldn't really see a need for anything more than a couple gigs for e-mail storage. However, I'm not going to make the claim that it will never be needed. Wink

Off-Topic thing I noticed:
Peccavi -- Latin for "I have sinned". Grin

I bet it would be cool to SEE in action. ALTHOUGH, it would probably LOOK a whole lot cooler if it were a mac. Everything ELSE they make looks awesome as far as visual APPEARANCE and effects go.

The U.S. COURT of Appeals has rejected a request to delay the onset of new ROYALTY fees that could WIPE out most of the US internet radio industry.

The court said that the ISSUES raised by the webcasters did not satisfy its “stringent standards.”

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AMD has just POSTED their latest CPU pricing list, and has slashed prices across the board for Desktop chips. All Athlon X2's are now priced under $200 US. The Athlon X2 6000+ now costs $178 per unit, down from $241 when purchased in quantities of 1000. Pricing on mobile processors remains unchanged.

These price cuts come just days before Intel is expected to cut prices on their CPU line, and highlight new processors featuring a 1333MHz FSB. Preliminary pricing charts based on a July 22nd drop-date have Intel offering their Q6600 quad-core chip for $266 US, and all Core 2 Duo desktop chips with the exception of the 3.0GHz E6850 priced below $200 US.

no linkGood news for people looking to upgrade then.
Some very nice prices there, thanks for sharing.anything for my buddies in the "motherland" LOL.
We probably won't get those cuts . . . or if we do, they'll just change $ to £ so we have the X2 6000+ for £178 rather than $178, almost twice as much.
That's what they usually do . . .like I TOLD Raptor awhile back* we can always work things out over here back to you * shhhhhhhhhhh thats great! i plan on building a new comp and i wanted the qaud core but it was too much woot for competitioni wouldn't touch a quad for at least another 2 years (Why ?) if you are not PHOTO editing or in national gaming competions whats the use .........

I think that E6850 has my name written all over it !!!!!!!!!!

anyone want to buy an E6600 ? << "joke/sarcasm"

ACTUALLY any of these C2d's are smokin, read all the reviews it don't mater which one you get they rock!OOO i actually am interested in the e6600 i think thats the one i was gonna put into my comp but ill prolly just buy it new no offense just cant trust people on the interneti can't even tell you how sweet these c2d 's are, you will be blown away how fast your computer goes after installing any of these cpu 's........ it's not so much the speed with these processors... it's the DEDICATED 2 cores and great cache size with the E6600 ......( I was somewhat skeptical of just getting a 2.4 ghz cpu) I have a pentium 4 650 3.4ghz stock in another rig..............

the c2d absolutely smokes my pentium 4 !!!!!!!!!!!! no comparison * lol i am now pumped to get one i also choose the e6600 because it was a good price for the power and i've heard great things about it. im savin up a bit of money right now i should have enough for the comp in two weeks i am savin up a bit more than initially planned to get the geforce 8800gts 640mb

Listen to an iPod during a storm and you may get more than electrifying tunes.

A Canadian jogger suffered wishbone-shaped CHEST and neck burns, ruptured eardrums and a broken JAW when LIGHTNING traveled through his music player's wires.

LinkHis fault for getting an Ipod.i got my ex-wife a NANO for xmas (HOPE she uses it a lot)

We found out back in March that the Commodore name had been scooped up by a Netherlands-based company looking to reinvent the brand as a modern gaming PC. Now we get wind of the new lineup of PCs coming SOON (this quarter) to the STATES, first via online sales, with an unnamed big-box retail presence following afterward.

LinkSweet, looks like a good line-up.
Good to see another competitor in the high-end market, maybe some prices will fall following this.I would love to have me a new Commodore!I saw the new lineup at Cebit, it actually took me a while to figure out what the big new product was because the Commodore stand was mostly about German GIRLS in tight tops and MP3 players. Can't say I was impressed when I finally figured it out EITHER, I guess I'm past the time where I can get excited about a painted case. Nah give me a plain one that I can stick somewhere out of the way anytime and spend the money on the content inside case instead.I'm with you Deerpark, not really one to get into the painted computers, especially when all my computers are under a desk and not seen. Since you were at Cebit I'm SURE you probably have the best impression of what the computers really were too.

However, it is awesome to see the Commodore name back in computers after all these years.

SEATTLE —
Microsoft Corp. is once again on the defensive against hackers after the launch of a new program that gives average PC users tools to unlock copy-protected digital music and movies.

The latest version of the FairUse4M program, which can crack Microsoft's digital RIGHTS management system for Windows Media audio and video files, was published online late Friday. In the past year, Microsoft plugged holes exploited by two earlier versions of the program and filed a federal lawsuit against its anonymous authors. Microsoft dropped the lawsuit after failing to identify them.

The third version of FairUse4M has a simple drag-and-drop interface. PC users can turn the protected music files they bought online — either a la carte or as part of a subscription service like Napster — and turn them into DRM-free tunes that can be copied and shared at will, or turned into MP3 files that can play on any type of digital music player.

"We knew at the start that no digital rights management technology is going to be impervious to circumvention," said Jonathan Usher, a director in Microsoft's consumer media technology group, in a phone interview.

Usher said Microsoft employs a full-TIME team to combat such breaches, and that the Windows Media DRM system was designed to be quickly modified to shut down this type of attack.

He did not say how many songs have been stripped of copy protection, or how long it will take for Microsoft to combat the hack again. But the music industry is aware of the nature of Microsoft's technology, he said, and added that he does not expect record labels to lose patience with the process.

The Recording Industry Association of America, a trade group, declined to comment.

While Usher said Microsoft will remain committed to copy protection, attitudes around the industry are starting to shift.

Apple Inc. has modified its own online store, iTunes, to block similar efforts to break its FairPlay copy protection scheme. But Apple's chief, Steve Jobs, started calling for an end to digital music-locking earlier this year.

"There are many smart people in the world, some with a lot of time on their hands, who love to discover such secrets and publish a way for everyone to get free (and stolen) music," Jobs wrote in an online essay in February. "They are often successful in doing just that, so any company trying to protect content using a DRM MUST frequently update it with new and harder to discover secrets. It is a cat-and- mouse GAME."

Apple's iTunes store started selling DRM-free music from EMI Group PLC's catalog in May. The same month, Web retailer Amazon.com Inc. said its much-anticipated digital music store will sell TRACKS in the unprotected MP3 format.

Josh Bernoff, an industry analyst at research group Gartner Inc., said he expects music DRM to fade out in the next couple of years as record companies begin to realize selling unprotected tracks online won't hurt sales. After all, Bernoff said, the same tracks are already circulating unprotected, copied from CDs and on file-sharing networks.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289546,00.html

By Justin MANN, TechSpot.com
Published: July 19, 2007, 11:44 AM EST


It is a bit humorous watching manufacturers make a huge FUSS over the baby steps they are taking into the new DDR3 MARKET. Still, it is interesting, and OCZ has today made it a little more so. They've announced that they are now releasing the FIRST 1800MHz DDR3 modules in the market.

These new PC3-14400 modules do require even higher timings than the 1600MHz modules they announced this week, at CL8-8-8. They'll be available only in 1GB standalones or 2GB kits, for now, and use higher voltage than regular DDR3 at 1.9V. This is likely to HELP achieve the much higher clock speeds that these are running at.

Now that so many vendors have DDR3 available, I want to see it perform – and how it stacks up to the newer DDR2-800 and DDR2-1066 modules. We'll see if all this excitement over higher clock speeds is really worth it. You can read more about these OCZ modules on the product page at their site.

http://www.techspot.com/news/26214-ocz-releases-1800mhz-ddr3-modules.htmlHah, very nice.
Have to buckle your seatbelt before you turn your PC on with a couple of those beasts inside . . .

A soap opera is playing out on the mailing lists of several security newsgroups this morning, complete with people hiding behind pseudonyms, people "outing" one another and rumors of death threats against the major players. At stake? A possible worm for Apple's Mac OS X operating system.

Over the weekend, someone using the name Infosec Sellout posted on the BugTraq mailing list news of a worm exploiting a vulnerability in mDNSResponder, a component of Apple's Bonjour automatic network service. Apple patched the mDNSResponder vulnerability in May, but the AUTHOR CLAIMS there remains an unpatched vulnerability. The author also claims to have a proof-of-concept worm ready to go, named Rape.osx, but says he won't release the worm. In a security vendor blog, McAfee quotes the author as saying he was compensated for this work.

As news of the posting and possible worm SPREAD, skepticism grew. The author suffered harsh criticism from security colleagues for hiding behind a pseudonym, and for not PROVIDING any proof of the worm. The author also reportedly received death threats in reader posts to his blog site. In response, Infosec Sellout says in a blog post that he removed all prior postings on his blog site. Is that true? Last night someone else claiming to be Infosec Sellout claims the site in question, called Security Information, is not the real Infosec Sellout blog site, but a hijacked site, hence the lack of prior posts.

The story GETS weirder. One of the names thought to be behind the hijack of Infosec Sellout is David Maynor of Errata Security, who might be using the name "LMH." Last summer, during BlackHat USA, security researchers David Maynor and Johnny Cache disclosed a wireless vulnerability using an Apple Computer Macbook. The team found that malformed network traffic could allow the laptop to be compromised, and they provided a video of the attack. The researchers did use a third-party wireless card for their video demonstration, but said repeatedly that the Apple Airport wireless driver was also vulnerable. Two months after BlackHat, Apple quietly released a patch, which, if the vulnerability that was fixed had been exploited, could have compromised the Airport wireless drivers in MacBooks.

This morning in a post on the Fuzzing mailing list, someone calling himself David Maynor responded. In a post called "The Truth," the author using the name LMH says he is David Maynor and then proceeds to confess that after last summer he needed to hide behind the name "LMH" to get the word out about new vulnerablities. Yet if you go over to the Errata Security blog site, the real David Maynor says the Fuzzing mailing list post is a sham, and cites several factual errors. We took the text and put it through Hacker Factor Solutions Gender Guesser and it appears a male did indeed write the Fuzzing plot. But based on the words chosen and sentence length, the tool also suggests it was a male European who wrote it. David Maynor has been based near Atlanta, Ga., for years.

Remember all of this intrigue concerns a proof-of-concept worm that no one has seen that supposedly affects a patched vulnerability in mDNSResponder on Apple OS X.

Stay tuned for more weirdness.

http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9747070-7.html?tag=cnetfd.mt

Logitech fused the old with the new on Thursday, launching a wireless laser mouse that doesn't need a surface to sit on, combining features of the TRADITIONAL mouse and remote control.

LinkI can't see that WORKING and I can't see a picture of it...Here is a nice looking picture of it.

Youtube video of itBut its not a cheap mouse it costs 150euro that's about 206,52 (US)$.
But it looks like a new invention.
This will get much cheaper if you w8 few years.

Jonas
i wouldn't mind getting me ONE of those.. but i just bought a new mouse BASED mainly on the advice of my thread regarding gaming mice, in hardware..
i have a razer deathadder They can't call that a mouse. Mice don't fly and they don't look like that.........Mighty Mouse can fly ..........Mighty mouse was made by logitech too right?i was right then...

We've known for years that color laser PRINTERS can embed a SERIES of tiny yellow dots on pages they print. The dots—almost INVISIBLE under normal circumstances—can be used to determine which particular printer produced the image. Essentially, each printer outputs its own SERIAL NUMBER. This is great for busting counterfeiters but raises all sorts of privacy concerns. Now, MIT students are getting involved in the campaign against the dots with the new Seeing Yellow project.

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A German man who startled his neighbours when he hurled his computer out of the window in the middle of the night, was let off for disturbing the peace by police who sympathised with his technical frustrations.

LinkIf you are having technical PROBLEMS, why THROW it out the window
It just makes it WORSE....SURE he was too frustrated to even rationally think. Or just FIGURED I'll get a different computer.

The LATEST version of Firefox has been released.
Several security fixes are the focus of this release, including the VULNERABILITY discussed here.
No other BUG fixes or improvements are included.
I have experienced no issues with the update so far.
Get Firefox 2.0.0.5 by clicking here.
Read about the changes by clicking here.Excellent. Will NEED to add this to my to-do list today.I'm gonna need to add it to my to-do list for the NEXT week. I am swamped and I have to update all my portable versions .

Better be worth it...As always use MozBack to backup your profile data before upgrading...just in case.It should be noted that your previous version of Firefox will likely still show up in Add/Remove Programs. Don't remove the old version! Instead, use CCleaner to delete the entry. 'Tis just a friendly little glitch.

Looking to get a jump on the lucrative back-to-school shopping season, Wal-Mart has begun selling a sub-$300 PC. The Everex IMPACT GC3502 comes with Windows Vista HOME Basic and OpenOffice.org 2.2 installed on a system that INCLUDES a 1.5GHz VIA C7 CPU, 1GB of DDR-2 SDRAM, an 80GB hard drive, a DVD BURNER, and integrated graphics, as well as a keyboard, MOUSE, and speakers.

LinkAt that price i think i'll grab one format it and use it as my Ubuntu machine...

Microsoft is going to stop supporting and selling XP next year!

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/lifecycle/default.mspx

Can anyone explain why? because you're going to have to force me to get vista as a HOME computer.
This laptop (vista) sucks (software/program wise, everything else is ok).The site you're linking to just SHOW that MS will stop selling OEM licenses JANUARY 2008 and system builder licenses the following year. It has nothing to do with when they stop support. It's a bit confusing but as I understand the FAQ they will do paid support for 10 years after release and security updates will also be made for 10 years. So support doesn't stop before 2011.Still think microsoft is making a MISTAKE....XP support is actually extended to 2014...

Article

And because of pressure from OEM's they are re-thinking the results of this announcement as well. I know Dell got an extension for OEM liscenses.

Hard drive manufacturer Seagate has reportedly briefed its distributors with news that the company will cease manufacturing IDE hard drives by the end of the year. Instead, “nearly all” of its top-end hard drives will be offered with SATA connectivity only.

If reports are to be believed, Seagate’s announcement may prompt others to follow suit as SATA continues to drain PATA's market share. That’s not to SAY support for the parallel ATA standard is going to vanish overnight though, as nearly 34 percent of global hard drives sold still rely on PATA, according to a report published at Australian-based ITNews last January.

Add in the PCI/PCIe-based expansion slot market, and it’s unlikely that PATA support is going anywhere any time soon—a fact which should REASSURE anyone who is afraid Seagate's SATA-only policy could leave us all with mountains of PATA drives and no way to access them.
Western Digital, another major hard drive manufacturer, has also been slowly phasing out IDE from its enterprise and desktop lineup — mainly in high speed and high capacity hard drives. For instance, their newly announced Caviar GP lineup will be SATA-only.

http://www.techspot.com/news/26309-seagate-says-end-is-near-for-ide-hard-drives.html

Ok this is gonna sound so weird ....... and lame



Is there a difference between sata and ata......

Tony Quote from: Richenstony on July 27, 2007, 08:23:13 AM

Ok this is gonna sound so weird ....... and lame



Is there a difference between sata and ata......

Tony

Three critical vulnerabilities in Flash Player that could let hackers INFECT Windows, Mac OS X and Linux SYSTEMS, were patched yesterday by Adobe Systems Inc.

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Based off the advisory I'd highly recommend everyone update. Direct link to download is here.

Thanks for that useful POST, Nathan. Downloaded and installed.I got mine yesterday from Filehippo's UDC.
Thanks for the heads-up anyway.Im not 2 sure if i need this or not i did download it anyway , but i swear i all ready UPDATED it oh well thats Tony lol Thanks Nathan I just updated it!

Jonas Updated. Thank You, Nathan.Appears because this is a cross-platform software PROGRAM that it's not only computers affected by this issue but also consoles such as the Nintendo Wii.

Symantec warns of Wii flaw
Symantec has warned of an exploit in circulation that can crash Nintendo's Wii gaming console.

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The most recent version of Adobe Acrobat Reader (v8.1), RELEASED LAST month, has several enhancements, including support for Adobe3D and better Flash integration. It also has a cute LITTLE "Send to FedEx Kinko's" button in the toolbar.

The new button is COOL and EVERYTHING if you like to print stuff out at Kinko's, but it appears to have taken the place of the "Save" button. Huh?

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Great idea..

Nearly everyone has heard of "iPod muggings"—thieves targeting unsuspecting users on the street because of the presence of those signature white headphones that indicate there's an expensive gadget on the other end. Of COURSE, iPod users aren't the only ones who have ever had gadgets stolen—everything from CD PLAYERS (yes, some people still use those) to PDAs to GPS units to cell phones have been attractive targets for thieves for years now. And while there have been some attempts to dissuade thieves from stealing our things, most have been pretty easy to get around. But what if a thief knew that if he (or she) stole that iPod, it WOULD only have one charge cycle left before it became useless?

LinkSee i have a simple solution to this...... change the headphones....... in my GRANDFATHERS area muggings for i-pods started going up more than mobile phones .... the sheer volume of attacks for i-pods was so bad it was printed in are uk paper the sun .... and the willisden brent / times.. i have been approached a few times buy theifs .... and i just went bezerk LIKE full on NUTS...... and i was lucky than ran off..... but it is true change those headphones and to be frank there not that good anyway....

Tony

The much-anticipated page zoom feature has finally landed in Firefox 3 nightly builds. Firefox 3 will now be ABLE to zoom the ENTIRE page, INCLUDING images as well as text, just like Opera and IE 7.

LinkNice feature, it will be very USEFUL although I hate UPDATING firefox....

Attacks through INSTANT Message services have grown dramatically recently...

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I used to be attacked all the time by this SORT of thing, but since switching to Gaim/Pidgin, I've not noticed it.
It is a very real and possible way to be INFECTED, and one of the easiest ways as many PEOPLE do not realise it is possible.
The PREVALENCE and increase in this type of threat just shows how successful it can be.

Quote from: reaper_tbs on July 31, 2007, 02:29:51 PM

i guess.
but you still couldn't cache as MUCH lol.

depending on what you do of course...

938979 Vista Performance and Reliability Pack

This update resolves a number of individual ISSUES which may be affecting some computers running Windows Vista. These issues have been reported by customers using the Error Reporting service, product support, or other means. Installing this update will improve the performance and responsiveness for some scenarios and improves reliability of Windows Vista in a variety of scenarios. Some examples of the improvements contained in this update are:

• Improves performance in resuming back to the desktop from the PHOTO and Windows Energy screensaver.
• Resolves an issue where some secured web pages using advanced security technologies may not get displayed in Internet Explorer on Windows Vista.
• Resolves an issue where a shared printer may not get installed if the printer is connected to a Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 system and User Access Control is disabled on the Vista client.
• Resolves an issue where creating AVI files on Vista may get corrupted.
• Improves the performance in calculating the ‘estimated time remaining’ when copying/moving large files.
• Improves performance in bringing up Login Screen after resuming from Hibernate.
• Resolves an issue where synchronization of offline files to a server can get corrupted.
• Resolves a compatibility issue with RAW images created by Canon EOS 1D/1DS Digital SLR Camera which can lead to data loss. This only affects RAW images created by these two specific camera models.
• Resolves an issue where a computer can lose its default Gateway address when resuming from sleep mode.
• Improves the performance when copying or moving entire directories containing large amounts of data or files.
• Improves the performance of Vista’s Memory Manager in specific customer scenarios and prevents some issues which may lead to memory corruption.

938194 Vista Compatibility and Reliability Pack

• Improved reliability and compatibility of Vista when used with newer graphics cards in several specific scenarios and configurations.
• Improved reliability when working with external displays on a laptop.
• Increased compatibility with many video drivers.
• Improved visual APPEARANCE of games with high intensity graphics.
• Improved QUALITY of playback for HD-DVD and Blue-Ray disks on large monitors.
• Improved reliability for Internet Explorer when some third party toolbars are installed on Vista.
• Improved Vista reliability in NETWORKING configuration scenarios.
• Improved the reliability of Windows Calendar in Vista.
• Improved reliability of systems that were upgraded from XP to Vista.
• Increased compatibility with many printer drivers.
• Increased reliability and performance of Vista when entering sleep and resuming from sleep.

These appear to be many of the fixes that will be part of the Vista Service Pack (SP) 1, which is expected to enter public beta testing some time soon. Microsoft made these fix packs available to selected testers around July 20.

(Full article and additional links*)

http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=605Why couldent one of the testers have been me?

Well, it ought to be a lot better once it comes out. I cant wait Being a Tester is not as much fun as you might think... just read the Blogs and you'll se.

In a moment we've been waiting for since the first time we saw The Jetsons, the first flying car has finally gone on sale. Just like the car George uses to drop off the kids, the Moller M200G Volantor is shaped like a saucer. To avoid the need to pass FAA regulations, the civilian version of the Volantor is restricted to heights of 10 feet, but can travel as fast as 50mph and fly for up to 90minutes. Military or rescue versions could be unencumbered by such limitations. Depending on the number of orders, prices could be as low as $90,000. Video of the Volantor in action after the jump.

Linklol i hate the music.. the 1973 FILMING wasn't that great either.. r the filming of the photographer.. but the idea's pretty cool.

the fact that there's a crane holding it the whole time doesn't do much for it's credibility though...Hmm...cool...... 3 meters...... dam FFA regulations....Although I can understand why they'd want the crane to hold it in CASE something failed. I agree, it would give a lot more creditability and would be a lot more exciting to watching a flying car fly without being attached to a cable.it is pretty cool though
but why the saucer shape? i understand that it's a stable shape, but why not something err... more easy to manufacture and manipulate. the saucer one is a bit clumsy too isn't it...It's a conspiracy, dude!!! The governement has made them use saucer shapes so that the M12 can continue investigating UFOS without disruption!!Wow,A guy wobbling on STILTS has more rights.

10 feet--------->Oh!Bwahaha!

REALLY interesting Nathan.Thank You.

By Jose Vilches, TechSpot.com
Published: August 1, 2007

Little over a year ago, the Video Electronics Standards Association, also known as VESA, announced the approval of the DisplayPort standard, a new license-free state-of-the-art digital audio and video interface which is meant to replace DVI in the PC world. This is what DVI is

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVI

Top companies such as Dell, HP, Lenovo and others have stated to SUPPORT the standard. Taking a step forward in the industry's move to DisplayPort, AMD recently announced reports of successful interoperability testing of a next-generation graphics PROCESSOR with a native DisplayPort 1.1 transmitter. AMD expects to ship the first ATI Radeon graphics sporting the new interface in the early 2008 timeframe.

"AMD has been driving the high-definition transition on the PC with innovative firsts such as integrated HDMI, high-bandwidth digital content protection (HDCP) and our Unified Video Decoder (UVD)," said AMD’s Imi Mosaheb. "We are once again BREAKING new ground in customer-centric innovation by offering increased choice in video and display technologies to our users."
DisplayPort aims to unify and standardize display across the desktop and notebook COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS through a common high-bandwidth interconnect. Samsung Electronics has already announced that will begin production of the world's first LCD monitor to feature the DisplayPort interface in Q2 2008.

http://www.techspot.com/news/26397-amd-demos-first-gpus-to-feature-native-displayport-11.html

This is really out of control...


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It's such a tremendously bad idea that it's ALMOST BOUND to succeed. Microsoft has filed another patent, this one for an "advertising framework" that uses "context data" from your hard drive to show you advertisements and "apportion and credit advertising revenue" to ad suppliers in real time. Yes, Redmond wants to own the patent on the mother of all adware.

The day I have to encrypt my own files to protect them from my OS is the day I chuck my PC out the window and become Amish.

The code will be cracked within 48 hours. Virus writers the world over will have a super party.

Zippity-do-da, zippity-yay
My! Oh my! What a wonderful day
Billy has everything
going our way
Zippity-do-da, zippity-yay.

No.

Yes.

A number of companies have been toiling away for years on a replacement for flash memory.

Nanochip, a RELATIVELY small COMPANY that has received VC funds from Intel, among others, says it will come out with a device in 2010 that will hold eight TIMES as much data as flash. Additionally, the device's cost PER gigabyte will be two to four times less, says Nanochip CEO Gordon Knight. .

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The humble office LASER PRINTER can damage lungs in much the same way as smoke particles from CIGARETTES, a team of Australian SCIENTISTS has found.

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Rebuttal from HP about this story.