Tech News
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That's not Bigfoot
Published: Monday, December 9, 2002 | By: DennisI think we had suspicions of this for quite some time now but the truth comes out about Bigfoot, and it all started with a joke to "Freak a friend out".
"They were in fact created by his boss with wooden carved feet to "freak him out", but the local newspaper, the Humboldt Times in Eureka, California, ran a front-page story on the prints the next day and coined the term "Bigfoot"."
When the hoax was uncovered an ISU (Idaho State University) professor, in typical ISU form has this to say.
"Jeff Meldrum, an associate professor of anatomy and anthropology at Idaho State University and one of America's most prominent Bigfoot hunters, said: "There are historical accounts of Bigfoot-like creatures going back to the 1880s. How do you explain that?""
Ya ya question everything and believe nothing.
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AGP Errata Found in New Intel Chipsets
Published: Saturday, December 7, 2002 | By: Dennis" The first of the chipsets is the long awaited "Placer" (7505) chipset. In a note on the Intel website, the firm describes two errata for the chipset – the first is that AGP signals do not meet the AGP 3.0 specification, while the second is that the AGP Prefetch Cache has to be disabled."
The “second” chipset mentioned is the E7205 "Granite Bay" chipset.
It is uncertain as to what kind of performance hit this will cause in systems using these chipsets but one thing is certain, early adoption of AGP 3.0 isn't going very smoothly. -
'Spam King' Buys House
Published: Friday, December 6, 2002 | By: DennisAnd we aren't talking about the guy that likes canned ham. Alan Ralsky is ranked as one of the top 5 email spammers around and after reading the article it come to my attendion that spammers are really 3v1l but the companies that hire them are the ones to blame. Here is a snip of 3v1ln355
"Ralsky, meanwhile, is looking at new technology. Recently he's been talking to two computer programmers in Romania who have developed what could be called stealth spam.
It is intricate computer software, said Ralsky, that can detect computers that are online and then be programmed to flash them a pop-up ad, much like the kind that display whenever a particular Web site is opened.
"This is even better," he said. "You don't have to be on a Web site at all. You can just have your computer on, connected to the Internet, reading e-mail or just idling and, bam, this program detects your presence and up pops the message on your screen, past firewalls, past anti-spam programs, past anything."
Sounds like a virus to me.
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Wi-Fi labeled a 'Terrorist Tool '
Published: Friday, December 6, 2002 | By: Dennis802.11b "wireless" networks are a great convenience but are as hackable as listening to the radio or watching TV, the data is just there to be plucked and nobody is the wiser to it happening. Well the Feds are very worried; naturally others think they are to paranoid."Homeland Security is putting people in place who will be in a position to say, 'If you're going to get broken into ... we're going to start regulating,'" said Cable and Wireless security architect Shannon Myers in a panel dubbed "Homeland Security vs. Wi-Fi."
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Slow News Day
Published: Friday, December 6, 2002 | By: DennisI checked my usual news sources and really found nothing of interest to post, instead of tech news I'll just include some links to a few good webcomics.
Penny Arcade
Megatokyo
Little Gamers
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Soltek Golden Flame - Limited Edition
Published: Thursday, December 5, 2002 | By: DennisHave you ever seen a Gold PCB?? We did at Comdex this year on a K8 "Hammer" board in the Soltek booth. Well it would appear Soltek wishes to do another first and release a limited edition E7205 "Granite Bay" motherboard. thus announcing their motherboard offering for the new chipset.
Check out the picture in the Ninjalane Message Forums
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Jolie ponders role as 'Deep Throat' star
Published: Thursday, December 5, 2002 | By: Dennis" Jolie is considering tackling the role of Linda Lovelace, the iconic '70s porn actress who starred in the infamous "Deep Throat" movie, reports Peoplenews.com."
I doubt it will be a remake of the classic '70's pr0n film but it should make for some good cinema. -
AGP 8x Gainward Video Card Reviews @ HotHardware
Published: Thursday, December 5, 2002 | By: DennisHotHardware has two Gainward "Golden Sample" video cards under review and include the two AGP 8x offerings from nVidia. One of the things that I really like about Gainward video cards is the degree of overclockability that is built into each one, the gains aren't the best but it's the thought that counts.
" Aside from the addition of AGP8X, Gainward has redesigned the GF4 MX Pro 600 8X/XP 'Golden Sample' so it hardly resembles the "standard" Pro 600"
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"The card comes configured with slightly more aggressive timings than standard MX cards, pushing the new core to 275MHz vs. the 270MHz common of other GeForce4 440 MXs. The memory also enjoys a little boost over standard speeds, running a full 100MHz faster than previous MX440s at 500MHz."
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Ti4800 Chips Silently Released
Published: Thursday, December 5, 2002 | By: DennisIn an attempt to not draw any press from the NV30 launch nVidia released two new NV28 based chips to customers, the Ti4800 SE and Ti4800 both being AGP 8x versions of the Ti4400 and Ti4600.
"However, Nvidia has kept a very low profile about the two new chips. Instead of an official launch, the company merely delivered samples to customers for product design and notified them that the mass production of the two chips is expected to begin at the earliest by the end of 2002." -
Limited Overclocking on Intel Motherboards
Published: Thursday, December 5, 2002 | By: DennisThis is a strange bit of news and if correct will also introduce overclocking to the mainstream.
"According to sources, to enhance its competitiveness in the clone market, Intel has decided to allow users to adjust voltage and memory module transmission frequency on its own-brand Canterwood and Springdale boards, which are expected to be launched in the second quarter of 2003."
No info thus far about FSB adjustments but it's a start to say the least.
