 Windows XP SP2 Won't Install on Pirated Copies
Seems Microsoft are now back tracking on what Microsoft group product manager Barry Goffe said earlier in an interview with Computer Times!
Microsoft has decided to make its Service Pack 2 patch available to users of all Windows XP versions - licensed and pirated.
Contrary to the remarks it made to the ComputerTimes, Microsoft now claims that it will not permit users who have obtained Windows XP illegally to upgrade to its latest service release. Instead, the software giant will continue to enforce compliance with its licensing.
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: May 11, 2004, 7:18 pm
News Source : Betanews
 New NGO version (v1.1) of their Optimized ATI Drivers.
ATI Optimized Driver V1.1 has been released
* Based on Catalyst 4.4 with the ATI Gamma Fix
*** 3DNow! and SSE is now Enabled on OpenGL (more FPS rate and performence) ***
* Patched OpenGL Driver
* Removed the WDM files from the installer
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: May 11, 2004, 7:17 pm
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 Sasser (A-E) Worm Removal Tool (KB841720) v3.0
This tool will help to remove the Sasser (A-E) worm from infected systems. Once the tool has run?after the End-User License Agreement (EULA) is accepted?it automatically checks for infection and removes any of the targeted worms that are found. After running, the tool displays a message describing the outcome of the detection and removal process. The tool can be safely deleted after it has run. Also, the tool creates a log file named sasscln.log in the %WINDIR%debug folder.
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: May 10, 2004, 8:34 pm
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 Google Updates Blogger website, Features
Google plans to introduce on Monday a redesigned Web site for its personal publishing tool, Blogger. The new features are aimed at making it easier for average people to run their Web site. Still a free product, the Blogger revamp will enable people to publish to the Web via e-mail, a personal digital assistant or a cell phone; to create simple "About me" pages that can be linked to multiple Web logs; and to enable readers to post comments to their sites. It also provides more than 30 templates for "blog" layout, according to Google.
"As blogging has taken off, it's started to reach more mainstream users," said Evan Williams, founder of Blogger parent company Pyra Labs, which was bought by Google last year. "Our focus has been to bring it to a wider audience."
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: May 10, 2004, 8:32 pm
News Source : CNet
 TimeSplitters 3: First details and shots revealed
Team up with past and future versions of yourself in confusing messing-with-history stylee
EA have today announced details of the third game in ace first-person shooter series TimeSplitters.
TimeSplitters Future Perfect will, funnily enough, again be based around time travel and, along with an "improved" story mode, will feature a cooperative mode and online play. Currently in development by Free Radical for PS2, Xbox and Gamecube, the title is scheduled for an early 2005 release.
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: May 10, 2004, 8:31 pm
News Source : Games Radar
 NVidia NForce Drivers
New Nvidia NForce drivers are out version 4.24
What's New?
Audio driver 4.31 (WHQL)
Audio utilities 4.31
Ethernet driver 4.16 (WHQL)
GART driver 3.77 (WHQL)
Memory controller driver 3.38 (WHQL)
SMBus driver 4.04 (WHQL)
Installer 4.38
IDE NVIDIA driver 4.12
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: May 10, 2004, 8:29 pm
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 Case April Review
April 2004 - Taipei, Taiwan ? Thermaltake takes another step toward customer satisfaction. Thermaltake is proud to introduce the Awards & Review section on its website, www.thermaltake.com/news/review.htm. In this section, Thermaltake will post the reviews and awards of its latest products from well-known technology websites and organizations worldwide. By voluntarily sending its new products for critical and independent reviews ahead of public debut, Thermatake ensures its loyal and prospective customers can get the latest and most unbiased product information.
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: May 10, 2004, 8:27 pm
Rockstar announces Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition
Rockstar Games plans to release the third game in its street racing series for PS2 and Xbox later this year. Rockstar Games has announced that it will release Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition for PlayStation 2 and Xbox toward the end of this year. As the title suggests, Rockstar has entered into a partnership with DUB magazine, which it hopes will infuse the game with an unparalleled level of expertise and knowledge of the automotive industry and the street customization scene.
"The Midnight Club series has redefined the racing genre with its revolutionary open-ended racing and seamless integration of street racing culture," said Dan Houser, Rockstar Games' vice president of creative. "Now, through the combination of Rockstar San Diego's technical prowess and DUB's notoriety as the pulse of the automotive lifestyle world, we are poised to once again push the boundaries of speed and style well beyond anything ever seen before in racing games with Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition."
"We at DUB are extremely excited for the opportunity to bring our knowledge and influence to Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition, which is sure to be the quintessential racing game for any true aficionado of the automotive and racing lifestyle," added Haythem Haddad, creative director and cofounder of DUB. "The flair for innovation and cultural progression that Rockstar Games and DUB are universally known for will undoubtedly become the trademark of Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition. We look forward to working with Rockstar Games to exceed the limits of what is expected of a racing game."
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: May 9, 2004, 6:04 pm
News Source : Gamespot
FFDShow MPEG-4 Video Decoder 8-05-2004
FFDSHOW is a DirectShow decoding filter for decompressing DivX, XviD, WMV, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 movies. It uses libavcodec from ffmpeg project for video decompression, postprocessing code from mplayer to enhance visual quality of low bitrate movies, and is based on original DirectShow filter from XviD, which is GPL'ed educational implementation of MPEG4 encoder.
What's new:
- don't use functions not supported by Windows NT
- KernelDeint
- by request: preset autoloading on volume name/serial match
- fixed libavcodec compilation
- small raw colorspaces cleanup
- working on CorePNG decoding support, VFW output colorspace handling
- 8bps decoding support
- ICL compilation fixes, enabled multifile interprocedural optimizations
- simpified codecs page initialization
- extended tooltip info
- Tconvert cleanup
- {RGBBGR}{555565}->{RGBBGR}{1516}
- no message
- updated libavcodec: mpeg2 dc precision
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: May 9, 2004, 6:01 pm
News Source : Warp2Search
Download : Free Codecs
Windows XP Service Pack 2 Free for All
Both legitimate and unlicensed users of Microsoft's XP operating system software will be able to download the Service Pack 2 security patch for free
Microsoft's increasing concern over information security has translated into its decision to bite the bullet and make its upcoming SP2 (Service Pack 2) security patch available to all users - including those using pirated copies of its Windows XP software.
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: May 9, 2004, 5:55 pm
News Source : Computer Times
Thermaltake TrueLight Heat Spreader
At the start of new millennium, Thermaltake Technology announced the world?s first memory cooling kit available to public. The aluminum memory cooling kit made a huge impact on the overclocking community as it was able to keep the memory temperature lower and allowing higher overclock.
Today Thermaltake released their latest memory cooling kits, TrueLight Heat Spreader. TrueLight Heat Spreader is a completely redesigned memory cooling module as it incorporates a much more user friendly clip for securing the kit onto memory sticks. Larger aluminum surface area allows heat to be absorbed and dissipated much more efficiently.
The most noticeable feature found on the latest TrueLight Heat Spreader is its built-in LEDs. A total of 5 Blue LEDs are controlled using the included PCI Controller. Microprocessor built onto the PCI Controller enables the users to control the flash modes which the LEDs are flashed.
?With the release of TrueLight, not only will users benefit from its exceptional cooling capability, but it is also a great addition to the aesthetic side as well? commented Flora Chen, Marketing Manager at Thermaltake.
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: May 7, 2004, 8:16 pm
Ruby Demo Wrapper Appears
Want to run ATi's latest Demo Ruby for the Radeon X800 on your 9700 Pro or 9800 series card! then head this way to Beyond3D's Forum! Thanks to Colourless.
It's not quite right (shader on her face is too dark among other things) yet, but it kind of works. It's also 'really' slow for me. Mostly caused by oh so much ram paging... ow, this thing likes a LOT of memory (especially since I have to make it use the Managed pool for textures instead of the Default pool).
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: May 7, 2004, 8:11 pm
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Halo 2 Movie Madness!
With E3 2004 looming around the corner, Halo 2 is on the minds of just about everyone in the office (and in the gaming industry at large). No one outside of Microsoft and Bungie know exactly what will be revealed at the show, but it is sure to be big.
In preperation of the big event, we decided to collect all of the currently available Halo 2 trailers and make them available for download (just in case you missed them). The original teaser trailer first premiered at the X02 show in Europe in the summer of 2002. A quick two-and-a-half minute jaunt, this preview re-introduces Master Chief to the masses.
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: May 7, 2004, 8:00 pm
News Source : GamePro
Download : High Res
Painkiller Patch v1.15
The eagerly anticipated patch for Painkiller is now available, upgrading the frantic first-person shooter by People Can Fly to version 1.15. This release adds a new map called DM_Cursed, new warmup options, demo recording and playback, a new spectator mode, a voting system, other multiplayer enhancements, experimental forward-looking prediction code, single-player improvements, bug fixes, and more.
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: May 7, 2004, 7:59 pm
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Soldner delayed until summer
Citing the "overwhelming" response to the beta demo for Soldner: Secret Wars, Encore Software announced that it is postponing the game's release. Originally slated for a May 4 ship date, the game is now scheduled to deploy to stores on June 22, just after the official start of summer.
"The great support and feedback from both the Soldner community and gamers that downloaded the demo has been instrumental in helping our development partners identify and address issues with the game?s server/portal infrastructure, gameplay, and balancing," said Encore in a statement. The publisher assured those waiting for Soldner that it and Wing Simulations, the game's German developer, were resolving all issues to "ensure as smooth a launch as possible when the product ships to retail."
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: May 6, 2004, 7:15 pm
News Source : Gamespot
Thief: Deadly Shadows Goes Gold
Eidos announced today that Ion Storm's Thief: Deadly Shadows has gone gold for the Xbox and PC. The game will hit both platforms on May 25th. Thief: Deadly Shadows is a stealth action game that put players into the stealthy boots of Master Thief Garrett. In this third Thief title Garrett finds himself assisting the Keepers, a secret society that trained Garrett in his youth. Garret must prevent a prophesied Dark Age from coming to fruition, by doing what he does best - sneak, steal and occasionally assassinate.
Thief: Deadly Shadows features an enhanced physics system, intelligent AI, enhanced character modelling and animation, a sound propagation system and cutting-edge lighting and graphics technology Look for the game to hit retail later this month. On a related note, a brand new trailer from the game has been released and can be found here.
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: May 6, 2004, 7:14 pm
News Source : Gamespy
ATI to promote 9100 PRO IGP chipset with aggressive pricing
ATI Technologies has adopted aggressive pricing to promote its new integrated graphics solution, the Radeon 9100 PRO IGP (RS350) chipset, according to sources at Taiwanese motherboard makers. The RS350, which was officially launched in Barcelona, Spain on May 5, will be priced at the same level as its predecessor, the Radeon 9100 IGP, the sources said. Although the RS350 is capable of supporting both Socket 478 and LGA 775 Pentium 4 processors, local makers said that their motherboards, built using the 9100 PRO IPG, will initially only support Socket 478 processors. The Radeon 9100 PRO IGP, which doesn?t support PCI Express technology, will be available in late May or early June, the sources said.
ATI?s new integrated graphics chipset that will offer support for PCI Express, the RS400, is expected to hit the market in the mid-third quarter, said the sources. In related news, local makers said that ATI?s new graphics chip, the Radeon X800 PRO, will not be available through retailers till the end of May, instead of immediately, as some sources have suggested.
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: May 6, 2004, 7:13 pm
News Source : Digi Times
Halo Custom Edition Free Released
So what is Halo Custom Edition (HaloCE) you ask? Simply put, it is a new version of HaloPC that is free for all HaloPC owners. This unsupported version of HaloPC is a stand alone Gearbox Software release and is not supported by Microsoft.
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: May 5, 2004, 10:22 pm
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Half-Life 2 confirmed for Summer Launch Newell at WinHEC
Have you been checking out Neowin's weblog for WinHEC? No then you would of missed this bit of Info then.
ATi today launced the X800 graphics card and had machine exhibits ready for attendees to see the ?Ruby? demo. The Ruby demo has been released onto CD for attendees to view and see the effects that the X800 can render in real time. The demo was very impressive but was not a touch on the demo by Gabe Newell from Valve. This stole the whole keynote to actually see some new footage from Half Life 2. Again we got the whole video which is approximately 3 minutes long and as soon as we find somewhere with firewire we?ll get it on here asap because it?s one to watch!
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: May 5, 2004, 10:20 pm
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ATi releases RADEON X800, world's fastest visual processor
To the delight of gamers everywhere, ATI Technologies Inc. today launched its RADEON? X800 Visual Processing Unit (VPU) which will deliver the industry?s most awesome gaming experience possible on a PC. With the introduction of the RADEON X800, ATI continues its two year reign as the industry leader in high-end graphics for gaming and ushers in a new era, High Definition Gaming. Worldwide system integrators, original equipment manufacturers and board partners are excited to deliver RADEON X800 powered systems and boards beginning immediately.
Gamers using computers powered by RADEON X800 will enjoy a higher performance, immersive gaming experience that looks better than ever before. This High Definition Gaming experience is the PC equivalent to watching a sporting event on an HDTV. This is made possible by the highly scalable and efficient architecture of the RADEON X800 that uses 16 parallel pixel pipes and 6 vertex pipes to process more than 8 billion pixels and almost 800 million vertices per second.
?The RADEON X800 builds on the great success of the RADEON 9700 and RADEON 9800, the most sought-after high-end visual processors in the world," said Rick Bergman, Senior Vice President Marketing, General Manager, Desktop, ATI Technologies Inc. ?With the RADEON X800, the design team has accomplished something that no one thought was possible. Not only have they developed the highest-performing and most efficient graphics architecture in the world, they have done so while maintaining high levels of stability, reliability and manufacturability.?
ATI has used the most advanced technologies available to design and manufacture its new RADEON X800 graphics chips. Using the successful low k .13 micron semiconductor process from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., ATI created a scalable, highly parallel and powerful visual processor that is twice as fast as today?s performance leader, the RADEON? 9800 XT. The advanced fabrication process and leading-edge GDDR3 memory have also enabled ATI and its board partners to deliver high-performance, user-friendly graphics card solutions which will work in customer?s existing PCs without requiring radical and costly power supply or cooling upgrades.
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: May 4, 2004, 8:14 pm
News Source : Neowin
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