Date: 20 July 2008 - 06:04Working like workaholic browser-developing bees, the guys and girls of Opera Software's desktop team have let loose yet another test snapshot of the upcoming Opera 9.52. This new update includes everything found in
the last update plus video, 3D canvas, and File I/O. For more info about the three fresh features check out
this page.
To download the test build, in either Windows, UNIX or Mac OS flavor follow
this link.
Thanks to EricJH for the heads up
Date: 20 July 2008 - 06:04
A couple of new versions of the popular optical drive emulator Daemon Tools are now available for download. The fresh releases include the free to download Daemon Tools Lite 4.30.0 and the commercial Daemon Tools Pro 4.30.0301. The former includes SPTD version 1.56 and features:
- Updated and improved images engine
- Adware free
- Languages updates
- Some minor GUI bugs fixed
... while the Pro package comes with
- Redesigned user interface
- Updated and improved images engine
- Speed optimization
- Ability to burn images onto physical CD/DVD/HD DVD/Blu-ray discs (for Advanced version)
- Erase rewritable discs
- File Associations for supported images
- Blu-ray and HD DVD devices supporting
- Image topology information dialog
You can download DT Lite 4.30.0 from
this page and find DT Pro 4.30.0301
here.
Date: 20 July 2008 - 06:04
Xbox money maker Microsoft Corporation has revealed the results for the last quarter of its 2008 fiscal year. Growing by 18% on-year, Q4's revenue topped $15.84 billion and contributed to a full year revenue that surpasses the $60 billion mark and made last year's $51.12 billion look like pocket change. Moreover, Q4 saw Microsoft's operating income and diluted earnings per share grow by 42% and 48% to reach $5.68 billion and $0.46 respectively.
"We had a strong finish in the fourth quarter, which capped off an impressive year for the company. We grew revenue 18% for the year with earnings per share significantly outpacing that," said Chris Liddell, chief financial officer at Microsoft.
Moving forward and looking towards Q1 of fiscal year 2009, Microsoft is predicting a revenue between $14.7 billion and $14.9 billion and an operating income hovering around $5.9 billion / $6.0 billion. Good times.
Date: 20 July 2008 - 06:04
Sapphire shipped two new models of the HD 4800 series, the SAPPHIRE HD 4850 1GB and the SAPPHIRE HD 4850 Toxic edition.
The HD 4850 1GB is a similar to the standard model card, having clock speeds of 625Mhz (core) and 993Mhz (memory). The premium âToxic editionâ model is already overclocked from Sapphire, offering better performance than the standard model. It features a different cooler, provided by the well known Zalman, so the card will be cooler, quieter and will give more room to experienced users to bring performance to an even higher level. Comes with a core speed of 675MHz and 512MB of memory running at 1100Mhz. In a CrossFireX compatible motherboard you can use two or more of the specific cards to help you achieve even higher performance. Both GPUâs use the PCI-express Gen2 interface.
The HD 4800 series uses the ATI Avivo HD Technology for enhanced video display and built in hardware for smoother decoding of High-Definition video content. Sapphire also includes a HDMI adaptor which delivers both audio and video on a single cable. The cards are Windows Vista Premium certified and support DirectX 10.1.
Date: 20 July 2008 - 06:04
Dell officially supports Linux, as announced the launce of one PC and two laptops with Ubuntu 8.04 pre-installed.
You can order your Linux based computer now and choose between the XPS 1330 and the Inspiron 1525. Prices are $949 for the XPS and $549 for the Inspiron. The Ubuntu version of the XPS 1330 comes with a Core 2 Duo T5550 instead of a T5750 and the Inspiron 1525 uses a Core 2 Duo T2370 instead of a T2390 central processing unit. Both systems use 1 Gigabyte of Ram instead of the 2 GB of Ram of the Windows Vista models. Also there is a small difference in price between the Linux â Vista notebooks. The Ubuntu based computers cost $50 less, thanks to the $50 and $25 rebate.
Dell also offers a desktop computer based in the open source OS, the Inspiron 530N. With a price of $449 itâs cheaper than the Vista equipped Inspiron 530s but uses the exact hardware configuration.
Dell also said that it plans to expand the offering of Linux based computers, by launching the XPS M1530n abd Studio 15n this August.
Date: 20 July 2008 - 06:04
EVGA has quickly summoned all its update powers after
releasing Precision 1.3.0 and has now managed to deliver a fresh version of its graphics tweaking tool. Precision 1.3.1 comes to fix an issue with the On-Screen Display and one that led to a missing uninstaller after a clean installation.
To download Precision 1.3.1 just give
2Many a shout.
Date: 20 July 2008 - 06:04
A new malware uses MP3âs to infect the computers of peer-to-peer users, by inserting links to insecure web sites, on ASF media files. As David Emm, senior technology consultant for security vendor of Kaspersky Labs said, this was the first time theyâve seen it done, even though they knew of this possibility for some time now.
When you try to play the infected MP3, the Internet Explorer opens in a dangerous web site, asking you to download a codec needed to play the file. The truth is that you download a Trojan horse, which installs a proxy program on your computer to help the âhackers to route other traffic through the compromised PC, helping the hacker essentially cover their tracks for other malicious activityâ,
Most people think that downloading a codec to play the file, is a natural procedure of their player. The best, and of course most secure, thing to do is to decide by yourself which codec youâll download.
Kaspersky calls the malware "Worm.Win32.GetCodec.a", Trend Micro calls it "Troj_Medpinch.aâ and âSecure Computing names it "Trojan.ASF.Hijacker.gen".
Date: 20 July 2008 - 06:04
Opera Software's Desktop Team is now providing a fresh weekly to all those ready and willing to test out a built of the upcoming Opera 9.52 browser. The snapshot comes with enhanced stability and includes the following fixes:
- Fixed a URL encoding in java script: URLs
- Fixed an issue with the BBC iPlayer RealPlayer plugin not working
- Fixed a problem where GMail would not load
As with its predecessors, this new Opera 9.52 build
is available for Windows, UNIX and Mac OS.
Date: 11 July 2008 - 05:03
Here is a classic we will always enjoy. Bill Gates does not seem very confident from the beginning, and then this happens...
