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Clint
The newsletter is from Tom's Hardware. I do not have the link. Since you hate
html email
you probably won't be interested in this newsletter either.
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Clint Brubakken wrote:
> Do you have a link to this newsletter, it stripped all the link and
> images out, and the line wrapping was annoying. I hate html email.
>
> On Wed, 2002-05-29 at 08:27, Joseph L Weaver wrote:
> > >
> > >
> >
> > [Image]
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> > Newsletter Vol II/No. 20
> > [Image]
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> >
> > Wednesday, May 29, 2002
> >
> > [Image]
> >
> >
> > Tom's
> > Hardware [Win the Ultimate Digital Experience, including NVIDIA
> > nForce 420D motherboards, AMD Athlon XP Processors and a trip to the 2002
> > PC Expo in New York City.]
> > Guide
> >
> > Subscribe
> > Windows Gaming In Linux With WineX 2.0
> > Unsubscribe
> > We've talked about running Windows applications inside
> > Linux, and now we'll look at the same for Windows gaming. WineX, from
> > TransGaming Technologies, lets
> > Questions you run DirectX games in a Linux environment. We ran some
> > benchmarks to compare performance too.
> > or
> > comments [Image]
> > regarding
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > newsletter? E3 Expo 2002, Los Angeles - Day One of Three
> >
> > Advertise This week we'll bring you our findings from three days at
> > E3. Without a doubt, game consoles were the big winners at the latest E3
> > show in Los Angeles, the
> > in largest convention for computer games. The PC pales by
> > comparison. At last year's show, Xbox and the GameCube were the highlights,
> > and now, content takes
> > Tom's Hard center stage. Nowadays, software is definitely becoming
> > game-oriented, not to mention warrior-like, considering the large number of
> > shooter games. There's
> > News no question about it - the new video games have begun a new
> > era. The gamers are no longer just kids - adults have become the majority,
> > which explains our
> > selection of products. Gamers between the ages of 7 and 77
> > will be pleased!
> >
> > [Image]
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Driving Is Much Easier With A Steering Wheel!
> >
> > IThere are lots of PC racing games, but they are really hard
> > to handle with the keyboard. A wheel gives you a great advantage and is
> > well worth the
> > investment, especially if you are a racing fan. We have
> > taken the best of them apart, literally dissected them. So here is a little
> > lesson in anatomy.
> >
> > [Image]
> >
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> >
> > Making Themselves Heard:
> > 11 GeForce4 Ti4400 and Ti4600 Cards
> >
> > The GeForce4 4600 range of graphics cards offer excellent
> > performance, but is one of them right for you? This depends on quite a few
> > factors - in addition
> > to the price and 3D performance, there's the video quality
> > and the noise of the cooling fan to consider as well.
> >
> > [Image]
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> >
> > Samsung preps DDR- II DRAM
> >
> > Samsung today claims an industry first, a high-density 512Mb
> > DDR-II memory chip. Or rather a prototype, the company says it's developing
> > the part which is
> > it says the first to fully satisfy the new JEDEC DDR-II
> > standard, introduced in March 2002. It will go in to volume production in
> > Q3 2003. The Korean giant
> > today also announced that IBM has developed a DDR-II memory
> > subs-sytem, which Samsung has validated using early 128Mb DDR-II device
> > prototypes. According
> > to Samsung this validation shows the technology is not
> > flaky. Also it claims this first try-out will "greatly reduce the lead time
> > for introducing this new
> > design".
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Intel steps back from InfiniBand
> >
> > Intel Corp doesn't want to develop Infiniband interconnect
> > chips - due for launch in 2003 - anymore. In stead the company is keen to
> > develop the PCI
> > Express internal PC bus replacement technology also known as
> > 3GIO.
> >
> > [Image]
> >
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> >
> > Security researchers warn of worm blitzkriegs
> >
> > Security researchers are warning of the availability of more
> > powerful virus writing techniques, which call for a more co-ordinated
> > approach to combat next
> > generation worms. In a paper, How to 0wn the Internet in
> > Your Spare Time, Stuart Staniford of Silicon Defense, Vern Paxson of the
> > ICSI centre for internet
> > research and Nicholas Weaver of University of California
> > Berkeley, argue the ability of attackers to rapidly gain control of vast
> > numbers of Internet hosts
> > poses grave security risks. They suggest surreptitious
> > worms, which spread more slowly but are much harder to detect, "could
> > arguably subvert upwards of
> > 10,000,000 Internet hosts".
> >
> > [Image]
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> >
> > Intel plays gentle giant in euro-broadband push
> >
> > Intel loves broadband. No it really, really loves broadband.
> > In the US, Craig Barrett, Intel CEO is lobbying the Bush administration to
> > promote a national
> > policy to accelerate broadband rollouts across the country.
> > In Europe, the chip giant is taking it rather more gently. It wants a quick
> > broadband rollout
> > on this continent too: it strongly backs local loop
> > unbundling and it's helping out with service providers and content
> > providers behind the scenes, with
> > work on standards, and promotion of best practices.
> >
> > Intel is encouraging system builders to embed broadband
> > modems into PCs, it's working with the set-top box makers, and finally it's
> > spreading its co-op
> > marketing largesse among broadband players.
> >
> > [Image]
> >
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> >
> > BBC hijacks TiVo recorders
> >
> > Users of the TiVo digital video recorder have reacted
> > angrily to a new sponsorship feature that automatically records certain
> > programmes, adverts and other
> > promotional material, Andrew Smith writes.
> >
> > One of TiVo's more innovative features is its ability to
> > recommend programmes based on viewing habits, such as watching every
> > episode of a soap opera or
> > every film starring a certain actor.
> >
> > But viewers in the UK were surprised this week to find that
> > the second episode of the little-known BBC sitcom "Dossa and Joe" had been
> > recorded without
> > their knowledge and added to the system's main menu screen.
> >
> > They were even more surprised to find that they won't be
> > allowed to delete the programme for one week, and that more sponsored
> > recordings are on the way.
> >
> > [Image]
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