Unlocking Your Athlon Processor
The guys over at Athlonoc.com have posted a nice little article on how to unlock your Athlon processor with just a pencil. Apparently, AMD has thus far overlooked this possibility, but it can be certain that you will not be able to do this for long. This trick works for both the Thunderbird and Duron processors. The article comes complete with close-up pictures so you can be sure to get it right. Read more at Athlonoc.com.
Who's Laughing Now
The 16-year old boy charged by the SEC with civil fraud has had the last laugh in the case. After paying is penalty of $285,000 he still managed to walk away with half a million dollars from the scheme. The boy made his money by buying low-priced stocks in large quantities, boasting about the stocks on financial message boards, and then selling the stocks within 24-hours after prices rose. This "pump and dump" scheme managed to make him an enormous amount of money before the SEC filed charges. In his "60 Minutes" interview, the boy said he made about $800,000 the SEC did not charge him for. He has already bought a Mercedes for his family.
Nothing To Fear About Script Viruses - Sophos
Sophos, the anti-virus specialist, advised that users have nothing to
fear from the recent rash of script viruses - provided, of course,
that they install a patch from Microsoft to protect them.
Sophos said that viruses such as Kakworm and Bubbleboy can be stopped
in their tracks if users down a update from Microsoft's Web site at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms99-032.asp .
Big Plans for Aimster
The popular file-swapping software that converts your AOL IM into a file-sharing powerhouse has announced that the next version will feature interoperability with other IM services. The company is currently in talks with Yahoo, and today began testing a version that interconnects MSN Messenger to the software. Look for future versions of Aimster to roll-out soon that will connect you with more users than ever. For more information on Aimster, visit Aimster.com.
AOL IM for Your Phone
SprintPCS has finally done it. Beginning yesterday, the company began offering the immensely popular messaging software on its Internet-ready phones. There is no service charge to use the software, according to the Reuters report, as Sprint becomes the first to offer the service on phones. Many Palm users can connect to ICQ via a wireless modem, but this is a first for the mobile phone industry.
MooSoft Looking for Beta Testers
MooSoft sent word that they are currently looking for beta testers for future projects at the company. You may know MooSoft from their flagship software, The Cleaner, which is a trojan-horse virus prevention and detection program. For those of you who are interested, e-mail [email protected] and include your name, e-mail address, a description of your hardware, and any previous beta testing experience you may have.
Beta Testing Opportunities at GlobalSCAPE
The guys over at GlobalSCAPE sent word that they are now taking applications for three new programs due to launch in the first part of January 2001. The new trio of Web applications takes the usual "Cute" style and applies it to two new areas of the Web, while dramatically improving one existing area that CuteFTP dominates in.
The first of these applications is CuteFTP Pro, which adds functionality to the current CuteFTP to handle SSL and SSH file transfers, simultaneous transfers, HTTP directory browsing, and an Autonomous Transfer Enging for "a true business class solution".
Alien Beta Testing Wants Employees
A new beta testing group is being formed right now called Alien Beta Testers. You are not testing a game or program called Alien, but rather provide testing services for developers who choose to go through the company. They are looking for young employees, preferably with multiple computer-related certificates and training. If you are interested, please send an e-mail to [email protected].
Mech Wars Beta Testers Wanted
The guys over at Thino wrote in and requested the help of all you out there to beta test a new game being developed entitled Mech Wars. According to the e-mail, Mech Wars is "a futuristic game where you build mechs, manage resources, deal mechs on the blackmarket, form clans (alliances), and so on." They are looking for around 500 testers for the beta, which begins on October 31st. For more information and to sign up, please visit MechWars.net.
ATI Rage Drivers Finally Posted
If you may not have noticed, the full line of ATI Rage drivers has been posted for your gaming needs. Gamers everywhere were getting itchy as ATI seemed to have trouble pushing out the drivers in a timely fashion, but they have finally delivered. You can also download Multimedia Center for Windows 2000, which allows "TV/ video playback and video capture under Windows 2000." You can download the latest drivers from FileForum or visit ATI.
OmniSky 2.0 Delivered
After a brief delay in distribution of the software due to a glitch in the mail registration portion, OmniSky has come back in full force with version 2.0 of its wireless connectivity program. The team informed users that they "isolated the issue and have identified a simple system check you will need to perform as soon as you have finished your upgrade which will ensure that your upgrade is successful." OmniSky is used in conjunction with an attachment for your Palm Pilot to connect it to the Internet from anywhere in the country where there is service available. For more information about the upgrade, visit OmniSky.
PlayStation2 - Why It Will Succeed, Why It Might Not
3D GameForce has written up an editorial about the PlayStation2 that all you gaming lovers out there may find interesting. The article takes a look at 5 reasons why the console will succeed, and 10 possible reasons why the console may fail in the gaming market. Legitimately, one reason it could fail is that the upcoming consoles, the Nintendo Game Cube and the Microsoft X-Box have an ease of development like none other in the gaming world. Only time will tell, as the X-Box isn't due for another year, and the Game Cube won't be seen this year either. Read the rest of the article at 3D GameForce if you are interested.
Win an X-Box Console from Microsoft
All proceeds going to charity, Microsoft has donated six of its much anticipated gaming console the X-Box to auctions on Amazon.com. The auction will run through Friday, and the consoles are already fetching high bids. One, which came included with the leather jacket worn by Bill Gates during the launch announcement, went for $2,550 USD. Winners will receive hand-signed certificates from Bill Gates himself guaranteeing they will be one of the first to get their hands on the console when it ships in the fall. View the auctions over at Amazon to see what is going on.
AMD Drops Prices, Debuts 1.2GHz Processor
In the usual fashion, Advanced Micro Devices has one, debuted a new chip running faster than any of its predecessors (including its competitions) and dropped prices on those predecessors. The 1.2GHz Athlon Thunderbird was officially introduced today, along with its low-end brother the 800MHz Duron.
In the price wars, the 1.1GHz Athlon Dropped from $853 to $460 USD, the 1GHz from $612 to $350 USD, and the 950MHz from $460 to $282 USD. The 1.2GHz screamer will retail for $612 USD, its 800MHz Duron brother retailing for $170 USD.
DesktopX Preview Available
The hard-working guys over at Stardock have sent word that the first public debut of its up-and-coming software DesktopX is happening right now. The team has been working very hard on this new program, after completion of the newest version of Stardock's flagship software WindowBlinds, which premeired on BetaNews a few months ago. DesktopX is set to revolutionize the Windows interface, with a host of capabilities and functions to change just about everything you could want to.
According to documentation on the Stardock Web site, with DesktopX "A user can replace their Start bar, system tray, task list and everything on their desktop with DesktopX objects that can do the same things but with a much greater degree of customization and functionality. Because DesktopX objects (unlike icons and other GUI elements on Windows) can send and receive messages, they have all of the abilities of a full blown program without any of the overhead of running separate programs. Users have control over what degree of customization they desire."
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