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01/07/2006 - Anche da Plextor primo masterizzatore Blu-Ray - Plextor annuncia il primo masterizzatore Blu-Ray che include anche funzionalitą di masterizzazione CD e DVD. In commercio dal prossimo autunno |
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01/07/2006 - Wes Craven pensa di entrare nel mondo dei videogiochi - In un'intervista il popolare regista di film horror Wes Craven ha dichiarato che sta pensando di entrare nel mondo dei videogiochi con un progetto da lui diretto. |
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01/07/2006 - Memorie DDR2-1000 disponibili con bassa latenza - OCZ presenta il primo kit memorie DDR2 con latenza di accesso ridotta; il primo di molti annunci in questa direzione da parte dei principali produttori |
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01/07/2006 - Bug nei cookies di MSN e Amazon - Scoperto un pericolo bug nei cookies di MSN e Amazon; potenzialmente a rischio l'accesso agli account personali |
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01/07/2006 - Koch Media sui giochi Namco Bandai - Un accordo tra Namco Bandai Games America Inc. e Deep Silver darą a Koch Media l'opportunitą di distribuire in Europa Warhammer: Mark of Chaos e Mage Knight: Apocalypse. |
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30/06/2006 - Niente Conroe per i sistemi server a 1 cpu - Intel sceglie di non fornire supporto alle cpu Core 2 Duo nei propri futuri sistemi server a singolo processore; ampio spazio per i sistemi Woodcrest |
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30/06/2006 - La serie Total War si arricchisce con Eras - Un pacchetto cumulativo con tutti i giochi facenti parte della serie Total War viene lanciato sul mercato proprio in queste ore. |
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30/06/2006 - Niente fisica da ATI per i prossimi mesi - Nonostante l'hardware sia disponibile, lo sviluppo driver e la compatibilitą con le applicazioni fanno slittare il debutto dell'approccio alla fisica di ATI |
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30/06/2006 - Il nuovo sistema di raffreddamento per memorie di Corsair - Gią viste in occasione del Computex di Taipei, queste nuove memorie lasciano spazio ad elevati overclock almeno sulla carta |
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30/06/2006 - Red Steel supporta pienamente il controller di Wii? - Emergono nuove indiscrezioni riguardo le modalitą con le quali lo sparatutto 3D di Ubisoft supporta il controller di Nintendo Wii. |
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30/06/2006 - Santa Rosa: la "confettura di Intel" - Nome in codice originale per la prossima generazione di piattaforme notebook Centrino, attese al debutto a metą 2007 |
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30/06/2006 - Microsoft Office 2007 in ritardo - Microsoft Office 2007 sarą disponibile solo per l'inizio del prossimo anno |
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30/06/2006 - Ancora Il Signore degli Anelli per Electronic Arts - Electronic Arts sta lavorando ad un progetto di nuova generazione ambientato, ancora una volta, nel mondo de Il Signore degli Anelli. |
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30/06/2006 - Nuova beta 3 per Internet Explorer 7 - Microsoft ha reso disponibile per il rilascio la terza release beta del nuovo browser web Internet Explorer 7 |
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30/06/2006 - Unitą di misura decimali e binarie: facciamo chiarezza - Facciamo chiarezza in merito all'adozione e al significato dei prefissi binari che, almeno formalmente, sostituiscono i rispettivi prefissi decimali per l'espressione dei multipli del byte |
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30/06/2006 - Nuovi driver Forceware e nForce da NVIDIA - Il produttore americano rilascia versioni aggiornate dei driver Forceware, oltre ad un set di driver nForce per sistema operativo Windows Vista |
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30/06/2006 - Final Fantasy XII negli Stati Uniti per Halloween - Square Enix ha finalmente svelato la data di rilascio per la versione occidentale di Final Fantasy XII, il quale ha gią riscosso un enorme successo in Giappone. |
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30/06/2006 - MacBook che si scolorano: Apple si adopera per risolvere il problema - La casa di Cupertino avrebbe avviato le sostituzioni per i modelli di MacBook soggetti ai problemi di perdita di colore delle plastiche |
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30/06/2006 - Uno sguardo ai risultati finanziari aggiornati di ATI - Il produttore canadese ha divulgato i propri risultati finanziari trimestrali; in miglioramento rispetto a 12 mesi fa |
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30/06/2006 - Wipeout pronto anche per le console di nuova generazione - Un'offerta di lavoro rivela che Sony sta pensando ad un nuovo episodio della popolare serie di guida arcade ad ambientazione futuristica. |
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29/06/2006 - Un controller semplificato per XBox 360 - Peter Moore, responsabile degli affari legati a XBox, conferma che Microsoft sta pensando ad una versione semplificata del controller di XBox 360. |
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29/06/2006 - Google Checkout pagamenti sicuri ma non solo - Google ha svelato il servizio Checkout che promette pagamenti sicuri online. Questo strumento spalanca le porte a innumerevoli iniziative che coinvolgono ovviamente gli strumenti pubblicitari di Google |
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29/06/2006 - Funzionalitą VoIP in Mac OS X Leopard? - Nella prossima versione del sistema operativo di Apple potrebbe essere presente una versione di iChat con funzionalitą VoIP |
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29/06/2006 - Disponibile Adobe Flash Player 9 - Adobe ha rilasciato una nuova release di Flash Player 9 che implementa alcune interessanti novitą legate anche al recente rilascio di Flex |
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03/07/2006 - Il P2P cresce ma i danni sono limitati - I numeri di BigChampagne parlano chiaro: anche a ridosso dell'estate il numero degli utenti che utilizzano i sistemi peer-to-peer per scambiare qualsiasi cosa, file protetti compresi, non fa che aumentare. L'industria? Non ha da temere |
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03/07/2006 - Corea, test di massa per i robot da compagnia - Seoul lancia la sperimentazione: mille abitazioni ed asili saranno abitati da robot tuttofare. Primo passo verso l'obiettivo di mettere un robot in tutte le case, che il governo sudcoreano spera di realizzare entro il 2020 |
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03/07/2006 - IE7, terza (e ultima?) beta - Dopo un lungo cammino, il browser giunge alla terza beta, che lima le funzionalita' esistenti e aggiunge alcune novita' secondarie. Nel frattempo Microsoft ha chiuso il download pubblico della Beta 2 di Vista |
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03/07/2006 - Office 2007 slitta ancora in avanti - Microsoft ha ritoccato la data di rilascio del celebre pacchetto da ufficio, la cui versione business e' ora scivolata alla fine dell'anno. Quella consumer dovrebbe seguire a breve distanza, ma sul mese non v'e' certezza |
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03/07/2006 - OpenOffice corregge tre falle - Il team di sviluppo della celebre suite rilascia un update che sistema tre vulnerabilita', la piu' grave delle quali potrebbe consegnare il sistema ad un cracker |
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03/07/2006 - USA, neodimio per cancellare ogni traccia - Un dispositivo a magneti distrugge al volo qualsiasi tipo di supporto dati non ottico: dal nastro DAT fino ai dischi rigidi. Verra' impiegato per distruggere dati militari con assoluta certezza ed efficacia |
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03/07/2006 - Nokia aggiorna il Linux del 770 - Il gigante dei telefonini ha rilasciato la nuova versione del sistema operativo installato sul proprio Internet Tablet. Tra le novita', supporto al VoIP e maggiori performance globali |
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03/07/2006 - La SIAE ringrazia i cellulari - I contenuti multimediali per telefonini sono una fetta importante degli incassi della Societa' Italiana Autori ed Editori |
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03/07/2006 - L'ubriaco guida come chi usa il cellulare - Lo dicono ricercatori americani: che sia sotto l'influenza dell'alcool o di un telefonino, il conducente reagisce in modo assai piu' lento lento agli stimoli ambientali |
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03/07/2006 - La nuova internet passa per gli odori - Un team giapponese lavora su un naso elettronico: dicono che rispetto ad altri cybersniffatori questo sia superiore. Percepisce un alto numero di aromi ed e' in grado di riprodurli identici a comando |
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03/07/2006 - WGA Microsoft, chiesta la class action - Gli utenti che si sentono gabbati dalla penultima versione del tool di controllo di Windows hanno intenzione di trascinare BigM in tribunale |
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03/07/2006 - Internet e societa`, Don't Date Him e` nei guai - Un avvocato denuncia il portale per diffamazione: e' un club di cuori infranti che da' modo alle donne di spettagolare sui propri ex e metterli alla berlina di fronte al globo |
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03/07/2006 - USA, il database dell'esercito e` salvo - Il laptop contenente oltre 26 milioni di schede personali su membri dell'esercito americano e' stato ritrovato intatto. Era misteriosamente sparito: nessun dettaglio sulla sparizione |
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03/07/2006 - Cina, giro di vite sui blog - L'aumento di informazioni invise al regime di Pechino spinge le autorita' ad un nuovo giro di vite: blog, forum e siti personali nel mirino delle forze di polizia. Ma il web cinese continua a crescere senza sosta |
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03/07/2006 - Retrocomputing, il programma del Codex - La celebre manifestazione |
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01/07/2006 - Security Researcher Goes Public with MSN and Amazon Flaws - Frustrated with what he calls a lack of response from Microsoft and Amazon.com, a security researcher has gone public with details of flaws on the two companies' Web sites.
The flaws could be used by attackers to steal "cookie" data files that would allow them to access Amazon.com and MSN accounts, or to display a fake login page that could be used in phishing attacks, according to Yash Kadakia, the independent security researcher who discovered the flaws.
Although the cross-site scripting flaws he discovered are generally considered to be low-risk problems, Kadakia's attack involves a technique called CRLF (Carriage Return Line Feed) injection, which can be used in a more serious and widespread attack, he said.
Kadakia said he first notified Microsoft of the problem about a year ago. But he said he was not taken seriously until late last week, when he posted screen shots of the flaw being exploited on his Web site.
The Amazon.com flaw was discovered in December, but after some initial discussions with the Web retailer, the vulnerability remained unpatched, Kadakia said. "The conversations got dropped off somewhere," he said.
A spokesman for Microsoft's public relations agency said the flaws were now being investigated. Amazon.com executives were unable to comment for this story.
Though Microsoft has made much of its focus on security, the company appears to be slower at dealing with security issues relating to its Web properties than with its software products, said Stefano Zanero, the co-founder and chief technology officer at security consultancy Secure Network SRL.
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01/07/2006 - D-Link Leaves Critical Hole Open for 5 Months, And Counting -
Security vulnerability discoveries were reported last February to D-Link and surprisingly they still have not been fixed yet! The vulnerability allows remote code to be executed through the routersfirmware potentially leaving affected customers vulnerable to attack.The vulnerability can give an attacker complete control over any andall network traffic.
The effected products are:
- DI-524 (Wireless)
- DI-604*
- DI-624 (Wireless)
- DI-784* (Wireless)
- EBR-2310*
- WBR-1310 (Wireless)
- WBR-2310 (Wireless)
*(Denotes firmware update available)
D-Linkhas hardly said a word publicly about the issue and has only patched asmall portion of the devices affected. In fact the only word directlyfrom D-Link is from a supposed support staff member in a post on the
DSLReports.com forums.According to that person the issue has to do with UPnP, a LAN sideprotocol thus reasoning that the problem isn't susceptible to WAN orinternet side attacks.
Unfortunately because some of theeffected routers are wireless it isn't unlikely that an attacker mightcompromise the router by gaining access to the wireless portion of therouter and injecting malicious code. Even secured wireless routersaren't foolproof and given enough time and resources these too can becompromised. The only advice that can be given at this point fromsecurity researchers is to discontinue using the affected routers untila fix is published by D-Link as there is nothing the consumer can to domitigate the issue themselves.
D-Link was also recently in the news when its engineers began using a FreeBSD NTP top level server as the primary time server for its devices. The issue was solved eventually, and new routers stopped using the NTP server.
News source: DailyTech
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01/07/2006 - Apple Seals Deal with Maine Education System - Maine educators have agreed a $41 million contract with Apple to continue its existing notebooks-for-kids deal. Under the scheme, seventh- and eighth-graders in the area are provided with portable Macs, as are their teachers. The deal means Apple will provide 32,000 students and 4,000 teachers with portable Macs.
The deal includes warranty and service cover and other perks. It works out to cost approximately $289 per notebook per year - which is less than the scheme's first iteration as agreed in 2002.
Maine educators say the scheme is the biggest of its kind in the world.
News source: Macworld UK
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01/07/2006 - Dell's Exploding Laptops Under Investigation - Dell is investigating reports that one of its laptops exploded during a conference in Osaka recently. A series of photographs of the portable pyromaniac's delight appeared online within hours of the incident, a Reuters report says.
You can see these images in a report detailing the incident that's available on the Inquirer website. "It's only a matter of time until an incident like this breaks out on a plane," the report warns. In December 2005 the company recalled some of its laptop batteries in response to overheating problems.
Dell spokeswoman Anne Camden said it was too early to draw conclusions, but stressed that it appeared unconnected to a battery overheating problem.
News source: Macworld UK
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01/07/2006 - Apple Stock Option Problems - Apple has found problems with some of its stock option grants made between 1997 and 2001, one of which was to CEO Steve Jobs, the company disclosed on Thursday. The irregularities were uncovered in an internal investigation, Apple said. The company has now hired outside attorneys to perform an investigation and has informed the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
The option grant to Jobs subsequently was cancelled, and Jobs didn't financially benefit from it, according to Apple.
In the past few months, problems with stock options have been uncovered at numerous high-tech companies. Some grants of options were backdated, or timed to a low point in the company's stock, so the recipient could buy stock cheaply and reap a bigger windfall by selling it. In a May 16 report, the Center for Financial Research & Analysis named 17 companies as being at risk for having backdated options.
Other companies flagged by CFRA include RSA Security, Juniper Networks and Broadcom.
News source: Macworld UK
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01/07/2006 - Apple Acknowledges MacBook Stain Issue - Apple has responded to widespread reports that claim some MacBooks become discoloured after a few short weeks of use. A vocal minority of customers have claimed that the new Macs become discoloured, mainly around the areas on which users rest their hands on the keyboard.
Some reports have claimed Apple to have admitted that the problem exists, but this isn't yet the case. The company is requesting that users who claim to have been affected should contact Apple support, as the MacBooks remain under warranty and the company needs to explore the claimed problem to establish its cause.
In a statement, Apple said: "Apple is aware of this input and is looking into it. If a customer has any technical issues, they should contact AppleCare."
News source: Macworld UK
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30/06/2006 - Super-Slim Lasers Promise to Boost Optical Disc Capacity - Researchers at Japan's Kyoto University have recently announced a breakthrough method for shaping laser beams that could result in optical disc capacities up to ten times higher than what's current available from state-of-the-art HD DVD and Blu-ray discs.
Using several layers of so-called photonic crystals incorporated into a small semiconductor chip, the researchers were able to manipulate a light beam's constituent photons in such a way that the resulting laser output could be shaped into a number of exotic beam patterns -- such as hollow beams, concentric hollow beams, and most importantly for optical disc capacity, solid beams with diameters much smaller than had been previously achievable.
The best part about this technology is that the narrow beams can be formed without changing the wavelength of the laser, meaning that the technique could theoretically be applied to existing blue lasers, enabling next-gen optical discs to hold hundreds of gigabytes worth of data. Or, to put this in layman's terms, the $1,000 BD-P1000 you're planning on buying will now be, like, totally obsolete before you even tear open the box.
News source: Engadget
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30/06/2006 - Intel's F1 Inspired Viiv Remote - We thought chips and processors were Intel's game, but we underestimated its capacity for the outlandish - it's now quite fond of crazy remotes, as shown by this new F1 racing wheel.
Designed to work with the new Viiv platform - its attempt to turn Media Centers into your TV of choice - the Entertainment Driver is apparently a close relation of the ones used in the BMW Sauber F1 cars, only without the team radio and gear shift buttons.
You'll be able to program its array of buttons to help you navigate your multimedia PC (Hi-Grade's DMS is our current fave Viiv number) and race around movies, TV and websites without swapping between ten handsets.
We doubt it'll work with racing sims, but at least you'll get a more interesting way of rifling through Google's videos.
The remote is only at the prototype stage at the moment, so there's no news on availability or pricing yet - we'll let you know if it goes into full production.
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News source: Stuff Magazine
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30/06/2006 - Turning Wine into Windows on a Mac - It used to be that running Windows programs on a Mac was a slow, painful process. There was only one option: running Virtual PC emulation software. But with Apple Computer's shift to Intel chips, the pool of options has expanded considerably. For one, Apple has its own Boot Camp software, which lets Intel-based Macs boot up with either Windows or Mac OS X. Meanwhile, start-up Parallels has released software that lets the Microsoft operating system run in a separate virtual machine with only a slight loss in performance.
Soon there will be yet another option, which, unlike the current choices, doesn't even require a copy of Windows. A company called CodeWeavers is using an open-source technology called Wine to allow some Windows programs to run under Mac OS X. CodeWeavers is in early testing with CrossOver Office for Mac now and plans to release a final version of the software in July or August. CEO Jeremy White said he would have liked to have seen his product out before the rivals.
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News source: ZDNet
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30/06/2006 - Industry Group to Develop 4th Generation (4G) Mobile Network - A group of operators have formed an alliance, which will determine the future mobile networks, e.g., decide, which features and capabilities are required by the 4th generation of mobile networks, which will be deployed after 2010.
KPN Mobile NV, Orange SA, Sprint Nextel Corporation, T-Mobile International AG & Co KG and, Vodafone Group PLC have formed a group called Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN), which is expected to provide a set of recommendations for the creation of networks suitable for the competitive delivery of mobile broadband services and cost-efficient eventual replacement of existing networks.. This initiative intends to complement and support the work within standardization bodies by providing a coherent view of what the operator community is going to require in the decade beyond 2010.
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News source: Xbit Labs
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