Topic: COMPUTER - on March 26, 2003 at 12:17:56 PM CET
United States Patent: 6,535,988
System for detecting over-clocking uses
a reference signal thereafter preventing over-clocking by reducing clock rate.
Abstract
An over-clock deterrent mechanism of a chipset which comprises an over-clock detection circuit for detecting over-clocking of a system (processor) clock signal based on comparison of ratio of the system (processor) clock signal which is likely to be over-clocked and a fixed, stable reference clock signal which is highly unlikely to be over-clocked, and an over-clock prevention (thwarting) circuit for deterring such an over-clocking by either disabling operations of a computer system or significantly undermining key operations of a computer system.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on March 25, 2003 at 9:46:08 PM CET
Misunderstood Computer Terms
Words are interesting things. They can mean one thing, or more than one thing depending on what you are talking about. This has only gotten worse with time and in recent years apparently everything technical is being named by smashing two or three words with nothing in common together and confusing the general public. The SA Forum Goons only intend on compounding this confusion with this weeks Comedy Goldmine: Misunderstood Computer Terms.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on March 25, 2003 at 8:30:39 PM CET
Portable computer pioneer Adam Osborne dead at 64
Adam Osborne, who co-founded a company that pioneered portable computers but met the same fate of countless future Silicon Valley firms that grew too quickly, has died. He was 64.
Osborne died in his sleep in Kodiakanal, India, on March 18, after a series of strokes caused by a brain disorder, his first wife, Cynthia Geddes, said Monday. He was buried Tuesday in India.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on March 25, 2003 at 6:32:48 PM CET
Honey i shrunk the PC
Casetronic, an industry innovator in the design and manufacture of electronic enclosures and passive electronic components has developed Mini-ITX systems, using the VIA EPIA and EPIA M-series mainboards, which are nothing short of engineering marvels. To actually get all the components of a complete PC in a footprint of this size is astounding! The case is the same dimensions as a car stereo based on the Japanese and Euro standards.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on March 24, 2003 at 10:12:19 PM CET
Microsoft ad pulled by ASA
The Advertising Standards Authority of SA (ASA) has ordered that a Microsoft ad implying that its software will bring about the extinction of the hacker is to be pulled for being "unsubstantiated and misleading". The advert depicts a dodo, a woolly mammoth, a sabre tooth tiger and a hacker. The caption claims that not everyone benefits from Microsoft software and that with it, a customer's data couldn't be safer even if it was kept in a safe. It was published in the November issues of ITWeb Brainstorm and Time Magazine.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on March 24, 2003 at 9:42:03 PM CET
Hotmail restricts outgoing messages
Microsoft’s MSN Hotmail, a free Web-based e-mail service, has tightened restrictions on daily outbound messages sent by subscribers, a tactic it says will help curb spam. THE REDMOND, WASH.-based company said that Hotmail subscribers are now limited to sending only 100 messages a day “in an effort to prevent spammers from using Hotmail to spread spam,” said Lisa Gurry, MSN lead product manager. The change, made last week, should affect only about 1 percent of its nearly 110 million worldwide users, based on historical usage data, Gurry said.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on March 24, 2003 at 12:17:38 AM CET
The War Machine: GoBook MAX Notebook
Niemand testet seine Notebooks so wie Itronix. Unser Testlabor gleicht mehr einem Exekutions-Kommando für Computer. Könnte Ihr Notebook 54 aufeinander folgende Stürze aus einem Meter Höhe auf Sperrholz über Beton aushalten? Könnten Sie Ihr Notebook bei 60°C im Ofen backen? Könnte Ihr Notebook bei -20°C arbeiten, wie eine Farbdose geschüttelt oder mit 100mm/h beregnet werden - dies alles bei laufendem Betrieb? Mit einem GoBook MAX können Sie all dies tun.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on March 23, 2003 at 7:50:59 PM CET
Juristische Schlappe für 0190-Inkasso der Telekom
Wie erst jetzt bekannt wurde, hat die Deutsche Telekom im Januar vor dem Kieler Landgericht (LG) eine Schlappe bezüglich ihrer 0190-Inkassopraxis einstecken müssen.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on March 21, 2003 at 9:53:46 PM CET
SPIEGEL-ONLINE-SIDEBAR
Immer wissen, was wichtig ist
Sie sind im Netz unterwegs und wollen dennoch die aktuellsten Meldungen im Blick haben? Mit ein paar Klicks können sie hier unsere Sidebar installieren und haben SPIEGEL ONLINE fortan immer an Ihrer Seite. Sie sind im Netz unterwegs und wollen dennoch die aktuellsten Meldungen im Blick haben? Mit ein paar Klicks können sie hier unsere Sidebar installieren und haben SPIEGEL ONLINE fortan immer an Ihrer Seite.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on March 21, 2003 at 9:49:27 PM CET
Yahoo schließt Übernahme von Inktomi ab
Dezember-Deal über 235 Millionen Dollar ist nun über die Bühne
Yahoo (Börse Frankfurt: YHO) hat jetzt die Übernahme des Suchspezialisten Inktomi abgeschlossen. Wie das Unternehmen mitteilte, ist der im Dezember angekündigte 235 Millionen-Dollar-Deal nun über die Bühne gegangen.
Der Kauf war kurz vor Weihnachten angekündigt worden. Inktomi-Technologie steckt unter anderem hinter den Suchoptionen von MSN und Hotbot. Das finanziell ins Straucheln geratene Unternehmen suchte Rettung und fand sie jetzt bei Yahoo. Bezahlt wurde 1,65 Dollar pro Inktomi-Aktie, so Yahoo in einer offiziellen Stellungnahme.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on March 21, 2003 at 8:08:07 PM CET
Anti-war hackers target websites
The number of web defacements has leapt up since the US-led war against Iraq began. According to security firm F-Secure, more than 1,000 sites have been hacked in direct relation to the Iraq conflict. Many of the hack attacks contain anti-war slogans and some have direct anti-USA or anti-Iraq slogans. Sites hacked to date include the US National Centre for Agricultural Utilization Research and the US Navy. Three groups of hackers are believed to be responsible according to F-Secure; US-based patriotic hackers, Islamic extremist groups and peace activists who were against the war.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on March 18, 2003 at 9:26:43 PM CET
Army Web server hacked
A hacker last week exploited a previously unknown vulnerability in Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 2000 operating system to gain control of an Army Web server, and the extent of the damage done is still unknown.
Russ Cooper, surgeon general at TruSecure Corp. — a provider of managed security services -- said the hacker used an attack code to operate the Army system as if he or she had the highest security clearance and therefore was able to gain complete control of the system.
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