29 March 2002

_________________________________________________________________________ This Site Is Not Dead! Updates will begin next week again - technical problems to blame! Thanks for your continued support. We are nearly at 1000 visitors! 5:10:35 PM

06 March 2002

_________________________________________________________________________ 1-Megabit Service From NTL Coming Soon! NTL is to launch a 1-megabit broadband service for residential users from next Monday. The new service will cost £49.99 a month and should appeal to speed-hungry Net users who are into gaming, music downloads, yada, yada, yada. The cableco has trialled the new service for the last two months and denies that today's announcement was rescheduled to trump BT's recent announcement to slash the wholesale cost of DSL. Last week Telewest announced its intention to go head to head with BT and compete on cost and speed. It is due to offer a 1-megabit broadband service sometime later this year. News source: www.neowin.net 2:21:24 AM

_________________________________________________________________________ Appologies For Lack Of Updates: The update problem should be cleared soon - major server hardware upgrade to blame. 2:19:51 AM

19 February 2002

_________________________________________________________________________ End Of An Era! We all owe grattitude to 3dfx for the amazing quality 3D cards we are ALL using nowadays. They were the first true innovators to bring workstation quality graphics to the humble PC.  To our valued customers: 3dfx Interactive, Inc. is no longer providing support for any 3dfx products and drivers. Information about 3dfx is no longer available from the 3dfx.com website. Please be advised that on February 19, 2002, the 3dfx.com website will be shut down entirely. As a result, the following alternatives have been put in place: Visit: www.3dfx.com (Whilst it lasts... sniff) 1:54:03 PM

18 February 2002

_________________________________________________________________________ Got a CPU In Your PC??? You Might Want To Get This: Thanks To Dave Goldsmith for pointing out this Gem of a util. WCPUID is a program that displays the CPU information of your personal computer. It also shows detailed Frequency, Multiplier, Chipset Info. etc. Very handy! What a waste running Windows ME with such a decent hardware setup eh?? ;-) Download: http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002374/src/download.html 9:43:05 PM

17 February 2002

__________________________________________________________________________ Got an Abit KT7 Board? Whats The Fastest Chip It Will Support? This depends on which version of the motherboard you have! Support is as follows: KT7/KT7-RAID: 100MHz (200MHz DDR) FSB processors only. Fastest processor supported is the Athlon 1400(100) - but it must have locked L1 bridges. AthlonXP and Duron (Morgan core) processors are not and will not be supported. KT7E: As for KT7/KT7-RAID although unofficially many users have also succeeded with 133MHz Athlon processors. There have been no reports of any attempts to use AthlonXP processors (and they are not officially supported) KT7A/KT7A-RAID versions 1.0 to 1.2: All Athlon (Thunderbird) processors with both 100MHz and 133MHz FSB. AthlonXP and Duron (Morgan core) processors are not officially supported due to a minor timing problem that can require you to hit reset during a cold boot. Unofficially, however, few people seem to experience this problem and these processors work fine. KT7A/KT7A-RAID versions 1.3: All Duron, Duron (Morgan core), Athlon (Thunderbird) and AthlonXP processors are supported. The motherboard version can be identified by the bar coded sticker near the ISA slot. Likewise, according to ABIT technical support the Duron (Morgan core) is only supported on the version 1.3 of the motherboard. 2:38:02 PM

15 February 2002

__________________________________________________________________________ New Official Radeon 8500 Drivers Available From ATI Ati has released new WHQL certified drivers for the 8500 series of cards: WinXP - 6.13.10.6015 Win2K - 5.13.01.6014 12:55:29 PM

14 February 2002

__________________________________________________________________________ Update Your System With New Messenger Microsoft has released a new build of Windows/MSN Messenger for all versions of windows (v4.60076). This latest version addresses the security issues detailed below and it is recommended you update your system immediately. If you receive an unsolicited instant message directing you to go to an unknown Web site, please do not click on the link. There is an updated version of Windows Messenger available that you can download from http://messenger.microsoft.com that addresses this issue. Microsoft highly recommends that you take additional precautionary measures, by installing the Internet Explorer patch that is available here. We appreciate your patience and apologize for any inconvenience. Download the latest Internet Explorer Security Update Microsoft highly recommends that you update your Internet Explorer with the latest security update to ensure a safe Windows Messenger experience. This update eliminates security vulnerabilities affecting Internet Explorer 5. 5 Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Internet Explorer 6, and MSN Explorer. For more information please click here. Windows Messenger Friendly Name Microsoft ships a control with Windows Messenger that allows Web sites to show your Messenger contact’s friendly name (e.g. 'John Smith') and make it quick and easy to establish communication with them. It was brought to our attention that this feature may be co-opted by malicious Web sites to collect this information. Microsoft has released an updated version of Windows Messenger that does not allow third party Web sites to obtain this information. To install the updated version please click here. 1:05:52 PM