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From Lou Warren: We've briefly discussed ESD (Electrostatic Discharge) as it relates to Building PC's, please take note of PEI - Petroleum Equipment Institute's Stop Static Campaign! No joke, this is serious! Please READ IT! (7/2/2002)

DDR News Headlines - Crucial.com

2002 Highlights:

1. ExtremeTech.com - IBM OS-2 Alive And Well (1/04/2003).
2. Audio News: Press Releases - Pinnacle Systems Agrees To Acquire Steinberg for $24 million in January 2003. Steinberg is a recognized industry leader in digital audio. This transaction significantly broadens Pinnacle's digital media offerings. Interesting to note this News since Apple recently purchased Emagic making that audio solution a Mac only offering whereas before they had PC's in mind. Steinberg products should continue to prosper under Pinnacle's oversight (12/19/2002).
3. pcmag.com:  Obituary OS-2 (12/17/2002).
4. Audio: M-Audio Launches Industry’s First High-Definition 7.1 Surround Sound Card: PDF File - MSRP $99.00 (12/12/2002).
5. Warning: Unfriendly Greeting Cards Exposed! E-cards (12/10/2002)
6. Converting from NTFS to FAT32 in Win2K or WinXP From George Walker (11/5/2002).
7. Drive Letter Assignments in WinXP Pro by George Walker (10/21/2002).
8. GigaByte GA-7VAXP FireWire MotherBoard (10/14/2002).
9. 2002 Ford Think Neighbor - Electric Car by Gus Hrncir (10/14/2002).
10. GigaByte GA-7VRXP RAID MotherBoard (10/7/2002).

1. WestWorld Productions -- CTN: Searching for Growth - Thoughts on Tech in 2003 (12/31/2002).
2. Storage.ZiffDavis.com:  Can Video Really Save the Hard Disk Industry (12/31/2002).

    

3. The InfoGrid FREE Personal News 'Blogger' - InfoGrid MyHeadlines Beta... "Imagine your search engine allowed you to build your own personal news page of automatically updated links to breaking news stories and web-logs ('blogs') from thousands of top sources all over the Web. And all this is FREE!" (12/31/2002)

    

4. ExtremeTech.com:  Security Alert Iraqi worm targets Windows 2K, XP, .NET servers (12/31/2002).
5. Motherboards: aopen.com:  AX45-4D Max - The First SIS Dual Channel Motherboard! New Chipset with 128-bit Dual Channel DDR333 (12/26/2002)!
6. Storage: storage.ziffdavis.com:  Hard Disk Industry Seeks Its Grail Seagate or IBM? (12/23/2002)
7. Motherboards: eTaiwanNews.com-Record slow growth seen ahead for motherboards (12/23/2002).
8. Specials: One week only: 15% off all products at Crucial.com! (12/19/2002)

    

9. Storage Technologies: Ever wonder why IBM moved out of the Hard Drive business? Maybe they didn't?  Heard of IBM's new atomic force microscope (AFM)-based data storage concept called Millipede which is a nanomechanical storage device? IBM Research Resources News IBM's 'Millipede' Project Demonstrates Trillion-Bit Data Storage Density - Store the equivalent of 25 DVDs on a surface the size of a postage stamp (12/19/2002).
10. Audio News: Press Releases - Pinnacle Systems Agrees To Acquire Steinberg for $24 million in January 2003. Steinberg is a recognized industry leader in digital audio. This transaction significantly broadens Pinnacle's digital media offerings. Interesting to note this News since Apple recently purchased Emagic making that audio solution a Mac only offering whereas before they had PC's in mind. Steinberg products should continue to prosper under Pinnacle's oversight (12/19/2002).

'02 News Logs - Featured:

After leaving our Index page, current News Topics reside here for the year, then move onto another page specific for that year past such as BuildOrBuy News Topics Of 2001.

1. NEW 5.1 Surround Plug-In Pack for ACID PRO 4.0 - Save $200 on the 5.1 Surround Plug-In Pack. Right now, save $200 for a limited time. Regularly priced at $399, get your copy for $199 through January 15, 2003. This offer is only good for registered ACID PRO 4.0 Users (12/18/2002).
2. vnunet.com Jury clears ElcomSoft in DMCA case (12/18/2002).
3. pcmag.com:  Obituary OS-2 (12/17/2002).

    

4. Email from Jerry Lee: zdnet.com.com:  News E-mail viruses double - Feeling left out? (12/17/2002)

    

5. Audio: Philips New Sound Technology Locates 'Sweet Spot' for PC Audio Enthusiasts - Sound Agent 2 - (12/16/2002).

    

6. Firewall: Get ZoneAlarm Pro 3.5 plus an additional year of updates and support (12/14/2002).
7. Hughes shutdown strands DSL users - Tech News - CNET.com "...Satellites, Digital Subscriber Lines (DSL) and Cable Modems are the three major ways Web Providers deliver Broadband to Homes and Offices..." (12/14/2002).

    

8. Audio: M-Audio Launches Industry’s First High-Definition 7.1 Surround Sound Card: PDF File - MSRP $99.00 (12/12/2002).

    

9. Nick Brown brought this to our attention this afternoon.  Feeling a little 'Hacked' lately? Since we ran out of Meeting time today, we'll discuss this issue further next week: InfoWorld.com: Window Manager Brian Livingston - A matter of trust: Microsoft, Tsk, Tsk Again - Oh Trust Me - Honest! (12/12/2002).
10. sci.newsfactor.com:  Carbon Chip Breakthrough May Crush Silicon (12/11/2002).

     

11. Windows XP Tablet PC Edition Demos (12/10/2002).
12. AMD's future plans Keep annoying Intel - Tech News - CNET.com: AMD shipping Athlon XP 2800; AxionTech.com showing Athlon XP 2700's as of Tuesday, 12/10/02.

     

13. Windows .NET Server 2003 Customer Preview Program: Sign up now for CD or Download (12/9/2002).

     

14. Font Assistance for Microsoft Office: Facts About Fonts - Follow the links to the Microsoft Typography web site to Download Free Holiday Snowflake Fonts! (12/9/2002)
15. baselinemag.com:  CGG Taps PC Clustering in Oil Hunt (12/9/2002).

     

16. Audio: www.m-audio.com/believe - Something wonderful is happening to Computer Audio. Are you ready to eXperience 7.1 Channel Sound? Revolution - Coming Soon to a Desktop Theater near you! (12/8/2002)
17. Serious about your PC Audio? Apparently, AOpen is serious about this Tube Audio on a MotherBoard, they have a new one out - AX4GE Tube, 'The Virtuoso Platform' and then some! (12/7/2002)
18. Audio: DigiDesign.com:  Mbox for Windows XP is Now Available! (12/7/2002).
19. Audio: Cakewalk Announces support for Digidesign audio hardware (12/7/2002).
20. Speakers: Creative Launches New I-Trigue Brand Of Sleek, High-Performance PC Speaker Systems  - Press Release (12/6/2002).

     

21. ExtremeTech.com:  Linksys Vulnerabilities Linger - Some Linksys SOHO Routers Require Firmware Updates (12/6/2002).
22. Need Help with Screen Captures? Broderbund's Screen Shot Deluxe 5.0, Order Now only $19.00 (12/5/2002).
23. After listening to the City of Houston, TX problems over the SimDesk contract with the Houston Public Libraries, we're sharing this News as a reminder of that progress when previously announced and it's intended purpose: gcn.com:  Y’all got mail Houston offers free Net access. So next time you hear about the generosity of your Local ISP offering 'Free Anything', they may be doing so to stay competitive - Enjoy! GB (12/4/2002)

     

24. newsfactor.com:  Are Independent ISPs Finished (12/4/2002).
25. Desktop Storage News: ExtremeTech.com:  Mega-Hard Drive Shoot-Out (12/4/2002).

     

26. From Tom Tyner: Ananova - Finnish taxi drivers to pay royalties for backseat music - How crazy can it get before sanity takes over? (12/3/2002)
27. SACD News: mixonline.com:  Cube-Tec AudioCube 5 - "AudioCube 5 is an advanced 24-bit/192kHz, integrated audio workstation for analysis, restoration, editing, archival, CD/DSD/SACD mastering and DVD-A authoring." (12/2/2002)
    1. Cube-Tec:
28. boston.internet.com:  FTC Approves IBM Hard Drive Sale to Hitachi - ..."new [entity] to be called Hitachi Global Storage Technologies"... (12/2/2002).
29. USB News: Keyspan Expands USB 2.0 Connections (12/2/2002).

     

30. AntiVirus: ExtremeTech.com:  Beware, Winevar Virus Runs Rampant (12/2/2002).

     

31. Create the Ultimate Office - For ScanSoft Customers - OmniPage Pro 12 & PaperPort Deluxe 8 together for just $149.99! This special offer expires on December 30, 2002 so Hurry And Order Now! (12/2/2002).
32. GigaStudio Sampler Libraries: The HIP.gig - new jazz drum library for Gigastudio from Kevin Moreland - To get a better feel for the depth of this sample set and to see the complete documentation for this 368 MB Jazz Drum Sample - Download the Demo! A strong compliment of auxiliary percussion is also included (12/2/2002).
33. Windows Remote Installation Services Menu Editor (RISME) v2.0 - Press Release (12/2/2002).

     

34. Pat Meier Associates - High Tech Public Relations: Webcasts From Lunch at Piero's Focus on Digital Photography, Digital Entertainment and New, Innovative Products (11/30/2002).
35. Serial ATA: WestWorld Productions -- CTN: Serial ATA - Opening new markets for ATA RAID (11/30/2002).

     

36. eweek.com:  RealPlayer Patch Fails to Fix Flaws (11/26/2002).
37. ADA Tools: From Reba Net: BIGSHOT Screen Magnifier reduce eyestrain and computer vision syndrome - Software Magnifier magnifies the screen while you work! (11/26/2002)

     

38. ExtremeTech.com:  Forbidden Windows An Early Look At Longhorn Alpha (11/26/2002).
39. Toys: Microsoft.com/windowsxp/ - Be Among the First to Receive: Order the Windows Powered Smart Display Today! (11/26/2002)
40. DVD: Ulead News Room - Ulead DVD MovieFactory 2.0 Ups the Ante for Home and Office DVD Creation: Features Disc-Direct to capture files directly from a camcorder or other video source to a DVD or VCD. (11/26/2002).
41. Ready For a More Powerful Video Editor? A Special 'Pinnacle Edition' for 'Pinnacle Studio' Users, Only $199.99! Limited Time Offer (expires December 20, 2002) Click Here For More Info! Dos THIS Pro version work any better than the scaled down Consumer Version? Feeling Lucky? (Posted 11/26/2002)
42. The Comdex that was... From a Prominent & Nationally known Vendor who summed it up best, "Gill - yes Comdex this year will be the end of Comdex as we have known it.......we even had an END OF Comdex party last Tue eve. My choice for a successor Show would be run by the Cebit Group." Cheers to the Comdex that was and hello to Cebit America 2003 in June, New York style! And move over www.TechXNY.com a.k.a. www.PCExpo.com in September 2003 (11/26/2002).
43. pcmag.com:  The 19th Annual Awards for Technical Excellence (11/26/2002).
44. TheInquirer.net:  Hyperthreaded P4s hit Audigy snagette - So this time it's NOT an AMD or Via issue? Hello Creative? (11/23/2002)

     

45. Buy Aladdin Systems StuffIt Deluxe 7.5 and get AutoSave by VCOM FREE! Save $49.95 - Now Only 29.99! Click Here To Order (11/26/2002).
46. Since we discussed CD Ripping Technology as it relates to Testing PC System Performance as well as the PCM & the SACD Audio Technology aspect this week, Tom Tyner has provided us a Tutorial link to share for those configuring and using EAC - Exact Audio Copy Tutorial (11/21/2002).

     

47. ExtremeTech.com:  IE Disk Formatting Exploit Causes Furor - Ouch! (11/21/2002)
48. Racy Sanford Found this observation to share with us for those considering WinXP on the Desktop. The Author has many valid points to consider whether you agree with this Editorial or not. Windows XP Shows the Direction Microsoft is Going. Are you SURE you want WinXP in your work environment? (11/20/2002)
49. WestWorld Productions -- CTN: DVD Gut Check … Where does the storage industry stand? (11/20/2002)
50. Remember Arts & Letters Graphic Editor? Special Offer - Purchase Express 7.1 and receive a FREE copy of the new 550-page book from Wordware Publishing - Learn Arts & Letters EXPRESS: The Official Guide, a $40.00 value ALL for only $99.95! For more information, click here. Offer expires 11/25/02 (11/19/2002).
51. ExtremeTech.com:  Wireless Keyboards Leak Passwords, Data: Just when you thought it was safe... (11/18/2002).
52. Sonic Foundry's CD Architect is back! Buy CD Architect for only $149.95! Special Offer ENDS December 11, 2002. Save $150 Now! (11/15/2002)
53. eweek.com:  Comdex Organizer Considers Bankruptcy (11/15/2002).

     

54. From Tom Tyner, Required Reading (at least, it should be)... www.nytimes.com: You Are a Suspect - Editorial - "Scientia Est Potentia" — "knowledge is power." (11/14/2002)

     

55. r o x i o  Roxio presents the Do More with your Digital Media Sweepstakes! (11/14/2002)

     

56. AutoPlay CD's: KL Soft!: AutoPlay Express 2.0 - Create interactive CDs and DVDs with Menus and Auto Run Presentations. For Win95 through WinXP Pro (11/14/2002).
57. Harmony-Central.com:  Record Now Series Begins with Free Guide on Choosing and Using Microphones. Details, see: www.mic-guide.com (11/14/2002).
58. digitalMass at Boston.com: Unfazed by Hollywood, small company offers copying software - DVD Copy Plus & DVD X Copy (11/12/2002).
59. ExtremeTech.com:  Update Amiga Hardware Finally Shipping with PPCLinux OS. Amiga's OS 4.0 due to ship next year from Eyetech Group Ltd (11/8/2002).

     

60. Microsoft.com:  Are You Ready for 5.1 Audio on Your PC - Our latest PC Build Specs feature 6 Channel On-Board Audio. Does your current PC have this capability? Do you have the Speakers as well as the appropriate Sound Card for DVD-Audio? Whether you do or don't, read on to learn the current Technology enhancing our PC Digital Media Experience (11/7/2002).
61. Nick Brown brought this to our attention: Infoworld.com:  Parasites in Windows by Brian Livingston (11/7/2002).

     

62. AxionTech now has the AMD Athlon XP 2400 Processors in limited Supply! (11/5/2002)
63. WestWorld Productions -- CTR: Sizes Of Rich Media Files Area Changing The Rules, Managing them is the trick! (11/5/2002)
64. Burn-Proof: TDK has a new 52X Internal veloCD (11/5/2002).

     

65. Cases: ExtremeTech.com:  Choosing the Right PC Case (11/5/2002).
66. Bible Study Tools: New Thompson Chain Reference Leader's Library from WORDsearchBible.com (10/31/2002).

     

67. Thanks to Milt Gugenheim & Nick Brown for bringing this to our attention: Too many friends? Or, 'How To Lose Friends & Gain New Enemies!' FYI: Did You Know... You agreed to let someone send everyone you know a little something to remember you by? Isn't that special? Just say NO! ExtremeTech.com:  Security Alert Viral Greeting Cards Wreak Havoc (10/31/2002).
68. SuSE to run Windows software on Linux - Tech News - CNET.com (10/31/2002).

     

69. Internet Security Alert from SMC - Special Limited Time Offer - Get Immediate Protection from Bsecure (10/31/2002).
70. pcmag.com:  When is Stealing not Stealing: Song Trading (10/29/2002).
71. eWeek.comOffice 11 Snubs Windows 9x, Me (10/29/2002).
72. Press Release Dolby Unveils "Dolby in PC" Initiative: To provide Dolby Surround Sound in PC's with Stereo Speakers. Competition for Creative's CMSS?. Hardly. Creative’s Multi Speaker Surround 3D technology option (also known as CMSS 3D), maybe an extension of EAX Audio. And maybe Creative finally found a use for the superior Aureal technology they killed 3 years ago? Maybe? Everyone wants to piggyback a good thing and some just want to control Desktop Digital Media whether through Windows Media Player 9 technology for Digital Playback of 6 Channel Positional Surround Sound or Dolby in Stereo. It's all about the music! (10/29/2002)
73. ZDNet UK - News - Story - Consumers attack CD copy protection (10/29/2002).

     

74. CoffeeCup DirectAd Blocker - Blocks and Stops Messenger Service Ads - Getting tired of those potentially threatening POP Ups? (10/26/2002).
75. ATA RAID News: Storage Inc. Magazine - IDE / ATA RAID Commodity Drives Share RAID's Plate With SCSI (10/23/2002).
76. DVD Recordable: Philips develops DVD-rewritable design - Tech News - CNET.com (10/23/2002).

     

77. Harmony-Central.com:  Assets of Mars Music to be Auctioned Thursday - Instead of reorganization as previously reported, Super Store Chain, Mars Music is going out of business! Expect Auction Liquidators to take over soon. Bids from interested parties are being processed (10/21/2002).
78. HighM.A.T. - High-Performance Media Access Technology! Microsoft & Panasonic devise new Media Access Interoperability Spec. Expect HighM.A.T. Disc Creation support in Windows Media Player 9. Fujifilm has joined the fray for a better Digital Media Experience for Consumers. Considering Microsoft recently purchase the Digital Rights Management Tool, Liquid Audio, we'll have to wait and see how this affects Users True Digital Media Experience (10/18/2002).

     

79. ExtremeTech.com:  Want AGP 8X Don't Bother! - PCI-X is coming! (10/18/2002)
80. Sonic Foundry's CD Architect 5.0 Pre-Release - Download the Beta! - A Great program coming back from extinction? For how long this time out? Remember Sonic Foundry Siren Digital Media Player 3 years ago? (10/15/2002)
81. ExtremeTech.com:  AMD Athlon XP 2400+ Starting To Ship - I want my Athlon XP! (10/12/2002)

     

82. Harmony-Central.com:  Sonic Foundry CD Architect Returns (10/12/2002).
83. MPEG zooms in on new video codec - Tech News - CNET.com (10/12/2002).
84. Spam Tools: KnowledgeShare - Spam, Anti Spam Software and Anti Spam Techniques (10/10/2002).

     

85. WestWorld Productions -- CTN: Computer Technology News: Maxtor Announces New OneTouch Personal Storage Family. Each includes Dantz Retrospect Express software for 250GB / 5400 RPM, 120GB / 7200 RPM or 80 GB / 5400 RPM Storage through FireWire or USB 2.0 inerfaces. See: Maxtor Personal Storage 5000LE (10/8/2002)
86. Windows XP Tablet PC Edition - Launch November 12 - Reliant Center on 8400 Kirby Drive (10/8/2002)!
87. WebCasting: ExtremeTech.com:  Better News for Net Radio Stations - The House of Representatives has unanimously approved a bill called Relief for Small Business Webcasters (H.R. 5469). 'Bout Time! (10/8/2002)

     

88. Audio: Bias Debuts Sound Soap - Audio Noise Removal & Restoration Plug-In - Press Release, Price Yet To Be Announced (10/7/2002).
89. GigaStudio Sampler: Giga News For October 2002 (10/7/2002).

     

90. News Story - canada.com network: U.S. music distributors, retailers to pay $143 million in CD price-fixing case (10/3/2002).

     

91. digitimes.com:  845GE to take over the 845G market by year-end (10/2/2002).
92. amd.com:  Product Spotlight: AMD Athlon™ XP processor 2700+ and 2800+ featuring an advanced 333 front-side bus (FSB). Data throughput gains of up to 25 percent expected. Processor Pricing (10/2/2002).
93. Electronic News: AMD Bumps Up Athlon Front-Side Bus - 333 MHz FSB (10/1/2002).

     

94. From Larry Trochesset: Gene Barlow @ www.UGR.com - PowerQuest's PartitionMagic v8 is now available at the user group discount price for only $35. The normal list price is $69.95 and the upgrade price is $49.95. Go to: www.ugr.com/order Complete the form using the special code UGPM8ANN (10/1/2002).
95. DRM Tools: From Al Massey: Microsoft buys Liquid Audio patents (9/30/2002).

     

96. Harmony-Central.com:  Mars Music Files for Bankruptcy (9/30/2002).
97. eWeek.com:  Microsoft Ponders Windows Upgrade for '04 (9/29/2002).
98. Audio: SoundBlaster.com - Products - Sound Blaster Audigy 2: Is it worth it? (9/29/2002)

     

99. Hard-drive makers weaken warranties - Tech News - CNET.com - Maxtor, Seagate and Western Digital shrink from 3 year down to 1 year warranties (9/28/2002).
100. ExtremeTech.com:  Security Alert XP File Deletion Cure Causes Problems - WinXP Users, beware of SP1! (9/28/2002)
101. XPdite - Quickly replace a dangerous Windows XP file (9/28/2002).

      

102. theinquirer.net:  AMD to announce new Athlons on October 1st "...333MHz front side bus in the 2700+ and 2800+ Athlon XPs..."(9/28/2002).
103. Power Supplies: Antec True Power 430 watt Power Supply (9/24/2002).
104. TradeShows: MeetingNews.com:  Key3Media Cuts Regional Comdex Shows (9/19/2002).
105. WestWorld Productions -- CTN: Total Cost Of Survival - The new metric for business continuity... Data Protection, Disaster Recovery & Security (9/18/2002).
106. extremetech.com:  Via To Produce Quad-Band Memory Chipset (9/17/2002).
107. From Gus Hrncir: WinXPnews: XP SP1 Released - What happens when SP1 is installed..... (9/17/2002).

      

108. ExtremeTech.com:  Last AGP Spec, AGP 8X, Rolls Out (9/12/2002).
109. In DVD war, Sony takes sides--both - Tech News - CNET.com - Thinking about purchasing a DVD Recorder? Wait! (9/9/2002)
110. AntiVirus: McAfee VirusScan 7.0 Discount Special - For a Limited Time Upgrade to 7.0 for only $29.99 after $20 Mail-in Rebate (9/9/2002).

      

111. Tom Tyner found this one for us... theinquirer.net:  Maxtor slashes warranties to one year from three (9/9/2002).
112. extremetech.com:  Support Lags for New Pentium 4 (9/9/2002).

      

113. NVIDIA Key Member of the Intel Developer Network for PCI Express (9/9/2002).
114. Intel Developer Network for PCI Express (9/9/2002).
115. PCI-SIG - PCI Express (9/9/2002).
116. Windows Media 9 Beta - MSN Xtreme PC Sweepstakes Enter To Win! (9/5/2002)
117. Special Offer: PestPatrol and iHateSpam for $39.95 (9/5/2002).
118. Audio: Native Instruments USA Audio Tour - Presenting the latest audio tools by Cakewalk, Waves and Native Instruments. Native Instruments - Generate the Future of Sound! (9/5/2002)
119. Labels loosening up on CD copy locks - Tech News - CNET.com (9/5/2002).

      

120. Copy Protection, The Source: jvc-victor.co.jp:  Aug. 27, 2002: Joint Development of "Root" CD-ROM Copy Protection Technology, Special Encryption Key Offers the Strong Protection. Digital Entertainment Company, "Hudson Soft Co., Ltd. and Victor Company of Japan, Limited (JVC) have collaborated on the development of "Root"* CD-ROM copy protection technology. "Root" draws on the software development expertise of Hudson and the mastering technologies of JVC." New Anti-Piracy Technique Uses Hidden Encryption Keys. Will Users be taken "Up The River" on another Rendition of Product or Service? Remember the 1st round of DivX? And what happened to it? Oh, nobody bought it? Well isn't that Special! (8/29/2002)
121. msnbc.com:  JVC claims ‘uncopyable’ CD-ROM (8/29/2002).
122. This just in from Nick Streater - Defang Win2k SP3's auto-updating The Register (8/28/2002).
123. Cakewalk Pyro 2003: More than another Media Player! From the makers of Sonar (8/26/2002).

      

124. Trade Shows: MeetingNews.com:  Study Confirms Hotel Satisfaction Equals Customer Loyalty - Here's a good lesson for the rest of the Computer Industry or anyone else involved in commerce, "Custom Satisfaction = Customer Loyalty". IF you want our Business - Earn It! Think of this as "Business goes where it it wanted and stays where it is appreciated." That's customer satisfaction and that defines loyalty. Only 'Do' Business with Those Who Want Your Business - Simple! (8/22/2002)
125. Audio News: Total Recorder Standard and Professional Edition v4.0 has been released Anyone doing anything with Audio on a PC in any flavor of Windows needs this program. We've discussed those attributes @ BuildOrBuy whenever the occasion arises due to Total Recorder's unique audio capabilities. "If you can hear it, you can record it!" I've recently tried this in conjunction with the Aardvark DirectPro 2496 Pro Audio Interface yielding excellent Studio quality results. (8/22/2002)

      

126. Harmony-Central.com:  Acid Pro 4.0 Released: Sonic Foundry's latest version of this amazing application raises the bar of audio processing with some interesting new features from ASIO / VST support to enhanced MIDI capabilities and surround sound mixing. This is a good reason to own a PC! I've personally been hooked on this application since the original Acid PH1 (8/22/2002).
127. AOpen introduces first Serial ATA Motherboard with Intel 845E chipset Utilizes Promise Serial ATA Chipset Supporting Bandwidth of 150MB/Sec (8/21/2002)!
128. EtherLinx Communications - Next Generation Broadband Wireless - Wireless Broadband For the Masses Coming Soon! EtherLinx technology is currently in Phase III of field trials (8/21/2002).
129. New Chipset from Via Announced - VIA Apollo KT400 Chipset. Anyone using DDR333 yet? VIA Technologies, Inc. (8/20/2002).
130. 750 MB Iomega Zip Disks. And we thought magnetic media was dead. Anyone still using Zip Disks? Iomega misses again. Why would anyone want a magnetic disk when we currently have nonmagnetic CD's? Excuse me, and some of us now use DVD Recorders too! This new Zip750 ships as USB 2 Drive today and as a FireWire Drive this Fall. Can you say 'Click of Death' in a bigger way? For those of you who did not embrace the Zip250, don't bother with this one either. Do the math, CD's are less expensive offering more protection. It's Your Stuff! ;) Iomega - 750 Release (8/20/2002).
131. AOpen EzRestore - A Time Recover Function similar as Time Machine (8/16/2002)!
132. Content Management - Presentation Librarian Version 3.5 from Accent Graphics (8/15/2002).
133. extremetech.com:  The State of Optical Storage (8/14/2002).
134. Dell unhooks Windows from desktops - Tech News - CNET.com: We expect to see more of these options open up to consumers as well (8/14/2002).
135. Media Players: SureThing.com - CD-Text Revealed! (8/12/2002)
136. Seminars: Cakewalk Events - Axis of Audio Tour 2002: Coming to You! See SONAR 2.0, Native Instruments and Waves in Action! (8/12/2002)
137. Flash Memory: WestWorld Productions -- CTN: New Flash Memory Format For Digital Cameras - 'xD-Picture Card' from FujiFilm & Olympus, 16 MB to 128 & 256 MB (8/6/2002).
138. Windows 2000 Service Pack 3: OK, the link works now. Think about the ramifications before you apply this Service Pack. We suggest reading the accompanying docs (8/6/2002).
139. PocketDrive Storage: Lexar Media Introduces New High-speed JumpDrive(tm) For Personal Data Storage and Transfer (8/3/2002).
140. Campaign for Digital Rights - Corrupt audio disc information (8/2/2002).
141. eWeek.com:  Microsoft Ships Windows 2000 SP3: We've waited to mention this until the link to SP3 works. We were able to get 99% of the file then connection lost. Even still, we might want to wait a while and see what happens to others who are trying SP3 - Bleeding Edge Technology Fix For Win2000? (8/1/2002)
142. Do you want to purchase Red Book Audio CD's or Copy Protected Music CD's? Ask for it by Philips' Spec, Red Book CD-Audio - Wired.com:  Philips Burning on Protection (7/31/2002).

      

143. Home Net: BuilderOnLine.com:  CEDIA Partners With Hanley-Wood To Launch New Publication: CEDIA is the leading trade association for manufacturers, designers, and installers of custom electronics used in the home (7/30/2002).
144. YAMAHA [multimedia] Coming July 15th... yamaha.co.jp:  New CRW-F1 offers High-Quality CD-R/RW writing with "Advanced Audio Master Quality Recording" mode and "DiscT@2": CD-MRW - Yamaha CRW-F1 (CD-RW Drive) - 1st to offer revolutionary DiscT@2^TM Laser Labeling System, allowing graphics and text to be burnt onto CD-R disc; Features 44X writes and 24X rewrites with 8 MB Buffer. Internal verions under $200.00 (7/29/2002).
145. Digital Video Editing: Intel to Ship 3GHz Pentium 4 by Holiday Season 2002 (7/28/2002).
146. Windows Transitioning, See 'Product Life Cycle': ExtremeTech.com:  Microsoft Halts Driver Support For Windows 98 (7/26/2002).
147. Electric Auto Technology: The New Face Of Ford, Think - Street Legal Electric! We'll have some comments on this new Technology now in Houston, TX. OK, so it's not a PC, just interesting New Technology. Check back to read Ford - 'A New Toy Review' By Gus Hrncir Coming Soon! (7/26/2002)
148. Insider Info News Flash: Intel has just announced discontinuance of the P4 1.7 GHz Processor. The Intel P4 1.8 GHz CPU is the slowest Processor available from Intel in both P4 1.8 GHz (256 K L2 Cache) and P4 1.8 GHz (512 K L2 Cache) (7/26/2002).
149. MusicDish Industry e-Journal: the mp3 way: RIAA backs "Broadcast Flag" (7/25/2002).
150. Windows XP Media Center Edition Home: Great, another XP (7/24/2002).
151. Email Spam Link from Robert Clay: Personal Technology -- Personal Technology from The Wall Street Journal: ChoiceMail Designs Top Cop To Thwart Tricky Spammers (7/23/2002).
152. Matrox Parhelia Video Card - available now $399 - Why go Dual Display when you can now have Triple Display! (7/23/2002)
153. Wallpaper: New Matrox Parhelia wallpapers (7/23/2002).
154. Crucial Technology is offering Simmtester.com readers a special first-time discount of 15% off their memory upgrade! plus free shipping (resrictions apply) (7/23/2002)
155. Memory: An Unofficial Guide to DDR400 or PC3200 DDR from SimmTester.com (7/23/2002).
156. Scanners: ExtremeTech.com:  How Scanners Work: Desktop Flatbed Scanners (7/23/2002).
157. Harmony-Central.com:  Roland Studio Package Pro Computer Recording Bundle Announced @ Summer NAMM - 8 Channel, 24-bit/96kHz recording and professional MIDI I/O sequencing with a motorized control surface bundled with Emagic Software? OK, and Sonar support? Looks slick! Includes drivers for Windows & ASIO 2. NO GSIF Support mentioned (7/23/2002).
158. ExtremeTech.com:  Chip-level Buses Where from Here: Interconnect Technologies - "Where Does I/O Go From Here?" (7/23/2002)
159. DV Tools: Adobe updates video-editing software - Tech News - CNET.com: Premiere 6.5 allows real-time previews of special effects plus expanded tools for creating title sequences, a basic DVD authoring application, new sound-editing tools and MPEG encoding (7/22/2002).
160. PCW.co.uk:  MPEG-4 finally shows its face: Movie compression hits a new wave (7/22/2002).
161. PCW.co.uk:  Sony Minidisc Notebook: Sony's PCG-NV105 Notebook - New life for MiniDisc? (7/22/2002)

      

162. Digital Content: ExtremeTech.com:  Digital Content Protection (7/20/2002).
163. Codecs: Ogg Vorbis official release is here - Tech News - CNET.com: Open source alternative to MP3 Codec (7/20/2002).
164. Scanners: PCMag.com:  Scantastic! - Flatbed Scanners Two USB 2 Scanners Reviewed (7/20/2002).
165. DNS Tools: Sent to us from Max Popov: Available Domains is the best Domain Name Search Whois Tool, it can query up to 600 domains per minute, show Expired Domains and has many Advanced Features (7/20/2002).
166. Smart TV & Sound: Microsoft Unveils Windows XP Media Center Edition, Previously Code-Named 'Freestyle' (7/18/2002).
167. BusinessWeek Online Technology Special Report: A Whole New World of 3-D Design; HOT, key enabler highlighting 'Inventor' by Autodesk (7/18/2002).
168. Trade Shows: MeetingNews.com:  Adam's Mark Installing High-Speed Internet Access (7/18/2002).
169. Audio: The Next ProTools LE Solution - FireWire With Faders for WinXP HE, www.Digidesign.com/002 (7/18/2002).
170. ATI Unveils Next-Gen Graphics Hardware: ATI 9700, Power requires more power; 128 MB's of DDR due in August (7/18/2002)!
171. Smart TV & Sound: Web Radio Decision Reached - Neither Side Happy (7/18/2002).
172. Storage: WestWorld Productions -- CTN: Maxtor Hard Disk Drives Chosen to Provide Gaming Enthusiasts With Speedy Performance (7/18/2002).
173. WestWorld Productions -- CTN: 3ware Delivers ATA RAID Storage with New 12-Port Controllers (7/18/2002).
174. Experience New Sonic Foundry Technologies - Sonic Foundry BoXX, Professional DV Production System... "Fire-Breathing Turnkey DV System" Check out those Specs! (7/18/2002)

      

175. weva.com:  MPEG-4 Visual and Systems Patent Portfolio Licenses Decided (7/18/2002).
176. ExtremeTech.com:  IBM Lost $423 Million On Hard Drives In 2001 - Ouch! That ain't gonna grow back! (7/16/2002)
177. Audio Loops: Bananawhale Unveils Live Loops At NAMM (7/15/2002)!
178. Harmony-Central.com:  Cakewalk to Support OMFI Technology in SONAR 2.0 (7/15/2002).
179. Have an extra PC just sitting around collecting dust? Need a Hardware Firewall? Try Smoothwall Firewall (7/15/2002).
180. From Ed Hanson: Having problems with Email Spam? Try Mailwasher (7/15/2002)!
181. Audio: VIA Technologies, Inc.: VIA Envy24HT PCI Multi-Channel Audio Controller - Move over Creative (7/12/2002).
182. Infoworld.com:  Microsoft fails to use own security product - Using NetScreen Security Appliance (7/12/2002).
183. Monitors: Sony has a new line of Power Saving LCD's to be released this Summer...More Display Information (7/11/2002).
184. Monitors: Interested in Monitor Market Analysis? Stanford Resources from Presentations Magazine (7/11/2002).
185. VIA Announces P4PB 400 Mainboard, the World's First Based on the VIA Apollo P4X400 Chipset... Supports DDR400/333 SDRAM; Onboard IEEE 1394 and an Onboard VIA VT1616 audio codec provides six channels of studio quality, crisp, digital surround sound and supports both optical and SPDIF outputs...more (7/11/2002).
186. Cases: From Racy Sanford: Holy CFM - For those that are concerned about airflow in their cases... (7/11/2002).

      

187. Harmony-Central.com:  Assets of Mars Music to be Auctioned Thursday - Instead of reorganization as previously reported, Super Store Chain, Mars Music is going out of business! Expect Auction Liquidators to take over soon. Bids from interested parties are being processed (10/21/2002).
188. HighM.A.T. - High-Performance Media Access Technology! Microsoft & Panasonic devise new Media Access Interoperability Spec. Expect HighM.A.T. Disc Creation support in Windows Media Player 9. Fujifilm has joined the fray for a better Digital Media Experience for Consumers. Considering Microsoft recently purchase the Digital Rights Management Tool, Liquid Audio, we'll have to wait and see how this affects Users True Digital Media Experience (10/18/2002).

      

189. ExtremeTech.com:  Want AGP 8X Don't Bother! - PCI-X is coming! (10/18/2002)
190. Sonic Foundry's CD Architect 5.0 Pre-Release - Download the Beta! - A Great program coming back from extinction? For how long this time out? Remember Sonic Foundry Siren Digital Media Player 3 years ago? (10/15/2002)
191. ExtremeTech.com:  AMD Athlon XP 2400+ Starting To Ship - I want my Athlon XP! (10/12/2002)

      

192. Harmony-Central.com:  Sonic Foundry CD Architect Returns (10/12/2002).
193. MPEG zooms in on new video codec - Tech News - CNET.com (10/12/2002).
194. Spam Tools: KnowledgeShare - Spam, Anti Spam Software and Anti Spam Techniques (10/10/2002).

      

195. WestWorld Productions -- CTN: Computer Technology News: Maxtor Announces New OneTouch Personal Storage Family. Each includes Dantz Retrospect Express software for 250GB / 5400 RPM, 120GB / 7200 RPM or 80 GB / 5400 RPM Storage through FireWire or USB 2.0 inerfaces. See: Maxtor Personal Storage 5000LE (10/8/2002)
196. Windows XP Tablet PC Edition - Launch November 12 - Reliant Center on 8400 Kirby Drive (10/8/2002)!
197. WebCasting: ExtremeTech.com:  Better News for Net Radio Stations - The House of Representatives has unanimously approved a bill called Relief for Small Business Webcasters (H.R. 5469). 'Bout Time! (10/8/2002)

      

198. Audio: Bias Debuts Sound Soap - Audio Noise Removal & Restoration Plug-In - Press Release, Price Yet To Be Announced (10/7/2002).
199. GigaStudio Sampler: Giga News For October 2002 (10/7/2002).

      

200. News Story - canada.com network: U.S. music distributors, retailers to pay $143 million in CD price-fixing case (10/3/2002).

      

201. digitimes.com:  845GE to take over the 845G market by year-end (10/2/2002).
202. amd.com:  Product Spotlight: AMD Athlon™ XP processor 2700+ and 2800+ featuring an advanced 333 front-side bus (FSB). Data throughput gains of up to 25 percent expected. Processor Pricing (10/2/2002).
203. Electronic News: AMD Bumps Up Athlon Front-Side Bus - 333 MHz FSB (10/1/2002).

      

204. From Larry Trochesset: Gene Barlow @ www.UGR.com - PowerQuest's PartitionMagic v8 is now available at the user group discount price for only $35. The normal list price is $69.95 and the upgrade price is $49.95. Go to: www.ugr.com/order Complete the form using the special code UGPM8ANN (10/1/2002).
205. DRM Tools: From Al Massey: Microsoft buys Liquid Audio patents (9/30/2002).

      

206. Harmony-Central.com:  Mars Music Files for Bankruptcy (9/30/2002).
207. eWeek.com:  Microsoft Ponders Windows Upgrade for '04 (9/29/2002).
208. Audio: SoundBlaster.com - Products - Sound Blaster Audigy 2: Is it worth it? (9/29/2002)

      

209. Hard-drive makers weaken warranties - Tech News - CNET.com - Maxtor, Seagate and Western Digital shrink from 3 year down to 1 year warranties (9/28/2002).
210. ExtremeTech.com:  Security Alert XP File Deletion Cure Causes Problems - WinXP Users, beware of SP1! (9/28/2002)
211. XPdite - Quickly replace a dangerous Windows XP file (9/28/2002).

      

212. theinquirer.net:  AMD to announce new Athlons on October 1st "...333MHz front side bus in the 2700+ and 2800+ Athlon XPs..."(9/28/2002).
213. TradeShows: MeetingNews.com:  Key3Media Cuts Regional Comdex Shows (9/19/2002).
214. WestWorld Productions -- CTN: Total Cost Of Survival - The new metric for business continuity... Data Protection, Disaster Recovery & Security (9/18/2002).
215. extremetech.com:  Via To Produce Quad-Band Memory Chipset (9/17/2002).
216. From Gus Hrncir: WinXPnews: XP SP1 Released - What happens when SP1 is installed..... (9/17/2002).
217. ExtremeTech.com:  Last AGP Spec, AGP 8X, Rolls Out (9/12/2002).
218. In DVD war, Sony takes sides--both - Tech News - CNET.com - Thinking about purchasing a DVD Recorder? Wait! (9/9/2002)
219. AntiVirus: McAfee VirusScan 7.0 Discount Special - For a Limited Time Upgrade to 7.0 for only $29.99 after $20 Mail-in Rebate (9/9/2002).

      

220. Tom Tyner found this one for us... theinquirer.net:  Maxtor slashes warranties to one year from three (9/9/2002).
221. extremetech.com:  Support Lags for New Pentium 4 (9/9/2002).

      

222. NVIDIA Key Member of the Intel Developer Network for PCI Express (9/9/2002).
223. Intel Developer Network for PCI Express (9/9/2002).
224. PCI-SIG - PCI Express (9/9/2002).
225. Windows Media 9 Beta - MSN Xtreme PC Sweepstakes Enter To Win! (9/5/2002)
226. Special Offer: PestPatrol and iHateSpam for $39.95 (9/5/2002).
227. Audio: Native Instruments USA Audio Tour - Presenting the latest audio tools by Cakewalk, Waves and Native Instruments. Native Instruments - Generate the Future of Sound! (9/5/2002)
228. Labels loosening up on CD copy locks - Tech News - CNET.com (9/5/2002).

      

229. Copy Protection, The Source: jvc-victor.co.jp:  Aug. 27, 2002: Joint Development of "Root" CD-ROM Copy Protection Technology, Special Encryption Key Offers the Strong Protection. Digital Entertainment Company, "Hudson Soft Co., Ltd. and Victor Company of Japan, Limited (JVC) have collaborated on the development of "Root"* CD-ROM copy protection technology. "Root" draws on the software development expertise of Hudson and the mastering technologies of JVC." New Anti-Piracy Technique Uses Hidden Encryption Keys. Will Users be taken "Up The River" on another Rendition of Product or Service? Remember the 1st round of DivX? And what happened to it? Oh, nobody bought it? Well isn't that Special! (8/29/2002)
230. msnbc.com:  JVC claims ‘uncopyable’ CD-ROM (8/29/2002).
231. This just in from Nick Streater - Defang Win2k SP3's auto-updating The Register (8/28/2002).
232. Cakewalk Pyro 2003: More than another Media Player! From the makers of Sonar (8/26/2002).

      

233. Trade Shows: MeetingNews.com:  Study Confirms Hotel Satisfaction Equals Customer Loyalty - Here's a good lesson for the rest of the Computer Industry or anyone else involved in commerce, "Custom Satisfaction = Customer Loyalty". IF you want our Business - Earn It! Think of this as "Business goes where it it wanted and stays where it is appreciated." That's customer satisfaction and that defines loyalty. Only 'Do' Business with Those Who Want Your Business - Simple! (8/22/2002)
234. Audio News: Total Recorder Standard and Professional Edition v4.0 has been released Anyone doing anything with Audio on a PC in any flavor of Windows needs this program. We've discussed those attributes @ BuildOrBuy whenever the occasion arises due to Total Recorder's unique audio capabilities. "If you can hear it, you can record it!" I've recently tried this in conjunction with the Aardvark DirectPro 2496 Pro Audio Interface yielding excellent Studio quality results. (8/22/2002)

      

235. Harmony-Central.com:  Acid Pro 4.0 Released: Sonic Foundry's latest version of this amazing application raises the bar of audio processing with some interesting new features from ASIO / VST support to enhanced MIDI capabilities and surround sound mixing. This is a good reason to own a PC! I've personally been hooked on this application since the original Acid PH1 (8/22/2002).
236. AOpen introduces first Serial ATA Motherboard with Intel 845E chipset Utilizes Promise Serial ATA Chipset Supporting Bandwidth of 150MB/Sec (8/21/2002)!
237. EtherLinx Communications - Next Generation Broadband Wireless - Wireless Broadband For the Masses Coming Soon! EtherLinx technology is currently in Phase III of field trials (8/21/2002).
238. New Chipset from Via Announced - VIA Apollo KT400 Chipset. Anyone using DDR333 yet? VIA Technologies, Inc. (8/20/2002).
239. 750 MB Iomega Zip Disks. And we thought magnetic media was dead. Anyone still using Zip Disks? Iomega misses again. Why would anyone want a magnetic disk when we currently have nonmagnetic CD's? Excuse me, and some of us now use DVD Recorders too! This new Zip750 ships as USB 2 Drive today and as a FireWire Drive this Fall. Can you say 'Click of Death' in a bigger way? For those of you who did not embrace the Zip250, don't bother with this one either. Do the math, CD's are less expensive offering more protection. It's Your Stuff! ;) Iomega - 750 Release (8/20/2002).
240. AOpen EzRestore - A Time Recover Function similar as Time Machine (8/16/2002)!
241. Content Management - Presentation Librarian Version 3.5 from Accent Graphics (8/15/2002).
242. extremetech.com:  The State of Optical Storage (8/14/2002).
243. Dell unhooks Windows from desktops - Tech News - CNET.com: We expect to see more of these options open up to consumers as well (8/14/2002).
244. Media Players: SureThing.com - CD-Text Revealed! (8/12/2002)
245. Seminars: Cakewalk Events - Axis of Audio Tour 2002: Coming to You! See SONAR 2.0, Native Instruments and Waves in Action! (8/12/2002)

246. Trade Shows: MeetingNews.com: A Patently Absurd Premise? "A software company claims patent rights to methods for managing meetings online" (8/10/2002)

247. WestWorld Productions -- CTN: New Flash Memory Format For Digital Cameras - 'xD-Picture Card' from FujiFilm & Olympus, 16 MB to 128 & 256 MB (8/6/2002).
248. Windows 2000 Service Pack 3: OK, the link works now. Think about the ramifications before you apply this Service Pack. We suggest reading the accompanying docs (8/6/2002).
249. PocketDrive Storage: Lexar Media Introduces New High-speed JumpDrive(tm) For Personal Data Storage and Transfer (8/3/2002).
250. Campaign for Digital Rights - Corrupt audio disc information (8/2/2002).
251. eWeek.com:  Microsoft Ships Windows 2000 SP3: We've waited to mention this until the link to SP3 works. We were able to get 99% of the file then connection lost. Even still, we might want to wait a while and see what happens to others who are trying SP3 - Bleeding Edge Technology Fix For Win2000? (8/1/2002)
252. Do you want to purchase Red Book Audio CD's or Copy Protected Music CD's? Ask for it by Philips' Spec, Red Book CD-Audio - Wired.com:  Philips Burning on Protection (7/31/2002).
253. Home Net: BuilderOnLine.com:  CEDIA Partners With Hanley-Wood To Launch New Publication: CEDIA is the leading trade association for manufacturers, designers, and installers of custom electronics used in the home (7/30/2002).
254. YAMAHA [multimedia] Coming July 15th... yamaha.co.jp:  New CRW-F1 offers High-Quality CD-R/RW writing with "Advanced Audio Master Quality Recording" mode and "DiscT@2": CD-MRW - Yamaha CRW-F1 (CD-RW Drive) - 1st to offer revolutionary DiscT@2^TM Laser Labeling System, allowing graphics and text to be burnt onto CD-R disc; Features 44X writes and 24X rewrites with 8 MB Buffer. Internal verions under $200.00 (7/29/2002).
255. Digital Video Editing: Intel to Ship 3GHz Pentium 4 by Holiday Season 2002 (7/28/2002).
256. Windows Transitioning, See 'Product Life Cycle': ExtremeTech.com:  Microsoft Halts Driver Support For Windows 98 (7/26/2002).
257. Electric Auto Technology: The New Face Of Ford, Think - Street Legal Electric! We'll have some comments on this new Technology now in Houston, TX. OK, so it's not a PC, just interesting New Technology. Check back to read Ford - 'A New Toy Review' By Gus Hrncir Coming Soon! (7/26/2002)
258. Insider Info News Flash: Intel has just announced discontinuance of the P4 1.7 GHz Processor. The Intel P4 1.8 GHz CPU is the slowest Processor available from Intel in both P4 1.8 GHz (256 K L2 Cache) and P4 1.8 GHz (512 K L2 Cache) (7/26/2002).
259. MusicDish Industry e-Journal: the mp3 way: RIAA backs "Broadcast Flag" (7/25/2002).
260. Windows XP Media Center Edition Home: Great, another XP (7/24/2002).
261. Email Spam Link from Robert Clay: Personal Technology -- Personal Technology from The Wall Street Journal: ChoiceMail Designs Top Cop To Thwart Tricky Spammers (7/23/2002).
262. Matrox Parhelia Video Card - available now $399 - Why go Dual Display when you can now have Triple Display! (7/23/2002)
263. Wallpaper: New Matrox Parhelia wallpapers (7/23/2002).
264. Crucial Technology is offering Simmtester.com readers a special first-time discount of 15% off their memory upgrade! plus free shipping (resrictions apply) (7/23/2002)
265. Memory: An Unofficial Guide to DDR400 or PC3200 DDR from SimmTester.com (7/23/2002).
266. Scanners: ExtremeTech.com:  How Scanners Work: Desktop Flatbed Scanners (7/23/2002).
267. Harmony-Central.com:  Roland Studio Package Pro Computer Recording Bundle Announced @ Summer NAMM - 8 Channel, 24-bit/96kHz recording and professional MIDI I/O sequencing with a motorized control surface bundled with Emagic Software? OK, and Sonar support? Looks slick! Includes drivers for Windows & ASIO 2. NO GSIF Support mentioned (7/23/2002).
268. ExtremeTech.com:  Chip-level Buses Where from Here: Interconnect Technologies - "Where Does I/O Go From Here?" (7/23/2002)
269. DV Tools: Adobe updates video-editing software - Tech News - CNET.com: Premiere 6.5 allows real-time previews of special effects plus expanded tools for creating title sequences, a basic DVD authoring application, new sound-editing tools and MPEG encoding (7/22/2002).
270. PCW.co.uk:  MPEG-4 finally shows its face: Movie compression hits a new wave (7/22/2002).
271. PCW.co.uk:  Sony Minidisc Notebook: Sony's PCG-NV105 Notebook - New life for MiniDisc? (7/22/2002)
272. Digital Content: ExtremeTech.com:  Digital Content Protection (7/20/2002).
273. Codecs: Ogg Vorbis official release is here - Tech News - CNET.com: Open source alternative to MP3 Codec (7/20/2002).
274. Scanners: PCMag.com:  Scantastic! - Flatbed Scanners Two USB 2 Scanners Reviewed (7/20/2002).
275. DNS Tools: Sent to us from Max Popov: Available Domains is the best Domain Name Search Whois Tool, it can query up to 600 domains per minute, show Expired Domains and has many Advanced Features (7/20/2002).
276. Smart TV & Sound: Microsoft Unveils Windows XP Media Center Edition, Previously Code-Named 'Freestyle' (7/18/2002).
277. BusinessWeek Online Technology Special Report: A Whole New World of 3-D Design; HOT, key enabler highlighting 'Inventor' by Autodesk (7/18/2002).
278. Trade