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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. Harmony-Central.com:  Cakewalk to Support OMFI Technology in SONAR 2.0 (7/15/2002).
178. Have an extra PC just sitting around collecting dust? Need a Hardware Firewall? Try Smoothwall Firewall (7/15/2002).
179. From Ed Hanson: Having problems with Email Spam? Try Mailwasher (7/15/2002)!
180. Audio: VIA Technologies, Inc.: VIA Envy24HT PCI Multi-Channel Audio Controller - Move over Creative (7/12/2002).
181. Infoworld.com:  Microsoft fails to use own security product - Using NetScreen Security Appliance (7/12/2002).
182. Monitors: Sony has a new line of Power Saving LCD's to be released this Summer...More Display Information (7/11/2002).
183. Monitors: Interested in Monitor Market Analysis? Stanford Resources from Presentations Magazine (7/11/2002).
184. 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).
185. Cases: From Racy Sanford: Holy CFM - For those that are concerned about airflow in their cases... (7/11/2002).

      

186. 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).
187. 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).

      

188. ExtremeTech.com:  Want AGP 8X Don't Bother! - PCI-X is coming! (10/18/2002)
189. 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)
190. ExtremeTech.com:  AMD Athlon XP 2400+ Starting To Ship - I want my Athlon XP! (10/12/2002)

      

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

      

194. 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)
195. Windows XP Tablet PC Edition - Launch November 12 - Reliant Center on 8400 Kirby Drive (10/8/2002)!
196. 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)

      

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

      

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

      

200. digitimes.com:  845GE to take over the 845G market by year-end (10/2/2002).
201. 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).
202. Electronic News: AMD Bumps Up Athlon Front-Side Bus - 333 MHz FSB (10/1/2002).

      

203. 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).
204. DRM Tools: From Al Massey: Microsoft buys Liquid Audio patents (9/30/2002).

      

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

      

208. 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).
209. ExtremeTech.com:  Security Alert XP File Deletion Cure Causes Problems - WinXP Users, beware of SP1! (9/28/2002)
210. XPdite - Quickly replace a dangerous Windows XP file (9/28/2002).

      

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

      

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

      

221. NVIDIA Key Member of the Intel Developer Network for PCI Express (9/9/2002).
222. Intel Developer Network for PCI Express (9/9/2002).
223. PCI-SIG - PCI Express (9/9/2002).
224. Windows Media 9 Beta - MSN Xtreme PC Sweepstakes Enter To Win! (9/5/2002)
225. Special Offer: PestPatrol and iHateSpam for $39.95 (9/5/2002).
226. 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)
227. Labels loosening up on CD copy locks - Tech News - CNET.com (9/5/2002).

      

228. 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)
229. msnbc.com:  JVC claims ‘uncopyable’ CD-ROM (8/29/2002).
230. This just in from Nick Streater - Defang Win2k SP3's auto-updating The Register (8/28/2002).
231. Cakewalk Pyro 2003: More than another Media Player! From the makers of Sonar (8/26/2002).

      

232. 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)
233. 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)

      

234. 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).
235. AOpen introduces first Serial ATA Motherboard with Intel 845E chipset Utilizes Promise Serial ATA Chipset Supporting Bandwidth of 150MB/Sec (8/21/2002)!
236. 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).
237. New Chipset from Via Announced - VIA Apollo KT400 Chipset. Anyone using DDR333 yet? VIA Technologies, Inc. (8/20/2002).
238. 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).
239. AOpen EzRestore - A Time Recover Function similar as Time Machine (8/16/2002)!
240. Content Management - Presentation Librarian Version 3.5 from Accent Graphics (8/15/2002).
241. extremetech.com:  The State of Optical Storage (8/14/2002).
242. 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).
243. Media Players: SureThing.com - CD-Text Revealed! (8/12/2002)
244. Seminars: Cakewalk Events - Axis of Audio Tour 2002: Coming to You! See SONAR 2.0, Native Instruments and Waves in Action! (8/12/2002)

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

246. 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).
247. 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).
248. PocketDrive Storage: Lexar Media Introduces New High-speed JumpDrive(tm) For Personal Data Storage and Transfer (8/3/2002).
249. Campaign for Digital Rights - Corrupt audio disc information (8/2/2002).
250. 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)
251. 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).
252. 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).
253. 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).
254. Digital Video Editing: Intel to Ship 3GHz Pentium 4 by Holiday Season 2002 (7/28/2002).
255. Windows Transitioning, See 'Product Life Cycle': ExtremeTech.com:  Microsoft Halts Driver Support For Windows 98 (7/26/2002).
256. 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)
257. 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).
258. MusicDish Industry e-Journal: the mp3 way: RIAA backs "Broadcast Flag" (7/25/2002).
259. Windows XP Media Center Edition Home: Great, another XP (7/24/2002).
260. 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).
261. Matrox Parhelia Video Card - available now $399 - Why go Dual Display when you can now have Triple Display! (7/23/2002)
262. Wallpaper: New Matrox Parhelia wallpapers (7/23/2002).
263. 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)
264. Memory: An Unofficial Guide to DDR400 or PC3200 DDR from SimmTester.com (7/23/2002).
265. Scanners: ExtremeTech.com:  How Scanners Work: Desktop Flatbed Scanners (7/23/2002).
266. 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).
267. ExtremeTech.com:  Chip-level Buses Where from Here: Interconnect Technologies - "Where Does I/O Go From Here?" (7/23/2002)
268. 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).
269. PCW.co.uk:  MPEG-4 finally shows its face: Movie compression hits a new wave (7/22/2002).
270. PCW.co.uk:  Sony Minidisc Notebook: Sony's PCG-NV105 Notebook - New life for MiniDisc? (7/22/2002)
271. Digital Content: ExtremeTech.com:  Digital Content Protection (7/20/2002).
272. Codecs: Ogg Vorbis official release is here - Tech News - CNET.com: Open source alternative to MP3 Codec (7/20/2002).
273. Scanners: PCMag.com:  Scantastic! - Flatbed Scanners Two USB 2 Scanners Reviewed (7/20/2002).
274. 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).
275. Smart TV & Sound: Microsoft Unveils Windows XP Media Center Edition, Previously Code-Named 'Freestyle' (7/18/2002).
276. BusinessWeek Online Technology Special Report: A Whole New World of 3-D Design; HOT, key enabler highlighting 'Inventor' by Autodesk (7/18/2002).
277. Trade Shows:
     1. MeetingNews.com:  Adam's Mark Installing High-Speed Internet Access (7/18/2002).

     2. MeetingNews.com:  The 25 Most Influential People In The Meetings Industry (7/18/2002).

278. Audio: The Next ProTools LE Solution - FireWire With Faders for WinXP HE, www.Digidesign.com/002 (7/18/2002).
279. ATI Unveils Next-Gen Graphics Hardware: ATI 9700, Power requires more power; 128 MB's of DDR due in August (7/18/2002)!
280. Smart TV & Sound: Web Radio Decision Reached - Neither Side Happy (7/18/2002).
281. Storage: WestWorld Productions -- CTN: Maxtor Hard Disk Drives Chosen to Provide Gaming Enthusiasts With Speedy Performance (7/18/2002).
282. WestWorld Productions -- CTN: 3ware Delivers ATA RAID Storage with New 12-Port Controllers (7/18/2002).
283. Experience New Sonic Foundry Technologies - Sonic Foundry BoXX, Professional DV Production System... "Fire-Breathing Turnkey DV System" Check out those Specs! (7/18/2002)
284. weva.com:  MPEG-4 Visual and Systems Patent Portfolio Licenses Decided (7/18/2002).
285. ExtremeTech.com:  IBM Lost $423 Million On Hard Drives In 2001 - Ouch! That ain't gonna grow back! (7/16/2002)
286. Harmony-Central.com:  Cakewalk to Support OMFI Technology in SONAR 2.0 (7/15/2002).
287. Have an extra PC just sitting around collecting dust? Need a Hardware Firewall? Try Smoothwall Firewall (7/15/2002).
288. From Ed Hanson: Having problems with Email Spam? Try Mailwasher (7/15/2002)!
289. Audio: VIA Technologies, Inc.: VIA Envy24HT PCI Multi-Channel Audio Controller - Move over Creative (7/12/2002).
290. Infoworld.com:  Microsoft fails to use own security product - Using NetScreen Security Appliance (7/12/2002).
291. Monitors: Sony has a new line of Power Saving LCD's to be released this Summer...More Display Information (7/11/2002).
292. Monitors: Interested in Monitor Market Analysis? Stanford Resources from Presentations Magazine (7/11/2002).
293. 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).
294. Cases: From Racy Sanford: Holy CFM - For those that are concerned about airflow in their cases... (7/11/2002).
295. Lexmark’s PrinTrio™ inkjet printer fuses simplicity with enhanced functionality (7/11/2002).

     Lexmark X75 PrinTrio Overview: Inkjet Printer + Scanner (600x1200 DPI Optical) (7/11/2002).

296. WestWorld Productions -- CTN: IBM's New Server Hard Drive Reduces Harmful Vibrations Autonomically (7/9/2002).
297. ExtremeTech.com:  Accelerate I-O with Personal RAID - Hardware RAID is better than Software RAID. Physical Hard Drives are cheap anyway! Our current PC Build Specs has the Promise RAID Controller built-on the Motherboard! (7/9/2002)
298. Harmony-Central.com:  Win an AKG Emotion II Series D 880 Microphone  - Register on AKG's site to WIN! (7/9/2002)
299. The Register: Redmond retirement ratchet spells doom for Win2000. Windows 2000 has been given nine months to live, as far as OEMs are concerned, and Microsoft is pressuring the PC companies to stop offering dual install Win2k/WinXP systems immediately See: Windows Product Life Cycle Roadmap WinXP... Here We Come - Kicking & Screaming (7/8/2002).
300. Bible Study Software Tools: Special from Broderbund SAVE over 50% on Bible Illustrator! This offer expires July 24, 2002! Click Here To Order (7/8/2002).
301. TopStyle CSS Editor HTML Editor XHTML Editor - New version of TopStyle, best Cascading Style Sheet Editor now shipping! (7/8/2002)
302. InquirerInside.com:  Microsoft gets into PC hardware business - Launches "Dream Machine" with FIC Using Via C3 Processor (7/6/2002).
303. Serial ATA: DigiTimes.com:  Serial ATA-based boards hitting market in late July, but not mainstream until 2003 (7/6/2002).
304. Audio & Motherboards: AOpen AX4B-533 Tube Motherboard Notes - Audiophile or Eccentric PC Builder? Tube Audio on a Motherboard with the Intel 845E chipset featuring 3 DDR SDRAM Memory Slots and ONLY 3 PCI Slots... (7/6/2002).

     1. Letter to tube lover
     2. Tube manual: PDF File
     3. Product Specifications: Vacuum Tube Audio Output!
     4. Pictures

305. Pinnacle signs accord with PacketVideo: A development partnership with PacketVideo to integrate standards-compliant MPEG-4 encoding capability into Pinnacle's StreamFactory family of encoders (7/5/2002).

      

306. Audio: Harmony-Central.com:   Bananawhale Pro Audio Prize Bundle Up For Grabs - Enter To WIN! (7/4/2002)

307. Polycom Worldwide - Where Voice, Video, and Data Meet - Easily! - Voice Conferencing Tools. Why Travel? (7/3/2002).

308. Web Tools: New CoffeeCup HTML Editor 9.3 and GIF Animator 6.2 Upgrades! Limited Time 2 for 1 Special, Buy the CoffeeCup HTML Editor for $49 and get GIF Animator for FREE! (Next 7 days!) (7/3/2002)
309. TradeShows: RealNetworks Announces Real Conference 2002 • October 7-10, 2002 • San Jose Convention Center (7/3/2002).
310. TradeShows: Troubling Trends Threaten Trade Show Industry, Confidence of Exhibitors (7/3/2002).
311. PCWorld.com - Digital Focus Convert VHS Tapes to DVDs (7/3/2002).
312. Web Casting: Net radio raises a pirate flag - Tech News - CNET.com (7/3/2002).
313. ExtremeTech.com:  PC1066 Memory Worth the Price? So you're thinking Intel P4's + Intel 845e Chipset & RAMBUS RAM? And what does DDR stand for - Don't Do RAMBUS! Any questions? And... What WERE you thinking anyway? (7/3/2002)
314. Need a File Sharing Resource? Tried this one: www.zeropaid.com Think twice before sharing anything on your local HD! (7/3/2002)
315. ExtremeTech.com:  WD Kicks IDE Drives To 200 Gbytes - Since the smallest HD's currently available give us 20 GB's, we're quickly moving to a minimum of 40 GB HD's by the end of this year and we're currently specifying 60 GB HD's on our Build Specs - WOW! (7/3/2002)
316. wdc.com:  Western Digital Delivers Industry’s Largest, Fastest Hard Drives with 200 GB Capacity and 7,200 RPM (7/3/2002).
317. Audio: Harmony-Central.com:   Emagic Acquired by Apple Computer (7/2/2002).
318. EWeek.com:  Apple Picks Up Audio Company Emagic - SOL Windows Users! Great time to upgrade to Cakewalk's Sonar! (7/2/2002).
319. Electronic-Publishing.com:  Fujifilm Picture Of America Tour Returns For Second Year Demonstrating ease of digital photography to consumers (7/2/2002).
320. Electronic-Publishing.com:  MonacoEZcolor Adopted by RIT For ICC Profiling (7/2/2002).
321. Epson America has announced an expansion of its color-matching technology, Print Image Matching - Now your digital camera and your printer can speak the same language. PRINT Image Matching technology ensures that PRINT Image Matching enabled digital cameras and printers work together perfectly to produce the best possible prints. PRINT Image Matching - brilliant digital photos made easy (6/27/2002).
322. Firewall: SurfSecret Personal Firewall v1.1 Released June 25th 2002 - Download your free 30-day trial now from www.surfsecret-personal-firewall.com (6/26/2002).
323. Storage: WestWorld Productions -- CTN: Seagate Launches 60-Gb-Per-Platter Disc Drive (6/25/2002).
324. Spam: internetnews.com:  Cloudmark Unveils P2P Anti-Spam System (6/24/2002).
325. Addonics Products DigiDrive-Flash Memory Reader IDE Ultra DigiDrive: Ultra DigiDrive can be a 9-in-1 storage solution with ability to read/write to 9 different types of media when used with optional CF DigiAdapter and 4-in-1 DigiAdapter. The IDE interface connection also makes it one of the fastest Flash memory reader/writers on the market today. IDE Ultra DigiDrive fits inside any 3.5-inch drive bay and connects to a standard IDE interface. PC system BIOS automatically detects it as a bootable ATAPI removable drive. Slick! (6/22/2002)
326. Recycling an Older Computer to Run Windows XP: Learn how to upgrade your old computer to run Windows XP for under $300 (6/22/2002).
327. www.corel.com/graphicssuite11 - Announced @ Infocomm Trade Show, Corel 11. Link may not work yet, it will... eventually... YES! Reason enough to get a Graphics Tablet!?! (6/19/2002)

328. TechnologyReview.com:  Why Software Is So Bad (6/18/2002).

329. GigaStudio: Giga News For June 2002 (6/18/2002).

330. TEAC ships external USB 2.0 CD-RW drive - Press Release (6/18/2002).

331. WestWorld Productions -- CTN: A Look at Nanotechnology for the Data Storage Industry (6/18/2002).

332. Bible Study Software: Save over $40 on your QuickVerse upgrade--plus, get FREE shipping! QuickVerse 7 Standard Edition for just $29! This offer expires July 3, 2002! (6/18/2002)

333. Video: Matrox announces Parhelia™-512-based line of graphics accelerators: Available in June @ $399 ESP; 128 MB + 3 Displays possible - 'Bout Time (6/18/2002).

334. The little engine that could beat Google - Tech News - CNET.com (6/18/2002).

335. Scanners: The Register: UMAX steps up US scanner scam (6/18/2002).

336. Microsoft to reinstate Java in Windows - Tech News - CNET.com - This should make life easier for those Users with Broadband Routers which require 'Java enabled Browsers' to access their respective setup configurations (6/18/2002).

337. Electronic Publishing Magazine - Digital Camera Market Study Forecasts Changing Dynamics (6/17/2002).

338. Firewall: Zone Labs, ZoneAlarm - Pre-Release Notification ...New ZoneAlarm Plus - Advanced Internet Security. Special Offer Of $24.95 Good Until June 30th; Click Here For ZoneAlarm Plus Sneak Peek (6/17/2002).

339. GigaStudio: Harmony Central - Omniman Debuts with Three New Sample CDs (6/14/2002).

340. New Audio Card... Audiotrak: Prodigy 192 - DVD Audio Ready! 24bit / 192kHz 8 Channel Audio Card for Multimedia. You know as much as we do. We've asked these people question before. No response! (6/12/2002)

341. WestWorld Productions -- CTN: Notable Events In The Storage And I.T. Industry (A Historical Summary) (6/11/2002).

342. Chipsets: No. 1 Peripheral Interface Takes Center Stage At Dev Con - USB 2.0 (6/11/2002).

343. From Microsoft: Cut IT Costs with the Free Windows Platform Manageability Kit (6/11/2002).

344. Terra Lycos cues music, movie services - Tech News - CNET.com Interesting since Lycos recently purchased Launch.com which was intermittently Launch dot down this past week! Sure, blame it on the Net! (6/11/2002).

345. ExtremeTech.com:  Update AMD Releases First Desktop Thoroughbred (6/11/2002).

346. Document Management: Important Product Announcement from ScanSoft for PaperPort Users! PDF Solution to Share Documents cost effectively - Download Zeon's DocuCom PDF Creator for just $49.99  click here. Automatically Convert Documents Into PDF Files - Share With Anyone, Anytime! Or call 888-781-1174 and reference promotional code: 56984. Less expensive than purchasing Adobe Acrobat! And... A Great idea IF it works - Anyone willing to give it a try, let us know! (6/10/2002)

347. Web Casting: Leading Audio Chip Makers Announce Support for MS Windows Media Smart TV & Sound IF you're wondering which streaming format to use for your web work, like it or not, this appears to be the way to go for now. Concerned about locking into Windows Users only? And who's your target market? Any questions? (6/10/2002)

348. Audio, GigaStudio Sound Sample Libraries - Harmony-Central.com:  Special Offers on Tascam's GigaStudio and X-9 DJ Mixer (6/8/2002).
349. Windows: ExtremeTech.com:  Windows XP Service Pack 1 Beta Ships (6/8/2002).
350. ExtremeTech.com:  Stolen Credit Cards Online (6/8/2002).
351. XP update yields to settlement terms - Tech News - CNET.com (6/5/2002).
352. PCWorld.com - Motherboard Maker Hints at Hammer Speed (6/5/2002).
353. AntiVirus: Evolving viruses threat to many platforms - Tech News - CNET.com (6/5/2002).
354. New IE flaw exposes users to attack - Tech News - CNET.com New or NEWLY discovered? And IF a tree falls in the woods and no one is around to hear it, did it ever make a noise? Sure - "Yes I'm Listening, What did you say?". (6/5/2002)
355. Hitachi to IBM $2 billion does the deal - Tech News - CNET.com (6/5/2002).
356. Storage: WestWorld Productions -- CTN: Gartner Report Confirms Leader in Disk Storage Vendor Market Share Growth - IBM on top yet out of HD business, interesting? Hard to see how anyone could make a dime in the HD business these days. And IBM selling said HD business to Hitachi over the next 3 years? Anyone wanna buy an IBM HD? Anyone looking for a job too... All the HD's you can eat? (6/4/2002)
357. Broadband: Broadband users cut into cable - Tech News - CNET.com Bad idea people! You may not like the price of FREE later - Too expensive in the long run! Keep it legal now and avoid the hassles! (6/4/2002)
358. Audio: Native Instruments - KONTAKT & ABSYNTH News (6/3/2002).
359. Jasc Software Promotion: Announcing Quick View Plus 7 - Special Offer; Good product even before Jasc owned it! (6/3/2002)
360. Electronic News: Intel Locks Rambus Into Niche - RDRAM missing from latest chipset announcement. Any surprises there? (6/3/2002)
361. ExtremeTech.com:  Building a Home Theater PC (6/1/2002).
362. ExtremeTech.com:  AMD Lowers Processor Prices, Too (5/30/2002).
363. IBM offers data storage alternative - Tech News - CNET.com IBM using iBoot Technology - iBoot over iSCSI meaning Diskless Workstations... Again? (5/30/2002).
364. ExtremeTech.com:  Foursome Stands United on Linux UnitedLinux This is what Linux needs to win the Desktop. Let us hope they succeed! Competition is healthy for the market place! (5/30/2002)
365. Email Spam: ClickZ.com:  Potential Spammer Our Readers Intervene! (5/30/2002)
366. Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP Choices... And it's FREE! Now wonder why that's NOT on the CD? Not supported - OK! What else is new? (5/28/2002)
367. Email Spam: Get McAfee.com SpamKiller and Say Goodbye to Junk Email - It's all about Filters! Now through June 4, SpamKiller is just $29.95 - A 25% savings off the normal $39.95 price. Let's see, for a filter? (5/28/2002)
368. Some of you may have already seen this Special Offer from Microsoft, for the rest of us... Want to go Pro Yes you can! Great way to legally try WinXP Pro if you want it (5/27/2002).
369. LookOut Oops, Outlook Email Troubles... Geek.com Geek News - MS Outlook banned at Cambridge University campus (5/27/2002).
370. PCMag.com:  DVDs on Your PC (5/27/2002.
371. New Window on Windows... ExtremeTech.com:  The Scope Microsoft's Newest Way To Prioritize (5/27/2002).
372. Chipworks News - Inside the Intel Pentium 4 Processor: Inside the Intel Pentium 4 "Northwood" processor Interesting peek! (5/24/2002)
373. WinXP: XP makeover highlights antitrust tweaks - Tech News - CNET.com (5/24/2002).
374. ExtremeTech.com:  XP Service Pack Hides Microsoft Components (5/24/2002).
375. Audio, GigaStudio Sound Sample Libraries - Harmony Central Art Vista Releases Cool Vibes CD-ROM for GigaStudio (5/24/2002).
376. ExtremeTech.com:  Russian Itanium Killer Isn't Dead Yet (5/23/2002).
377. iVAST MPEG-4 PLATFORM FUELS ADVANCED CAPABILTIES FOR CONSUMER ELECTRONIC DEVICES ON PHILIPS' NEXPERIA PLATFORM (5/23/2002).
378. Bible Study Software: The ALL-NEW Camp Logos Series X is coming to Houston - July 1-2 (5/23/2002).
379. Email: Good Experience - Download the report, "Managing Incoming E-mail" (5/23/2002).
380. YIL Feature: Are You a Good Googler? (5/21/2002)
381. GigaStudio Audio Libraries: Coming Soon! Garritan Orchestral Strings library - Garritan Orchestral Strings "Lite" includes special version of Chicken Systems Translator! (5/21/2002)
382. Tascam's GigaStudio: Giga Newsletter For May 2002 - GigaStudio Mastery Tutorial; Garritan Orchestral Strings library + Giga Tips & Tricks! (5/21/2002)
383. Audio Conversions: Chicken Systems - Translator Mac Now Available! (Update 5/18/2002).
384. A Linux based tool that can allow you to use your computer even after Windows has been crashed !?! How Freeloader works - A complete computer system run directly from a CD-ROM! (5/20/2002)
385. WestWorld Productions -- CTN: Creating An Open Standard Third Generation I/O Interconnect - 3GIO - Third Generation I-O Architecture (5/20/2002).
386. Trend Micro weekly virus report, virus information center (5/20/2002).
387. Firewall: Zone Labs has another Special Offer to entice us to use Zone Alarm Pro IF you're not already! Maximize Control of Your Internet Connection with ZoneAlarm Pro v.3.0.118 and VisualLookout Express! Click here to order ZoneAlarm Pro 3.0 (5/20/2002).
388. HP's Newest Product Offering - Digital Projectors + Special Offers -
     1. Hewlett-Packard Business Center - digital projector (5/20/2002).
     2. Hewlett-Packard Business Center - Special Offers - computing products (5/20/2002).
389. Electronic Publishing Magazine - Graphic Arts, Digital Printing, Publishing (5/20/2002).
390. Copy Controls: Translated version of - Copy protection with felt-tip pen crack (5/18/2002).
391. Processors: ExtremeTech.com:  AMD To Launch Desktop Thoroughbred in June (5/18/2002).
392. SimmTester.com:  Intel to sue chipmakers over New P4 Bus system (5/17/2002).
393. ExtremeTech.com:  Digital Content Protection (5/16/2002).
394. Video: Introducing Matrox Parhelia™-512 GPU - Immerse yourself in High Fidelity Graphics - "Something Wonderful Is Happening!" (5/15/2002)
395. Firm sheds new light on keyboard design - Tech News - CNET.com (5/15/2002).
396. Broadband: TechTV Kill DNS Errors for Faster Broadband (5/15/2002).
397. ExtremeTech.com:  FTC Investigation Of Rambus Continues (5/15/2002).
398. Services for UNIX Home: Windows Services for UNIX version 3.0 from Microsoft (5/15/2002).
399. SecurityFocus HOME News Cable Modem Hacking Goes Mainstream (5/11/2002).
400. Turn Your Network Data Into Enterprise Corporate Knowledge with Inktomi Enterprise Search - Download your FREE Inktomi Enterprise Search 30-day trial now! (5/10/2002)
401. What's Next for Microsoft? Find Out First from Mary Jo Foley & Ziff Davis with MICROSOFT WATCH! Click Here to try MICROSOFT WATCH! for Free (5/10/2002).
402. Audio Loops & BuyOut Music FX: Sound Ideas & Westar Music - 60% Off One of Our Best Blue Plate Specials! (5/09/2002)
403. Spam: ExtremeTech.com:  McAfee Debuts SpamKiller Tool (5/9/2002).
404. - Scottish Enterprise: Non-Cookie based web-monitoring software (5/9/2002).
405. The Register: WinAmp's 'malicious MP3' Vulnerability (5/9/2002).
406. Security: Internet.com:  News ITAA Says Info Trading With Feds Unfair (5/9/2002).
407. Security: InternetNews.com:  ISP News -- New Bill Will Increase ISP Surveillance of Users (5/9/2002).
408. ExtremeTech.com:  DHCP Servers Subject to Remote Takeover (5/9/2002).
409. InternetNews.com:  Developer News -- CERT Warns of DHCP Vulnerability (5/9/2002).
410. CERT Advisory CA-2002-12 Format String Vulnerability in ISC DHCPD (5/9/2002).
411. Audio: Smart TV & Sound - New Internet Radio Royalty Recommendation
     Could Force Station Shutdowns (5/9/2002).
412. Audio: Harmony Central First Looks at PreSonus' FireStation Computer Interface Utilizes Yamaha mLAN FireWire recording and audio networking protocol (5/9/2002).
413. AntiVirus: McAfee.com, Get SpamKiller and Say Goodbye to Junk Email. Offer Good Until May 15, ORDER NOW FOR JUST $29.95 - SAVE $10 (5/9/2002)!
414. Email: Outlook Security Features: Protect Your Inbox from E-Mail-borne Viruses (5/9/2002).
415. Email: Microsoft TechNet: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-021 - E-mail Editor Flaw Could Lead to Script Execution on Reply or Forward (Q321804) (5/9/2002).
416. Audio: Upgrade to Sound Forge 6.0 for $129.95! Through June 7th! 3 Specials:
417. 1.) Upgrade Option 1: Upgrade to Sound Forge 6.0 for only $129.95.
     2.) Upgrade Option 2: Extra value! Upgrade to Sound Forge 6.0 and receive Noise Reduction 2.0, our DirectX plug-in for repairing and restoring audio — all for only $199.95.
     3.) New Mastering Plug-In! Special price for Sonic Foundry customers: $149.95. Ozone, from Izotope, is a 64-bit DirectX mastering plug-in for use in Sound Forge, or any other DirectX host application. Six powerful mastering tools combined into one comprehensive interface (5/9/2002).
418. Video Display: Matrox Graphics: Coming May 14, 2002 (5/7/2002).
419. Storage: WestWorld Productions -- CTN: Maxtor QuickView Hard Drives Featured In Intel Media Center Reference Design (5/7/2002).
420. BuildOrBuy: ExtremeTech.com:  Sunday Afternoon DIY Delight (5/7/2002).
421. Eval: Experience Office XP for Free: 30 Day Trial (5/7/2002).
422. Spam: PestPatrol News: April/May 2002 (5/6/2002).
423. Visualware - Press Release: Visualware Introduces System Security Software to Identify Intruders and their Geographical Locations (5/06/2002).
424. Spam: YIL Column: Privacy Watch - Don't Let Spam Choke the Next Net (5/5/2002).
425. ZoneAlarm Firewall! Extended Special Offer from Zone Labs, Save $10 on ZoneAlarm Pro PLUS... they will include a copy of PestPatrol for FREE! This Offer will expire on May 6, 2002; Step up to this new level of protection at an exclusive low price of only $39.95 (save $10.00 off regular $49.95 price). BUY NOW (5/4/2002).
426. Harmony-Central.com:  Kontakt Software Sampler Now Shipping (5/3/2002).
427. Audio, SoftSynth: NATIVE INSTRUMENTS Kontakt PC out now! Connect To Sampling! (5/3/2002)
428. Audio: From Tom Tyner: Windows Media Recorder Version 1.0 - Record stream video and audio clips from the Internet and save them to your hard drive (5/3/2002).
429. nVidia The Ultimate Digital Experience AMD & NVIDIA (5/2/2002).
430. ExtremeTech.com:  Top Performance Build or Buy (5/2/2002).
431. The Ultimate Digital Experience: Enter To Win The Ultimate Digital Experience... AMD Athlon XP; AMD & NVIDIA Collaboration (5/1/2002).
432. Audio PC: Win an Aspect PC workstation from www.Cakewalk.com: Download SONAR 2.0 demo (5/1/2002).
433. Intel Eval - Intel PRO1000 T Desktop Adapter Gigabit (5/1/2002).
434. Bible Study Software Tools - iExalt.com: Preferred Customer Offer Order Form, May eMail Special, Expires May 31, 2002 (5/1/2002).
435. ExtremeTech.com:  AMD Tweaks Processor Speeds, Roadmap (4/30/2002).
436. AMD gains on Intel, sets Hammer speeds - Tech News - CNET.com (4/30/2002).
437. Microsoft PC-maker issue inadmissible - Tech News - CNET.com (4/30/2002).
438. Audio: ABSYNTH PC (Soft Synth) now available! ABSYNTH PC runs stand-alone or as a VST and DXi plug-in with up to eight instances (4/30/2002).
439. Next Windows Version, Longhorn Details: MSBetas.net - The Number 1 site for Microsoft Betas information! Longhorn Beta release - June! (4/30/2002)
440. Rumors of Windows XP SP1 (Free Update) is due out this summer... Windows XP SE (Pay Per View) is due in early 2003 with Windows Longhorn scheduled for 2004. Moo. See: www.winsupersite.com (4/30/2002).
441. Audio Toy from Creative Labs: Prodikeys.com - A Combination PC Computer Keyboard of 104 keys + Midi Keyboard of 37 MIDI keys (4/29/2002).
442. Urgent Anti-Virus Notice: We have just learned - For those of you running GigaStudio 2.5 on Windows 2000 (NTFS), take notice of your Anti-Virus Software! When running the Trend Micro FREE Anti-Virus Checker, you may receive a False Virus ID. Antivirus.com will identify NE_SYSDATA.A as being the hidden Trojan with their Trojan System Cleaner. Trend Micro is wrongly identifying your .Gig file associations as a Trojan Virus. We have alerted Tascam to this and will report back to your, our Readers with Tascam's comments (4/28/2002).
443. USB PC Remote Control StreamZap PC Remote $39.95 + S&H (4/26/2002).
444. Link Logger: The Ultimate Logging Tool - Link Logger is the premier Windows logging tool for the Linksys, Netgear, ZyXEL Prestige and ZyWall Routers & Gateways (4/25/2002).
445. computermusic.co.uk:  Building Your Dream PC (4/24/2002).
     1. SONAR Masterclass - Index (4/24/2002).
446. Audio: The Best of Bolder Sounds for Gigastudio Ships; 65 sound banks on this double CD custom programmed for GigaStudio; Listen to 25 MP3 Demos for Preview (4/20/2002).
447. WavToMidi: Harmony Central Digital Ear 4.02 Goes Real-Time, a software application that allows accurate conversion of live audio (e.g. a singing human voice) into MIDI (4/20/2002).
448. Audio: GigaStudio News 4-19-02 - Giga Newsletter For April 2002 (4/19/2002).
449. Audio, Copy Protection: The Register - Brit music indies want copy-protected CDs (4/19/2002).
450. extremetech.com:  Windows File System To Be Enhanced (4/19/2002).
451. New tool helps hackers evade detection - Tech News - CNET.com (4/19/2002).
452. Memory: Crucial Memory Buying Guide (4/18/2002).
453. Hint - Crucial Memory: Bonus Savings on Your Next Memory Order! Ziff Davis Exclusive: Free Memory Buying Guide, Plus 20% Savings On Memory. Click here to use your 20% discount  On-Line orders receive a one-time 20% discount through April 23, 2002 (4/18/2002).
454. WestWorld Productions -- CTN: WD Caviar Special Edition with 8 MB Buffer (4/18/2002)!
455. WestWorld Productions -- CTN: Maxtor Ships Atlas 10k III SCSI Hard Disk Drives featuring the new Ultra320 interface (4/18/2002).
456. WestWorld Productions -- CTN: Digital Asset Management (4/18/2002).
457. ProAudio: Enter to Win - Free Gear from Sweetwater! Contest Questionnaire - April 2002 (4/17/2002).
458. Shopmatrox.com Home: Millennium G550 DualHead - $125.00 (4/17/2002).
459. VoiceXMLPlanet.com: Interact with the Internet through voice-recognition technology by using a voice browser and/or the telephone (4/17/2002).
460. AMD's New Roadmap Bumps Up Barton (4/17/2002).
461. WinHEC - Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (4/17/2002).
462. Philips touts Microsoft DVD support - Tech News - CNET.com (4/17/2002).
463. NewTek: Video Toaster NAB Specials! Newtek/DVS Direct Mid Atlantic Tour May 6-10, 2002, Click Here To Register (4/17/2002).
464. HP to offer trade-in for DVD+RW drives - Tech News - CNET.com (4/17/2002).
465. Microsoft Security Checklist: 7 Steps to Personal Computing Security (4/17/2002).
466. ExtremeTech WinHEC Roundup (4/16/2002).
467. COMPUTEX ONLINE: Micron offers faster DDR memory module-based PC2700 DIMM modules utilizing DDR333 SDRAM (4/12/2002).
468. Searching for a Better Browser? Opera not quite what you were expecting? Try Crazy Browser (4/12/2002).
469. ProAudio: Aardvark Pro Audio Solutions: Aardvark Announces New Low-Latency A|WDM™ Driver For Windows 2000 & Windows XP; Does NOT appear to include GSIF Support yet (4/12/2002)!
470. Major Convention Center to Open in Houston - Reliant Center (4/12/2002).
471. internetnews.com:  Business News -- RIAA 'Webcasters Engaging in Propaganda Campaign' (4/12/2002).
472. Upgrade from Ipswitch - WS_FTP Pro 7.5! (4/12/2002).
473. Digital Video: Adobe.com Events of Interest: Adobe Digital Video Tour - April 25, 2002 - Houston; Space is limited - register register now online, or call 877-303-9422 (4/10/2002).
474. Smart Loops and Cakewalk Partner to Deliver Top-Quality Loops in SONAR 2.0 (4/10/2002).
475. Streaming start-up crosses middle mile - Tech News - CNET.com: EdgeStream (4/10/2002).
476. Projectors: ViewSonic PJ350 DLP Projector - Limited Time Special Offer from PC Connection; 1024 x 768 + 1,100 lumens = $2,995, Hurry (4/10/2002)!
477. Digital Rights Management: intel.com:  establishing the global online video market place APTN digital video rights management solution (4/9/2002).
478. Audio: High Criteria Releases Total Recorder v3.4! (4/9/2002).
479. Memory: DDR333 (PC2700) simmtester.com:  News-Latest publications from CST - DDR333 - Migration to the Mainstream (4/9/2002).
480. Chipset: VIA Technologies, Inc. - The VIA Apollo KT333 chipset (4/9/2002).
481. Copy Protection: Maximum PC - News Page: Celine Dion crashes PCs using Sony's Key2Audio. Sony DADC is the leading copy control solution for Audio CDs. Pass or Play? (4/9/2002).
482. ExtremeTech.com:  Personal Backup Strategies Part II - The Software Side of the Equation (4/8/2002).
483. Audio: NEW! Sonic Foundry Sound Forge 6.0 Beta - Evaluate new technologies
     that will change the way you work with digital audio. Download Beta Here (4/5/2002).
484. IBM beefs up digital rights software - DRM (4/5/2002).
485. Audio: SampleTank - Download SampleTank FREE is a fully working freeware version (4/4/2002).
486. Win One Of 58 Classic SM58 Mics From SHURE - the #1 choice of rock & roll royalty the world over (4/4/2002)!
487. WestWorld Productions -- CTN: Support Grows for Adaptec Zero Channel RAID Motherboard (4/4/2002).
488. Bible Study Research Tools... Preaching Magazine! now a part of the iExalt family of resources. Check out the sample of Preaching Online. The best part - Get a full year of Preaching for $24.95--$5 off the regular price and get a full year of Preaching Online for free or call 800-288-9673 during normal business hours to talk to a real person (4/4/2002)!
489. Use Windows XP Disk Management to Configure Basic Disks (4/4/2002).
490. From Tom Tyner: ESB Unit Conversion Utility - Free (4/4/2002).
491. NEW build of PC SUITE 2001 Released and is still FREE for commercial and non-commercial use. Download here (4/4/2002).
492. Deploying Windows XP & Office XP - April 16-18, Houston, TX. Learn how to deploy these products more efficiently and effectively (4/4/2002).

493. extremetech.com:  Personal Backup Strategies (4/3/2002).

494. TDK April Newsletter: This Just In: 40X veloCD (3/29/2002)! 
495. Digital Video: Canopus Product Info -- ProCoder: The Ultimate Format Converter MSRP: $699.00 USD; Available May 2002 (3/27/2002).
496. Office Keyboard, Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer Now Together in Special Edition Black - Winning Microsoft Products Team Up for Special Edition Desktop (3/27/2002).
497. News release on Internal DigiDrive from Addonics (3/27/2002).
498. 7-in-1 Flash Reader for 3.5" Drive bay designed to plug into any internal or external USB port... Internal flash memory reader for 3.5 drive bay from Addonics (3/27/2002).
499. From Jim Ehman: Ace's Hardware - CeBit 2002 Report Part 1: Intel and AMD Hammer Motherboards (3/27/2002).
500. Press Releases: AMD Unveils Groundbreaking Platform Design For Its Next Generation Microprocessors, AMD-8000 chipsets (3/27/2002).
501. Yahoo! News - Mandrake Linux policy angers members (3/23/2002).
502. extremetech.com:  PCI Bus Gets Makeover to PCI Version 2.3 (3/20/2002).
503. DV News - Industry News - Pioneer Introduces Next Generation DVDCD Recordable Re-Recordable Drive Offering Multi Format Compatibility (3/20/2002).
504. extremetech.com:  Sun to Charge for StarOffice (3/19/2002).
505. Creative Labs Americas: Knowledge Base Document ID: 959 - Occasional system lock up with squealing noise... Sound Blaster Audigy; Sounds like fun? (3/15/2002).
506. Audio, Soundbug turns flat surface into speakers - Tech News - CNET.com; Want a SoundBug? See: Terfenol.com: Newlands Technology Terfenol magnetostrictive smart material (3/15/2002).
507. Projectors: InFocus - ProjectorNet: Network your Projectors! A centralized solution for managing multiple projectors within a corporation and drive down TCO (3/14/2002).
508. internet.com:  News FCC Takes Major Step Toward Deregulating Broadband (3/14/2002).
509. Avid Xpress DV v3 upgrade special offer now shipping... Register to win one of five Avid Xpress DV v3 software packages! Register and also receive a free copy of the new Avid Xpress DV v3 product tour CD! (3/14/2002)
510. Broadband, businessweek.com:  BW Online March 13 2002 SBC's Top Techie on Broadband Blues (3/14/2002).
511. Audio, from ExtremeTech.com Forums: Creative Tracks Down Squeal of Death with Audigy Sound Cards (3/14/2002).
512. MagicTweak 1.85 Released! MagicTweak--Tweaking softwareTweak hidden Windows(XP2000Me98) settings. We'll have a direct link on this from our Downloads page. Let us know what you think. We'll have some comments on this later! (3/14/2002).
513. Special! ScanSoft Inc. ScanSoft Family Lines - Recently acquired award-winning Dragon NaturallySpeaking – The World’s best selling speech recognition software; Exclusive price of just $99.99! To celebrate the release of NEW Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred version 6 (3/14/2002).
514. Audio: Musikmesse, The International Audio Show in Germany is underway. Expect major ProAudio announcements as follows:
515. 1.) Cakewalk Announces Support for ReWire Technology + Cakewalk Announces SONAR 2.0 - SONAR's good enough for Ray Charles & his Recording Engineer! Have you seen Sonar lately? Heard about DXi software synths? Planning on doing any Music Looping? Everything but the kitchen sink... Keep looking, you may find it! SONAR 2.0 will begin shipping in April, 2002 (3/13/2002).
516. Minimum System Requirements: PII-400, 64 MB's RAM; 100 Meg's HD Space; CD-ROM; Midi interface + Windows Sound Card; O/S - Win98SE; WinMe; Win2000 or WinXP. WDM Drivers.
517. 2.) Steinberg's, Cubase SX Debuts at Musikmesse - The Heart of Your Studio? Steinberg is making such a big deal, they've launched a web site. They claim we can talk to Cubase SX Developers on Friday [3/15/2002]... Steinberg @ Musikmesse 2002 - Products - Cubase SX (3/13/2002). 
518. Minimum System Requirements: P-III 500 MHz; 256 MB of free RAM; HD Space- Plenty!; CD-ROM; Midi interface + Windows Sound Card; O/S - Win2000, WinXP Home or WinXP Pro; USB Port required (For the Dongle! I'll PASS Thank you!)
519. Recommended System: Dual P III / Athlon, 1 GHz or faster, 512 MB RAM; Audio Hardware - ASIO 2 (Steinberg's Audio Stream Input Output Technology) spec for high-end multi-channel audio cards and Windows MME (Multimedia Extensions) & DirectSound spec for standard sound cards.
520. Commentary: So you want to Build a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) PC? What's interesting from our perspective - are the Minimum System Requirements & Recommended System Requirements. Since we're Building Athlon XP 1700's with 512 Megs RAM & 60 GB HD's running Win2000, anyone creating a new DAW Station should see excellent performance. And for those who just need to update their current "old" PC to a newer "current" PC, you're still in a Win-Win Solution!
521. Now, do you need a Sound Card? Audio is on the M/B. For playback, no. If you want a DAW, good idea. Now what Sound Card & which Speakers? What applications will you be using?

     
     

      

522. Microsoft Unveils 'Freestyle' and 'Mira' Home PC Experiences... Smart TV & Sound (3/12/2002).
523. This just in from Ed Hanson: Aggie Atomic Clock... INDUSTORIOUS CLOCK MONOCRAFTS3.0 (3/12/2002).
524. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Approves Reverse Engineering to Copy Certain Parts of Computer Software Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. v. Connectix Corp. (3/11/2002)
525. bunnie's adventures hacking the XBOX (3/11/2002).
526. BBC News SCITECH Hacking with a Pringles tube (3/11/2002).
527. Foveon Introduces World's First Full-Color Image Sensor (3/11/2002).
528. From Tom Tyner: theinquirer.net... Gigabyte in world-wide shake up (3/11/2002). 
529. Audio: Harmony-Central.com - GenieSys Releases New Sample Editor for Windows (3/11/2002).
530. Creative Labs Americas: Creative Technology Announces Acquisition Of 3DLabs – Worldwide Leader In Ultra High-End Professional Graphics (3/11/2002).
531. From Tom Tyner: BEWARE Microsoft Security Update - (3/10/2002).
532. 1.) ASP News -- Beware of Microsoft Security Updates (3/10/2002).
     2.) News Gibe worm poses as a Microsoft update (3/10/2002).
533. Silicon Alley News - Ziff Davis Media Looks for More Time (3/8/2002).
534. NewMedia.com: Tauzin-Dingell Easily Passes House: Internet Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act gains wide support; Senate passage unlikely (3/7/2002).
535. DV: Come See Pinnacle Systems Pro-ONE Roadshow 2002! Join The Video Revolution. Reserve Your Space Today! www.PinnacleSys.com/roadshow2002 - Houston, TX 3-21-2002 (3/6/2002).
536. Lycoris.com: Get a Pre-Loaded Desktop/LX PC! A Hewlett Packard PC covered by an HP 1 year warranty, directly from Lycoris for only $449.99 (3/6/2002).
537. Extremetech.com:  New Memory Roadmap Big Changes Ahead: "Defining DDR-II" According to Intel Developers Forum (3/6/2002).
538. Macromedia Introduces Flash MX Macromedia - Flash Authoring Tool: MX, Macromedia Experience To Be Released March 15th, 2002; Goal: To produce richer Web content (3/6/2002).
539. ZoneAlarm Pro 3.0 Now Available! Click here to get the NEW ZoneAlarm Pro 3.0! (3/5/2002)
540. Jasc has a new product - Jasc After Shot. A program designed just for you and your digital camera! Find out more about Jasc After Shot and the special introductory offer (3/5/2002)!
541. WestWorld Productions -- CTN: LSI Logic and Seagate Developing New Serial ATA Interface (3/5/2002).
542. Enter now To Win A Pentium 4 Processor-M System (3/5/2002).
543. Audio News from Tom Tyner: The Harrow Technology Report for March 4, 2002 - The War of the Tiny. See: Oh Boy! The shoe is definitely now on the OTHER foot! "...the music industry now finds itself on the RECEIVING end of the legal conflagration that it ignited with Napster. The "A" Word." (3/4/2002)
544. ExtremeTech.com:  Lycoris Linux: Lycoris, formerly Redmond Linux, delivers excellent ease of use; Windows friendly for the masses... (3/4/2002).
545. From Racy Sanford: TechTV Free Download of the Day Kurt's Free DHTML Clock & Calendar that follows your mouse around (3/4/2002).
546. From Ed Hanson: Email and Web Virus Protection for Internet Explorer 5 and Outlook Express 5 (3/4/2002).
547. Audio: WavToMidi Conversions - ScoreExtractor 1.1 - New features include: New powerful calculating subroutine; new URL: www.scoreextractor.com; more stable code (3/1/2002).
548. HOT DEAL! From Tom Tyner: Fry's has HP DVD+RW drive for $399.00 walk-out. Price good thru Tuesday March 5th, 2002. In store only (3/1/2002).
549. Virus Message Alert! W32/Klez.eml: Please check your system with the FREE On-Line Virus Checker (3/1/2002).
550. XP update to go beyond mere fixes - Tech News - CNET.com (3/1/2002).
551. Still playing with DialUp Internet Access? Soon To Be Available - Broadband on POTS Lines, Promises of DSL Speeds - Artera Group International Limited is Turbo Charging the Internet! Artera Group (2/28/2002).
552. ExtremeTech.com:  SOHO Security (2/28/2002).
553. Coming soon! TDK veloCD 40.12.48x - Now burn a full CD-R in only 3 minutes! TDK March Newsletter (2/28/2002).
554. DivX 5.0 Product Launch... Event Alert DivXNetworks To Unveil Next Generation Of Digital Video Technology On Monday March 4th -- www1.internetwire.com (2/28/2002).
555. Gigabyte's NEW KT333 motherboard GA-7VRXP (2/27/2002).
556. prosoundnews.com:  Carillon USA Launches 'Audio' PC (2/27/2002).
557. Mars Songplayer Has Arrived! Learn your favorite songs note for note while you listen to the CD. Choose from over 2,000 of the world’s hottest hits, plus get your first song absolutely FREE! (2/27/2002); Gone since Mars Music went into Bankruptcy (2/2/2003).
558. Week Of... Wed 2/27/02: Even a new PC gets an upgrade, eventually! Doing anything Digital - Video or Audio - Yes to both? Decisions - New 128 MB DDR Video Card from ATI & GeForce4 OR 64 MB TV Tuner Capture Card + DV Capture... (Wed 2/27/02).
559. Popup Eliminator - Popup Killer D/L 30-Day Eval (2/26/2002).
560. ExtremeTech.com:  Chipsets Set Sail At IDF (2/26/2002).
561. WestWorld Productions -- CTN: Computer Technology News - Adaptec Enters Serial ATA Market (2/26/2002).
562. Welcome to TICC: TAIPEI International Convention Center (2/25/2002).
563. Trades Shows: From Jack Hamilton: Ma, Ma, Ma Bell... Tauzin-Dingell Bell Alerts / Who Let The Dogs Out! Voices For Choices - "Congressmen have introduced legislation to Reopen the Telecom Act of 1996 and give Phone Giants special favors." (2/25/2002).
564. Audio, SoundFont News: Interview With Mike Guzewicz, a co-creator of the SoundFont format SoundFont.com Mike Guzewicz Interview (2/25/2002).
565. Who is Watching Who... WinWhatWhere Investigator - The most advanced and detailed computer activity monitor available (2/23/2002).
566. ExtremeTech.com:  Pop Up Nightmare (2/23/2002).
567. Audio News: DV.com Inspiring and Empowering Creativity (2/23/2002).
568. Software602's New Version Of Secure e-Mail Server Released FREE - www1.internetwire.com (2/23/2002).
569. NewMedia.com: Vote on Broadband Bill Spurs New Ad Drive - Warring factions are again ramping up their advertising to weigh in on the controversial Tauzin-Dingell telecom deregulation bill (2/22/2002).
570. Event Agenda - VIA DDR333 Summit - 20th February 2002 (2/20/2002).
571. SmallBusinessComputing - The Ultimate Technology Resource Center for Small Business Owners (2/20/2002).
572. Case getting tight for HD space? GideonTech.com - total system modding... Adding Extra Hard Drive Brackets. Do you have a better solution? (Wed 2/20/02)
573. Week Of... Wed 2/20/02: Synopsis - Disabling CD Auto Play - Win98 & Win2000 Instructions. George Walker's Boot.ini Presentation Notes (Wed 2/20/02).
574. Pact lights way to DVD standards - Tech News - CNET.com (2/19/2002).
575. Web Video: DV.com Inspiring and Empowering Creativity (2/16/2002).
576. Streaming Technologies, watch Sonic Foundry. They've done the legwork behind Microsoft's Streaming Technologies and are now working with Real Media. See: Web Casting (2/15/2002).
577. ExtremeTech.com:  MicroDisplay Projects Images Onto Retina (2/15/2002).
578. Audio: FREE NOTATION SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD: FINALE NOTEPAD - Coda Music Technology - Finale Allegro PrintMusic NotePad Music Notation Software (2/15/2002).
579. Data Recovery - Computer Forensics + Media/Data Conversion: Renew Data Corp. - Monthly Newsletter (2/15/2002).
580. ProAudio: Harmony-Central.com:  Steinberg Launches New Service for HALion Users (2/15/2002).
581. HD Interface Specs Changing... ATA/100, ATA/133, Serial ATA and now before that's even seen the light of day, here comes Serial ATA II - ExtremeTech.com:  Serial ATA II Server Chipset Push On Tap For IDF (2/15/2002).
582. NEW CAKEWALK LOOPS: X-MIX X-PRESS LOOPS — ONLY $19: X-Mix X-Press (2/14/2002).
583. From Tom Tyner: To Capture Streaming Video - Hyperionics - Powerful screen capture software (2/14/2002).
584. Audio Loops: Harmony-Central.com:  New Ambient Dreams Wav Sample CD from Kenfen.com (2/14/2002).
585. 'Geeks' Channel Creativity Through Computer Case Modifications - www1.internetwire.com (2/14/2002).
586. RealNetworks licenses Sonic Foundry's MediaSite Live technology to power its new Conference Web-casting Service, allowing RealNetwork users to capture, encode, synchronize and stream rich media content (2/14/2002).
587. TechTV Review Maxtor Personal Storage 3000XT (2/14/2002).
588. TechTV DVD-Audio vs. Super Audio CD (2/12/2002). 
589. Bible Study Software, From iExalt Electronic Publishing: Half off on any "Preacher's Outline and Sermon Bible" (PSOB) - www.Preferred.iExalt.com - Use Preferred Customer offer code #5468; Hurry! This offer is only good until March 15, 2002; Or Call, 800-888-9898 between 9am and 10pm, M-F, or 10am and 5pm Saturdays (2/12/2002). 
590. ExtremeTech.com: Internet Connection Tweaking (2/12/2002).
591. Audio: Harmony-Central.com: Code Audio Debuts New Loop Creation Tool, BeatBurner (2/9/2002).
592. Audio Sampling & Loops: PowerFX hooked up with Sonic Foundry and uploaded over 9,000 samples from their "Loops for Acid library" + New 2rAw sampling series CDs featuring ReCycle (Rex) files, Reason refill and Acidized wav files) (2/8/2002).
593. Digital Video: Capture DVD Quality Video on your PC... InterVideo, Inc. WinDVR Profile (2/8/2002).
594. Prosumer Audio: EgoSys.net a.k.a. AudioTrak.net New Product Focus - DTHT - Desktop Home Theater Systems featuring MAYA7.1 & OPTOPlay. MAYA7.1 Gold - World's 1st 7.1 channel DVD-sound card Digital I/O System; ASIO 2.0 (Cubase), GSIF (GigaStudio) & DVD 5.1 / 7.1 channel support + 48KHz sample rate / 18Bit AD/DA resolution; E-WDM driver supports Win98SE, ME, 2000 & XP, includes CyberLink PowerDVD; MSRP: $129.00 US (2/8/2002).
595. Need a Laptop? Special Offers - ShopToshiba.com: Toshiba Portege 2000 from $2,199.00 - World's thinnest notebook! 750MHz Intel P-III, 256MB SDRAM, 20GB HD, 2.6 lbs and only 0.6" thin! Win XP Pro, Integrated Wi-Fi, V.90/56K modem and 10/100 Ethernet NIC, Warranty: 3 years parts and labor, 1 year battery, FREE CD-ROM drive with purchase! Or DVD-ROM drive for just $99!
596. Safer, more secure PC's? The Big 5... Trusted Computing Platform Alliance TCPA (2/8/2002).
597. From Richard Hodges: Explaining ENRON To Your Children (2/7/2002).
598. Samsung Electronics USA: SyncMaster 950b (19-inch) MSRP: $219.00 (2/7/2002). 
599. Extremetech.com: Update Nvidia Corp. Announces GeForce4 (2/7/2002).
600. MaxtorDirect.com: Online Store: Maxtor 160GB 5400 RPM Hard Drive & FREE Ultra ATA 133 Card (A $79 Value) MSRP: $299.95; 1394, i.LINK & FireWire... NEW Personal Storage 3000XT - 160GB, MSRP: $399.95 (2/7/2002).
601. CDROMCENTRAL.COM Launches Ultimate Resource Center For CD Media - www1.internetwire.com (2/7/2002).
602. From Barry Woolbright: Xtasy GeForce4 Ti 4600 Video Card with 128 MB DDR  Launches March 1. Expected ship date is 02/28/02... Pre-order yours now at CompUSA.com for only $399.99! (2/6/2002).
603. ExtremeTech.com: Iomega Discontinuing Jaz Drives (2/5/2002).
604. Audio: E-MU / ENSONIQ SoundFont.com: Passport to the World of Music Bundle - Play any musical instrument using Sound Blaster / SoundFont technology. Bundle includes BlasterKey MP3, a touch-sensitive, 49-key, full size key electronic keyboard which plugs into Sound Blaster's joystick port; SoundFont Player software, and collection of sounds to get started (2/5/2002).
605. ExtremeTech.com: In Short ATI Cards Up Memory; Dell Lead Times Stretch - 128-Mbytes of DDR memory (2/5/2002).
606. DivXNetworks Licenses Leading Video Technology To Renowned Fraunhofer Institute For Computer Graphics -- www1.internetwire.com (2/5/2002).
607. Spam Controls: Trusted Sender News from ePrivacy Group (2/5/2002).
608. SMART Modular Technologies Inc. Expands ATA Storage Product Family With One Gigabyte Type II CompactFlash(TM) Card - www1.internetwire.com (2/5/2002).
609. GoldenSoft: Net Recovery Genius Info. Powerful Network Recovery System. (2/5/2002). Site very slow to load!
610. DVD SmartRipper... Studios race to choke DVD copying - Tech News - CNET.com (2/4/2002).
611. FYI: CD-recording, Roxio Software Buys Digital-Imaging & Video-Editing, MGI Software - Roxio Software Acquires MGI - FAQ (2/3/2002).
612. Audio: Sweetwater Setmaker  - Song Manager & Set List Creator For Musicians for Windows now available! Free: Download SetMaker (1/31/2002).
613. ExtremeTech.com: Secure Your Software with Hardware (1/31/2002).
614. Audio: Cakewalk.com - 2-Day Special on Home Studio 2002; Just $39; Offers Expires Midnight 01/30/02: To save $10 when you purchase Home Studio 2002, include the following coupon number at check-out: HSUG013102 Cakewalk Home Studio 2002 (1/28/2002). 
615. We've updated our PC Build Specs! Joe Whinery has also added a new Guide To Assembling your PC (1/28/2002).
616. Have You Heard: Jasc StudioAvenue.com is shutting down service. Jasc's third-party provider will no longer be offering photo-sharing and printing services. As of February 15, 2002, the entire StudioAvenue.com site will be shutting down (1/28/2002).
617. Audio: msdn.microsoft.com: Understanding Secure Audio Path (1/26/2002).
618. Firewall: Agnitum Ltd. - FREE! Outpost Firewall: Better than Esafe or ZoneAlarm? Found this in our server logs - Claims to be the most feature-packed Personal Firewall for Windows in the world. Gives peace of mind from any threats by Cookies, Ads, E-mail viruses, Backdoors, Spyware, Crackers, Adware and virtually every other Internet danger (1/26/2002). 
619. Audio News, From AL Massey: Hot Off The Presses - Bigger Than Elvis! Newly Released Hit Single Topping The Charts... By the artist formerly known as Artist Unknown Enron Ron Ron [Internet Explorer 5+ & Windows Media Player 6+ required to eXperience] (1/25/2002).
620. GenieSys Voice L.C. Announces SF2/GIG Collection with New FTP DownLoad Manager News (1/25/2002).
621. ExtremeTech.com: Report Intel X86-64 Clone In Works (1/25/2002).
622. Intel has secret weapon against AMD chips (1242002) (1/25/2002).
623. Windows Media Player Patch - Internet Explorer SuperCookies bypass P3P and cookie controls betray your identity (1/25/2002).
624. pcmag.com: ZipHunter - Find Files Within Zip Files (1/25/2002).
625. Logos Bible Study Software - Newest Version, Libronix DLS v1.0b Released (1/24/2002).
626. eXtremeTech.com: In Short Chipset Tidbits From Platform Conf. (1/24/2002).
627. Finally, after more than 2 years of announcements... Try pressplay digital music service's free 14 day trial - Risk Free... and start to stream download and burn today! (1/24/2002). 
628. BinaryResearch.net: Symantec Ghost 7.5 Training Workshops (1/24/2002).
629. ThumbSync: Under My Thumb - www1.internetwire.com - Character Input System; No More Keyboard Required? (1/24/2002).
630. Science and Engineering Fair of Houston: Calendar of Events - March 21-23, 2002 – AstroArena, Houston, TX - 43rd Anniversary Year (1/24/2002).
631. Video: ExtremeTech.com: All-in-Wonder Radeon 7500 (1/23/2002).
632. Audio: Cakewalk® Hosts Third Annual Windows Professional Audio Roundtable at Winter NAMM 2002 (1/22/2002).
633. Audio: Microsoft - HDCD - High Definition Compatible Digital^® (HDCD^®) is a patented encode/decode process for delivering the full richness and detail of the original microphone feed on Compact Discs and DVD-Audio HDCD - CD Players (1/22/2002).
634. ExtremeTech.com: Drive Heaven--Hard Drive Comparison - Monster ATA drives are cheaper than ever! (1/21/2002).
635. ProAudio: Harmony-Central.com: Native Instruments Unveils Kontakt - Native Instruments Debuts Kontakt at Winter NAMM, a powerful and flexible software sampler for PC. Kontakt will be released in March 2002 at a retail price of $399 (1/21/2002).
636. GraphicBrain.com Unveils Search 'n Sort! Internet Tool (1/21/2002).
637. Gateway.com Home Limited Time Free Upgrades Gateway's Most Advanced & Fastest PC - the new 700XL - 2.2GHz Intel P4; DVD-R drive; 120GB HD; 18" flat-panel LCD display; 1024MB RAM; 6 USB Ports + Advanced Video Editing Software - Only $2999!! (1/21/2002).
638. CREATIVE LAUNCHES SOUND BLASTER EXTIGY - FIRST EXTERNAL SOUND BLASTER Notebook and Desktop PC Users Can Experience Stunning Digital Audio Fidelity and Simple USB Connectivity (1/21/2002).
639. Creative also introduces 1.3 Megapixel PC-CAM 600 - A Stylish and compact - functions as digital still camera, PC camera and AV recorder (1/21/2002).
640. PCMag.com: Prime Time Media Players ...to take full advantage of today's
     digital content, you need the right media players. (1/20/2002).
641. Sam McJunkin received a DigiDoc 5 for Christmas from his daughter. And he's just now installing it? And how many heat & rpm sensors do you need to on a PC anyway? Read on... (1/20/2002). 
642. AMD Athlon XP Processor Microprocessor With QuantiSpeed Architecture - More Than Just Megahertz! (1/20/2002).
643. As Seen On TV PC: AMD Athlon XP Processor 2000+ $ 1,699.00! (1/20/2002).
644. Font Reserve 2.6 Font Management (1/20/2002).
645. Connect Texas - Telecommunications Policy Advocates (1/18/2002).
646. From AL Massey: Firms turn to tech to calm global relocation fears - 2002-01-21 - Houston Business Journal In a novel use of technology and artificial intelligence that conjures up visions of Arthur C. Clarke's HAL, in "2001: A Space Odyssey", Houston-based International Assignment Profile Systems Inc. has introduced the International Assignment Profile, to help corporate families cope with the increased uncertainties and anxieties of international assignments (1/18/2002).
647. From AL Massey: Some perceptions need to change on the banks of the Silicon Bayou - 2002-01-21 - Houston Business Journal In interviewing a number of executives in the high-tech corridors of the Silicon Valley, Boston and Northern Virginia in recent years, that busy little word "perception" keeps getting in the way when they are asked about Houston's chances of ever competing as a jewel in the high-tech crown (1/18/2002).
648. CNN.com - Oxford dictionary updated for Web - January 17, 2002
649. From AL Massey, HBJ - Audio: RagTime Solo DTP Software Free Download Available for non-commercial use - Powerful DTP software for Windows RagTime (1/17/2002).
650. ExtremeTech.com: Motherboard Watch First KT333 Board (1/17/2002).
651. bSuper High Performance 256MB PC2700 DDR333 DDR SDRAM DIMM -b CL2.5-CAS 2.5 (Memory Cooling Kit Included) by OCZ, Rev 2 (1/17/2002).
652. Shut Off Windows. Turn On Desktop Security - www1.internetwire.com (1/17/2002).
653. NYPOST.COM Business ZIFF DAVIS DODGES BOND DEBT DEFAULT By KEITH J. KELLY (1/16/2002).
654. TheDeal.com Willis Stein buys Ziff Davis another year (1/14/2002).
655. Smart TV & Sound - Interactive TV & DVD MP3 Internet Audio & Video Satellite TV - CinemaNow Offers Downloadable and Streamable Feature Films (1/14/2002).
656. Smart TV & Sound - Interactive TV & DVD MP3 Internet Audio & Video Satellite TV - e-VideoTV Cancels Copy-Protection Licensing Agreement (1/14/2002).
657. New IO Card Technology Web Site To Aid Computer Professionals And Consumers - www1.internetwire.com (1/11/2002).
658. From Barry Woolbright: computer assistive technology abilityhub for disability and disabilities (1/11/2002).
659. Free 128mb DDR PC2100 Contest - Your may be the next winner. Enter now. It's Free! CST Contest Submission (1/10/2002).
660. Westminster Police Adopt MetaEdge’s Crime Analysis Solution To Map Local Crime Patterns And Improve Patrol Deployments - www1.internetwire.com (1/10/2002).
661. Buy Out Music... 50% Off - Sound Ideas The Mix Signature Collection Combo (1/10/2002).
662. TradeShows:
     1. MeetingNews.com: Adam's Mark Hotels Calls Off Sale of Properties - Our Take: ON Again, Off Again! (1/10/2002).
     2. MeetingNews.com: Flotilla of Cruise Ships to Launch in 2002 (1/10/2002).
     3. MeetingNews.com: Forum to Showcase Post-911 Industry Marketing Strategies (1/8/2002).
663. Symbian - Powering the heart of the wireless community (1/8/2002).
664. Adobe presents Creativity Unleashed! Two FREE seminars offer a full day of creativity - Print Session, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. & Web Session, 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.! Reserve your place now! Adobe.com Events of Interest Or call 1-877-303-9422 - February 6, 2002 - Houston, TX (1/8/2002).
665. MPEG-4 Industry Forum (1/8/2002).
666. Carbon Nanotechnologies Inc. Licenses Production Process To DuPont - Brings Carbon Nanotechnology Closer To Commercial Reality -- www1.internetwire.com (1/8/2002).
667. Audio: Dash Synthesis - Virtual Synthetizers for Infinity 2.0 (1/8/2002).
668. Audio: Live! center - A resource for Sound Blaster Live! Users (1/8/2002)
669. Intel Memory - PC DDR SDRAM Validation (1/8/2002).
670. Finally?!? Electronic News: Intel Debuts P4 Chipset For DDR-Based PCs (1/8/2002).
671. New Pentium 4 to alter competitive map - Tech News - CNET.com (1/3/2002).
672. New BRU Backup & Recovery Products Extend Hallmark Reliability While Providing Enhanced Functionality (1/3/2002).
673. GFI’s Email Security Testing Zone Launches 2 New Tests (1/3/2002).
674. News: The Ultimate Security Research Resource - ITsecurity.com Security News Compendium for the whole of 2001 - 15 MB D/L (1/3/2002).
675. Learn How to Spot a 16-Bit Application (1/2/2002).
676. Microsoft: Safe Internet Microsoft Privacy and Security Fundamentals (1/2/2002).
677. Worm targets security software (1/2/2002).
678. We wrote an article in October 1999, "Be Four Five or Be Gone…" and now, exiting stage left: Founder Gassee leaves Be (1/2/2002).
679. Aladdin’s New HASP Developer’s Kit Provides Software Security With Full Win XP And Mac OS X Cross-Platform Support (1/2/2002).
680. Industrial Ethernet The Online Industrial Ethernet Book (1/2/2002).
681. extremetech.com:  LCD Technology Update (1/2/2002).
682. Magnetic Memory - 2001