Archive for: July 9, 2008

July 9, 2008

Creative makes the X-Fi official, drops it with Red Cliff special edition

Filed under: Review - 09 Jul 2008

Filed under: Portable Audio
So here we have it: The Creative Zen X-Fi. Officially announced by Creative in Singapore, the X-Fi is what we expected: a Wi-Fi-capable player with Yahoo and MSN instant-messaging clients, 2.5-inch LCD, onboard speaker, SD/SDHC expansion, FM radio, voice recorder, and 8GB…

Elonex unveils £129 One T netbook

Filed under: Review - 09 Jul 2008

Filed under: Laptops
The first Elonex One was an oddly-configured little beast, with the guts of the machine tucked behind the display for an unwieldy, top-heavy look that was only acceptable given the £100 ($199) pricetag and pseudo-tablet functionality it offered. That doesn’t mean Elonex is…

Retrofit Websites with jQuery, Ajax Tabs, and Photo Carousels

Filed under: Review - 09 Jul 2008

This commentary walks you through the steps of retrofitting a Web 1.0 shopping site with Ajax techniques. In addition to Ajax techniques and best practices, you memorize how Ajax can improve your user experience through principles of progressive enhancement, usability, and user experience design.Ori…

XP Update Cuts Internet for Many ZoneAlarm Customers

Filed under: Review - 09 Jul 2008
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A number of consumers running Check Point's ZoneAlarm security software on Windows XP lost Internet connectivity Tuesday night after Microsoft released a patch for a potentially dangerous DNS flaw.

The problem only affected ZoneAlarm customers who had their security settings on "high," according to a Check Point spokeswoman. Those with "medium" or "low" settings did not lose Internet service.

Check Point offered two possible solutions, including temporarily uninstalling the patch or setting firewall setting to "medium." Check Point said it will soon issue a ZoneAlarm update with a permanent solution. The company also posted a more detailed workaround online.

Microsoft released the update, known as KB951748, after Dan Kaminsky of IOActive and Paul Vixie of Internet Systems Consortium notified the Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) of a basic flaw in the DNS standard that could lead to cache poisoning, and allows attackers to redirect Internet requests to wherever they want, including sites that engage in phishing or malware distribution.

In addition to Microsoft, the list of Internet system vendors affected by the flaw includes Apple, AT&T, Cisco, D-Link, IBM, and Intel.

500 electric Minis to go on sale in California

Filed under: Review - 09 Jul 2008

Filed under: Transportation
It’s not fairly official yet, but Automotive News is reporting that BMW is planning on offering some 500 all-electric Minis for sale in California. The main assembly of the silver hatchbacks with yellow roofs (apart from the drivetrain) will be completed in Oxford, Englan…

The End of an Era for Windows 3.11

Filed under: Review - 09 Jul 2008

Microsoft recently announced that effective November 1st, 2008, OEM’s will no longer be able to license Windows for Workgroups 3.11 in the embedded channel. It’s the end of an era.Original post by donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia Loli-Queru)

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Vigor Collosus Skulltrail-based gaming rig gets reviewed

Filed under: Review - 09 Jul 2008

Filed under: Desktops
Intel’s Skulltrail gaming platform (we’re still refusing to sign it the “Intel Dual Socket Extreme Desktop Platform”) has been out for a while now, but there haven’t been too many pre-built systems based on the design — in fact, all we’ve seen so far is the $6,799 Vigor Coloss…

Microvision 360 hack slaps an Xbox on the back of an old TV for no good reason

Filed under: Review - 09 Jul 2008

Filed under: Displays, Gaming
A familiar face on these pages, primarily for his PSP work, PvP_LostKnight seems to have decided his Xbox 360 was lonely and cold, so he stripped off the case and strapped the thing to the back of his old HD LCD. PvP has never been heavy on the directions, but he’s got …

Samsung YP-P2 Blue Wave 4 firmware update arrives

Filed under: Review - 09 Jul 2008

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable VideoSamsung kicks out new Blue Wave firmware updates for the YP-P2 PMP faster than we can keep up with ‘em, but we’ve honestly never even seen in the wild. Still, we’ll give Sammy credit for releasing free feature updates (cough), and Blue Wave 4 delivers basic…

Keepin’ it real fake, part CXXIV: SongLiveX1 gets out ahead of actual X1

Filed under: Review - 09 Jul 2008

Filed under: Cellphones
Can’t wait to get your hands on Sony Ericsson’s hotly anticipated XPERIA X1? soon after perhaps that so-called SongLiveX1 will suffice — or, not. whether for some reason you do decide to take the plunge, however, you can apparently expect a 3-inch 240 x 320 display (not a to…

Linux Kernel Walkthrough Screencast

Filed under: Review - 09 Jul 2008

Ottawa Canada Linux Users Group recently hosted its first Kernel Walkthrough given by Bart Trojanowski. Bart starts with a one-hour presentation introducing some Linux development background, file layout and documents types. The cipher walkthrough following the presentation covers some crucial files…

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