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2003-02-09T22:35:00.000-08:00

Hardware(Processors)
The New Prescott Pentium 4 processors will feature: 800MHz Quad Pumped Bus, 1MB of L2 cache,and Hyper-Threading II technology, the newcomer will also include additional instruction sets, known as PNI – Prescott New Instructions (SSE3 maybe) that are proposed to further accelerate processing of streams. In addition, sources indicated that there will be a number of different flavours of Prescott processors this year with core-clocks varying from 3.40GHz to 3.80GHz. Note, that in the latest Roadmap Update, Intel officially only indicated 3.40GHz Prescott processors by the year end and 3.60GHz and above CPUs in the first quarter 2004. So, either Intel is trying hard in order to roll-out its 3.80GHz chips by the end of 2003, or, the company simply looks through this opportunity at the moment, but no decisions have been made so far. However we should not expect the 3.80GHz Prescott products to come earlier than next year.

News Source : Digital Nowhere | Intel

2003-02-09T22:24:00.000-08:00

::Handhelds(GBA)::
The company AM3 will release an official Gameboy Advance Smart Media Player. 24 minutes of animation (movies) can be played with a standard 32MByte Smart Media card, a 256MByte Smart Media Card could hold up to 192 minutes. Moreover, it can also play music files, pictures, etc.... The price is not vrey expensive (around US$35 only).

News Source : Game News

2003-02-03T20:57:00.000-08:00

::Hardware::
S3 creater of one of the first few cards since the PCI times is now creating Delta Chrome a graphic card that is said to challenge ATI and Nvidia 3D cards with their price and features although not as powerful as the ATI and Nvida new cards but the price is the selling factor.

News Source : Mega Games | Graphic Cards

2003-02-03T19:49:00.000-08:00

::Consoles(PS3)::
Yeah that is right information about the PS3 are starting to come up. The new console spots a lot of cool features like networking and network processing. A lot of power at that. Well do read more from the source.

News Source : Mega Games | PS3

2003-02-01T10:20:00.000-08:00

::DVD::
Think you DVDs are safe? Totally life long protected againest damage? Even originals are facing a crisis now. It seems that they are rotting and yes rotting causing the disc to be not playable because rot causes a spot to form on the disc this in turn causes the player to be unable to read the disc because of this spots. Well there are a few listed that are faulty. Do go check ur discs and of course the distributors don't want to have anything to do with this rotting of disc.

News Source : SMH.com.au

2003-01-29T17:51:00.000-08:00

::Hardware::
Seriously, now; 250 GB is a lot of hard drive space. But Western Digital hopes you'll find a need for that much storage when they release their WD Caviar 250 GB hard drive next month. The new drive is based on an 80 to 83 GB per platter technology, and it uses three platters. At this rate, who needs MP3 anymore? Why not just rip straight to .WAV? Or, even better, rip your CDs twice: once to .WAV for playing on your home machine, and once to MP3 for your portable.

News Source : ARS Technica

2003-01-28T18:28:00.000-08:00

::Software(PC)::
Sorry for the slow updates recently had to get permission from the owner to link him off my website. Well here is a cool little piece of software for all those P2P network downloaders. Have you ever been fustrated that you cannot open a 1/2 downloaded AVI movie? Or you cannot prview the AVI till it is done? Well this fine fella here Andrei Jefremov wrote this software to actually help you solve all these fustrations.

Key Benefits
Preview AVI, divX, MPG, MPEG and VideoCD files without interruption of the download process
Uses standard DirectX framework - no additional software needed
Very simple interface
Does not change the original video file in any way
Tested extensively with P2P and FTP software
It is Free!

Website : AVIPreview

2003-01-27T03:20:00.000-08:00

::Consoles(PS2)::
Qcast Tuner for the PS2 this little software allow you to connect your PS2 to your computer over the network and stream videos, MP3 and other media on your system it is a really cool software and made for the PS2. Just install the Software on your PC and pop a boot disk into your PS2 and you get live streaming form your PC. Oh almost forgot till now only the Official PS2 Network Adapter is supported.

Website : Boradq | Digital Entertainment

2003-01-26T21:41:00.000-08:00

::Internet::
Cash machines, Internet connections and the servers that sit at the heart of the Internet were affected Saturday by what experts are calling the worst worm since Code Red in 2001.

News Source : News.com | Internet
News Source : The inquirer
News Source : Channel News Asia

2003-01-26T21:28:00.000-08:00

::Internet::
The US goverment has allowed the registration of the .mil domain to the public. Very interesting options this will be posed to us read the full story on theregister.co.uk.

Full Article : The Register | .mil

2003-01-26T21:24:00.000-08:00

::Security::
Internet users in Asia prepared for a possible second day of attacks by a computer virus that yesterday caused widespread service outages in South Korea and network slowdowns throughout the region.

News Source : News Forge

2003-01-26T21:21:00.000-08:00

::Games::
Posted on 22 Jan 2003 on the official blizzard website that they are planning an expansion set for Warcraft III looks like more units and more fun till the day the expansion just hold on to what you have now. Warcraft rocks.

Full Article : Blizzard | Warcraft III Expansion
News Source : Slashdot.org

2003-01-26T21:16:00.000-08:00

::Consoles (X-Box)::
Back in college (1991), I wondered why no one had bothered to make a DOS-based game console. One day, in the back of a notebook, I made some notes about how you might go about creating a DOS-based game console. (I even called it an "X-Box", but really the "X" was there because I didn't know what else to call it. Microsoft's current "XBox" console is completely different, and I don't claim any rights to the "X-Box" name.) I've posted some scans of my notes, and a discussion about how you would create a DOS-based game console.

Full Article : The 1991 X-Box
News Source : Slashdot.org

2003-01-26T21:13:00.000-08:00

::Consoles::
A news source reported that over 8 million of X-box consoles had bee sold.

Asia - 0.85 million
USA - 5.4 million
Europe - 1.8 million

However, over 50 million of PS2 have been sold already. = )

2003-01-25T17:43:00.000-08:00

::Singapore::
Hello everyone out there this is the blog owner here. I am on Starhub "MAX" Online more like Max offline to me. LOL! Anyway if anyone out there in Singapore reads my blog I really would like to know how you all feel I feel that the service of this ISP is lousy. Even with more freebies from Starhub like Printers and offers to Wireless products the services does not meet the expectations of us subscribers. Quoted from SCV website.

20 November 2001 Tuesday
SCV received its ISO 9001:2000 certification this month, a testimony that the company meets the international requirements of a good quality system. This is for both its SCV MaxOnline as well as its MaxTV service.
“SCV is the first company in Singapore to be awarded the ISO 9001:2000 certification to both its media and infocomm operations,” said Wu Tek Ming, CEO of PSB Certification Pte Ltd.

When SCV was in control the access was still at acceptable rates not that Starhub took over speeds get slower and crawl. Downtime is high as it happens almost every month. Sometimes I wonder what Starhub is doing. Well do go and sign a petition from some guy.

Website : Petitions Online | Starhub Max Online

2003-01-23T20:32:00.000-08:00

::Sony::
Bye bye Sony CRTs at least for the 17 and 19 inches. Sony officials said the company will quietly phase out all of its 17-inch and 19-inch CRT monitors by March 31, part of the industry's shift away from CRTs to LCD panels. No more high definition monitors for the consumers. Well at least there is the LCD, go and get a Sony CRT soon maybe will become a antique item. My guess would be that the prices will be slashed to clear stock so look out at SLS maybe you'll get a good deal.

Full Article : Extreme Tech | Sony

2003-01-23T20:25:00.000-08:00

::Anime::
Imagine going to school and studying Anime, aparently that is what is going on in the US as college courses are setup to make it as a subject. Horray for all the Anime lovers and readers in Singapore. Maybe all the comic reading and VCD watching has finally paid off as Anime gets more reconigition.

Full Article : Slashdot | Anime School

2003-01-23T11:06:00.000-08:00

::OS Updates::
Listed beneath are recommended updates that you should install if you have Windows XP, 2000, Millennium Edition or 98 Second Edition. Where possible I've linked to where the actual update can be downloaded & saved from should you need to apply it at a later date, e.g. due to a re-install. This listing also covers some important OS updates which not even WindowsUpdate's features. Updated regularly this site will keep your Operating System up-to-date with the latest security patches & more.

Full Article : Techspot | OS Updates

2003-01-23T11:01:00.000-08:00

::Consoles (PS2)::
DMS3 : This is a 3rd generation mod chip for the Playstation 2 console. The DMS 3 is touted to provide divx and mp3 support in short a media center for the PS2. It has a Stealth Mode to become tranparent to online games, 1st software upgradable modchip. It is a really cool chip with the expected launch on 25/1/2003 this Saturday but as you know these things always delay themselves. Well if you wanna get more information about mod chips do a search cause I dun really wanna post the links here do leave me a mail and I will get back to you on where to get the information about the mod chip from.

2003-01-23T10:31:00.000-08:00

::Cosoles (PS2)::
SAITEK WOW : With Out Wires adapter. This little innovative device creates a bridge between you PS2 controller port and a wireless station to plug in your controllers giving you distance from the console. This little device provides 8 hours game play on an 6 hours charge and the best thing it is charged directly from the console. This little bugger has a range of 10 m enough for you to get far from the television.

Reviews : Adreneline Vault

Website : Saitek WOW

2003-01-23T02:44:00.000-08:00

::Mobile Phones::
floAt’s [Mobile Agent] was surfing the internet for an SMS agent and found a freeware. Yahoo! That is so nice someone out there writes such cool stuff for free and it is T68i friendly. Blue tooth can be used for communications very nice.

Well if you people are wondering the functions are :
- SMS sending, receiving, Archive, Manage, 7-bit, 8-bit and Unicode (16-bit UCS2) encoding, Reply Request, Flash SMS. New incoming message pop-up/notify.
- Upload File to phone, basically any files which is accepted by the phone, depending on the model.
- SIM Phonebook editing
- Read-only hierarchical phonebook (only numbers are available, other information such as Company name seems only available in OBEX form
- Connect via Native Bluetooth (MS-XP SP1), Native IRDA, Serial Port and any device with virtual serial port.
- Outgoing call initiate/hang-up and status monitoring
- Incoming call control and monitoring
- Active/Dynamic menu support
- Keypad monitoring to detect key sequence for remote control
- Active scripting support (VBScript and JScript, other add-on available)
- Multiple SMS recipients, just drag more numbers to the “To” box, or type it in semi column separated, No Group supports yet.
- Power and RSSI monitoring
- Seamless reconnection to keep the link and monitoring active
- Tray mode when minimized
- XP Theme aware

Website : floAt’s [Mobile Agent]

2003-01-22T21:07:00.000-08:00

::Consoles::
A USA company has announced a next generation of game console called the "Phantom" . The features of this console are even better than the current X-box, GC, or PSX2. This game console support "Game On Demand". That means that you need not buy the games, just download games from their servers. This console only supports broadband.

Website : Infinium Labs

2003-01-22T19:59:00.000-08:00

::Microsoft::
REDMOND, Wash. — Jan. 22, 2003 — Microsoft Corp. today announced broadened availability of the Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 application programming interface (API). The latest version of the Microsoft Windows® Gaming API delivers Microsoft’s powerful new High-Level Shader Language (HLSL) and features its most-advanced suite of design tools for the development of rich multimedia elements such as full-spectrum color graphics, video, 3-D animation and enhanced audio capabilities.

Full Article : MS Press Pass

2003-01-22T19:50:00.000-08:00

::Welcome::
Hey there peps, welcome to SerNET which is my Digital Domain. Actually here will be posting on it information and news so do care to look around and have some fun. Some of the things that will be discussed are products and gadgets used in our everyday life. Also there will be a section on PS2 perhaps sometime later. Have a look around and do drop me a mail if you have something to share in this community. Thanks
Mark