Know someone who uses Kaspersky Internet Security that is having trouble today?
Subject: General Tech | March 11, 2013 - 02:27 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: Kaspersky Labs, patch
It would seem that a single specially malformed IPv6 packet is enough to completely lock up a PC protected by several versions of Kaspersky Internet Security. There is currently a private patch available for machines suffering from this issue and there will be an official patch pushed out in the very near future. According to The Register this flaw was originally reported to Kaspersky in January but as they had not released a patch the original discoverer of the flaw has gone public, which was obviously what it took to get them to fix the issue. If you run into problematic PCs over the next few days you might want to check for Kaspersky Labs software before you really get into troubleshooting.
"After receiving feedback from the researcher, Kaspersky Lab quickly fixed the error. A private patch is currently available on demand and an autopatch will soon be released to fix the problem automatically on every computer protected by Kaspersky Internet Security 2013."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Engineers Build "Self-Healing" Chips Capable of Repairing Themselves @ Slashdot
- Here's the $4.99 utility that might just have saved Windows 8 @ The Register
- Intro to Embedded Linux Part 1: Defining Android vs. Embedded Linux @ Linux.com
- DIY Lighting Solutions @ Hack a Day
- ROFIS JR30 Rotating Head CREE R5 1xAA LED Flashlight Review @ ModSynergy
Would you touch a Green Cherry?
Subject: General Tech | March 8, 2013 - 02:29 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: cherry mx green, mechanical keyboard, model m, coolermaster, CM Storm Trigger
The Tech Report got their hands on a keyboard using a new type of Cherry MX switch, the CM Storm Trigger. This is a keyboard for the heavy handed, both the force required to actuate a key and the bottom out is significantly higher than any other Cherry switch as well as the venerable IBM Model M, especially the larger sized keys. That might be well received by those who find other keyboards to be spongy, or gamers who want the feel of a buckling spring on a better looking keyboard than the old IBM one. Check out the review to hear the keyboard in action.
"Cooler Master has released a keyboard based on a little-known mechanical key switch: the Cherry MX greens. We've compared this offering to an IBM Model M and another keyboard based on Cherry's more popular blue switches."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- ROCCAT Kone XTD & Kone Pure Gaming Mice Review @ Neoseeker
- Truly Ergonomic Computer Keyboard Review: One Month with the TECK @ AnandTech
- Roccat Isku FX Gaming Keyboard @ Kitguru
- Razer Ouroboros Gaming Mouse @ Metku.net
- EpicGear Meduza Mouse & HybridPad Mousepad @XSReviews
- ROCCAT's Kone XTD and Kone Pure Gaming Mice @ AnandTech
- ROCCAT Kone XTD 8200DPI Wired Gaming Mouse Review @ Legit Reviews
- Revisiting the CM Storm Trigger Mechanical Gaming Keyboard @ OCC
That old hat again? Intel and Apple living together ...
Subject: General Tech | March 8, 2013 - 01:27 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: apple, Intel, rumour, running gag
Once again the old rumour has resurfaced and discussions of what will happen to the market if Apple chooses Intel to manufacture their mobile chips. As we heard at the end of last year, Intel might be willing to fab ARM processors for iPhones if Apple is willing to move to x86 processors for other larger mobile products. Today via The Register we heard more about the possibility of the two companies working together, though no real confirmation has yet been made. This move makes sense for Intel who are not making revenue from the mobile market and even more sense for Apple who are in the midst of suing their current chip provider Samsung in multiple cases across the planet.
"Rumors are again swirling that Apple and Intel are in discussions about Chipzilla baking the chips Cupertino uses to power its iDevices.
"A source close to one of the companies says Intel and Apple executives have discussed the issue in the past year but no agreement has been reached," Reuters reported on Thursday."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- AMD looks to HSA Foundation to avoid AMD64 mistakes @ The Inquirer
- Real multifunction “Sonic Screwdriver” @ Hack a Day
- BGA rework station @ Hack a Day
- Mmmm, TOE jam: Trev shoves Intel's NICs in his bonkers test lab @ The Register
Steam Box Prototypes Will Reach Developers Within The Next Four Months
Subject: General Tech | March 8, 2013 - 05:26 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: valve, Steam Box, steam, pc gaming, gaming, console, big picture mode
In talking with the BBC, Valve CEO Gabe Newell revealed several details regarding the company’s upcoming Steam Box gaming PC. The console competitor will go up against Sony’s PlayStation 4 (PS4) and Microsoft’s Xbox 360 successor. So far we know that the Steam Box will utilize Valve’s Steam distribution service and its Big Picture Mode user interface. Valve will be manufacturing its own reference design, but third parties will also be allowed to construct Steam Boxes that will tap into Valve’s gaming library. Xi3 in particular looks to be at least one of the likely Steam Box partners to produce hardware.
Newell indicated that Valve would be sending prototype devices to customers within “the next three to four months.” The designs are not yet finalized, however, as evidenced by Newell’s statement that the prototypes would be used to gather feedback, and Valve is still working on balancing heat, noise, and performance.
“We're working with partners trying to nail down how fast we can make it.” - Gabe Newell in an interview with BBC before receiving an award for Portal 2.
Further, Valve has not yet determined exactly what it wants the controller to be. It will reportedly be shipping several different prototype controllers along with the Steam Box PCs. One area that Newell is particularly interesting in is in gathering bio-metric data -- such as heart rate -- and using that data to change the game experience for the gamer. This would be one area that Valve could focus on and have an advantage over other consoles. As a fully-fledged PC, the Steam Box could tap into existing bio-metrics technology and easily have the horsepower to effectively parse the bio-feedback. I can only think of a few situations in which such data would be useful (horror games, party/dancing/exercise games), but I do see it as being at least as beneficial as the Kinect was/is to the Xbox.
With that said, we still do not know much about the Steam Box. Much like the PS4, we still do not know what the actual hardware will look like (though we have at least been shown the PS4 controller). Pricing is also one of the major unknowns, and BBC reporter Leo Kelion quoted an industry analyst Lewis Ward (IDC) as noting that Valve will likely not be able to subsidize the hardware nearly as much as the other major console players (Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo) are able to. The Steam Box is inevitably going to be priced more in like with PCs than with consoles, as a result. On the other hand, gamers that buy a Steam Box can look forward to getting games that are much cheaper than the console equivalents. Give Steam Box gamers a couple of Steam holiday sales and they will easily make up the price difference!
What do you expect the Steam Box to be, and will it finally take PC gaming to the masses?
Podcast #241 - Sony VAIO TAP 20, ioSafe N2 NAS, new Z77 motherboards and more!
Subject: General Tech | March 7, 2013 - 04:00 PM | Ken Addison
Tagged: podcast, sony, tap20, vaio, iosafe, n2, synology, NAS, Z77, dragon, msi, pata, apacer, seasonic, thermaltake, urban
PC Perspective Podcast #241 - 03/07/2013
Join us this week as we discuss the Sony VAIO TAP 20, ioSafe N2 NAS, new Z77 motherboards and more!
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Program length: 1:04:57
Podcast topics of discussion:
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- 0:24:25 ASUS PadFone Infinity from MWC
- 0:27:10 Apacer Launches New PATA SSDs
- 0:32:00 Seagate will cease 7200 RPM mobile HDDs this year
- 0:34:50 Thermaltake launches Urban S21 case
- 0:38:55 Double your HDD density with HGST
- 0:43:00 MSI has new gaming series of MB coming out, based on Z77
- 0:49:30 NVIDIA refreshes Quadro with Kepler GPUs
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- Ryan: AMD Mini-PC with A8-4555M
- Jeremy: When EyeFinity won't work this might save you
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So, about that non-transferable Office 2013 license? Not so much.
Subject: General Tech | March 7, 2013 - 01:24 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: microsoft, office 2013
As many expected Microsoft has made an about face for the single machine licensing for Office 2013 which would permanently tie an Office 2013 serial number to a single machine. In fact the licensing was so strict that an OS reinstall on a machine with an Office license would invalidate that license. Now this would seem to be a way to convince customers to move to the subscription based Office 365 which has much a more lax licensing agreement when it comes to multiple machines. Now all versions of Office 2013, barring the OEM version which has always had a rather draconian license, will allow the transfer of licenses as long as that license is only ever active on one single machine. You can get more details on Microsoft's change of heart at The Register.
"Based on customer feedback we have changed the Office 2013 retail license agreement to allow customers to transfer the software from one computer to another," Microsoft's Jevon Fark said in a blog post on Wednesday. "This means customers can transfer Office 2013 to a different computer if their device fails or they get a new one."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Nvidia announces Physx and Apex support for Playstation 4 @ The Inquirer
- So everyone's piling into PCIe flash: Here's a who's who guide @ The Register
- Chrome, Firefox, IE 10, Java, Win 8 All Hacked At Pwn2Own @ Slashdot
- A real thermal imaging camera for $300 @ Hack A Day
- Google to offer 'same-day delivery' Amazon Prime killer - report @ The Register
- New IBM storage chief Ambuj Goyal: I like all-flash and I cannot lie @ The Register
- HP Officejet 150 Mobile All-in-One review: portable all-in-one @ Hardware.info
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Subject: General Tech | March 7, 2013 - 11:56 AM | PCPer Staff
Tagged: deals
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NVIDIA Refreshes Quadro with Kepler
Subject: General Tech, Graphics Cards | March 6, 2013 - 08:02 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: quadro, nvidia
Be polite, be efficient, have a plan to Kepler every card that you meet.
The professional graphics market is not designed for gamers although that should have been fairly clear. These GPUs are designed to effectively handle complex video, 3D, and high resolution display environments found in certain specialized workspaces.
This is the class of cards which allow a 3D animator to edit their creations with stereoscopic 3D glasses, for instance.
NVIDIA's branding will remain consistent with the scheme developed for the prior generation. Previously, if you were in the market for a Fermi-based Quadro solution, you would have the choice between: the Quadro 600, the 2000, the 4000, the 5000, and the 6000. Now that the world revolves around Kepler... heh heh heh... each entry has been prefixed with a K with the exception of the highest-end 6000 card. These entries are therefore:
- Quadro K600, 192 CUDA Cores, 1GB, $199 MSRP
- Quadro K2000, 384 CUDA Cores, 2GB, $599 MSRP
- Quadro K4000, 768 CUDA Cores, 3GB, $1,269 MSRP
- Quadro K5000, 1536 CUDA Cores, 4GB + ECC, $2,249 MSRP
This product line is demonstrated graphically by the NVIDIA slide below.
Clicking the image while viewing the article will enlargen it.
It should be noted that each of the above products have been developed on the series of GK10X architectures and not the more computationally-intensive GK110 products. As the above slide alludes: while these Quadro cards are designed to handle the graphically-intensive applications, they are designed to be paired with GK110-based Tesla K20 cards to offload the GPGPU muscle.
Should you need the extra GPGPU performance, particularly when it comes to double precision mathematics, those cards can be found online for somewhere in the ballpark of $3,300 and $3,500.
The new Quadro products were available starting yesterday, March 5th, from “leading OEM and Channel Partners.”
From the depths of space an ancient vessel drifts slowly towards the Imperium of Mankind
Subject: General Tech | March 6, 2013 - 02:07 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: gaming, space hulk, kick ass
This is a good year for a certain subset of gamers who bear a love-hate relationship with Games Workshop. Not only have we heard tell of Blood Bowl 2 and a free to play Blood Bowl: Star Coach which will resemble a blood soaked Football Manager but finally Space Hulk will be arriving thanks to Full Control. A classic turn based game pitting Space Marine Terminators against unlimited amounts of Genestealers that is almost impossible to win. Players often brag about their most memorable losses than their occasional victories but either can be guaranteed to be full of guts, Flamers and Power Fists. Keep your eyes on Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN for more details as they may be the only ones more excited about this than I.
"SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK"
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Aliens: Colonial Marines Performance and IQ @ [H]ard|OCP
- Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag @ The Inquirer
- Crysis 3 Performance Test: Graphics & CPU @ Techspot
- Gears of War: Judgement @ The Inquirer
- Need for Speed Most Wanted PC @ eTeknix
- Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Review – Too Automated to be Simulated? @ Techgage
- Wot I Think: Tomb Raider @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Torment 2: What Can Source The Nature Of A Crowd? @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Infinite Excitements: Eye-Spy Thief IV Screenshots @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Garry’s Mod Earns $22m, Gives Most Of It To The Taxman @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Latest Xbox 720 rumours suggest absence of Blu-ray drive @ Hexus
An Open Source and encrypted Skype alternative called Jitsi
Subject: General Tech | March 6, 2013 - 01:03 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: zrtp, sip, xmpp, voip, skype, open source, Jitsi, encryption
Jitsi seems to be a lot of things, from an IM Client agglomerator such as Pidgin or Digsby, a combined XMPP and SIP VoIP client to a videoconferencing hub with all traffic encrypted using ZRTP. This Open Source software also claims integration with Microsoft Outlook and Apple Address Book, putting it in competition with Skype on more than one front. Unfortunately it will not connect to all online SIP or XMPP provider but Jitsi does offer an open XMPP bridge to host video calls and as it is open source there is no reason you could not construct your own. With the release of version 2.0 a host of new features and improvements have been added which you can read about by following the links at Slashdot. They have also partnered with the FMJ Project to allow recording of sessions as well as other possible customization thanks to the developers Wiki.
"Among the most prominent new features people will find quality multi-party video conferences for XMPP, audio device hot-plugging, support for Outlook presence and calls, an overhauled user interface and support for the Opus and VP8 audio/video codec. Jitsi has lately shaped into one of the more viable open Skype Alternatives with features such as end-to-end ZRTP encryption for audio and video calls. The 2.0 version has been in the works for almost a year now, so this is an important step for the project."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Seagate ships 'affordable' desktop hybrid drive @ The Register
- Intel Dishes On What Makes H.265 Worth Waiting For @ Techgage
- Samsung takes a three percent stake in Sharp for $105m @ The Inquirer
- Testing Batteries for Sulfation @ MAKE:Blog
- TP-LINK TL-WA850RE 300Mbps Universal Wireless N Range Extender Review @ Madshrimps
- P-LINK TL-WDR3500 Wireless N600 Router @ Legit Reviews
- Leave Six Strikes Alone! @ Techgage
- Win Phanteks and NZXT hardware @ Kitguru
- Giveaway - GIGABYTE X79S-UP5-WIFI @ Tweaktown
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