The dangers of using your clipboard as short term memory
Subject: General Tech | February 23, 2006 - 11:56 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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The Inquirer has posted a combined clipboard and Internet Explorer vulnerablilty, and they have also posted a way to avoid the problem. The contents of your clipboard can be grabbed, via scripting, and displayed on the web. This little trick will only work in IE, not Firefox, and if you visit the link from the Inquirer that shows the problem, there is at least one pop-up window to greet you.
"A WARNING RECEIVED highlights what appears to be a real Explorer danger that text copied onto the
clipboar
X-Mystique is an upgradable audio card
Subject: General Tech | February 22, 2006 - 03:15 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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PenStar Systems has posted a how and why on upgrading the OPAMPS on the new X-Mystique audio card. If you do go ahead and mod it, you may be very impressed by the quality of sound you can get from the analog outputs.
"The X-Mystique's primary claim to fame is that it is the first add-in soundcard that can encode a
Dolby Digital 5.1 signal.
Finally, the plans for my hoverboard have arrived
Subject: General Tech | February 22, 2006 - 12:05 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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So, you are tired of hearing about the fact that you never go outside, and never do anything more physical than cart a laptop to a LAN party? Well, thanks to the watchful members of MAKE:Blog, there is something outswide worth doing! A link has appeared with a shopping list and instructions on how to build your own hoverboard. Sorry, the leafblower is not included.
"If you watched this week's show, you'll have seen that Jason succeeded in building a fully
working Hove
VIA Announces VIA Vinyl(TM) VT1708 High Definition Audio Codec, Delivering Premium Performance Audio
Subject: General Tech | February 22, 2006 - 11:11 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Taipei, Taiwan, 22 February 2006 - VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced the VIA Vinyl VT1708 High Definition (HD) Audio Codec with premium quality and features for expanding PC audio requirements.<?xml:namespace prefix = o />
Someone has to go first to disprove the rumours
Subject: General Tech | February 21, 2006 - 12:01 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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PC Mechanic has posted a top 4 list of common PC Myths and Misconceptions. They are quite funny and, believe it or not, quite common. If you have fallen prey to any of them, take heart, because somebody had to lead the way, and discover if SATA worked or not. That's life on the bleeding edge, more often than not.
"The internet is a great medium for getting information and help on all sorts of subjects.
The 8 Horsemen of Vista
Subject: General Tech | February 20, 2006 - 11:50 AM | Jonathan Hung
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engadget is reporting 8 flavours of Windows Vista. It appears Microsoft is sticking with their "Home-Professional-Enterprise" product model. I'm curious to see what the feature difference is for the "Vista Home Premium" and the "Vista Business" boxes. I hear "Vista Ultimate" comes with a posse.
"Wow, ok, Bill, since you're reading this and all, we've got to tell you a little something about product branding.
7.1 THX speakers to go with your 7.1 soundcard
Subject: General Tech | February 17, 2006 - 05:15 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Don't let those extra 2 channels got to waste, pick up a 7.1 speaker system, like Creative Labs GigaWorks S750. Laptop Gamers has posted a review.
"This THX certified speaker system delivers an unbelievable gaming experience when combined with a
7.1 sound card such as the Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS.
Tune into the next Half Life 2 for the exciting conclusion
Subject: General Tech | February 17, 2006 - 02:49 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Ars Technica reports on a change of plans for Valve. Half Life 2 may have several sequels, that appear like TV series, and are downloadable via Steam. While probably not as long as a normal game, hopefully there will be many of them.
"The Half-Life franchise is moving to an episodic release schedule according to comments from
Valve's Doug Lombardi. Lombardi has revealed that Half-Life 2: Aftermath has been renamed to
Half-Life 2: Episode One.
Media player flaw already exploitable
Subject: General Tech | February 17, 2006 - 02:37 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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The media player flaw that Microsoft patched on Tuesday already has 2 proof of concept attacks according to CNet. That makes it very likely that exploits are already roaming around in the wild. Patch 'em if you got 'em.
"The "proof-of-concept" exploits that take advantage of a flaw in the media player were posted on
the Web over the past couple of days.
WolfKing Warrior attacks, WASD trembles
Subject: General Tech | February 16, 2006 - 01:08 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Can the WolfKing's Warrior, a very round keyboard-like device, with 52 keys and a few extra buttons, add something to your FPS experience? ExtremeTech has a review of this odd device, and they even seem to like it. Maybe you can finally abandon your normal keyboard while gaming.
"That was until we came across the Wolf Claw Type II keyboard from a small company in Singapore
last summer. To a normal keyboard, the Wolf Claw added a dedicated WASD-friendly gaming area to
the left.
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