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Beware, Web surfers. Soon not even that dull, gray toolbar at the top of your Internet browser will be safe from advertisers.

A New York online ad technology firm, United Virtualities, is preparing to introduce a product that will allow advertisers to automatically change the appearance of Web browsers, usurping some of the functions built into popular browsers designed by Microsoft Corp. and Netscape Communications, a unit of AOL Time Warner Inc. - NeoWin

Is it just me, or does that feel like a security issue? Why should something that I run on my computer to give me functionality also give me grief by placing ads. It isn't enough that ads are scattered all over the net (None on this site yet), but now they go and do this!

Click here to chat. We need some peeps in there. You don't even need to be registered.

I've mirrored the file for download here! If your a user of the site, you can download it! Download locally!

I saw this at Warp2Search that linked to Savagenews. Everyone who doesn't use a Microsoft variant probably uses this.

At Rage3D. You'll figure it out. Mind you, Rage3D is an ATI Site.

The only thing you need to do is post at the forums! That's it! Read the rules at the top of the page. Welcome to all the new people!

After getting the confirmation, I attempted to warn both Aron and Chris in time, but as of now, neither are aware of what is yet to come.

Congratulations out to AA, our favourite K'Nuhk, whose already reknown article has been considered Dot-worthy.

Condolences out to Ping, who's server may die. If the timing is for my zone, like all other things on slashdot, he's still possess about one and one half hours to react.

UPDATE:
Ping and Aron are both ready. Dot-heads wanting to discuss AA's article with him will find him in the chat. chat.planetz.net 7000 #aselabs

We'll be waiting out the SDE there.

Linux on hand helds, the time hath come. Hey, Aron, don't you need to review this product [Aron: Maybe ]

The best way to help the site would be to go to the Forums and post away. That alone will bring me great happiness. I look forward to seeing many more of our users in there. Ohh, and there is a contest also. You can click here for the rules or up top.

You may want to head here and get the new Virtual Machine patch. It fixes a 'critical' sercurity hole.

This forum post by a Rage3D member shows the pics from an ATI demo of Pixel Shader 1.4 in action. The Geforce line of cards still do not support this version of the pixel shader yet.

The peeps at Warp2Search have an article about adding heatsink to your video card. They used a Radeon 8500. Only do this if your going to overclock your card.

I was thinking how well the site is doing and I've decided to move the software section to a full blown site, of course on the same site and with the same forums and same users. I need names for this new site, but having ASE somewhere in the name would be nice .

I just wrote this article about the difficulties about a crossplatform benchmark. I don't think a benchmark that will measure CPU performance crossplatform will be made. Flame me here.

If you want to see how a Pentium 3 would perform at 1.5ghz, Xbit has the scoop on the overclocking potential of the 1A Ghz .13 Celerons. It wipes out the P4, which is why Intel doesn't want to release higher clocked versions of the Celeron.

Quick note for ATI fans. If you feel like writing a 150 word essay and entering a prize giveaway offered by ATI. Interested in the contest, hurry up, it ends March 31st.

See ATI for Eighth Wonders of the World contest!

Microsoft has issued a all in one patch for IE. I like this line the best though: Who should read this bulletin: Customers using Microsoft® Internet Explorer Doesn't all current versions of Windows meld the browser with OS

I forgot that I put this up at like 1 PM. This is the L4S5MG from ECS. I liked it, next up is the P4IBMS which when I take a second look at isn't so bad.

All this talk about making something to measure CPU performance cross platform made me think. Here are my thoughts.Next Page »

This articles at Lost Circuits shows you how to make a GPU heatsink. They make it for the Radeon 8500 but it will work with any graphics card.

Most of us know that intel funds research projects like ud and such, but here is a new one they are starting. It has to deal with bashing AMD. The story explains how this report written by an independant company, was actually hired by intel, zdnet has it here. You can also check slashdot for more info.

Well, no bread for eight days how will I survive?!? (j/k) I at least got a mini vacation out of it. 5 days off of school isn't bad.

Gainward seems to be the fastest driver updater for their graphics card line. Enough talking, see links below:

• Windows 9x/ME Detonator v. 28.32
• NT4 Detonator v. 28.32
• 2000/XP Detonator v. 28.32
• Windows 9x/ME/2000/XP WDM Driver v. 1.11
• Windows 9x/ME/2000/XP 3D Glass v. 28.32

I am soon to post a review of Heroes of Might and Magic 4 turn based classic strategy game. Your questions are welcome in the forum. It is much easier to write a review of the game when you know what readers want to hear.

The L4S5MG is based on the SiS 650 Chipset. This is a great board and ECS shows much potential.Next Page »

The Inquirer has a roadmap of the JEDEC DDR standards (or soon to be). One thing is for sure, DDR will be able to keep up with CPU speeds so there won't be a potential bottleneck there. Look at this chart:

Speed	JEDEC Standard	Single Channel Bandwidth	Shipments
DDR 266	PC2100	2.1Gb/s	Current
DDR 333	PC2700	2.7Gb/s	Q2/Q3 2002
DDR 400	PC3200	3.2Gb/s	Q3/Q4 2002
DDR2-400	PC4800	4.8Gb/s	Q1 2003
DDR2-533	PC5600	5.6Gb/s	Q1 2003
DDR2-667	PC6400	6.4Gb/s	Q2/Q3 2003

3do released two great titles that the fans have been anxiously waiting for. Heroes of Might and Magic IV and Might and Magic IX went gold and should be in the stores any time soon. If you are a fan of turn-based fantasy strategy then Heroes of Might and Magic IV is the game to get. If you enjoy RPGs then you will enjoy Might and Magic IX built on a new 3d engine. Check out 3do for more information.

ALi released new drivers AGP driver for its ALiMAGiK 1 (M1647) chipset supporting (ATi RAGE 128/RAGE 128 Pro) for Windows 98/ME/NT/2000.

Get the driver.

I saw this at The Inquirer also. It seems that they got a hold of a white paper from the Aberdeen Group that labels the PR schema of the AMD chips misleading.

AMD’s methodology will not support that without becoming quaintly obsolete in another 90 days as the methodology breaks down completely over time. Bad science in the name of customer advocacy is not the approach to market that Aberdeen recommends. Aberdeen is not alone in questioning gigahertz equivalency. Close reading of the PC trade press and PC performance Web sites shows an increasing skepticism, and it would not be surprising to see the press turn surly.

There is a truth to this though, if you keep increasing the mhz rating from AMD's 66mhz increase and Intel's 100mhz, the ratio of the chips will be nuts as time and speed progresses.

The Inquirer is wondering when the R300 details will be coming out and when we will see it. I was wondering also. Even details of the RV250 (Radeon 8500XT) haven't been known.

ATI hasn't even showed the RV250 to any kind of a wide audience yet, even though it's malingering in the software labs, where developers strive to get every inch of performance out of drivers.