Content and news by Rob Williams

“Adobe Systems Inc. on Tuesday released a Linux version of its Adobe Reader software, which enables computer users to read and navigate through documents built in Adobe’s popular PDF format.”

This is great, I will have to download it. Version 5 looks like it’s from 1995, when Windows 3.x was king. Check out the posting at Information Week.

“It used to be naughty boys (doing this),” he said. “But now they’ve grown up. They realize if you are clever at something then you should use it to earn a living. They are hacking to get rich and uniting over networks.”

Very interesting.. but it’s really no surprise. Check it out at News.com.

“The entertainment industry took another swipe at file traders on college campuses Tuesday, saying that it will sue students who use Internet2, the high-speed research and education network, to share copyright materials.

The Recording Industry Association of America will file 405 lawsuits Wednesday against individuals at 18 colleges across the country. The RIAA is targeting those who use a file-sharing application called i2hub to distribute music on a “massive scale,” said RIAA President Cary Sherman.”

Interesting how the RIAA watches the Internet2 as well.. check it at Wired.com.

IGN has interviewed the creators of the Matrix. Paul Chadwick: What are you expecting to see from The Matrix Online? The Wachowski Brothers: Our expectations are high, perhaps unreasonably so, but only because we’re as anxious for a really good MMO as every other gamer. Obviously the most important thing we’re looking Comment (0) -->

Wow, that’s a new one. No.. really.

“The vulnerability, which was not one of eight patched by Microsoft on Tuesday, is in the Jet database engine component, according to an advisory posted the same day by security company Secunia. It could enable an intruder to remotely execute malicious code on a vulnerable PC, Secunia said.”

Check it out at News.com.

“Microsoft is set to unveil its much anticipated next generation Xbox during a half-hour show on Verizon’s music channel MTV as the company looks to steal a march on rivals Sony and Nintendo, who are also launching gaming consoles this month.”

Check out the posting at CBR Online.

Wow, that’s pretty interesting stats!

“Adobe Systems, the San Jose, Calif.-based software company that counts the Internal Revenue Service as one of its best customers, said Tuesday that a study it commissioned of 1,000 U.S. taxpayers found that 45 percent of them were filing their 2004 taxes electronically. iQ Research & Consulting, based in Washington, D.C., conducted the study by phone during the week of Feb. 21.”

Check out the posting at News.com.

“Sanyo Electric Co. and IBM Japan Ltd. Latest News about IBM said Monday they have formed an alliance in the development of a hybrid power supply Latest News about power supply system for notebook personal computers combining a fuel cell and a rechargeable battery Latest News about Batteries.”

Next up, Solar Powered laptops. Check out the posting at Contact Center Today.

Now posted over at the Official DDO Site: The Dungeons & Dragons Online team and Stratics are pleased to announce the first ever DDO House of Commons Chat on Thursday, April 14, 2005 at 8 PM Eastern/5 PM Pacific. This is your chance to ask questions to the DDO Developers and learn Comment (0) -->

“With Nvidia’s 6600GT line of cards, great performance has hit the midrange cards at speeds that once seemed unattainable. This and the further proliferation of PCI express motherboards into the market have made PC gaming affordable for all with the newest cards from ATI and Nvidia. Today we look at Chaintech’s version of Nvidia’s 6600GT PCI express graphics cards, the SE6600G to see how it stacks up against the hefty competition.”

Check it out at AMDZone.

“With specs and features like this, the DVR-A09XL sounds like it has a lot of potential. To give you an idea of what to expect from Pioneer’s new writer, we’ll take a look at some of the drive’s features and then see how it compares to the 16x DVD±RW drives from Sony, NEC and Plextor. Does the DVR-A09XL have what it takes? Is it the fastest DVD writer around? We’ll answer these questions and more as we take a look at the Pioneer DVR-A09XL.”

Check it out at CDRLabs.

“I recently got my hands on a new motherboard, the nForce4-DAGF is a budget minded solution from DFI as it goes on sales for less then 110USD, let’s see if it has DFI’s great OC blood.”

Looks like a very solid mobo. This very well could be the next uber value board. Check it out at Madshrimps.

GGMania had the opportunity of interviewing two guys from Reakktor. GGMania: Can you give us an overview of Neocron 2, telling us what the game is all about? Holger Nathrath & Nick “Nidhogg” Milner: Neocron is an action-packed, cyberpunk online world where you can fight, trade, work, love or just live your Comment (0) -->

“Between the HIS card and ATI’s card, the performance and features are identical, so the main advantage of the HIS X850XT-PE is the improved cooler. While we knocked it earlier, it does run quietly and cools on average about 12°C cooler than ATI’s cooler. Other than that, deciding between the cards is going to boil down to pricing and availability.”

Check it out at Viper Lair.

“Today we’re going to bring a bit of European flavour to PCstats with a review of Gigabyte’s AirCruiser GN-BC01 802.11g internal wireless PCI router. This device incorporates a fully wireless home router/Internet sharing device onto a PCI card which you install directly into your desktop PC. The internal form factor of the Wifi Router AirCruiser GN-BC01 is new to us though, so we’re interested to see how it performs and what kind of range it gets compared to conventional external wireless networking routers.”

Check out the review at PC Stats.

AUSTIN, Texas, April 6, 2005—For some people, just playing NCsoft’s® popular online games isn’t enough. And for those seeking more out of their game-playing experience, there’s now the PlayNC™ online store. At the new PlayNC store, located at http://store.plaync.com, visitors can purchase items such as t-shirts and posters for their favorite NCsoft Comment (0) -->

“In terms of performance, the Katana clearly is comparable to a desktop PC. You sacrifice some speed but for DCC this is probably the fastest portable money can buy right now, largely in part because of its high-spec NVIDIA Quadro FX Go1400 graphics accelerator.

Other firms will be close behind, and using the same chassis, too, since it’s one of the few available that can take two hard disk drives and two optical drives. But simply put, SavRow got there first. “

Check it out at Hexus.

“As you may have guessed, the entire heatsink is gold plated. This is more of a cosmetic feature, but it doesn’t hurt performance either. There are a total of 36 thin copper fins with 3 heatpipes coming up from the thick copper base on each side. This is a typical setup for heatpipe-style coolers. The little black mini-heatsink at the bottom offers no real cooling benefit; as we’ll see shortly it has more to do with installation. You’ll also find an aluminum shroud surrounding the cooler with mounting holes for 80mm and 92mm fans on both sides. This allows you to place fans on both sides of the GT-1000, though it’s not really necessary. Finally, there’s also an aluminum carrying handle up top so you don’t get your greasy fingers all over that shiny gold (like I did).”

Check it out at MikhailTech.

How do you make a mouse more precise than ever? Use a new technology of course! We review the Logitech MX1000 Laser Mouse, which they promise to be 20 times as accurate as Optical. We put it to the tests, so check it out!

“Cooler Master introduces the first true all-in-one watercooling kit that’s ready to go right out of the box. A kit like this is a good first step for future watercooling enthusiasts.”

Check out the review at InsaneTek.