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Adaptec EZ CD Creator 4.02 patch has been released. Thanks Oli.

New fixes are:

System Test is sometimes unable to find Large File, even if it exists.
System doesn't go into standby or hibernate mode (timed) under Windows 2000.
Stopping devices from Windows 2000´s Unplug or Eject Hardware dialog box causes blue screen.
SP1 to fail to detect blank CD media.

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Network ICE has released a new Windows 2000 Service Pack 1 compatible version (2.1.cm) of BlackIce Defender. Thanks Martin.

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PlanetHardware has reviewed the new PCI version of 3dfx´s V5-5500
64MB Video Card. Here´s a snippet:

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Club Overclockers has taken a look at some of the latest toys to come out of Overclockers Hideout. OCH is now producing their own "Ramsinks". Here´s a clip from the review:

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PCinsight has posted a review on the Elsa Gladiac graphics board. In the review are benchmarks with and without FSAA along with FSAA screenshots under Quake3 and Unreal Tournament. Here is a snip:

Fast-forward to Spring 2000, and we saw the refresh-phase of the Geforce256. Dubbed "Geforce2," NVidia´s latest offering is simply a higher clocked chip with a few other advancements thrown in for good measure. To evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of NVidia´s latest offering, we´ll be taking a look at the first graphics accelerator to appear with the Geforce2; the ELSA Gladiac. Let´s take a look and see how this card fares in this highly-competitve video card market.
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Symantec has released a new virus definitions update for Norton AntiVirus.

This update will work on the following products:

NAV for Lotus Notes (Intel)
NAV for MS Exchange (Intel)
NAV 4.0, 5.0 and 2000 for Win9x
NAV 4.0, 5.0 and 2000 for WinNT
NAV 2000 for Win2000
NAV for Firewalls
pcAnywhere32 7.5 and higher for WinNT
Norton Utilities for Windows 95/98 (all versions)
Norton SystemWorks (all versions)

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ViaHardware has posted a review on the Gigabyte 6OXM7E motherboard. Here´s a snip:

Because of the lack of BIOS FSB adjustment, we can assume the motherboard at least is jumpered for various bus speeds. But that assumption is dead wrong. The 60XM7E does in fact have jumpers to manually adjust the FSB, but they have been removed by Gigabyte! This, quite frankly, is ludicrous. As a consolation prize, Gigabyte offers Easy Tune III.
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Tyan has released a new bios for their Tiger motherboard.

New in 1.05:
enhances 512 MB DIMM module support
improve PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard support
improve USB Mouse support

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iXBT LABS has posted a VIA Cyrix III 533 Review. This is a new low-cost CPU from VIA built on Samuel core for Socket 370 and featuring only 128KB L1 cache. It aims at Value PCs, notebooks and Internet appliances market.

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PlanetHardware has posted an updated Weekly Memory Price Guide. Here´s a snippet:

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Thanks to Ryan Shrout for informing me that AOpen has released a new Bios, version 107, for their AK72 motherboard.

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Microsoft has introduced a price increase that will affect customers of its Select enterprise license scheme. According to the Gartner Group, a subtle change in policy will double the cost of Windows where businesses use imaging programs, such as Norton Ghost for convenience. That snares 60 per cent of all enterprises.

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