Did you hear the heart broken sound at 5am this morning? :(

Anyway, good luck to The Kop.

PC maker, Alienware Corporate, have released 2 Aurora PCs with Star Wars themes on it, named Light Side and Dark Side.

Both Aurora Light Side and Dark Side models are built on AMD64 Technology, combine innovation, simplicity, and the foresight to deliver next-generation computing performance today. For hardcore gamers, here is a great news, it can be configured to have NVIDIA SLI Technology too. :) NVIDIA SLI takes advantage of the increased bandwidth of the PCI Express bus architecture, and leverages hardware and software features inherent to NVIDIA GPUs (graphics processing units) and NVIDIA nForce4 MCPs (media and communications processors).

Need security? Both Aurora PCs have NVIDIA® ActiveArmor™ as well. NVIDIA® ActiveArmor™ is a hardware-accelerated firewall that works seamlessly at all times to ensure your network connection is fully protected at all times – even during wicked-fast multiplayer gaming sessions and large file downloads or network transfers.

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Microsoft have releashed a Word document regarding the enhancements and changes they have done to their newly launched 64bit Windows XP Professional over over Windows XP Professional SP2.

The enhancements of 64bit Windows XP Professional include the following:-

• Data Execution Prevention (DEP) – 64bit enabled users should know this. It is basically an enhanced security that enforced by both hardware and software to protect against malicious code exploits.
• Files and Settings Transfer Wizard – Help previous Windows-based computer users to migrate their files to WinXP Pro x64.
• Internet Protocol security (IPsec) – Ensure private, secure communications over Internet Protocol (IP) networks.
• Outlook Express – Surprisingly in WinXP Pro x64, spell checking is not supported in Outlook Express.
• Remote Assistance – No Voice Session (VoIP), in other words, voice conversations is not supported. No escalation using e-mail in Remote Assistance too.
• Remote Desktop – Unicode keyboard input support, Client-side time-zone redirection, GDI+ rendering primitives support, FIPS encryption support, Fallback printer driver and Auto-reconnect.
• Search Companion – Well, again spell checking is not supported. :-?
• Windows Installer – This will help you in installing applications.
• Windows Media Player – Windows Media Player 10 (WMP10) is installed. Microsoft claimed that WMP10 is the most secure version of Windows Media Player and it has been updated to work with the other security enhancements contained in WinXP Pro x64. Please be aware that this WMP10, handles licenses differently than previous WMP.

Those bolded are the enhancements that interest me.
Thinking of installing it to my dust-collecting harddisk.

For more detailed information you can either download the document from here, or visit the source.

Google have been providing blogging service since quite some time ago, throught its Blogger. Google’s bitter rival, Yahoo! have its Yahoo! 360 service too.

Now, Yahoo! 360 will allow users to import photos and music from non-Yahoo applications as well. Since late March, Yahoo 360 service entered a limited beta period and is available to users invited by Yahoo to have a try on it. The service provides services like publishing blogs, sharing content, and posting pictures, and also controling who can visit the site. It currently allows users to include content from other Yahoo services such as Yahoo Photos and Yahoo Music too.

Yahoo plans to add the capability to import content, such as photos and music, from non-Yahoo applications to its new Yahoo 360 social networking and blogging service, according to an executive of the company.

“Some of the things that people very much want to do is to share content from other sources outside of Yahoo,” says Paul Brody, director of community products at Yahoo. “[Yahoo] 360 right now does a great job of allowing you to share the content you might have already on Yahoo.”

Yahoo 360 will be made widely available to the public in the next few weeks, at which time the capability to share non-Yahoo content will also be included.

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Motorola announced on 2nd May 2005 that the Ojo, its consumer oriented videoconferencing solution, would be on display at several high-end electronics retailers across the US ahead of its debut later this month. Motorola will start taking orders for the unit later this month as well.

The Ojo (pronounced oh-joe) promises full motion video and works over a broadband Internet connection. The device will also work as a cordless phone over regular telephone lines when not used for a videoconference. While the Ojo carries a hefty price tag at $799 USD, Motorola hopes that the demonstrations will spark consumer interest.

“Consumers can now experience first-hand the power of visual communications by bringing a Motorola Ojo into their connected home,” Motorola vice-president David said.

Hope so much we can have things like this in Malaysia too. :)

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According to survey released on 2nd May 2005 by SANS regarding the Top20 Internet Security Vulnerabilities during the first quarter of 2005, researches believe that online criminals has turned their attention to antivirus software and media players like Apple Computer Inc.’s.

As more Windows users agreed to receive security upgrades automatically, hackers looked to take advantage of other software programs that might not be patched as frequently, the head of the cybersecurity training and research organization said.

“Operating systems have gotten better at finding and fixing things and auto-updating, so it’s less fertile territory for the hackers,” said SANS Chief Executive Alan Paller.

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Now, hackers have found ways to take control of a user’s computer by tunneling through Microsoft’s Web browser, media player and instant-messaging software. So, again, I’m here to promote a more secure browser : Firefox. :)

Click the following link to download Firefox.