• Mother Board: Gigabyte K8NXP SLI
• CPU: Athlon 64 3800+
• Memory: Corsair XMS 1GB
• Power Supply: H.E.C. Power OP 475
• Hard Drive: Western Digital WD800
• Case: Tsunami Thermaltake

I'm going to offer a bounty of $500 to the first person who can prove that a Mac running Mac OS X (version 10.0 or greater, and patched to the latest security level available at the time from Apple) was accidentally and detrimentally infected with a virus that exploited a flaw in the base Mac OS X installation (not, say, Microsoft Word) before September 20, 2005. The definition of "virus" will for this contest will be either a virus or worm as described by the wikipedia. The challenge ends at 23:59:00, October 16, 2005 (which happens to also be my birthday, and by the way I have a thing for nice shirts).

• 1.4 Ghz processor
• 2 GB of hard drive space
• 256 mb of RAM
• At least a 64 mb video card that supports hardware transform and lighting
• Windows XP
• At least a 56K modem for online play

Ok, this time I'm on time, the new drivers based on the Cat 5.9 are here.

Go to the ATI Radeon section and take a look at the Readme while downloading so you know the latest changes, additions to this set and some important notes and warnings. BTW, for next release, be ready to have .NET Framework 1.1 SP1 installed since I will be dropping support for the standard ATI CP and will be releasing an Omega version of CCC along with the drivers (on that note, if you are a profesional WindowBlinds skinner and want to be part of the Omega team, please contact me ASAP).

• Catalyst 5.9 introduces directional motion adaptive deinterlacing algorithm through the 3D shader. The algorithm will detect edges in 5 different directions. This reduces artifacts, and improves the overall deinterlace video quality.
• Battlefield 2: The game no longer exits to the Windows desktop after the game logo is displayed.
• a ton of Video related fixes as well.

• GamersHell
• FileShack
• 3D Gamers
• FileFront
• SoftPedia
• techPowerUp! - No ads, no waiting, no speed caps

Users are encouraged to download the latest update to Firefox, now available. This version includes several security and stability fixes, including a fix for a reported buffer overflow vulnerability with IDN and a fix for a Linux shell command vulnerability. This security update is available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. Download the latest Firefox here.

Black and White 2 is a game in which you play the overseer of a 3D world, in which you control "The Creature." Using your character you may choose to wage massive wars, create settlements or research technological advancements. Ultimately the gameplay is dictated by moral character and Black and White 2's new engine should provide surprises and enjoyment for every type of player.

The Avivo term spans both the capture and encode technologies, covered by ATI's Theater products, as well as a new video decode, post processing and display pipeline. As the AVIVO decode, post process and display pipeline spans the full range of ATI's next generation graphics, from integrated all the way up to the high end R520 products, ATI are giving a quick insight into the technology prior to the release of the next generation 3D graphics parts.

An improved VGA connector that supports enhanced graphic performance by internally incorporating one or more functions of fusing, filtering, shielding, and the controlling of signal line impendances. The improved VGA connector is dimensionally interchangeable with many aspects of standard VGA connectors, and use standard pin-outs that mate with mating connectors. Integral DACs can be included to provide analog outputs.

These drivers are based on the Cat 5.8 and they include a customized version of ATI Tray Tools instead of Radlinker. Go to the ATI Radeon section and take a look at the readme while downloading so you know the latest changes and additions to this set.

The 975X will come with a built-in PCIe x16 interface, which will allow motherboard makers to design boards with dual PCIe x8 slots to support dual-graphics technology.

"While there is an interest [from console makers] and while that sounds cool to us, we're not going down that road at this time," Sams told CNN. "Once we get to the point where we feel we've achieved best of class and it's sustainable, then we'll start contemplating those types of things."