Overclockers Club news FeedThe latest news on Overclockers Club!60th anniversary of the 'modern' computer- June 22, 2008 We take modern computers for granted, you can do just about anything on a computer, but what computer was the first to be considered a 'modern' computer According to BBC News the worlds first 'modern' computer called the Small Scale Experimental Machine was built built sixty years ago on June 21, 1948. Having just 128 bytes of memory this computer is considered the first 'modern computer' because it did not have to be reprogrammed every single time a calculation wanted to be made. However it...http://www.overclockersclub.com/news/22592/ Trojan Targeting Macs Discovered in the Wild- June 21, 2008 A security firm claims it has uncovered variants of a Trojan horse that targets computers running Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5. The Trojan requires a user to download and open the file for it to work. The Trojan takes advantage of a vulnerability in Apple's remote Desktop Agent that allows it to run with root permissions. Once installed, the malware can allow remote access to the infected machine, capture and relay passwords and log keystrokes.http://www.overclockersclub.com/news/22588/ BenQ Announce Full HD 21.5" Monitor- June 21, 2008 BenQ seem to be aiming squarely for those who like to play back high definition media with its new line of monitors. The 21.5" E2200HD will be the first monitor of its size to boast a resolution of 1920x1080, which means it will be able to play back full HD content without resampling or black borders. It also means BenQ is opting for the 16:9 format rather than the more common 16:10 found on most widescreen monitors. Other specs include DVI, VGA and HDMI inputs, 2ms GTG response time and...http://www.overclockersclub.com/news/22589/ Hardware Roundup: Friday Edition- June 20, 2008 This week has been dominated by videocard news, and 'dominated' might not even be a strong enough word to describe what's been happening. The beginning of the week saw the wraps lifted on Nvidia's gtx260GTX280 cards. With AMD's ATI HD 48504870 cards originally slated for release next week, word about the new cards began leaking out on the Internet and the HD 4850 was officially launched yesterday afternoon. Not to be outdone, Nvidia also released a faster version of it previous 9800 GTX cards...http://www.overclockersclub.com/news/22586/ Sapphire Radeon HD4850 Released- June 20, 2008 Sapphire Technology officially introduced the latest in PCI-Express video technology today with the release of its HD 4850 videocard. Based on the 55nm process AMDATI RV770 GPU and features 800 stream processors, 512MB of GDDR3 memory and corememory clock speeds of 625MHz993MHz. Based on the PCI-E Gen2 interface specification, the Sapphire HD 4850 sports dual CrossFireX connectors. Also on board are ATI Avivo HD technology for enhanced video display along with hardware unified video...http://www.overclockersclub.com/news/22585/ |