Microsoft and online film service CinemaNow on Monday plan to announce technology aimed at simplifying the creation of Web-based video-on-demand networks.
Marina Del Rey, Calif.-based CinemaNow said the application, dubbed PatchBay, can be licensed to distributors who want the necessary ingredients to manage a Web-based video-on-demand service, including content distribution, digital rights protection, targeted advertising, as well as pay-per-view and subscription services.
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HP unveils budget laser printingHewlett-Packard today announced their first addition into the 'low-budget laser printer' market, with their under $250 HP LaserJet 1000.
Read moreProxim expands 802.11b wireless lineProxim, Inc today announced two new additions to their Skyline 802.11b wireless lineup, aimed for small businesses and schools.
Both a gateway and USB adapter will be available for setting up an 11Mbps 802.11b compliant wireless network.
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Savage News send words that 3D Power will release the first water-cooled NVIDIA based product.
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The 99th issue of ZZZ online is out.
Everything USB send some USB related news:
VIA unveils USB 2.0 planThe VIA's first USB 2.0 solution - VT6202 PCI USB host controller - can power up to 4 USB 2.0 ports, which deliver speed of up to 480Mb/s. Complying to the USB 2.0 specification, the VT6202 is available in two formats: a 4-port PCI USB 2.0 add-in card or a USB2.0 host controller installed on the motherboard.
Read moreM-Systems ups DiskOnKey sizeThe previous DiskOnKey was 32MB maximum, but M-Systems now sells capacities between 8-128MB, and has chosen to colour-code the necks of them depending on size. 8MB will be grey, 16MB will be yellow, 32MB orange, 64MB blue, and 128MB green.
Read moreYamaha unveils USB 2.0 MP3/CD-RW comboThe CRW-70 Spyder is Yamaha's answer to a very non-existent 'all-in-one' CD device market. Capable of not only burning CD's at fast speeds via USB 2.0, the CRW-70 Spyder also functions as a portable CD/MP3 player, allowing users to burn a CD and take their burner with them to listen to the music. Cool!
Read moreFID announces low-cost, portable MP3 playerFirst International Digital, the pioneer of the Karaoke MP3 player, today announced a follow up to their 'popular irock! 600 series MP3 players', with the unveiling of the irock! 500 series.
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Saw over
NeoWin that Mandrake Soft has released Linux Mandrake 8.1
Hardware Anaalysis has posted a new article i845, handicapping the Pentium 4?
ActiveWin reports that MSN Explorer 7 is planned for a October 25th release
Everything USB send some USB related news:
MS unveils Wireless IntelliMouse ExplorerWith 5 fully programmable program-specific buttons, the Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer gives users the same features of the Intellimouse Explorer, but allows for wireless freedom, with up to 6 feet of range.
Read moreTechIdea to publish USB 2.0 market reportTech Idea's bi-monthly report on the latest of the USB industry keeps readers up to date on numerous topics, including: USB technology updates, analysis of current events and the effect of each on the market, market trends by market segment, factors affecting market growth, analysis of leading USB companies, new applications and ideas of USB 1.1 and 2.0, and tips to develop market forecasts and strategies for growth.
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TacoNuts has updated their case mod gallery
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Thanks Clutch for this one: An emerging high-speed Internet standard in Europe holds potential for faster download speeds and broader availability for many U.S. businesses--if they're willing to wait a while.
Although DSL speeds vary widely, the new G.SHDSL could be two to three times faster than most versions of DSL targeted at business customers. The G.SHDSL standard also can deliver data farther than earlier DSL technologies, which are limited to a relatively short distance.
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DeltaThree said Monday that it is in the final stages of negotiating a deal for software leader Microsoft to deliver Internet telephone services to consumers via Microsoft Messenger.
In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, DeltaThree said it believes its services will be made available to the public through Microsoft's instant-messaging service in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2001, and the agreement should be finalized in the next several weeks.
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The 98th issue of ZZZ online is out.
WinInfo has posted some news about the new Windows .NET Server build
What's the cost of little or no competition?
For some Microsoft customers, it's paying as much as 107 percent more for the software they buy in volume.
As previously reported by CNET News.com, Microsoft on Oct. 1 will dramatically change how it licenses software to its largest customers. That change will drive up what they pay for products such as Office XP or Windows 2000 between 33 percent and 107 percent, according to market researcher Gartner.
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Microsoft has released a new build of Windows .NET Server and Enterprise to the beta testers. Thanks KPK.
Registered beta testers can download this version from the
Windows Beta Website.
Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices will call its upcoming desktop processor the Athlon XP in what seems to be an odd marketing coincidence.
Sunnyvale, Calif.-based AMD next month will release a 1.5GHz Athlon desktop processor. But unlike current chips that merely go by the name Athlon, the new chip and its successors will carry the XP suffix, similar to Windows XP, the name of Microsoft's next operating system.
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Amdmb.com has posted a NVIDIA nForce Chipset Preview
3dXtreme has posted some Unreal Tournament 2 screenshots.
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OC Workbench has posted an article with pictures and some benchmarks of the modification of SiS735 ref board.
WASHINGTON--For the second time in a week, Microsoft and the government received an extension in an important court filing.
On Friday, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly extended the deadline to 12 p.m. EDT on Friday a joint status report originally due Sept. 14.
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The 97th issue of ZZZ online is out.
Adrian's Rojak Pot has posted the latest news about ABIT's motherboard roadmaps plus some specifications of the eight upcoming motherboards
Accelenation.com has posted a ECTS2001 coverage
3DFiles and TweakFiles close down:
At least 600 employees of IBM Malaysia were asked to vacate their offices here early Wednesday morning after a bomb threat.
Several bomb squads started combing the area shortly after employees were notified about the threat around 11:45 a.m. local time, according to an IBM Malaysia representative.
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In a horrific sequence of destruction, terrorists crash two planes into the World Trade Center, bringing both 110-story towers down. Explosions also rock the Pentagon and spread fear across the nation.
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UKGamer.net has posted a interview with Intel which was held at ECTS.
VIA Hardware has posted the VIA Chipset roadmap
The 96th issue of ZZZ online is out.
Chipmaker Intel has filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against Via Technologies and will seek to have Via's new Pentium 4 chipsets pulled off the market.
Santa Clara, Calif.-based Intel on Friday filed suit in U.S. District Court in Delaware. The lawsuit alleges that Via's P4X266 and P4M266 chipsets, which were released earlier this month, infringe on five Intel patents. S3, a former graphics chip powerhouse that is working with Via on the chipsets, was also named as a defendant.
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Microsoft's recently released Internet Explorer 6 has taken 2.4 percent of the browser market, quickly closing in on AOL Time Warner's Netscape 6, according to a new study.
IE 6, released Aug. 27, showed a fast adoption rate in the week after its launch, StatMarket, a division of audience measurement service WebSideStory, said Wednesday. StatMarket would not release the figures for Netscape 6, but it said that the browser was used by less than 2.5 percent of Internet users worldwide in its first week.
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Thanks Atreyu & CestLaVie for this one:
NEW YORK (CNNfn) - The U.S. Justice Department said Thursday it will not ask that Microsoft be broken in two during the next phase of its landmark antitrust case, choosing instead to seek court-ordered changes to the way the software maker conducts business.
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VIA Hardware has posted some coverage of this years Fall 2001 Via Technology Forum.
RatedPC send words that ST Microelectronics plans to introduce a new PowerVR graphics chipset for pocket PCs called PowerVR MBX.
Thanks to bZj and Dave for this one:
SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 3 Hewlett-Packard and Compaq Computers said Monday night that they were merging in a a stock deal reported at $25 billion, a deal meant to bolster two companies that have been saddled with sagging profits and massive job cuts.
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GideonTech.com has posted part 3 of their LAN Box series
The 95th issue of ZZZ online is out.
OC Workbench has posted a new article : War of the Chipsets - VIA KT266A, SiS735, ALi MAGIK1 B0 and AMD 761
Hardware Extreme send words that Intel and AMD has changed their CPU prices again
Maximum Hardware has posted a new editorial: First look at IE6
Maxmum Reboot send words that sources close to NVIDIA report that the Geforce3 Titanium series will be officially announced on 17th of September 2001.
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Thanks Clutch for this one:
Cnet reported today that David Milner, director of competitive strategies for Microsoft Windows group, stated in a recent interview that ... Windows .Net Server will include not only the Server, Advanced Server, and Datacenter versions of Windows 2000, but also a stripped-down version that costs less for use on Web Servers.
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Thanks to CestLaVie for this one:
The European Commission has informed Microsoft Corp. that it believes that the US software company may have violated European antitrust rules by using illegal practices to extend its dominant position in the market for personal computer operating systems into the market for low-end server operating systems. Low-end server systems are cheaper servers usually used as file and print servers as well as Web servers. In a Statement of Objections, the Commission also alleges that Microsoft is illegally tying its Media Player product with its dominant Windows operating system. This Statement of Objections supplements one sent to the company a year ago and adds a new dimension to the Commission's concerns that Microsoft's actions may harm innovation and restrict choice for consumers. A Statement of Objections is a formal step in European antitrust proceedings which does not prejudge the final outcome.
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Brian Swales of Open Tech Support has written a short piece about the licensing plans that Microsoft intends for its future products.
I am during the next days in
United Kingdom but I have there also a internet connection to update the news section of NT Compatible daily.
Everything USB send some news about Plextor's first USB 2.0 CD-RW drive
Hewlett-Packard will soon announce two handheld computers that run Microsoft's upcoming Merlin operating system, CNET News.com has learned.
Sources also said Microsoft will announce the new handheld OS on Sept. 6 and officially call it Pocket PC 2002.
The new handhelds will be part of HP's Jornada 560 series, the sources said. One will come with 32MB of memory and the other with 64MB. Both devices will use Intel's StrongARM SA-1110 processor and will have active-matrix screens that can display 16-bit color.
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Now Shipping: SuperDisk 240 DrivesThis week's Now Shipping is focused on two external LS-240 disk drives from QPS and Addonics, which format regular 1.44MB 3.25 disks into 32MB disks. As usual, you will be provided with the best prices available from Dealtime.
Read moreFujifilm unveils 3 budget camerasThe FinePix A101 features a 1.3 MegaPixel sensor and 2x digital zoom, and will price for around $179. The A201 features a 2 MegaPixel sensor and 2.5x digital zoom, and will be priced for $249. The final DSC is the FinePix 2600 Zoom, which features a 2 MegaPixel sensor, 3x optical zoom and 2.5x digital zoom. It will be priced at $299.
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The value of certification has come under the spotlight, as a new study for the Microsoft Certified Professional magazine shows average base salaries for Microsoft-certified systems engineers (MCSEs) are down seven per cent on last year.
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