Microsoft has released Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 Beta to the beta testers. SP3 beta testers can download this beta from the betaplace website.
WASHINGTON--The response by the state attorneys general to the proposed antitrust settlement deal between Microsoft and the Justice Department remained up in the air at a crucial hearing Tuesday before a federal judge.
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As a federal court prepares to hear commentary on last week's proposed antitrust settlement between Microsoft and the Justice Department, the District of Columbia and the 18 states and that joined the lawsuit are split on whether to support it.
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The 18 state attorneys general who are co-plaintiffs in the Microsoft antitrust lawsuit are not expected to sign a settlement agreement--at least in its current form--hammered out between the software giant and the Justice Department, said sources familiar with the matter.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium--The European Commission said Monday its investigation of Microsoft was continuing despite the antitrust settlement the software giant reached with the U.S. government last week.
The European Commission said in August it was investigating whether Microsoft was trying to damage rivals by embedding its proprietary audio and video software, Media Player, into its Windows operating system.
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The European Commission said in August it was investigating whether Microsoft was trying to damage rivals by embedding its proprietary audio and video software, Media Player, into its Windows operating system.
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The 104th issue of ZZZ online is out.
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NEW YORK (CNNmoney) - Microsoft Corp. and the U.S. Justice Department have reached an agreement to settle their long-running antitrust dispute, people close to the negotiations said Thursday.
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NEW YORK (CNNmoney) - Microsoft Corp. and the U.S. Justice Department have reached an agreement to settle their long-running antitrust dispute, people close to the negotiations said Thursday.
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WASHINGTON--Microsoft and the Justice Department reportedly have made significant headway toward settling the landmark antitrust case before a court-imposed Friday deadline.
Officials at the U.S. Justice Department met state attorneys general in the case to discuss a settlement that would allow computer manufacturers wider latitude to load non-Microsoft software on the machines they sell and give other software companies greater access to the code behind Microsoft's Windows dominant personal computer operating system, Reuters reported.
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Officials at the U.S. Justice Department met state attorneys general in the case to discuss a settlement that would allow computer manufacturers wider latitude to load non-Microsoft software on the machines they sell and give other software companies greater access to the code behind Microsoft's Windows dominant personal computer operating system, Reuters reported.
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Hardware Extreme has posted their monthly Showcase, the October 2001 Edition.
The results of a recent survey by ComponentSource, an established marketplace for reusable software components, show Microsoft Corp. is beating Sun Microsystems in the early stages of a battle for mindshare in the Web services community.
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Microsoft's next-generation operating system for mobile devices has passed a crucial test for Bluetooth compatibility, the software giant said Tuesday.
The qualification of Windows CE .Net through the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) involves extensive testing with existing Bluetooth products, as well as examination of the software
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The qualification of Windows CE .Net through the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) involves extensive testing with existing Bluetooth products, as well as examination of the software
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Overclocked Cafe has posted a new article about Finding a Job in Today's IT World
The 103rd issue of ZZZ online is out.
Microsoft on Tuesday took a stab at bolstering the Web-based tools and specifications needed to make Web services more secure, and more attractive to businesses.
At a developer's conference in Los Angeles, Microsoft also announced several new tools, and distributed near-final versions of its Visual Studio.Net and .Net Framework tools to conference attendees. Those tools are key to rallying developers around the company's .Net Web services plan. Microsoft faces competition from Sun Microsystems and companies including Oracle, IBM, and others supporting Java.
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At a developer's conference in Los Angeles, Microsoft also announced several new tools, and distributed near-final versions of its Visual Studio.Net and .Net Framework tools to conference attendees. Those tools are key to rallying developers around the company's .Net Web services plan. Microsoft faces competition from Sun Microsystems and companies including Oracle, IBM, and others supporting Java.
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USBMan send news about two new hi-speed USB 2.0 devices:
XHUB - Adaptec's new, unique and innovative solution to desktop “connectivity clutter” of USB peripherals – the XHub that will be available worldwide in mid-November.
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ION - IOGEAR charges ahead with its new hi-speed USB 2.0, 2.5 portable, external hard drive enclosure.
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XHUB - Adaptec's new, unique and innovative solution to desktop “connectivity clutter” of USB peripherals – the XHub that will be available worldwide in mid-November.
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ION - IOGEAR charges ahead with its new hi-speed USB 2.0, 2.5 portable, external hard drive enclosure.
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A piece of software being distributed anonymously online has successfully cracked part of Microsoft's anti-piracy technology, the centerpiece of much of the giant's recent forays into the audio and video world.
Microsoft confirmed Friday that the code, written by a programmer using the pseudonym Beale Screamer, can strip off the protections that prevent a song from being copied an unlimited amount of times.
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Microsoft confirmed Friday that the code, written by a programmer using the pseudonym Beale Screamer, can strip off the protections that prevent a song from being copied an unlimited amount of times.
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The 102nd issue of ZZZ online is out.
Companies using Microsoft Office XP and Internet Explorer 5 have been warned that documents containing personal information could be sent to Microsoft along with debugging information in the event of a program crash.
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Clutch send words that Windows 2000 magazine has posted 2 interesting Windows 2000 articles:
DNS and Active Directory
Single Domain Migration
DNS and Active Directory
Active Directory (AD) is a nice bit of technology—particularly for a version 1.0 technology—that has grabbed many headlines in the Windows 2000related literature in the past couple of years. But to work correctly, AD needs its own directory: the directory of servers and workstations that you know as DNS. Before you start your AD planning, you need to do your DNS homework—or the best-planned AD will run badly.Read more
Single Domain Migration
Staying with Windows NT might have made sense to the administrators of small shops and single domains: Although NT Server isn't as sexy as Windows 2000 Server, when correctly installed and configured, NT Server is stable and reliable. Also, requirements to meet and concepts to learn clutter the Win2K migration path. However, DNS and Active Directory (AD) offer great benefits, and Microsoft has made the upgrade process as simple as possible. Now is the time for single-domain administrators to migrate their NT infrastructure completely to Win2K—DNS, AD, and all.Read more
Hardware Analysis has posted an article AMD's PR rating, Performance has a Name?
Intel Corp. on Tuesday reported third-quarter profits that tumbled 77 percent as it struggled with slowing economies and weak personal computer sales, prompting it to forecast sluggish sales in the fourth quarter, typically the industry's strongest.
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Neoseeker has posted a review on the Spire 5T060B1H3R Socket CPU Cooler.
AthlonOC has posted their first look at Athlon XP overclocking
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PROVO, Utah--Novell, which makes software for corporate networks, said Monday that rival Microsoft had agreed to retract marketing material containing what Novell argued were false advertising claims.
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DirectX 9.0 Beta Program
The DirectX 9.0 beta is now open to new beta applicants. If you are a hard-core gamer interested in testing the next version of DirectX, go to http://www.betaplace.com for more details. Use the following user-id/password to access the site and provide the information we need to drive the selection process:
User-ID: DX9Beta
Password: DX9Gaming
DirectX 9.0 Beta Program
The DirectX 9.0 beta is now open to new beta applicants. If you are a hard-core gamer interested in testing the next version of DirectX, go to http://www.betaplace.com for more details. Use the following user-id/password to access the site and provide the information we need to drive the selection process:
User-ID: DX9Beta
Password: DX9Gaming
Neoseeker has posted some details about the 'Hammer' Architecture of AMD's new chips.
Microsoft describes .Net as many things, among them a platform that lives on the Internet, a bet-the-company bid to keep its software relevant, and a set of electronic services that follows users from computer to computer.
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Overclockers New Zealand has posted an interview with Globalwin.
The 101st issue of ZZZ online is out.
TacoNuts has put up a short article answering a very common consumer question in the PC industry Should I Upgrade?
Microsoft will kick off the advertising campaign for its upcoming Windows XP operating system next week with the slogan, Yes You Can, after Prepare to Fly was scrapped in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, company executives said Thursday.
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Thanks to Clutch for forwarding this Cramsession newsletter to me:
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Cramsession News Flash:
Microsoft Makes Sweeping Changes To Its Certification Program ================================================================
(10/11/01) - Cramsession has learned that Microsoft will make a public announcement today that will radically change the shape of its existing certification program.
The biggest bombshell: MCSEs certified on the Windows NT 4.0 track will NOT be de-certified after December 31, 2001, as was previously indicated. Instead, Microsoft is going to recognize two distinct MCSE categories: MCSEs on Microsoft Windows 2000 and MCSEs on Windows NT 4.0.
Microsoft is also introducing a new certification, the Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator, or MCSA. A new Microsoft exam is being created for this certification track, Exam 70-218, Managing a MS Windows 2000 Network Environment.
Microsoft plans to make available this week a test version of a new tool intended to attract Java developers to the company's .Net Web services plan.
The tool, Visual J#.Net, won't allow programmers to build standalone Java applications. Instead, it will let programmers use the Java language to write code that works only with Microsoft's forthcoming .Net plan, said Tony Goodhew, a product manager at Microsoft.
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The tool, Visual J#.Net, won't allow programmers to build standalone Java applications. Instead, it will let programmers use the Java language to write code that works only with Microsoft's forthcoming .Net plan, said Tony Goodhew, a product manager at Microsoft.
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NEW YORK--European antitrust enforcers may seek a massive fine from Microsoft and demand that it drop some features from its dominant Windows software, according to a published report citing a confidential European Commission document outlining its case.
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Bowing to customer pressure, Microsoft has extended the deadline for business customers to sign up for a licensing program, just days after backing off a controversial provision that forced some customers to pay twice for software they purchased.
The change pushes back to July 31, 2002, a deadline to switch to the new program. Microsoft recently had extended the deadline from October to next February.
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The change pushes back to July 31, 2002, a deadline to switch to the new program. Microsoft recently had extended the deadline from October to next February.
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The 100th edition of ZZZ online is out.
RatedPC send some news about ATIs Radeon 8500
Tuplay has posted a new article covering all the woes that hit the online hardware/gaming community recently.
Hoping to further entrench its Office business software suite in the marketplace, Microsoft on Wednesday said it will offer discounted versions through mainstream retailers of Office XP to students and teachers to use at home.
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Intel this week boosted its Celeron processor to 1.2GHz.
The chipmaker, practicing a bit of megahertz one-upmanship, launched the new low-price chip on Tuesday, just one day after rival Advanced Micro Devices introduced its 1.1GHz Duron processor for the value segment of the PC market.
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The chipmaker, practicing a bit of megahertz one-upmanship, launched the new low-price chip on Tuesday, just one day after rival Advanced Micro Devices introduced its 1.1GHz Duron processor for the value segment of the PC market.
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Everything USB send some Intel news:
Intel unveils mega-pixel digital camera
Intel unveils bite-sized MP3 player
Intel unveils mega-pixel digital camera
The first device is the Intel's 1.3 Megapixel Pocket Digital PC Camera, which has both 16MB on-board storage and a Smart Media expansion slot, for taking up to 256 pictures (1024x768 resolution). The camera also doubles as a digital video camera, for recording .AVI movies at 352x288 (CIF) resolution in untethered mode. When connected to a PC, the camera can feed video at 640x480 resolution on its 3-m USB cable.Read more
Intel unveils bite-sized MP3 player
Intel today announced (on top of loads of other USB devices) a new - very small - portable MP3/WMA player, dubbed the Personal Audio Player 3000.Read more
OC Workbench send words that the K7S5A SiS735 motherboard is now AMD approved
USBMan send some news about the new Web Cruiser 4D Mouse
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Software maker Novell on Monday sued Microsoft for alleged false advertising and demanded that its competitor publicly renounce the statements.
In the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City, Novell accuses Microsoft of false and misleading statements about Novell's software in a direct-mail advertising campaign targeted at Novell's customers last month.
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Software maker Novell on Monday sued Microsoft for alleged false advertising and demanded that its competitor publicly renounce the statements.
In the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City, Novell accuses Microsoft of false and misleading statements about Novell's software in a direct-mail advertising campaign targeted at Novell's customers last month.
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Everything USB send some USB related news:
Acer pumps up USB 2.0 support
Logitech unveils MouseMan Dual Optical
Acer pumps up USB 2.0 support
Two of the three new products come in the form of flatbed scanners, with similar features, but at different prices. The Acer S2W 7400UT scans at 2400x4800dpi, with built-in support for film scanning. The Acer S2W 6400UT scans at 1200x2400dpi and also features built-in film scanning.Read more
Logitech unveils MouseMan Dual Optical
Shaped exactly like the Wireless Mouseman Optical - except corded, the Mouseman Dual Optical reads the surface via two 800dpi optical sensors, which Logitech claims allows for ...smooth cursor movements and increased precision...Read more
Savage News has posted some Inno3D GeForce3 Ti 500 benchmarks
