VIA Hardware has posted their Holiday 2001 Editor's Gift Picks list.
ActiveWin reports that the first Service Pack for Office XP will be available on December 13
WinInfo reports that Bill Gates promises Visual Studio .NET in 30 Days
Storage Review has put up an IPEAK SPT Review
Hardcoreware has put up a new editorial PC Gaming: The Lost Genres
Dell Computer has named Avanade the preferred consulting company to help customers install Dell servers using Microsoft's top-end Datacenter version of Windows, the companies said Monday.
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ActiveWin reports that Microsoft starts the beta test of Internet Explorer 6.0 Service Pack 1
Intel has issued new software that fixes a problem that held up the release of Compaq Computer's first Itanium servers.
The Santa Clara, Calif.-based giant has come out with a new BIOS (basic input/output system) for its Itanium chip that resolves a problem Compaq recently discovered with its ProLiant 590/64 server, which contains the chip.
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The Santa Clara, Calif.-based giant has come out with a new BIOS (basic input/output system) for its Itanium chip that resolves a problem Compaq recently discovered with its ProLiant 590/64 server, which contains the chip.
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VR-Zone has posted some plans on the upcoming VIA chipsets in 2002.
PC Stats has posted an USB 2.0 article
The USB standard that all of us are currently using to power our mice, MP3 players, scanners, printers and assorted other peripherals is technically USB1.1. When it was originally introduced it was a heck of a lot faster than anything else around. Now USB1.1 is dated and ready to be usurped by a newer, faster standard you may have heard rumblings about. That new standard is called USB 2.0.Read more
USB 2.0 operates at 480Mbps, about 40X times faster than USB 1.1 which currently works at a snails pace of just 12Mbps. For arguments sake, IEEE 1394 Firewire has transfer speeds of 400Mbps and has been around for a year or two now. Having had a taste of Firewire which has seen itself largely segmented to the digital video marketplace, USB2.0 is an exciting development. While there have been many devices launched under FireWire that enabled computers to have hard drives, CD-burners and similar devices located externally, the mainstream PC market never really seemed to embrace it - possibly due to the fact that it has become a standard on Mac computers.
The 107th issue of ZZZ online is out.
PC Stats has posted a new article Comdex 2001 - A Multimillion Dollar Write Off?
GideonTech.com has posted some pictures of the new water blocks from Tom Leufken.
Apple Computer has a message for Windows users considering an upgrade to XP: Come back to the Mac.
In the wake of a $1 billion Windows XP marketing campaign, all eyes would appear to be turned away from Mac OS X 10.1.1, the new operating system Apple significantly upgraded in September.
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In the wake of a $1 billion Windows XP marketing campaign, all eyes would appear to be turned away from Mac OS X 10.1.1, the new operating system Apple significantly upgraded in September.
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The 106th issue of ZZZ online is out.
Tweakers Asylum has posted their coverage of Comdex Fall 2001.
I am Not a Geek dot com has posted Sandra scores for Athlon with 183MHz bus
USBMan has put up their Comdex Fall 2001 coverage
I am Not a Geek dot com has posted WCPUID and Sandra Mem Scores of an Athlon XP running with a 182MHz bus.
The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based chipmaker is in the midst of a multi-pronged marketing strategy to convince consumers, as well as corporate buyers, that its Athlon XP and Duron chips provide better performance and cost less than rival Intel's Pentium 4 or Celeron processors. AMD is talking with computer labs and benchmark testers to come up with new performance metrics for comparing its chips. Kevin Knox, a Gartner analyst turned AMD executive, is also hosting roundtables with CIOs to discuss the benefits of AMD's chips in a business environment.
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Amdmb.com has posted their Comdex Fall 2001 coverage
My first meeting on Monday was with AMD at the convention center meeting rooms. While there wasn't a lot of AMD specific information that was new at the show, they did provide some glimpses at other company's motherboards as well as the Athlon XP 2000+ and an Athlon Thoroughbred core processor. I wasn't able to get a look at either of the processors (they were installed in machines and running demos) but the fact that there were samples running at all tells me they are relatively close. If I had to take a guess, I would expect the 2000+ processor to be here around January and the Thoroughbred just a few months later.Read more
Neowin reports that Beta testers have received notification that the Alpha Microsoft
.NET My Services SDK has begun
.NET My Services SDK has begun
ActiveWin has posted an interview with Nicole van Kaenel, Product Manager: Microsoft Office XP
Intel's Itanium processor is failing to pass Compaq Computer's stress tests, according to a Compaq representative, thus holding up the release of Compaq's Itanium servers.
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Microsoft on Wednesday added yet another way to recruit Windows users: A program to train students in high schools, vocational schools and two- and four-year colleges to work with the software maker's latest technology.
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VIA Hardware has posted the 2nd part of their Fall Comdex Coverage.
NEW YORK--The European Commission, having caused an uproar this summer with its rejection of General Electric's acquisition of Honeywell, now faces another high-profile, contentious issue that U.S. federal and state authorities are tackling: The proposed settlement of the antitrust case against software giant Microsoft.
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Microsoft said on Monday that it has shipped beta 3 of the next-generation Windows 2000 server, Windows.Net.
Microsoft also unveiled a Web service for the financial industry; and demonstrated the Tablet PC, a PC about the size of a very thick clipboard, with a detachable keyboard, which takes input by users writing on the screen.
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Microsoft also unveiled a Web service for the financial industry; and demonstrated the Tablet PC, a PC about the size of a very thick clipboard, with a detachable keyboard, which takes input by users writing on the screen.
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Amdmb.com has posted a NVIDIA NV17M Mobile Chipset Preview.
So, to further push the speed and performance levels on the mobile graphics market, NVIDIA has developed and launched the NV17M chipset. There are four main functions of the new chipset that will help it stand out from the rest of the crowd on the mobile market. This includes blowing away the ATI options as well as their own GeForce2Go.Read more
NVIDIA wanted to push the fact that the NV17M chipset was developed from the ground up – this not merely an upgraded version or overclocked version of the GeForce2Go chipset. That means that the extra year of experience NVIDIA has worked for, by pushing into both the mobile and video game console markets, can shine through with a far better product.
VIA Hardware has put up coverage from the Fall Comdex 2001 in Las Vegas.
Paraknowya has posted a Q&A session with Imagination Technologies (Kyro)
BoomGames has posted an interview with Chris 'Mo' Sherland of Cornered Rat Software, the producers of the game World War II Online.
Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates last night announced in his keynote speech at COMDEX Fall 2001 that Microsoft Corp.'s beta 3 of its next-generation Windows server family would be made available to beta testers later this month. The company will be releasing four new servers, including a single-purpose Web server intended to vastly simplify and speed up the processes of configuring and deploying Web sites and front-end Web applications.
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server family would be made available to beta testers later this month. The company will be releasing four new servers, including a single-purpose Web server intended to vastly simplify and speed up the processes of configuring and deploying Web sites and front-end Web applications.Read more
The 105th issue of ZZZ online is out.
Microsoft needs to change the way it interacts with the technology industry, said its own chief executive, Steve Ballmer.
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Onlinekosten.de send words about a new bug in the VIA chipset.
VIA Hardware has got the chance to attend VIA's Fall Tour Roadshow, in San Jose, highlighting the latest and greatest from VIA and their partners.
Microsoft has released DirectX 8.1 final to the beta testers. Expect a public release during the next days.
Registered beta testers can download DirectX 8.1 from the Beta Place website.
Registered beta testers can download DirectX 8.1 from the Beta Place website.
Charter Communications announced Wednesday that it has signed a long-term deal to license Microsoft TV's interactive television software.
While the financial terms were not disclosed, the companies said it was a seven-year deal and that Microsoft TV's software would be used for 1 million Charter customers. Those customers will be able to access e-mail, Internet browsing, and local and national news services.
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While the financial terms were not disclosed, the companies said it was a seven-year deal and that Microsoft TV's software would be used for 1 million Charter customers. Those customers will be able to access e-mail, Internet browsing, and local and national news services.
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The Deskstar 120GXP is a 120-Gbyte drive for desktop computers that runs at 7,200 rpm, has a 8.5-millisecond average seek time, and the lowest power consumption of any 3.5-inch drive in the industry, according to IBM. If you want capacity, you want performance, and you want a good price point, these are very attractive, says Shiv Shivaji, IBM's Deskstar business line manager.
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Maximum Hardware has posted a question & answer session with Intel's George Alfs
One tenet of Microsoft's corporate-software strategy in the upcoming year will be to sell companies bundles of E-business servers and platform software to address specific needs. Microsoft calls the program solutions, and it's betting the tactic will result in higher customer satisfaction than efforts to sell and support many products individually.
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Thanks CestLaVie. VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of core logic chipsets, microprocessors, and multimedia and communications chips, today announced the launch of its new ultra compact VIA VT6010 Mini-ITX mainboard form factor reference design.
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Thanks John for this one:
A prominent civil liberties group is jumping to the aid of MusicCity, a popular file-swapping company confronting a lawsuit from the Hollywood and record industry that could blaze new, influential legal ground.
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A prominent civil liberties group is jumping to the aid of MusicCity, a popular file-swapping company confronting a lawsuit from the Hollywood and record industry that could blaze new, influential legal ground.
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Atheros Communications Inc.'s plans to announce that its 5-GHz wireless LAN chip has received the coveted Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) certification from Microsoft Corp. is mired in uncertainty. Microsoft apparently will only grant the certification to devices that also support 802.11b (2.45-GHz) WLANs, and Atheros' device is a 5-GHz-only product.
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The 18 states involved in the case are split in their reaction to the proposed settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Microsoft, seeking to give a boost to the flagging market for business-to-business software, on Tuesday announced a new software package to help get more suppliers online.
Business-to-business exchanges, which bring together buyers and suppliers over the Web, burst onto the high-tech scene in late 1999 promising to save companies millions of dollars by linking them with thousands of suppliers over the Web.
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Business-to-business exchanges, which bring together buyers and suppliers over the Web, burst onto the high-tech scene in late 1999 promising to save companies millions of dollars by linking them with thousands of suppliers over the Web.
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