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A team that included University of Washington, Microsoft Corp., Qwest Communications International Inc. and Information Services Institute shattered the land-speed record for transcontinental Internet traffic. The group won a contest sponsored by the Internet2 Community. The winning entry results demonstrate that an off-the-shelf system consisting of Dell and Compaq workstations running the Microsoft:registered: Windows:registered: 2000 operating system was able to sustain a data throughput rate of 831 Mbps (out of a physical maximum of 1000 Mbps) over a distance of 5,626 kilometers.

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The chip maker is evaluating its options for introducing Pentium III chips running faster than 1GHz in the second half of this year.

The new chips, if introduced, would raise performance of mainstream PCs while keeping Intel competitive with rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD)

The motivation to raise performance comes, in part, because of the available "headroom" on the chip. But analysts said it will also come out of necessity, due to competition with AMD and demand from its PC-maker customers.

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Now there´s an easier way. With the Active Directory service in Microsoft:registered: Windows:registered: 2000, companies can run networks and desktop and portable PCs on a single operating system. Standardizing on Windows 2000 simplifies network and system management for IT staff. And Active Directory can even ease IT management for companies that want to maintain a mixed operating system environment.

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Sony has recalled the startup software that accompanies the 1.25 million Playstation 2 consoles that have been sold in Japan, following the discovery of a bug that lets the consoles play foreign DVDs which break copyright laws.

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Microsoft today announced a minor restructuring to help it craft a new generation of Internet-based software and services.

The company said it has merged its Windows operating system and software developer divisions as part of its revised Web focus.

The combined entity will meld Microsoft´s operating system division with a unit that makes an array of e-commerce software products, a spokeswoman said. The software developer division includes Microsoft´s popular Visual Studio tools and the SQL Server database software.

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IT HAPPENS TO BE the maximum number of IP addresses that can be assigned to any combination of NICs under Microsoft's Windows 2000. BugNet tests have verified that once the magical 52nd IP address is reached, without any warning or fanfare, Windows 2000 Server's Active Directory misplaces all of its directory objects.

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Hardware-One send words:

Wymun spent his weekend finding the correct resistor to solder on the
Promise Ultra66 and his efforts paid off. He´s got himself an IDE RAID
equivalent of the FastTrack66. In fact, the card performed so well you will want to know how the ´hack´ was performed! In his review, the modified Promise is compared against the Iwill SIDE RAID66.

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