The final specification for USB 2.0, boasting 40 times the bandwidth of the existing spec, is expected to be announced Wednesday and appear in peripherals by year end.
The successor to USB 1.1 is being announced at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) here. Pat Gelsinger, vice president of Intel´s Desktop Products Group, is expected to detail the final spec in a keynote.
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The successor to USB 1.1 is being announced at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) here. Pat Gelsinger, vice president of Intel´s Desktop Products Group, is expected to detail the final spec in a keynote.
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Microsoft outlined a roadmap Tuesday for its next generation of operating systems. Code-named Whistler, the code base will allow computer makers and system integrators to easily strip away all but the necessary operating instructions for controlling task-specific appliances or handheld devices, according to Carl Stork, general manager of the company´s Windows operating system division.
The new family of OSes, based on the Windows NT kernel and slated for release in data server, advanced server, office PC, and consumer versions, will be available to computer manufacturers sometime in 2001.
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The new family of OSes, based on the Windows NT kernel and slated for release in data server, advanced server, office PC, and consumer versions, will be available to computer manufacturers sometime in 2001.
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Computer Games Online has posted a feature "Windows 2000 - Is it time to upgrade?". Here a clip:
When Windows 2000 was launched back in February, a common complaint was a shortage of drivers, video cards in particular being badly served.
The latest - and we´re really talking late here - group of users to be hit are those using one of HP´s popular OfficeJet printer/fax/scanner devices, who were originally promised that a Win2K driver for the OfficeJet 500, 600, 700
and T series would ship this month.
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The latest - and we´re really talking late here - group of users to be hit are those using one of HP´s popular OfficeJet printer/fax/scanner devices, who were originally promised that a Win2K driver for the OfficeJet 500, 600, 700
and T series would ship this month.
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Gates touched on Windows 2000´s improvements in reliability and scalability, saying the platform will be key in the convergence of voice, video, and data networking. To emphasize that point, he took a phone call from Cisco Systems Chief Executive Officer John Chambers, using Cisco´s IP telephones and CallManager 3.0 running on Windows 2000.
Much of Gates´s keynote speech focused on the consumer market, as he urged hardware makers and engineers to build systems to support technology that will enhance the management of images, music, and other information.
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Much of Gates´s keynote speech focused on the consumer market, as he urged hardware makers and engineers to build systems to support technology that will enhance the management of images, music, and other information.
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Microsoft Corp. today announced that Otter Tail Power Co. is electrifying its enterprise network with greater reliability and capabilities by quickly migrating to the Microsoft
Windows 2000 platform.
The Minnesota-based electric utility already has migrated many of its servers to Windows 2000 Server and will have one-third of its desktops running Windows 2000 Professional by June.
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Windows 2000 platform.The Minnesota-based electric utility already has migrated many of its servers to Windows 2000 Server and will have one-third of its desktops running Windows 2000 Professional by June.
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Dan´s Data has posted a review on the PM-32 and BackFlip Pocketmail Devices.
iXBT Labs has posted ATI RADEON 256 GPU Preview. It seems to be a worthy competitor to NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS.
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3dfx will be debuting its upcoming Voodoo5 6000 AGP graphics accelerator at MICROSOFT´s Windows Hardware Engineering Conference in New Orleans. This debut will be the first public showing of this product. The Voodoo5 6000 AGP features quad VSA-100 processors and 128 MB of graphics memory. It is the first consumer graphics product to top the one billion pixel per second fill rate. The card will deliver between 1.33 and 1.47 gigatexels-gigapixels per second fill rate for smooth gaming in high resolutions with full scene anti-aliasing applied.
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Anandtech and Thresh´s FiringSquad has posted Voodoo 5 previews:
From the earliest windows 2000 server betas, PC Week Labs has said that training will be a significant cost of the new operating system. And these days, Windows 2000 is only one of a series of complex, enterprise-class systems that IT needs to get savvy about.
To put the cost of trainingboth in employee downtime and in dollarsin context, we participated in a five-day, instructor-led class; logged on to online training universities; and scrutinized self-paced CD training guides.
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To put the cost of trainingboth in employee downtime and in dollarsin context, we participated in a five-day, instructor-led class; logged on to online training universities; and scrutinized self-paced CD training guides.
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IBM announced DB2 Universal Database Version 7, which the company bills as the world's first fully integrated e-business database. The beta of Version 7 will be available on or before April 30. The release includes new e-business features and a new pricing structure, in which IBM provides the software to an application service provider (ASP) in return for a cut of the profits. IBM is spinning this product as made especially for dot.com companies and for large Web business-to-business (B2B) enterprises.
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Microsoft Corp. today announced the worldwide availability of SQL Server 2000 beta release 2, giving customers the opportunity to start testing the next version of Microsoft´s award-winning database. Having already established world-record performance and scalability, SQL Server 2000 is the complete database and analysis offering that enables customers to rapidly build the next generation of scalable e-commerce, line-of-business and data warehousing solutions.
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HipHardware just updated their CPU Price List. Here a bit about the update:
HotHardware and SimHQ has posted their Voodoo 5 previews. Thanks Anthony.
EnTech Taiwan has posted some updates: EnergySaver, which is designed to provide power management services under (especially) NT4, is now at Version 2.03; PCIList, a free little AGP diagnostic utility, is now at Version 2.02; and MultiRes, a free little 50k alternative to QuickRes, is now at 1.22. A PowerStrip beta, numbered at 2.65.03, is also up, and addresses a handful of isolated problems that have been reported over the last month - this one should work fine with the new cards that will be appearing over the next few weeks.
Thanks to Mark for this one:
Microsoft is working on a fix to correct a security problem with Windows 2000, Internet Information Server 5.0, and FrontPage 2000 that allows a valid FrontPage user to obtain a complete list of user accounts from a remote Windows 2000-based Web server. The issue was reported by Paul Rogers of CoServers Express, who recently contacted BugNet to help confirm the problem.
When a user connects to a remote Web using a FrontPage client, that user can obtain a list of account names by clicking Tools, Security, Permissions, and then Add on the Users tab. It´s no secret that a valid user account can be incredibly useful towards the penetration of network security.
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Microsoft is working on a fix to correct a security problem with Windows 2000, Internet Information Server 5.0, and FrontPage 2000 that allows a valid FrontPage user to obtain a complete list of user accounts from a remote Windows 2000-based Web server. The issue was reported by Paul Rogers of CoServers Express, who recently contacted BugNet to help confirm the problem.
When a user connects to a remote Web using a FrontPage client, that user can obtain a list of account names by clicking Tools, Security, Permissions, and then Add on the Users tab. It´s no secret that a valid user account can be incredibly useful towards the penetration of network security.
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Paul Thurrott´s SuperSite for Windows has posted a preview on Windows "Whistler" 2001. Here a clip:
