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Guillemot has released new Windows 2000 drivers for the 3D Prophet, 3D Prophet DDR-DVI, MaxiGamer Phoenix 2, MaxiGamer Xentor, MaxiGamer Xentor 32 and MaxiGamer Cougar.

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As the world tightens up its defences to ward off another deadly computer virus, hoax virus warnings are running wild and causing their own disruption.

The Life Stages worm, and the Love Bug before it, have caused untold problems for computer users. But hoax writers seem to be preying on user paranoia with increasingly ridiculous warnings.

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After months of promises and false starts, Microsoft moved to make Windows relevant in the post-PC centric computing era on Thursday with the unveiling of Next Generation Windows Services (NGWS).

Renamed Microsoft .Net, the new Internet-based platform will facilitate an "information when you want it" era, Chairman Bill Gates said.

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Compaq will not port Windows 2000 to the Alpha processor, it confirmed today.

That follows a report in WinInfo, labelled exclusive, which suggested that the departure of senior VP Enrico Pesatori had led to the firm changing its mind about the platform.

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DreddNews has posted a review of the CD Recording program, HotBurn by Asimware Innovations. Here a snippet:

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BetaNews has reported fresh rumours that Microsoft will build skinning into future versions of Windows, in an attempt to give the OS the theme capabilities of Linux. Right now these are only available from third parties.

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The right tools make a big difference in the cost of managing and configuring IT systems.

And Microsoft:registered: Systems Management Server 2.0 is a powerful cost-control tool, according to a new study by NerveWire Inc. The study found that companies implementing Systems Management Server 2.0 can reduce their IT support costs by an average of $1,872 per year for each managed system. And those benefits are now available to companies using Windows:registered: 2000: Microsoft this week announced the availability of Service Pack 2, which brings Windows 2000 compatibility to Systems Management Server 2.0.

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Privacy advocates Wednesday said an emerging technology aimed at enhancing privacy on the Internet does just the opposite.

Known as the Platform for Privacy Preferences Project, or more commonly as P3P, the technology has been in development by the World Wide Web Consortium for more than three years and promises to allow consumers to choose what level of privacy they want when visiting a Web site that supports the standard.

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iXBT LABS has posted a review of Kenwood 72x TrueX UCR 421 CD-ROM. This is the fastest CD-ROM drive in the world. It is based on unique TrueX technology developed by Zen Research.

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Microsoft Corp. today announced at the World Wide Web Consortium´s Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) Interoperability Session that its next version of Microsoft:registered: Windows:registered: will be the first operating system to include privacy-enabling technologies based on the P3P specification. During the event, Microsoft tested the compatibility of its new privacy solutions, designed for both consumers and Web-site operators, with other industry solutions. Microsoft support for P3P is expected to be available next year with the next major version of Windows, code-named "Whistler," which will include Microsoft Internet Explorer browser software.

P3P provides a standard and automated way to compare consumers´ privacy preferences with the privacy practices of the Web sites they visit, providing them with more control over their personal information on the Internet. In the past several years, Microsoft has been working with various companies, government officials and privacy advocacy groups to determine the best approach to implementing P3P-based solutions, and the company is working closely with the W3C to help finalize the P3P specification.

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Just when you´re getting used to the idea that Windows ME really is the last of the Win9x line of operating systems, you get a hint that maybe it´s not, after all. Once upon a time Win98 was officially the last of the Win9x line, but since then Microsoft has put out two more upgrades, Win98 SE last year and now Windows ME - the latter is almost certainly definitely the last, but if it is, what´s Tiger?

The Register has received information that bugs logged from the ME development programme have been sent to a mysterious new project, codenamed Tiger. Although we can´t as yet confirm the truth of this, the information is claimed to have come from Microsoft developers who worked on Windows ME.

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A total of 27.8 percent of companies say that they will buy PCs (client machines) running on the Windows 2000 or Windows NT operating systems this fiscal year, according to a survey conducted in April by Nikkei Market Access.

The survey, which examines ways in which corporations are using PCs, shows that Microsoft Windows 2000/NT machines are now the preferred choice for a full quarter of Japan´s businesses. In fact, this year´s survey results point to a steady rise in the software´s popularity. In previous surveys the corresponding figures for Windows 2000 and Windows NT combined were 14.1 percent (April 1998) and 18.8 percent (April 1999).

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Palo Alto, Calif.-based HP announced OpenView Express 2.0, which brings OpenView support and functionality to Windows NT and Windows 2000.

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