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A report on Semiconductor Business News has compared Intel´s own benchmarks for its recent i815e chipset -- which uses PC-133 memory -- to its 820 chipset -- which uses Rambus RIMMs with the results clearly demonstrating the former outperforms the latter.

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After issuing a warning Friday that Internet Explorer (IE) 5.01 Service Pack 1 (SP1) wasn´t properly tested by Microsoft, I quickly received word from numerous readers that this release breaks the Help system in Office 2000. "Help requires Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or greater," the warning reads. "You can install the latest version of IE from www.Microsoft.com." (Yes, they use that capitalization). And while this problem doesn´t come as any surprise necessarily, it´s still disheartening to realize that this company isn´t doing what it needs to do to ensure that bug fixes don´t introduce bugs of their own. Therefore, it is with some reluctance that I must advise users not to download and install IE 5.01 SP1, despite the fact that this is the only way--at least for now--for Windows 2000 users to upgrade Outlook Express and other non-browser components of IE.

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Dillon Sellars (Thanks) send me a fix for this problem:

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ABit has posted a new bios for the SE6 motherboard.

Filename: SE6SW.EXE
Date: 07/06/2000

Notes:
- Fixes SCSI HDD detection problem when booting from SCSI CD-ROM and executing FDISK.
- Supports 512MB memory modules.
- Sets the In-Order Queue Depth default to 4, increasing the integrated video performance.

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Toshiba has posted Logitech MouseWare 9.01 for AccuPoint II.

Support OS: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, and Windows 2000.
Support HW: Tecra 8100 Series, Portege 7200CT, Satellite 2610, Satellite 2230, Satellite 2250, Satellite Pro 4200 Series, Satellite Pro 4300 series

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TweakFiles has posted a new version of Motherboard Monitor.

This program will try to access one or more of the following chips: LM75, LM78, LM78-j, LM79, LM80, WinBond W83781D, WinBond W83782D, WinBond W83783S, WinBond W83627HF, Winbond W83697HF, Asus AS99127F, GL518SM, GL520SM, ADM9240, ADM1021, ADM1020, MAX1016, MAX1016a, FMS2701, THMC10 and THMC50 on your motherboard and will try to provide you with information about your motherboard´s temperature, voltages, fan speeds and cpu temperature.

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SOME IS PROFESSIONALS are fuming over Microsoft´s plan to quickly phase out certification for Windows NT 4.0, a move critics say could make it harder for some companies to find qualified IT staff.

Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft has said its goal is merely to ensure that enough trained IS workers are available to support Windows 2000, its new operating system launched earlier this year. But some critics see the plan, which was announced late last year, as an aggressive attempt to force IS professionals -- and therefore customers -- to upgrade to its new OS.

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