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EasyTuneIII is another new utility available with newer Gigabyte boards which allows auto optimising of your FSB. You can even save the state of the FSB so that it will run at the saved FSB. So no more tweaking of jumpers here and there.

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@BIOS is Gigabyte´s innovative Windows based BIOS Update Utility. It helps you to update the latest BIOS just like the autoupdate facility in Anti Virus software.

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Microsoft unveiled an alpha version of Windows 2000 for Intel´s 64bit processor IA64 at its developers show yesterday and provided more details of the next two releases of the operating system.

Speaking at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference in Florida, chairman Bill Gates told delegates that moving from a 32bit to 64bit development environment would be "much easier" than the previous move from 16bit to 32bit. He said there is a new instruction set that Intel and partners have "poured billions of dollars into".

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ViaHardware has posted some follow up news on their feature on "What Happened to Joshua, The story of the Cyrix III" with some new news on Cyrix. Here is a snip:

I am following up on our "What Happened to Joshua, The story of the Cyrix III" with some more information on Cyrix. We have learned from a reliable source that Paul Demetrotion has resigned from VIA-Cyrix. Mr. Demetrotion is one of the last Debug specialists there. A debug specialist is someone who tests products to find and fix bugs on the silicon after it comes back from the FAB.

So where does this leave Cyrix? Remember Cyrix is the company whose Cyrix III processor was passed over for a processor from team-mate in the processor world; Centaur. Cyrix not only had to bite the bullet that their processor could not compete with Centaur´s, they also had to swallow the fact that their name was taken from them to promote the Centaur Product.
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Microsoft´s .NET strategy is, as we´ve suspected for some time, closer than you might think. But the next version of Win2k, Whistler, turns out to be a little further off. At its Professional Developers Conference yesterday the company opened up on some of the components of .NET, made it clear it would take the tried and tested path by bidding for the hearts and minds of developers, and slipped-in the six months delay to Whistler.

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First International Computer has released new bios updates for FW37 and SD11.

Model FW37
BIOS Version iba43
PCB 1.3
BIOS type Award

Model SD11
BIOS Version NC611
PCB 1.7/1.8
BIOS type AMI

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The first service pack for Windows 2000 will be posted on the web next Monday (17 July). You don´t really want to be an early adopter on this one unless you own an unfeasibly fast modem, because the core update weighs in at a hefty 83.3Mb.

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3DFX has released new Voodoo3 beta drivers for Windows 2000. Thanks Toby.

Voodoo3(tm) Driver kit: 1.01.03 BETA
Voodoo3 Win2k(r) Display Driver and Miniport:5.00.2195.01512
Glide(tm) 2.X Driver: 2.61.00.065
Glide 3.X Driver: 3.10.00.0655
OpenGL(r) Driver Version: 1.0.0.0648
3dfx Tools Version: 2.5.1.91

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Patch Available for "DTS Password" Vulnerability

Originally posted: June 13, 2000
Updated: July 11, 2000

Summary
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On June 13, 2000, Microsoft released a patch that eliminates a
security vulnerability in a component that ships with Microsoft(r)
SQL Server 7.0. If the component is configured improperly, the
vulnerability could allow passwords to be compromised.

On July 11, 2000, Microsoft is updating this bulletin to reflect a
similar issue with the Enterprise Manager Server registration dialog.
A new version of the patch is available to remedy all symptoms
related to this vulnerability.

Frequently asked questions regarding this vulnerability and the patch
can be found at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/fq00-041.asp

Affected Software Versions
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- Microsoft SQL Server 7.0

Patch Availability
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- Intel:
http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/Release.asp?ReleaseID=21905
- Alpha:
http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/Release.asp?ReleaseID=21906

General 8068 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

A new version of ASUS Live is now available. Thanks ShadOw.

Fixes:

1. When open OSD functions for videosource, users can click mouse to
change the settings on OSD window.
2. Add "reset" and "exit" functions in OSD information to reset the
gamma value and exit the OSD functions.
3. Add ASUSASV2 codec to enable running UYVY capturing and compressing
in Windows NT and Windows 2000.
4. Support different dimensions of capture window
NTSC-M, NTSC-4.43, PAL-M : 320x240 640x480
PAL-BGHI, PAL-N, PAL-4.43: 320x240 640x480

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