Microsoft Corporation announced Wednesday the immediate availability of MSN Instant Messenger 3.0 (IM3), the only free IM client to support free long distance phone service in the United States and Canada. Using technology from Net2Phone´s PC-to-phone products, IM 3 allows users to communicate verbally as well as with a traditional keyboard interface.
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PlanetHardware has posted an updated Weekly CPU Price Guide, here´s
a snippet:
a snippet:
PlanetHardware has posted an in depth look at the visual quality of
ATi´s new Radeon card. Here´s a snippet:
ATi´s new Radeon card. Here´s a snippet:
Microsoft will replace the Start menu in Whistler, the follow-up to Windows 2000, with options called the "Start Panel" and "Start Page." Each is designed to provide a friendlier front-end to the programs and services on your system. The Start Panel, which will be configurable from the Start and Taskbar Properties dialog in Whistler, is hidden in the Whistler Preview that was given to testers last week, but it can be easily enabled and used in place of the standard Start menu if desired.
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PlanetHardware has posted benchmarks from a Hercules 3D Prophet II
GTS 64MB and an ATi Radeon 64MB both running at highly overclocked speeds. Here´s a snippet:
GTS 64MB and an ATi Radeon 64MB both running at highly overclocked speeds. Here´s a snippet:
Insane Hardware has posted a Asus V7100 GeForce2 MX review.
Microsoft Corp. and SAP AG (NYSE ADR: SAP), leading providers of inter-enterprise software solutions, today announced that Microsoft has selected SAP as its Global Software Partner of the Year. The award was announced and presented during Microsoft´s largest certified partner event of the year, Fusion 2000 in Atlanta.
"Microsoft´s relationship with SAP provides tremendous value for our joint customers," said Charles Stevens, vice president of the Enterprise and Partner group at Microsoft. "The development of mySAP.com with Microsoft
Windows 2000, SQL Server 2000 and Office 2000 offers customers a quality, comprehensive business environment and makes SAP a clear choice as our Global Software Partner of the Year. We look forward to continuing to work together to further integrate Microsoft technologies with mySAP.com and deliver .NET solutions to our customers."
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"Microsoft´s relationship with SAP provides tremendous value for our joint customers," said Charles Stevens, vice president of the Enterprise and Partner group at Microsoft. "The development of mySAP.com with Microsoft
Windows 2000, SQL Server 2000 and Office 2000 offers customers a quality, comprehensive business environment and makes SAP a clear choice as our Global Software Partner of the Year. We look forward to continuing to work together to further integrate Microsoft technologies with mySAP.com and deliver .NET solutions to our customers."Read more
Sparkle has released new Windows NT 4.0/2000 drivers for the SP6800, SP6700, SP6600, SP6500, SP6100, SP6000, SP5100, SP5300, SP5200 and SP5000.
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Service Pack 1 for Windows 2000 is still in beta testing. Microsoft is very close to the final build and has released yesterday another release candidate to the betatesters.
I am going on vaction for the next days to London, UK. I have there also a internet connection, so I update the news section (except the compatibility lists) of NT Compatible daily from there.
Patch Available for "Malformed E-mail Header" Vulnerability
Originally posted: July 18, 2000
Summary
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Microsoft has released a patch that eliminates a security
vulnerability in Microsoft(r) Outlook(r) and Outlook Express. Under
certain conditions, the vulnerability could allow a malicious user to
cause code of his choice to execute on another user´s computer.
Frequently asked questions regarding this vulnerability and the
patch can be found at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/fq00-043.asp
Patch Availability
==================
The vulnerability can be eliminated by a default installation of
either of the following upgrades:
- Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack 1,
http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/ie/download/ie501sp1.htm
- Internet Explorer 5.5 on any system except Windows 2000,
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/download/ie55.htm
Originally posted: July 18, 2000
Summary
=======
Microsoft has released a patch that eliminates a security
vulnerability in Microsoft(r) Outlook(r) and Outlook Express. Under
certain conditions, the vulnerability could allow a malicious user to
cause code of his choice to execute on another user´s computer.
Frequently asked questions regarding this vulnerability and the
patch can be found at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/fq00-043.asp
Patch Availability
==================
The vulnerability can be eliminated by a default installation of
either of the following upgrades:
- Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack 1,
http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/ie/download/ie501sp1.htm
- Internet Explorer 5.5 on any system except Windows 2000,
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/download/ie55.htm
MICROSOFT BEAT WALL Street expectations Tuesday in posting revenues of $5.8 billion, or 44 cents per share, for the last quarter of its fiscal year, which ended June 30.
During the quarter, sales of Windows 2000 Advanced Server doubled over sales of its predecessor, Windows NT Server 4.0 Enterprise Edition, in the previous year, according to Microsoft, which is based in Redmond, Wash.
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During the quarter, sales of Windows 2000 Advanced Server doubled over sales of its predecessor, Windows NT Server 4.0 Enterprise Edition, in the previous year, according to Microsoft, which is based in Redmond, Wash.
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The System Administration, Networking, and Security (SANS) Institute on Monday identified what it called "probably the most dangerous programming error" found in workstations running Windows 95, 98, 2000, and NT 4.0.
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UKGamer.net has posted a review of Globalwin´s biggest and most powerful case fan, the CAF12. Here a snip:
Overclocker´s Workbench has posted a review on the Microstar 815e Pro. Here a clip:
Microsoft Corporation on Friday announced the immediate availability of the first Small Business Server 2000 (SBS2K) beta, an update to the company´s popular SBS suite of server products designed for small businesses. Like its predecessor, SBS2K supports up to 50 users; the new version includes Windows 2000, Internet Security and Acceleration Server, SQL Server 2000, Exchange Server 2000, FrontPage 2000, shared fax and modem services, Windows Terminal Services (WTS) for remote administration, and a number of other new services.
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Microsoft has announced details of an improved suite of tools with which it hopes to tempt Novell users on to the Windows 2000 platform.
Services for Netware 5 (SFN5) provides tools to synchronise user account information between Novell Directory Service (NDS) and Microsoft´s Active Directory. The software also includes file migration, as well as file and print server migration support.
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Services for Netware 5 (SFN5) provides tools to synchronise user account information between Novell Directory Service (NDS) and Microsoft´s Active Directory. The software also includes file migration, as well as file and print server migration support.
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For computers running Windows 2000 only. If you downloaded Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack 1 (SP1) from the Web between Thursday, July 6, 2000 and Tuesday, July 11, 2000, Microsoft recommends that you install this update today. The original offering of Internet Explorer 5.01 SP1 contains a known issue that causes Office 2000 to display an error message when attempting to access Office Help. This update allows Office Help to be accessed without error.
If you downloaded Internet Explorer 5.01 SP1 on July 12, 2000 or later, your computer is not affected by this issue.
Note If you don´t know when you downloaded Internet Explorer 5.01 SP1, Microsoft recommends that you install this update.
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2000 to display an error message when attempting to access Office Help. This update allows Office Help to be accessed without error.If you downloaded Internet Explorer 5.01 SP1 on July 12, 2000 or later, your computer is not affected by this issue.
Note If you don´t know when you downloaded Internet Explorer 5.01 SP1, Microsoft recommends that you install this update.
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