Anthony has updated his custom Voodoo 3, 4, 5 drivers for Windows 2000.
ixbtLABS has posted their regular Monthly Hardware News Overview.
Sharky Games has posted a quick take on Command & Conquer Red Alert 2.
Microsoft Celebrates 25 Years of Software Innovation
Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp. chairman and chief software architect, and Steve Ballmer, Microsoft president and CEO, today charged Microsoft employees with making the next 25 years even more innovative and exciting than the last 25. At an all-company Safeco Field event commemorating the company´s 25th anniversary, Gates and Ballmer discussed both Microsoft and industry milestones over the last 25 years and charted Microsoft´s vision and goals for the future.
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Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp. chairman and chief software architect, and Steve Ballmer, Microsoft president and CEO, today charged Microsoft employees with making the next 25 years even more innovative and exciting than the last 25. At an all-company Safeco Field event commemorating the company´s 25th anniversary, Gates and Ballmer discussed both Microsoft and industry milestones over the last 25 years and charted Microsoft´s vision and goals for the future.
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Application Center 2000 Beta 2 registration is open! Now you can quickly deploy and manage high availability Web applications built on Windows 2000. Application Center 2000 enables these applications to achieve on-demand scalability and mission-critical availability through software scaling, while also reducing operational complexity and costs. Key benefits include Application Load Balancing, fault tolerance, one-to-many configuration management, performance and health monitoring tools, a Single Application Image, and content replication and synchronization. Application Center 2000 makes managing groups of servers as simple as managing a single machine.
The Application Center 2000 Beta 2 kit includes the beta CD and the Windows 2000 Advanced Server 120-day Evaluation CD. All software included is for trial and evaluation purposes only.
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Application Center 2000 Beta 2 registration is open! Now you can quickly deploy and manage high availability Web applications built on Windows 2000. Application Center 2000 enables these applications to achieve on-demand scalability and mission-critical availability through software scaling, while also reducing operational complexity and costs. Key benefits include Application Load Balancing, fault tolerance, one-to-many configuration management, performance and health monitoring tools, a Single Application Image, and content replication and synchronization. Application Center 2000 makes managing groups of servers as simple as managing a single machine.The Application Center 2000 Beta 2 kit includes the beta CD and the Windows 2000 Advanced Server 120-day Evaluation CD. All software included is for trial and evaluation purposes only.
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Sharky Extreme has updated their Weekly CPU Prices.
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), based in Redmond, Wash., plans to incorporate its software for digital television set-top boxes -- dubbed Microsoft TV -- into the so-called Whistler version of its flagship personal-computer operating system, which is due to be released in the second half of next year. The company plans to demonstrate a trial version of the software at the International Broadcasting Convention in Amsterdam on Friday, people familiar with Microsoft´s strategy say.
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AllHW has posted up a Athlon Overclocking Article.
UK Gamer has posted a press release from Elsa, who are trying to increase their brand name in the UK market. To do this they have appointed Datrontech distributorship in the United Kingdom.
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ViaHardware send me the press release of the Inno3D KYRO 2000:
For Immediate Release
InnoVISION Multimedia is excited to announce Graphics accelerator based
on the innovative architecture KYRO 3D processor >from STMicroelectronics.
Inno3D KYRO 2000 delivers superior levels of realism, high frame rates,
unprecedented image quality and performance, with the cost advantage
of the PowerVR tiling architecture over conventional 3D which make it an
affordable graphics solution with no compromise for both gamers and corporate users.
For Immediate Release
InnoVISION Multimedia is excited to announce Graphics accelerator based
on the innovative architecture KYRO 3D processor >from STMicroelectronics.
Inno3D KYRO 2000 delivers superior levels of realism, high frame rates,
unprecedented image quality and performance, with the cost advantage
of the PowerVR tiling architecture over conventional 3D which make it an
affordable graphics solution with no compromise for both gamers and corporate users.
Microsoft Germany will sell OEM versions of his software starting with 1st September also without computer. The software gain reacts with it to a judgement of the Court from July. In the judgement it was forbidden that Microsoft selling OEM software more cheaper that standard software programs.
The modifications concern Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT 4.0 and Millennium as well Office 2000 Small Business. Microsoft will bring these products no more than full versions, but only than Upgrade into the normal trade. Thus also the previously contained support for full versions is omitted.
The modifications concern Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT 4.0 and Millennium as well Office 2000 Small Business. Microsoft will bring these products no more than full versions, but only than Upgrade into the normal trade. Thus also the previously contained support for full versions is omitted.
Sharky Extreme has posted a new hardware feature: The Rear View.
Twenty-five years gone and Bill G. and Steve B. remain at the helm. Meet four faces attempting to pilot the Redmond juggernaut into the next millennium.
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Company officials signed off on Build 4417.5 of the server messaging platform at 9:19 a.m. PST, a source close to the company said. Microsoft later confirmed that Exchange 2000 had been released to manufacturing and said an evaluation version of the RTM code will be available for download from the Exchange Web site by the end of next week.
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Microsoft has posted a new build of the DirectX 8 SDK on their Betaplace site. Registered beta testers can download the update from there.
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Microsoft has released the second preview of MSN Explorer.
ViaHardware has posted today a peek into AMD´s upcoming processor release, and its connotations for the industry. Discussed is the XEON-competitor Mustang, the Mid-range Palomino, and the Low-end Morgan.
The official beta of Microsoft´s follow-up to Win2k, Whistler, looks set to start in October. BetaNews reports that the company´s past and current beta testers have received an email inviting them to apply for the "Windows Whistler Technical Beta," the deadline for applications being September 15th.
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Intel today updated its legal action against Taiwanese chipmaker Via Technologies to include new claims of patent infringement.
The two companies settled many of their differences last month, but Intel is still pursuing charges that a Via chipset supporting Advanced Micro Devices processors violates Intel patents. A chipset is a series of semiconductors that connect a processor to other components such as memory.
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The two companies settled many of their differences last month, but Intel is still pursuing charges that a Via chipset supporting Advanced Micro Devices processors violates Intel patents. A chipset is a series of semiconductors that connect a processor to other components such as memory.
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