VMware has released VMware 2.0.3 Beta for Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000.
Sharky Extreme has compared the GeForce2 GTS on value PC systems.
HipHardware has posted an editorial entitled PCI-X - The Next I/O Revolution.
Since its introduction in 1992, the Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus has become the most successful interface for audio, video, networking (including modems), and I/O interface cards. It nearly replaced the Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) interface, and has since become a requirement in all forms of motherboard architecture. The PCI Special Interest Group originally designed the interface and bus, and still currently develops and manages the specifications and standards for the interface. PCI SIG, spearheaded by Compaq, includes 3Com, Adaptec, AMD, Gateway, IBM, Intel, Phoenix Technologies, and Texas Instruments on its Steering Committee. The PCI SIG approved PCI Local Bus Specification v2.2, which is the current PCI bus that we see today.Read more
ixbtLABS has posted a news item on the ASUS AGP-V7100ALL-IN-DELUXE graphics card featuring the whole bunch of cool stuff.
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Now that Windows 2000 appears to be gaining momentum among the Windows NT faithful, Microsoft Corp.´s nascent operating system is getting a hard look from another constituency: NetWare users. Whether it´s out of a desire to consolidate network operating systems, uncertainty about Novell Inc.´s long-term viability or the desire to run applications such as Exchange 2000 that require Active Directory, at least some longtime NetWare users are mulling a move to Windows 2000.
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The global Web usage share of Microsoft´s Windows NT operating system has dropped more than 17% since the official launch of the Windows 2000 OS in mid-February, reports a study released today.
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Sharky Extreme has posted Intel´s processor and chipset roadmap.
ixbtLABS has posted a news item on the ASUS AGP V7700Pro graphics card series and the first representative - ASUS AGP V7700Pro Pure.
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You find also the full press release here.
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You find also the full press release here.
Alex van Kaan has released the final version of Motherboard Monitor 5.0
Motherboard Monitor 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, Asus AS99127F, GL518SM, GL520SM, ADM9240, ADM1021, ADM1020, MAX1016, MAX1016a, FMS2701, VIA686A, THMC10 and THMC50 on your motherboard and provide you with information about your motherboard´s temperature, voltages, fan speeds and CPU temperature.
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Motherboard Monitor 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, Asus AS99127F, GL518SM, GL520SM, ADM9240, ADM1021, ADM1020, MAX1016, MAX1016a, FMS2701, VIA686A, THMC10 and THMC50 on your motherboard and provide you with information about your motherboard´s temperature, voltages, fan speeds and CPU temperature.
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Sharky Extreme has posted issue #7 of The Rear View.
Microsoft has posted this morning RC1 of DirectX 8.0 on their Betaplace website.
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Visit Betaplace (Registered Betatesters only)
Allaire has released a free version (express) of the ColdFusion application server.
Another day, another delay. Gartner analysts now predict Microsoft may not deliver "Whistler," the next generation of Windows, until 2002. Gartner doesn´t believe Whistler will offer much in enterprise functionality. They say companies that have skipped Windows 2000 to wait for Whistler may consider waiting a little longer for the follow-up (and more significant) release, codenamed Blackcomb.
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Here´s an odd twist: 3dfx Interactive (TDFX), which has just won a court ruling in its patent-infringement lawsuit against competitor nVidia, may get gobbled up by nVidia. 3dfx makes software that creates three-dimensional images. Its stock trades at 3 1/8--down from 14 in March--giving it a tiny market cap of $120 million. nVidia, which provides 3D graphics for PCs, trades at 60, with a market cap of $4 billion.
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AOL has posted a new beta version of Instant Messenger.
ViaHardware has posted an article on How VIA Got On Top - The story of how VIA gained control of the chipset market. The article describes VIA´s chipset history and how VIA´s timings, AMD´s good fortune, and Intel´s mishaps, have put VIA on top of the chipset market.
It was not that long ago, when all of us were living in an Intel dominated world, in both chipsets and processors. There were of course the alternative chipsets and processors such as the AMD K6, but they were seen just as alternatives to an Intel product, and not competition. As Intel grew away from the Socket 7 architecture and into Slot 1 form, this left the AMD processors without a platform to run on. Up to this point, Intel had for the most part made all of the motherboards that the Intel Pentium and AMD K6 ran on. When Intel moved to the Slot 1 architecture, they naturally stopped producing Socket 7 chipsets. Some analysts fault AMD for never really concentrating on a chipset of their own. They of course now have the AMD 750 chipset for the AMD Athlon, but even AMD had hoped they would not have to rely on their own chipsets for the Athlon, more on that later.Read more
A new more Windows 2000 compatible version of FastNet99 is now avaiable. Thanks Anthony.
ixbtLABS has posted a news item on the Gigabyte GA-7DX mainboard - the first AMD-761 mainboard with PC2100 DDR memory support.
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Businesses have adopted Windows 2000 more slowly than Microsoft would have liked. Gartner believes the gap between Microsoft´s expectations and the actual deployment rates indicates the software giant´s lack of understanding of how its customers plan, deploy and support its products.
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