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OCWorkbench send words that the 1.5-GHz Pentium 4 will come out at $795, according to various sources, while the 1.4-GHz version of the chip will emerge at $625. The price applies when purchased in quantities of 1,000. While the exact price could change, sources have said the final price will be close to the above figures, which are lower than Intel´s usual introductory price for new processors.

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PCinsight has posted a news release from Chaintech announcing the world´s first DDR 266 and PC133 SDRAM (dual memory) architecture compatible motherboard-- the Chaintech 6VJD2.

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Valve Software has released patch 1.1.0.4 for Half-Life.

Feature Additions in this Update:

- This update contains three new TF maps: Avanti, Flagrun, and Casbah.
- Pyro´s burn damage increased in Team Fortress.
- Heavy Weapons Guy´s chaingun damage reduced.
- All map resources can be downloaded from the game server now. Refer to readme.txt for details.
- Anti-grenade triggers added to 2Fort spawn rooms.
- Team selection also available from class selection screen in Team Fortress.
- In-Game text upgraded.
- Last weapon used key persists over a player death now.

Bug Fixes in this update:

- Counter-Strike proxy cheat fixed.
- High framerate connection problem fixed.
- Cockroaches can now be killed in single player.
- ´Tell´ command crash fixed in Team Fortress.
- Rcon buffer overflow fixed.

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AOL has released AOL 6.0 today. Compatibility with Windows NT/2000 is still highly questioned. According to the beta test coordinator, they will be starting Windows NT and Windows 2000 compatibility testing and bug fixing very soon. Thanks Max DiOrio.

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According to a report by ZDNN´s Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft has released Office 10 Beta 2 to a small group of technical beta testers, with a wider release expected soon. Beta 2 comes quickly on the heels of an interim build, also sent to a limited number of testers, that focused mostly on upgrades to Outlook 10, the suite´s email and personal information management (PIM) application.

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Thanks to OCWorkbench for informing me that Intel announces it´s Mobile Pentium III and Mobile Celeron´s chipset "815e". The chipset supports the Mobile pentium III´s SpeedStep technology. The chipset also support graphics functionality via 2x/4x AGP for external connection.

815E uses Intel´s Hub Architecture technology. ICH2-M supports LAN and 2 ATA100 devices. Other than that it also supports the following :

- Dolby Digital
- DVD Playback
- Connection to TV