The company´s 800MHz Athlon chip will soon cost up to 50 percent less than an equivalent Pentium III chip processor. Reductions on other Athlon processors are also expected, according to the sources.
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A new high-end business PC should run the newest, most powerful operating system, right? But if your preference is Windows 2000, you may have to wait--particularly if you want a DVD-ROM drive.
One month after Microsoft unveiled the long-awaited operating system, many powerhouse PCs, surprisingly, don't yet offer it as an option.
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One month after Microsoft unveiled the long-awaited operating system, many powerhouse PCs, surprisingly, don't yet offer it as an option.
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MICROSOFT IS tackling the sticky issue of combining the functionality of several devices -- pagers, laptops, cell phones, and PDAs (personal digital assistants) -- into one unit.
This week, Microsoft President and CEO Steve Ballmer outlined the device, a PC tablet prototype that company officials stress is in the development stages and at least two years away from fruition. It would include the functions of a two-way pager, PDA, and notebook.
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This week, Microsoft President and CEO Steve Ballmer outlined the device, a PC tablet prototype that company officials stress is in the development stages and at least two years away from fruition. It would include the functions of a two-way pager, PDA, and notebook.
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The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chipmaking giant will announce 850-MHz and 866-MHz Pentium III processors for desktops on Monday, according to sources close to the company. The chips follow the recent, accelerated introduction of a Pentium III running at 1GHz. Price cuts are not expected on the rest of the Pentium III processors as yet. Intel last cut Pentium III prices at the end of February.
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Wilfred send words that Hardware-One has just obtained the specifications of the ABIT KA7 and the VT6X4 boards.
ABIT KA7: http://www.hardware-one.com/search.asp?show=yes&nid=2420
ABIT VT6X4: http://www.hardware-one.com/search.asp?show=yes&nid=2419
ABIT KA7: http://www.hardware-one.com/search.asp?show=yes&nid=2420
ABIT VT6X4: http://www.hardware-one.com/search.asp?show=yes&nid=2419
The word is out. Windows 2000 has only been available since Feb. 17, and according to early adopters such as AIMCO, Dorsey & Whitney, the Seattle Mariners and the Oklahoma Supreme Court, the new operating system is remarkably reliable, and easy to deploy and manage across even the most complex environments.
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Intel Corp. has confirmed it uncovered a design problem involving processor packages using the company´s 400MHz Celeron and 400MHz Pentium II mobile chips that effectively made the chips unusable.
The problem was brought to Intel´s attention in late February after buyers of notebooks from Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. began complaining about CPU failures.
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The problem was brought to Intel´s attention in late February after buyers of notebooks from Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. began complaining about CPU failures.
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Sony may recall all PlayStation 2s shipped so far...to stop the consoles being used to play US DVDs.
A Sony representative said the manufacturer was considering recalling or exchanging the one million PlayStation2´s in use, Bloomberg reports. The Japanese company refused to say how much it would cost to fix the machines already shipped.
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A Sony representative said the manufacturer was considering recalling or exchanging the one million PlayStation2´s in use, Bloomberg reports. The Japanese company refused to say how much it would cost to fix the machines already shipped.
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Agfa has posted a new version of their professional scanner driver FotoLook 3.5. It has added functionality and among other is it working under Win2k. Thanks Stefan.
Thanks to Marcus Bradley for informing me that Adaptec easy CD Creator patch for 4.0 or 4.01 to 4.02 is available. It now
fully supports Windows 2000 with the 4.02 patch according to Adaptec.
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fully supports Windows 2000 with the 4.02 patch according to Adaptec.
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Hardware One has posted the world´s first review of the IWill SIDE RAID66 controller which happens to be the first card that uses the HighPoint HPT368 chipset.
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Hewlett Packard has posted a timetable for Windows 2000 support (if any) on their CD-R/CD-RW products. Thanks Alexander.
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SCIENTISTS FROM IBM Research´s laboratories have discovered chemical reactions that could eventually allow computer hard disks and other data-storage systems to store more than 100 times more data than current products, the company said in a statement Friday.
The chemical reaction causes tiny magnetic materials to automatically arrange themselves into well-ordered arrays, and this allows for the large data-storage possibilities, IBM officials said.
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The chemical reaction causes tiny magnetic materials to automatically arrange themselves into well-ordered arrays, and this allows for the large data-storage possibilities, IBM officials said.
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Got a peripheral tape solution based on floppy and parallel port tape drives? Thinking of upgrading your operating system to Windows 2000?
Be careful. Tecmar has just issued a warning that its Ditto drives will not work with Windows 2000. According to a statement from the firm, the operating system does not provide drivers for floppy and parallel port drives and there is no intention to support them in the future.
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Be careful. Tecmar has just issued a warning that its Ditto drives will not work with Windows 2000. According to a statement from the firm, the operating system does not provide drivers for floppy and parallel port drives and there is no intention to support them in the future.
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Acer has released new Windows 2000 scanner drivers for 310U, 320U, 340U, 620U, 640U, 620UT and 640UT.
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ASUS has released Live Utilities 4.0 Beta 3 for V3400. Thanks Bauno.
Note:
1. Support V3400 in Windows NT and Windows 2000.
2. NT users must upgrade Windows NT display driver to version 3.68 if they are using V3400 display card.
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Note:
1. Support V3400 in Windows NT and Windows 2000.
2. NT users must upgrade Windows NT display driver to version 3.68 if they are using V3400 display card.
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Be Incorporated today announced that BeOS 5 Personal Edition, a free downloadable version of Be´s next release of its highly-acclaimed digital media operating system, will be made available on March 28, 2000. The public may download BeOS 5 Personal Edition, at no charge, via the web at http://free.be.com. Additionally, BeOS 5 Pro Edition, a fully-featured version, will be made available shortly thereafter via a third-party publisher in North, Central and South America. Be also plans to establish similar publishing relationships in Europe and Asia.
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