U.S. software maker Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) said on Tuesday it expects sales of its key operating system Windows 2000 to pick up in Europe in 2001, a full year after its launch.
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In his COMDEX/Fall 2000 kickoff keynote address on Sunday, Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates announced the public availability of the first beta version of Microsoft
Visual Studio.NET and the Microsoft .NET Framework, two key technologies for enabling developers to build Web Services on the .NET Platform. Web Services are applications and components made available over the Web via XML and SOAP, and are the key programmable building blocks of the next-generation Internet. Microsoft is making beta 1 of Visual Studio.NET and the .NET Framework broadly available to millions of customers and industry partners.
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Visual Studio.NET and the Microsoft .NET Framework, two key technologies for enabling developers to build Web Services on the .NET Platform. Web Services are applications and components made available over the Web via XML and SOAP, and are the key programmable building blocks of the next-generation Internet. Microsoft is making beta 1 of Visual Studio.NET and the .NET Framework broadly available to millions of customers and industry partners.Read more
Thanks to Rudy Komsic for this one:
Pioneer New Media Technologies, Inc., the leader in recordable DVD technology, today announced the worldΒ΄s first combination recordable DVD/CD drive for PC use. The third generation drive reads and writes four recordable formats including DVD-R (write once), DVD-RW (re-recordable), CD-R and CD-RW, and offers up to 4.7GB of storage capacity per DVD side. In addition, the new drive is capable of recording DVD-R discs at twice normal speed (2X) - another industry first. The new unit will begin shipping to the OEM market in Q1 2001.Read more
ViaHardware has posted their Comdex Fall 2000 coverage on what VIA is showing off and what we can expect to see shortly from VIA.
The-Ctrl-Alt-Del has posted a new version of the GeForce Tweak Utility.
Australian IT has posted Pentium 4 benchmarks.
Case Modders Australia has posted a first look at the new TennMax CPU cooler.
USB Workshop has a full Comdex 2000 coverage:
Plantronics unwraps new USB headsets
Portable webcam plays MP3
TEAC makes 8X USB CD-writers
CreativeΒ΄s new toy lets you talk for free
D-link debuts 11Mb/s wireless adapter
First wireless USB-to-serial solution
Iomega to build USB 2.0 CD-RW
Icron boosts distance for USB 2.0
Plantronics unwraps new USB headsets
Portable webcam plays MP3
TEAC makes 8X USB CD-writers
CreativeΒ΄s new toy lets you talk for free
D-link debuts 11Mb/s wireless adapter
First wireless USB-to-serial solution
Iomega to build USB 2.0 CD-RW
Icron boosts distance for USB 2.0
A new beta version of AlarmStat is now available.
Today at COMDEX/Fall 2000, Microsoft Corp. announced a new subscription offering for "Office 10," the code name for the next version of Microsoft Office, which will provide customers with an exciting new opportunity to subscribe to the worldΒ΄s leading desktop productivity suite for an annual fee. This new model will enable home and small-business customers to acquire the latest version of Office at a lower initial cost while receiving product upgrades released during their subscription at no additional expense. Customers will be able to obtain their subscription via a new packaged product at retail stores in select worldwide regions when "Office 10" becomes available toward the end of the first half of 2001. The subscription can be renewed annually via telephone or over the Internet, or by acquiring a new subscription product at retail stores.
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Office, which will provide customers with an exciting new opportunity to subscribe to the worldΒ΄s leading desktop productivity suite for an annual fee. This new model will enable home and small-business customers to acquire the latest version of Office at a lower initial cost while receiving product upgrades released during their subscription at no additional expense. Customers will be able to obtain their subscription via a new packaged product at retail stores in select worldwide regions when "Office 10" becomes available toward the end of the first half of 2001. The subscription can be renewed annually via telephone or over the Internet, or by acquiring a new subscription product at retail stores.Read more
Anthony has updated the 3dfx FAQ for Windows 2000.
Whats new?
- Updated Vsa_Win2K driver
- Tweak-Voodoo with how to setup & list of Voodoo1/2 Environment Settings
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Whats new?
- Updated Vsa_Win2K driver
- Tweak-Voodoo with how to setup & list of Voodoo1/2 Environment Settings
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TweakFiles has posted a new version of Nvidia Reg Patch.
EnTech Taiwan has released a new version of PowerStrip.
Weed has let me know that Servant Salamader 1.6b has been repacked:
The Register has posted an article on Whistler and Blackcomb.
ViaHardware has posted an article on VIAΒ΄s C5X processor. C5X is the codename for what could be the Cyrix 4.
Servant Salamander 1.6 beta 6 has been released today. Thanks Weed.
The-ctrl-alt-del managed to get Benchmarks made on the Intel P4 processor.
