A release candidate of Microsoft's long-awaited Systems Management Server 2003 is on track for a September ship date, Microsoft said Tuesday. Microsoft in September shipped the beta-test version of SMS 2003, developed...
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Late Monday, Microsoft announced the completion of Exchange Server 2003, its upcoming new messaging server. Exchange 2003 was originally scheduled for release alongside related products such as Microsoft Office 2003, but diverging development cycles altered...
IBM says it will begin sampling its new IBM PowerPC 750GX microprocessor next month, the next generation of the "G3" processor. Based on the PowerPC 750FX processor, the new chip uses IBM's advanced 0.13-micron copper...
Tomorrow evening along with the rest of the world and the big hype about Harry Potter book number 5, MSN is joining in on the fun. A press release published earlier today with...
The spread of broadband may finally allow the Net to reach its full commercial potential -- and change the way people live Jon Nordmark has been through the e-tail bust, so the...
Thanks Mess with MSN Messenger, According to CNET News.com, a Microsoft memo penned by Blake Irving, vice president of MSN's communications division, stated 2 million copies of the "private" MSN 6 beta have already been...
Earlier this week we were treated to a whole host of screenshots of MCE (Media Center Edition) v1.5 beta 2. Tonight we've learned that Tech-critic have leaked a build of this version numbered 5.1.2600.1347. ...
A build of Office 2003 Beta 2 this evening leaked to the internet. We reported about the availability of this build internally nearly a month ago here. Unfortunately WinBeta have mislabelled the...
The peer-to-peer file sharing clients Kazaa and iMesh, which both use the FastTrack network, have been reported to have a critical security flaw which could see the supernodes (the things users connect to) in the...
A new anti-assault device for women wards off potential assailants with an 80,000-volt electric shock. Dubbed "exo-electric armor," the No-Contact Jacket looks like an ordinary fashionable women's coat. But an inner layer of...
RealNetworks on Monday announced that it will send audio and video streams of sports and news programming to consumers' mobile phones. The digital media delivery company said that the programming will be available via AT&T...
Oracle has announced the general availability of its Oracle9i Database Release 2 for 32- and 64-bit Windows Server 2003. Taking a potshot at Microsoft, Oracle claimed it has helped thousands of customers build available, scalable...
Thanks to Jayse for the heads up on this Last wednesday Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 hit RC1 stage and was released to the special JDP (Joint Development Program) customers. We got hold...
Great April Fools joke, from a company that is a joke! Part of BT's ADSL network was knocked out last night causing disruption to thousands of Net users in the UK. According to...
The war in Iraq is testing the ability of many websites to cope with record numbers of visitors. Net users eager for news of the conflict are turning to the web to...
The service gamers have been waiting for, Xbox Live, is the first comprehensive, online game service fully dedicated to fast-action broadband gaming experiences. Gamers with an Xbox, a broadband connection and an Xbox Live Starter...
Good news that they are stopping them; just think how much faster the web would be without all of them tho... "America Online, Inc., the world's leading interactive services company, announced that this...
Console budget libraries are mysterious things—some companies trumpet their existences at every opportunity, while other treat them as some kind of dirty little secret to sweep under the rug. Microsoft, fortunately, is proud of their...
CHIP GIANT INTEL reacted swiftly to the release of a Barton 3000+ processor from AMD today and said vendor claims should not be used to decide the performance of a chip.Earlier today, we reported that...
Thanks Fotix. An Internet routing error by AT&T Corp. effectively shut off access from around 40 percent of the Internet to several major Microsoft Web sites and services on Thursday, Microsoft has said. ...
MLB SlugFest 20-03 leads off first year of its franchise and 2002 holiday season as year-to-date, best-selling baseball videogame for PlayStation 2. Midway Sports, the sports brand of leading software industry publisher...
BT is on target to get one million ADSL subscribers by the end of next summer I'm amazed they even have that many members;) Confirmation that it's on course came...
.Net RC1 has been added to the MS evaluation software trial list (TechNET Microsoft UK). & replaces beta3 that was previously on the list. Also avaliable is : Visuals Studio NET (DVD Version)...
Security researchers have warned of a flaw in communications software that could allow attackers to take over computers running Windows, Unix-based operating systems and Mac OS X, as well as Kerberos authentication systems. ...
Some reports are appearing which seem to suggest that that some users who downloaded the SP3 patch for Windows 2000 have experienced problems. (shock horror, news at 11! Ed.) In the...
IBM and Honda to launch talking car in September IBM has signed a deal with Honda to make a talking car. The deal, which will bring the 1980s television show Knightrider...
Copyright owners would be able to legally hack into peer-to-peer networks, according to a bill introduced in the House of Representatives on Thursday. As previously reported by CNET News.com, the measure would dramatically rewrite...
Thanks Gott for the heads up on this link which has for you the latest Mozilla now finally @ 1.0 !! The Web offers no changelog and I am installing this right now...
AMD introduces three CPUs already powering systems from Compaq, Fujitsu, and NEC. Advanced Micro Devices is announcing Wednesday three new microprocessors designed to boost performance in mobile, desktop, workstation, and server systems....
Virus writers took another shot at Microsoft's .Net vision. On Friday, antivirus companies received a copy of a worm called Sharpei, which is partially written in Microsoft's newest computer language, C#, and...
Thanks to Darren Bolton for this email Imagine Melissa Perenson's surprise when a Good Samaritan suggested by e-mail last week that she withdraw her recent eBay bid for a notebook because the seller...
Palm's latest handheld, the wireless-ready Palm i705, hit store shelves in New York City on Thursday. The i705, which runs Palm OS 4.1, the latest version of Palm's operating system, appeared on the...
Thanks Toxikk for this one. The Apache Software Foundation and The Apache Server Project Friday released a new version of the world's most popular web server software, principally as a bug fix and mod_proxy improvement....
Thanks to Mudpie from the forum for the heads up. :) WASHINGTON - Netscape Communications, a division of AOL Time Warner, filed suit against Microsoft on Tuesday claiming the software giant's business practices...
Hmm, thanks IBElite for the heads up on this one, seems that WMP8 likes to keep a history of your streaming behavior on the net too. Fron MSNBC: Privacy expert Richard Smith Tuesday...
Sony has recently confirmed that Polyphony digital is busy working on a PC version of its popular Gran Turismo games. Gran Turismo Professional, as it will be known, is being developed alongside Gran Turismo 4...
INTEL Corp.'s newest microprocessor, the next generation 2.2GHz version of its Pentium 4 chip, went on sale in Tokyo's Akihabara electronics district on Thursday afternoon, ahead of its official launch date in January. ...
Thanks Betabuzz of Beta Buzz. A mass-mailing Internet worm that purports to offer New Year greetings was spreading rapidly Wednesday, and is rumored to be the big Christmas virus that antivirus companies have been gearing...
Cheers Kobayashi for the heads up here on this one, Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 1 (SP-1) is out and ready for download! Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 1 (SP-1) provides the...
Microsoft Corp. today announced that Microsoft® Office v. X for Mac, the most popular suite of productivity applications on the Macintosh platform, is now available in retail stores across the United States to run on...