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For Windows 95, the end is here.
intense -- Thursday, February 1, 2001

 




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Microsoft has taken steps to ensure that Windows 95 will become an asterisk in terms of sales. One of Microsoft's most popular products among both consumers and businesses, the operating system is still in use at many corporations today.

The licenses that let most computer makers incorporate the OS in new computers expired Dec. 31. As a result, Dell Computer and other computer makers no longer install the OS on new computers except under special circumstances.
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Time promotes rivals
intense -- Thursday, February 1, 2001

 




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Time Computers seems to have been remarkably frank in its latest advert, revealing all its major competitors won more PC awards than it managed in 2000.
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Microsoft redefines 'open source' - look, don't touch
intense -- Thursday, February 1, 2001

 




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Remember the gag about how many Microsoft programmers it takes to change a light bulb? The answer's none: Redmond simply redefines darkness.

As a variation, try this one - how does Microsoft make Windows open source? It doesn't: it redefines free software - software that gives the user the right to change the source code, as software that doesn't give the user the right to change the source code.
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Whistler: Windows XP (eXPerienced)
intense -- Wednesday, January 31, 2001

 




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This sounds cool.
The next version of Whistler will launch on February 13th and will likely be called Windows XP (eXPerienced).

On Tuesday, February 13, Microsoft will host a Windows "Whistler" event at the Rock 'n' Roll-themed Experience Music Project (EMP). The hour-long event will feature a number of Microsoft executives, including Bill Gates and Jim Allchin, and though Microsoft isn't describing it as such, I think we can expect to find out the final names of both Whistler and Office 10 by this date. Given the name of the location at which the rollout is being held, it's safe to bet that the "XP (eXPerienced)" label mentioned previously in WinInfo will be applied to both Whistler and Office 10. Windows XP and Office XP: Are you experienced? It's unclear whether year tags will be applied to these names, though Bill Gates himself reportedly nixed the "2002" tag for Office.

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Chipzilla gears up for 2GHz-plus PCs
intense -- Wednesday, January 31, 2001

 




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Intel will have pushed the desktop PC beyond 2GHz at the high end, and
driven the Pentium 4 processor down into the lowest reaches of the
mainstream PC market by the end of the year, The Register has learned. Full Story

Intel reveals Transmeta 'killer'
intense -- Tuesday, January 30, 2001

 




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Intel will unveil Transmeta-targeting mobile Pentium III and Celeron parts
today. The new chips' clock speeds are lower than Intel's existing mobile
processors, but are expected to offer significant power savings. Full Story

Here's what's in IE6 build 2403
intense -- Tuesday, January 30, 2001

 




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Although this build was reported to been leaked on the web since yesterday, it has been leaked, this build anyway, for the pass month on many irc channels. This build does not feature a button such as history or favorites called the personal bar but does have a bar on the left side of the internet explorer.



Early test version of Microsoft's upcoming Internet Explorer 6 browser
have been posted onto the Internet.

The 'beta' version of the browser was posted onto software developer
and enthusiast sites The-Ctrl-Alt-Del.com and FileClicks, before
Microsoft stepped in and got the content pulled. Full Story

Product Keys Needed for Whistler Betas
intense -- Monday, January 29, 2001

 




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It is obvious to security is starting to pick up. "Beginning with Whistler build 2419 a product key will be required to complete installation. At your earliest convenience you may wish to get a key assigned to you. The product key issued to you will work for setting up Personal, Professional and Server family products. These keys are unique and assigned per beta ID and should not be shared with other beta sites or people outside the beta program."

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Microsoft hires Akamai to guard against hackers.
intense -- Monday, January 29, 2001

 




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Software giant Microsoft Corp., which had some of its Web sites hacked into last week, has hired Akamai Technologies Inc. to guard against hackers, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition Monday.

Akamai will operate four backup directories for Microsoft's major sites to prevent site outages, the paper said.

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Napster to begin charging users this summer.
intense -- Monday, January 29, 2001

 




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We have an idea of the price range but it is too early to publicize it," Bertelsmann chief executive Thomas Middelhoff told journalists on the fringes of the World Economic Forum held in this Swiss resort town.

The California-based Web site has allowed some 44 million users to easily pass along digital music files, most of which have been copied from CDs. Music companies however have sued the site for copyright infringement.

Middelhoff expressed confidence a membership fee would not deter users of Napster's controversial site.
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MSN Messenger version 3.6 Released
george1213 -- Monday, January 29, 2001

 




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Version 3.6 is a minor service release including:
- Connectivity improvement behind a firewall
- Other miscellaneous bug fixes

 

 

 

 

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