• Microsoft Unveils New Windows Technology to Enable SDMI-Capable Products for Secure Digital Music
  Time: 16:00 EST/21:00 GMT News Source: Press Release Posted By: Byron Hinson

  Microsoft Corp. today announced the release of the Microsoft® Windows Media™ Device Manager (WMDM), a new Windows® technology to manage and transfer secure digital media for hardware manufacturers and independent software vendors (ISVs). The Windows Media Device Manager gives manufacturers and developers a standard way to transfer secure digital media on portable music devices, PC applications such as digital music jukebox applications, and storage media such as flash memory cards. This new Windows technology also creates a standard way for a wide range products to become Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI)-capable, with integrated digital rights management.

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• Baan Early to Market With Microsoft Windows 2000 Ready Enterprise Solution
  Time: 15:59 EST/20:59 GMT News Source: Press Release Posted By: Byron Hinson

  At BaanWorld 99 today, Microsoft Corp. announced that BaanERP 5.0c is one of the first enterprise-class applications to be directory-enabled on the Microsoft® Windows® 2000 operating system. This new version of BaanERP fully utilizes the capabilities of Windows 2000. It provides customers of Baan Co. N.V. with a strong foundation on which to Internet-enable traditional businesses and enable transaction processing for e-commerce. Microsoft and Baan have also reaffirmed their continued collaboration in the development of e-enabled enterprise solutions.

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• Microsoft Announces New Windows Media Developer Resources For Next Generation of Digital Audio and Video Applications
  Time: 15:58 EST/20:58 GMT News Source: Press Release Posted By: Byron Hinson

  Microsoft Corp. today announced immediate availability of a new unified Windows Media™ Software Development Kit (SDK), the most comprehensive set of tools for developing digital media applications. Now a wide range of developers can use a single set of tools for Windows Media development. The Windows Media SDK enables independent software vendors (ISVs), hardware manufacturers and Web professionals to integrate market-leading audio, video and digital rights management technology into their solutions.

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• Competition: Win Fifa 2000: MLS
  Time: 15:04 EST/20:04 GMT News Source: ActiveWindows Posted By: Byron Hinson

  Are you interested in Football/Soccer - then Fifa 2000 is the game for you. If you would like the chance to winning a copy of the US version of Fifa 2000 then all you need to do is answer this simple question and mail your answer in to us.

  Q: Who are the current champions of the English Premier League?

  Hint - I hate them and their name is mentioned on one of the screenshots in the Fifa 2000 review we posted. The competition ends this Sunday the 14th November, so get those answers in quick.

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• Microsoft poised to build Bluetooth support into Windows
  Time: 11:15 EST/16:15 GMT News Source: The Register Posted By: Byron Hinson

  Notorious Bluetooth hold out Microsoft seems to be poised to join the group, if the company's own job ads are to be believed. Microsoft is not, currently, either one of the five Bluetooth founder members or a member of the prodigiously large Bluetooth SIG, but Microsoft is, currently, recruiting staff in order to incorporate Bluetooth into its products.

  The company is currently looking for a group programme manager, a programme manager and a software design engineer to work on Bluetooth-related projects, and the latter vacancy notice reveals most about what the company is up to. "The USB Software design Engineer, Microsoft Windows OS Base team owns core bluetooth (wireless) bus technology, architecture, and support for all Windows platforms." Responsibilities include "working with Intel and other IHVs/OEMs to provide smooth integration of bluetooth devices into our core product."

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• BT's U-turn could drive competitors off the road
  Time: 11:14 EST/16:14 GMT News Source: The Register Posted By: Byron Hinson

  BT's seemingly groundbreaking decision to "slash the cost of dial-up Internet access" is not all it seems. Aimed at ISPs rather than end users, it will only be available for service providers who manage at least 140,000 Net users.

  Take into account all the complex maths tied up in the offer, users could expect to pay at least £16 for around 30 hours call time a month. Add on VAT and the ISP's cut, and the figure could be nearer £20 a month, if not higher.

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• Microsoft and Customers Are Getting Y2K Ready
  Time: 09:31 EST/14:31 GMT News Source: Press Release Posted By: Byron Hinson

  Y2K is only 52 days away, and computer users everywhere want to make sure that their computer software functions smoothly into the next millennium. To help address these concerns, Microsoft has devoted time and effort to provide customers with the information and resources they need to prepare for the Year 2000. In addition, Microsoft has been evaluating its own internal Y2K readiness.

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• Microsoft Lesson Connection Launched At Technology + Learning Conference
  Time: 09:30 EST/14:30 GMT News Source: Press Release Posted By: Byron Hinson

  At the National School Board Association's Technology + Learning Conference, Microsoft Corp. today announced the launch of Microsoft® Lesson Connection, a new set of free tools designed to help teachers nationwide search for lesson plans matching their local and state curriculum standards (connect-time charges may apply). Microsoft Lesson Connection, created in collaboration with Tudor Publishing Company and Classroom Connect, provides teachers with powerful search tools to easily search through tens of thousands of online lesson plans to find lessons that satisfy their local or state curriculum standards.

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• Prosecution demands could force MS to open up source code
  Time: 08:52 EST/13:52 GMT News Source: The Register Posted By: Byron Hinson

  The Department of Justice and US states officials will insist on Microsoft's monopoly of the operating system market being broken, according to a story in today's New York Times. No precise mechanism for doing so has yet been identified, but according to state officials quoted in the Times piece several measures are being considered.

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• Bt Announces It Will "Dramatically Reduce" Internet Call Charges In The UK
  Time: 07:32 EST/12:32 GMT News Source: ActiveWindows Posted By: Byron Hinson

  Bt has announced that it will "Dramatically Reduce" internet call charges in the United Kingdom which could include unmetered access for around £10 a month.

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• Microsoft Delivers Office 2000 as an Internet-Hosted Service With Microsoft Office Online
  Time: 03:11 EST/08:11 GMT News Source: Press Release Posted By: Alex Harris

  Microsoft Corp. today announced Microsoft® Office Online, a new offering of its flagship Office product that will enable the delivery of Office 2000 over the Internet. Office Online will provide a choice for Office customers who prefer the benefits of centrally managed software and will be offered to small-business customers through Microsoft's bCentral Web services portal. As part of an Office Online pilot program, leading partners also announced Office Online service offerings today, including British Telecommunications PLC; CenterBeam Inc.; Concentric Network; Digex Inc.; Equant; FutureLink Corp.; Interland Inc.; Interliant Inc.; Micron Electronics; MTT Mpowered, a division of Aliant; Qwest Communications International Inc.; TeleComputing Inc.; USinternetworking Inc.; Verio Inc.; and Winstar Communications Inc. Several of these offerings are available today and others will be introduced over the upcoming months.

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• Microsoft Launches Redesigned MSN.com Portal And New Communications Services -A Major Step Toward Delivering Promise of Everyday Web
  Time: 03:06 EST/08:06 GMT News Source: Press Release Posted By: Alex Harris

  Microsoft Corp. today announced the newly redesigned MSN.com™ portal, which embraces personal communications via a Message Center that integrates new services including a major update to MSN™ Web Communities. The new MSN.com portal debuts an innovative and easy-to-use interface, providing people with one central view of their online personal communications. To complement the new MSN Web Communities, which provides users with more customization than any other communities offering today, the new Message Center also supports updated versions of MSN Chat and MSN Messenger Service with new functionality, including tighter integration with the Hotmail™ Web-based e-mail service.

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• Apple boosts QuickTime efforts, signs more partners
  Time: 03:00 EST/08:00 GMT News Source: CNet News Posted By: Alex Harris

  Apple Computer outlined steps to revive its multimedia efforts, including a renewed partnership with CNN.com, as it moves to turn its popular QuickTime software into a money-making enterprise.

  At Apple's first-ever QuickTime Live conference for content developers, the company demonstrated new technologies such as automated ad insertion that will boost the software's e-commerce capabilities. The emphasis reflects Apple's desire to promote QuickTime from its status as a marketing expense to a new revenue generator.

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• New, fast-spreading email virus found
  Time: 02:58 EST/07:58 GMT News Source: CNet News Posted By: Alex Harris

  A virulent new kind of computer virus triggered simply by opening an infected email message has been identified, antivirus researchers said today.

  The virus, dubbed "Bubbleboy," apparently hasn't yet made it onto the open Internet, which means researchers haven't heard of any computers being infected. But a version of the program was mailed anonymously to researchers last night, indicating a high potential for future infections.

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• Data Return says Windows 2000-based servers up to 40 percent faster than Windows NT
  Time: 02:55 EST/07:55 GMT News Source: Microsoft Daily News Posted By: Alex Harris

  A company's success can depend on the performance and availability of its Web sites and other online resources.

  That's why companies around the world turn to Data Return Corp. for Internet, intranet and extranet hosting. And according to the Dallas-based company, it can offer even better reliability, scalability and performance using Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server. Windows 2000-based servers have consistently outperformed Windows NT® 4.0-based servers at Data Return, running up to 40 percent faster with increased uptime and scalability and improved remote management.

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• IBM Mounts Campaign To Support Win 2000
  Time: 16:36 EST/21:36 GMT News Source: TechWeb Posted By: Matt Sabean

  IBM is mounting a substantial campaign to promote and support Windows 2000, and its epicenter is the little-known IBM Center for Microsoft Technologies here, 5 miles down the road from Microsoft's corporate campus.

  IBM and Microsoft engineers cooperate in a unique collaboration between the two computing industry powerhouses. A T3 line from the Redmond, Wash., headquarters of Microsoft connects the two sites, letting IBM engineers test daily builds of Win 2000, the Platinum version of Exchange and SQL Server, and other software. In the process, Armonk, N.Y.-based IBM works to optimize Microsoft's latest releases with IBM systems and resolve compatibility issues.

  "We are here forming that strong relationship on a technical basis with Microsoft," said Sandra Carter, IBM director of Netfinity Partners on Development.

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• Hotmail uses controversial filter to fight spam
  Time: 16:36 EST/21:36 GMT News Source: News.com Posted By: Matt Sabean

  A controversial antispam tool has acquired legitimacy with the addition of a new subscriber: the 800-pound gorilla of Web-based email, Hotmail.

  Microsoft's free Hotmail service last week started filtering all email coming from servers listed on the Mail Abuse Prevention System's (MAPS) Realtime Blackhole List (RBL). The list is composed of email servers known to be used by senders of unsolicited commercial email, known as spammers.

  Hotmail is using the list to reduce the amount of junk email its users receive. But the list is harsh medicine. The filter, which does not distinguish between spam and other messages, will block legitimate email that happens to be routed through the blacklisted servers.

  "It's something we've been looking at for a while," said Randy Delucchi, Hotmail's director of operations services. "We implemented it last week in order to protect our users."

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• New Matrox NT Drivers Posted
  Time: 16:13 EST/21:13 GMT News Source: E-Mail Posted By: Byron Hinson

  Matrox has just posted new Windows NT drivers on their website at: http://www.matrox.com/mga/drivers/latest_drivers/home.htm

  These drivers (version 4.31.008) are compatible with the following products:

  - Millennium G400
  - Millennium G200
  - Mystique G200
  - MGA G200
  - Productiva G100
  - Productiva G100 MMS (but no vid tools for the MMS with TV Tuner)

  For more information on this driver, please refer to the release notes (http://www.matrox.com/mga/drivers/files/notes/nt4431_notes.txt)

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• Microsoft to rent Office space
  Time: 16:09 EST/21:09 GMT News Source: ZDNet Posted By: Byron Hinson

  Microsoft Corp. Tuesday said it will move ahead with long discussed plans to offer its Office productivity software online by the end of the year.

  The program allows customers to rent the software applications, rather than buy them. MS Office Online will be available for small business customers through Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) Central Web services portal.

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• Rainbow 6 : Rogue Spear - Review
  Time: 15:07 EST/20:07 GMT News Source: ActiveWindows Posted By: Alex Harris

  I have posted my review of Red Storm's Rainbow 6 : Rogue Spear. Here is a snippet from the review:

  In the game you can play the head of one of the up to 8 that you can send in to deal with these different factions that appear in the game. This game is similar to Hidden and Dangerous, but has some significant differences in it to the aforementioned game. Those being that you can take up to 8 people into "battle" rather than the up to 4 that can be used in each mission in H&D. In Rainbow 6 you also use the planning stage a lot more extensively than you did in Hidden and Dangerous. In Rainbow 6 you have the option to use the HQ plan, or design one yourself.

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• Fifa 2000 - Review
  Time: 07:41 EST/12:41 GMT News Source: ActiveWindows Posted By: Byron Hinson

  I have posted my review of EA Sports latest Football (Soccer) title, Fifa 2000. Here is a snippet from the review:

  There is now a season feature where you can compete in both a league and cup competition, but this is again quite limited, it would be nice to see full league seasons such as the Premier League's four divisions with relegations and proper cup competitions, this would greatly improve the season feature. There are slightly (and I mean slightly) improved management features. You are now able to transfer players during your season, nothing along the lines of the superb and unbeatable Championship Manager 3 but you are able to spend money on new signings, but unfortunate you could play as a team like Watford and still bring in top class players if you have the money (They wouldn't touch Watford in real life) as the teams you buy the players from cannot object to your offers.

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• Pondering Microsoft's breakup valuation
  Time: 05:40 EST/10:40 GMT News Source: Red Herring Posted By: Alex Harris

  Pondering Microsoft's breakup valuation By R. Scott Raynovich Redherring.com November 8, 1999

  Microsoft  is America's most highly valued company. But would it be as valuable, or as powerful, split into its constituent elements? After Friday's release of a strongly worded finding of fact by federal judge Thomas Penfield Jackson that rejected many of Microsoft's defenses in the government's antitrust suit, some analysts are exploring the potential valuation of Microsoft as a collection of companies.

  Pondering Microsoft's breakup valuation Webvan stock stalls after quick start Cobalt burns hotter than Red Hat.

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• Microsoft and others put $500 million in Teligent
  Time: 05:38 EST/10:38 GMT News Source: Red Herring Posted By: Alex Harris

  Teligent's (Nasdaq: TGNT) pitch to small businesses is that it provides high bandwidth at a lower cost than its wire-line competitors. But in order to do that, it must first build out broadband wireless networks across the world -- a costly undertaking.

  Though up to its knickers in red ink, Teligent won't have to worry about where the money will come from to keep its build-out going. It raised $500 million in new capital from an investment group led by Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst.

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• New MCSEs Lose TechNet
  Time: 05:25 EST/10:25 GMT News Source: Windows NT Magazine Posted By: Alex Harris

  Windows NT Magazine has posted an article about how Microsoft has decided to terminate free access to the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) site for Microsoft Certified Professionals (MCPs). Here is a snippet of the article:

  Well folks, until last week, I had no idea of my clairvoyant abilities. On October 22, Microsoft posted a notice on its MCP Web site declaring that it would no longer provide the free 1-year subscription to TechNet for newly knighted MCSEs. Instead, Microsoft is giving new MCSEs the chance to purchase a 1-year subscription of TechNet and get a 50 percent "rebate or discount off the estimated retail price of a 1-year subscription during their first year of certification."

  I love the way Microsoft makes these announcements. First, it titles the announcement "New MCP Benefits." Then, it spends the first couple paragraphs of the announcement describing, in poetic prose, how the company is "committed to ensuring that membership in the MCP program is a valuable and enduring experience." Recognizing that people rarely read beyond the first few paragraphs of press announcements, Microsoft usually buries the bad news somewhere beyond the first page of the announcement (in this case, in the 10th paragraph).

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• Using Windows 2000's Multiple Monitor Functionality
  Time: 05:25 EST/10:25 GMT News Source: Windows NT Magazine Posted By: Alex Harris

  Windows NT Magazine has posted an article about a new Windows 2000 feature, Multiple Monitor Functionality. Here is a snippet of the article:

  Windows 2000 (Win2K) has a cool new feature that lets you attach multiple monitors to one Win2K system. The idea is to give you more desktop space than you get with just one monitor. Stretching the desktop to multiple displays can make you more productive, although some people might want to add additional monitors just to impress coworkers. In this week’s column, I'll describe how to install additional monitors and discuss some of the advantages and the limitations of multiple-monitor functionality.

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• Gore's latest Internet problem
  Time: 05:21 EST/10:21 GMT News Source: CNN Posted By: Alex Harris

  Al Gore has an Internet problem. No, it's not that silly remark about him having invented it. Gore's real problem is that Net surfers apparently think his site is too dull to visit.

  A recent study by Direct Hit, the Massachusetts-based company that operates a "popularity" search engine, revealed that for five days in late October, almost no one searching the Web for information about Gore actually made their way to Gore's official Web site. By a large margin, Web surfers preferred going to a Gore parody site or an anti-Gore site to the real thing.

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• Microsoft Browser Holds 64 Percent Share
  Time: 05:19 EST/10:19 GMT News Source: Techweb Posted By: Alex Harris

  Microsoft's Internet Explorer was the primary browser choice for 64 percent of respondents to an October survey of corporate IT professionals released Monday by Zona Research, Redwood City, Calif. Thirty-six percent of the respondents used Netscape Navigator. According to the survey, 70 percent of businesses that have corporate browser policies require the Microsoft browser.

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• Cookies Can Be Unhealthy For Net Users
  Time: 05:17 EST/10:17 GMT News Source: Techweb Posted By: Alex Harris

  Federal regulators warned the online advertising industry Monday to respect consumers' privacy or the government would set rules.

  The Commerce Department and Federal Trade Commission met with Internet advertisers in Washington, D.C., in a public workshop examining online profiling.

  Although e-commerce is expanding, it still is a small part of the economy. It won't fulfill its potential until consumers trust that their personal information is protected online, said FTC Commissioner Robert Pitofsky.

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• Microsoft Seen Losing Power In Web-Based World
  Time: 05:16 EST/10:16 GMT News Source: Yahoo News Posted By: Alex Harris

  Regardless of how the landmark antitrust case against Microsoft Corp (Nasdaq:MSFT - news). turns out, the company's influence is waning in an Internet-driven world moving rapidly to devices other than personal computers, analysts say.

  Even before the U.S. Justice Department and 19 states filed suit against the world's largest software maker in May 1998, Microsoft executives were scrambling to stem defections of software developers shifting to Windows-independent platforms.

  ``I think they face the biggest threat they've had in years,'' said Scott McAdams, president of Seattle-based brokerage McAdams Wright Ragen. ``There is a fundamental change going on in information appliance architecture.''

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• Judge Rejected Gates' Explanations
  Time: 05:14 EST/10:14 GMT News Source: Yahoo News Posted By: Alex Harris

  Despite the judge's blunt language in a blistering ruling against the Microsoft Corp (Nasdaq:MSFT - news)., the worst part for the company may be what was merely suggested between the lines. U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson didn't outright question the honesty of Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, but he rejected almost every explanation of events offered under oath by the world's most famous billionaire and his most senior executives.

  That apparent lack of faith in Microsoft's trustworthiness could hurt chances for a less severe punishment - or even for a settlement offer - that would hinge on its promises of good behavior toward rivals in the technology industry. Once the judge determines which antitrust laws Microsoft broke, he could order punishments as severe as breaking up the company unless a settlement is reached, which many lawyers and analysts consider unlikely.

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• Hewlett-Packard reduces time-to-market, cuts costs with Microsoft Windows Media
  Time: 05:11 EST/10:11 GMT News Source: Microsoft Daily News Posted By: Alex Harris

  Streaming media can make marketing communications more successful—and less expensive.

  That's what Hewlett-Packard Co. has learned since adopting Microsoft® Windows Media™ Technologies. According to a study by market research firm Aberdeen Group, the use of streaming media has allowed HP to reduce time to market, reach more customers and produce more compelling marketing materials. And HP's first-year savings resulting from streaming media are estimated at $1.2 million—for a return on investment of 1,800 percent on the $60,000 the company spent to adopt the technology.

  Hewlett-Packard is one of a growing number of enterprises adopting streaming media for corporate communications.

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• Paul Allen Bandwidth Believer
  Time: 05:09 EST/10:09 GMT News Source: Forbes Posted By: Alex Harris

  What on Earth has gotten into Paul Allen? For most of the 1990s the man who confounded Microsoft seemed content to sit back, reap the soaring value of his passive stake in Bill Gates and invest here and there in high tech. Yet since early 1998, Allen, second only to Gates as the world's richest man, has flung some $24.5 billion into a mad buying spree aimed at broadband plays--cable systems, wireless modems, Web portals and more. In October he paid $1.65 billion to raise his 5% stake to as much as 27% in RCN, a fiber builder that bypasses the Bells' "last mile" wiring.

  This month Paul Allen, 46, makes his boldest move yet. In two years he has cobbled together the nation's fourth-largest portfolio of cable systems, serving 6.2 million homes in the South, Midwest, southern California and elsewhere. Now he is staging one of the biggest initial public offerings on record, hoping to raise about $3.5 billion for his cable firm, Charter Communications. Allen won't talk about it--he's still in an SEC-imposed blackout period--but the offering provides the best blueprint yet for the emerging strategy of one of the world's most enigmatic empire builders.

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• IBM plans PCs with new look and feel
  Time: 05:05 EST/10:05 GMT News Source: News.com Posted By: Alex Harris

  IBM is betting customers want more style and simplicity, joining its leading rivals in revising PC design.

  Early next year, Big Blue will launch a new line of commercial PCs, code-named EON, that are easier to manage and network than current computers, according to sources close to the company.

  Some of the models will include built-in, "flat panel" screens; gone will be the "legacy" connectors common on today's PCs, such as parallel and serial ports. More interestingly, some systems may come without Microsoft's ubiquitous Windows operating system.

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• Outlook vulnerable to masquerade attack
  Time: 04:52 EST/09:52 GMT News Source: News.com Posted By: Matt Sabean

  A prominent computer "bug hunter" has found a vulnerability that allows a malicious programmer to launch an email attack which bypasses some of the precautions built into Microsoft's Outlook software.

  The vulnerability smoothes the way for a new type of email-borne virus, also called a Trojan horse, and other malicious software. Microsoft Outlook is one of the most popular email programs in use.

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• MSN Web redesign due
  Time: 04:40 EST/09:40 GMT News Source: News.com Posted By: Matt Sabean

  Microsoft today will unveil a redesign of its MSN Web portal and launch new services on the network, while debuting a revised version of its controversial instant messaging program.

  The redesign, which has been in "preview" mode, will unveil new features such as a "Message Center" that displays a user's new Hotmail messages, online buddies from MSN Messenger, and community lists.

  Microsoft will also introduce a new version of its MSN Messenger service, the company's instant messenger "client." The service made headlines when it began allowing users to communicate with AOL Instant Messenger users. AOL criticized the move as a hack into its system and blocked Messenger's access; Microsoft returned fire, claiming AOL was not working up to industry standards.

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• Study: People increasingly using IE
  Time: 17:27 EST/22:27 GMT News Source: News.com Posted By: Matt Sabean

  On the heels of the release of the findings of fact in the landmark antitrust suit against Microsoft, a study confirms one of the trends the judge pointed out: Microsoft is running away with the browser market.

  Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser is now the choice for 64 percent of corporate users, up from 59 percent in April and 40 percent a year ago, according to a study by Zona Research. That compares with 36 percent choosing Netscape's Communicator browser, down from 41 percent in April and 60 percent a year ago. America Online acquired Netscape this year.

  The IE total includes the browser that comes with the AOL proprietary online service, but relatively few enterprises use the AOL online service.

  "The battle is pretty much over," said Zona analyst Clay Ryder. "There are two players in this market, and when it started there were nine. We're also seeing that this is a Coke and Pepsi battle--that it's not terribly germane anymore. Now the battle is over content, not access technology."

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• MS ruling doesn't drag down Wall Street
  Time: 14:54 EST/19:54 GMT News Source: ZDNet Posted By: Byron Hinson

  Microsoft Corp.'s Black Friday is not turning into Black Monday as far as investors are concerned. After a steep fall at the opening bell, Microsoft shares recovered much of their loss as investors digested Friday's hard antitrust ruling against the company.

  Meanwhile, Microsoft's competitors were flying on Wall Street. In early trading, shares of Red Hat, the distributor of the Linux operating system that competes with Microsoft Windows, was up 17 points. Also up sharply were America Online Inc. and Sun Microsystems Inc.

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• Windows 2000's big headaches
  Time: 14:53 EST/19:53 GMT News Source: ZDNet Posted By: Byron Hinson

  Software is supposed to be getting easier to use. Yeah, right. All software does is make it easier for someone to make money off you, as demonstrated by Windows 2000 Professional RC2.   

  Granted, Windows 2000 is in beta, but so is every other operating system from Microsoft, including the ones in shipping form. That's why I have no problems writing about it. Here's my horrid account of getting the OS to run.

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• Friction Free Software: A Foundation for Building Tomorrow's Applications
  Time: 14:49 EST/19:49 GMT News Source: Press Release Posted By: Byron Hinson

  In an age where every day seems to bring a new paradigm shift, much has been written about the impact of technology on the enterprise. Networks, email and the Web are giving rise to increasingly competitive global markets, while at the same time transforming the way companies collect information, make decisions, and create products and services. With these changes have come incredible opportunities and unprecedented demands. To stay competitive, businesses need tools that help them lower costs, respond rapidly to changes in the marketplace and empower employees to focus on work that adds value for customers. Increasingly, successful companies are finding that the ability to take advantage of the Internet to automate transactions with suppliers, partners and customers is critical.

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• Life After Microsoft: What's Next and What It Means to You
  Time: 08:59 EST/13:59 GMT News Source: ZDNet Posted By: Byron Hinson

  It's strange to write you this morning in the aftermath of the antitrust ruling. Because the legal impact is much less than everybody imagines. And the business impact is much more.

  Just in case you've been hibernating in a bat cave this weekend, here's what I'm talking about: U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson issued a preliminary finding of fact in the Microsoft antitrust trial. He came down strongly that 1) Microsoft is indeed a monopoly and 2) the company abused that position.

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• RealPlayer v7.0 Plus/Basic Beta - Release
  Time: 08:54 EST/13:54 GMT News Source: Desktop Watch Posted By: Byron Hinson

  RealNetworks, Inc. , the recognized leader in media delivery on the Internet, today announced the immediate availability of the first beta release of RealPlayer(R) 7 Basic and RealPlayer 7 Plus for Windows and Macintosh. The new Real.com(TM) Network and Real.com Take5 were announced today in separate press releases. (The file above is the RealPlayer v7.0 Basic Beta Complete.)

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• VERITAS Software Unveils A Powerful New Centralized Administration Solution for Windows NT/2000 Data Protection
  Time: 08:40 EST/13:40 GMT News Source: Press Release Posted By: Byron Hinson

  VERITAS® Software Corporation (Nasdaq: