• Microsoft Windows Updates
  Time: 22:16 EST/02:16 GMT News Source: E-Mail Posted By: Matthew Sabean

  The Windows Update page has a couple of new updates for downloading.

  Internet Explorer File Location Update: The file location used to download Internet Explorer components and updates has changed. Installing this update will ensure that you have continued access to these downloads.

  NetMeeting 3 Service Pack 1: Service Pack 1 provides a smaller, easier to use interface, a web based directory for finding others, data security, as well as many other performance and ease-of-use benefits.

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• T-online Adopts Windows Media as Digital Media Platform
  Time: 19:23 EST/24:23 GMT News Source: Active Network Posted By: Robert Stein

  Microsoft Corp. and T-Online today announced that T-Online, the largest Internet service provider in Germany, has adopted Microsoft^® Windows Media™ Technologies as a digital media platform and will use Windows Media for streaming and downloading digital media for its new broadband services.
  

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• Windows 2000 Licensing for Terminal Services Page Added
  Time: 18:08 EST/23:08 GMT News Source: Active Network Posted By: Robert Stein

  We have added a Windows 2000 Licensing for Terminal Services Page; this page explains how the Terminal Services component of the Windows® 2000 Server operating system delivers the Windows 2000 Professional desktop and the latest Windows-based applications to a wide variety of desktops, including those that normally would not be able to run Windows.

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• Windows 2000 Server License Types Page Added
  Time: 18:08 EST/23:08 GMT News Source: Active Network Posted By: Robert Stein

  We have added a Windows 2000 Server License Types Page; this page includes all the information about licenses for the Windows 2000 server and also lists which Client Access Licneses (CALs) are available.

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• Windows 2000 Hardware Compatability List Updated
  Time: 18:08 EST/23:08 GMT News Source: Active Network Posted By: Robert Stein

  We have updated the Windows 2000 Hardware Compatability List; this comprehensive list designated by Microsoft notes which Hardware Devices are compatible with Windows 2000. Be careful - 500 KB.

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• Windows 2000 Certified Program List Updated
  Time: 18:08 EST/23:08 GMT News Source: Active Network Posted By: Robert Stein

  We have updated the Windows 2000 Certified Programs Page, these are programs tested by an independent testing agency that guarantee the programs have been developed from a set of guidelines determined by Microsoft.

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• Windows 2000 - More Tips & Tricks
  Time: 17:55 EST/22:55 GMT News Source: Active Network Posted By: Byron Hinson

  We have added four more Windows 2000 tips and tricks to the Windows 2000 tips section, we will be adding tips regularly as we have quite a large amount to post. So keep checking back daily for more updates.

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• IBM PCs Get Embedded Security Chip
  Time: 15:54 EST/20:54 GMT News Source: PC World Posted By: Alex Harris

  IBM has begun shipping some PCs, notebooks, and workstations with an embedded security chip containing public and private "keys" that can be used to encrypt e-mail and files. The systems also come preloaded with Microsoft's Windows 2000 operating system, to be launched formally on February 17, with new security features of its own that complement the chip, IBM says.

  The chip comes soldered onto the motherboard of certain PC 300 desktops and Intellistation workstations, as well as the ThinkPAD 600X notebook computer. IBM is also offering a smart card security kit that allows the computers to be outfitted with an extra level of security that requires users to insert a credit card-like passkey into a special reader before gaining entry.

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• What Will Windows 2000 Really Cost?
  Time: 15:52 EST/20:52 GMT News Source: PC World Posted By: Alex Harris

  Customers who have well-established procedures for managing their desktops should find moving to Windows 2000 less expensive and less complex than those who have not, according to a new study.

  The study, released last week by The Meta Group consulting firm in Stamford, Connecticut, concludes that well-organized companies can trim up to $450 off the average per-desktop cost of upgrading to Win 2000 Professional, the desktop version of the operating system slated to ship next month.

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• Who Will Jump to Windows 2000?
  Time: 15:50 EST/20:50 GMT News Source: PC World Posted By: Alex Harris

  Next month's release of Windows 2000 will prompt companies to make critical decisions about the future of their desktop strategies and computing architectures. As users decide whether to go through the expense and aggravation of upgrading their desktop PCs to make them suitable for Windows 2000 Professional, thin-client vendors are using the opportunity to press their argument for abandoning the "fat" client model. With the trend toward centralized computing, the idea of upgrading desktops for Windows 2000 is giving IT departments pause for thought.

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• Pentium IIIs Reach a Warm 1 GHz
  Time: 15:48 EST/20:48 GMT News Source: PC World Posted By: Alex Harris

  Intel claims that a Pentium III processor can achieve a clock speed of 1 GHz while running at room temperature, and will present a paper at a closely watched technical conference next month to describe the process, an Intel spokesperson said on Friday.

  Intel has demonstrated a 1-GHz processor in the past using special cooling equipment. Producing a chip that can operate at that speed in real-world conditions will allow Intel to sell the part commercially for use in desktop PCs, the Intel spokesperson says.

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• Online wedding gift registry walks down e-commerce aisle with Windows DNA platform
  Time: 15:42 EST/20:42 GMT News Source: Microsoft Daily News Posted By: Alex Harris

  Here comes theweddinglist.com. It's all dressed up with fine gifts from around the world. And it has a new platform—Microsoft® Windows® DNA. The wedding registry and shopping site, which makes it easy to register for—and buy—wedding gifts, recently migrated from a UNIX-based system to the Windows DNA platform, including Windows NT® Server 4.0 Enterprise Edition, SQL Server™ 7.0 Enterprise Edition and Site Server 3.0 Commerce Edition. The New York-based company made the switch because it needed a site that's faster, more reliable and easier to update and maintain.

  "We've been getting comments from lots of users about how fast the site is," said Sean Phillips, chief technology officer at Etensity, an e-commerce solution provider that built The Wedding List site. "The Microsoft architecture has made that speed possible."

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• MS sells stake in SCO, and a chapter closes
  Time: 15:40 EST/20:40 GMT News Source: The Register Posted By: Alex Harris

  Microsoft has apparently sold its entire 12.3 percent holding in SCO. The indication on SEC Form 144 is that the sale took place around 12 January, with Goldman Sachs acting for Microsoft. Strictly speaking, the filing is an indication of a proposal to sell, and not a definitive notice.

  The timing of the sale is certainly interesting. Had Microsoft decided to sell its holding on 27 December, it would have done so when the share price was at a 52-week high of $35.875. But by 12 January, the price was around $25, and sank on 12 January when Goldman Sachs started selling the shares.

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• Gates-funded vaccine plan seeks allies
  Time: 15:38 EST/20:38 GMT News Source: ZDNet Posted By: Alex Harris

  A humanitarian fund bankrolled by billionaire Bill Gates that aims to vaccinate all the world's children against common diseases appealed Monday for more donations from public and private donors. 'Businesses, government and philanthropists should work together to provide the life-saving vaccines that we take for granted around the world,' said Gates, chairman of computer software giant Microsoft.

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• Windows 2000 vs. the world
  Time: 15:36 EST/20:36 GMT News Source: ZDNet Posted By: Alex Harris

  Windows 2000 vs. Netware. I thought the petty battles were over. I thought Microsoft and Novell were mature enough not to put up those puerile comparison checklists highlighting the merits of their operating systems. I thought by now they'd realize that the people getting a kick out of those checklists aren't the business decision makers.

  But they're at it again. Microsoft has had one such article up for more than a year and a half (msdn.microsoft.com/library/backgrnd/html/msdn_ntsvsnetware5.htm). Novell is just getting into it with a scathing rebuttal at www.novell.com/advantage/w2k.html. Some things never change.

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• More detours on Microsoft’s Windows roadmap
  Time: 15:33 EST/20:33 GMT News Source: ZDNet Posted By: Alex Harris

  Microsoft seems to be rethinking its entire Windows roadmap, including its plans for future versions of its integrated Internet Explorer browser. Last week, the company confirmed that it has tabled its “Neptune” and “Odyssey” Windows updates, preferring to converge its code base around the NT kernel with a future version of Windows that is code-named “Whistler.” Last Monday, the company sent an email to beta testers awaiting its next Internet Explorer beta – formerly code-named “Haley,” and currently referred to as “Mars” – notifying them that the Mars beta is postponed.

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• Faster, cheaper memory on the horizon
  Time: 15:22 EST/20:22 GMT News Source: CNet News Posted By: Alex Harris

  A faster version of PC memory will start to appear in workstations and server computers toward the end of the year, a development that could present yet another challenge to the much-hyped Rambus memory technology.

  Although the clamor isn't universal, a number of executives and analysts are predicting that the technology with an unwieldy name--Double Data Rate Dynamic Random Access Memory, or DDR DRAM--is in line to become the de facto standard for computer memory.

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• T-Online Adopts Windows Media as Digital Media Platform
  Time: 10:03 EST/15:03 GMT News Source: Press Release Posted By: Byron Hinson

  Microsoft Corp. and T-Online today announced that T-Online, the largest Internet service provider in Germany, has adopted Microsoft^® Windows Media™ Technologies as a digital media platform and will use Windows Media for streaming and downloading digital media for its new broadband services.

  T-Online will offer content in Windows Media in the coming months, which will include music-on-demand services, audio and video news broadcasts, and the integration of hosting services using Windows Media-based servers for their content partners in Germany. In addition, T-Online will distribute Windows Media Player through its leading consumer online service CDs and will promote Windows Media Player on its T-Online portal at http://www.t-online.de/. The relationship with T-Online further extends the reach and consumer availability of the Microsoft Windows Media platform in Europe. More than 50 million users have downloaded the Windows Media Player worldwide, and it is available in 24 languages.

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• MS enforces Win2k TS licensing via Web 'Clearinghouse'
  Time: 10:02 EST/15:02 GMT News Source: The Register Posted By: Byron Hinson

  A new, largely unnoticed feature of Windows 2000 takes control of client licensing out of the hands of network administrators, and transfers it to Microsoft. The new system only applies to client licensing within Terminal Services for Windows 2000, but as Microsoft gets deeper into the application rental/services business, it provides a glimpse of the shape of Microsoft licensing to come.

  Terminal Services for Win2k includes Terminal Services License Management (TSLM), which is a mechanism for ensuring that any device initiating a Win2k Terminal Services session has a Win2k licence or a CAL (Client Access License). This is the case for non-Microsoft clients as well as for Microsoft ones. As Microsoft puts it, prior to Win2k "management and assignment of CALs was left up to the system administrator, which led to the difficult problem of tracking purchased CALs against deployed devices."

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• Gates rules out outright MS purchase of content companies
  Time: 10:02 EST/15:02 GMT News Source: The Register Posted By: Byron Hinson

  Microsoft will not own "50 percent or 100 percent in businesses that are primarily driven by content activities", Bill Gates said in Davos, where he is attending the World Economic Forum. But co-operation agreements were possible, he said.

  Bernard Vergnes, chairman of Microsoft Europe expanded a little, and suggested that the strategy to be a pure software company was linked to Gates' assumption of the title "chief software architect". While it is true that the AOL-Time Warner merger was announced before Gates' job change, there is little evidence to suggest that the events were really linked. Microsoft is evidently breathing a little more easily - Vergnes called AOL an important Microsoft customer - now that AOL appears to be heading towards content rather than platform competition.

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• Bill Gates shot my Shark, says Ellison (again)
  Time: 10:01 EST/15:01 GMT News Source: The Register Posted By: Byron Hinson

  Oracle boss Larry Ellison has repeated claims that Bill Gates personally intervened to stop Digital's development of an NC, codenamed Shark. Answering a question at Upside's Showcase in Palm Springs, Ellison said that the Network Computer concept hadn't taken off because Bill Gates called Bob Palmer, then Digital CEO, and told him not to make them.

  Ellison has apparently been telling people this is the first time he's said this in public, but maybe this means that his view of "public" is different from most people's. In September 1998 he and a number of former Digital employees spoke to the New York Times (privately and separately, presumably) about the cancellation of Shark.

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• ActiveDVD: The Last Broadcast: Special Edition - Review
  Time: 07:37 EST/12:37 GMT News Source: ActiveDVD Posted By: Byron Hinson

  I have posted my review of the recently released creeper The Last Broadcast. Here is a snippet from the review:

  There has been some recent controversy surrounding The Last Broadcast. Why you may ask, well there was some animosity between The Last Broadcast and "The Blair Witch Project" camps. They are similar to each other in the way that they were filmed, both are done in a documentary style but the one that actually came first was The Last Broadcast, not perhaps surprisingly The Blair Witch Project. But as the final credits say "The story and characters depicted in this movie are entirely fictitious. But please don't tell anyone."

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• Microsoft Europe chief sees future in services
  Time: 02:09 EST/07:09 GMT News Source: ZDNet Posted By: Alex Harris

  Software giant Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) sees its future as making the Internet easier to use, differentiating itself from rival America Online (NYSE: AOL), which has placed its bets on developing online content, Microsoft's European chairman said on Sunday. "We see ourselves today and tomorrow as a software company, and we don't see ourselves any time in the short-(term) future considering buying a content company," Bernard Vergnes told Reuters at a forum of economic and political leaders in the Swiss mountain village of Davos over the weekend.

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• Linux: Belle of info appliances?
  Time: 02:09 EST/07:09 GMT News Source: ZDNet Posted By: Alex Harris

  Linux, the freely distributed operating system whose Cinderella story has riveted the market for Web servers, is ready to wear its glass slippers once again.

  The fairytale ball this time is the very posh information appliance market.

  Alluring, with its lack of license fees, open-source code and hordes of Web-savvy developers, Linux has been making serious inroads into a market that giant Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) hoped to make it own with Windows CE.

  Microsoft's problem: With info apps, no one cares about the OS's brand name. "The embedded OS market is a place where users have no idea what operating system they are running," said Chris Le Tocq, research director for industry watcher GartnerGroup Inc., who added that, because brand makes little difference, other factors -- such as price and developer support -- become most important.

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• "Serious" glitch hampers National Security Agency
  Time: 02:06 EST/07:06 GMT News Source: CNet News Posted By: Alex Harris

  The super-secret U.S. National Security Agency said its computer systems suffered a "serious" problem affecting their ability to process intelligence data for three days last week.

  The NSA, which eavesdrops on overseas conversations to monitor possible security threats to the United States, said the problem had been resolved and it was confident "that no significant intelligence information has been lost."

  But the agency noted that it took NSA technicians thousands of man-hours and some $1.5 million to get the computers up and running again at the agency's headquarters at Fort Meade, Md.

  As a result of the unprecedented blackout of information, analytical reports from Fort Meade that turn intercepted foreign telephone, cable and radio messages into meaningful data for the rest of government, were halted.

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• Clinton calls for nanotechnology investment
  Time: 07:34 EST/12:34 GMT News Source: Computer World Posted By: Alex Harris

  In his State of the Union speech last night, President Clinton called for funding a new technology that remains still somewhat in the realm of science fiction but could bring radical changes to the high-tech industry.

  Clinton never referred to "nanotechnology" by name, but he gushed about its capabilities, marveling at a technology that will someday produce "molecular computers the size of a tear drop with the power of today's fastest supercomputers."

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• 3Com donates $1 million to U.S. cities
  Time: 07:28 EST/12:28 GMT News Source: IDG.net Posted By: Alex Harris

  3Com Friday announced awards totaling $1 million in networking equipment and consulting services to 10 U.S. cities in a program aimed at bridging the digital divide. The money will be used to support computer and networking programs mostly in schools and libraries in 10 cities, 3Com said Friday in a news release issued at the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting in Washington.

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• Play within a play
  Time: 07:28 EST/12:28 GMT News Source: Linux World Posted By: Alex Harris

  On January 10, the curtain suddenly and unexpectedly came down on a legal drama that was at the heart of one of the longest running feuds in all of techdom: Microsoft and Caldera announced a settlement just weeks before the lawsuit brought by the latter against the former would have finally gone before a jury.

  I spoke with Lyle Ball of Lineo and Caldera founder Bryan Sparks that very evening to learn what I could of this momentous, controversial, and perhaps historic settlement. Though both were forthright and open (at least as open as they could be), much of the story is hidden behind a cloak of silence dictated by the terms of the agreement.

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• Sony, Microsoft to invest in Japan Net bookstore
  Time: 07:14 EST/12:14 GMT News Source: Yahoo! Posted By: Alex Harris

  Japanese book store operator Bunkyodo Co Ltd said on Friday that investors including units of Sony Corp and Microsoft (NasdaqNM:MSFT - news) will invest in its online book store unit JBOOK.

  The announcement of the new investment, which will boost the capital value of JBOOK to 180 million yen ($1.72 million) from 105 million, sent Bunkyodo shares up 300 yen or 19.87 percent to 1,810 yen. Under the agreement, JBOOK will issue 1,500 new shares, out of which 200 shares each will go to Sony Music Communications, Microsoft's Japanese unit Microsoft Co, and Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co Ltd .

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• Yahoo! close to racecar sponsorship
  Time: 07:12 EST/12:12 GMT News Source: CBS Marketwatch Posted By: Alex Harris

  The Formula One racing team Prost is close to sealing a sponsorship deal with Yahoo! Inc., ditching well-known French cigarette maker Gauloises as its main sponsor in favor of the U.S. Net portal, the London Sunday Telegraph reported.

  Motor racing "insiders" told the paper that Yahoo! (YHOO: news, msgs) has agreed to pay more than $25 million for a three-year deal. The Formula One racing world, which has relied on tobacco sponsorships for years, has been forced to look outside that industry in the wake of tough regulations on tobacco ads in sports from the European Commission, the paper said.

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• Tight chip supplies ahead for PC makers
  Time: 07:10 EST/12:10 GMT News Source: Yahoo! Posted By: Alex Harris

  Microchip supply chain problems in Asia caused by a major Taiwan earthquake may have temporarily hit profits for major U.S. PC makers, but analysts and executives in Asia warned that a capacity shortage was looming.

  Dell Computer Corp (NasdaqNM:DELL - news) warned of on Thursday that earnings would fall short of expectations due to tight component supplies and a Y2K-related sales drought. Gateway Inc (NYSE:GTW - news), which made a similar warning earlier in January, posted a profit slide on January 20.

  While both Dell and Gateway cited patchy supplies of Intel (NasdaqNM:INTC - news) microprocessors as chief among their shortage woes, computer industry executives in Asia said a powerful September 21 earthquake in Taiwan, a major components centre, also distorted the two PC makers' supply chain.

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• STD/InterAct Announce a PC Game Controller Design and Production Agreement with Microsoft
  Time: 21:59 EST/01:59 GMT News Source: Press Release Posted By: Matthew Sabean

  Some news which we just got off the wire. Fingers crossed it's the Hawk Headset Microsoft are working on:

  STD Manufacturing, Ltd./InterAct Accessories, a Recoton Corporation as well as the world's leading designer, producer, and marketer of video game accessories, today announced a new PC game controller design and production relationship with Microsoft Corporation of Redmond, Washington. This is STD/InterAct's first project with Microsoft and it involves work on an exciting new PC game controller product scheduled for release in the fall of 2000.

  Bill Venne, Microsoft Program Manager, Game Devices, commented, "Our development group is pleased to be working with STD Manufacturing and InterAct Accessories. Their US, Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China teams are proving to be quite capable in supporting our needs throughout the entire production process. We are moving ahead rapidly with all phases of this product's development and we eagerly anticipate a successful and on-time launch of this exciting new Microsoft game controller."

  Stephen Chu, president of STD, said, "We're deeply honored to form an alliance with Microsoft and join in the development of a new game controller that will truly transform the PC gaming experience. Both companies bring an incredible range of know-how to the product development process and by working together we will certainly achieve historic levels of success."

  Todd Hays, president of InterAct, said, "The new relationship with Microsoft brings an exciting new dimension to our business. The range of opportunities this alliance unleashes is almost limitless. What a great way to begin the new millennium."

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• IntelliPoint 3.1 - Released
  Time: 21:55 EST/01:55 GMT News Source: E-Mail Posted By: Byron Hinson

  Released over 2 weeks earlier than we were told, but anyway here goes:

  Installing Microsoft® IntelliPoint software provides your Microsoft mouse with full functionality and gives you with the power to customize your mouse settings and work more efficiently. The IntelliPoint 3.1 software update includes Microsoft Windows® 2000 support.

  http://www.microsoft.com/products/hardware/mouse/driver/drivers_pc.htm

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• What's wrong with Microsoft security?
  Time: 18:30 EST/23:30 GMT News Source: ZDNet Posted By: Matthew Sabean

  The term "Microsoft's latest security glitch" has become a cliche. But it didn't have to.

  From Melissa to BubbleBoy to the ODBC driver bug to the Hotmail fiasco, security problems with Microsoft products and technologies have come to be accepted as a given. But why? Microsoft has plenty of programmers, resources, and expertise. The company certainly has more money than you can shake a stick at.

  So why does Microsoft keep dropping the ball?

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• Alpha version of Mozilla makes debut
  Time: 17:59 EST/22:59 GMT News Source: News.com Posted By: Matthew Sabean

  Mozilla.org has released the long-awaited "alpha" version of its open source Web browser, dubbed M13, in a signal that the troubled project may finally be putting some of its problems behind it.

  With the alpha, which is posted on Mozilla's Web site, the organization is expressing its confidence that the software is stable enough to be the primary browser and mail client for members of the development team, although it still will go through several versions before a final release. In general, an alpha version is not considered stable enough for the public, but Mozilla watchers may want to give it a test spin.

  The release is a major milestone for Mozilla, which was founded by Netscape Communications to handle the open source development of the Communicator browser. During its short history, the group has struggled to meet deadlines and has suffered several key employee defections.

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• Judge bars Disney from using Go.com logo
  Time: 17:55 EST/22:55 GMT News Source: News.com Posted By: Matthew Sabean

  A federal appeals court has ordered the Walt Disney Co. to immediately remove its Go.com logo from TV ads and Web sites until a trademark infringement trial brought by Internet search service GoTo.com is resolved.

  Yesterday's order from the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco reinstates an earlier temporary injunction that Disney had sought to overturn.

  A trial date has not yet been set, but preliminary hearings in the case are scheduled for March, GoTo representatives said today.

  "We feel vindicated," said GoTo attorney Pierce O'Donnell in Los Angeles. "It's a victory for us and particularly for our consumers, who are entitled not to be confused about which service they're using."

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• Microsoft patches Windows 2000 security hole
  Time: 17:44 EST/22:44 GMT News Source: News.com Posted By: Matthew Sabean

  Microsoft achieved a dubious milestone this week, releasing the first security patch for its Windows 2000 operating system, despite the fact that the OS is still a few weeks away from its official release.

  The software giant this week released the security patch for two problems affecting the Microsoft Index Server, a file search engine included with Windows 2000, as well as Windows NT and Internet Information Server. Windows 2000 is the company's new corporate operating system, designed to run computers for large companies, Web sites and e-commerce services.

  Although the function affected by the glitch is not specific to Windows 2000, the vulnerability is somewhat embarrassing for Microsoft, given its recent struggles with security issues, its promotion of Windows 2000 as the most secure and reliable operating system to date, and the fact that the product has not yet even been officially released.

  Taken together, the security problems would allow a malicious user to learn where administrative files are stored on a Web server, then view and read the files, a Microsoft representative said. The bugs do not allow anyone to actually modify or gain access to the files themselves.

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• ActiveWin Review: Microsoft PhotoDraw 2000 Version 2
  Time: 14:56 EST/19:56 GMT News Source: Active Network Posted By: Byron Hinson

  Julian has posted his review of Microsoft PhotoDraw 2000 Version 2. Here is a snippet:

  This new version of the professional Microsoft brand of graphics software, which fits on 3 CDs, comes with an 'Office 2000' like setup build around the Microsoft Windows Installer Technology. It'll help you to install, repair & manage PhotoDraw easily like all the other Microsoft Office 2000 software. The setup is almost fast except on some 'slow' computers (on my PII 300 laptop the setup takes 45 minutes to complete). Once the install is finished, you can launch the software without rebooting the computer (even if it’s recommended to reboot). The user interface of PhotoDraw hasn't changed a lot... You'll notice two new toolbar buttons (Web effects & Save) and a more customizable & office 2000 looks like interface. So old PhotoDraw users won't be disrupt... This new release of PhotoDraw adds a new PhotoDraw 2000 2.0 file format known as MIX 2 that is somewhat compliant with the first one (MIX 1).

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• Windows 2000 Gamers Review
  Time: 14:42 EST/19:42 GMT News Source: E-Mail Posted By: Byron Hinson

  R-POV has posted a review of the Windows 2000 operating system from the point of view of the gamer. Check it out