Microsoft today announced that flight enthusiasts attending the Experimental Aircraft Associations's (EAA) AirVenture Oshkosh 2000 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, will have the opportunity to test fly Combat Flight Simulator 2: WWII Pacific Theater three months before its scheduled release. Combat Flight Simulator 2 is available for demonstration now through August 2, 2000. EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is the world's premier recreation aviation event, annually drawing more than 800,000 people and 12,000 airplanes. For daily updates from the air show, gamers can tune into Zone.com (http://www.zone.com/flightsim2000/news.asp) for the latest news.

Combat Flight Simulator 2 takes the excitement, realism and challenge of the best-selling Combat Flight Simulator from the skies over Europe to the South Pacific for one of the most fierce air battles of World War II. Amid the Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO) of 1941-43, players will start out as rookie ensigns and will be challenged to hone their skills to become ace of the skies by engaging in one thrilling air battle after another. Combat Flight Simulator 2 takes combat realism beyond the fighter plane to the pilots who fought in the fierce action. The story line unfolds in gritty realism as the war rages across the Solomon Islands. Players can fly for either the Japanese or U.S. Navy in more than 120 distinctly intense and taxing missions.

Rendered in meticulous detail, the aircraft featured in Combat Flight Simulator 2 are four times more graphically detailed than those in the original game. Each aircraft featured in the game is based on extensive research and detailed models taken from Flight Simulator 2000, which was recently selected for a U.S. Navy training program for its unparalleled realism. Planes feature their own unique flight model, performance style and detailed cockpit. Players can even watch the Corsair's wings fold on the aircraft carrier pitching deck as they land with a bone-dry fuel tank. Combat Flight Simulator 2: WWII Pacific Theater will be available at retail locations throughout North America in October for an anticipated street price of US$49.99.

For more information on EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2000, visit: http://www.airventure.org

Like Sylvester Stallone in the next-to-last reel of a Rocky film, things didn’t look good for Microsoft SQL Server 2000. With great fanfare during the launch of Windows 2000 last February, Microsoft’s Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates announced world record-setting performance numbers for SQL Server 2000 running on Compaq hardware. But then, last month, the Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC), which oversees the benchmarking process, determined that the results did not comply with one of its requirements and the results were disqualified.

Microsoft Corp., VerticalNet Inc. and Air Products and Chemicals Inc. today announced their plan to launch a unique e-commerce pavilion based on the Microsoft^® .NET Platform and designed to serve the worldwide gases and chemicals industry. The "first of its kind" solution will provide Air Products' sales network, including distributors, with a quick, convenient, consistent and cost-effective online vehicle to streamline sales and marketing efforts, generate sales leads and enable online transactions.

Matrox has just released a new beta version 6.01.015 of their Windows 9x display drivers as well as a 5.11.17 Windows 2000 drivers beta release for the Millennium G400/G400Max series of graphic cards. Click the links below to download the drivers corresponding to your current OS:

• Millennium G400/G400Max Beta drivers 6.01.015 for Windows 9x
• Millennium G400/G400Max Beta drivers 5.11.017 for Windows 2000

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We have posted up over thirty screenshots of Microsoft's upcoming (well next year) Train Simulator. These include shots never seen before. We will be posting an interview with the Train Simulator team in the next couple of weeks.

A few weeks before the worldwide availability of the five new exciting Microsoft SideWinder game devices (Force Feedback 2, Strategic Commander, Game Voice, etc.) Microsoft will released on August 1st a new free software download called 'SideWinder Game Voice Share Edition' on their new gamevoice website that'll enable every one to speak within most of the actual games.

• Free downloadable version of the Microsoft Game Voice software (that'll be provided with the Microsoft SideWinder GameVoice device)
• Reduced size of 0.5 MB
• Let's you talk up to 4 other gamers who downloaded the share version; every 5th person has to own the complete product (Full version supports up to 64 gamers at the same time).
• It doesn't include speech recognition (full version is using the L&H speech engine), so no voice-commands unlike with the full software that'll be provided with the Microsoft SideWinder GameVoice device.
• Let's you use your own headset / microphone (but there's no channel management functionality)

I've just posted our long awaited Intel Pentium III 1Ghz B and Intel VanCouver 820 motherboard review! Here is a snippet of the review:

Intel, the Santa Clara's CPU giant, has provided us with a nice test system featuring its new top-notch high-end processor: the Pentium III 1Ghz B officially announced in march 2000, exactly two days after the AMD Athlon 1Ghz availability announcement. For the first time ever an intel processor reaches the 1Ghz barrier. Who would believe that, a few years ago when the most powerful CPU were only 16mhz ones? So once again the well-known Moore theorem is right. In this review we will see if the latest Intel's baby hold on its promises. When I unpacked the box I was only able to say 'Wahoooooo', because when Intel says that a PIII 1Ghz B bring power they surely mean it! Indeed the processor is surrounded by a big heatsink with two independent power supplied fans! This processor seems to heat enough to cook your eggs! ;-) Buying a new air-conditioning system will be soon imperative to use a computer safely.

Creative has just posted a new set of Windows 2000 drivers for its range of 3d blaster graphic cards. You can download them by clicking here.

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Agfa has finally released their final set of Windows 2000 compliant drivers, formerly named ScanWise 1.4 for their range of scanners. You can download the ScanWise drivers by clicking here.

Despite this week stating to developers that they would soon be able to download Windows Me gold from the MSDN subscribers site, Microsoft has tonight stated that the download will now not go live until sometime in early August, just one month before the public release.

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We have decided to launch our new Windows Me section to coincide with the review of the new MS operating system. The section contains, features, FAQ, tips and much more and will continue to grow as the public release date gets closer and closer.

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Software giant Microsoft Corp. (NasdaqNM:MSFT - news) said Friday it will make a $10 million equity investment in software-over-the-Internet company FutureLink Corp. (NasdaqNM:FTRL - news) and the two companies together will set up a research centre in Southern California. Microsoft is looking to become more of an Internet company, and has targeted FutureLink's application service provider industry, in which software is rented or subscribed to over the Internet, as an important strategic direction.

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Yesterday at the second annual Smart Card Business Development Conference, Microsoft Corp. President and CEO Steve Ballmer addressed more than 400 smart card industry representatives, outlining the role that smart cards can play in Microsoft's .NET Platform.

"As we move to a Web-based lifestyle, authentication and security become critical," Ballmer said. "Smart Cards are an enabling technology in the Microsoft® .NET vision, providing an affordable and effective way to increase the security of computing. We believe the demand for smart cards is just emerging and will grow exponentially."

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We have posted the review of the Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Pro Joystick. Here is a snippet of the review:

Well it took some doing but I finally picked up Microsoft's SideWinder Force Feedback Pro Joystick. After all the hype and rave reviews I was set to see if this device lived up to all it has been made out to be.

With its 16-bit onboard processor as well as Microsoft's digital-optical technology to add the sensation of touch to the game experience, this device provides true-to-life feedback right from subtle sensations to raw power forces. You experience multiple forces simultaneously and even feel which direction the forces come from. With over one million sold Microsoft has indeed taken serious gamers to a new level.

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We have completed our in-depth review of the gold version of Microsoft's latest Windows release, Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me). The review features most of the new features a whole load of screenshots and a lot of information on whether it is worth buying come September. Here is a snippet from the review:

The Millennium edition of Windows is aimed to help PC home users to enter into the next millennium with a big bang as Microsoft has focused its efforts to make Windows Me the user-friendliest, easy-to-use and multimedia-rich operating system of all the time. Windows Me has been developed and tested by Microsoft numerous months to ensure its reliability but does it have what it takes to make you want to pay out more money for a operating system that may well be too similar to Windows 98 and Windows 98 SE. Read on for our comprehensive review of this new operating system, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (WinMe).

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Microsoft has released a patch that eliminates a security vulnerability in an ActiveX  control that ships with Microsoft(r) Internet Explorer. The vulnerability could be used to  overwrite files on the computer of a user who visited a malicious web site operator's  site. Frequently asked questions regarding this vulnerability and the patch can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/fq00-042.asp

Issue
The Active Setup Control allows .cab files to be downloaded to a user's computer as part  of the installation process for software updates. However, the control has two flaws.  First, it treats all Microsoft-signed .cab files as trusted, thereby allowing them to be installed without asking the user's approval. Second, it provides a method by which the  caller can specify a download location on the user's hard drive. In combination, these two  flaws would allow a malicious web site operator to download a Microsoft-signed .cab file as a means of overwriting a file on the user's machine. By overwriting system files, this  could allow the malicious user to render the machine unusable. It is important to note that there is no capability via this vulnerability to actually  install the software that has been downloaded - the vulnerability only allows files to be  overwritten, in a denial of service attack. System File Protection in Windows 2000 would  prevent an attack like this one from being used to overwrite system files.

Patch Availability
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/download/critical/patch8.htm Note: The patch also will be available shortly on WindowsUpdate. When this happens, we  will modify this bulletin to provide specific information on obtaining it. Note: The patches require IE 4.01 Service Pack 2 or IE 5.01 to install. Customers using  versions prior to these may receive a message reading "This update does not need to be  installed on this system". This message is incorrect. More information is available in KB  article Q265258. Note Additional security patches are available at the Microsoft Download Center

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THCG, INC. (Nasdaq:THCG - news), a leading architect and builder of global Internet enterprises, today announced that Zinook, its global econet for seed stage companies, entrepreneurs, angel investors and service providers has entered into an agreement with Microsoft Israel (Nasdaq:MSFT - news; ``Microsoft'') in which Microsoft is to become a founding sponsor of Zinook. Zinook (www.zinook.com) brings simplicity, efficiency and speed to the process of seed investing on a global basis, combining the three critical elements of THCG's unique V3 concept: Venture Development, Venture Banking and Venture Funding. Together, Microsoft and Zinook will seek to accelerate the development of selected next generation Israeli technology successes.

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In a move to capture a bigger share of the fast-growing authentication market, BioNetrix Systems Corporation, the leading provider of direct personal assurance products and services, today announced that it will support Microsoft Windows for Smart Cards in the company's flagship product, the BioNetrix Authentication Suite(TM). The combination of Microsoft Windows for Smart Cards and the BioNetrix Authentication Suite offers a robust platform for conclusively verifying users accessing critical business information and applications.

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We have posted up our interview with the lead producer of Microsoft's massive online multiplayer game Asheron's Call. The interview features questions about spells, graphics, Asheron's Call 2 and the chances of seeing it on the X-Box.

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Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison is making no apologies for funding an investigation of what he called "Microsoft's covert activities." At a pre-scheduled software strategy press conference at Oracle headquarters in Redwood Shores, Calif., Ellison said he was proud to inform the public about Microsoft's behavior because Microsoft's anti-competitive tactics are unparalleled in the high-tech industry.

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Emachines gave a sneak peek today at its upcoming low-cost Internet appliance, a version of the MSN Web Companion--but whether consumers will want the stripped-down PCs remains unclear.

The MSN Web Companion that Emachines detailed today will have no CD-ROM, floppy or hard disk drive. Like other Microsoft Network-based devices being produced by PC makers and consumer electronics companies, Emachines' unit will use Microsoft's Windows CE operating system to connect directly to the Internet through Microsoft's MSN service. The device will hit shelves and Web sites this fall.

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In a continuing effort to make Dell PCs the center of a consumer's "Internet experience," the company announced here Tuesday plans to offer a special Dell/Microsoft MSN Internet service as well as a Dell-branded digital music receiver based on S3 technology.

The PC will remain the predominant method for accessing the Internet, says Stephan Godevais, vice president and general manager of home and small-business products at Dell. Down the road, he sees the home PC as the hub that connects a network of household appliances to a broadband pipe running out to the Internet.

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Intel Corporation today announced the Intel® Pentium® 4 processor brand name for its new generation of desktop microprocessors (formerly code-named Willamette).

The new Pentium 4 name builds upon one of the world's most recognized brands to convey the most powerful personal computing experience. Scheduled to be introduced in the second half of 2000, the new Pentium 4 processor is based on revolutionary technology designed to maximize performance today and in the future, keeping consumers on the cutting edge of the Internet.

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Microsoft and Euroseek have entered into a Nordic co-operation agreement which will provide access to Euroseek's search engine on Microsoft's MSN and Internet Explorer portals. The Swedish company Euroseek (www.euroseek.com), with Internet services such as portals, search engines, information, entertainment, e-commerce and wireless broadband access, has entered into a Nordic co-operation agreement with Microsoft in Kista. ``The co-operation agreement with Microsoft will result in more visitors to Euroseek's search engine and greater exposure for the Euroseek brand,'' says Catherine Sahlgren, Managing Director of Euroseek.

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The first shots in the C# versus Java battle have been fired, with Sun claiming that Microsoft has submitted a confusing and incomplete technology to an inappropriate standards committee.

Sun (Nasdaq: SUNW) engineers have been combing through technical information on C# since Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) released it on Monday and say it is no Java killer. They say that although they can't tell exactly what C# does because Microsoft's documentation is incomplete, they believe that C# is "the next revision of C or C++" tied back to the Windows platform.

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Reaffirming the strength of its technology, business model and vision, PFN, Inc. announced today it has appointed Jeffrey Wheeler, the former Network Architect in Microsoft Corporation's Information Technology Group (ITG), as its Chief Technology Officer. In this role, Wheeler will institute and manage PFN's Research and Development and Interoperability facility where engineers will advance PFN's patented business communications network infrastructure technology and expand the Company's policy-based networking initiatives.

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Today at PC EXPO 2000, Microsoft Corp. announced that the beta version of Microsoft^® Commerce Server 2000 is now available for customers to test and evaluate. A major upgrade to Site Server 3.0 Commerce Edition, Commerce Server 2000 is designed to meet the challenges of next-generation e-business. In addition to the broad new functionality in Commerce Server 2000 for personalization, user and catalog management, and sophisticated business analytics, Microsoft and industry partners announced compatible products that build on and tightly integrate with Commerce Server 2000 in the areas of content management and business analytics. The final product release is scheduled for this fall.

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Today at PC EXPO 2000, Microsoft Corp. and Interwoven Inc. (Nasdaq "IWOV"), the leading provider of enterprise-class content-management software, announced the beta release of Content Express for Microsoft^® Commerce Server 2000. Microsoft and Interwoven worked together on Content Express, which is designed to enable business users to easily create and manage content for e-commerce solutions built using Microsoft Commerce Server 2000 and the Microsoft Windows^® DNA 2000 platform. In a related announcement, Microsoft Commerce Server 2000 beta release was announced today. The Content Express beta release is available via the Interwoven Web site at http://www.interwoven.com/cs2000/.

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The MSN network of Internet services and eMachines Inc. (Nasdaq "EEEE") the third-largest vendor of desktop PCs sold through U.S. retailers, today announced they plan to work together to provide consumers with an MSN^® Companion device later this year. Further delivering on the MSN vision of the Everyday Web, the new device, to be sold by eMachines, will be designed to make it simple for users to get online, surf the Internet and communicate with others.

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IBM, Microsoft Corp. and Champion Computer Corporation announced the Business Champions' Advantage, featuring Microsoft^® BackOffice^® Server running on solution-optimized IBM^® Netfinity^® servers, at the PC EXPO 2000 trade show today.

The first of the Business Champions' Advantage program's two solutions features the Netfinity 5100 Server. It is designed to appeal to branch offices of larger companies seeking a turnkey solution to allow standardization on a common hardware and software configuration across the organization, and it is priced at $12,829.

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Microsoft Corp. today announced reaching several milestones with the Microsoft® Windows® 2000 product line -- achievements that reflect momentous customer and industry support for the platform. Sales of the Windows 2000 operating system license are expected to exceed 3 million by June 30. The company exceeded its goal of obtaining at least 100 "Certified for Windows" applications while training more than 266,000 IT professionals on the platform to date. The expected summer release of Windows 2000 Service Pack 1 (SP1) remains on target, and is expected to further drive deployment of the business platform.

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With the huge number of variables financial services companies track, it’s no surprise that they demand high-performance solutions.

And Microsoft, Intel Corporation and SunGard are working together to provide those solutions. At the Securities Industry Association's Technology Management Conference and Exhibit last week, the three companies announced they are collaborating on the first 64-bit eProcessing solutions for the financial services industry to run on a 64-bit version of the Microsoft® Windows® operating system and 64-bit Intel® Architecture (IA-64) Intel Itanium™ processor-based systems. eProcessing refers to SunGard's solutions for online trading and account services that automate and integrate business-to-business processes.

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A new framework from Microsoft will ease the exchange of business information over the Internet.

Microsoft has released a draft of Microsoft® BizTalk™ Framework 2.0, which provides open specifications for the design and development of XML-based solutions that enable communication between applications and organizations. The new version is compliant with Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) 1.1 to increase interoperability across platforms and languages. Other enhancements include specifications for reliable server-to-server messaging that guarantees exactly-once delivery of business documents over the Internet, and the addition of Multi-Part MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) encoding guidelines.

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Want to know how Microsoft will try to take over the Web?

They'll use the same bag of tricks they used to dominate the PC. And the most powerful trick is a morsel of computer knowledge well known to developers but obscure to almost everyone else: Application programming interfaces (APIs).

APIs are functions that allow software applications to talk to one another. Control over them is a key weapon Microsoft wields to make sure its software works better on Windows -- which is just another software application -- than anybody else's. The judge in the Microsoft antitrust case ruled that Microsoft must make its APIs open and available and, of course, Microsoft has balked and appealed.

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The years-long war of rhetoric between the software industry's leading rivals ratcheted up another rung late Tuesday after Oracle admitted it had hired a detective agency to investigate Microsoft's allies.

In a prepared statement, Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) acknowledged that it had hired the detective agency of Investigative Group International Inc. as part of a year-long effort to surface the relationship between Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and lobbying and trade groups supporting the software giant during its antitrust fight with the government.

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Microsoft says that by Friday it expects to have shipped out more than 3 million copies of its most crucial new product: the Windows 2000 operating system for businesses.

The company said Windows 2000 sales remain strong as computer makers ship PCs and servers, which run Internet sites and corporate networks, with the software installed. Yet analysts have said sales of Windows 2000 for servers, released in February, are slower than they expected.

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Today at PC EXPO 2000 Microsoft Corp. and Aether Systems Inc. announced the launch of a simple and convenient integrated wireless solution for Microsoft^® Windows^®-powered Pocket PCs. Aether’s wireless Enterprise ISP service for Pocket PCs will provide a single point of purchase where businesses can obtain everything they need -- device, modem and service -- to get customers or employees up and running with a wireless Pocket PC.

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Furthering its commitment to the Extensible Markup Language (XML) and open industry standards, Microsoft Corp. today released a draft of the MicrosoftÒ BizTalk™ Framework version 2.0. This newest version of the BizTalk Framework has been redefined to be SOAP 1.1 (Simple Object Access Protocol) compliant, thereby allowing BizTalk Framework XML documents to travel over a network in the form of SOAP messages. In addition, version 2.0 has been extended to include specifications for reliable server-to-server messaging, guaranteeing exactly-once delivery of business documents over the Internet. Multi-Part MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) encoding guidelines also have been added to the framework to support the inclusion of one or more non-XML attachments within a BizTalk message. Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 will support BizTalk Framework 2.0 as the protocol for reliable interoperability over the Internet.

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Franklin Electronic Publishers Inc. (NYSE: FEP), a worldwide provider of handheld reading devices, and Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq "MSFT") today announced that the two companies will work together to incorporate Microsoft® Reader into Franklin’s new line of next-generation multimedia eBook devices.

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Microsoft's Digital Dashboard Resource Kit 2.0 is now available, this resource kit is "Microsoft's Internet standards-based framework for creating Web Parts and customizable digital dashboards." You can download it to learn about the so called 'second-generation digital dashboards.' Digital Dashboards are customizable by end users, and are presented new way to distribute Web-based services to the desktop with 'Web Parts'. Check out the Digital Dashboard Site for more info.

Or take a look at the Online Demo

http://www.microsoft.com/solutions/km/DDdemo.htm

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The sooner Internet startups get to market, the sooner they can start earning profits.

Now they'll be able to get online faster—and with top-notch technology. Microsoft, Compaq and Intel have announced a new program called speedStart, which provides products, services and resources to help Internet startups rapidly deploy scalable, reliable business solutions that build on the Microsoft® Windows® DNA 2000 platform. Businesses can apply for membership and find more information at the speedStart portal.

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With the huge number of variables financial services companies track, it’s no surprise that they demand high-performance solutions.

And Microsoft, Intel Corporation and SunGard are working together to provide those solutions. At the Securities Industry Association's Technology Management Conference and Exhibit last week, the three companies announced they are collaborating on the first 64-bit eProcessing solutions for the financial services industry to run on a 64-bit version of the Microsoft® Windows® operating system and 64-bit Intel® Architecture (IA-64) Intel Itanium™ processor-based systems. eProcessing refers to SunGard's solutions for online trading and account services that automate and integrate business-to-business processes.

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Microsoft has won the browser war.

Over 86 percent of computers with Web browsers have Internet Explorer installed, according to the latest figures from research firm WebSideStory Inc.

Netscape's once-dominant browser has slipped to an all-time low of just under 14 percent as of June 18, WebSideStory says.

A remarkable jump of 20 percent in the last two months has cemented IE's position as market leader, and relegated the firm that popularized the Web browser and the Internet to a potential footnote in computing history.

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I just read on Planet Allegiance that the latest Shadow Server version of Allegiance has been moved over to the Retail servers! This means that the Rixians should be available for Allegiance Zone subscribers. They have also posted the Readme file of what changes have been done with this patch. Here is a snippet of it, but for the full readme file head over to Planet Allegiance:

• User interface changes:
  • If you have changes yout input configuration, you will need to remap your keys.
  • The pilots of a ship with turrets can "promote" a turret gunner: the pilot and gunner swap roles. Shift-Y, shift-U, shift-I & shift-O to promote turret 1 - 4.
  • Probes and minefields display a "time left" bar in the "all" radar mode.
  • The radar icons for treasures have changed slightly. In most radar modes:
    • Treasures that will, if recovered, give your side a new technology are shown with a 'T' icon.
    • Powerups are shown with a lightning bolt icon.
    • "Useful" treasures (e.g. missiles that your ship can launch, or ammo if you have a mounted weapon that uses ammo) are shown with a "+" icon.
  • If you are ripcording, the sector mini-map will display a red triangle in the sectors were you will ripcord to another ship and a red diamond in the sectors where you will ripcord to either a teleport probe or a teleport receiver.

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3DRage.com have posted a Windows 2000 Tweak Guide. Here is a snippet of it:

Now that you've made the transition to the Windows 2000 environment, or just have it set up in a dual boot configuration as suggested in our Dual-Boot Win98/Win2k guide, it's about time to do a little tweaking in order to optimize your performance so that this operating system will become even more powerful than it already is. While Windows 2000 is a substantially more powerful operating system than Windows 98, there are still hundreds of tweaks than can be applied as a performance enhancer, or to make for easier accessibility to certain folders or items of the operating system(like the tweak to put the Control Panel on the Start Menu in Windows 98). This guide will be an on-going process to keep users up to date with