New AMD Chipset on the Scene
AMD is burning up as the company has ramped its Athlons up to 1GHz, 1.13GHz and 1.2GHz, as well as officially launching its new 760 chipset. Just in time for the good 'ol Christmas season, consumers should be able to grab PCs with the new chips beginning late November. The 760 chipset increases the front-side bus from 200MHz to 266MHz, as well as added support for DDR SDRAM, which can more than double the peak bandwidth of the best RAM on the market today according to ZDNet. For more information about DDR SDRAM and the new AMD chipset, read the article on ZDNet.
Sonic The Worm Hits PC Industry
You
may have heard of Sonic the Hedgehog, the popular console game, but
now get ready for Sonic the virus. No, it's not a game, but a real
virus, and the bad news is that the wretched program is
self-updating.
Kaspersky Labs reported that the worm was discovered Monday in France
and Germany "in the wild," and, judging from today's reports from the
IT security industry, it looks like the virus is spreading quickly
around the world.
IW2000: 3D Internet a New 'Buzz Topic'
Live From IW2000: The new buzzword this fall at Internet World is a 3D Internet experience. ZDNet covered the topic today, detailing quite a few companies at the convention banking on the hope that 3D takes off. After reading the story, BetaNews stopped by one of the booths to see a demonstration. The company, DDD, quickly handed us a pair of the classic blue and red 3D glasses and the "experience" began.
The first screen we saw was fairly interesting, offering what you would see with 3D on your television or in the movie theatre. After DDD took note of our press credentials, they granted us the chance to put on the 'real' 3D glasses to view the full color experience.
IW2000: Visual Studio .NET Looks Promising
Live From IW2000: The Microsoft Partner Pavilion here at Internet world is what could only be described as massive. Sifting through all of the companies and products in the pavilion can be a rather daunting task. I did happen upon the Visual Studio .Net booth however, and after a quick demonstration of the power was greatly impressed with the capabilities of the not yet feature complete software.
As it turns out, I just happened to be talking to one of the product managers for the suite, so he told me anything and everything I wanted to know about the programs.
IW2000: Voice-Driven Web Browsing
Live From IW2000: A very interesting demo was going on as I walked by the One Voice Technologies booth here at Internet world. When I stopped to investigate, I was impressed with what I saw. With this new software, dubbed IVAN (Intelligent Voice Animated Navigator) and a microphone, you can navigate your way through the Web by talking to the little IVAN character.
You simply ask questions in normal language and the speech interpreter and IVAN do the rest. According to the product information, IVAN "understands not just how words sound, but what they mean." He is also a dynamic program that learns from each request and can quickly adapt to you and your style. And because he is "intelligent" you can search by concept rather than the usual keyword. Businesses can use IVAN to talk to customers and "develop true one-on-one relationships."
IW2000: digiScents Progressing Nicely
Live From IW2000: Many of you may know about, or remember BetaNews reporting about the new digital scent technology being developed by DigiScents, Inc. After seeing the company earlier this year, they have made quite a bit of progress. At their booth this Fall they are offering special "scent demos" to VIP users, of which BetaNews was not, but we can say it is coming along nicely.
Tucked away in the back of the booth for all to see but none to touch, was a demo unit in a glass case. Very sleek and stylish, the unit attaches to your computer to spit out digitally created scents when you hit any "click-and-sniff" buttons on say, an e-commerce Web site. Through a partnership with RealNetworks, netizens around the globe will soon be able to exploer the scents through RealNetwork's flagship software RealPlayer.
PlayStation2 Arrives...for Some
At midnight last night, gamers in the United States finally got their hands on the much anticipated and awaited PlayStation2, well, some of them did anyways. US rollout was half what was originally planned by Sony, due to factory shortfalls and other problems, but it is for sure that those who were able to get one, are loving it. Now analysts are speculating that it may not be the shortage that hurts Sony (now reporting that 3.52 million units have been shipped), but the competition, as focus now shifts to Microsofts attempt at the console market, the X-Box, which is set to launch next year. Keep your eye out, and enjoy your games!
Napster for the Mac
For those of you who may be interested, Reuters is reporting that Napster has rolled out a beta version of Napster for the Macintosh. Working with the authors of the "Macster" software, the new software should provide Mac users with a good solution to sharing MP3 files over et. It seems that the lawsuits are not slowing down Napster at all, as they roll out new software and continue talks with other companies about the current state of the company and future business opportunities.
LinuxSecurity.com Talks About Rijndael
The guys over at LinuxSecurity.com sent word that they have just completed a nice little interview with the co-author of the new algorithm named Rijndael, which is now the algorithm of choice for AES. Vincent RIjmen also discusses the future of Internet security and shares his thoughts on Linux security. For more information read the full interview at LinuxSecurity.com.
Pentium IV Pricelist/Roadmap
Intel will release its much anticipated Pentium IV processor netxt month, and at a fairly low price according to reports on News.com. The site is reporting that the 1.5GHz version of the chip will debut for $795 USD, and the 1.4GHz brother for $625 USD. In other Intel news, ZDNet is reporting that the Pentium IV could blaze at speeds up to 2GHz by the end of next year. It still seems odd that they can ramp up the Pentium IV to 2GHz yet cannot seem to make a timely fix for the 1.13GHz recalled PIIIs. Visit Intel for more information, or read the article on News.com.
IW2000: BrowseUp!
Live From IW2000: Walking through the seemingly endless aisles of companies that do anything and everything you could imagine we happened upon a quiet little booth for a company called BrowseUp, Inc. Curious to see what they had to offer, we stumbled into quite an interesting little program that could add a lot to your "Internet experience" as so many of these companies put it.
BrowseUp is a small browser companion that lets you do several things. First of all, you can quickly and easily publish documents to the Internet with the quick action of a drag-n-drop movement. For example you can create and save an HTML document, then simply drag the file to any image on the Web you wish to link it to.
AT&T to Split
In other corporate giant news, AT&T has finally announced that it will indeed officially split the company into four separate units. AT&T's broadband and wireless units will spin-off and become individually traded public companies. And according to the ZDNet report AT&T business, which handles enterprise communications and networking, will be the major unit with AT&T Consumer being publicly traded as a tracking stock. The split will be completed by 2002. For more information read the article at ZDII Inter@ctive Investor.
MS Spends Big Bucks on Marketing Blitz
Coincidentally on the same day as the launching of AOL 6.0, Microsoft has started its $150 million campaign blitz to promote its MSN service, a rival to AOL services and the Internet giants ISP. Mary Jo Foley over at ZDNet reports the marketing blitz will start in 16 cities, featuring rollerbladers handing out CDs of the software and talking to people. BetaNews has personally talked to a few of them trying not to get run over in New York. And of course, just like WinMeSweeps, Microsoft will be holding an online contest to give away more money and encourage more signups. Mary Jo also adds "Besides delivering the final, shipping version of MSN Explorer, Microsoft will unveil new versions of MSN services, including MSN Search, MSN eShop, and MoneyCentral."
Welcome to Internet World 2000!
Well, it's that time of year again. Time when the leaves are falling off the trees, birds are starting to head south and extremely techie conventions are starting their fall rounds! So with that, we bring you exclusive coverage from Internet World 2000 in New York City. From now until Friday you will be getting the scoop on the latest and the greatest from the net, including new software, new directions, and other important events. Look for tons of updates and new programs to be featured as BetaNews is your eyes at this exciting conference.
Attention Beta Testers
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and Javascript." For more information visit PlugSys or apply now!
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