eFront Skins Contest 2000
Due to the popularity of last year's WindowBlinds skins contest, Stardock Systems and eFront, Inc. have decided to hold another WindowBlinds skin contest for the year 2000. This contest will be better than last year's with more prizes, and with more features included in WindowBlinds 1.1 you can make skins better than ever. Visit the eFront Skins Contest 2000 page for more details.
Windows Me to Ship in May
Early reports indicate that Microsoft may begin shipping Windows Me on May 26th of this year. While Microsoft declined to confirm these reports, the publisher of WinInfo, Paul Thurrott, has stated that the shipping date is set for late May. A third beta edition of Windows Me will appear in March, with the final being released to manufacturing sometime in May. Read more about Windows Me on BetaNews.com.
AMD Answers to Intel's Challenge
Monday at the International Solid-State Circuit Conference in San Francisco, Advanced Micro Devices showed off a 1.1 GHZ processor, thereby surpassing Intel's fastest chip on the market. Using new features due in the Athlon processors of the future, AMD was able to surpass the 1 GHz mark in its latest chip, the Thunderbird.
With an integraged L2 Cache and copper interconnects, AMD's next generation processor dubbed Thunderbird, is set to rumble the seats of Intel's next generation processors. Using a system built with off-the-shelf parts, AMD demonstrated the speed of the new chip.
IBM to Show Off a 4.5GHz Processor
Later this week, at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference, IBM is expected to show off a processor capable of reaching speeds up to 4.5 GHz, while consuming half of the power of a normal processor. Big Blue is hoping to sell it in volume within the next three to four years, and believes that it will ultimately end up in servers and scientific systems.
Using what IBM calls Interlocked Pipeline CMOS, the chip uses multiple clocks to run quicker and more efficiently. By using multiple clocks, various parts of the chip run at different speeds, thus minimizing power consumption. Each clock is completely independent of one another, and exactly how it works is unclear at this moment.
IT Discussion Board Launched Today
Today, the creators of the discussion board http://www.nt-admin.com launched an English version of their Dutch site to help IT Professionals become certified by providing them with an online discussion forum to get questions answered. This new site, http://www.mcseforum.com, contains a variety of categories ranging from networking, to Novell certification. The main page shows the last post for each category, and the number of topics and posts for each. Registered users can have a personal profile, and various preferences as well. Visit http://www.mcseforum.com for more information.
Microsoft Announces Interix 2.2
Microsoft Coporation announced the release to manufacturing of its UNIX work environment dubbed Interix 2.2. Compatible with Windows NT and Windows 2000, this program allows users to run UNIX applications and scripts with ease. This is one of many steps to come from Microsoft to provide interoperability between the Windows operating environment, and the UNIX environment. Fully integrated with the Windows desktop, Interix provides over 300 utilities and tools to aid UNIX users, and provide easier code conversion. It will be available for an estimated $99.95 USD, and users who have a registered version can download the free upgrade at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/sfu/.
Be To Launch BeIA OS For Web Devices
Target 2011 - 10GHz and More
Engineers currently working at IBM, AMD, Intel, and Motorola have set the date for the race to 10GHz processors. By 2011, engineers hope to have the technology and knowledge to build and implement processors with speeds in excess of 10,000 MHz, more than ten times the current speeds.
Intel has already reported the construction of a 0.05 micron processor in their experimental labs, and will next year switch to copper rather than aluminum due to the properties of copper which allow it to be made smaller than aluminum.
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