NEWS HEADLINES FOR: TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 2000
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• From DOS to '.NET' Microsoft Celebrates 25 years of Software Innovation
  Time: 18:17 EST/23:17 GMT News Source: Microsoft Press Release Posted By: Julien

  Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp. chairman and chief software architect, and Steve Ballmer, Microsoft president and CEO, today charged Microsoft employees with making the next 25 years even more innovative and exciting than the last 25. At an all-company Safeco Field event commemorating the company's 25th anniversary, Gates and Ballmer discussed both Microsoft and industry milestones over the last 25 years and charted Microsoft's vision and goals for the future. "Everyone is amazed at how far the industry has come. But in thinking about what will be possible within the next 25 years, we've really just begun," Gates said. "Back in 1975, Paul Allen and I saw the potential to turn a hobbyist's personal computer into a device that would revolutionize the world. In 25 years, we've accomplished a lot of things people said were impossible and we've shattered every myth about what the PC can do. But stand back, because the best is yet to come. I'm confident that we'll have even more impressive things to remember in our 50th year. We've got the people and the skills to make it happen, and we're just as passionate today about technology as we were back in 1975." Ballmer echoed the challenge. "As we look ahead, we must deliver on the promise of Microsoft .NET, which is our biggest opportunity yet. .NET will change computing as dramatically as any development since the PC generation began," he said. "Over the next few years, we've got our work cut out for us in creating and enabling .NET. But we've got a clear road map, an unparalleled product line, fantastic leaders and incredible employees. It's our employees -- doing the best work of their lives, creating breakthrough innovations and revolutionary software -- who will make that happen." Full Story.

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• Microsoft Application Center: Beta Program
  Time: 17:45 EST/22:45 GMT News Source: ActiveWin Posted By: Julien

  Microsoft® Application Center 2000 Beta 2 registration is open! Now you can quickly deploy and manage high availability Web applications built on Windows 2000. Application Center 2000 enables these applications to achieve on-demand scalability and mission-critical availability through software scaling, while also reducing operational complexity and costs. Key benefits include Application Load Balancing, fault tolerance, one-to-many configuration management, performance and health monitoring tools, a Single Application Image, and content replication and synchronization. Application Center 2000 makes managing groups of servers as simple as managing a single machine. The Application Center 2000 Beta 2 kit includes the beta CD and the Windows 2000 Advanced Server 120-day Evaluation CD. All software included is for trial and evaluation purposes only.

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• Microsoft Exchange 2000 Evaluation Editions are Downloadable
  Time: 17:40 EST/22:40 GMT News Source: ActiveWin Posted By: Julien

  Microsoft has just unleashed new downloadable evaluation editions of Microsoft Exchange 2000 its new generation of messaging, communication, and collaboration software. Two different editions are available for download: Microsoft Exchange 2000 Enterprise Server and Microsoft Exchange 2000 Conferencing Server. Both editions are available in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish. Microsoft Exchange 2000 is fully compliant with Windows 2000 and totally integrated with it: this new release of the professional messaging software from Microsoft will maybe beats the supremacy of its Lotus Notes competitor.

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• Xbox promises power with 733 Pentium III
  Time: 17:36 EST/22:36 GMT News Source: ZDNet Posted By: Alex

  Thought we would add a little additional information that despite the major news sites reporting this increase, we posted about it in May (When MS told us at E3) so it is basically very old news.

  The Xbox will give gamers all the power they need with a little help from Intel Microsoft promises gamers will get all the power they need from its Xbox console with what is expected to be a 733MHz Pentium III processor under the hood. The company recently decided to increase processing power inside the Xbox from 600MHz after consultation with its Xbox advisory board. "Since then, the hardware has been fixed," said a Microsoft Xbox representative at ECTS. "This will make the Xbox run better and smoother."

  By the time the Xbox hits the shops, sometime at the end of next year, the processor inside the Xbox will be about half as fast as Intel's most powerful PC chip. Microsoft still expects the console to have a lifetime of at least two years. "We expect the same lifetime out of the hardware as other consoles," said a Microsoft representative. "It will have so much more processing power than any other console on the market. The graphics card will do so much that a 1GHz chip would probably sit idle for one third of the time."

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• Microsoft rallies troops at 25th birthday bash
  Time: 17:34 EST/22:34 GMT News Source: ZDNet Posted By: Alex

  The world's largest software company, Microsoft Corp.<MSFT.O>, on Tuesday celebrated its 25th birthday with an annual employee pep talk aimed at rallying its troops in the face of some of its biggest challenges yet in both the marketplace and the courtroom.

  When Microsoft's 19,000 Seattle-area employees meet later Tuesday at the city's Safeco Field baseball stadium, they are sure to hear rousing speeches by top brass like Chairman Bill Gates or Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer.

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• ActiveWin.Com: Midtown Madness 2 -- Preview
  Time: 17:25 EST/22:25 GMT News Source: ActiveWin Posted By: Alex

  I've just posted my preview of the new upcoming game from Microsoft, Midtown Madness. Here is a snippet of the preview:

  Midtown Madness 2 delivers even more mad-cap racing excitement with all the wild and hair-raising racing challenges you've come to expect! Midtown Madness 2 features two all new locations (London & San Francisco) and 9 hip new urban roadsters!

  Plus, Midtown Madness 2 features the new single-player Crash Course mission mode where budding drivers can learn and master the tricks of Madness racing as a Hollywood Stunt Driver on location at a San Francisco movie set or as a Cabbie Trainee at the East End Cab Company School of Driving in London!

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• ActiveWin.Com: QuickView Plus 6.0 Enterprise Edition -- Review
  Time: 13:25 EST/18:25 GMT News Source: ActiveWin Posted By: Julien

  I've just posted my review of the brand new QuickView Plus 6.0 Enterprise Edition software. Here is a snippet of the review:

  In Windows 95 Microsoft included a small tool named ‘QuickView’ that allowed a simple right mouse click to view 20 different file formats in a same unique place without launching the software the files were created with. It was an awesome revolution that changed the way files were shared. With the spread of the Internet the need for QuickView Plus has never been so strong! When I first used it in 1995 I wanted to know who made this fabulous software, and when I learned that there was a Plus release I purchased it right away to enjoy the benefits of a file viewer that were totally integrated with Windows 95. Now five years later, Inso published the release 6.0 of the software that includes some major new features such as the support of Project 2000 files and a build-in file explorer. QuickView Plus is definitely the most efficient way to access and manage information regardless of source and location.

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• Microsoft Windows Me: PCHealth Features Take the Fear out of Computing
  Time: 13:20 EST/18:20 GMT News Source: Microsoft Press Release  Posted By: Julien

  Imagine a PC that can take care of itself when it comes to servicing, upgrades or troubleshooting. While it might seem as likely as toddlers making their own doctor's appointments, for Dennis Wise it's already a reality. Wise has been beta testing Microsoft's new consumer operating system, Windows Millennium (Windows Me), for the past year. "I like the security features in Windows Me that tell me when a new plug-in will improve my browsing experience and whether the plug-in is safe for use on my computer, and then give me the option of installing it or not," he says. Richard Harper, of Reed City, Mich., also has tested a beta version of Windows Me. Harper, who volunteers for online newsgroups that offer advice to users who are experiencing difficulties, says that the automated update features in Windows Me are especially valuable to the novice users he encounters in newsgroups. "The fact that security updates and essential service updates will be delivered automatically will help users keep their systems safe, which should eliminate a lot of potential worry," he says. "If you want, your system can automatically be kept up to date with fixes for all the known security threats." Full Story.

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• Will you watch Microsoft TV?
  Time: 08:28 EST/13:28 GMT News Source: ZDNet Posted By: Julien

  According to the Wall Street Journal it seems that Microsoft Corp. plans to incorporate its software for digital television set-top boxes -- dubbed Microsoft TV -- into the so-called Whistler version of its flagship personal-computer operating system, which is due to be released in the second half of next year. Full Story.

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	NEWS HEADLINES FOR: SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 2, 2000
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• Microsoft Xbox console closer to game time
  Time: 09:10 EST/14:10 GMT | News Source: Siliconvalley.com | Posted By: Matthew Sabean

  Microsoft Corp. has settled on a name and a design for its Xbox video game console, and has lined up an impressive list of developer studios to create games for the system's launch late next year.

  Though Microsoft was unsure of the name at first, it has committed to calling it Xbox. The console will not, however, be a big silver ``X'' like the prototype the company showed off at the Game Developers Conference in March.

  Microsoft's Xbox will go head-to-head with other so-called next-generation video game consoles. The most highly anticipated console -- Sony Corp.'s PlayStation2, due in stores Oct. 26 -- has the potential to display graphics several times better than today's PlayStation and doubles as a DVD player.

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• MS Releases Privacy Patch
  Time: 09:03 EST/14:03 GMT | News Source: Wired | Posted By: Matthew Sabean

  Microsoft released a browser add-on Friday intended to provide users with greater control over the browser-tracking cookies handed out by websites.

  The company issued a beta release of what it calls privacy enhancements for Internet Explorer 5.5, the most recent release of the company's Web browser for the Windows platform.

  "The new features in this update give you a clearer understanding of different types of cookies and where they originate, as well as an easier way to manage and delete them," according to Microsoft's download site.

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• AskAW Questions Updated
  Time: 07:15 EST/12:15 GMT | News Source: Active Network | Posted By: Matthew Sabean

  Our AskAW Helpers have been busy answering your e-mail and we have just posted the most recent questions.

  Our e-mail is back up and running.  If you have a question that you would like answered then just drop us an e-mail at: askaw@activewin.com.

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• ActiveWin.com: Adobe PhotoDeluxe 4.0 Home Edition -- Review
  Time: 07:10 EST/12:10 GMT | News Source: ActiveWin | Posted By: Julien

  I've just posted my review on Adobe PhotoDeluxe 4.0 HomeEdition software. Here is a snippet of it:
  
  More & more people buy a computer just to edit, paste, archive, duplicate their personal photos they can acquire through a scanner or a digital camera. To do so they need appropriate but easy to use and learn touch up pictures software. Who better than Adobe, the original creator of PhotoShop the most used editing pictures software worldwide, can fulfil this need? With the fourth release of Adobe PhotoDeluxe Home Edition, Adobe proves that they can create tools that can be used by everyone from child to great-mom. This new release comes with several enhancements that really turn the software into an interactive and cheap alternative to the OEM software provided with scanners or digital cameras.

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• ActiveWin.com: Symantec WinFax Pro 10.0 -- Review
  Time: 07:05 EST/12:05 GMT | News Source: ActiveWin  | Posted By: Julien

  I've just posted my review on the new recently released WinFax Pro 10.0 fax software from Symantec. Here is a snippet of it:

  Symantec the uncontested and unrivalled worldwide communicating software manufacturer leader comes back to us with a new milestone of its awesome fax software which is sold all around the world. WinFax Pro 10, in the past named Delrina Fax Pro and bought to Delrina by Symantec in 1996, is a major update of the software that henceforth works perfectly with Microsoft Windows 2000. Even if some thought that the Internet would be the fax's death sentence, this remains, despite everything, a simple, fast, powerful meaning of communication that has a certain legal authenticity. Moreover sending a fax through a PC has several advantages: no need to print the documents, better management of the sent faxes, etc... The fax has thus still beautiful days in the future and Symantec understands this very well.

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• MSN Explorer 6.0 Preview 2 Available
  Time: 07:03 EST/12:03 GMT | News Source: ActiveWin | Posted By: Julien

  Microsoft has just released the long awaited new preview release 2 of MSN Explorer 6.0. Benefits of MSN Explorer 6 are:

  • Single program for browsing the web, email and instant messaging, listening to music, and more!
  • A cool new interface for using the web
  • Easy sign-in and access to your favorites MSN features
  • New way to find and play music and video
  • Support for multiple users
  • Simple, low-impact installation and software updates.

  You can download it now by clicking here. After downloading it you can enter the MSN Explorer Sweepstakes to win $20.000 !

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• Microsoft Visio 2000 Professional -- Review
  Time: 07:02 EST/12:02 GMT | News Source: ActiveWin | Posted By: Julien

  I've just posted my review of the recently released Microsoft Visio 2000 Professional software. Here is a snippet of the review:

  Microsoft has recently released its Visio 2000 range of products declined in four different editions: Standard, Technical Edition, Professional, & Enterprise Edition. Visio 2000 has been bought by Microsoft to Visio Corp (an other Seattle based corporation) this year on January 7^th for an amount of $1.3 billion: this shows the interest that users and business communities grant to flowcharts software. This product is now a part of the Microsoft Business Tools Division. With this new edition of Visio the focus is to bring the power of clear, visual communication to your everyday work. With more than 3.8 million customers worldwide using Visio is now recognized software to draw in a few mouse clicks diagrams, flow charts, etc. Recent studies shown that Visio 2000 is the second essential software used by customers to accomplish their day to day work after Word. Whether you manage people, projects, or networks, there's an edition of Microsoft Visio® 2000 that will meet your business needs. And all four editions share a set of intelligent diagramming tools and a common graphics engine that help you convey your ideas successfully—no matter what they are. With this new edition you can create a wide variety of drawn documents.

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• ActiveWin Competition
  Time: 07:00 EST/12:00 GMT | News Source: Active Network | Posted By: Matthew Sabean

  A new silent revolution is hitting the streets right now: while actual PCs are now almost everywhere, power users start using various handheld PCs to help them stay organized & connected... Maybe some day these small new PCs will replace our cumbersome ones... Who knows?

  Want a free Windows CE computer to enter tomorrow's world right now? Dream to have it but can't afford it? Wanna be a precursor? If you can answer a simple question you may have a chance to win the NEC PC we are offering to our faithful readers.

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	NEWS HEADLINES FOR: FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 1, 2000
	MSN Explorer 6 Preview 2 is out - Adobe PhotoDeluxe 4.0 Review

• Microsoft to Celebrate 25th Anniversary
  Time: 18:50 EST/23:50 GMT | News Source: ZDNet | Posted By: Julien

  Twenty-five years gone and Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer remain at the helm. Meet four faces attempting to pilot the Redmond juggernaut into the next millennium. Unless you watch Microsoft like a hawk, chances are MacDonald's name doesn't ring a bell. But, as the newly minted senior vice president of the company's subscription service division, MacDonald is going to play a key role in determining how Microsoft will fit into the technology picture over the next quarter century. MacDonald is not the only newcomer to the who's who list of Microsoft's next generation of movers and shakers. While Chairman Bill Gates and CEO Steve Ballmer undeniably continue to make their presence felt throughout the company, Microsoft's future is far more dependent on a handful of lesser-known executives. Microsoft's PC-era heyday -- led by the likes of former Windows and Internet Explorer champion Brad Silverberg and Office and Interactive Media chief Pete Higgins -- is over. But Microsoft's next incarnation, evolving under such managers as .Net lieutenant Rick Belluzzo, wireless maven Paul Gross and troubleshooter Brian Valentine, is only just beginning. Full Story.

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• Microsoft Announces Exchange 2000 Release to Manufacturing and Company's Full Deployment of the New Messaging and Collaboration Platform
  Time: 15:01 EST/20:01 GMT | News Source: Microsoft Press Release | Posted By: Julien

  Months ago, the Exchange 2000 development team and Microsoft senior management made a commitment that they wouldn’t release the new version of Exchange until it had been implemented across the company’s entire global network, and until the IT staff had complete confidence in it. And what better testing ground than Microsoft -- one of the most email-oriented corporate environments in the world. With the implementation of Exchange 2000 at Microsoft complete, and with the approval of Microsoft’s own internal technology team, the product was released to manufacturing on Aug. 31 in preparation for general market availability. PressPass spoke with Mike Huber, general manager of the Messaging and Collaboration Services Group at Microsoft, to learn about his team’s experience with the new system as well as some of the features in Exchange 2000 designed to help knowledge workers be more productive. Full Story.

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• Judge Rules Against Microsoft in Bristol Suit
  Time: 08:45 EST/13:45 GMT | News Source: ActiveWin | Posted By: Julien

  A federal judge found that Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) engaged in "wanton, reckless" and deceptive business practices against a Connecticut software maker, Bristol Technology Inc., in a harsh ruling reminiscent of the court's finding against Microsoft in the government's antitrust suit. U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in Bridgeport, Conn., ordered Microsoft to pay punitive damages of $1 million to Bristol, in the highest award ever imposed under the state's fair-trade statute. Full story to follow. 

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• ActiveWin.com: Adobe PhotoDeluxe 4.0 Home Edition -- Review
  Time: 05:45 EST/10:45 GMT | News Source: ActiveWin | Posted By: Julien

  I've just posted my review on Adobe PhotoDeluxe 4.0 HomeEdition software. Here is a snippet of it:
  
  More & more people buy a computer just to edit, paste, archive, duplicate their personal photos they can acquire through a scanner or a digital camera. To do so they need appropriate but easy to use and learn touch up pictures software. Who better than Adobe, the original creator of PhotoShop the most used editing pictures software worldwide, can fulfil this need? With the fourth release of Adobe PhotoDeluxe Home Edition, Adobe proves that they can create tools that can be used by everyone from child to great-mom. This new release comes with several enhancements that really turn the software into an interactive and cheap alternative to the OEM software provided with scanners or digital cameras.

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• MSN Explorer 6.0 Preview 2 Available
  Time: 05:28 EST/10:28 GMT | News Source: ActiveWin | Posted By: Julien

  Microsoft has just released the long awaited new preview release 2 of MSN Explorer 6.0. Benefits of MSN Explorer 6 are:

  • Single program for browsing the web, email and instant messaging, listening to music, and more!
  • A cool new interface for using the web
  • Easy sign-in and access to your favorites MSN features
  • New way to find and play music and video
  • Support for multiple users
  • Simple, low-impact installation and software updates.

  You can download it now by clicking here. After downloading it you can enter the MSN Explorer Sweepstakes to win $20.000 !

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• ActiveWin.com: Symantec WinFax Pro 10.0 -- Review
  Time: 14:30 EST/19:30 GMT | News Source: ActiveWin  | Posted By: Julien

  I've just posted my review on the new recently released WinFax Pro 10.0 fax software from Symantec. Here is a snippet of it:

  Symantec the uncontested and unrivalled worldwide communicating software manufacturer leader comes back to us with a new milestone of its awesome fax software which is sold all around the world. WinFax Pro 10, in the past named Delrina Fax Pro and bought to Delrina by Symantec in 1996, is a major update of the software that henceforth works perfectly with Microsoft Windows 2000. Even if some thought that the Internet would be the fax's death sentence, this remains, despite everything, a simple, fast, powerful meaning of communication that has a certain legal authenticity. Moreover sending a fax through a PC has several advantages: no need to print the documents, better management of the sent faxes, etc... The fax has thus still beautiful days in the future and Symantec understands this very well.

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• ActiveWin Email Reworks
  Time: 05:18 EST/21:08 GMT | News Source: ActiveWin | Posted By: Julien

  After weeks of continuous problems our email server is live again so you can at least reach us! 

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