MasterDevelopers.Com
A new site launched today to provide a forum for Web developers everywhere. MasterDevelopers.Com offers tutorials, ranging from site maintenance to creating 3D buttons, and resources for webmasters to find what they need to create their website. They also conduct interviews with top webmasters from around the world to trade secrets and share tricks. Visit MasterDevelopers.Com to learn more and take advantage of their services.
Crusoe Breaks New Ground
Transmeta unveiled its long awaited, highly secretive 'Crusoe' processor today, as many were on hand to hear what makes the chip as revolutionary as rumors have been speculating. In answer to that question, the company revealed that it is the first processor that can be upgraded via the Internet.
Using new Code-Morphing Software developed at Transmeta, the Crusoe chip translates normal processing instructions into very long instruction words (VLIW), which allows the new chips to run thousands of programs that have already been written for the Intel processor. The Crusoe is also capable of 128-bit instruction, as opposed to Intel processors only able to handle 32-bit instruction.
WinZip 8.0 Beta Testing Begins
WinZip 8.0 Beta was released earlier today for the public to download. Packed with many new features including a more Windows-like user interface, the newest version of WinZip brings all the features of a zipping and unzipping utility to your PC, whether you are a beginner or an experienced user.
Version 8.0 boasts features such as an Explorer style viewing area to examine your zipped files and archives; as well as a new Zip and E-mail feature that will attach files to your messages automatically using a new Wizard. It can also unzip and run MIME files that are used in e-mail.
Introducing "Ozymandias"
Using a new suite of 3D production tools entitled Lithtech Film Producer and Player, Strange Company, in conjunction with Monolith Productions Inc. , brings "Ozymandias" to the Internet. With a new medium, dubbed Machina, an array of visual effects and features are now available to anyone who wants to use them to create a 3D film.
The software is based on the most current version of Monolith's Lithtech 3D engine used for video games, and is the only set of tools available that are soley dedicated to the "Machina" medium.
Network Solutions Offers 10-Year .Com Registrations
Network Solutions Inc., the oldest and largest of the nation's Internet registrars, followed in the recent footsteps of its young competitors today, announcing that it will now offer flexible-term domain name registrations.
Rather than be forced to register a .com name for a standard two-year term, Network Solutions customers will now be able to register names for up to 10 years, Network Solutions spokesperson Brian O'Shaughnessy said today.
Transmeta To Unveil Breakthrough Computer Chipset
Transmeta said it will launch a computer processor today that blows the competition out of the water. The Crusoe chipset, as it is known, has been under active development for just under five years.
Little is known about the new chipset, but Newsbytes' sources suggest that the chip could be as revolutionary to the microprocessor industry as Java has been for the Internet.
Download BeOS Free
Be, Inc. has announced that beginning at the end of the first quarter of 2000, when BeOS R5 becomes available, users will be able to download it free of charge for personal use. By registering on the Be Web site, users can download a fully functional, unlimited copy of the software.
BeOS 5 brings an exciting new boot option for users running Windows. In version 5, Be can launch from within Windows by double-clicking the icon like a regular program. The system will then exit Windows, and boot to BeOS using a large file in the FAT system that loads a BFS volume. This means that BeOS can run as an operating system without the need to partition the hard drive.
Microsoft Schedules Millennium Installation Fair
Microsoft has announced the Millennium Installation Fair to highlight Windows Millennium and its latest Home Networking features. On January 29 at the Microsoft Campus in Redmond, any family currently connected to a home network running Windows 95 or 98 can attend the fair and receive an upgrade to explore the latest technology.
Attendees will also receive a gift and complimentary refreshments while Microsoft technicians perform the upgrade. To participate in the fair you must have at least a 150Mhz processor with 32MB of RAM, as well as CD-ROM and floppy drives, a modem, and 500MB of hard disk space. If you do not have a network card, you must be willing to physically install one, as the Microsoft technicians will set up the software.
Microsoft Windows 2000 Giveaway
Microsoft has announced that from January 17 until February 4, users can register to win a full retail copy of Windows 2000 Professional.
The contest, open to US residents only, will have three separate drawings for the winners, giving users three chances to win. Winners will be notified by either e-mail or phone within seven days of the close of the contest, and it is limited to one entry per person per week.
Oracle Adds XML Support
Oracle, makers of popular server and database software, announced today that along with the shipment of its new data analysis tools Oracle Discover 3i and Oracle Reports 6i, comes XML support. XML, or eXtensible Markup Language, is the latest efforts from W3C to integrate ecommerce and interaction between various Web sites. Discover allows users to create Web documents in various formats including XML, while Reports allows employees to personalize reports they receive. The new software is currently in beta and available on the Oracle developers page.
Hollywood to Sue Over DeCSS
In a motion filed by eight Hollywood motion picture companies including Disney, Time Warner, and Paramount Pictures, three New York men have been issued a cease and desist order on the distribution of the DVD decryption program DeCSS. A lawsuit was filed in Connecticut naming one defendant accused of the same thing.
The New York men are accused of posting the software on their Web site along with messages encouraging the piracy and Internet distribution of DVD files.
Network Associates Break Up
Two years after an aggressive $2.5 billion, 10 company acquisition run, Network Associates Inc. has announced that it will be dividing the company into several smaller companies to better handle its Internet and software sides of business. It will be split into six units including McAfee Inc. and PGP Security Inc. The four major software units will report to Peter Watkins, the new President of Network Associates Inc.
Microsoft Launches Windows 2000 Technology Guarantee
Microsoft has announced that any person who acquires a qualified version of Windows NT between January 1, 2000 and February 17, 2000 will automatically receive upgrade to Windows 2000 free of charge with the exception of shipping and handling charges.
Qualifying versions of Windows NT include Workstation 4.0, several variations of Server 4.0, and Windows NT 4.0 Enterprise Edition. For a complete list visit the Technology Guarantee Page.
Ericsson Working On Wireless Video-mail Technology
Ericsson has announced it is working on a parallel e-mail technology for third generation (3G) wireless networks that supports video transmissions alongside regular e-mail.
Known, appropriately enough, as video-mail, Ericsson says that it has been testing the technology at its UMTS (universal mobile telecommunications service) test center in Guildford, England.
World Cybercrime Treaty May Be Underway
Unconfirmed reports circulating on the Usenet suggest that the US government is working with the European Union (EU), Japan, Canada and other countries, including South Africa, on a draft cybercrime treaty that would try to ban hacking and Internet eavesdropping utilities.
The move, if true, would be the first time that legislatures have started to tackle the issue of Internet security since the Internet first was developed.
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