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1. Microsoft rolls out Windows 7 to MSDN and TechNet

   (Software/Software Features)

   Thursday, 06 August 2009

   ... an existing Software Assurance license. The company is also planning to release an Enterprise Edition Evaluation sometime in the near future."Windows 7 Professional does not support key features like DirectAccess, ...

2. IBM again top US patent holder, vows to go after lesser claims

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

   Wednesday, 14 January 2009

   ... become an essential priority and we believe the application of advanced data analytics can help create an empirical measure for what has previously been a subjective evaluation. By working with the academic ...

3. Exclusive: First look at Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 RC1

   (Software/Software Features)

   Monday, 15 December 2008

   ... as performance evaluation tools today. The published results have to be taken with a grain of salt and the actual numbers are almost meaningless. What counts is the gap between different browsers: The ...

4. Analysis: How AMD Asset Light will reveal MAD AMD

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 17 April 2008

   ... due to the continuous devaluation of the US Dollar and the rising cost of oil, the New York Fab is now expected to cost around $3.6-4.2 billion, plus an additional $1.1 billion from NY State (originally, ...

5. Microsoft releases HD DVD emulator on Xbox 360

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Thursday, 13 December 2007

   ... of discs.  The software giant said in preliminary evaluations, studios had less development time and the number of test discs dropped by 75%. Although the emulator is structured based on the Xbox ...

6. Microsoft releases Windows Server 2008 RC1

   (Software/Software Brief)

   Wednesday, 05 December 2007

   ... 27, 2008, the launch date of the software. Microsoft said that 1.8 million users have obtained Windows Server 2008 “evaluation code” so far and “more than 140,000 IT professionals” ...

7. Palm pulls plug on Foleo

   (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

   Tuesday, 04 September 2007

   ... environment, and we need to focus our efforts on one platform. Our own evaluation and early market feedback were telling us that we still have a number of improvements to make Foleo a world-class product, ...

8. Microsoft releases details on Vista SP1

   (Software/Software Features)

   Wednesday, 29 August 2007

   ... “Organizations do not need to wait for SP1 to deploy Windows Vista; they are encouraged to begin their Windows Vista evaluation and deployment now,” urged LeBlanc. You can get full details ...

9. Microsoft offers free Vista eval for virtual machines

   (Software/Software Features)

   Monday, 21 May 2007

   Microsoft is now offering a 30-day evaluation version of Vista for virtual machines. Redmond (WA) - Microsoft is now offering a 30-day evaluation version of Vista for virtual machines.  This “VHD” ...

10. Universal Pictures: "DRMs do not stop piracy"

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 04 August 2006

    ... good. But, in terms of HD DVD and Blu-ray, the consumer is doing most of the evaluation of those two formats and will decide what feature set and value is important. TG Daily: Thank you for the interview. ...

11. Microsoft's power drain bug patch: Does it work?

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 09 June 2006

    Not quite four weeks ago, Microsoft issued a patchfor a serious power drain issue in notebook computers that are running Windows XP SP2. Our engineers took a close look at the patch and its effects to ...

12. Market share of Internet Explorer declines, again

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 15 May 2006

    ... and Opera inched up by 0.02% to 0.79%. The exception was Netscape, which lost 0.01 points and ended up at 0.15% market share. As these market share estimates are based on the evaluation of a very specific ...

13. Intel's Otellini announces massive restructuring, possible business sell-off

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 28 April 2006

    ... few specifics - presumably because specifics don't exist yet - Otellini told a meeting of analysts he has ordered his company to commence an extensive "self re-evaluation," with the objective being to ...

14. Blockbuster holds off on high-def, in-store rentals

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Thursday, 13 April 2006

    ... in the wake of a full evaluation of Blockbuster's place in the video delivery market, one result of which may be a pullback from migrating toward the video-on-demand market. But the announcement came parenthetically ...

15. The Vista delay: Why would Microsoft cancel Christmas?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 23 March 2006

    ... it's going to be tight, but if they get the gold masters in time for holiday sales, [it could work]," added Haff. But then comes discussions with the OEMs, plus an evaluation of the "weekly rollups" - ...

16. European Commission rejects Microsoft defense, says company missed deadline

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 15 February 2006

    ... three-day evaluation licenses, to see the communications protocols whose documentation the EC has been seeking. This was well before Microsoft's offer to make these protocols available through its own ...

17. Microsoft to release patch for power drain bug

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 14 February 2006

    ... they wait for the patch as well as a BIOS update, both of which are currently under evaluation in Microsoft's labs. The power drain bug which Tom's Hardware Guide engineers isolated is different from similar ...

18. DOJ issues support for Microsoft efforts to comply with EC directive

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 09 February 2006

    ... the Antitrust Division cites its own example with the TC, clearly appearing to offer it as a blueprint for a possible resolution to the EC matter. "Although Plaintiffs have not concluded their evaluation ...

19. Futuremark releases 3DMark06

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 18 January 2006

    ... of the capabilities of dual-core processors. For the first time, the benchmark offers separate tests for CPUs and graphics in an effort a universal performance evaluation tool for PC. Saratoga (CA) ...

20. Holiday video game sales could be well off target

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 16 January 2006

    ... told the publication. Even assuming NPD was capable of omitting Wal-Mart from its sales evaluations, the thought of a single retailer accounting for as much as 80% more unit sales than all the other retailers ...

21. Warner Bros. joins Blu-ray Disc Association, plans to release Blu-ray titles

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 20 October 2005

    ... Blu-ray Disc Association,"" Toshiba's statement continues, ""represents the studio's understandable commitment to listen to broad array of opinions and to continue to make technical evaluations of each ...

22. Blu-ray support a last minute switch, Microsoft says

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 27 September 2005

    ... sold in America today come from China, he added. Maintaining low disc replication costs affects the consumer price for media, said Ribas, which would play into any price/performance evaluation. A disc ...

23. Windows XP Pro x64 RC2 for download available

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Wednesday, 16 February 2005

    ... This time its for real, we were told. The code in fact has been posted to the Customer Preview Program site and can be downloaded at www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/evaluation/upgrade.mspx Related story: ...

24. Windows XP Pro x64 RC2 download to be available today, really

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Friday, 11 February 2005

      Numerous readers informed us in recent days that the RC2 of Windows XP Pro so far has not appeared on Microsoft's Customer Preview Program site. Numerous readers informed us in recent days that ...

25. Atari announces first 64-bit game

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Brief)

    Tuesday, 21 September 2004

      AMD and Atari today announced the availability of what the firms call the first 64-bit game named "Shadow Ops: Red Mercury." AMD did not participate in the development, but claims that the game ...

26. Microsoft cancels Mythica MMORPG

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Monday, 16 February 2004

      Microsoft Game Studios has cancelled MMORPG Mythica, the publisher announced last week, "based on a careful evaluation of the competitive MMORPG landscape". Microsoft Game Studios has cancelled ...

27. SMT Xeons count double for Win2k Server licences

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Monday, 11 March 2002

      The introduction of Intel's new Hyper-Threading technology is providing Microsoft with a handy mechanism for getting more money from Windows 2000 Server customers, for encouraging users to switch ...

28. Alchemy Shows off MIPS-based Processor at DevCon

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Thursday, 29 November 2001

    ... development board is also available for system software development and hardware evaluation. Customer sampling of the 400 MHz version will begin in December, 2001. Pricing for the 333 MHz version of the ...

29. AMD's Athlon XP Processor Party/Dumbing Down the Masses

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Wednesday, 10 October 2001

    ... heard today. If you really want details, your best bet is to check out Tom's evaluation of the processor. And if you're an AMD fan who thinks I'm being a little cynical, bear in mind that they didn't even ...

30. Ligos announces software MPEG2 player

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Sunday, 25 April 1999

    ... a 60-day evaluation period, the MPEG-2 software decoder requires no additional hardware to run. With a 233MHz Pentium II processor, the player can decode MPEG-2 bitstreams of up to 10 Mbps at half D-1 ...