==================================================================== SEARCHWIN2000.COM DAILY NEWS August 29, 2001 More headlines at: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news/0,,sid1,00.html ==================================================================== Sponsored by Informio ============================================================ HEAR EXCHANGE EMAIL ANYTIME, ANYWHERE. FREE INSTALLATION! Did you know ... your sales force receives 5x more email then voicemail, yet only about 5% of them have easy access to critical data from the road? Informio SpeedMail<sup>TM</sup> lets them listen to messages, compose, send, forward, search by sender, move to folder, and reply to email, as well as check their calendar - all by phone. Act now for FREE installation - a savings of $3000! 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SOURCE: Wininformant http://www.wininformant.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=22311 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY'S WINDOWS 2000 AND INDUSTRY NEWS -------------------------------------------------------------------- [1] Intel launches 2 GHz Pentium 4 [2] Intel outlines faster, more scalable McKinley [3] Microsoft demystifies its ASP plans [4] Nations uniting for open source [1] "Intel launches 2 GHz Pentium 4" Microsoft and Intel are hoping the one-two punch of the Windows XP client OS and the nimble 2 GHz Pentium 4 processor will serve as a jolt of caffeine for the PC industry. Intel claims the processor serves up 81% more performance than 1 GHz Pentium III processors. SOURCE: ENT Magazine http://www.entmag.com/breaknews.asp?ID=4886 [2] "Intel outlines faster, more scalable McKinley" Microsoft and Intel are hoping the one-two punch of the Windows XP client OS and the nimble 2 GHz Pentium 4 processor will serve as a jolt of caffeine for the PC industry. Intel claims the processor serves up 81% more performance than 1 GHz Pentium III processors. SOURCE: ENT Magazine http://www.entmag.com/breaknews.asp?ID=4886 [3] "Microsoft demystifies its ASP plans" Microsoft lays out its ASP strategy in an interview with sister site searchServiceProvider and discusses how its .Net initiative will transform online experiences for ASP end users. SOURCE: searchServiceProvider http://searchserviceprovider.techtarget.com/qna/0,289202,sid28_gci763134,00.html [4] "Nations uniting for open source" Open source is getting more and more appealing in countries that want to get hip to the digital age but don't have a whole lot of cash in the coffers to pay for it. In some countries, going the open-source route isn't just an option, it's the law! An analyst says those countries not only like the cost of free software, they also like being free of the grip of any one vendor, like Microsoft. SOURCE: ZDNet http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2809001,00.html?chkpt=zdhpnews01 If you would like to comment on today's news, email searchWin2000.com News Editor Ed Parry at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. ------------------------------------------------------------------- WIN! WIN! WIN! ------------------------------------------------------------------- August's Tip of the Month Contest is in full swing. Don't miss out on your chance to win this month's prize -- set of Klipsch ProMedia THX Certified Multimedia Speakers! Submit a tip today at http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tipsHallOfFame/0,289489,sid1_prz758210_cts758207,00.html. ==================================================================== BEST WEB LINKS "Selecting a VPN solution? Think security first" Deciding which VPN technology to implement and which products to choose can be a harrowing experience, given the many available choices on the market. Add security concerns to the mix, and deciding on VPN equipment can be risky business. SearchNetworking talked to leading industry experts and developed the top twelve issues to consider when selecting large enterprise VPN solutions. We weren't surprised that security topped the list. SOURCE: searchNetworking http://www.searchnetworking.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid7_gci542380,00.html "Protect your data with Win2k file encryption" If you have a Win2k Pro computer that isn't connected to a network, you can disable the services listed in this article to save memory and resources. You can also simplify navigation of your Win2k command console with a method described here. 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Please send your comments, ideas or questions to News Editor Ed Parry at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. Please include your name, title and company name. --------------------------------------------------------------- THE MISSING LINK --------------------------------------------------------------- A look at an off-the-wall story off the Web "Musicians befriend IM buddies" Lindsay Pagano is AIMing for stardom. The 14-year-old singer has an album coming out, and her record label has found a very modern way to "connect" and "buddy" up with her fans. Warner Bros. Records has launched a specialized chat buddy on AOL Instant Messenger to answer questions about Pagano's upcoming album, lyrics and musical inspiration. That would have been unthinkable in the 8-track era. The name is "LindsayBuddy" in case you want to add it to your list. 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