==================================================================== SEARCHWIN2000.COM DAILY NEWS September 17, 2001 More headlines at: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news/0,,sid1,00.html ==================================================================== Sponsored by NetIQ ============================================================ FREE E-BOOK: Register now to read the latest chapter of "The Definitive Guide to Windows 2000 and Exchange 2000 Migration" - a FREE eBook brought to you by NetIQ and Realtimepublishers.com. Get hands-on field experience as industry experts tackle both Windows 2000 and Exchange 2000 in a single book. Register now at http://www.netiq.com/ebook/register.asp?Origin=SchW2KDN0914 ============================================================ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LEAD STORY "Stardock releases new Windows XP tools" If you check out Stardock's Web site, you'll see a couple of new tools for Windows XP. XBench gives video card driver writers a chance to benchmark and better their software. Also, the final beta of WindowBlinds 3 is ready -- that's a tool for editing, creating and adding your own skins to Windows XP from the Appearance Tab in display properties. SOURCE: Wininformant http://www.wininformant.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=22433 Is editing video on a PC really as easy as it is on a MAC? Stop by the searchWindowsManageability Management Tools discussion forum and tell us what you think! http://searchwindowsmanageability.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]!viewtype=&skip=&expand= More XP-related news and resources are a click away at http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci764410,00.html. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY'S WINDOWS 2000 AND INDUSTRY NEWS -------------------------------------------------------------------- [1] How to make the most of performance management tools [2] Stratus server puts down downtime [3] Attacks shouldn't shake tech industry [4] IT community steps up to volunteer [5] Abuse drives Gartner to drop free research offer [6] Senator calls for encryption crackdown [1] "How to make the most of performance management tools" Making the "always available" promise of the Internet a reality is Gelco Information Network's Ryan Rager's job. Learn from his experience with these tips on selecting, deploying, and managing performance management tools. SOURCE: searchWindowsManageability http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci768824,00.html Check out our collection of performance management information at http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci762296,00.html. [2] "Stratus server puts down downtime" Need to run Windows applications with 24X7 redundancy? Stratus promises that its new ftServer 3200 and support services will deliver the goods. SOURCE: searchWindowsManageability http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci768740,00.html [3] "Attacks shouldn't shake tech industry" Analysts don't think the events of last week will translate into economic straits for the tech industry. In fact, the industry may see more cash flowing in as businesses and the government gird their infrastructures to address the threats of terrorism. SOURCE: CNET http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-7201358.html?tag=lthd [4] "IT community steps up to volunteer" Be it blood, hardware, software, office space, services, advice, or prayers, the IT community is making contributions to the relief efforts in New York and Washington. SOURCE: Computerworld http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO63922,00.html [5] "Abuse drives Gartner to drop free research offer" Gartner tried to do a good deed, opening up its research to businesses that need to make post-attack decisions. But Gartner had to pull the free research offer because too many freeloaders, or in this case "freedownloaders," were looting the information "for inappropriate use." Other information is still available for free for firms with legitimate needs. SOURCE: Newsbytes http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/170075.html [6] "Senator calls for encryption crackdown" Tuesday's terror has at least one U.S. senator calling for tighter limits on encryption software. Developers may be asked to produce decryption products for the government, so law enforcement can monitor what criminals are up to and hopefully stop them before they strike. The FBI reportedly believes encryption techniques were used to coordinate Tuesday's attacks. 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Although corporate users may not embrace these IM features in the short-term, IDC analysts predict that the annual volume of instant messages sent for corporate use will surpass the number of messages sent by individuals by 2003. SOURCE: Computerworld http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61141,00.html "The next great thing: video instant messaging" Someday video instant messaging could be as ubiquitous as e-mail for corporate users -- at least that's what columnist Jeffrey Young thinks. Young predicts that Microsoft is making mankind's first grand step into the "Broadband Age" with the inclusion of video instant messaging in its forthcoming Windows XP. SOURCE: Network World Fusion http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2001/0709young.html ==================================================================== WIN! WIN! WIN! -------------------------------------------------------------------- Our September Tip of the Month contest is under way. 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Please include your name, title and company name. --------------------------------------------------------------- THE MISSING LINK --------------------------------------------------------------- A look at an off-the-wall story off the Web "Web companies, non-profits mobilize to help victims" Instant messaging came of age in the wake of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, keeping people in touch when phones failed. Now in the aftermath, the Internet is stepping up to the plate again. Call it instant philanthropy. The Net has become a popular and efficient e-middleman, linking donors and victims of the attacks. The American Red Cross got three donations per minute last Tuesday through its Web site. When the final dollar count is tallied officials say the sum will be a record-setter. Amazon managed to raise more than $5 million in donations when it changed its home page to host a Red Cross fundraising site. AOL and Yahoo have hauled in $15 million between them. 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