Bij The Register valt er in een nieuwsbericht te lezen dat er van Office XP, dat vanaf 31 mei in de retailkanalen terecht moet komen, gratis proefversies bij een Europees computerblad geleverd gaan worden. Deze evaluatie-versie van XP zal 30 dagen werken. In de Verenigde Staten moet er $9,95 voor het schijfje betaald worden. Bovendien wordt er gefluisterd dat deze versie ook gratis te downloaden zal zijn van de website van Microsoft.
Of deze Compuserve-achtige praktijken bij de consumenten in de smaak vallen is volgens The Register nog maar de vraag - maar in ieder geval kunnen op deze manier veel mensen overtuigd worden van het nut van het gebruiken van Office XP. Dan blijft er nog het grote probleem van de 'universal keys' over; bij recent gelekte versies van Office XP was het mogelijk om de product activation beveiliging te omzeilen door het gebruik van een bepaalde cd-key. Het is natuurlijk de vraag of dit ook mogelijk is bij deze gratis trial-versie, waardoor Microsoft misschien wel heel veel mensen blij maakt. The Register vroeg het aan MS zelf, en zij hadden er het volgende over te zeggen:
MS UK anti-piracy chief Julia Philpott however tells The Reg that corporate "worldwide fulfillment product" keys will not work with retail code.
But even if that key doesn't work, so long as Microsoft goes ahead in issuing keys that do this to corporate buyers (which is currently thought to be the plan) these will quickly leak, so product activation won't be bullet-proof. The vast numbers of trial packs out there may turn out not to be so receptive to becoming live product, but some kind of 'key plus hack' looks probable, considering recent history.
Met dank aan Tim van Leeuwen voor de tip.
"A unique aspect of the QDR Co-Development agreement is the plan to develop not just a pin-compatible SRAM, but a multi-generational roadmap of functionally compatible high-performance SRAM architectures to meet the industry's needs for years to come," said Mario Martinez, Director of Strategic Marketing for Cypress's Memory Products Division. "We are pleased to welcome Samsung to the QDR co-development team as they offer a strong supplier representation throughout the world.

The AP1011 provides the critical function of connecting the HyperTransport bus on microprocessors, network processors and ASICs (Application Specific Integrated Circuits) to a wide variety of PCI devices and peripherals. The chip connects the processors to hundreds of PCI chips for graphics, networking, mass storage, SCSI, among other purposes, and the new device can work with processors featuring HyperTransport in development from such companies as AMD, Broadcom, PMC-Sierra, Nvidia and SandCraft Inc.

This photoresist removal technology produces virtually no hazardous waste. It is designed as a 'closed loop' system that reuses carbon dioxide in the process, adding no greenhouse gas to the atmosphere. Also, because of the low vapour pressure, the added cosolvents are easy to then separate from the mixture to be collected and resused.

Not a cheap chip then, even if you take into account there's memory bundled. The prices are for Intel's authorised dealers and distributors. Other, OEM accounts, will pay less, depending on the number they buy from Intel. Dell will pay less than anyone else, we suspect. The date of the launch means there are plenty of the parts already seeded with the press, ready to develop legs and start wiggling real soon now.
At $14.99 it is a good budget heatsink. It is priced lower than the competition and performes slightly better. The important thing to look at is load temperature. I liked the easy installation with the spring clip and plastic tab and the copper base gives it an edge. In regards to its size, it performed surprisingly well compared to other budget HSF's seen here. These temperatures were taken with the processor not overclocked. Although the temperatures may be way off from what you will actually find, in comparison to other heatsinks they are accurate.





"Ezra will operate at 1GHz by the fourth quarter and will reach 1.2GHz by the first quarter of next year," Charlton Chen, Via's manager of investor relations, said at an investment conference in Hong Kong. Intel has shifted development efforts to the market for processors used in PCs selling for more than $1,000 to compete with rival Advanced Micro Devices, analysts said.

