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Frustrated by recent news reports, Apple announced today that Rhapsody, the next generation Mac OS that will be based on NeXT technology will not run on the Intel processor: it is being developed for PowerPC only. The problem lies with porting the...
Responding to a huge decrease in demand for PowerPC systems, Microsoft announced this morning that it will be discontinuing development of Windows NT for the unpopular chipset. Microsoft will continue to offer technical support to Windows NT 4.0...
Officials at Microsoft confirmed that a glitch in the online service's E-mail system prevented many users from receiving messages last week. Users with names starting with P, Q and R were unable to process E-mail for almost a week. The problem is...
Microsoft really makes me laugh sometimes. You may recall a few months ago when Microsoft posted a beta release of "News Viewer", an excellent configurable Internet-push news tool that blew PointCast out of the water. A few days later, Microsoft...
Microsoft is giving PC vendors another six months--that is, until January 1998--to implement their Advanced Configuration Power Interface (ACPI) specification. ACPI is the key component behind the OnNow technology, which will make PCs more like...
At the WinHec 97 conference this April in San Francisco, Microsoft will unveil its PC 98 Hardware Design Guidelines, a set of specifications for PC computer bays that allows for transparent hot-swapping of hardware devices. The specifications...
Microsoft quietly introduced some interesting home titles this week, including "Home Essentials 97" and "Plus! for Kids." Home Essentials 97 is a nice bundle of application programs that includes Word 97, Works 4.0, Encarta 97, IE 3.0, MSN...
Microsoft has finally named the client component of Exchange 5.0 that allows users to check their mail from a Web Browser. It will be called "Web Client." And to think I was hoping for something more Microsoftian like E-mail Explorer or Visual...
Apple's Mac-compatible version of Rhapsody--the next version of the Mac OS that is based on NeXT Software's OpenStep OS--will run only on the PowerPC but the company will also sell an Intel version...
America Online announced a quarterly loss of $155 million yesterday, blaming a $74 million GNN restructuring bill and a $24 million charge to refund subscribers. The loss was much higher than analysts expected, even when the restructuring bill and...