NetFlash: Microsoft releases public beta of Windows Server 2003 for Opteron

Microsoft this week took a big step toward 64-bit computing by introducing a public beta program for an operating system to run on AMD’s Opteron server processor. True, not many Windows applications will actually use all 64 bits, but when you’re dealing with chickens and eggs, one of them has to come first. Microsoft releases public beta of Windows Server 2003 for Opteron

Microsoft this week took a big step toward 64-bit computing by introducing a public beta program for an operating system to run on AMD’s Opteron server processor. True, not many Windows applications will actually use all 64 bits, but when you’re dealing with chickens and eggs, one of them has to come first.

Microsoft releases public beta of Windows Server 2003 for Opteron

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McDonald’s U.K. to offer side of Wi-Fi with burgers

The U.K. version of McDonald’s has noticed that a lot of its customers pick up their meals in the drive-through and then park nearby to eat. The restaurant chain now wants to try to sell those customers something else while they just sit there – and these days, that means Internet access.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0107mcdonukto.html?net

Veritas to buy utility computing start-up

Veritas Wednesday is expected to announce plans to acquire start-up Ejasent to help bolster its utility computing strategy.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0106verieja.html?net

Intel to invest $200 million in ‘digital home’

On the eve of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Wednesday, Intel will announce plans to invest $200 million in companies developing new types of hardware, software and networking products for the “digital home,” the company said in a statement.

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