X-bit labs

Wednesday, August 24, 2005

Intel Developer Forum Coverage from Around the Web. IDF Fall 2005 Going On

Intel Developer Forum is carried out for the ninth time and proves to be a premier global technology forum for hardware and software developers. The conference give glimpse for specialists about Intel-based platforms, technologies, solutions as well as the new usage models they enable. More than 25000 technology experts come together at IDF in more than a dozen countries each year.

Numerous web-sites have posted extensive coverage materials from the show.

• AnandTech: Fall IDF 2005 - Day 1: Intel Introduces new Microprocessor Architecture.
• AnandTech: Fall IDF 2005 - Day 1: Intel's New Architecture Details Revealed.
• AnandTech: Fall IDF 2005 - Day 1: Pictures of Intel's Next Generation CPUs.
• AnandTech: Fall IDF 2005 - Day 1: Coverage of Everything.
• AnandTech: Fall IDF 2005 - Day 2: Pat Gelsinger Reveals Intel's Server Plans.
• AnandTech: Fall IDF 2005 - Day 2: Intel Introduces their VIIV Brand.
• AnandTech: Fall IDF 2005 - Day 2: More Details on VIIV and Next-Gen Architecture.
• Hexus.net: Intel Developer Forum Fall 2005 - San Francisco.
• X-bit labs: IDF Fall 2005. Day 1.
• X-bit labs: IDF Fall 2005. Day 1: Continued.
• X-bit labs: IDF Fall 2005. Day 2.

Microsoft’s Windows 95 Turns 10 Years Old. A Decade Since the World Has Changed

Personal computers have been selling for about three decades now, but only ten years ago the PCs became so user friendly that even novice users could utilize them easily. The reason for that was the introduction of the Windows 95, which featured generally similar interface to what is used now with the Windows XP.

Microsoft Windows 95, which was launched on the 24^th of August, 1995, was sold in 19 million copies in the first year, sparked the explosion of the Internet, ignited tremendous growth in PC sales and basically changed the world: today business is impossible without computers and the Web. To celebrate the 10^th anniversary of Windows 95, BetaNews web-site has collected stories from those who where at the launch event of the operating system to experience the event’s first hand, whereas some other web-sites have posted their glances back to mark the date.

• BetaNews: 10 Years On: Windows 95 Remembered.
• eWeek: A Decade Later: Windows 95 Keeps Going… and Going.
• InformationWeek: Microsoft Mum on Windows 95 Tenth Anniversary.