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    While security experts applaud Microsoft's recently released Service Pack 2, some companies that distribute their software over the Web are watching the product's introduction with dread and suspicion.

  • Intel's 3D divorce rate

    Developers of three-dimensional rendering technology for the Web known as X3D are bracing for a standards war with Intel--a former backer of the project--just as their recently sundered collaboration bears fruit.

  • Bringing 3D to the Web

    Virtual Reality Modelling Language is back from the dead--again. This time backers are betting that a new specification will drive a comeback.

  • Cyberspace: The future is now?

    William Gibson coined the term, and Wired Magazine made it vogue. However, "cyberspace" -- a virtual world of information and interactivity -- has yet to appear on the Net. Four researchers working in relative obscurity for two years hope to change that.

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  • SP2 vs. the plug-ins

    With the introduction of Service Pack 2 for Windows XP, sites and software that depend on ActiveX may falter under Microsoft's new security regime.

  • Bringing 3D to the Web

    Virtual Reality Modelling Language is back from the dead--again. This time backers are betting that a new specification will drive a comeback.

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  • CPU Speed: How Much Is Enough?

    Chips are revving at 1.5 GHz, and there's no slowdown in sight. But who needs it? Maybe you do. Between the two extremes -- niche professionals who need the most speed and business users who are happy with much less -- lies the universe of PC users. Figuring out what's right for each individual is no easy task.

  • Here come the fastest notebooks yet

    Intel's new mobile chip, the Pentium III-M, promises ever greater speeds for mobile computers while using less battery power and creating less heat. Already, notebook makers have products featuring the cool new chip that will be in the shops in month or two.

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