"Well, I've pretty much chucked WinME at home. I've one last machine running it, and it's only because there are hours and hours worth of applications loaded on it, and I haven't had the time to plan a full rebuild. Among my many irritations with WinME is that fact that it's just not stable if you're an avid overclocker." - Ars Technica.

"The company plans to release a 1.3GHz chip by the end of March, 1.4GHz and 1.5GHz chips by the end of June and a 1.7GHz chip by the end of December." - AsiaBizTech.

"Also, the rumored 1.3GHz Thunderbirds will not be coming out any time soon. And when it does hit, you won't be kicking yourself for making a purchase now since it is highly unlikely that it will be using the cooler-running Palomino core." - AnandTech.

"This latest version of DirectX offers updated graphics, faster frame rates, and support for massively multiplayer games. It also offers more immersive audio when running and displaying programs rich in multimedia elements such as full-color graphics, video, 3-D animation, and surround sound. If you had an earlier version of DirectX installed on your system, you will see little difference in available space on your hard drive following the installation. DirectX 8.0a will overwrite any earlier versions." - File Planet.

"While the FBI investigation is ongoing, I can now give you an update on our internal investigation, which has uncovered evidence which suggests that Egghead.com's existing security systems interrupted the intrusion while it was in progress, and that customer data has not been compromised."

"In addition, reports from the credit card companies with whom we work suggest that fewer than 7,500 credit card accounts registered with us have shown possible fraudulent activity. This is a very small fraction -- less than two tenths of one percent -- of the approximately three million credit cards registered with Egghead.com. At this point it is difficult to determine whether any fraudulent activity on this relatively small number of credit cards can be traced back to the attack on our system, or whether it may be the result of credit card theft elsewhere. At this point, the evidence we have gathered to-date suggests that these credit card numbers were NOT obtained from our site."

"1) problem with multiple IP addresses on client

Some clients with both a LAN network card and a modem (or other kind of internet connection interface) installed, were able to connect, but would only see message "Trying to stabilize connection" and were unable to play.

The problem is now fixed.

2) multihomed server not visible in GameSpy Arcade

In some cases, when running a server on a multihomed system (with more than one IP address), if you forced a specific IP (as is neccessary behind some firewalls), the server would work, but wouldn't be visible in GameSpy Arcade browser.

The problem is now fixed.

This patch 2.1a patches directly on the Public Test 2. You don't have to install the 2.1 patch before it. Or you can apply 2.1a over 2.1, either way does the same. Note that versions 2.1 and 2.1a are cross-compatible. You don't have to install 2.1a unless you need the fixes that it provides."