GENEVA — The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) officially approved the long-awaited V.90 56kbps modem standard this morning, putting an end to the brutal protocol battle between Lucent/Rockwell's K56flex and 3Com/USRobotics' x2 technologies.
Internet service providers worldwide are deploying firmware updates to their remote access server (RAS) racks, allowing dialup home users to achieve consistent 53.3kbps download speeds across copper telephone lines.
SAN JOSE — Hardware enthusiasts are queuing outside computer retailers for the new 3Dfx Voodoo2 chipset. Featuring twin texture mapping units (TMUs) and a dedicated pixel FX processor, the card delivers blistering 60 frames per second at 800x600 resolution in Glide-accelerated games like Quake II and Unreal.
Hardcore gamers can link two Voodoo2 cards via an internal SLI (Scan-Line Interleave) ribbon cable to achieve a groundbreaking 1024x768 resolution.
| Stock Ticker | Company Name | Closing Price | Net Change | Daily Market Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSFT | Microsoft Corporation | $108.75 | +2.25 | Windows 98 Second Edition rollout fuels strong enterprise sales. |
| CSCO | Cisco Systems Inc. | $64.50 | +3.10 | Massive router infrastructure shipments to telecom providers. |
| INTC | Intel Corporation | $88.25 | +1.50 | Pentium II 450MHz processors enter volume manufacturing. |
| SUNW | Sun Microsystems Inc. | $42.10 | +0.85 | Java 2 Platform release gains massive enterprise adoption. |