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Problem Patches Can Cause Mayhem
News If you have DirectX versions 8.0 or 9.0 and apply the DirectX 7.0 patch by mistake, you won't actually fix the problem or protect your system. Microsoft has posted updates to the security bulletin and has published Knowledge Based article 909444...
[November 2, 2005, 11:05]
3D Graphics World Shaken By Patent Claims
News Microsoft responded to the increasing use of OpenGL for Windows games by creating DirectX, which is focused on games on the Windows platform. Users of non-Microsoft platforms are also wary of Microsoft gaining additional leverage on the makers of...
[July 11, 2002, 16:14]
GeForce4 Specs Leak Online
News Nvidia's chief rival, ATI, is said to be preparing a counter-attack with a card that supports Microsoft's DirectX 9 technology. DirectX is Microsoft's application programming interface (API) for gaming, and the upcoming DirectX 9 is to support...
[January 17, 2002, 13:57]
Microsoft: Set Your Systems For Vista
News To be classified as Vista-capable, a computer needs an 800MHz processor, 512MB of memory and a DirectX 9-capable graphics card. Vista-capable Premium Ready Processor Modern chip (at least 800MHz) 1GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64...
[May 19, 2006, 10:45]
Open-source Flaw Threatens Microsoft
News Nine Microsoft applications are included in the list: Microsoft DirectX 8, FrontPage, the next-generation Graphics Device Interface, InstallShield, Internet Explorer, Office, NetShow, Visual Studio and Messenger.
[March 15, 2002, 8:57]
Apple Retreats On Gaming Tools At WWDC
News Adams was even less sanguine: "It's kind of a backward step compared to DirectX" -- the graphics API for games in Microsoft Windows. DirectX has been developing and refining new features like bump mapping," Adams said.
[May 18, 2000, 8:38]
ATI, Nvidia Competition Heats Up
News Along with faster processing and support for enhanced graphics tricks included in DirectX 9, a version of Microsoft's PC graphics library, the new ATI chips include some novel features. The GeForce FX Go 5600 and 5200 include all the DirectX 9...
[March 13, 2003, 14:48]
AstroAvenger
Downloads Version 1.7 Microsoft Vista compatibility added, Windowed mode has been fixed, game engine was converted to DirectX v8.0, Web version was created, and minor bugs were fixed. AstroAvenger features cool graphics, excellent sound effects, and groovy...
[April 17, 2007, 20:16]
NASA's World Wind Puts The Planet At The Fingertips Of Internet Users Anywhere
White Papers Using the Microsoft .NET Framework, Microsoft Visual C# .NET, and Microsoft DirectX, World Wind enables anyone with a PC and a broadband Internet connection to take a virtual tour of the earth, seeing three-dimensional images of the planet...
[March 31, 2007, 1:00]
Beta XP Update Ready For Download
News It also provides more support for wireless networking and for short-range Bluetooth wireless connections, along with a new version of Microsoft's DirectX graphics library. Microsoft has released a test version of the second major update to its...
[December 19, 2003, 9:15]
Sega, Microsoft Go Separate Ways
News Sega first joined forces with Microsoft in 1998, making Windows CE and DirectX an integral part of the Sega Dreamcast game console. So while the Dreamcast will continue to support Windows CE and DirectX, Microsoft will be left out of Sega's network...
[June 5, 2000, 8:13]
Microsoft Appoints Linux Interoperability Chief
News Eisler, who worked as a development manager for DirectX during an earlier job with Microsoft, replaces Roz Ho. Microsoft has appointed a director to lead its interoperability efforts with Novell. While the market's number one open-source vendor...
[June 11, 2007, 14:32]
Microsoft Faces Lawsuit Over Vista Branding
News PCs need at least 512MB of RAM, a processor capable of 800MHz or more and a graphics processor that is DirectX 9 capable to be classified as "Vista capable". Microsoft has come under attack for the way it advertises the Vista operating system.
[April 4, 2007, 14:25]
Matrox 'Parhelia' Aims To Eclipse Nvidia
News HDM has been licensed to Microsoft for integration into DirectX 9, Matrox said. Besides the 256-bit memory interface, which provides more than 20GB per second of bandwidth, the GPU has an AGP host interface designed for up to 8X bandwidths and a...
[May 16, 2002, 13:06]
Microsoft To Spell Out Vista's Needs
News To be Vista-capable, a machine needs at least an 800MHz processor, 512MB of memory and a graphics card that can run DirectX 9 graphics. The Vista-capable programme comes as Microsoft is preparing to offer a broader test version of the Windows...
[May 18, 2006, 8:45]
Microsoft Issues Another Two Patches
News One patch fixes a problem in the DirectPlay network gaming functionality of DirectX, which enables games that support the feature to offer head-to-head matchups over the Internet. Even if it is not software that Microsoft has written, it is...
[June 9, 2004, 8:40]
ATI Delays Radeon 9600
News Canada's ATI took the speed lead last year with the introduction of the Radeon 9700, the first graphics chip to take advantage of new programming capabilities built into DirectX 9, the latest version of Microsoft's library of PC graphics...
[April 2, 2003, 14:30]
Microsoft Warns Again On Windows
News The flaw is unusually widespread, affecting all versions of DirectX from version 5.2 to the current 9.0a running on all versions of Windows from Windows 98 through the new Windows Server 2003, according to the Microsoft bulletin.
[July 24, 2003, 7:40]
WildTangent Wins Sony Cash For Web Games
News The reason that 3D has never taken off on the Internet is that nobody knew how to build a complete business model around it," said chief executive Alex St John, who spearheaded the DirectX effort at Microsoft.
[April 9, 2001, 10:44]
ATI: Radeon 9700 Is Double The Power Of GeForce4
News It supports DirectX 9, the next generation of Microsoft's programming libraries for gaming, which opens up new sets of features. Nvidia also continued to increase its market share, as well as its collection of high profile deals, such as the...
[July 18, 2002, 13:54]
