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Configuration Manager 2001 Technical Preview Version

Anoop

Microsoft released the latest technical preview version 2001 of Configuration Manager. Most of the features in released in this version shall be part of production version MEMCM 2001. MECM 2001 Version […]. Subscribe YouTube Channel [link].

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Douglas Trumbull, Effects Wizard Behind 2001: A Space Odyssey and Blade Runner, Has Died

Gizmodo

Science fiction cinema would not be what it is today without the work of Douglas Trumbull. Trumbull helped drive effects on films like 2 001: A Space Odyssey , Blade Runner , and Close Encounters of the Third Kind , each time changing the field in ways that would resonate for decades.

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These Matrix, Alien, and 2001 Claymation Scenes Are Perfection

Gizmodo

Not one, not two, but three all-time sci-fi classics : 2001: A Space … Read more. Over the past few weeks, you may have noticed an uptick in io9 posts featuring short claymation scenes recreating iconic moments from famous sci-fi movies.

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6 lessons Apple retail taught the industry in 2001

Computerworld Vertical IT

Apple opened its first Apple retail stores 20 years ago on May 19, 2001 — and soon became one of the most successful retailers in the world — at least, it was in the time before COVID-19.

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Duke Nukem Forever build from 2001 appears online, full leak set for June

TechSpot

Fan site Duke 4 has a solid summary of the 4chan thread where the intel originated, which has since been archived. According to the poster, nearly every chapter in the game is present in some sort and a lot of it is playable. Most of the weapons are also functional

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Unexplained Monolith Discovered in Rural Utah's Red Rock Country

Gizmodo

The monolith has drawn comparisons to the black monolith in Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey , and the helicopter crew… Read more. aliens utah utah department of public safety bureau of land management 2001 a space odyssey 2001

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Utah's Mystery Monolith Appeared Around 2016 Near Site of Old Movie and TV Locations

Gizmodo

aliens monolith utah westworld movie locations 2001 2001 a space odyssey stanley kubrick ufos utah public safety 127 hours thelma and louise dead horse point state park canyonlands national parkWas it aliens or artists?

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50 Years Later, Silent Running Is More Relevant Than Ever

Gizmodo

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The Gorillaz Go to the Moon

Gizmodo

gorillaz moon music videos the cure 2001 a space odyssey a trip to the moon spaceballsThe Gorillaz obviously have a penchant for pop culture. The fact that the band’s members primarily like to be seen as animated characters should have tipped that off.

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Recent nationwide grounding of flights was due to someone accidentally deleting a file

TechSpot

On January 11, the Federal Aviation Administration announced that its Notice to Air Mission Systems (NOTAM) system was offline, leading it to order airlines to pause all domestic departures—the first nationwide grounding since September 11, 2001

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On Symfony2 : spf13.com

SPF13

s pretty much the first web framework for PHP dating back to 2001. by Steve Francia. talks. share. Twitter. Facebook. Google+. LinkedIn. Delicious. Reddit. StumbleUpon. sharing is caring. follow. Twitter. Facebook. LinkedIn. GitHub. Google+. SlideShare. join 10k+ subscribers & followers. On Symfony2. Disclaimer. ve got a couple disclaimers in writing this. m one of the primary authors of the Zoop Framework for PHP. In spite of itâ??s s age itâ??s

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Predictions 2019: Employee Experience Moves To Center Stage

Forrester IT

Employees are quitting their jobs at the fastest rate since 2001.[i] Companies and executives are paying attention to employee experience as never before. There are good reasons for this attention. Chief among them is the historically low unemployment rate, which gives employees options that they are taking advantage of. i] What’s more, companies that care about […].

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Xbox creator apologizes to AMD over last-minute switch to Intel CPUs 20 years ago

TechSpot

Microsoft launched the original Xbox on November 15, 2001. While we're still one month away from the 20th anniversary, Seamus Blackley is using the occasion to apologize for a situation that was out of his control

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Apple iPod: The First 10 Years of the Ubiquitous Media Player

TechSpot

#TBT In 2001, Apple launched an MP3 player that would eventually shape the landscape of today's mobile computing market, and the product that put Apple on the path to become a dominant tech player

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Log4j flaw needs immediate remediation

Network World

Log4j or Log4Shell has been around a long time—it was released in January, 2001—and is widely used in all manner of enterprise and consumer services, websites, and applications.

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As Mariners end historic drought, a look back at how much has changed in Seattle in 21 years

GeekWire

If you’re new to Seattle or you’re a soggy, seasoned native, Seattle was undoubtedly a much different city in 2001. T-Mobile Park was a 2-year-old stadium by the name of Safeco Field back in 2001. billion for its 2001 fiscal year, compared to $198.3

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Log4j flaw needs immmediate remediation

Network World

Log4j or Log4Shell has been around a long time—it was released in January, 2001—and is widely used in all manner of enterprise and consumer services, websites, and applications.

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Segway is retiring its iconic scooter that failed to revolutionize personal transportation

TechSpot

Known as the Segway Human Transporter, the two-wheeled self-balancing personal transporter felt as if it had been pulled straight of out of a sci-fi novel when it debuted in late 2001.

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Agile 2: A New Hope

Dataconomy

On February 11-13, 2001, a group of senior programmers, project managers, and technical analysts met at the Snowbird ski resort in Utah.

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Bandai Namco announces the first-ever Xbox and PC Taiko no Tatsujin Game, which comes out in a week

TechSpot

Since the original 2001 arcade release, Bandai Namco’s series of Taiko drum rhythm games have spawned dozens of entries on various PlayStation, Nintendo, and mobile platforms.

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What The Inside of an NSA Data Center Looks Like

Data Center Knowledge

A 2001 Discovery Channel documentary provided an unprecedented look inside the NSA''s facility in Fort Meade, Maryland - including the agency''s supercomputing facility. The NSA isn''t likely to allow the world a look inside the new Utah data center. But that hasn''t always been the case. Data Center Videos Government HPC

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STEM Learning in 2023: Overview, Value, Benefits, and More

Kitaboo

According to the Scientific Administrators of the American National Science Foundation (NSF), STEM learning is a cohesive study of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (2001). Technological advancements have been on the rise for over a decade now.

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Fountainhead: Egenera PAN now available on Dell blades

Fountainhead

Since about 2001, Egenera has been selling its high-end hardware/software combination that unified re-purposing of physical and virtual servers. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Fountainhead. Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Tuesday, March 3, 2009. Egenera PAN now available on Dell blades. It combined super-high-performance blades, with their PAN Manager software.

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Angelina Jolie Initially Said No to Starring in Simon West's Tomb Raider

Gizmodo

Before Charlize Theron took the mantle as the queen of action cinema, that title belonged to Angelina Jolie , starting with the role of Lara Croft in Simon West’s Tomb Raider (2001).

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Edge and Windows 11 — the return of Microsoft's IE fiasco?

Computerworld Vertical IT

This part of his decision was overturned in 2001, or we'd be living in a very different technology world. Today, Microsoft dukes it out with the FAANG stocks for top place in the tech stock market. But 20 years ago, Microsoft let out a big sigh of relief when it dodged a bullet.

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Brotherhood of the Wolf Is Still the Greatest French Historical Epic Martial Arts Monster Movie Ever Made

Gizmodo

Yet 2001’s Brotherhood of the Wolf has the audacity to take these wildly incohesive elements, along with… Read more. Martial arts movies that double as historical epics are supposed to be set in Asia.

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A Pandemic-Induced Bankruptcy Killed the HAL-9000 Smart Speaker

Gizmodo

If you need another reminder that it’s an especially risky time to back crowdfunded products on sites like Indiegogo and Kickstarter, Master Replicas Group, who introduced a smart speaker version of the HAL 9000 computer from 2001: A Space Odyssey , is shutting down, and unless a minor miracle occurs (space babies?)… Read more.

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20 Years Later, Pulse Is Still the Creepiest Horror Movie About Internet Ghosts

Gizmodo

At the time of its release in 2001, however, that sound signified a new form of communication that had already begun to change the world. Pulse begins with an ancient sound: the screech of a dial-up internet connection.

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Star Trek: The Motion Picture Remaster's First Trailer Boldly Goes to Ultra HD

Gizmodo

Way back in 2001, Star Trek fans were delighted to receive a director’s cut of Star Trek: The Motion Picture , with enhanced visual effects, on DVD.

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The Original Segway Is Officially Being Retired on July 15

Gizmodo

When first revealed to the world back in December of 2001 Dean Kamen’s Segway promised to revolutionize urban mobility. But sticker shock, and cities quickly banning the self-balancing standing scooter, meant the Segway never came to close to realizing that dream.

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AI isn't yet what it could be

IT Toolbox

Daneel Olivaw as the almost human robot or Stanley Kubrick’s HAL in 2001: A Space Odyssey, artificial intelligence has been a hallmark of science fiction (right up there with faster than light travel). Artificial Intelligence has long been promised as a great promise of benefit to the human race. Whether you're talking about Isaac Asimov's R.

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The Making of Ellen DeGeneres, the Nicest Person on Television

Gizmodo

Ellen DeGeneres was supposed to host the 53rd Primetime Emmy Awards on September 16, 2001. But in the wake of September 11, the awards show was canceled twice, until finally, on November 4, DeGeneres hosted a more casual ceremony , to a seemingly reluctant crowd.

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A Classic Hellboy Novel Is Becoming a Comic

Gizmodo

In 2001, Hellboy’s second novel, The Bones of Giants , took us on an adventure of Nordic mythological mayhem, as everyone’s favorite paranormal investigator found himself on the trail of giant’s corpse and a certain mysterious hammer.

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Identity authentication and fraud prevention company AuthenticID lands $100M

GeekWire

Founded in 2001, AuthenticID provides “identity proofing” software to U.S. Seattle-based AuthenticID landed $100 million in a minority investment from Long Ridge Equity Partners. wireless carriers, banks, credit bureaus, and other large enterprise companies.

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The Mirobot robot arm is a crash course in robotics and how world-class manufacturing happens

Venture Beast

Robots like The Iron Giant or 2001’s HAL 9000 get all the attention when you’re talking artificial life, but the truth is, there are robots everywhere.

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Funko acquires Mondo, a pop culture company with focus on records, posters and more

GeekWire

Mondo was founded in 2001 by Rob Jones and Tim League and was a subsidiary of Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. Everett, Wash.-based based Funko , sellers of pop culture toys and collectibles, has acquired Mondo , an Austin-based company that makes vinyl records, posters, apparel and more.

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Gran Turismo 7 gets pushed back to 2022 due to pandemic-related production challenges

TechSpot

The primary releases reached peak sales in 2001 with the Gran Turismo 7 was announced on June 11, 2020, during the PlayStation 5 unveiling.

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The New Cinderella Trailer Gives Us Big Knight's Tale Vibes

Gizmodo

Maybe it’s just us, but when we see people in period clothing singing catchy modern pop songs, we’re instantly transported back to 2001.

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Halo's Trailer Bring Master Chief's Sci-fi Odyssey to Live Action

Gizmodo

Since the original Halo released in 2001, Microsoft has been trying for a long time to get Bungie and 343 Industries’ sci-fi shooter into live action beyond excellent commercials and webseries tie-ins.

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Stanley Kubrick’s Daughter Fell Down the QAnon Rabbit Hole

Gizmodo

The daughter of late, legendary film director Stanley Kubrick— The Shining , Space Odyssey: 2001 , Dr. Strangelove , etc—is on board with extremist groups like the Proud Boys, Boogaloo, and QAnon, according to a Wednesday report in the Daily Beast.

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Check Out Our New Website!

The Investing Edge

2001: This page had flash animation…pretty innovative for 2001! No, you haven’t landed on the wrong page. We at Ascent Venture Partners are proud to present our shiny new website! I think you would agree – it was about time. Being a 30+ year old firm, we’ve gone through a number of website iterations. We thought it’d be fun to share with you the evolution of the www.ascentvp.com site. 1998: Our partner Geoff Oblak is the proud creator of our first website.

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Eric Schmidt quietly left Google parent Alphabet in February

TechSpot

Schmidt was recruited by Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin to lead the company way back in 2001, first as chair of the board of directors then as CEO later that summer.

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Bang & Olufsen is making audio gear for the Xbox

TechSpot

Designed for Xbox is a licensing program that was introduced with the launch of the original Xbox in 2001. Partners are given access to Xbox guidelines, specifications and IP, and gain valuable internal connections as well as prominent placing on the Xbox storefront