A6: The most predominant new feature in PCIe 2.0 is 5GT/s speed, which includes new mechanisms for software control of link speed, reporting of speed and width changes, and control of loopback.

A1: PCI-SIG expects to deliver the release candidate (v0.9) for the PCIe 2.0 Base specification in Q4 2006 to its members for review. The v0.7 of the PCIe 2.0 Card Electromechanical (CEM) specification will also be delivered in the same timeframe. Visit www.pcisig.com to become a member and access the specification.

A4: The PCIe Base 2.0 specification supports both 2.5GT/s and 5GT/s signaling rates, in order to retain backward compatibility with existing PCIe 1.0 and 1.1 systems. Aside from the faster bit rate, there are a number of improvements in this new specification that allow greater flexibility and reliability in designing PCIe links. For example, the interconnect can be dynamically managed for platform power and performance considerations through software controls.

Generics, anonymous methods, partial classes, iterators, property visibility (separate visibility for get and set) and static classes. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/05/C20/default.aspx for more information about these features.

Generics are useful for writing efficient type-independent code, particularly where the types might include value types. The obvious application is container classes, and the .NET 2.0 class library includes a suite of generic container classes in the System.Collections.Generic namespace. Here's a simple example of a generic container class being used: List<int> myList = new List<int>(); myList.

Support for all of the new framework features such as generics, anonymous methods, partial classes, iterators and static classes. See the .NET FAQ for more on these features. Delegate inference is a new feature of the C# compiler which makes delegate usage a little simpler. It allows you to write this: Thread t = new Thread(ThreadFunc); Another minor but welcome addition is the explicit global namespace, which fixes a hole in namespace usage in C# 1.x.

Added option to comment out unused private fields, methods, and properties (Professional edition only). Added Conversion Issue Report that describes all the conversion warnings and errors (Professional edition only).

A10: PCI-SIG is continually evaluating the need to enhance the PCIe architecture. Because the PCIe architecture is layered, it allows for the flexibility of extending various layers without impacting other layers. With the PCIe 2.0 specifications, for example, the PCI-SIG has addressed market requirements for enhanced performance by doubling the bit rate to 5GT/s. This enhancement is limited to the electrical layer of the protocol stack.

A7: The same set of core applications, high-performance graphics, enterprise-class storage and high-speed networking that benefited from the introduction of PCIe 1.0 architecture are expected to lead the charge for adoption of PCIe 2.0. A8: The established PCIe ecosystem will deliver both pre-silicon and post-silicon tools to assist design engineers with implementing PCIe 2.0 products.

On 1 December 2006 the International Civil Aviation Organization recommended that all countries introduce security measures to limit the quantity of liquids, gels and aerosols that can be carried onboard international flights. It recommended that countries implement the measures by 1 March 2007. Australia implemented the measures for all departing and arriving international flights on 31 March 2007.

Introducing a new product into the Fairtrade system is slow and costly. That is because we try to get it right and this takes a great deal of research. If you know of a product that would sell well in your market, we would encourage you always to talk to your Labelling Initiative. Be realistic, however. A product needs to sell in considerable volume before a producer begins to benefit from these sales.

A3: While doubling the bit rate satisfies high-bandwidth applications, faster signaling has the advantage of allowing various interconnect links to save cost by adopting a narrow configuration. For example, a PCI Express 1.1 x8 link (8 lanes) yields a total aggregate bandwidth of 4GBytes/s, which is the same bandwidth obtained from a PCI Express 2.0 x4 link (4 lanes) that adopts the 5GT/s signaling technology.

A9: PCI-SIG is currently working on the necessary upgrades to its suite of compliance tools, tests and fixtures to support the initial wave of PCIe 2.0 products. PCI-SIG will make timely member announcements when these details are ready and available.

SpinXpress 2.0 includes feature such as search and accessing of right-cleared media libraries and automated publishing functionality to sites like Ourmedia.org and Blip.tv. We’ve solved many of the bugs common in initial software releases and the user interface has been greatly improved as a result of user feedback provided by you! You can review release notes here. [top]

New features require a lot of testing which is done during a dedicated beta phase. This is not possible during normal builds.

Ascent Xtrata 1.5 adds enhanced multipage document support for your Ascent Capture processing. New Xtrata Server functionality includes the ability to do the following: For zone definition, Xtrata can perform segmentation on each page of a multipage form for which at least five images exist. Then, you can accept the results, add additional zones, and otherwise set up the zones using Xtrata Forms Setup and Ascent Capture methods.

XRI Syntax 2.0 defines the syntax, relative reference rules, normalization/comparison rules, and IRI/URI transformation rules. XRI Resolution 2.0 defines a lightweight HTTP(S)- and XML-based resolution protocol that may be used with XRIs, together with a trusted version based on SAML 2.0 assertions. XRI Metadata 2.

A6. This depends on resident feedback, however there is a need to improve parking in the area. The new Optus building on Epping Road, which will house 6000 employees, is due to open in 2007. Optus is working closely with Council to minimise any possibility of disruption to residents, however it may still be neccessary to implement a number of new

The Solaris PC NetLink software 2.0 release builds on the foundation of earlier versions and adds many new features: Solaris PC NetLink 2.0 software supports more than one instance (set of PC NetLink daemons) of PC NetLink on a single Solaris environment system. Each instance appears to an NT client as a separate NT server. This feature enables all nodes in an HA cluster to run an instance of PCNL.

Obviously, we can't tell you everything, but we are planning on furthering JavaScript optimization in a few places and adding CSS rule reduction. We also will most likely provide better integration with Web editors and FTP clients. While these features are most in-demand from early beta customers of w3compiler, if you have an idea for an extension to the framework, please send us an e-mail (featurerequest@port80software.com), and you can get involved.

A6. The 3ware 9550SX fully complies with the SATA 2.5 specification. For information on the specification, please visit the Serial-IO Organization's site at www.sata-io.org

Yes, we are planning to expand on the available features within Sanford Pro. Please ensure you regularly check our announcements section on the 'Market Watch' page for the latest information. No. Access to the dynamic content is gained through a seamless login. When you launch Sanford Pro in the members' section of our website, your username and password is verified behind the scenes by our IT systems.

Short description column in standard properties for consistency with the configuration properties sheet. The import/export facilities also recognize the Java class files added to the JAR file used for deployment, import, and export. IBM withdraws support for Solaris 7 (2.7) in this release. Apache Xerces XML compilers are no longer included, being replaced by IBM XML4J equivalents, and SNMP stack underpinning the SNMP agent is now technology from IBM Tivoli®. Under the hood JDK1.4.

Version 2.0 introduces support for Microsoft's Visual Studio 2005 IDE, the .NET Framework 2.0, ASP.NET 2.0 controls, role-based security, and C# generics. It also introduces several enhancements to boost developer productivity in all editions. Read the Release Notes for more details.

The System.Nullable<T> type. (Note that C# has special syntax for this type, e.g. int? is equivalent to Nullable<int>) Wrappers for DPAPI in the form of the ProtectedData and ProtectedMemory classes in the System.Security.Cryptography namespace. The IPC remoting channel in the System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Ipc namespace, for optimised intra-machine communication. and many, many more. See http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/t357fb32(en-US,VS.80).

Windows XP has many new features. Users upgrading from the 9x code will find the larges changes in terms of stability. Other great advances are built-in CD-R/RW support, Remote Assistance, a built-in firewall, and Device Driver Rollback. Find a complete feature list here for Home and here for Pro.

This release has new tools to more easily manage your Containers. You can clone them, rename them, and move them on the same system. You can also migrate them from one system to another. Additionally you can now customize the security level which the Container boots to better suit the application requirements.