Intel is cancelling a version of the Pentium 4 due out later this year and a similar Xeon chip for servers that had been slated for 2005. Instead, Intel is prepping dual-core chips for desktops in 2005 and notebooks in 2005 or 2006. Apparently, heat dissapation problems in the single core processors running at higher clock speeds drove the decision.

At WinHEC, Gates said a fond goodbye to the floppy disk. "For the first time, I can say that the floppy disk is dead." The future is USB flash, which, according to industry reports, is expected to ship in volume of between 67 million and 120 million drives in 2005. Microsoft is also promoting the drives as a method for simple configuration of wireless network security. The only problem is that they are too easy to lose.