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iPods to get cameras in September?

Based on recent actions by Apple it would appear that the next generation of iPods will be getting cameras. Rumors from around the web are citing independent verification that the iPod will receive a..
Read source - neowin.net - 06.07.2009

iPhone 3GS gets jailbroken and unlocked

Purplera1n, unrelated to the Dev Team, has come out with a solution to jailbreak the iPhone 3GS for both Windows and Intel Mac computers. The jailbreak allows users to download Cydia on their iPhone ..
Read source - neowin.net - 06.07.2009

Buy some followers for yourself on Twitter

I always think that its all very well and good having an opinion about something, or a subject you wish to talk about, but without anyone to listen to you, you may easily go unheard. A hefty part of a..
Read source - neowin.net - 06.07.2009

Going green in the IT world

Perhaps as controversial as any topic can get. Today I'm talking about going 'green' with reference to the difficulty (or not) this idea presents within the IT industry. 'Green' h..
Read source - neowin.net - 05.07.2009

Bing Travel knocked out in Seattle data center fire

A fire in Seattle has severed the power supply to a group of servers, which included Microsoft's Bing Travel section, according to a report by Tech Flash. Not only was that part of Bing knocked ou..
Read source - neowin.net - 04.07.2009

IE's market share falls below 60%, Firefox surpasses 30%

With Firefox 3.5 being recently released, and hitting five million downloads in 24 hours, Firefox appears to be gaining more market share, and Internet Explorer's market share is slipping accordin..
Read source - neowin.net - 04.07.2009

Microsoft patents: Linux to become VFAT-free?

In light of the recent Microsoft-TomTom VFAT lawsuit and its subsequent settlement, Linux users have been wondering what Microsoft's intentions with regard to the presence of VFAT functionality in..
Read source - neowin.net - 03.07.2009

Confirmed: Windows 7 set to RTM on July 13th

Earlier today the guys over at GeekSmack.net "confirmed" that Windows 7 was set to RTM(Release to market) on July 13, which also coincides with Wzor's unconfirmed rumor last month. A few minutes a..
Read source - neowin.net - 03.07.2009

Neowin's top 5 gadgets for summer

UK readers of Neowin.net will have noticed that we seem to be at the end of a heatwave, but there is no guarantee it will stop there. I spent today on the beach and though readers may be elsewhere wit..
Read source - neowin.net - 03.07.2009

June 19 was AT&T's "iLaunch Day 2009", best ever sales

When the iPhone 3GS was announced, analysts expected pretty good sales - nothing too extreme or mind blowing, but not poor either. Apparently they were wrong. The website Mac Daily News has been tippe..
Read source - neowin.net - 03.07.2009

Microsoft pulls 'sickening' Internet Explorer 8 ads

Last week, Microsoft released some ads for Internet Explorer 8 that were intended to provide a "tongue-in-cheek look" at some of the new features of the browser. Unfortunately for them, there were tho..
Read source - neowin.net - 03.07.2009

11 awesome applications you've never heard of

The average PC user has a dozen or so applications which they completely swear by – and rightfully so. What gets the job done is what matters the most. There is, however, a treasure-trove of pin..
Read source - neowin.net - 02.07.2009

Flickr adds Twitter integration

Flickr has launched Twitter integration. The Flickr Blog reports that Twitter functionality has been added to the photo management tool. You can upload photos to both Flickr and Twitter, or use the f..
Read source - neowin.net - 02.07.2009

Windows 7 pricing: Some users fume as the rose-colored discounts fade

The dust is beginning to settle a week after Microsoft went public with its Windows 7 retail pricing plans. Now the details (and lack of details)..
Read source - winbeta.org - 02.07.2009

Apple potentially dropping NVIDIA chips after disagreements

Last week, a website named Semi Accurate reported that heated words were exchanged between the computer maker Apple and graphics chip producer NVIDIA, regarding their current agreement. It seems that ..
Read source - neowin.net - 02.07.2009

Apple warns of summer overheating for iPhone 3G & 3GS owners

Apple has issued a warning to iPhone customers regarding iPhone 3G and 3GS devices overheating. Sporadic reports have hit internet blogs and gadget sites this week regarding overheating issues with n..
Read source - neowin.net - 02.07.2009

Serious SMS vulnerability discovered for the iPhone

Apple is hard at work to patch a serious vulnerability that could allow a hacker to perform malicious acts unknowingly on the iPhone platform. The attack, which hasn't been described in detail,..
Read source - neowin.net - 02.07.2009

Bing introduces real time Twitter search results

We knew it was going to happen; now even Microsoft is experimenting with the "phenomenon" called Twitter. Today Microsoft unveiled a fresh new feature that will list the two latest tweets from that us..
Read source - neowin.net - 02.07.2009

Psystar recovering from bankruptcy, still making products

Just when we thought it was nearly over, Psystar has thrown us all a curve-ball and returned from the dead, emerging from the bankruptcy they filed for. The news, which was reported by The Unofficia..
Read source - neowin.net - 02.07.2009

Microsoft to offer Family Pack for Windows 7 Home Premium

Ed Bott: Thanks to a tip from Kristan Kenney, I took a close look at the ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 02.07.2009

Microsoft says goodbye to the Butterfly Program

Who remembers the MSN Butterfly community? For those of you who don't know, the program was renamed a few years ago to the Windows Live Butterfly Community. Today Microsoft officially announced th..
Read source - neowin.net - 02.07.2009

New Linux patch could circumvent Microsoft's FAT patents

A Linux developer has published a new kernel patch that provides a workaround to avoid Microsoft's patents on the FAT filesystem. The patch, which has undergone extensive legal review by patent lawyer..
Read source - winbeta.org - 02.07.2009

Cost of texting abroad for Europeans is lowered

The European Commission has announced that as of today, July 1, customers roaming in another EU Member State will not only benefit from lower prices for making and receiving calls but also for texting..
Read source - neowin.net - 02.07.2009

Child porn found on an iPhone application

An iPhone application named BeautyMeter, approved by Apple, has been reported by Wired.com to contain child pornography. The application allows users to upload pictures of themselves and have them ..
Read source - neowin.net - 02.07.2009

O2 wins exclusive Palm Pre deal in the UK

The Guardian is reporting that O2 have won an exclusivity deal for the Palm Pre in the UK. The Pre which is already on sale in the US is a rival to Apple's iPhone. Seen by many as a worthy compet..
Read source - neowin.net - 02.07.2009

Microsoft posts modest search gains with Bing

New search engine Bing helped Microsoft increase its share of the search market in the United States in June but, still lags behind Yahoo! and Google, a Web analytics firm reported Wednesday.

Read source - winbeta.org - 02.07.2009

Suit: Microsoft, Real, Yahoo music streams break copyrights

Mark Farner, of the 1970s band Grand Funk Railroad, is one of numerous plaintiffs alleging the online on-demand music-streaming services of Microsoft Corp., RealNetworks Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. distribut..
Read source - winbeta.org - 02.07.2009

Firefox 3.5 benchmarked, not as fast as Chrome

The results are in from benchmarks of Firefox 3.5, performed by ZDNet. The benchmarks test all the main browsers from Google Chrome 2.0.172.33, Safari 4, Firefox 3.5, Firefox 3.0.5, Opera 10 Alpha an..
Read source - neowin.net - 01.07.2009

Bing takes a little more market share from Google

Microsoft's newest search engine, Bing, has gained a little more traction in the fight against Google's web search dominance. Bing took an 8.23% cut of US web searches for the month of June w..
Read source - neowin.net - 01.07.2009

Windows 7 Touch and Browser Scrolling Demo

Browsing with your finger in Windows 7 is going to be a different experience across each browser and Windows 7 system. As demonstrated in this GBM Shortcut video, the experience will be based upon the..
Read source - winbeta.org - 01.07.2009

iPhone 3.1 firmware beta build 7C97D seeded to developers

Apple has released a beta build 7C97d of iPhone OS 3.1 to its developers today. Although there is no official change log yet (as this is a first beta) we have installed the update on a 3G and 3GS her..
Read source - neowin.net - 01.07.2009

Microsoft adjusts Windows7E pricing for limited time

After reporting that Microsoft will be charging up to twice as much for the full version of Windows 7E in Europe compared to Windows 7 in the United States, Microsoft has responded by adjusting their ..
Read source - neowin.net - 01.07.2009

Windows 7 build 7264 leaks

Two weeks after we reported that Windows 7 build 7260 leaked, we now have another leak. This time, it's build 7264, which carries the build string of 6.1.7264.0.win7_rtm.090622-1900 meaning that i..
Read source - neowin.net - 01.07.2009

Cisco may take on Microsoft's Office

Cisco Systems Inc is considering offering Web-based alternatives to Microsoft Corp's popular Office software as the networking giant expands on the Internet.



Cisco Senior Vice Pre..
Read source - winbeta.org - 30.06.2009

Microsoft seeks a name for its new Office Web Apps suite

Microsoft is surveying potential customers as to what it should name its forthcoming Office Web Applications suite.



As LiveS..
Read source - winbeta.org - 30.06.2009

NASA finds lost high resolution film of first moon landing

When NASA put a man on the moon it was a triumph of achievement for the US as it showed its technical capabilities and its dedication to space exploration. NASA spent years planning for and developin..
Read source - neowin.net - 30.06.2009

Swedish software firm agrees to buy Pirate Bay, go legal

Swedish software company Global Gaming Factory X AB said on Tuesday it had agreed to buy file-sharing website The Pirate Bay for 60 million Swedish crowns ($7.7 million). The Pirate Bay is one of..
Read source - neowin.net - 30.06.2009

Fancy a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate for FREE?

A little bird has informed me of an official Microsoft hosted survey in which the winner(s) will receive a free copy of Windows 7 Ultimate after simply filling out a 4 question survey. It couldn't..
Read source - neowin.net - 30.06.2009

Microsoft TechEd Australia attendees to receive free HP Mini Notebook with Windows 7

If any Aussies out there wasn't entirely sure of going to the Microsoft TechEd Australia conference on the Gold Coast this year or n..
Read source - winbeta.org - 30.06.2009

When Is a Browser Not a Browser?

In August 2009, the Systems and Networking group will be presenting a paper on this topic during the Usenix Security Symposium, the premier academic c..
Read source - winbeta.org - 30.06.2009

Apple has most-visited hardware Web site - by a lot

In May, Apple brought more than twice as many unique visitors to its Web site than the next hardware manufacturer, probably because of the release of the iPhone 3GS.



Windows 7 Upgrade Option program, which the company unveiled officially last week, that..
Read source - winbeta.org - 30.06.2009

Microsoft introduces Apple-like tours of Windows 7

Microsoft has introduced some product tours of Windows 7 in action, similar to Apple's guided tours. Long Zheng spotted them on Microsoft's Windows 7 site as the company ramps up it's mar..
Read source - neowin.net - 29.06.2009

Windows 7 in Europe: no upgrades, no IE, up to 2X the price

According to Computer World, things are not looking good for European fans of Windows 7 and Internet Explorer. Microsoft has decided to remove Internet Explorer from versions of Windows 7 to be sold i..
Read source - neowin.net - 29.06.2009

Gartner: PC sales to drop despite Windows 7

Research firm Gartner have published their predictions for PC sales for 2009, predicting that worldwide sales will fall by 6% from 2008 levels. The sales of netbooks, however, are set to rise. Gartne..
Read source - neowin.net - 29.06.2009

Microsoft Security Expert Knows Who Can Steal Your Identity

Martin Biegelman, director of Financial Integrity, has spent 30 years fighting identity theft and recently published a book detailing his experience and expertise...
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 29.06.2009

Vodafone UK considering buying T-Mobile UK

In a move that would forge the largest mobile phone operator in Britain, Vodafone's UK branch is looking at potentially buying the United Kingdom wing of T-Mobile, as the Times Online is reporting..
Read source - neowin.net - 29.06.2009

Asus Crosshair III Formula motherboard review

Roughly a year ago we reviewed the Asus Crosshair II Formula, based on the Nvidia nForce 780a SLI chipset. This board provided those who were brave enough to pick up a Phenom processor with a stable p..
Read source - neowin.net - 29.06.2009

Apple to adopt micro-USB for charging

A large conglomerate of mega corps has backed the European Commission to support a standard of micro-USB connection for charging. The biggest surprise here is that Apple is joining in the support whi..
Read source - neowin.net - 29.06.2009

Vodafone UK set to buy T-Mobile UK

In a move that would forge the largest mobile phone operator in Britain, Vodafone's UK branch is looking at potentially buying the United Kingdom wing of T-Mobile, as Times Online is reporting. Th..
Read source - neowin.net - 29.06.2009

Light touch: a design firm grapples with Microsoft Surface

Ditching the mouse and keyboard means a whole lot more than just doing without two common peripherals. As those who've worked with Microsoft Surface have found out, you have to jettison decades of GUI..
Read source - winbeta.org - 29.06.2009

Acer to surpass Dell as the second biggest PC company

Dell has long been a massive player in the computer retailing industry, second only to Hewlett-Packard (or HP to you youngsters), but it appears that they're about to be surpassed by someone quite..
Read source - neowin.net - 29.06.2009

Update: Great Chinese Firewall under fire

Recently I have been covering the topic of the aptly named 'Great Firewall of China'. This issue of internet based censorship has had some rather serious issues of morality surrounding it, wit..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.06.2009

End of the line for MSN Web Messenger

Microsoft have announced that their veteran web-based messenger client will become unavailable from this Tuesday, June 30. The service has offered access to their popular instant messaging network thr..
Read source - neowin.net - 27.06.2009

Microsoft may offer Windows 7 on thumb drive for netbooks

Microsoft has shown Windows 7 running on netbooks even since it first introduced the operating system, however, helping consumers getting it on there may prove a bit tricky. According to CNET, Microso..
Read source - neowin.net - 27.06.2009

Apple purchases more Imagination

Making news in the financial world today is the story of a small UK based chip designer who is being regarded by technology giants Intel and Apple as an integral investment. Imagination Technologies ..
Read source - neowin.net - 27.06.2009

Windows 7 pre-orders claim Amazon's top sales spots

Now that Windows 7 pre-orders are being sold for a big discount, Computer World is reporting that buyers are flocking to take advantage of these discounts, and that Windows 7 pre-orders already claime..
Read source - neowin.net - 27.06.2009

Micro Center offering Windows 7 coupons for $39 and $89

We've just received a note from Neowin reader kilobyte1024 that let us know electronics retailer Micro Center is offering Windows 7 pre-orders for $10 less than the pre-order standard prices. ..
Read source - neowin.net - 27.06.2009

Important correction regarding previous Microsoft Store URL

Yesterday night we reported that Windows 7 pre-orders were available on the Microsoft Store website. In our rush to get the news out to our visitors, we inadvertently included a link to the developmen..
Read source - neowin.net - 27.06.2009

Microsoft focuses on 'pragmatic interoperability'

Microsoft receives feedback through many channels, but it chose to place itself in the hot seat in May at a closed-door meeting of its developed lithium metal-air batteries that have 10 times the energy density of regular lithium-ion batteries. ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 27.06.2009

Editorial: Office 2008

Last year, Microsoft released a new version of their popular Office software for Mac OS X: Office 2008. Unfortunately, after playing around with it for a bit, I discovered a few unpleasant flaws.&n..
Read source - jcxp.net - 26.06.2009

HTC announces another Android handset, the HTC Hero

If you are in the market for an Android based handset, but felt that the HTC Dream and Magic didn't have the features you desired, the new Hero announced by HTC might just be the one for you. Ea..
Read source - neowin.net - 26.06.2009

Pre-Order Your Copy of Windows 7


If you're in the US, Canada or Japan, you're in luck! Pre-orders are now being accepted at the Microsoft Store. Two versions are selling for ..
Read source - jcxp.net - 26.06.2009

Monitor your home's power usage with Microsoft Hohm

Microsoft has today unveiled a new web service designed to help users manage and track power usage of their houses, which they've called (cleverly) Hohm. According to Ars Technica, it'll utili..
Read source - neowin.net - 26.06.2009

Windows 7 pre order discount orders are now avaliable

As we reported earlier today, Microsoft would offer both Windows 7 Home Premium and Professional at a pre-order discount price of $49.99 and $99.99 respectively starting June 26th and going th..
Read source - neowin.net - 26.06.2009

Microsoft offering $100 Technet discount till July 3

We've just received word that Microsoft has begun offering a discount on its Technet subscription. With Windows 7 coming out in October, this is a great time to sign up. Under this discount progra..
Read source - neowin.net - 26.06.2009

Windows 7 Anytime Upgrade retail boxing revealed

AeroXperience's Bryant Zadegan has got his hands on an exclusive look at the Windows 7 Anytime Upgrade retail boxing. Those who are familiar with the Windows Vista Anytime Upgrade will remember th..
Read source - neowin.net - 26.06.2009

Apple releases first ever porn app, sold out already

Apple has allowed an update to an application on the iPhone called "Hottest Girls", which displays pictures of girls topless. The update was released today for the 3.0 software and already has "sold ..
Read source - neowin.net - 26.06.2009

Windows 7: Cheaper Than Vista (and Every Other Windows OS)

It turns out, even if you don't weigh in all the slightly confusing Windows 7 upgrade deals, Microsoft's latest OS is its le..
Read source - winbeta.org - 26.06.2009

Cello releases HDTV with SD PVR

Over the past couple of days, news has come out that UK based company 'Cello' will release an HDTV which is capable of recording content onto SD memory. Currently the HDTV will only be availab..
Read source - neowin.net - 26.06.2009

Analysts say Apple violated SEC disclosure rules

Apple is coming under serious scrutiny from industry analysts, business leaders and now possibly the United States Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) for their failure to disclose the whole tru..
Read source - neowin.net - 26.06.2009

TPB denied retrial, decision final

Neowin readers will almost certainly be familiar with the controversial case concerning the owners of famous BitTorrent tracking website 'The Pirate Bay', and the Sweedish court of appeal. Tod..
Read source - neowin.net - 26.06.2009

NVIDIA to make own Tegra-powered netbook

NVIDIA confirmed its plans to release its own netbook PC with its own Tegra chip before the end of 2009. The Tegra chip is so far only used in the
Read source - winbeta.org - 26.06.2009

Microsoft announces Win 7 pricing, special pre-order price

Microsoft has finally announced the pricing and it is good news to the consumer, with prices for its most popular product, Windows Home Premium, receiving about a 10% price drop. With a drop in price ..
Read source - neowin.net - 25.06.2009

No Windows 7 upgrade option in the EU

Today Microsoft announced the pricing of Windows 7. As previously reported on Neowin, the EU will be getting a version that will not contain IE and because of this Microsoft will be offering no upgra..
Read source - neowin.net - 25.06.2009

Microsoft announces 'Windows 7 Upgrade Option' for OEM PCs

Microsoft today has officially announced the start of the Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program allowing consumers and small businesses to receive Windows 7 when they purchase a qualifying Windows Vista PC..
Read source - neowin.net - 25.06.2009

Microsoft's Windows 7 pricing: Too high, too low, or just right?

On June 25, Microsoft took the wraps off its
Read source - neowin.net - 25.06.2009

Microsoft CEO still open to partnership with Yahoo

Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O), the world's largest software group, is still open to a partnership with search engine giant Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O), Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Wednesday.


Read source - winbeta.org - 25.06.2009

Microsoft Sees Mobile Advertising Increasing in Next 5 Years

Microsoft executive Scott Howe reportedly said that mobile advertisements will increase to 5-10 percent of the worldwide media spend within five years, with a gradual rise in adoption by companies and..
Read source - winbeta.org - 25.06.2009

AV-Test Deems Windows Security Essentials "Very Good"

Microsoft's new free security software, Windows Security Essentials, passed a preliminary antivirus ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 25.06.2009

Reminder: Windows 7 beta bi-hourly shutdowns start next week

As reported by Ars Technica, beginning July 1, 2009, Windows 7 users who are still on the beta (build 7000) will begin to receive bi-hourly shutdowns reminding the user to upgrade to the release candi..
Read source - neowin.net - 25.06.2009

Windows 7 packaging officially revealed

Microsoft has finally confirmed that the Windows 7 box art, first leaked back in May, is in fact the genuine design and will be used when Windows 7 hits the shelves in October. In a post over at the ..
Read source - neowin.net - 24.06.2009

Lenovo releases the ThinkPad T400s

Lenovo has added another ThinkPad, the T400s, to their venerable T series of notebook computers. As the designation suggests, the T400s is a heavily redesigned version of the current T400 notebook, fo..
Read source - neowin.net - 24.06.2009

Windows 7 upgrade program nears launch

If you are thinking of buying a Windows Vista PC in the next day or so, you might want to hold off just a bit longer.



Microsoft has said that it will have a program whereby Vista ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 24.06.2009

Microsoft Announces 2009 Partner of the Year Awards Finalists and Winners

Microsoft Corp. today announced the winners and finalists of its 2009 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards. The annual awards honor Microsoft Registered, Certified and Gold Certified partners for deli..
Read source - winbeta.org - 24.06.2009

Students Make a Difference Through Innovation and IT Skills Development

Microsoft IT Academy empowers students to face the challenge of the 2009 Imagine Cup and realize their potential through technology...
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 24.06.2009

Steve Jobs may have had a liver transplant (updated)

When Jobs announced that he was leaving Apple for a few months on medical leave there was a lot of speculation that his cancer may have returned. He left in January with an undisclosed medical condit..
Read source - neowin.net - 24.06.2009

Microsoft set to launch windows7upgradeoption.com on Friday

Neowin recently reported that on June 26 Microsoft could RTM Windows 7 and possibly announce upgrade and pricing options. We originally reported citing our own source and we have now learned that on ..
Read source - neowin.net - 24.06.2009

Bing and Google Agree: Slow Pages Lose Users

Today representatives of Google Search and Microsoft's Bing teams, Jake Brutlag and Eric Schurman respectively, presented the results of u..
Read source - winbeta.org - 24.06.2009

Fancy a free copy of Office 2010 and a laptop to run it on?

Microsoft is looking for family, student or home business users of their successful Office suite to participate in the beta program for Office 2010. As part of the program, users will be loaned a lapt..
Read source - neowin.net - 24.06.2009

Apple's obsession with secrecy

Remember that iPhone 3G ad that Apple ran when the phone was first announced? It turns out that it might not be so far from the truth after all. Apple seems to be a company that has more rumors genera..
Read source - neowin.net - 24.06.2009

Microsoft Security Essentials Beta released

Microsoft is offering it's free anti-virus product, Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) to 75,000 lucky people today. The company is offering the product via a beta program and will likely extend..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.06.2009

Engineering Changes to ClearType in Windows 7

Steven Sinofsky: This post goes into the details of Windows 7s implementation along with some history and background. Greg Hitchcock is the development lead on ClearType and has worked on it since the..
Read source - winbeta.org - 23.06.2009

Link@Sheraton Uses Windows 7 to Enrich Guest Experience

Microsoft Works With Sheraton Hotels to Create Customer Loyalty Through Distinctive Brand Voice..
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 23.06.2009

'Find My iPhone' used to catch a thief

iPhones are expensive, and some people want them without paying, and so they steal them. PCPro is reporting on one case in which the new "Find My iPhone" feature helped one man and his mates to track..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.06.2009

HTC Magic heading to T-Mobile as myTouch 3G

After prior release in Europe and Asia, the long awaited HTC Magic looks set to go on sale in the United States rebranded as the myTouch 3G. Mobile network operator T-Mobile U.S.A. will be carrying HT..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.06.2009

Belkin reveals world's first Gigabit Powerline adapter

The technology that allows you to stream data through your house's existing electrical circuits is interesting. Not only is it interesting, but it's mighty secure and extra stable, and compani..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.06.2009

Steve Jobs back at Apple?

Our Apple-loving pals over at CNBC have confirmed that Steve Jobs, who was away from work due to health complications, is now back working at the Cupertino company. There's been a few employees wh..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.06.2009

Synology Disk Station DS-409+ NAS review

Over the past few years I have taken particular interest in network-attached storage, or NAS for short. As sharing large amounts of data from a standard desktop computer became problematic, the move t..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.06.2009

Bing mobile application concepts revealed

Microsoft's new Bing 'decision engine' gained a lot of attention and publicity when it was first released not long ago, but now that the excitement has died down, how will the Redmond comp..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.06.2009

Paul Allen wants to clean your Outlook in-box

It's been quite a while since Paul Allen worked to make Microsoft's products better, but he's doing just that.



While he hasn't rejoined the software maker he left more than 25 yea..
Read source - winbeta.org - 23.06.2009

Microsoft plucks Yahoo! data center efficiency expert

Microsoft has hired a Yahoo! data center veteran to help build an energy efficient infrastructure beneath its planned cloud and online services.



The company said Monday that Yahoo..
Read source - winbeta.org - 23.06.2009

Iran's web snooping aided by western technologies

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that with the with the assistance of European telecommunications companies, the Iranian regime has developed a way to examine the content of individual online comm..
Read source - neowin.net - 22.06.2009

iPhone sees record sales numbers, again

As news has been crossing the Internet on Apple CEO Steve Jobs' liver transplant, the new iPhone 3GS has been released and sales for the handset are booming. According to news posted on various ..
Read source - neowin.net - 22.06.2009

Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 £40 deal: one week left

Some of you have no doubt heard of this offer before, but many out there may not have--or they may have thought it was over. Well, it almost is. UK students who want to get their hands on a legit, fu..
Read source - neowin.net - 22.06.2009

Windows 7 RTM sign off set for July 13th

We have some big news regarding the Windows 7 RTM. According to Wzor, the final sign off is set for July 13th. According to a translation, this is the final roadmap for Windows 7: FINAL ROADMAP FOR W..
Read source - neowin.net - 22.06.2009

The Choice Is Clear: Universities Worldwide Select Microsoft Live@edu

Momentum continues worldwide for Microsoft Live@edu: several new universities have recently signed on for the no-charge suite of communication and collaboration tools for students, faculty, staff and ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 22.06.2009

Toshiba's TG01 running Snapdragon launched as T-01A in Japan

One of the hottest pieces of gear this year just made its way to retail in Japan. Less than a centimeter thick, the NTT DoCoMo T-01A is the same
Read source - neowin.net - 21.06.2009

iPhone 3GS Performance: 54% Faster than the 3G, 11% Faster than the Pre

Anand Lal Shimpi: The iPhone 3GS uses an ARM Cortex A8 processor running at 600MHz, much like the Palm Pre. Many weren't confident that the 3GS used the new ARM A8 core instead of a higher clocked ARM..
Read source - winbeta.org - 21.06.2009

Memory Usage of Chrome, Firefox 3.5, et al.

This experiment graphs the memory usage of Chrome and Firefox 3.5 (along with Safari and Opera) over a series of 150 Web page loads using an automate..
Read source - winbeta.org - 21.06.2009

Why Macs look like Porsche's

I was having a surf around the net today, looking for some news to report to all of you Neowin viewers. I happened across a website called fokelore.org which provides alleged real life accounts of som..
Read source - neowin.net - 21.06.2009

Samsung takes aim at Passport security

Samsung is certainly showing off their technical prowess lately, as if their new LED televisions weren't thin and beautiful enough (I know because I work with them!) they have now teamed up with a..
Read source - neowin.net - 21.06.2009

Mac user: Don't underestimate the case

A case is a crucial part of a computer. Aside from the obvious fact that without a case, all you have is a pile of chips and cables, the case of a computer plays an important role in how you interact ..
Read source - neowin.net - 21.06.2009

Intel goes to ultraviolet extremes

A long-awaited breakthrough in chip-making technology is inching closer towards commercial reality. But progress is slow and remains uncertain.



At Thursday's keeping the browser secure, focusing on minimiz..
Read source - winbeta.org - 20.06.2009

Microsoft extends XP downgrade option for OEMs to 2011

Microsoft will be extending the Windows XP downgrade option until 2011. While Microsoft has threatened to halt the option on numerous occasions, it has yet to set a date, write it in stone and actual..
Read source - neowin.net - 20.06.2009

Microsoft to revamp MSN, include stronger Bing ties

According to CNET, MSN is looking to revamp the MSN homepage, and it will have stronger ties with Bing. Two MSN revamp concepts are currently under testing. One version, that is being tested in Fran..
Read source - neowin.net - 20.06.2009

Why China is no good for surfing

Esteemed surfers of Neowin may have read one of my previous articles regarding the Internet restrictions China is currently implementing upon all new computers within its jurisdiction. The link to whi..
Read source - neowin.net - 20.06.2009

Microsoft changes IE8 "Ten Grand is Buried Here" campaign, users of all browsers invited

A strong marketing effort behind Internet Explorer 8 right now seems to be hitting all the controversial buttons. First came "Browse for the better", ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 19.06.2009

Mark Russinovich and David Solomon: Windows Internals 5 Released

Windows kernel expert and kernel "professor" David Solomon and Windows Kernel Technical Fellow NSDQ: MSFT) will have to “spend to compete̶..
Read source - winbeta.org - 19.06.2009

Imagine Cup Teams Face Off in Contest of Creativity and Technological Prowess

Award sponsored by Microsoft Unlimited Potential encourages students to improve primary education in rural India and agricultural practices in Uganda...
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 19.06.2009

Nvidia: For smartbooks, Windows CE beats Android

Despite the hype surrounding Google Inc.'s Android operating system, Nvidia Inc. sees more immediate promise in Microsoft Corp.'s Windows CE for ARM-based netbooks.



Mike Rayfield,..
Read source - winbeta.org - 19.06.2009

Court orders Jammie Thomas to pay RIAA $1.92 million

Jammie Thomas-Rasset was found guilty of willful copyright infringement on Thursday in a Minneapolis federal court and must pay the recording industry $1.92 million.



In a surprise..
Read source - winbeta.org - 19.06.2009

Microsoft set to beta Microsoft Security Essentials June 23

Microsoft confirmed today that they plan to release a public beta of Microsoft Security Essentials (formerly codenamed Morro) on June 23. The free anti-virus product will begin with a beta program ne..
Read source - neowin.net - 19.06.2009

Microsoft Security Essentials: What wannabe testers need to know

Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft finally broke its silence about its Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) a k a "Morro" June 18, after refusing for months to provide any real details on ia browserless version of Windows 7 that would be sold in Eu..
Read source - winbeta.org - 18.06.2009

Developing for the Windows 7 Taskbar Application ID

Yochay Kiriaty: This is the first post in a new Windows 7 Taskbar series. One of the first Windows 7 changes that developers should pay attention to is the new Windows Taskbar. We all need to understa..
Read source - winbeta.org - 18.06.2009

AT&T revises iPhone upgrade policy

After reporting that AT&T will charge existing customers $599 for the 16GB iPhone 3GS and $699 for the 32GB, AT&T has responded to numerous complaints with good news. Customers who are eligib..
Read source - neowin.net - 18.06.2009

Enable internet tethering on iPhone 3.0 for free

In the UK o2 want to charge you nearly £15 a month just to tether your iPhone and use it with your laptop. In the US AT&T have not officially announced their charges or support but now a simple,..
Read source - neowin.net - 18.06.2009

Microsoft veteran launches Twitter search engine

The former head of Microsoft's search unit may have left Redmond, but he is still very much in the search game.



Ken Moss, who led..
Read source - winbeta.org - 18.06.2009

Microsoft backtracks, extends XP availability to 2011

Just hours after a noted research analyst criticized Microsoft's plans to limit sales of Windows XP PCs, the company said it would extend the aged operating system's lifespan in the post-Windows 7 wo..
Read source - winbeta.org - 18.06.2009

Microsoft Security Essentials (aka. "Morro") Leaked; Put under the scope

Yesterday, the first screenshots of Microsoft's "Morro" Anti-Virus software leaked to the web, ..
Read source - jcxp.net - 18.06.2009

Improving Audio Glitch Resilience in Windows 7

Steven Sinofsky: Delivering excellent audio playback on a PC is one of those much harder than it looks technical challenges. Unlike dedicated audio / video devices, PCs have a lot going on during p..
Read source - winbeta.org - 18.06.2009

Intel outlines changes to Core CPU branding

Intel's corporate communications manager Bill Calder, in a Wednesday post on the company's corporate bl..
Read source - winbeta.org - 18.06.2009

HP MediaSmart Servers display demo with exclusive discount

One of the HP exhibits that caught my eye today wasn't one of the flashiest, didn't have a swag line a mile long, but what it did have was two very interesting pieces of equipment representing..
Read source - neowin.net - 17.06.2009

UltraSn0w unlocks any 3G iPhone

The iPhone Dev Team has released a video demonstrating a new unlocking method for all iPhone 3G's. The new unlock will be able to unlock the 3G iPhone running 3.0 firmware regardless of baseband ..
Read source - neowin.net - 17.06.2009

Microsoft: Soapbox no longer competing with YouTube

In the midst of the current economic climate reports have surfaced which state that Microsoft will be scaling back it's YouTube competitor, Soapbox. Soapbox has been around since 2006, but never s..
Read source - neowin.net - 17.06.2009

Iran gets caught photoshopping, again

The country of Iran recently held elections that many are saying were rigged and that their votes did not count. The current winner and previous term president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who acts more as ..
Read source - neowin.net - 17.06.2009

Snow Leopard pays closer attention to battery life

Perhaps because of some the negative publicity with regards to some magsafe adaptors exploding on unibody MacBook and Macbook Pros or just because they care, users of the new OS X operating system Sno..
Read source - neowin.net - 17.06.2009

Live from the floor of the HP Tech Expo

Shane Pitman, Neowin Editor in Chief, will be sitting down in just a few minutes with Brian Ignomirello, HP StorageWorks Americas Chief Technology Officer and Chris McCall, Manager for Product Marketi..
Read source - neowin.net - 17.06.2009

iPhone firmware 3.0 released

Apple's much anticipated release of 2009 for the iPhone and iPod Touch is here. Apple has released the latest major firmware for the iPhone and iPod Touch available for download through iTunes. ..
Read source - neowin.net - 17.06.2009

What's new in the Windows 7 Firewall?

Since the introduction of the first firewall built into the operating system (Internet Connection Firewall) of Windows XP, Microsoft has steadily improved the firewall in each subsequent incarnation o..
Read source - winbeta.org - 17.06.2009

Xbox 360 Jasper motherboard with 512MB storage hitting US stores

When the Jasper motherboards started showing up in Xbox 360 consoles late last year there was reason for excitement -- quieter fans, more efficient des..
Read source - winbeta.org - 17.06.2009

Microsoft bets big on a new platform subscription license

Microsoft quietly started rolling out a new subscription licensing option, known as Application Platform Agreement (APA) a..
Read source - winbeta.org - 17.06.2009

Microsoft's Bing has a second good week

It's still awfully early in the game, but Microsoft's Bing had a second good week, according to market share numbers
Read source - neowin.net - 17.06.2009

HP Technology Forum & Expo POD tour

Some of you will remember our brief run through of an HP POD (Performance Optimized Datacenter) during the HP Factory Express tour that we attended at the HP Tech Day event back in April. I think a lo..
Read source - neowin.net - 17.06.2009

Google to try more security on Gmail

After prompting by a group of privacy advocates, Google said Tuesday that it plans to test a more secure version of its Gmail service to see if it is viable.



Google plans to chang..
Read source - winbeta.org - 17.06.2009

Red Hat's standalone hypervisor goes beta

Commercial Linux distributor Red Hat threw its, er, red hat into the virtualization ring back in February when..
Read source - winbeta.org - 17.06.2009

Editorial: Why don't we like video calls?

The title of this article came to me while I was browsing Wikipedia, a situation which I hope somebody can relate to where an article on a certain topic brings you eventually to something totally unre..
Read source - neowin.net - 17.06.2009

'Layar' Shows Augmented Reality Possibilities on iPhone 3G S

A new augmented reality app called Layar is making the rounds on the web as an example of what can be done with Augmented Reality. Layer (via href="ht..
Read source - winbeta.org - 17.06.2009

Apple offers Snow Leopard upgrades for $9.95

Want to buy a new Apple system but thinking about holding off until Snow Leopard is released in September? Apple is now offering an "Up-to-Date Program" to give you Snow Leopard for only $9.95. Y..
Read source - neowin.net - 16.06.2009

Updated: Picture of Dell's upcoming smart phone leaks

Updated: See Below It seems that everyone is trying to cash in on the smart phone sales that have been taking off ever since the iPhone launched a few years back. Dell is no different and it appears ..
Read source - neowin.net - 16.06.2009

Microsoft to RTM Windows 7 this week? Build 7260 leaks

Earlier today Neowin reported that Windows 7 build 7232 had leaked. What a difference a few more hours makes, now 7260 has leaked and the Russian site Wzor claims that Microsoft will build the RTM (re..
Read source - neowin.net - 16.06.2009

Exclusive: Microsoft's new Anti-Virus, 'Morro', revealed

Ever since Microsoft discontinued its "OneCare" Anti-Virus suite, gossip has been flying that Microsoft would be releasing a free Anti-Virus\Anti-Spyware tool codenamed "Morro". The software prod..
Read source - neowin.net - 16.06.2009

Windows 7 and Power Management

Francois Ajenstat: With the upcoming release of Windows 7 we wanted to provide you with more information on the new power management features in the product and ways that were driving energy efficienc..
Read source - winbeta.org - 16.06.2009

Western Digital unveils its first SSDs

Western Digital this morning entered into the solid-state drive field in earnest and launched its SiliconDrive III range. ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 16.06.2009

The New MacBook Pro Part II: Lower Battery Life Under Vista & SATA Issues

Anand Lal Shimpi: Last week I reviewed the new MacBook Pro. Not so much reviewed as tested battery life on it. I came away impressed. In t..
Read source - winbeta.org - 16.06.2009

Photobuckets New Search Tool Focuses on Fun

Powered by Microsoft Silverlight, Photobucket Visual Search makes it easier to browse billions of photos on popular image-hosting site..
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 16.06.2009

Opera Boycott: Spreading the word!

Just a quick post here for those of you looking for some images to support the Opera Boycott and spread the word, feel free to use any of the following if you'd like:



Read source - winbeta.org - 16.06.2009

Optimizing for Virtualization

It's no secret, we love performance tuning at AnandTech IT. It is simply in our blood to want to get the very best out of each platform available to us, and especially on as sticky a subject as virtua..
Read source - winbeta.org - 16.06.2009

HP Technology Forum & Expo pre-show tour

As we reported last week, we're in Las Vegas, Nevada this week covering the HP Technology Forum & Expo. While the show doesn't officially kick off until later this afternoon, we were able to g..
Read source - neowin.net - 16.06.2009

HP Technology Forum & Expo Keynote live stream

Our friends over at SDRNews are streaming the HP Technology Forum & Expo Keynote event live. You can watch the event right along with us as it happens.

Read source - neowin.net - 16.06.2009

Facebook catches up to MySpace in U.S. unique visitors

It looks like Facebook could soon dethrone MySpace in the number of unique visitors, because according to TechCrunch, Facebook has caught up to MySpace in terms of the number of unique visitors each s..
Read source - neowin.net - 16.06.2009

AT&T: MMS 'no extra cost' for text bundle customers

Have you been frustrated with AT&T lagging behind in iPhone feature deployment, and the upgrade pricing for the iPhone 3G S? Well there is a bit of good news. According to MacWorld, AT&T will be offer..
Read source - neowin.net - 16.06.2009

HP Technology Forum & Expo tweetup live stream

The day is winding down here at the HP Technology Forum & Expo. Once again, our friends at SDRNews are streaming live @ the final event of the day, the @HPTechForum2009 #hptc tweetup.


Read source - neowin.net - 16.06.2009

Microsoft consolidates explicit Bing content to new address

When Neowin reported last week about Bing allowing users to watch porn videos and browse pornographic material using its search, businesses, schools and other large corporations complained that Bing m..
Read source - neowin.net - 16.06.2009

HP, Dell, and Apple Each Claim Their Computers Are the "Greenest"

Top manufacturers of personal computers in the U.S. -- Hewlett-Packard Co, Dell Inc, and fourth-place Apple Inc. -- are each claiming to have the "greenest" PCs on the market. The companies are craft..
Read source - winbeta.org - 15.06.2009

Nvidia announces five 40nm GeForce 200M GPUs

Nvidia has announced five new mainstream GeForce 200M series GPUs this afternoon and all are based on TSMC's 40nm process, adding support for DirectX 10.1 and GDDR5 - two firsts for Nvidia's products...
Read source - winbeta.org - 15.06.2009

Microsoft fumbles the digital TV transition

Microsofts Media Center program is nearly seven years old, and the version included with Windows 7 will be its fifth major revision. Its one of the most polished features in the entire Windows family,..
Read source - winbeta.org - 15.06.2009

Monopoly: Microsoft to pay Mississippi $100 million

The current European Union moves against Microsoft and Internet Explorer are, of course, nothing new. After an American federal judge ruled in 2000 that Microsoft had illegally abused its monopoly by ..
Read source - neowin.net - 15.06.2009

Nokia announces the E72 and 5530 XpressMusic

Nokia has announced two new handsets at an event held in Singapore earlier today. The Finnish handset manufacturer unveiled the E72 and the 5530 XpressMusic without any leaks or teasers which usually ..
Read source - neowin.net - 15.06.2009

Dell rakes in $3 million in overall sales due to Twitter

In a blog post by Dell last Thursday, it was revealed that the computer manufacturer has made $3 million from overall sales (since 2007) as a result of their Twitter usage. Since using the service..
Read source - neowin.net - 15.06.2009

Picture of Dell's upcoming smart phone leaks

It seems that everyone is trying to cash in on the smart phone sales that have been taking off ever since the iPhone launched a few years back. Dell is no different and it appears that a picture of i..
Read source - neowin.net - 15.06.2009

Virgin Media in new anti-piracy deal with Universal Music

Virgin Media have announced that they have struck a deal with Universal Music that will offer Virgin Media broadband customers unlimited music streams and downloads, at the cost of a monthly subscript..
Read source - neowin.net - 15.06.2009

Go Behind Boardroom Doors with New Online Business Reality Show

Fortune 500 executives tackle tough issues with the help of business celebrities Jack and Suzy Welch in new online series produced by Microsoft with JWT and Reveille Productions...
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 15.06.2009

Is Google worried about Bing?

Everybody knows about Microsoft's recent re-branding and re-engineering of Live Search, Bing, and how it has recently become available for the public to use. There was certainly a big fuss kicked ..
Read source - neowin.net - 15.06.2009

Adobe Unleashes Acrobat.com, Takes on Google and Microsoft

About one year ago, Adobe created tools for building documents collaboratively online: Acrobat...
Read source - winbeta.org - 15.06.2009

No more iPhone subsidies for Microsoft employees

Unmoved by independent market-analysis company Forrester Research's conclusion that "iPhone users are richer, younger, and perhaps even more productive at work than those who use competing smartph..
Read source - neowin.net - 15.06.2009

13" and 15" MacBook Pros Have a Slower SATA Interface

Mac Rumors: As first described in our forums, Apple seems to have quietly downgraded the SATA Interface from 3.0Gbit to 1.5Gbit speed..
Read source - winbeta.org - 15.06.2009

YouTube videos now cached by browsers

In the past people with slow connections who tried to watch YouTube videos often had their patience tested. Playback often caught up with the buffer, leading to annoying pauses--and leading many to gi..
Read source - neowin.net - 14.06.2009

Microsoft Cuts iPhone, BlackBerry and Palm Pre Employee Reimbursement Program

Microsoft, on the heels of its big layoffs and other cost-cutting measures enacted earlier this year, has reportedly stopped reimbursing its employees for iPhone, Blackberry and Palm Pre data plans ev..
Read source - winbeta.org - 14.06.2009

Opera Boycott: Clearing up a few things

First off... Wow. When I proposed a boycott of Opera Software yesterday, I wasn't entirely sure how successful it would be, but I sure as hell didn't expect this much attention so quickly. I guess ..
Read source - jcxp.net - 14.06.2009

Downloading IE8 will help feed hungry Americans

Microsoft has announced that for every completed download of Internet Explorer 8, they will donate the financial equivalent of eight meals to the Feeding America network. The campaign is called "Brow..
Read source - neowin.net - 14.06.2009

Opera 'will reinvent the web' on June 16

A mysterious web page, called "Freedom" in its URL, has appeared on Opera's site making the rather bold claim that, "n June 16th at 9:00 a.m (CEDT), will reinvent the We..
Read source - neowin.net - 14.06.2009

AT&T already sold out of launch day iPhone 3G S pre-orders

Now that the iPhone 3G S has been announced, pre-orders have caused the device to be sold out according to a report by Apple Insider. Any pre-orders that were made starting today, June 13 will not s..
Read source - neowin.net - 14.06.2009

Microsoft week-in review, June 6 to June 13

This week has been quiet for the folks up in Redmond, but just in case you missed the action this week lets recap what was announced this week. As we move closer to the general availability of Windo..
Read source - neowin.net - 13.06.2009

EU to continue anti-trust case, regardless of Windows 7 E

The recent shenanigans between the EU and Microsoft have been rather tedious; it's taken a long time for anything to happen, really, and Microsoft has even had to cancel a hearing once. However, w..
Read source - neowin.net - 13.06.2009

That's enough. Down with Opera!

You may have heard it in the news recently, Microsoft is currently the target of an antitrust lawsuit by the EU for bundling its Internet Explorer web browser as the default browser in Windows. Tha..
Read source - jcxp.net - 13.06.2009

Security analysts tracking new OS X viruses

Well, it was going to happen at some point. Amongst the hundreds of reasons you will hear Mac lovers give as to why their machine is 'better' one of the most popular is that there are no virus..
Read source - neowin.net - 12.06.2009

Safari 4 hits 11 million downloads in three days

As Apple continues to fight for more market share it will continue to put pressure on all facets of the computer industry. Today Apple has announced that Safari 4, the newest update to their web brows..
Read source - neowin.net - 12.06.2009

Opera CEO: Microsoft trying to set own antitrust remedy

Microsofts plan to strip out its Internet Explorer (IE) browser from Windows 7 in Europe, due for sale in the fall, i..
Read source - winbeta.org - 12.06.2009

EU: Microsoft pulling IE from Win 7 not enough

Microsoft's decision to pull Internet Explorer from Windows 7 in Europe isn't enough to address
Read source - winbeta.org - 12.06.2009

DTV deadline is June 12, still people are unprepared

After years of early warning to all U.S. citizens, and dozens of TV stations broadcasting the deadline to switch from analog signal to full digital signal for TV, millions of Americans will be left ou..
Read source - neowin.net - 12.06.2009

Microsoft partners with Dell to offer digital downloads

Dell has announced today that it will begin to offer Microsoft's software exclusively at the Dell Download Store for U.S customers only. The exclusive deal makes Dell the first third party company..
Read source - neowin.net - 12.06.2009

Google Reader Co-Founder Announces New Mystery Project

Entrepreneur and Google Reader co-founder Jason Shellen has let us know about his latest venture in conjunction with he n..
Read source - neowin.net - 11.06.2009

Date set for Sun stockholders to vote on Oracle merger

Sun Microsystems has announced that a special meeting of it's Board of Directors has approved a July 16, 2009 date for a special stockholder meeting to vote on the adoption of the proposed merger ..
Read source - neowin.net - 11.06.2009

Should "Standard User" be the default in Windows 7?

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: It seems clear to me that com..
Read source - winbeta.org - 11.06.2009

Windows 7 May Run Better than You Think on Older Hardware

Noting that Snow Leopard will support Intel Macs onlyleaving out PowerPC computers built just over three years agoPC World got curious about how their old hardware might stand up to Windows 7. To put ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 11.06.2009

Microsoft proposes launching an IE-free Windows 7 'E' in Europe

Microsoft is stepping up its campaign to try to appease European Commission (EC) regulators who are mulling possible remedies in the ongoing Opera-Microsoft browser-bundling case in the European Union..
Read source - winbeta.org - 11.06.2009

Microsoft Dynamics AX Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Midmarket and Tier 2-Oriented ERP for Product-Centric Companies

Q&A: Crispin Read, general manager, Microsoft Dynamics ERP, explains how a recent report from Gartner recognizes the features and innovations in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009...
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 11.06.2009

End of the road for Microsoft Money

According to CNet, Microsoft will soon be bringing to an end its Money line of personal finance management software. From Microsoft's Money FAQ, the products affected include Microsoft Money Esse..
Read source - neowin.net - 11.06.2009

Core i7 on a budget: MSI X58 Pro-E review

Perhaps the biggest problem we saw with initial Intel X58 motherboards was their substantial price. Add to that the serious price premium for DDR3 memory, and you ended up with a relatively affordable..
Read source - neowin.net - 11.06.2009

Google too 'small' to be a monopoly

The Washington Post is reporting that Google has been trying to paint itself as too small to be a monopoly in order to fend off increasing moves by US government agencies and others to take antitrust ..
Read source - neowin.net - 11.06.2009

Facebook kills anti-Muslim group

Facebook has disabled an anti-Islamic group called "I Hate Muslims in Oz" after the issue was brought to their attention by CNet's Chris Matyszczyk. Facebook's stance toward Holocaust-denying..
Read source - neowin.net - 11.06.2009

Linux is first OS to support USB 3.0

Sarah Sharp, a self-styled "geekess" and Linux developer at Intel's Open Source Technology Center who has recently been working on the Linux USB subsystem, announced on her blog that support of US..
Read source - neowin.net - 11.06.2009

Microsoft preparing to release free anti-virus software

According to Reuters, Microsoft is getting set to release free anti-virus software for Windows to compete with the likes of Symantec and McAfee. The software product, codenamed "Morro" after a beach..
Read source - neowin.net - 11.06.2009

T-Mobile leaks Apple's iPhone 3GS hardware specs

A few days ago Apple announced the iPhone 3GS at the annual World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC). Apple was very short with the details on the new iPhone 3GS, however T-Mobile has spilt the beans ..
Read source - neowin.net - 11.06.2009

Inside the Microsoft and Novell Interoperability Lab: Building Bridges Between Open Source and Proprietary Source Software

Unified team of engineers puts shared commitment to customers at the center of joint effort to improve cross-platform interoperability...
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 11.06.2009

Microsoft and Novell claim raking in business

The overall market for enterprise spending may be weak, but Novell and Microsoft insist they are signing plenty of joint customers.



In a statement, the software makers say they ha..
Read source - winbeta.org - 11.06.2009

AT&T iPhone upgrading pricing upsets consumers

After WWDC by Apple, showcasing their latest addition to the iPhone family, the iPhone 3GS, AT&T announced it will be rolling out upgrading pricing for consumers who want to upgrade from the iPhone 3G..
Read source - neowin.net - 11.06.2009

Defcon owner now works for Homeland Security

Jeff Moss (a.k.a. The Dark Tangent) is widely known for his yearly convention called Defcon, where hackers from around the globe meet in Las Vegas to perform certain tasks and win prizes. Jeff is als..
Read source - neowin.net - 11.06.2009

Notebook benchmarking: Time to reevaluate the standards?

Pat Moorhead, VP of of Advanced Marketing at AMD, and avid blogger has posted a rather insightful entry that asks that very question. In his latest post he reveals the results of some recent testing a..
Read source - neowin.net - 11.06.2009

How do Apple's designs affect consumers?

Apple has always been a company known for design; not just design, but even the most loathing Apple hater will have to admit at some time that the company does make some pretty well thought out produc..
Read source - neowin.net - 11.06.2009

Ubuntu targets 10 second boot time for 2010 release

In an email to developers of the Linux distribution Ubuntu, Canonical's Scott James Remnant explained how they hope to achieve a 10 second boot time with Ubuntu 10.04, the version to be released i..
Read source - neowin.net - 11.06.2009

Microsoft will soon unveil free anti-virus software

Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) is getting ready to unveil a long-anticipated free anti-virus service for personal computers that will compete with products sold by Symantec Corp (SYMC.O) and McAfee Inc (MFE...
Read source - winbeta.org - 11.06.2009

Microsoft Russia vows to resolve monopoly dispute

In response to last week's accusations by the Russian government that Microsoft is pulling copies ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 11.06.2009

Intel's Atom N270 successor comes into focus

New details have now emerged regarding Intel's next-generation Atom platform for netbooks, code-named "Pine Trail." According to Taiwan's generally reliable Digitimes, the new CPU will be known..
Read source - winbeta.org - 11.06.2009

Mac OS X 10.6 requirements reveal OpenCL limitations

OpenCL, the open standard framework due to ship with Mac OS X 10.6, has been widely hyped as having the ability to squeeze performance out of often-dormant GPU chips, giving a satisfactory speed boost..
Read source - neowin.net - 10.06.2009

Microsoft's fancy footwork around netbooks continues

Mary Jo Foley: Some Microsoft execs remind me of politicians: They really know how to dance around a question in a way that allows them to maintain they aren't lying.



This week..
Read source - winbeta.org - 10.06.2009

OCZ release Agility SSD series

OCZ have released a new range of Solid State Drives, named the Agility series, which will complement their eight SSD ranges they have at the moment. Described as "an affordable offering for mainstream..
Read source - neowin.net - 10.06.2009

Facebook vanity URL gold rush, coming soon

If you have a Facebook account and are tired of having to tell all your friends and strangers you meet on the street to visit you at http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=847O63782 or whatever, thing..
Read source - neowin.net - 10.06.2009

RIAA is using illegal evidence, says Harvard Law professor

The ever so popular group, the RIAA, is about to be handed a class action lawsuit for those who have been sued, settled, or fined by the organization for copyright infringement. How is all of this go..
Read source - neowin.net - 10.06.2009

Windows 7 build 7227 leaks

Not a week goes by these days without a Windows 7 leak so why should this week be any different? Last week it was 7201 and this time around it is 7227. The build tag is 7227.0.winmain_sp.090602-2110 ..
Read source - neowin.net - 10.06.2009

HP Technology Forum & Expo

Next week Neowin will be attending the HP Technology Forum & Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada. The HP Technology Forum & Expo is the largest event for IT professionals using HP technologies. Customers and pa..
Read source - neowin.net - 10.06.2009

Apple stuns WWDC crowd with pulsating App Store hyperwall



Read source - winbeta.org - 10.06.2009

Google Apps synch to Microsoft Outlook email

Google on Tuesday synched applications available online as services with Outlook email programs, continuing a push into workplaces historically dominated by Microsoft software.



Go..
Read source - winbeta.org - 10.06.2009

Fedora 11 now available

Fedora 11, the next release of the popular Linux distribution, is now available from the Fedora website. You can find full details of the major improvements and changes in this latest release in our p..
Read source - neowin.net - 09.06.2009

Geeks show government a better way to share information

Sometimes, the government isn't always best, and according to IT Pro, web savvy geeks are showing them a better way to share public information. Last year, the UK's Cabinet Office ran a compe..
Read source - neowin.net - 09.06.2009

HP Power to Change Initiative

Whether you believe in global warming or not, I think we can all agree that reducing waste and minimizing the negative impact that we have on the environment is a good thing. Most communities in the U..
Read source - neowin.net - 09.06.2009

Microsoft IP Ventures Launches Irish Startup

Microsoft's IP Ventures program made its first-ever business launch, InishTech, a Dublin-based technology company that will handle Microsoft's Software Licensing and Protection (SLP) Services. In addi..
Read source - winbeta.org - 09.06.2009

EC asks: Been leant on by Microsoft?

The European Commission is asking computer makers what communication they have had with Microsoft over its ongoing browser bundling case.



A questionnaire sent out asks OEMs whethe..
Read source - winbeta.org - 09.06.2009

Asustek Vows to Out-Apple Apple

Two years ago, Asustek wowed the world with the hottest selling computing product to arrive in recent memory: the Eee PC netbook. But even that blockbuster device has failed to do much to boost the co..
Read source - winbeta.org - 09.06.2009

Mono for Visual Studio announces first release

Developers of the open source Mono Project, which enables Microsoft .Net applications to run on Linux, Unix, and the Macintosh, have released Mono Tools for Visual Studio to a limited number of develo..
Read source - winbeta.org - 09.06.2009

Nokia N97 hits U.S. flagship stores today

According to Engadget, Nokia's most powerful handset, the Nokia N97, will be hitting flagship stores in New York and Chicago. Unofficial sources claimed that the handset would launch on June 2, bu..
Read source - neowin.net - 09.06.2009

AT&T lagging behind in iPhone 3.0 feature deployment

Yesterday Apple announced the iPhone 3GS which is an upgrade with several new features including video recording, MMS, and tethering. The only problem is that if you're on AT&T you won't be g..
Read source - neowin.net - 09.06.2009

Microsoft IP Ventures Program Looks to Irish Entrepreneurs to Lead New Company

Industry veterans at Ireland-based InishTech to re-launch Microsofts Software Licensing and Protection Service...
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 09.06.2009

Apple security is 'struggling,' researcher says

A well-known security consultant says Apple is struggling to effectively protect its users against malware and other online threats and suggests executives improve by adopting a secure development lif..
Read source - winbeta.org - 09.06.2009

100,000 websites destroyed by hackers

As many as 100,000 websites have been destroyed by hackers targeting server virtualisation software HyperVM, which powers most virtual private server (VPS) hosting companies. Most of the VPS systems ..
Read source - neowin.net - 09.06.2009

Marshymellow: Apple's hypocrisy is blinding

It would seem hard for any logical person to see the statements Apple made about Windows Vista and Windows 7 today, and think they were not anything but hypocritical. In case you missed it during the..
Read source - neowin.net - 09.06.2009

Microsoft Windows 7 vs. Apple Snow Leopard in upgrade wars

Apple spent part of its WorldWide Developers Conference this morning detailing Snow Leopard, the upcoming version of its Mac OS X operating syste..
Read source - winbeta.org - 09.06.2009

Mozilla to let enterprises build custom Firefox browsers

Mozilla is readying a program that will allow companies to build their own customized browsers based on the next version of Firefox, which will be out in a few weeks.



The Build Yo..
Read source - winbeta.org - 09.06.2009

Apple is already scared of Windows 7


Windows 7 isn't even on store shelves yet, and Apple is alread..
Read source - jcxp.net - 09.06.2009

Lost iPhones no more, Apple introduces find my iPhone

Today at Apple's WWDC many interesting things have been unveiled, Snow Leopard has become fully announced with dates and pricing, but perhaps one of the most interesting pieces of news is for iPho..
Read source - neowin.net - 09.06.2009

iPhone puts Apple into the medical sector

Apple have been showing off the new iPhone features as part of the WWDC Apple is running in America. Perhaps one of the most interesting features and pieces of news is how the medical community will..
Read source - neowin.net - 09.06.2009

TomTom turn by turn navigation coming to iPhone

Turn by Turn navigation is finally coming to the iPhone. Announced at Apple's WWDC Tom Tom will be bringing the service to the device. Many have asked for such a service as the iPhone is the per..
Read source - neowin.net - 09.06.2009

New iPhone 3GS announced, pricing and release dates

Apple showed off their newest model of the iPhone today called the iPhone 3GS (the 's' stands for speed). The new model looks almost identical to the current 3G iPhone, with a rear facing cam..
Read source - neowin.net - 09.06.2009

iPhone & iPod 3.0 firmware details released

Apple announced today the final version of the 3.0 firmware for the iPhone and iPod Touch with a full feature list, including some much anticipated additions over the 2.0 firmware including Cut, Copy,..
Read source - neowin.net - 09.06.2009

China upgrades The Great Firewall, requires new software

While most of you are still reeling from excitement from Apple's releases at their WWDC today, there are some people who may find it a little more restrictive to get the most out of their computer..
Read source - neowin.net - 09.06.2009

Phil Schiller keynote live from WWDC 2009


Check out..
Read source - jcxp.net - 08.06.2009

Leak: New iPhone codenamed 'iPhone 3GS'

We should find out in just a few short hours some details on the new iPhone as Apple started the WWDC today. However, a recent Apple leak, via John Gruber at Daring Fireball, says the new iPhone has b..
Read source - neowin.net - 08.06.2009

Apple refreshes MacBook line, new models announced

Apple's World Wide Developer Conference that was hosted this morning has brought with it some rather unexpected additions; the Cupertino based company has gone ahead and refreshed it's noteboo..
Read source - neowin.net - 08.06.2009

Apple bashes Windows 7 at WWDC

Apple is announcing new MacBooks, new iPhones and its next generation OS, Snow Leopard today but during its Keynote at WWDC they dug hard at Microsoft. Bertrand Serlet, Senior Vice President of Softw..
Read source - neowin.net - 08.06.2009

Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6, finally announced

This evening at Apple's WWDC the finer points of the OSX upgrade named 'Snow Leopard' have been announced. The finer points of the operating system have been announced which include its ..
Read source - neowin.net - 08.06.2009

Q&A: Microsoft's Windows marketing chief says Apple's 'scared'

Do you love Microsoft Corp.'s recent TV ads? (See them all on YouTube here.) Hate its unearthed a confidential memo from Best Buy that gives away..
Read source - winbeta.org - 06.06.2009

New Zealand will be the first to get Windows 7

October 22, that's the date Windows 7 will hit retail shelves and start being sold on new PCs around the world. While the code will go RTM and be released on MSDN, Technet and undoubtedly every to..
Read source - neowin.net - 05.06.2009

Microsoft week-in review, May 30 to June 6

For the longest time we've had requests for a week-in review of the hottest news rolling out of the various sectors we report on here at Neowin. Today we're glad to announce that starting this..
Read source - neowin.net - 05.06.2009

Leaked Best Buy memo reveals Windows 7 Upgrade pricing?

Earlier this week Microsoft finally confirmed to the world that Windows 7 will RTM October 22nd, a date in which we've all been waiting for. Now that we know the date, our next question is what wi..
Read source - neowin.net - 05.06.2009

Steve Jobs to make a surprise appearance at WWDC?

According to the Wall Street Journal Steve Jobs may be making a surprise appearance at this year's WWDC on June 8th. This, if you think about it, makes perfect sense for Jobs to return and announ..
Read source - neowin.net - 05.06.2009

Update on 'free' TechNet subscription, accounts coming back?

Yesterday Neowin posted instructions on how to obtain a free Microsoft TechNet subscription. It's now clear that the free subscriptions were meant for a small and limited amount of people as part..
Read source - neowin.net - 05.06.2009

Evaluating Microsoft's new image, can they be cool?

In my very first article here at Neowin, I posed the question: "Can Microsoft overtake Apple in 'coolness'?" It goes without saying that over the past little while we have been presented with..
Read source - neowin.net - 05.06.2009

Microsoft Touts .NET, Java Interoperability at JavaOne

In its first ever keynote at a JavaOne conference, Microsoft pledged its support for continuing to foster interoperability between the Java and .NET develope..
Read source - winbeta.org - 05.06.2009

Microsoft updates Bing to stop free porn

Microsoft has already updated its new search engine, Bing, to halt complaints from network administrators about the video clip preview feature. Built into the search engine to give it the edge over i..
Read source - neowin.net - 05.06.2009

Intel acquires software company for $884 million

Intel Corporation has reached an agreement to acquire Wind River Systems Inc, for $884 million. Wind River Systems is known for cutting edge software for a number of different markets including, ..
Read source - neowin.net - 05.06.2009

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, it's a big one

One of the biggest releases of patches since October 2008 is due on Tuesday June 9. Microsoft has confirmed it will deliver 10 security updates to patch some serious bugs in Windows, Internet Explore..
Read source - neowin.net - 05.06.2009

Analyst says economy leading some users to bypass Office 2007

On the Windows side of the house, Microsoft recently has been advising
Read source - neowin.net - 04.06.2009

Ballmer clashes with Obama over US tax rules

Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer has threatened to move more US jobs overseas if President Barack Obama refuses to change his stance on ending tax breaks on foreign earnings.



Big Stev..
Read source - winbeta.org - 04.06.2009

Microsoft Sync Framework 2.0 CTP2

Microsoft Sync Framework is a comprehensive synchronization platform that enables collaboration and offline scenarios for applications, services, and devices. Using Microsoft Sync Framework, developer..
Read source - winbeta.org - 04.06.2009

DOJ investigating Microsoft, others on antitrust issue

The Wall Street Journal reports that the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating a number of tech companies - including Micros..
Read source - winbeta.org - 04.06.2009

Xbox 360 Will Have Ten Year Life Span

Hot off its Project Natal demonstration, Microsoft is saying the Xbox 360 will have a ten year life cycle.



"We firmly believe that the Xbox 360 has a life cycle through 2015 (10 y..
Read source - winbeta.org - 04.06.2009

Microsoft retail store revealed [Pictures]

TechRadar send word that on their way to a meeting at Microsoft's head quarters in Redmond, Washington they spotted a model of the planned Microsoft retail store. Image credit: TechRadar The mo..
Read source - neowin.net - 04.06.2009

Microsoft releases MP3 Bing ring tones for your mobile

You may have read the title and thought this was a joke but I kid you not, Microsoft has released a pack of 3 ring tones where people say the word bing in a rapid and alien-like fashion. The pack is ..
Read source - neowin.net - 04.06.2009

SanDisk: "You can't out-iPod the iPod"

SanDisk, the makers of the Sansa line of media players, has admitted that "You can't out-iPod the iPod,". In a tell all interview the CEO of SanDisk, Eli Harari, tells of their former strategy fo..
Read source - neowin.net - 04.06.2009

From Starter to Ultimate: What's really in each Windows 7 Edition?

Edd Bott: Over the course of its Windows 7 development effort, Microsoft has been incredibly controlled about releasing details, pursuing an agonizingly deliberate disclosure plan. This week, they fin..
Read source - winbeta.org - 04.06.2009

Apple plans to open data center in North Carolina

According to local reports, Apple is planning to open a data center in North Carolina, and would spend at least $1 billion in the state over nine years While less than 100 people would be employe..
Read source - neowin.net - 04.06.2009

Bing actually has three new advertisements

Yesterday, Neowin reported that Microsoft had posted the first advertisement for Bing, despite the website only having been available for a very short time. Well, it appears that there isn't just ..
Read source - neowin.net - 04.06.2009

Apple doing just peachy in education

Concurrent with reports that Apple seem to be doing well financially, the company seem to be tying the education market up nicely also. News reports from Macworld amongst other sites, are all natteri..
Read source - neowin.net - 04.06.2009

AMD shows off world's first DirectX 11 GPU

AMD demonstrated the world's first DirectX11 GPU today in front of a live audience, stating that AMD will be the first to release a graphics card with a 40nm DirectX11-friendly GPU. AMD is fully ..
Read source - neowin.net - 04.06.2009

Yahoo CEO: Microsoft questions 'honestly not that relevant'

Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz, like Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, gets peppered repeatedly with questions about a possible search or advertising partnership between the companies. Apparently she's getting tire..
Read source - winbeta.org - 04.06.2009

iPhone 3.0 YellowSn0w Exploit found?

In the latest iPhone Dev Team post ..
Read source - jcxp.net - 04.06.2009

Download Windows 7 Build 7201 from JCXP!

Another week and another Windows 7 leak. Last week build 7137 leaked and this week it is 7201's turn. This time around the build tag is 7201.0.090601-1516 meaning this build is only 3 days old..
Read source - jcxp.net - 04.06.2009

Well, at least Apple is doing well...

It is of little refutation that economists would describe the world's financial state (in general) as a 'worldwide recession' as a result companies are going bust here, there and everywher..
Read source - neowin.net - 04.06.2009

Windows 7 catching developers' eyes

While we've heard a lot about Windows 7, we haven't heard too much about the software and hardware that will take advantage of the new operating system.



That's starting to change...
Read source - winbeta.org - 04.06.2009

Windows 7 build 7201

Another week and another Windows 7 leak. Last week 7137 leaked and this week it is 7201's turn. This time around the build tag is 7201.0.winmain_win7ids_sp.090601-2255 meaning this build is only ..
Read source - neowin.net - 03.06.2009

Microsoft to leave smartbooks to Google

Microsoft doesn't plan to offer a version of Windows for so-called "smartbooks," leaving the space open to Linux, Google's Android and other operating systems.



Smartbooks are a ne..
Read source - winbeta.org - 03.06.2009

Oracle Eyes The Netbook Market

Oracle is eyeing the netbook market, with plans to use its Sun acquisition as the entry point. Speaking at Sun's JavaOne conference, Larry Ellison said,"I don't see why some of those devices shouldn't..
Read source - winbeta.org - 03.06.2009

Microsoft and Intel Demonstrate New Levels of Power, Price and Performance With CRM Benchmark

Microsoft and Intel Corporation announced performance results today for Microsoft Dynamics CRM that set new enterprise standards for scalability, cost and environmental sustainability. Through a combi..
Read source - winbeta.org - 03.06.2009

Microsoft kicks off huge Bing ad push

Microsoft faces several tough problems in trying to market Bing, its revamped search engine.



The ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 03.06.2009

Zune HD Amazon listing hints apps, Xbox link

A listing for the Zune HD has appeared on Amazon today that hints at broader support for software on Microsoft's med..
Read source - winbeta.org - 03.06.2009

MS wants to rename netbooks "low cost small notebook PC"

Microsoft has gone on record to say that the term "netbook" use should be restricted and the term "low cost small notebook PC" should be used in its place. The reasoning for the abandonment is becaus..
Read source - neowin.net - 03.06.2009

Fox News: Bing is free porn portal

Fox News has come forward with criticisms of Microsoft's recently unveiled search engine Bing, claiming that it provides "a cornucopia of pornography" and that it is easy to transform "the search ..
Read source - neowin.net - 03.06.2009

Microsoft releases the very first Bing commercial

Microsoft's new Bing search (or rather, decision) engine is still in beta, but that doesn't mean that the Redmond company can't begin to advertise it. To show that they mean business, they..
Read source - neowin.net - 03.06.2009

Creating, Saving, Sharing Themes in Windows 7

Steven Sinofsky: With Windows 7 we picked a group of settings that we believe represent the most satisfying settings to broadly personalize, and would also provide the most robust platform that mainta..
Read source - winbeta.org - 03.06.2009

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Release Timelines Shared at Computex

Steve Guggenheimers anniversary keynote address at leading OEM conference also highlights partner opportunities with upcoming Microsoft innovations...
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 03.06.2009

China blocks Twitter and others

China has once again blocked a popular social networking web site, this time Twitter is on the latest block. China has been known in the recent past to block web sites like YouTube and even blocking ..
Read source - neowin.net - 03.06.2009

Neowin Live From E3 2009 Day 1

The first day of E3 has come and gone.... and what a day it was! Demos, crazy booths and more demos, the show floor was a sight to behold. As soon we hit the ground at E3, we made a beeline to the Xb..
Read source - neowin.net - 03.06.2009

Adobe service puts browsers side by side

Adobe on Tuesday said it is offering a free preview of its BrowserLab service, which allows Web developers to quickly see what their site looks like on a number of browsers.



The t..
Read source - winbeta.org - 03.06.2009

AMD demos first DirectX 11 graphics processor

We've tried not to get too hung up on the posturing by both AMD and Nvidia over whose graphics card driver software is most prepared for Windows 7. With no major upheaval to the Windows core driver de..
Read source - winbeta.org - 03.06.2009

Microsoft Hardware Launches Exclusive Features for Windows 7

Microsoft Hardware will launch several new features for Windows 7 in the coming months for its peripherals; the first of which is a timesaving feature called Taskbar Favorites that gives Microsoft key..
Read source - winbeta.org - 03.06.2009

Windows Server 2008 R2 RTM and general Availability

You may have seen some of the recent news articles that have started to roll out around the RTM and General availability dates of Windows 7. As Windows Server 2008 R2 is a joint development effort wi..
Read source - winbeta.org - 03.06.2009

Google Search Appliance now can index billions of documents

A revamped software architecture for the Google Search Appliance (GSA) and a new high-end model of this enterprise search device lift its indexi..
Read source - winbeta.org - 03.06.2009

Microsoft confirms Windows 7 release date to be October 22nd

According to cnet, Microsoft has officially confirmed that Windows 7's release date will be October 22nd, and will be available on both store shelves and new PC's. Microsoft Senior Vice Pres..
Read source - neowin.net - 03.06.2009

Windows 7 to launch October 22; RTM next month

Ed Bott: A Microsoft spokesperson just confirmed for me the news I first read a few minutes ago in a story by Ina Fried of CNET News.
Read source - winbeta.org - 03.06.2009

Atlantis rides home on the back of a 747, we salute Hubble

After the riskiest mission ever undertaken by any astronaut with regards to Hubble, Atlantis is finally making its way home on the back of a 747. Posted below is the YouTube video of Atlantis making ..
Read source - neowin.net - 02.06.2009

Finally, Google Docs can open DOCX and XLSX files

Why has it taken them so long? A bit of history may help us to understand. When Microsoft released Office 2007, they updated key formats for saving files, including Word DOC, Excel XLS, and Powerpoin..
Read source - neowin.net - 02.06.2009

OpenSolaris 2009.06 blazes forth

OpenSolaris started life as an open-source version of Sun's venerable and well-respected Unix-based operating system Solaris. Since its first proper release over a year ago, it has moved forward b..
Read source - neowin.net - 02.06.2009

Acer to make first-ever Android netbooks

Acer at Computex today said it would be the first to produce netbooks using Google's Android platform. Com..
Read source - winbeta.org - 02.06.2009

Sun tests new Java Store, Java Warehouse

Sun has opened up a test version of its Java Store, which it bills as a Web site where developers can connect with millions of computer users wh..
Read source - winbeta.org - 02.06.2009

Microsoft makes Bing search available for mobile devices

Microsoft has made the mobile edition of its newly launched Bing search engine available for cell phones and other mobile devices.

..
Read source - winbeta.org - 02.06.2009

AMD Phenom II X2 550 BE and Athlon II X2 250 review

AMD has made a successful transition to the 45nm fabrication process, giving the Phenom II series the necessary breathing room to prove it has what it takes to go head to head with the Intel Core 2 ra..
Read source - neowin.net - 02.06.2009

Live Search Club Becomes "Club Bing"

Club Bing


After Microsoft recently released their Live Sea..
Read source - jcxp.net - 02.06.2009

Xbox 360 with Facebook and Twitter integration

Microsoft officially announced today at E3 that the Xbox 360 will soon integrate with the very popular social networks Facebook, Twitter, Last.fm and UK's Sky TV. Users will be able to view video..
Read source - neowin.net - 02.06.2009

Microsoft reveals native Win 7 video transcoding

Microsofts Murray Vince yesterday revealed that Windows 7 features native support for GPU accelerated video transcoding.



Vince announced this interesting development during Nvidia..
Read source - winbeta.org - 02.06.2009

Windows on Small Notebook PCs: The Momentum Continues in the US and the UK

Brandon LeBlanc: On the eve of the Computex, the largest computer exhibition in Asia and the second largest in the world, we got word th..
Read source - winbeta.org - 02.06.2009

Microsoft announces "Project Natal" motion controller for Xbox 360



Unveiled for the first time to ..
Read source - jcxp.net - 02.06.2009

Microsoft adds 1080p And More...

Microsoft has announced that it would deliver instant on 1080p movies and TV with 5.1 surround sound direct to consoles connected to compatible HD TVs through the Xbox LIVE social entertainment net..
Read source - jcxp.net - 02.06.2009

Microsoft buys Merck unit in life sciences push

Microsoft said on Monday it is buying the assets of Rosetta Biosoftware, a unit of Merck, as part of an effort to expand into the life sciences software arena.



The Rosetta techno..
Read source - winbeta.org - 02.06.2009

Live blogging of Microsoft's E3 Press Conference

Today Microsoft will hold its press conference for the E3 Gamers's tradeshow in L.A. and we're covering it live. Neowin reporters David Corris (Corris) and Andrew Gallacher (DrunknMunky) will ..
Read source - neowin.net - 01.06.2009

SpringSource CEO to detail Roo, a new Java enhancement

Normally, talk of Java development technologies doesn't make anybody think of Winnie the Pooh characters or the land Down Under, even if the founder of the popular Spring Framework for Java, Ro..
Read source - winbeta.org - 01.06.2009

Adobe gives Flash a programming boost

Adobe Systems on Monday released beta versions of three programming projects for producing online applications that run in its Flash Player, software that's widely used but also under competitive thre..
Read source - winbeta.org - 01.06.2009

Shuttle's X50 all-in-one flaunts Microsoft's Windows 7

There's all sorts of tech on show at this year's COMPUTEX, but two items are clearly prevalent - Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system and touchscreen all-in-one PCs.



If 2008 was..
Read source - winbeta.org - 01.06.2009

Microsoft Bing: What does Yahoo think?

Lots of reviewers, pundits and even Dancing with the Stars king Steve Wozniak already have weighed in with w..
Read source - winbeta.org - 01.06.2009

Microsoft's IE8, Google's Chrome post record gains in browser share

Google's Chrome and Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) were the big winners last month in the browser share sweepstakes, according to Web measurement company Net Applications.



..
Read source - winbeta.org - 01.06.2009

Google to sell E-books by end of 2009

Over the past weekend Google made it known that it was getting ready to enter the E-book marketplace and will take on top distributor Amazon head to head. Google plans to be in the market by the end ..
Read source - neowin.net - 01.06.2009

First iPhone 3G 2009 Screens Leaked?

Gizmodo has released images leaked to a Hong Kong blog of whats rumored to be the next iPhone 3G to be released this summer. "I'm looking at these images from a Hong Kong blog, and they totally ..
Read source - neowin.net - 01.06.2009

Bing.com has begun, now live and publicly available

Everybody has been talking about Microsoft's Live Search overhaul, named Bing, recently, and whether or not it would stand out in the search engine market. We here at Neowin have published an arti..
Read source - neowin.net - 01.06.2009

Google Chrome extensions have arrived

The latest development builds of Google Chrome possess a feature that is desired by many, extensions. It is reported that four Chrome extensions have surfaced. Of those four are two very notable relea..
Read source - neowin.net - 01.06.2009

Steve Wozniak: Steve Jobs sounds "healthy, energetic"

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak said Steve Jobs sounds "healthy, energetic" a month before he is expected to return to the company, reports The Wall Street Journal. "Mr. Jobs doesn't sound like he..
Read source - neowin.net - 01.06.2009

EU to re-ignite browser wars?

According to the Wall Street Journal, the European Union, as part of its ongoing antitrust investigations and prosecutions, is now considering forcing Microsoft to provide users of Windows easy access..
Read source - neowin.net - 31.05.2009

Will Bing make a ding?

Since Microsoft officially announced their new search engine Bing on Thursday it seems to have impressed many critics and is showing definite improvements over its predecessor Live Search. But does Bi..
Read source - neowin.net - 31.05.2009

7 million 'criminal' downloaders in UK

According to the BBC, more than seven million people in Britain are illegally downloading copyrighted materials. Given the numbers involved, these cannot be all students. While many of these "criminal..
Read source - neowin.net - 30.05.2009

Sneaky peek: Snow Leopard snaps found on Flickr

An AppleInsider reader has brought the Mac community's attention to an album of screen shots published on Flickr of Apple's OS X upgrade named 'Snow Leopard 10.6'. Within the album a..
Read source - neowin.net - 30.05.2009

Google Wave unveiled: a communication revolution?

Lars and Jens Rasmussen, brothers whose mapping company was bought by Google in 2004 and formed the basis for Google Maps, have become key figures in the development of Google Wave, a real-time collab..
Read source - neowin.net - 30.05.2009

Windows 7 Starter Edition details confirmed

As was reported here on Neowin, there was speculation that Microsoft were planning to remove the application limit on Windows 7 Starter Edition. According to The Windows Blog, Microsoft have confirme..
Read source - neowin.net - 30.05.2009

Visual Studio 2010 will allow mobile development, Microsoft affirms

Microsoft has responded to developer concerns that its recently released Visual Studio 2010 might not be suitable for Windows Mobile development. "That could not be farther from the truth," says produ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 30.05.2009

Lets talk about Windows 7 Starter

Brandon LeBlanc: For the first time, we will be making Windows 7 Starter available worldwide on small notebook PCs. We are also going to enable Windows 7 Starter customers the ability to run as many a..
Read source - winbeta.org - 30.05.2009

Wikipedia bans Scientology

Yesterday, in an unprecedented decision, Wikipedia's court-like body ArbCom handed down a project-wide ban of all IP addresses owned by Scientology for disruptive editing and coordinating their ed..
Read source - neowin.net - 29.05.2009

Microsoft confirms Silverlight 3 to launch on July 10

Microsoft is planning to launch Silverlight 3 and its Expression Studio 3 designer tools on July 10 company spokespeople confirmed today. Silverlight 3 introduces more than 50 new features, including..
Read source - neowin.net - 29.05.2009

0-day Microsoft DirectX vulnerability discovered for XP

Microsoft warned yesterday that hackers are using QuickTime media files to exploit an unpatched 0-day vulnerability in DirectShow. In a posting on Microsoft's security response center blog compan..
Read source - neowin.net - 29.05.2009

Details of Intel's Core i7 950 and 975 Extreme emerge

A few weeks back, Neowin did a report on Intel phasing out their Core i7 940 and 965 Extreme CPUs on September 4, 2009. Now, details on their successors, the Core i7 950 and 975 Extreme, have trickled..
Read source - neowin.net - 29.05.2009

Windows 7 HD and SSD Performance Analyzed

Today we're going to look at how various types of disks perform under Windows 7, both of the traditional platter based variety and new solid state disks. We're not only curious about how disk performa..
Read source - winbeta.org - 29.05.2009

AMD speeds up GPU-accelerated video transcoding

Accelerating video transcoding using the GPU is all the rage these days, and AMD is working hard to stay ahead of the curve. Earlier today, the company
Read source - winbeta.org - 29.05.2009

Windows Azure SDK (May 2009 CTP)

The Azure Services Platform is designed to help developers quickly and easily create, deploy, manage, and distribute web services and applications on the Internet. Windows Azure is an operating system..
Read source - winbeta.org - 29.05.2009

IDC: Windows still leading server market, but revenues down 29 percent

It's not just PC client sales that have to be worrying Microsoft and its partners. Server sales are pretty abysmal, too, as new International Data Corp. numbers make plain.



The Re..
Read source - winbeta.org - 29.05.2009

Google shows Native Client built into HTML 5

Google wants its Native Client technology to be a little more native.



Google Native Client, stil..
Read source - winbeta.org - 29.05.2009

Steve Ballmer demonstrates Zune HD for Engadget

Our friends over at Engadget got a sneak peak of the new Zune HD when Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer showed the gadget off to them during the D7 conference. Ballmer showed of the new OLED screen with a ..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.05.2009

Microsoft officially launches new search at Bing.com

After several months in the planning, Microsoft has finally taken the covers off its new web search engine, Bing. Set to go live in under a week, Bing is not just a rebranding of Microsoft's previ..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.05.2009

Microsofts New Search at Bing.com Helps People Make Better Decisions

Microsoft Corp. today unveiled Bing, a new Decision Engine and consumer brand, providing customers with a first step in moving beyond search to help ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 28.05.2009

Fedora 11 due for release next Tuesday

Fedora 11, the next version of the popular Linux distribution, is due to be released on Tuesday next week, according to the Fedora Project website. The new version features better performance, increas..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.05.2009

Windows 7 build 7137 leaked

Barely two weeks after build 7127 leaked we have another fresh leak of Windows 7, build 7137. This time around the build tag is 7137.0.090521-1745 meaning this build is only a week old. As ever the b..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.05.2009

Spotify demos Android app currently in development

Spotify, a music streaming service very popular in Europe and the UK, has released a demonstration of an Android app the company is currently developing. For those who haven't heard of Spotify, ..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.05.2009

Google: Expect 18 Android phones this year

By year's end, there will be at least 18 phones on the market worldwide based on the Android operating system, Google disclosed today at the company's I/O conference. According to The New Yor..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.05.2009

Landmark study: DRM truly does make pirates out of us all

A UK researcher has spent years interviewing people about whether DRM has affected their ability to use content in ways ordinarily protected by the law. Surprise! It has, even leading one sight-impair..
Read source - winbeta.org - 28.05.2009

Google: The internet is 'the right programming model'

Just five years ago, Vic Gundotra argued that web apps could never rival their desktop brethren. But that's when he worked for Microsoft. He works for Google now. And he sees things quite differently...
Read source - winbeta.org - 28.05.2009

AT&T will spend $18 billion to help boost smartphone speeds

AT&T has been sued multiple times over its alleged "3G" network, where people claim the speeds are not actually 7.2mbps, and range far less than that, even in hot spots. The plan to help keep up with..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.05.2009

Intel previews Xeon Nehalem-EX 8-core processor

Intel has unveiled its new Xeon Nehalem-EX processor which comes with 8-cores, 16 threads and 24MB of cache memory. The performance increase brings forth a new model for servers allowing for cheaper,..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.05.2009

AT&T may have altered the outcome of American Idol

American Idol year after year continues to attract millions of viewers and many of those who watch will also vote for their favorite performer. One way of entering your ballot is by texting. This ye..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.05.2009

Yahoo to Microsoft: Send 'boatloads of money'

That'll likely be the one thing that people remember Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz saying at the D7 conference. That phrase came up repeatedly when previous reporting that Greenpeace wasn't exact..
Read source - winbeta.org - 28.05.2009

The latest weather in 140 characters

Love it or hate it, Twitter is becoming an increasingly popular website. However it's not just about what your friends are eating for breakfast or watching on YouTube, Twitter can also be a very u..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.05.2009

Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7 revealed

One of the features that was initially shown off about Windows 7 was the touch capability; that talk seems to have died down lately, amongst the beta and RC releases, but an announcement today has bro..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.05.2009

Introducing the Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7

At Wall Street Journal's D: All Things Digital conference about a year ago today,..
Read source - winbeta.org - 28.05.2009

Skyfire Leaves Beta, Steals Windows Mobile Browsing Crown

Skyfire, the server-compressed mobile browser that promises "the full web," i.e. Flash support, on Windows Mobile and Symbian phones, has graduated from its
Read source - neowin.net - 27.05.2009

A closer look at fresh versus used SSD performance

Many would argue solid-state drives are the future of PC storage, but some of today's SSDs apparently aren't as resilient as one might expect. Drives based on Indilinx's "Barefoot" IDX110M00-LC contro..
Read source - winbeta.org - 27.05.2009

Side by side: UI changes from Windows 7 beta to Windows 7 RC

Here's an exhaustive roundup of all the changes we've noticed between Windows 7 build 7000 and Windows 7 build 7100. Screenshots included...



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Read source - winbeta.org - 27.05.2009

Ex-Microsoft employee: Free software will kill the company

CIO has posted an article about a man named Keith Curtis, a previous programmer for Microsoft, who has come out with the dramatic statement that free software will be the downfall of the Redmond compa..
Read source - neowin.net - 27.05.2009

Dell not installing the latest Ubuntu on new netbooks

Dell's Mini 10v netbook that was launched last week has some nice new upgrades, including "wireless improvements" according to Betanews, but one thing that users shouldn't expect is the latest..
Read source - neowin.net - 27.05.2009

New York Times says texting is hurting teens

What is it that the New York Times claims is causing teens anxiety, falling grades, repetitive stress injury and sleep deprivation? They claim teens are doing it at school, late at night, at restaura..
Read source - neowin.net - 27.05.2009

Microsoft confirms Zune HD coming this fall

Microsoft on Tuesday confirmed its plans to take on the iPod Touch with a new, touch-screen Zune that will be able to surf the Web, play high-definition movies, and tune in to digital radio.


Read source - winbeta.org - 27.05.2009

PRS announce new music streaming rates

PRS for Music, the UK's royalty collection group for music artists and publishers, has announced new, lower minimum rates for online music streaming services. The new rates will be effective as of..
Read source - neowin.net - 27.05.2009

Psystar files for bankruptcy, slowing Apple's legal case

The company Psystar, infamous for selling Mac clones without Apple's permission, has recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Florida. The news comes from the Mac Observer, who believes that th..
Read source - neowin.net - 27.05.2009

Microsoft "Oslo" May 2009 CTP

"Oslo" is the code name for Microsofts next generation modeling platform. It consists of a modeling language, codename "M", a modeling tool, codename "Quadrant", a repository and a set of models that ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 27.05.2009

Ford CEO personally delivers car to Microsoft CEO

Flanked by cameras and reporters, the chief executives of two of the world's most well-known brands put on a small production at the Microsoft campus on Tuesday.



Microsoft Corp. C..
Read source - winbeta.org - 27.05.2009

Intel previews advanced Nehalem processor, eyes demise of RISC-based platforms

Intel has previewed a new Xeon processor codenamed "Nehalem-EX." The advanced processor will reportedly feature up to 8 cores inside a single chip that is capable of supporting 16 threads and a 24Mb c..
Read source - winbeta.org - 27.05.2009

Lessons learned from installing Windows 7, over 16 times

When the first Windows 7 beta (build 6801) was announced at PDC in late 2008, everyone was excited, myself included. Within a few days after release I was happily running my very first version of Wind..
Read source - neowin.net - 26.05.2009

Clarification on the Date for Bi-hourly Shutdowns for the Windows 7 Beta

Brandon LeBlanc: Bi-hourly shutdowns for the Windows 7 Beta will begin July 1st, 2009 as weve stated both here in Microsoft quietly registered a limited liability company (LLC) last week, which points to the company being poised to make an acquisition or joint ven..
Read source - winbeta.org - 26.05.2009

NASA embraces Microsoft format -- but adds an open-source twist

NASA is processing immense sets of images and data from Mars and the moon into a special Microsoft format for viewing in the Redmond company's Wor..
Read source - winbeta.org - 26.05.2009

Technology Can Help Build Success for Smaller Companies

Q&A: Eduardo Rosini of Microsoft discusses top technology drivers that enable small and midsized businesses to compete...
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 26.05.2009

Microsoft cancels E.U. anti-trust hearing

The recent anti-trust case with Microsoft, filed by the European Union, has been canceled by the Redmond software company, due to a dispute over the lacking attendance of European regulators who are s..
Read source - neowin.net - 26.05.2009

Microsoft to give first JavaOne keynote next month

Here's a world first, kids: on June 4th, Microsoft will give its first ever keynote at Sun's annual JavaOne conference in San Francisco. This is quite surprising as Sun and Microsoft have had ..
Read source - neowin.net - 26.05.2009

Microsoft patents holographic meetings

Networkworld has discovered a rather interesting patent, applied for by Redmond company Microsoft, that would allow them to produce a holographic meeting place, as well as a few other intriguing ideas..
Read source - neowin.net - 26.05.2009

Gecko to release a netbook powered by AA batteries

Netbooks are becoming increasingly popular nowadays; known for their small size and cheap prices, money-focused consumers (basically, anybody) love them for providing a solid, portable computing exper..
Read source - neowin.net - 26.05.2009

First Netbook with NVIDIA Ion chipset: Lenovo's IdeaPad S12

According to a press release by Lenovo, their upcoming IdeaPad S12 will be the first Netbook to utilise NVIDIA's Ion chipset. The Ion platform has also made an appearance in Acer's AspireRevo ..
Read source - neowin.net - 26.05.2009

Nokia's Ovi Store is now live

After the success of Apple's App Store, it seems other companies have noticed the benefits that such an offering can have on business. Other companies such as Palm, Google and Nokia have their own..
Read source - neowin.net - 26.05.2009

Microsoft releases Windows Vista SP2 and Server 2008 SP2

Microsoft has released a standalone installer for Windows Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2 today. The software giant posted some things to know about the service packs last month, one of the war..
Read source - neowin.net - 26.05.2009

Microsoft drops Kumo, rebrands to Bing

Microsoft has officially dropped the codename "Kumo" from its rebranding of its Live Search to help compete against search engine giant Google, by giving Live Search a new name. The newest name will ..
Read source - neowin.net - 26.05.2009

How does Windows Marketplace for Mobile app sharing work?

Recently, news broke that Windows Marketplace for Mobile would allow you to share purchased applications with five other, separate devices. People, understandably, were pretty excited with this... tho..
Read source - neowin.net - 26.05.2009

Red Hat Sues Switzerland Over Microsoft Monopoly

Linux vendor Red Hat, and 17 other vendors, have protested a Swiss government contract given to Microsoft without any public bidding. The move exposes a wider Microsoft monopoly that European governme..
Read source - winbeta.org - 26.05.2009

HTC Lancaster to be AT&T's first Android handset

According to Engadget, AT&T looks set to tap into the Android action through the release of the HTC Lancaster. As of now, the only mobile operator in the United States to offer an Android handset is T..
Read source - neowin.net - 25.05.2009

Windows 7 pricing to be revealed next month?

Microsoft's pricing details schedule reveals that they plan to announce how much us ordinary consumers will have to pay for the next version of their operating system in mid-June, according to det..
Read source - neowin.net - 25.05.2009

Lenovo intros Ion-based netbook, CULV notebook


Read source - winbeta.org - 25.05.2009

Microsoft to spend millions to tout new search engine

Microsoft plans to spend $80 million to $100 million to tout its new search engine, an enormous marketing push that's about four times the amount that Google spent on advertising last year, according ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 25.05.2009

Reminder: Windows 7 Beta 1 will start shutting down June 1st

Now that we're all waiting for the final version of Windows 7 to be released later this year, there are some important dates to remember if you're still using Windows 7 Beta 1. If you download..
Read source - neowin.net - 25.05.2009

CircuitCity.com is back, copy of CompUSA & Tiger Direct site

CircuitCity lives again, or at least the name does. As of May 23 the site has gone live again offering the types of products that you would expect from the defunct mega-retailer. While the main page..
Read source - neowin.net - 24.05.2009

YouTube swamped by porn

Reports indicate that YouTube was swamped yesterday by an abundance of pornography. A large group of users began uploading seemingly innocent clips, many with kid-friendly tags such as "Jonas Brothe..
Read source - neowin.net - 24.05.2009

Yahoo seeks social media acquisition

While much news has surrounded Yahoo in regards to its own acquisition, at the hands of Microsoft, reports indicate that Yahoo is doing some shopping of its own. Ari Balogh, Chief Technology Officer ..
Read source - neowin.net - 24.05.2009

Mac user: How Microsoft has cleaned up Windows

If you asked me a year ago what I thought about Windows, I probably would've said something along the lines of "disorganized", "a mess", or "not adequate for my needs". So I was very surprised wh..
Read source - neowin.net - 24.05.2009

Microsoft may adjust limitations on Windows 7 Starter

According to Paul Thurrott, Microsoft will be lifting the three running application limit for Windows 7 Starter Edition. Previously with XP and Vista, Starter Edition was designed to run on low end e..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.05.2009

US Army will adopt Vista and Office 2007 by end of this year

Corporate bodies, such as businesses and the government, have traditionally been rather slow when it comes to adopting new software and technologies. This is generally for security purposes, and becau..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.05.2009

SP2 glitch renders SharePoint trial ware

Microsoft has disclosed a bug in the Service Pack 2 update to SharePoint Server 2007 that causes the application to expire after 180 days.



The flaw improperly resets the product e..
Read source - winbeta.org - 23.05.2009

Lawyer: RIAA must pay back all $100M it has collected

Harvard Law professor Charles Nesson has now gotten involved in two more file-sharing lawsuits, including the Jammie Thomas retrial in Minnesota. But it's in the other, lesser-known case, that Nesson ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 23.05.2009

Microsoft told to pay $200m for XML patent infringement

A federal jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas has ordered Microsoft to pay $200 million in damages to Toronto, Canada based software company i4i Ltd, for patent infri..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.05.2009

Windows HPC 2008 R2 CTP released

If you've got a spare supercomputer that is just sitting around waiting to test pre-released software on, then you'll be glad to hear that Microsoft has made the Community Technical Preview (C..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.05.2009

Can Microsoft's core business adapt to the new economy?

In late April, two weeks before Microsoft announced the biggest batc..
Read source - winbeta.org - 23.05.2009

Report: Microsoft readies new maximum specs for Windows 7 netbooks

Microsoft is readying a set of maximum specs for Windows 7 netbooks –or, as Microsoft prefers to call them, “small notebooks” that will likely dictate which PCs will qualify for low..
Read source - winbeta.org - 22.05.2009

Bill Gates Sees Tech Helping U.S. Recession

Technology can pull the United States out of recession and help the world's ailing financial markets work better, Microsoft Corp Chairman Bill Gates told a high-level business summit at the company he..
Read source - winbeta.org - 22.05.2009

Microsoft shuts off Messenger in US-embargoed countries

Microsoft has switched off access to Windows Live Messenger in Cuba, Syria, Iran, Sudan and North Korea. The software giant announced the policy change in a blog post spotted by our friends at LiveSi..
Read source - neowin.net - 22.05.2009

Windows 7, how low can it go?

It is well known that Windows 7 is a huge step up from Vista as well as XP. It allows users with computers that could barely run Vista to run 7 much faster and more efficiently. It is relatively safe..
Read source - neowin.net - 22.05.2009

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0 Betas Go Live


Quite some time ago we were teased with a very early version of Visual Studio 2010 a..
Read source - jcxp.net - 22.05.2009

Microsoft cancels oral hearing in EC browser-bundling case

The first week of June was slated to be an interesting one, in terms of the current browser-bundling antitrust case in the European Union involving Microsoft, Opera and a growing cast of interested th..
Read source - winbeta.org - 22.05.2009

Army marching toward Windows Vista

With all the buzz around Windows 7, it may sound strange to be reading about enterprises moving toward Vista. But in some cases, that's where things are at.



The U.S. Army, for exa..
Read source - winbeta.org - 22.05.2009

VMware vSphere 4: The once and future virtualization king

VMware vSphere 4, out today, is a big release, with plenty of new features and changes, but it's not your run-of-the-mill major update. The new features, which range from VM clustering to agentless VM..
Read source - winbeta.org - 22.05.2009

YouTube to trial pre-video ads

YouTube is to run a trial of "pre-roll" video ads on selected content from several broadcasters starting from today. The pre-roll ads are short video ads shown before the video you requested and could..
Read source - neowin.net - 22.05.2009

HTC Touch Pro battery explodes, the trend continues

Yesterday Neowin reported on a MacBook Pro whose MagSafe adapter overheated burning the user and the laptop. Today reports are surfacing on an HTC Touch Pro whose spare battery erupted. The story go..
Read source - neowin.net - 21.05.2009

IT workers are best in bed

The Sun, famous for its Page 3 models (NSFW), puns and scandalous news have published an anonymous study of 2,000 British men and women's sex lives. They have concluded that out of all jobs, compu..
Read source - neowin.net - 21.05.2009

YouTube 'gets 20 hours of video' added per minute

YouTube just keeps getting bigger.



The Google-owned video-sharing site said late Wednesday in a blog post that 20 hours of video are being uploaded to YouTube every minute.
<..
Read source - winbeta.org - 21.05.2009

Vista SP2: Microsoft to push via Windows Update in 'the coming weeks'

Microsoft still isn't saying anything more about why Vista SP2 still isn't available yet on the Microsoft Download site, but company officials are telling customers that Microsoft will sharing good ins..
Read source - winbeta.org - 20.05.2009

Google Translate extends into other Google services

Google's Translate service isn't just for translating text or websites anymore. It's starting to extend into other Google services like Gmail and Google Friend Connect comment translation...
Read source - neowin.net - 20.05.2009

Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview screenshots

Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview has officially been leaked onto the internet. Showing the first look at the technical preview of the next big version of Microsoft Office. Available in both 3..
Read source - neowin.net - 20.05.2009

Netflix's Latest Conquest, Windows Media Center

Netflix is on a mission to takeover the world of movie streaming, 1st they invaded the computer with Silverlight powered streaming. Then they cut an exclusive deal with Microsoft to bring streaming to..
Read source - neowin.net - 20.05.2009

Microsoft adds Netflix streaming to Windows Vista Media Center

Microsoft is adding streaming Netflix movies and shows to the content available in its remote-control-friendly Media Center interface on Windows Vista computers -- adding another way for people to acc..
Read source - winbeta.org - 20.05.2009

Report: Microsoft to unveil Kumo search engine next week

Microsoft will demonstrate its long-awaited next-generation search technology, OffiSync is a plug-in for Microsoft Office 2003/2007 that integrates the office suite with Google Docs. You can open documents, spreadsheets and presentations alread..
Read source - winbeta.org - 19.05.2009

Intel to launch 8-core server chip

Intel is expected to introduce an 8-core processor for the high-end server market next week.



The 8-core "Nehalem-EX" Xeon processor is designed for servers that can use more than ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 19.05.2009

Internet data heads for 500bn gigabytes

The world's store of digital content is now the equivalent of one full top-of-the-range iPod for every two people on the planet, following the explosion of social networking sites, internet-enabled mo..
Read source - winbeta.org - 19.05.2009

In Mac vs. PC Battle, Microsoft Winning in Value Perception

Apple may have some of the most interesting online ads we've seen in a while, but Microsoft's recent push to paint the competitor as pricey is starting to work, according to data from BrandIndex.

Read source - winbeta.org - 19.05.2009

Microsoft's My Phone service now in open beta

You may remember a while back, Microsoft announces a new web-syncing service named My Phone, aimed at, you guessed it, cellphones. We at Neowin have given our first impressions on it, but at that time..
Read source - neowin.net - 19.05.2009

Sprint confirms June 6 launch for Palm Pre

Sprint has just confirmed the rumored June 6th launch date for the Palm Pre. Engadget spotted the press release after previously noting that June 6 was the day of the Pre. The Palm Pre phone will be..
Read source - neowin.net - 19.05.2009

Milkyway rises over Texas video, in honor of Hubble

In honoring the success of the Hubble repair mission star watchers across the globe are holding "star parties" to observe the heavens. Neowin recently posted pictures of Atlantis pulling Hubble out o..
Read source - neowin.net - 19.05.2009

Live Search-"Kumo Lite" Refresh Screenshots

If you use Live search, you are no doubt well used to the daily background changes that the search engine goes through. Today, a little more than the background changed. Without so much as a press re..
Read source - neowin.net - 19.05.2009

Harvard prof tells judge that P2P filesharing is "fair use"

Wholesale copying of music on P2P networks is fair use. Statutory damages can't be applied to P2P users. File-swapping results in no provable harm to rightsholders.



These are just..
Read source - winbeta.org - 19.05.2009

Office 2010 32-bit and 64-bit to be on the same DVD?

One of the most important details about the upcoming Office 2010 release is that it will come in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions, helping pave the path towards an x64 computing future. However, people..
Read source - neowin.net - 19.05.2009

Microsoft search still hovering at eight percent share

The month before Microsoft’s expected rollout of its “Kumo” search release, the company continued to stagnate in terms of its s..
Read source - winbeta.org - 19.05.2009

Computational knowledge engines: the search engine, evolved

A new search engine, known as Wolfram|Alpha has launched. It may be improper to refer to it as a search engine, as it refers to itself as a "computational knowledge engine". The engine differs from a..
Read source - neowin.net - 19.05.2009

Google must re-shoot all Street View pictures in Japan

Citizens of Japan have won a fight against Google to get them to re-shoot all of the photos taken and shown via Google Street View. The argument stemmed around the idea of invasion of privacy, specif..
Read source - neowin.net - 19.05.2009

Document Interoperability Initiative Drives Development of New Tools

The variety of software programs and document formats in the market can make it difficult for organizations to exchange data among disparate systems. For example, to carry out their public service, co..
Read source - winbeta.org - 18.05.2009

Microsoft, Linux Foundation issue joint letter opposing proposed software-licensing principles

Truth can, indeed, be stranger than fiction as is evidenced by a May 14 letter on software-licensing policies that was signed by both Microsoft and Linux Foundation officials.



Th..
Read source - winbeta.org - 18.05.2009

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET FX 4 Beta 1 ships!

Somasegar: Today, we are releasing Beta 1 of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET FX 4. If you are a MSDN subscriber, you can download the Beta today from noted that on th..
Read source - winbeta.org - 18.05.2009

Amazon Beefs up EC2 With New Enterprise-appealing Tools

New auto-scaling, monitoring and load-balancing tools for Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud are now in public beta, the company said Monday.



A feature called CloudWatch lets EC2 user..
Read source - winbeta.org - 18.05.2009

The Insurance Industry Enters the Cloud Era

Q&A: Bill Hartnett, U.S. insurance industry solutions director, and Colin Cole, U.S. insurance industry technical strategist, discuss how Microsoft tools and technology can help the insurance industry..
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 18.05.2009

Napster lives, $5 a month subscription package

BestBuy has re-launched Napster and it's trying a new untested business model. The basic premise of the cheapest plan is that you can get unlimited streaming of music, keep 5 DRM free MP3's e..
Read source - neowin.net - 18.05.2009

Thurrott: Final version of Windows 7 coming October 15

Predicting the release date of things like Windows 7 beta, RC and now the RTM is something like trying to predict when the end of the world will be. Everyone gets excited about the upcoming date, but ..
Read source - neowin.net - 18.05.2009

Dell: Windows 7 pricing is a potential obstacle for users

We've learned a vast amount about Windows 7 over the last few months, but there's still one thing that's been bothering those in the technology world (and even those not in it): pricing. H..
Read source - neowin.net - 18.05.2009

Dell says Windows 7 price is possible barrier

Windows 7 pricing is potentially an obstacle to Windows 7 adoption for some users, though in just about every other aspect the operating system is beating Vista, according to a Dell marketing executiv..
Read source - winbeta.org - 18.05.2009

Microsoft hosting top CEOs

Todd Bishop: This week continues what has become an spring tradition in Redmond -- the Microsoft CEO Summit, in which the company's top executives confab for three days with bigwigs from large corpora..
Read source - winbeta.org - 18.05.2009

Microsoft: Windows 7 launch will not repeat Vista

Now that we've got a rough release date of Windows 7, Microsoft making sure that Windows 7's launch will go smoothly and not be plagued with compatibility issues reports Paul Thurrott and Chan..
Read source - neowin.net - 17.05.2009

Windows Feedback Program participants can get Windows 7 gift

Are you looking to get a copy of Windows 7 when it's released sometime later this year? Well it looks like Microsoft is giving out a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate to participants of the Windows Feedb..
Read source - neowin.net - 17.05.2009

Office 2010 optimized for Windows 7

Since a technical preview version of Office 2010 leaked barely a day ago it seems to have spread to anyone and everyone, despite a limited official technical preview scheduled for July. We already kne..
Read source - neowin.net - 17.05.2009

Meet the Staff, Episode 7: Michael Stanclift (Marshalus)

While some of us wait for Windows 7 to be released, one seven you no longer have to wait for is Meet the Staff, Episode 7. The Meet the Staff podcast series kicked off a couple of months ago. Each wee..
Read source - neowin.net - 16.05.2009

Reminder: 3 days left to enter our prize give-away

Just a quick reminder to all members, our give-away ends on the 18th May at 23:59 GMT. Don't forget to enter and complete our survey. Enter here

Read source - neowin.net - 16.05.2009

The Friday Apple rumor round-up

Today has been a pretty intense read in terms of Apple rumors, so we here at Neowin decided to pack them together into one nice, informative article, as opposed to spreading them out over the main pag..
Read source - neowin.net - 16.05.2009

Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview leaks

Not long ago you'll remember the official announcement from Microsoft, stating that you can sign up for the Office 2010 Technical Preview which is due for a release in July. It appears people on t..
Read source - neowin.net - 16.05.2009

New Web tool WolframAlpha launches test run

Google rules the roost when it comes to Internet search and has easily brushed aside efforts by Yahoo!, Microsoft and others to knock it off its perch.



While not a traditional Web..
Read source - winbeta.org - 16.05.2009

Office 2010 Has Leaked!

The Technical Preview of Office 2010 has officially leaked! WZor.net uploaded a torrent a few hours ago for both the x86 and x64 versions of the new Office suite.


Without further ado, I ..
Read source - jcxp.net - 16.05.2009

Windows 7 adds native Virtual WiFi technology from Microsoft Research

WiFi is an incredible technology that has transformed how and where people used computers, however besides advancements in speed, range and security, very little has changed how we use wireless networ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 16.05.2009

Ubuntu 9.10 Off To A Great Performance Start

The first alpha release for Ubuntu
9.10
was made
..
Read source - winbeta.org - 15.05.2009

Microsoft, China's Hangzhou set 'model city' pact

Microsoft Corp. announced a partnership aimed at helping make the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou a model for innovation and protection of intellectual property, in the company's latest attempt to co..
Read source - winbeta.org - 15.05.2009

Man captures images of Atlantis pulling Hubble out of orbit

NASA and some very brave astronauts are currently on a mission to perform maintenance on the aging Hubble space telescope. The mission itself is to repair broken parts and add in a new camera and oth..
Read source - neowin.net - 15.05.2009

Office Mac users at risk

PC security experts have criticized Microsoft this week for releasing security patches attempting to fix vulnerabilities in Windows versions of their presentation program Powerpoint, whilst announcing..
Read source - neowin.net - 15.05.2009

Google suffers from more outages

Today some of Google's services were unavailable to a small percentage of users, causing problems with all of their services including YouTube, Gmail, Google Analytics, Google Maps and Google Docs..
Read source - neowin.net - 15.05.2009

Laptop Hunters ad: Meet Lauren and Sue

The advertising war between Apple and Microsoft rages on, with a new soldier brought into battle: the latest Microsoft ad of the 'Laptop Hunters' variety has been distributed across the intern..
Read source - neowin.net - 15.05.2009

Pictures of the BlackBerry "Storm 2" surface

CrackBerry.com managed to get themselves some pictures of the successor to the BlackBerry Storm, the BlackBerry Storm 2, codenamed "Oden". This comes just days after Research In Motion's CEO Jim B..
Read source - neowin.net - 15.05.2009

Windows 7 build 7127 leaked

Redmond is still running low on Joe the plumbers as another Windows 7 leak surfaces today. This time around it's the second RTM branch build to leak, 7127. Approximately a month after 7106 leaked..
Read source - neowin.net - 15.05.2009

Microsoft Exchange support shown on HTC Magic

Bonnie Cha: Earlier on Thursday, we reported on the Singapore HTC Magic launch and learned f..
Read source - winbeta.org - 15.05.2009

Confirmed: OS X 10.5.7 Recognizes DFU Mode


Mac OS X 10.5.6 disabled DFU..
Read source - jcxp.net - 15.05.2009

Jobs' Amazon account exposed, idiot wants to sell details

When you're a celebrity or a high profile citizen, it's not uncommon to be targeted by selfish individuals looking to make a dollar at your expense. It's possible that Steve Jobs has fall..
Read source - neowin.net - 15.05.2009

Dismal economy hits corporate Windows 7 testing

Although Microsoft's next operating system is months away from release, the recession is already having an impact on Windows 7, a survey of 320 corporate administrators said today.



Read source - winbeta.org - 15.05.2009

Microsoft publicly testing codename "Kumo"

A few weeks ago one of our readers spotted a countdown to "Kumo" at one of Microsoft's campuses in Redmond. From what we've gathered, Microsoft could be preparing to launch a public beta of co..
Read source - neowin.net - 14.05.2009

Google makes breaking up with Hotmail, Yahoo! easy to do

Google has added a feature to its popular Gmail service that allows users to easily import email and contacts from their Hotmail, Yahoo! et al accounts.



Mountain Views new tool, w..
Read source - winbeta.org - 14.05.2009

Microsoft 'Chelan': A new Windows Embedded platform takes shape

It's easy to forget as Microsoft wants you to that the Windows Mobile operating system is built on top of an embedded Windows CE c..
Read source - winbeta.org - 14.05.2009

Netbooks made up 19.5% of laptop shipments last quarter

Netbooks have accounted for nearly a fifth of all laptops shipped for two consecutive quarters now.
Read source - neowin.net - 14.05.2009

The Pirate Bay must pay half of their fees now

The Pirate Bay is having a bad time after losing the court case about copyright infringement, and the threat of spending up to a year behind bars due to the massive public torrent web site. The debt ..
Read source - neowin.net - 14.05.2009

Microsoft puts Mac users at risk with patch policy, says researcher

A security researcher has called foul on Microsoft for doing exactly what it has thrashed hackers over for years: revealing information that can be used to hijack computers before a patch is available..
Read source - winbeta.org - 14.05.2009

Imagine Cup Shows Power of a Great Idea and a Funny Name

An all-woman team that advanced to the finals of the U.S. Imagine Cup Finals created a mobile phone application that reminds HIV/AIDS patients to take their medication...
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 13.05.2009

France passes anti-piracy law

A bill requiring French ISPs to disconnect people who are caught downloading or sharing illegal content three times has been given approval by Senate. The controversial legislation will mean that ille..
Read source - neowin.net - 13.05.2009

Microsoft's Zune HD set to hit Amazon in September

For quite some time now we've been covering a lot of the Zune HD rumors that everyone is so keen on reporting. Some have been fake, some have been factual. One thing for sure though, with all this..
Read source - neowin.net - 13.05.2009

Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 expected as soon as next week

Mary Jo Foley: It sounds from a couple of my tipsters that the Beta 1 releases of VS2010 and .Net 4 are both likely to be made available for download sometime over the next couple of weeks, and possib..
Read source - winbeta.org - 13.05.2009

Intel Visual Computing Institute Opens, Will Spur "Larrabee" Development

Intel Corporation will invest $12 million over the next five years in the new Intel Visual Computing Institute which opened yesterday. Located at Saarland University in
Saarbrücken, Germany, the ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 13.05.2009

Can Microsoft stop IE's market share slide?

The Web browser market has been undergoing tectonic shifts for the past six years, with Microsoft's Internet Explorer (I..
Read source - winbeta.org - 13.05.2009

EU fines Intel a record $1.45 billion

The EU Commission is fining Intel a record $1.45 billion due to violations of antitrust rules in Europe. The EU ruled that Intel illegally used hidden rebates to squeeze rivals out of the marketpla..
Read source - jcxp.net - 13.05.2009

Intel gets fined $1.45 billion dollars by the EU

In a ruling that will surely rock the anti-trust lawyer's socks off, Intel has been fined a massive $1.45 billion dollars by the EU for "anti-competitive practices". This far exceeds the $..
Read source - neowin.net - 13.05.2009

Apple responds to Microsoft's laptop hunter adverts [Video]

Engadget have picked up on the fact Apple has responded to Microsoft's notorious laptop hunter adverts. Apple verbally responded last month when a spokesperson claimed "A PC is no bargain when it..
Read source - neowin.net - 13.05.2009

Inside Microsoft's home of the future [Video]

We have seen pictures of Microsoft's home of the future concept previously but this time the BBC has recorded a tour of the unit based at Microsoft's HQ in Redmond. The video demonstrates spe..
Read source - neowin.net - 13.05.2009

Facebook will not entirely ban anti-Holocaust groups

Following site complaints, a Facebook spokesperson barry Schnitt has told CNN that certain groups on the world's largest social networking, do harbour 'Nazi ideals'. He continues to to st..
Read source - neowin.net - 13.05.2009

Google unveils new and improved Search Options

A lot of people have been saying lately that Twitter is the newest, and probably best, way to find real-time search results. Pop in what you want into the search bar and you'll get up to the minut..
Read source - neowin.net - 13.05.2009

Hands on: Canonical aims for the cloud with new Ubuntu One

Canonical is preparing to launch Ubuntu One, a new Web service that will offer cloud synchronization and collaboration features. Ars gives you a detailed hands-on look at the service and some of the u..
Read source - winbeta.org - 13.05.2009

Apple's Latest Ad Takes Aim at Microsoft's 'Laptop Hunters' Campaign

Apple's latest "Get a Mac" ads seem to be taking direct aim at Microsoft's recent "Laptop Hunters" ads in which a customer is given money to pick out a laptop that suits their needs. Microsoft specifi..
Read source - winbeta.org - 13.05.2009

Just what is Kumo, anyway? (And is it open source?)

Some 90,000 Microsoft employees are currently testing a new version of Live Search under the name Kumo (well, some of them are testing it, the fix ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 12.05.2009

Microsoft raises 3.75 Billion dollars, possible acquisition?

Microsoft has done something it has never done before, it sold bonds to raise capital; a lot of capital. While banking on its premium credit rating Microsoft was able to sell the bonds at only a slig..
Read source - neowin.net - 12.05.2009

Are these the specifications of Apple's next iPhone?

It's been a while since we've seen an Apple rumor, but here's one for you to quench your thirst; MacRumors has posted what appears to be specifications (rumored, might we add) of the inevi..
Read source - neowin.net - 12.05.2009

T-Mobile to get its first 3G BlackBerry handset in September

According to Boy Genius Report, mobile network operator T-Mobile U.S.A. may be getting its first 3G BlackBerry in the form of the rumored BlackBerry Onyx/Driftwood 96XX series handset. Images from ..
Read source - neowin.net - 12.05.2009

Microsoft hints at June for new Zune

Microsoft is heating up the Zune advertising and is hinting at a June for a "new product launch". We've had the hints that a new Zune, namely the Zune HD, could be surfacing this year but an int..
Read source - neowin.net - 12.05.2009

R.I.P. 3D Realms

3D Realms, the developer of Duke Nukem Forever, has been shut down due to funding issues. Joe Siegler, a sixteen-year Apogee and 3D Realms Veteran stated: "It's true. I have nothing further to say at ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 12.05.2009

Microsoft ad: It costs $30,000 to fill a 120GB iPod

It seems the ad wars are starting to heat back up, folks. It's been relatively quiet lately, in context of advertisements Microsoft and Apple have been aiming at each other, but it seems that the ..
Read source - neowin.net - 12.05.2009

Microsoft shows off file classification in Windows Server 2008 R2

Microsoft's TechEd is an enterprise show, but that didn't stop the Softies from leading off with Windows 7 client in its kick-off keynote on May ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 12.05.2009

Microsoft: $30k to fill an iPod

One of the biggest differences between Microsoft's Zune and Apple's iPod is the ability to get unlimited songs for Zune via a $15 monthly subscription service, not just by purchasing individual tracks..
Read source - winbeta.org - 12.05.2009

Skills Development Crucial for IT Pros

Microsoft Learning introduces new testing and tools to enhance the proficiency, productivity and career potential of IT pros...
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 12.05.2009

Get Your Hands on Office 2010


Office 2010 screenshots have been periodically poking th..
Read source - jcxp.net - 12.05.2009

Microsoft confirms Windows 7 to launch by December '09

Good news from the kingdom of Redmond, fellow geeks; we've finally been given a more precise (though still not as precise as one could get) release date for Windows 7, the next operating system to..
Read source - neowin.net - 12.05.2009

Google Street + Twitter = Stweet?

That's right, Stweet is a mash up between Google Street View and Twitter! Now you can navigate the streets of the world and see who has been there before you and what they've said! Certain Tw..
Read source - neowin.net - 12.05.2009

Engineering Windows 7: Our Next Engineering Milestone

Steven Sinofsky: This post is about the path from RC to what we call RTM, release to manufacturing. RTM is not one point in time but a process as from RTM we enable the PC manufacturers to begin th..
Read source - winbeta.org - 12.05.2009

Microsoft Surface SP1 adds features, better support

CrunchGear: This last Friday, a few of the developers behind Microsoft Surface took some time out of their schedules to meet with us and talk about..
Read source - winbeta.org - 11.05.2009

Microsoft to Focus on Developers at TechEd 2009

One of the key issues Microsoft will highlight at its TechEd North America 2009 conference will be the notion that now is the time for developers to step up and lead their IT organizations through tou..
Read source - winbeta.org - 11.05.2009

Google's diversity causing it antitrust trouble

Google's goal is to index all the world's information, and it has created a broad array of products to draw that information in. Its huge success with search, however, is causing a legal authorities t..
Read source - winbeta.org - 11.05.2009

Microsoft files for debt offering

Microsoft filed on Monday to issue debt that could see the company raising billions in additional capital.



The filing, which was made with the Securities and Exchange Commission, ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 11.05.2009

Broader Microsoft Office 2010 test program to kick off in July

Office 2010 will begin rolling out to a wider cross-section of testers starting this July, according to Microsoft officials.



Company execs are telling attendees of this week’..
Read source - winbeta.org - 11.05.2009

Windows 7 to be ready for holiday shopping season

Microsoft has finally acknowledged what outside observers have realized for some time: Windows 7 is going to be ready this year, in time for the holiday shopping season. Thats the official message fro..
Read source - winbeta.org - 11.05.2009

London to have satellites that monitor your speed

In a trial that can only be described as Big Brotherly, London is going is going to start trials of attempting to stop speeders from space. The basic idea works around that the vehicles are equipped..
Read source - neowin.net - 11.05.2009

XBMC 9.04 delivers impressive media center experience

The XBMC project has released version 9.04 of the popular open source media center application. The new version includes improved Linux support and an enhanced theming system. Ars takes the new versio..
Read source - winbeta.org - 11.05.2009

How Obama's tax reforms could impact Microsoft's bottom line

President Obama's proposal to overhaul U.S. tax policy on international profits,
Just months a..
Read source - jcxp.net - 09.05.2009

Google to promote Chrome browser through TV ads

According to both the Wall Street Journal and Google's official blog, Google will promote it's Chrome browser through a TV ads. The ad, shown below, was made by the Google'd Japan Team t..
Read source - neowin.net - 09.05.2009

Carphone Warehouse to acquire Tiscali UK

The UK's new largest home broadband provider will be formed next month with the Carphone Warehouse buying the UK arm of Italian ISP Tiscali for £236 million. Tiscali's future has been in..
Read source - neowin.net - 09.05.2009

Apple games console in the pipeline?

News is circulating that there is some growing evidence to support the release of an Apple games console in the coming future. The credibility of this is still slightly hazy considering there have bee..
Read source - neowin.net - 09.05.2009

Gmail goes down again

According to IT Pro, Gmail has crashed at 11 AM today, making it the third time this year Google has had problems with their service. A Google spokesperson said, "A number of our users had difficulty..
Read source - neowin.net - 09.05.2009

Nintendo The Most Reputable Game Company Of Them All

Catering to a broader demographic pays off for Nintendo, ranked number six in the Reputation Institute's 2009 list of the world's most reputable companies. Where do Microsoft and Sony fall?


Read source - winbeta.org - 09.05.2009

Microsoft releases update to RSAT tools for Windows 7

Those of you who are brave enough to run Windows 7 RC at work, in a domain environment, as a systems administrator will be interested to know that Microsoft has released updates for the Remote Server ..
Read source - neowin.net - 08.05.2009

Windows 7 RC gets its first bug, and it's a doozy

The first documented bug in the Windows 7 Release Candidate (build 7100) is a doozy.



Yesterday, Microsoft published Knowledge Base..
Read source - winbeta.org - 08.05.2009

Microsoft shows off App-V virtualization for servers

Last year, there was talk of how and when Microsoft might take its App-V client virtualization technology to the server. While theres still no publicly available timeline, Microsoft recently showed of..
Read source - winbeta.org - 08.05.2009

Lockheed Martin forgets to clean hard drives, sold on eBay

When you're a government contractor you had better keep your ducks in line. It goes without saying that if you're storing sensitive data that you dispose of the hard drives properly at the en..
Read source - neowin.net - 08.05.2009

Intel to phase out Core i7 940 and 965 Extreme

This may come as a surprise to some, but reports state that Intel is looking to phase out its Core i7 940 and 965 extreme processors, just barely 6 months after their release. The Core i7 940 and 96..
Read source - neowin.net - 08.05.2009

Future App Store submissions must now be OS 3.0 compatible

Following up from the iPhone OS 3.0 beta 5 release that Apple made available yesterday, they have also distributed a rather interesting email to members of the developer program. According to Apple, a..
Read source - neowin.net - 08.05.2009

Microsoft to issue critical patch for Office on May 12

Microsoft has issues a statement saying they will issue a "critical" patch this coming Tuesday to fix a flaw in Microsoft Office PowerPoint. The single update is oddly timed, after Microsoft released..
Read source - neowin.net - 08.05.2009

Twitter's new business model

Twitter has been looking for ways to make revenue and profit off of its Microblogging service, which has been the focus of companies like Google to purchase Twitter and rumored of Apple interested in ..
Read source - neowin.net - 08.05.2009

Amazon wants a 70% cut for newspaper content on the Kindle

Amazon is not playing around with its revenue streams when it comes to offering content on the Kindle. They want a 70% cut of the subscription revenue and the rights to offer the content on more plat..
Read source - neowin.net - 08.05.2009

Hulu agrees to international TV deals

According to Financial Times, Hulu has signed international deals including UK programming and Saavn, one of the largest distributors of Bollywood movies. Among the programs that will begin airing o..
Read source - neowin.net - 08.05.2009

Microsoft changes 'Windows Genuine Advantage' name

Microsoft will be changing to name of it's activation and validation system from "Windows Genuine Advantage" to "Windows Activation Technologies" according to a report by Mary-Jo Foley. However,..
Read source - neowin.net - 08.05.2009

Electricity Savings from Data Center SSDs Could Power an Entire Country, Researcher Says

SSD market researcher iSuppli says the increased deployment of SSDs could enable the world's data centers to reduce their cumulative electricity consumption by a whopping 166,643 megawatt hours from 2..
Read source - winbeta.org - 08.05.2009

'WGA' no more: Microsoft puts new spin on anti-piracy tools

Microsoft is dropping the "Windows Genuine Advantage" name from its product activation and validation technologies as it prepares for Windows 7's release. The company a new project to make Firefox split in several processes at a time: one running the main user interface (chrome), and anoth..
Read source - winbeta.org - 07.05.2009

Microsoft layoffs also affect several products

Remember those 2nd round of layoffs Microsoft started as part of its plan to cut 5,000 jobs? Well it seems that not only were individual employees were affected, but entire products as well. Accordin..
Read source - neowin.net - 07.05.2009

Facebook connect teams up with Digg

As of today, Facebook, one of the most popular web sites linking family and friends together, is now linking people together even more with Facebook connect and Digg joining up. The partnership allow..
Read source - neowin.net - 07.05.2009

Blu-ray player sales on the rise

With Blu-ray winning the next generation DVD format war, and the format starting to go mainstream, consumer awareness and Blu-ray sales are on the rise according to a report by the NPD Group. The rep..
Read source - neowin.net - 07.05.2009

Microsoft to turn .Net Micro Framework code, support over to the community

Microsoft is turning the source code for its embedded .Net Micro Framework over to the community and slowly withdrawing from that business, company officials are confirming.



On th..
Read source - winbeta.org - 07.05.2009

Amazon announces Kindle DX

As Neowin had previously reported, Amazon has unveiled its larger screened Kindle as predicted. The device boasts a 9.7 inch screen that rotates when the device is turned, a bump in storage space to ..
Read source - neowin.net - 06.05.2009

Microsoft release 2 updates for IE8 on Windows 7 RC

Microsoft has released two new updates for Internet Explorer 8 on Windows 7 RC, via Windows Update. The first update applies only to Windows 7 RC, and will be fixed in the Windows 7 RTM. The first iss..
Read source - neowin.net - 06.05.2009

Meet the Staff Podcast, Episode 6: Triliaeris

The Meet the Staff podcast series kicked off a couple of months ago. Each week one of the people behind the scenes at Neowin is interviewed and answer various questions that our members have recently ..
Read source - neowin.net - 06.05.2009

IPv6 security guru fields questions

Although he acknowledges that businesses have yet to embrace IPv6, security guru Scott Hogg says that doesn't mean IT..
Read source - winbeta.org - 06.05.2009

EA: PC gaming is growing, console hardware race slowing

As the arms race for more powerful console hardware is slowing down, the PC is "rapidly becoming the largest gaming platform in the world." Those are the observations of Electronic Arts CEO John Ricci..
Read source - winbeta.org - 06.05.2009

Microsoft to Forbid VoIP, Rival Stores at Mobile Market

Voice-over-IP applications will be forbidden from Microsoft's Windows MarketPlace for Mobile store, along with programs that are larger than 10MB or that change the default browser on a device.
<..
Read source - winbeta.org - 06.05.2009

RIAA: "we have no choice" but to file more named lawsuits

The RIAA said it would file no more "new" lawsuits against individual file-swappers, but it filed more such lawsuits in April. How to explain the apparent contradiction? By defining "new" in a particu..
Read source - winbeta.org - 06.05.2009

Microsoft: Space is the new frontier in computing

We're now moving into a client-cloud era where "space is indeed the new frontier". That's the verdict of the head of Microsoft's Research lab in Cambridge.



"Computing, on about a ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 06.05.2009

Microsoft seeking feedback for Internet Explorer 9

Now that Internet Explorer 8 has reached RTM, it's time to move on to the research and planning phase of Internet Explorer 9. Was there something in IE8 that wasn't fixed or a new bug you'..
Read source - neowin.net - 06.05.2009

Qwest isn't sure if its throttling bandwidth

It seems that Qwest can't decide if it's throttling bandwidth or not. A user on Consumerist.com states that Qwest tech support told him that they do throttle their bandwidth for excessive use..
Read source - neowin.net - 06.05.2009

Apple may be adding 3G to future MacBooks

A recent job posting at Apple suggests that the company may be introducing 3G into future MacBooks as a standard. The job posting is seeking for a quality-assurance engineer with experience in variou..
Read source - neowin.net - 06.05.2009

An open letter to Microsoft on Windows 8

Dear Microsoft, Congratulations on recently releasing the Windows 7 release candidate. As I've mentioned before, it's shaping into an excellent product and I have given my reasons why I think..
Read source - neowin.net - 06.05.2009

Mac OS X 10.5.7 due to be released on Friday?

Well, this is a surprise. According to Mac|Life, the upcoming service pack for Mac OS X, dubbed 10.5.7, is due to be released on Friday. This is, as you can imagine, a rumor; Apple hasn't mentione..
Read source - neowin.net - 06.05.2009

Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 RC

Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 RC enables IT administrators to manage roles and features that are installed on remote computers that are running Windows Server 2008 R2 (and, for some..
Read source - winbeta.org - 06.05.2009

The future of virtualization: a view from the front lines

In the first article in our two-part series on virtualization, we asked the IT pros ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 06.05.2009

Where the Heck's the Bug Reporter?

The whole point of a beta operating system is to test it and report flaws, right? (Well at least that's what Microsoft thinks...
Read source - neowin.net - 06.05.2009

Windows 7 and XP virtualization: What you need to know

Microsoft's new Virtual XP Mode requires hardware virtualization, but with all the news surrounding this feature, users are wondering "Am I able to run Virtual XP Mode?" Even though people may r..
Read source - neowin.net - 06.05.2009

Windows 7 Graphics Architecture Overview

Windows 7 includes many new updates and improvements to the Graphics stack, including a new set of APIs for 2D graphics and writing text. Among the improvements are a major reduction in memory consump..
Read source - winbeta.org - 06.05.2009

Rumor: Apple to buy Twitter?

It looks like the rumor mill is heating up again, because according to Tech Crunch, Apple may be looking into buying Twitter. One source says, "Apple is in late stage negotiations to buy Twitter and ..
Read source - neowin.net - 05.05.2009

Microsoft begins second round of layoffs. More to come?

Remember when Microsoft first announced it was going to eliminate 5,000 jobs by June 2010? Well it looks like the second round of those lay offs are starting today, and according to a memo by Steve Ba..
Read source - neowin.net - 05.05.2009

Microsoft continues layoff plan, eliminates thousands more jobs

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer this morning informed employees that the company will be cutting more jobs -- going forward with the second phase of its previously announced plan to eliminate up to 5,000 ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 05.05.2009

Microsoft wants to take Seadragon to Windows 8, Windows Mobile 7, everywhere

Microsoft's Live Labs group may have scaled back and reorganized, but its ambitions are still strong if a job advertisement published t..
Read source - winbeta.org - 05.05.2009

Google Connects Google Apps to BlackBerry Enterprise Server

Google will release a new tool, Google Apps Connector for BlackBerry Enterprise Server, which allows users to connect to their Google Apps through the BlackBerry Enterprise Server, allowing a more sea..
Read source - winbeta.org - 05.05.2009

Windows 7 still allows unsafe files to be disguised as safe files

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: The good folks at F-Secure uncover the first Windows 7 security fail … and it’s ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 05.05.2009

Cheap Macs? The pros and cons of an Apple price cut

With the economy down and inexpensive netbooks blowing up in the market, rumors suggest Apple will begin offering lower-priced Macs. Ars looks at why Apple might not want to start going down that slip..
Read source - winbeta.org - 05.05.2009

Microsoft Partners Welcome Windows 7 Release Candidate

As Microsoft delivers its Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) operating system to the public on May 5, company partners weigh in on the impact of the new platform to their products and customers. Microso..
Read source - winbeta.org - 05.05.2009

Time for Microsoft to fess up on Windows 7 date

With the release candidate for Windows 7 now publicly available
Read source - winbeta.org - 05.05.2009

FTC begins investigation of Apple and Google's relationship

The Federal Trade Commission (or FTC, for those pro-acronym) has begun an investigation of the relationship between computer company Apple and search giant Google. The suspicion? Antitrust violations,..
Read source - neowin.net - 05.05.2009

New Kindle to feature a 9.7 inch screen

According to Engadget, the new Amazon Kindle DX will feature a 9.7 inch screen as opposed to the 6 inch screen on the current model. This new model is expected to be officially announced at the Amazon..
Read source - neowin.net - 05.05.2009

Microsoft won't ditch Vista until at least 2011

Even after the release of Windows 7, it looks like Microsoft won't be quick to ditch Vista according to Computer World. Microsoft plans to continue selling Vista until January 2011. However, they ..
Read source - neowin.net - 05.05.2009

Windows Server 2008 R2 Release Candidate

This software is for evaluation and testing purposes. Evaluating any version of Windows Server 2008 R2 Release Candidate software does not require product activation or entering a product key. Any edi..
Read source - winbeta.org - 05.05.2009

Engineering Windows 7: Support and Q&A for Solid-State Drives

Steven Sinofsky: Theres a lot of excitement around the potential for the widespread adoption of solid-state drives (SSD) for primary storage, particularly on laptops and also among many folks in the s..
Read source - winbeta.org - 05.05.2009

Grab the Windows 7 Release Candidate - Officially!

An FYI for all of you non-MSDN/TechNet subscribers/Connect testers/"early adopters": The Windows 7 Release Candidate download is out, officially!

The build can now be downloaded over on t..
Read source - jcxp.net - 05.05.2009

Exclusive: Windows 7 RC download goes live

The wait is over folks, Microsoft has published the download page for the Windows 7 RC. As we noted earlier, the download was scheduled to launch tomorrow and was to be available worldwide. Coming str..
Read source - neowin.net - 05.05.2009

Windows Automated Installation Kit for Windows 7 RC

The Windows® Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) is a set of tools and documentation that support the configuration and deployment of Windows® operating systems. By using Windows AIK, you can a..
Read source - winbeta.org - 05.05.2009

Windows 7 Release Candidate debuts early

After arriving first on torrent sites and then last ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 05.05.2009

iPhone gets dethroned by Research In Motion's BlackBerry

After being ranked #1 phone in the third quarter in U.S for 2008, the iPhone has finally fallen to Research In Motion's BlackBerry Curve 83xx. Based on the U.S. consumer sales of smartphone hands..
Read source - neowin.net - 05.05.2009

Supermicro Launches Atom-Based Servers

Supermicro is rolling out several systems that take advantage of Intels energy-efficient Atom processors, which initially were used in the burgeoning netbook space. The Atom chips enable Supermicro to..
Read source - winbeta.org - 05.05.2009

Windows 7 RC users get new IE 8 'tab responsiveness' feature

Even though Microsoft already released the final standalone version of Internet Explorer 8 (IE 8) in March, the company is continuing to add new ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 05.05.2009

Intel describes 'ultra-thin,' Nehalem mobile strategy

Brooke Crothers: Thin is getting thinner. That's Intel's message as a wave of affordable, ultra-thin laptops is expected to break this summer.



Last week, I sat down with Erik Reid..
Read source - winbeta.org - 05.05.2009

EU schedules Microsoft antitrust hearing for June

A date has been set for Microsoft to defend itself against European antitrust charges, Reuters..
Read source - winbeta.org - 05.05.2009

Google And Apple Under Investigation For Anti-Trust Collusion

The FTC has opened an investigation into whether the close ties between Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOG) constitute a violation of anti-trust laws, the NYT says.



The companies share..
Read source - winbeta.org - 05.05.2009

Verdict: XP Mode gets an F

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: I've been using Windows 7's XP Mode feature for a few days and I'm now ready to give you my verdict ... an..
Read source - winbeta.org - 05.05.2009

MacBooks sweep Consumer Reports laptop ratings

Apples scored itself a trifecta with the release of the June issue of Consumer Reports. If it weren't for the magazine's legendary reliability and highest ethical standards, we might have gon..
Read source - winbeta.org - 05.05.2009

Microsoft layoff buzz intensifies

Todd Bishop: We received a tip last week, from a usually reliable person, that Microsoft would be making more job cuts this week. The company so far isn't commenting, and we haven't been able to get c..
Read source - winbeta.org - 04.05.2009

DDR SSD claims a massive 300,000 IOPS

There is a new company that offers a solid state drive solution that targets all those applications that need the highest IOPS performance available. DDRdrive claims that its DDRdrive X1 can hit 300,0..
Read source - winbeta.org - 04.05.2009

Microsoft Mum on Vista Plans After Windows 7 Launch

How long does Microsoft plan to keep selling copies of its Windows Vista operating system after the upcoming launch of Windows 7? The company isn't saying.



With previous versions ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 04.05.2009

Neowin May 2009 give-away

It's May 2009 and it's time for our annual give away. We usually do these in April but one of the hamsters, in our server based in Mexico, had a bad case of Swine flu and knocked the server of..
Read source - neowin.net - 04.05.2009

Amazon Kindle to launch larger version on Wednesday

It appears that all signs are pointing to a larger version of the Kindle being announced this Wednesday. The NYT had reported that an announcement as early as this week could be made and then shortly..
Read source - neowin.net - 04.05.2009

Will the Palm Pre without a contract cost $1000?

Wait, what? Here's one case of when it's hoped that a rumor is just that: a rumor. According to BGR, Palm's upcoming Pre smartphone will eviscerate your wallet, rendering it a hefty $1..
Read source - neowin.net - 04.05.2009

How many Intel CPUs will fail the XP Mode test in Windows 7?

Some of the most popular PCs on the market today, equipped with fast and powerful dual- and quad-core CPUs, wont be able to use the vaunted Windows XP Mode in Windows 7.



When Wind..
Read source - winbeta.org - 04.05.2009

Microsoft confirms final Windows 7 system requirements

When Microsoft released the official beta for Windows 7 a while back, it also published a set of system requirements. These were a general overview, and it seems that they have been updated to match t..
Read source - neowin.net - 03.05.2009

Apple releases iMac firmware update, fixes issue that plagues new ATi iMacs

Today, Apple released a new firmware update ("iMac EFI Firmware Update 1.4") that fixes the freezing issue that plagued nearly every iMac equipped with the ATi Radeon HD 4850 graphics chip. These iMa..
Read source - jcxp.net - 03.05.2009

Engineering Windows 7: A Little Bit of Personality

Steven Sinofsky: Greetings! Based on the data were seeing we know a lot of folks on MSDN/TechNet/Connect are probably busy using the RC (Release Candidate) for Windows 7. Thank you!!! And of course..
Read source - winbeta.org - 03.05.2009

War breaks out between AdBlock Plus and NoScript

A quiet war has broken out between the authors of AdBlock Plus and NoScript and money is on the table. Both are trying to outdo each other by disabling each other's functionality. The issue at s..
Read source - neowin.net - 03.05.2009

BlackBerry Curve 8520 'Gemini' discovered

Images of the new BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone have just been leaked for our viewing pleasure. The updated device boasts some interesting new features from its designers at Research in Motion, whi..
Read source - neowin.net - 02.05.2009

Google being sued over the 'Android' brand name

Another day, another lawsuit. Under fire this time is the glorious search giant Google, being sued by one Erich Specht, for use of the name 'Android'... which he legally owns. Yep, it turns ou..
Read source - neowin.net - 02.05.2009

Twitter administrator account hacked, others compromised

It seems Twitter is still having its share of security trouble, because according to Cnet, a person by the name of Hacker Croll was able to hack into a Twitter administrator account, by guessing the s..
Read source - neowin.net - 02.05.2009

Apple and Africa - (Product)Red

This article marks my third addition to Neowin and I thought rather than write about something particularly techie I'd give some opinion on Apple's more charitable side. I was having a look on..
Read source - neowin.net - 02.05.2009

Microsoft's Ray Ozzie on devices, startups, IP and open source

Ray Ozzie, Microsoft's chief software architect, didn't make any earth-shaking news at today's Technology Alliance luncheon in downtown Seattle -- despite jokingly pretending at one point that he was ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 02.05.2009

The White House gets social

Barack Obama successfully utilised new social web tools during him election campaign, to gain both support and fundraising. However, with only 3 updates on his official Twitter account since his inaug..
Read source - neowin.net - 02.05.2009

Hosted CRM, ERP: Another Microsoft and Oracle battleground in the making

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is famous for blurting out potential product ideas even when they are nothing but a glimmer in his eye. But maybe in the case of offering
Read source - neowin.net - 01.05.2009

New information revealed about Microsoft's new anti-malware product

Liveside has reported some new information about Microsoft's new anti-malware product codenamed "Morro", formally named Windows Live OneCare. According to Liveside, Microsoft considering the foll..
Read source - neowin.net - 01.05.2009

Why Windows 7 will be out later this year

With the public Windows 7 release candidate right around the corner, and development towards the RTM on track, people are wondering "When is the final release date for Windows 7?" With many dates flyi..
Read source - neowin.net - 01.05.2009

Apple's next iPhone to feature iMovie application?

A big feature of Apple's (supposed) upcoming iPhone is movie recording, and many suspect movie editing to come with this. This editing feature has been laying low in Rumortown lately, but it's..
Read source - neowin.net - 01.05.2009

Windows 7 RC and Windows XP to be available until 2010

With all this talk about the Windows 7 RC lately, we've seen a few questions asking, "So, how long will I actually be able to still use it, anyway?" Well, friends, your queries have been answered!..
Read source - neowin.net - 01.05.2009

Latest Microsoft ad: Laptop hunting Sheila

Microsoft is continuing its ad campaign named "laptop hunters". Yesterday the company unveiled Sheila, hunting for a laptop that could cut video and has a big screen as Sheila is an artist. Microsoft..
Read source - neowin.net - 01.05.2009

XP to still be available on netbooks after Windows 7's release

Microsoft Corp. plans to continue offering Windows XP to hardware vendors for use on netbook PCs for a year after the upcoming release of Windows 7.



"OEMs that are using Windows X..
Read source - winbeta.org - 01.05.2009

Microsoft Offers Secure Windows But Only to the Government

Its the most secure distribution version of Windows XP ever produced by Microsoft: More than 600 settings are locked down tight, and critical security patches can be installed in an average of 72 hour..
Read source - winbeta.org - 01.05.2009

Buy a Nano... and don't forget to recycle your old paint!

Next time you buy an iPod Nano, don't forget, Rona recycles your old paint!


Read source - jcxp.net - 01.05.2009

Still a 'Bag of Hurt?'

Apple has not had it very easy when trying to get their hands on Blu-Ray technology; even if they really, really wanted to at its release. Firstly, an early on licensing issue with Sony, Panasonic an..
Read source - neowin.net - 01.05.2009

Windows 7 Compatibility Issues May Mar Enterprise Adoption

eWEEK Labs' early tests of Windows 7 RC 1 show that the operating system installs and runs quickly and efficiently; is highly polished for this stage of development; already supports a wide array of h..
Read source - winbeta.org - 01.05.2009

Apple introducing new, cheaper Macs very shortly?

What have we got here? A delicious Apple rumor, of which could actually be true, taking into account the current economy. As AppleInsider is reporting, various sources have informed the technology wor..
Read source - neowin.net - 01.05.2009

NeowINDEX TX09: Neowin meeting with the HP blade sever group

Last week during NeowINDEX TX09, we had the opportunity to visit the HP campus in Houston, Texas. While we were there we were invited to sit in with some of the people from the blades server group, an..
Read source - neowin.net - 01.05.2009

Database glitch causes Windows 7 download server meltdown

When Microsoft released the Windows 7 beta for public download in January, the resulting demand overwhelmed its servers, delaying the launch by a day and giving the software giants capacity planners a..
Read source - winbeta.org - 01.05.2009

Demonstration: Windows 7 VHD Boot

This command line demonstration explains how to build a bootable Windows 7 VHD image from a Windows 7 install.wim file using diskpart.exe and imagex.exe. The demonstration continues with an explanat..
Read source - winbeta.org - 01.05.2009

Apple to build its own chips?

If it looks like a duck, acts like a duck and quacks like a duck then that must mean that Apple is about to start producing its own chips for its products. Apple is compiling all the personnel and te..
Read source - neowin.net - 30.04.2009

Acer says that Windows 7 will be available October 23, 2009

According to Pocket Lint, Acer has confirmed that Windows 7 will be available on October 23 on their new all-in-one Z5600 PC. Acer has also confirmed that any Vista based PC purchased 30 days prior wi..
Read source - neowin.net - 30.04.2009

Virtual XP for Windows 7 Beta released to MSDN and TechNet

According to Paul Thurrott, a beta version of Virtual XP for Windows 7 has been released to MSDN and TechNet subscribers. The download comes in two parts. The first is KB958559, an update for Windows..
Read source - neowin.net - 30.04.2009

Windows 7 Release Candidate Is Available From Microsoft

Today Microsoft Corp. has reached a significant milestone with the Release Candidate (RC) of the highly anticipated Windows 7 operating system, now available for download to MSDN and TechNet subscribe..
Read source - winbeta.org - 30.04.2009

Microsoft unfazed by cannibalization risk with low-end server push

Microsoft runs the risk of cannibalizing some server sales with the release of Windows Server 2008 Foundation Edition, a low-end version of the server operating system that will ship installed on serv..
Read source - winbeta.org - 30.04.2009

Microsoft Claims WebSphere Best on Windows

Microsoft took the covers off a new Website Thursday aimed at convincing IBM WebSphere customers to move their applications to Windows.



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Read source - neowin.net - 30.04.2009

Neowin Reviews: Griffin Clarifi iPhone case

Now - I know what you're probably thinking - "It's just a case, how can anything be really special about it?". Well this isn't just any iPhone case, it's the Clarifi from Griffin, but ..
Read source - neowin.net - 30.04.2009

Windows Virtual PC Evaluation Guide

This guide describes how to install Windows Virtual PC and set up a virtual environment, such as Windows XP mode or a custom virtual machine. It also shows you how to try out some of the key features ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 30.04.2009

How Many CPU Cores Do You Need?

Sure, you can buy a quad-core CPU... but do you need one? Software has come a long way to support multi-threading since the first multi-core CPUs were released, but how much better are four CPU cores ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 30.04.2009

Will Apple keep their Snow Leopard promises?

Let me cast your minds back to the 9th June last year. Steve Jobs CEO of Apple was in better health back then and at the WWDC officially announced the development of Snow Leopard; the latest addition ..
Read source - neowin.net - 30.04.2009

Microsoft discusses Windows 7's XP mode in-depth

Earlier this month we reported that Microsoft was on the verge of announcing something major regarding Windows 7, and on April 24th our friend Paul Thurrott finally revealed what we were all waiting f..
Read source - neowin.net - 30.04.2009

60% of Twitter users leave within a month of signing up

According to Nielsen Online, 60 percent of Twitter users stop using it within a month, meaning that just 40 percent (on average) return after a month of signing up to it. Despite a huge increase in un..
Read source - neowin.net - 30.04.2009

Migrating 20 Laptops from XP to Windows 7 live on stage @ MMS

Joey happened to be walking through building 44 and met the team putting together the demos for day 2 of the Microsoft Management Summit. What they are planning is pretty exciting, where they are goin..
Read source - winbeta.org - 30.04.2009

Steve Job's too weak to attend city council meeting

Steve Job's health is a major concern for many in the tech industry. He is an excellent businessman with an unmatched ability to promote products. When he recently took his leave of absence from..
Read source - neowin.net - 29.04.2009

Windows 7 "XP Mode" system requirements

User of the higher-end editions of Windows 7 (Professional, Ultimate and Enterprise) will be able to download and install the XP Mode feature that will allow them to run a virtualized copy of XP SP3 i..
Read source - winbeta.org - 29.04.2009

Microsoft responds to EU browser antitrust charges

Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday confirmed it has submitted a formal response to European Union charges that tying the Internet Explorer browser to its Windows operating system violates antitrust rules.
Read source - winbeta.org - 29.04.2009

Next version of Windows may hit stores by holidays

Microsoft, set to release a near-finished version of the Windows 7 operating system this week, said the program may go on sale by the year-end holiday season.



"A holiday release i..
Read source - winbeta.org - 29.04.2009

Microsoft Showcases the Today and Tomorrow of Datacenter, Client and Cloud Management

This week at the 10th annual Microsoft Management Summit 2009 (http://www.mms-2009.com/default.aspx), Microsoft Corp. showcased solutions for managin..
Read source - winbeta.org - 29.04.2009

NY family has to pay the RIAA $7,000 after court case

The most loved organization in the world, the RIAA, has won a case against a New York family for illegally downloading music. The case was originally filed against Patricia Santangelo, 46, a mother o..
Read source - neowin.net - 29.04.2009

AutoRun changes in Windows 7

The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) have announced some AutoRun changes for Windows 7. Currently Conficker and other malware is taking advantage of the AutoRun functionality as a spreading ..
Read source - neowin.net - 29.04.2009

Windows Vista SP2 Sets Sail

Microsoft announced on their "Windows Team Blog" today, that Windows Vista's second Service Pack has RTM'ed! Including all of the updates that were shipped with SP1, some new features, and native supp..
Read source - jcxp.net - 29.04.2009

Is Microsoft Developing a Phone?

The mPhone? Nah - doesn't sound right. Whatever its name will be, Microsoft seems to be in talks with Verizon, dreaming up an iPhone competitor. According to people "familiar with the matter," Microso..
Read source - jcxp.net - 29.04.2009

ARIN warns that IPv4 addresses will be depleted in 2 years

The American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) board of trustees has decided to start contacting the CEOs of IPv4 block holders advising them that IPv4 addresses will be depleted within the next 2 ..
Read source - neowin.net - 29.04.2009

Quicktime X to have YouTube support?

It appears that Quicktime X will have built in support for YouTube according to a screenshot from Apple Insider. According to Apple Insider, "The application will let users take any supported video ..
Read source - neowin.net - 29.04.2009

iPhone OS 3.0 beta 4 and iTunes 8.2 pre-release available

Apple has been churning out the releases of betas for the latest iPhone OS, 3.0, on a bi-weekly basis since it was announced and there's no slowing down. Just today, iPhone OS 3.0 beta 4 has becom..
Read source - neowin.net - 29.04.2009

More Windows 7 XP Mode questions and more Microsoft answers

Mary Jo Foley: Over the past few days since word of Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC went public Microsoft has provided so far only the b..
Read source - winbeta.org - 29.04.2009

The Wolfram Alpha Veil Lifted

Wolfram Alpha is not a search engine.



In a talk at Harvard Law School, Stephen Wolfram, a well-known mathematician, scientist and entrepreneur, gave a demonstration of his soon-to..
Read source - winbeta.org - 29.04.2009

Microsoft tightens Windows 7 security for USB drives

In the wake of the Conficker worm spreading via removable storage devices among other methods, Microsoft said on Tuesday it is making a change to the way Windows 7 handles USB drives.


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Read source - winbeta.org - 29.04.2009

Helping Small Businesses With Windows 7 Professional and Windows XP Mode

Q&A: Scott Woodgate discusses how Windows XP Mode helps customers maximize productivity and manage their technology infrastructure, while migrating to Windows 7. Woodgate also shares how Windows Virtu..
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 29.04.2009

Microsoft Releases Office 2007 Service Pack 2

Microsoft has, at last, released their second service pack for their latest Office suite, Office 2007. This update comes almost a year after the first service pack, but includes many important featur..
Read source - jcxp.net - 29.04.2009

Rumor: Microsoft & Verizon in talks to launch "Pink" mobile

We've known for quite some time now that the folks up in Redmond were working on a top-secret Windows Mobile 7 powered device, dubbed codename: Pink. Our friend Mary Jo Foley has had an obsession ..
Read source - neowin.net - 29.04.2009

Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 SP2 reaches RTM

Microsoft has finally finished and compiled the RTM version of Windows Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008. The full version string being 6.0.6006.18005, which company officials have confirmed is the fi..
Read source - neowin.net - 29.04.2009

Microsoft Amalga expands with 'GPS' for life-sciences research

Microsoft is expanding its "Amalga" line of health-care software with a new product that aims to help scientists and doctors navigate available research -- quickly understanding, for example, how diff..
Read source - winbeta.org - 29.04.2009

Kelly Sees Economy, Flexibility Driving Cloud Computing Adoption

Bob Kelly, Microsofts corporate vice president of Infrastructure Server Marketing, outlines how the right mix of private and public clouds can complement existing IT investments, reduce costs and ease..
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 28.04.2009

Microsoft rolls out Windows Live Profile updates

As we reported last week, Microsoft has just finished rolling out its April updates to your Windows Live Profile. An overview of what has rolled out world-wide today: Tagged photos of you: You can no..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.04.2009

Dell launches Studio One 19 in US and Europe

I don't know about you, but these All-In-One computers shipping from Dell are getting sexier and sexier in my opinion. Dell has finally launched the Studio One 19 in the United States and Europe. ..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.04.2009

Microsoft demos Facebook using Silverlight and WPF

Microsoft's Brian Goldfarb, Silverlight Team, demonstrated a jaw dropping implementation of Facebook's recently announced API changes. Goldfarb was presenting at a Facebook Demo day, Cnet new..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.04.2009

2007 Microsoft Office Servers SP2 Available

The 2007 Microsoft Office Servers Service Pack 2 (SP2) provides customers with the latest updates to all of the 2007 Office System servers (the products that are affected by this update are listed bel..
Read source - winbeta.org - 28.04.2009

2007 Microsoft Office Suite SP2 Available

For integrated install info, see our Office 2007 SP1 Integration Guide.


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Read source - winbeta.org - 28.04.2009

Analyst changes tune on a Microsoft-Yahoo deal

Throughout brief report (subscription required), The Wall Street Journal claims that Microsoft and Verizon are in talks t..
Read source - winbeta.org - 28.04.2009

Office Service Pack 2 A Significant Stability, Performance and Interoperability Upgrade

Q&A: Group Program Manager Jane Liles talks about the enhancements now available through Service Pack 2 for the 2007 Microsoft Office system...
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 28.04.2009

Microsoft reveals social web application "Vine"

Microsoft yesterday unveiled a new software+services application to beta testers in Seattle, Washington. The software is a desktop client for Windows which allows you to post information to it via e..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.04.2009

US cyberware details surface, Iraq & Iran have been targets

The cyber warfare front is a changing and untested battlefield that every foreign government wants to control. Many have always assumed that the United States carried out cyber attacks but today we ar..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.04.2009

Three tools to follow the H1N1 Swine Flu outbreak

If you've not already heard, the entire world currently has all eyes on deck on an outbreak of the H1N1 Swine Flu. Researchers are still not calling this outbreak a pandemic, but if you've bee..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.04.2009

Top 10 reasons why you should upgrade to Windows 7

With the Windows 7 Release Candidate already leaked to the public, and the the official bits coming May 5, there's been a lot of hype surrounding Windows 7, with generally positive reviews from th..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.04.2009

Facebook opens up Stream API to developers

Facebook announced that starting today developers will be able to access users content from the main home page, also known as your "Stream" API. With this open source API, developers will be able to ..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.04.2009

UK government drops 'Orwellian' database plans

As reported here last year, in its efforts to stop terrorism and the crimes of fraudsters and paedophiles, the UK government had been floating the idea of devising a central database to contain record..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.04.2009

Crudebox to Prudebox: from App Store lose to App Store win

Alkali Media have found that a few software tweaks and a name change are all that are needed to get their software, initially rejected as "objectionable" to accepted as perfectly "acceptable". The sof..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.04.2009

500GB 'DVD' unveiled

According to the BBC, General Electric has developed a DVD-sized optical storage disc that holds 500GB of data. Using 3D optics, instead of the "2D" pit method of writing/reading data, the discs, whic..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.04.2009

Android comes to Samsung, the I7500 is official

The rumored Android based Samsung handset has now been confirmed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd in Seoul, Korea. This makes Samsung the second handset manufacturer in the world to unveil a handset po..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.04.2009

Apple to release iPhone Lite, tablet by the end of the year?

Looks like the Apple rumor mill has begun churning again folks; what are the latest whispers to be churned out by this non-stopping machine? Well, we've got ourselves an iPhone Lite and MacBook Mi..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.04.2009

Microsoft introduces "talking about Windows" site

Microsoft yesterday revealed yet another community based site based on the company's popular operating system, Windows. In the past the software giant has introduced Channel9, On10, The Hive and ..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.04.2009

Microsoft Office 2007 SP2 due today

Microsoft is currently readying its download servers for Office 2007 Service Pack 2 today. Service Pack 2 includes some significant changes, including built-in ability to save as ODF & PDF formats, i..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.04.2009

"Cablevision" Set to Unveil Fastest Cable Internet

Cablevision Systems is set to unveil the fastest internet speeds available in the world from any cable or phone company. With the exclusion of Fiber Optic connections, these are the fastest tubes you'..
Read source - jcxp.net - 28.04.2009

Engineering Windows 7: Improvements to AutoPlay

Steven Sinofsky: As mentioned before on this blog (regarding our UAC changes) and on the IE blog (regardin..
Read source - winbeta.org - 28.04.2009

Microsoft 'Vine' to link Facebook, other tools into system of alerts

Microsoft is testing a new product called Vine that aims to connect Facebook, Twitter, text messages, traditional phone calls, email and other forms of communication into a system for sending and rece..
Read source - winbeta.org - 28.04.2009

Optical Disc Offers 500GB of storage


The last big advance in optical disc storage was the Blu-Ray disc, which followed the not-s..
Read source - jcxp.net - 28.04.2009

QuickTime X Continues to Improve

had sent out samples of its 32nm Westmere processors to no fewer than 30 PC manufacturers. Well, t..
Read source - winbeta.org - 28.04.2009

Windows 7's virtual 'XP mode' could mean support nightmares

Microsoft Corp.'s decision to give some Windows 7 users a tool to run Windows XP applications in a virtual machine may have been necessary to convince people to upgrade, but it could create support ni..
Read source - winbeta.org - 28.04.2009

Office 2010 screenshots emerge

Office 2010, the next version of Microsoft's successful office programs suite, has been in closed testing for a while now. With a public beta expected later in the year, development is stepping up..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.04.2009

Microsoft Online Services Available for Purchase Worldwide

Microsoft Corp. today announced that organizations of all sizes can purchase the Business Productivity Online Suite, a part of Microsoft Online Services. The suite or its individual services, includin..
Read source - winbeta.org - 27.04.2009

Microsofts Home & Work XUI concept videos

At the Computer-Human Interaction (CHI) 2009 conference early this month in April, an interesting video series titled "General Electric on Monday announced it is working on a holographic storage medium that resembles a typical optical disc and allows it to store the equi..
Read source - winbeta.org - 27.04.2009

Could Windows 7 Ship on Back-to-School PCs?

Microsoft plans to make Windows 7 Release Candidate available to testers this week. The timing puts Microsoft within striking distance of a late June, early July release of gold code. Early summer del..
Read source - winbeta.org - 27.04.2009

Facebook to get an API Facelift?

In a continuation of their last "facelift," Facebook is opening up more of its information to third-party developers i..
Read source - jcxp.net - 27.04.2009

GeoCities Gets Dumped


After 10 years of operation, GeoCities is slowly cutting off its population and becoming a village. ..
Read source - jcxp.net - 27.04.2009

Microsoft preparing to launch Kumo on June 2nd?

Remember all of the buzz a few months ago regarding Microsoft's upcoming release of its rebranded online search engine dubbed "Kumo"? It appears as if Microsoft is finally going to be showing the ..
Read source - neowin.net - 27.04.2009

Nvidia: chips to speed Apple Snow Leopard, Windows 7

Graphics chips will be tapped to accelerate more tasks in upcoming versions of Apple's and Microsoft's operating systems, according to Nvidia.



In an interview Friday with Sumit G..
Read source - winbeta.org - 26.04.2009

'Rent, rip, return': RealNetworks' RealDVD trial continues

The same judge who oversaw the Napster case is now overseeing the ongoing case against RealNetworks and that company's RealDVD software. As previously reported on Neowin, the software allows users..
Read source - neowin.net - 26.04.2009

More Windows 7 Release Candidate details revealed

Just a day after Paul Thurrott revealed 'Windows XP Mode' for Windows 7, he has come out and posted a few more interesting details about the upcoming release. Here are the following pieces of..
Read source - neowin.net - 26.04.2009

Engineering Windows 7 Graphics Performance

Steven Sinofsky: One of the areas of any release of Windows that receives a significant amount of testing and scrutiny is the performance of graphicsdesktop graphics all the way to the most extreme CA..
Read source - winbeta.org - 26.04.2009

Windows XP Will Run Inside Windows 7?


In yet another twist on the road to the release of Windows 7, Rafael Rivera..
Read source - jcxp.net - 25.04.2009

Apple Moves Closer to Snow Leopard Release

Apple's operating system developers are hard at work pushing to get out the next major version of the Mac OS X, Snow Leopard, as evidenced by the recent pace of test builds the company has released to..
Read source - winbeta.org - 25.04.2009

Microsoft releases IE8 language packs



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Read source - neowin.net - 25.04.2009

Windows 7 RC 32-bit vs. Vista SP1 32-bit - Gaming shootout

Is it worth upgrading your Vista gaming rig to Windows 7? Will you see any performance benefits? Lets find out!



Lets look at what kind of frames per second (FPS) performance we ge..
Read source - winbeta.org - 25.04.2009

Microsoft training video reveals older prototype of Windows 7 "superbar"

Long Zheng: Im glad at least someone is paying attention to the French. A couple of days ago
Read source - neowin.net - 25.04.2009

Apple found guilty of patent infringement

Uh oh! It seems Apple has been bringing out so many new products with new features recently that it has forgotten about a little matter called patents. A company named Opti Inc. is the winner here, wi..
Read source - neowin.net - 25.04.2009

1 billion app download reached

After reporting about Apple updating their web site with a counter, counting up to 1 billion (1,000,000,000) the mark has finally been reached today by someone named Connor Mulcahey, in just nine mont..
Read source - neowin.net - 25.04.2009

'Windows XP Mode' revealed for Windows 7

Remember that major announcement that was planned for Windows 7 a while back? Well, it's finally here, revealed on Paul Thurrott's Windows SuperSite. So, what is it? It's a feature of Wind..
Read source - neowin.net - 25.04.2009

Windows 7 Release Candidate Update

Brandon LeBlanc: There certainly has been a lot of discussion about Windows 7 in the last few weeks. A lot of folks want to know when they can get their hands on the official RC, when we are going to ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 25.04.2009

Cost-cutting saves Microsoft stock after rough 3Q

Shares of Microsoft Corp. jumped more than 10 percent Friday, the first trading session since the software maker said sinking personal computer shipments pushed sales and earnings down significantly f..
Read source - winbeta.org - 25.04.2009

Windows 7 to have an 'XP mode'

Microsoft is trying to make it easier to sway users of Windows XP onto the latest version of its operating system.



For some time now, the company has been quietly building a "Wind..
Read source - winbeta.org - 25.04.2009

Windows 7 RC 7100 Leaks


Read source - winbeta.org - 25.04.2009

Microsoft Invites Businesses To Test Apps on Windows 7

Businesses will have a chance to test the waters before diving into Microsoft's next operating systems, Windows 7. The software giant is inviting businesses to test their applications on Windows 7 dur..
Read source - winbeta.org - 25.04.2009

Microsoft cancels company picnic

When Microsoft said on Thursday that it had found more wa..
Read source - winbeta.org - 25.04.2009

Students Worldwide Tackle Tough Problems at Imagine Cup 2009

This year, more than 300,000 students from 100 countries are registered for Imagine Cup 2009, a Microsoft Corp. competition that challenges them to use their technology skills and imagination to addre..
Read source - winbeta.org - 24.04.2009

Microsoft Still Hopeful for a Yahoo Partnership

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer still believes that both Yahoo and Microsoft can benefit from a partnership that combines both companies' Internet and advertising divisions. However, Ballmer said Microsof..
Read source - winbeta.org - 24.04.2009

Drizzle seeks to scale up MySQL

Brian Aker is rebuilding MySQL in the image of the Apache Web Server. As the director of architecture at MySQL, he's been spending much of his time over the last year studying what it is that develope..
Read source - winbeta.org - 24.04.2009

Microsoft's profits drop for first time in 23 years

It goes to show that no company is truly recession proof. Microsoft is reporting that sales have fallen for the first time in 23 years. According to numbers released by Microsoft sales have fallen 6..
Read source - neowin.net - 24.04.2009

'Unfixable' Windows 7 exploit created by security experts

Windows 7 is quite possibly the most anticipated operating system at the moment; maybe even the most highly regarded one in the last few years, but that doesn't mean it doesn't come without fl..
Read source - neowin.net - 24.04.2009

Windows 7 RC build 7100 leaks

Redmond still haven't called that plumber, the official RC build has leaked online at the usual places. We revealed yesterday that the Windows 7 RC build was 7100 and according to many Neowin mem..
Read source - neowin.net - 24.04.2009

Investors relieved Microsoft results weren't worse

In a quarter where Microsoft saw sales fall for the first time since it went public in 1986, investors responded with cautious relief. The global software company had met the bar of lowered expectatio..
Read source - winbeta.org - 24.04.2009

Yahoo starts shuting down GeoCities

Yahoo! quietly stop all new registrations today for new customers on the free web hosting service, GeoCities. The service which opened in 1994, lasting almost 15 years, the company as decided to shut..
Read source - neowin.net - 24.04.2009

AT&T leaked document bashes the Palm Pre

A leaked document, supposedly from AT&T's internal network, has been making its rounds around the internet. The document compares the features of the Palm Pre and Apple's iPhone in such a way,..
Read source - neowin.net - 24.04.2009

Net effect of Microsoft cutbacks: 800 fewer employees as of March

Microsoft's tally of direct worldwide employees declined by 800 people between February and March -- the first significant sign of the job cuts announced by the company three months ago. The company e..
Read source - winbeta.org - 24.04.2009

Microsoft attempting to patent automated console time limits

The idea of automatically limiting the amount of time kids can play video games is already one of the key features of third-quarter fiscal 2009 earnings are out and they're not good. Company officials are acknowledging soft PC a..
Read source - winbeta.org - 24.04.2009

Microsoft Makes SharePoint Designer a Free Download

At the beginning of this month, Microsoft quietly made a change- their SharePoint Designer product is now free.

SharePoint Designer (formerly known as FrontPage) used to be a fairly inexp..
Read source - jcxp.net - 23.04.2009

Microsoft designer creates special mouse for kids and elders

TechFlash reports that Microsoft User Experience Designer, Mike LaManna has designed a computer mouse for those who have problems controlling a mouse. The mouse will help those with cognitive and phys..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.04.2009

"Biased" judge: retrial for Pirate Bay Four?

According to the Local, it appears that Tomas Norström, the judge who presided over the case against the Pirate Bay Four, may have had a conflict of interest which could have led to bias and an u..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.04.2009

Engineering Windows 7: Ink Input and Tablet PC

Steven Sinofsky: Theres a strong community of developers who take advantage of the ink input/TabletPC functionality to develop unique solutions for specific markets (medicine, education, line of busin..
Read source - winbeta.org - 23.04.2009

Microsoft finances open-source NFS v4 implementation for Windows

Microsoft has forged a deal with a University of Michigan research unit to create an o..
Read source - winbeta.org - 23.04.2009

Windows 7 RC completed, build 7100

Company insiders and Wzor have confirmed that 7100 is the official Windows 7 RC build. 7100.0.winmain_win7rc.090421-1700 was compiled on Tuesday and has reportedly been handed out to OEM partners and..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.04.2009

Google to Highlight GWT at Google I/O Developer Conference

Google plans to focus significantly on its Google Web Toolkit (GWT), among other things, at its upcoming Google I/O developer conference at the end of May.



According to an
Read source - winbeta.org - 23.04.2009

Immune? Yeah Right!

The unstoppable has been - well, stopped in its tracks. A Mac has been infected by a virus! While slightly surprising, the migration of malware to OS X was inevitable. As a malware developer, you want..
Read source - jcxp.net - 23.04.2009

Time Warner lobbies government to cripple community ISP

The incredible wave of negative publicity from Time Warner's (now postponed) plan for bandwidth caps on all of their broadband internet plans has barely died down. That isn't stopping the incr..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.04.2009

Swedish ISPs ignoring requests to block The Pirate Bay

After the recent Pirate Bay lawsuit and sentence, there has been a lot of noise made about the questionable attitude of the website, regarding complying with their fines. It seems Swedish internet ser..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.04.2009

Two men send 217,000 text messages, $26,000 bill

Two men set out with the ambition to see how many text message they could send a month and rallied up 217,000 messages. The duo Nick Andes, 29, and Doug Klinger, 30, were relying on their unlimited t..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.04.2009

Apple reveals Q2 financial results, comments on netbook

Apple has gone and posted up the financial results for operations during the second quarter of 2009. Not only this, but they commented on the possibility of an Apple netbook in the future. According ..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.04.2009

Steve Riley on Windows 7 Security

Paul Cooke: While walking the show floor here at RSA, I ran into Steve Riley, whos an incredibly passionate and knowledgeable Security Evangelist (or officially Senior Technical Evangelist) in Micro..
Read source - winbeta.org - 23.04.2009

Don't try this at home: AMD overclocks new Phenom II X4 to 7GHz

AMD on Thursday introduced the latest member of its Phenom II X4 family of high-performance quad-core CPUs, which the No. 2 chip maker said it had run as fast as 7 GHz in extreme overclocking tests.
Read source - winbeta.org - 23.04.2009

2Mbps broadband plans backed by UK government

According to an article by the BBC, the UK Government has announced that it will be supporting plans meaning everyone in the UK will have access to at least 2Mbps broadband, by 2012. The plans, propos..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.04.2009

Intel GN40 HD playback hampered by Windows XP

While Intel's new GN40 graphics chipset for the Atom N280 CPU is, in theory, capable of playing back..
Read source - winbeta.org - 23.04.2009

MacBook Line and Pro Apps to be Updated at WWDC

Today, 9to5mac received a tip from one of their "favorite sources" stating the MacBook lines and Pro software will receive an update come WWDC. Their source expects for the updates to be considered pr..
Read source - jcxp.net - 23.04.2009

Meet the Staff, Episode 5: Dave Legg

In case you missed the memo, the Meet the Staff podcast series kicked off a few weeks ago with an interview with Neowin Administrator, Daniel Fleshbourne, Neowin Developer, Rob Wright, Neowin Journal..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.04.2009

Pay-as-you-go a Way Around Piracy, Microsoft Says

Microsoft could reduce losses from software piracy by expanding pay-as-you-go plans like those it has tested in developing countries, a company executive said Wednesday.



Charging ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 23.04.2009

Microsoft pubCenter beta goes public

Microsoft pubCenter, an ad publishing tool (think Google Adsense) from Microsoft Advertising, after existing as a private beta for a number of months, goes into public beta today, April 22.


Read source - winbeta.org - 23.04.2009

Windows 7's Old News... Time for Windows 8!

Despite the fact that Windows 7 hasn't even been publicly RC'ed yet, Microsoft is hard at work in the planning stages for Windows 7's successor, also creatively named "Windows 8."

This wa..
Read source - jcxp.net - 22.04.2009

Neowin interviews DestroyTwitter developer Jonnie Hallman

With Twitter's increasing popularity and growth into the mainstream media, many developers have come forward with both mobile and desktop clients that are meant to make your Twitter life just a li..
Read source - neowin.net - 22.04.2009

ATI to Ship DirectX 11 Capable Cards This Summer

Guru3D: We already reported that ATI is going to ship DirectX 11 capable graphic cards this year, but German magazine heise Microsoft and Yahoo are going to find some way to forge an advertising/search deal, it’s interesting to..
Read source - winbeta.org - 22.04.2009

Microsoft executive sees rise of tablets, 'room computer'

Technology that changes how people give commands to computers could make touch-based PCs more popular and transform the traditional desktop into a "room computer" in coming years, a Microsoft executiv..
Read source - winbeta.org - 22.04.2009

Judge extends Microsoft consent decree

A U.S. district court judge said Wednesday she will extend portions of an antitrust decree governing Microsoft's actions for 18 months.



Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the U.S. Di..
Read source - winbeta.org - 22.04.2009

Pirate Bay: We're not going to pay our fines

Remember that recent Pirate Bay verdict? The one in which the four founding members of the website were convicted with a year long jail sentence and a $3.6 million fine? Yeah, well it turns out th..
Read source - neowin.net - 22.04.2009

Details surface on what data was stolen from the Pentagon

In a previously article on Neowin we reported on the data that was stolen from the Pentagon. Now, new details have surfaced about what information was taken. For the most part there is very little to ..
Read source - neowin.net - 22.04.2009

A Blueprint for Healthier Healthcare IT

Latest Connected Health Platform supports and accelerates optimized IT for health organizations...
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 22.04.2009

Google Opens Its Lab to the Public


Google opened its lab doors to the public today - well not really, but it's the closest mos..
Read source - jcxp.net - 22.04.2009

Microsoft exec: Internet still not safe enough

Microsoft's operating systems are still vulnerable to attacks, but more often than not it's older versions that are taking the big hits.



That was the message from Scott Charney, c..
Read source - winbeta.org - 22.04.2009

Facebook integration coming to Windows Live next week

Microsoft plans to offer 20 new web activities to add to your Windows Live profile within the next week. Currently only 12 of the "activities", which integrate your activity on other websites into the..
Read source - neowin.net - 22.04.2009

iPhone OS 3.0 to feature voice recognition and synthesis

The upcoming iPhone OS 3.0 for Apple's iPhone was rumored a while ago to be featuring voice control. Well, Ars Technica has found a bunch of new clues that support this being included, and throw s..
Read source - neowin.net - 22.04.2009

Tough economy puts Microsoft on the verge of historic moment

Wall Street analysts expect Microsoft's quarterly revenue to fall by 2 percent, and possibly more, when the company reports its financial results Thursday afternoon. If it happens, it would be Microso..
Read source - winbeta.org - 22.04.2009

Microsofts Environmental Chief Sees Opportunity for IT to Help the Planet

Rob Bernard is leading Microsofts environmental sustainability efforts; helping customers, partners, and its own employees consider how software can make a difference...
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 21.04.2009

A State of the Union for End to End Trust

Q&A: Scott Charney talks about what it will take to deliver a safer, more trusted Internet, and progress made in the past year...
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 21.04.2009

Windows Live: Power Through Simplicity

Q&A: Brian Hall, general manager of Windows Live, describes how partnerships with global Web companies such as Digg, Facebook and MySpace are helping to simplify the online experience and connect cons..
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 21.04.2009

Neowindex 2009 US starts tomorrow in Texas

Starting tomorrow, eight staffers from Neowin will be participating in the third annual Neowindex US, this year dubbed "TX09." Two weeks ago, staffers from the EU met up in Amsterdam for their fourth ..
Read source - neowin.net - 21.04.2009

Messenger now available in Hotmail

Today Microsoft rolled out a new feature in Windows Live Hotmail, that allows contacts to sign in and use their Web Messenger directly from their Inbox. The added feature allows contacts to sign in a..
Read source - neowin.net - 21.04.2009

Microsoft Arms Partners With New Services Readiness Offerings

Today, Microsoft Corp. formally announced Services Ready, a program that provides participating Microsoft Gold Certified Partners with access to pre-tested, repeatable offerings and best practices dev..
Read source - winbeta.org - 21.04.2009

Update on Yahoo-Microsoft Talks: "Hot and Heavy"

Microsoft and Yahoo have been busily ferreting away on their talks about the possible search and advertising partnership possibilities, in what one person close to the situation described as hot and ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 21.04.2009

Net Security, Windows 7 and Conficker Under Scrutiny

Cross-domain security on the Internet, Windows 7 vulnerabilities and the Conficker worm will be among the topics under scrutiny at the Hack In The Box Security Conference (HITB ) held in Dubai this we..
Read source - winbeta.org - 21.04.2009

Sun Cloud looks beyond Java

Sun Microystems, which announced Sun Cloud in March, is taking a different tack than the Java clouds from Google, Aptana, and Stax because it wants to be more than just a Java provider. The new cloud ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 21.04.2009

Pentagon computers hacked, several terabytes of data stolen

Computer hackers have once again infiltrated the Pentagon's computer system and this time may have gotten away with some valuable data. The government and the Wall Street Journal are both pointi..
Read source - neowin.net - 21.04.2009

Windows 8? Microsoft already hiring

Microsoft is looking for new talent to help develop the next version of Windows--version 8: "Are you a talented SDE/T Lead looking for the next technical challenge on a key operating system component?..
Read source - neowin.net - 21.04.2009

IBM feels good, if not 'Sun-ny,' about the months ahead

Here's something unusual: A company that actually wants to talk turkey about its financial outlook for the next year or so. That would be IBM, which brought forth on Monday a slightly softer than expe..
Read source - winbeta.org - 21.04.2009

VMware unmasks next-gen hypervisor

As expected, server virtualization kingpin VMware will today take the wraps off its next generation hypervisor, ESX Server 4.0, and the related tools for managing it. They're now called vSphere rather..
Read source - winbeta.org - 21.04.2009

CNBC: PCs need to pay $600 extra to perform as well as Mac

Yep. You read correctly. Hot on the heels of CNBC's bold statement that Apple is beating the recession comes a range of new statements: apparently, Apple's Mac OS X comes with Photoshop, and P..
Read source - neowin.net - 21.04.2009

More Microsoft layoffs looming? Seattle analyst cites possibility

Tough business conditions may force Microsoft to make further reductions in its work force, beyond the up to 5,000 job cuts announced in January, a Seattle-based analyst said this morning in a preview..
Read source - winbeta.org - 21.04.2009

Foxconn to build an Apple netbook?

Lately we've been pummeled with so many iPhone rumors that people seem to have forgotten about other popular whispers... like an Apple netbook. This one has reared its head again, in the form of a..
Read source - neowin.net - 21.04.2009

Ubuntu 9.04 RC released, final coming Thursday

While Microsoft preps their upcoming RC of Windows 7, and Apple continues work on Snow Leopard, the Ubuntu Linux team has already published the release candidate of their upcoming 9.04 version, dubbed..
Read source - neowin.net - 21.04.2009

Yahoo Investors Still Thinking About Microsoft

Yahoo reports first-quarter financial results on Tuesday after the market close, and analysts expect revenue and profit will be down from a year ago. The results suggest that the companys troubles are..
Read source - winbeta.org - 21.04.2009

Windows 7 will nag users 29% less often, Microsoft claims

One of the most hated features of Windows Vista will be seen a third less often by users of the upcoming Windows 7, a Microsoft executive promised today.



"You'll see a lot fewer..
Read source - winbeta.org - 21.04.2009

Microsoft promises Web-based 1080p with 'Smooth Streaming'

Today, Microsoft announced updates to its "Smooth Streaming," which is a set of technologies for IIS and Silverlight designed to allow consistent full-screen high definition streaming.


Read source - winbeta.org - 21.04.2009

Apple Releases Four New Ads


Read source - neowin.net - 20.04.2009

Adobe's new Flash can stream Internet content to TVs

Adobe Systems on Monday unveiled a version of its Flash multimedia streaming technology that would allow people to run entertainment programming directly to television sets from the Internet, a new op..
Read source - winbeta.org - 20.04.2009

Apple retaliates with four new 'Get a Mac' advertisements

If you follow Neowin then you've been following all the recent advertisement shenanigans lately, and as you may see, said shenanigans have no end in sight. Apple has gone and released four new ..
Read source - neowin.net - 20.04.2009

Microsoft charges less than $15 for each XP netbook

Recently Gartner Analysis predicted that the sales of netbooks will grow nearly 80% this year to 21 million units, while overall PC sales decline by 11.9%. Given that netbooks are leading the PC marke..
Read source - neowin.net - 20.04.2009

Internet Archive wants book copyright indemnity like Google

The Internet Archive is concerned that the settlement reached by Google and The Authors Guild over the search giant's book-digitization project will put its own online library effort at a competitive ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 20.04.2009

Apple Counterattacks Lauren With Four New Hodgman Mac/PC Ads

Apple has fired back, in an unsurprising way, at those new Windows ads we've been hearing so much about lately (you remember
Read source - winbeta.org - 20.04.2009

Windows washer: Meet Microsoft's antidote to Vista

Julie Larson-Green hopes you'll like Windows 7. If not, well, now you and a billion other people know whom to blame.



Microsoft Corp. is counting on Larson-Green, its head of "Wind..
Read source - winbeta.org - 20.04.2009

Apple readying AV cables for an upcoming HD iPhone

Apple has told Apple Authorized Resellers to begin placing their current Apple Composite AV Cable and Apple Component AV Cable on clearance, ahead of a new cable which will combine both functions alon..
Read source - neowin.net - 20.04.2009

Ashton Kutcher is the king of Twitter

In a race between CNN and Ashton Kutcher, the TV and Hollywood star, the race to see who can hit 1,000,000 Twitter followers first is over, with Ashton Kutcher as the winner in a landslide. Ashton Ku..
Read source - neowin.net - 19.04.2009

Feds want hackers to secure the nation's networks

Hackers can cause governments a large amount of trouble from day to day, from stealing valuable info to changing websites, and they're getting a bit fed up about it. A job posting has been listed ..
Read source - neowin.net - 19.04.2009

Customer Experience: Apple Comes in First

According to a Customer Experience Index completed by Forrester Research, after studying nearly 4,600 user's experiences with their computers, Apple managed to come in on top. Users were asked to scor..
Read source - jcxp.net - 18.04.2009

Windows 7 RC coming today for partners, May 5th for everyone else!

Today, on the Windows 7 Partner Website, a link and information on the RC release of Windows 7 has appe