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New iPhone worm can steal bank information

A new iPhone and iPod touch worm has been spotted in the wild, this time the worm is stealing peoples banking information. Neowin reported about the rick roll worm two weeks ago that could change the..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.11.2009

Office Starter 2010: The fine print on Microsoft's Works replacement

More information is coming in from various testers regarding the Office Starter 2010 build that Microsoft released to a group of selected testers..
Read source - winbeta.org - 23.11.2009

California Coding: Microsoft Campus in Silicon Valley Turns 10

Ten years ago, Microsoft opened the Silicon Valley Campus, giving the company a foothold next door to the company's biggest competitors. Today, the site is Microsoft's second largest in the United Sta..
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 23.11.2009

Spotify launched for Nokia phones

Spotify, the popular music streaming service, has announced an application for Nokia Symbian devices. The software not only runs on a host of different Nokia Symbian devices but also on the Samsung G..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.11.2009

Smoking near Mac voids warranty

In a rather bizarre situation reported on The Consumerist website, it turns out that smoking near your Apple computer is a bio hazard and voids the warranty. There is very little doubt as to the rep..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.11.2009

Microsoft and News Corp in discussions over Bing News

The Financial Times is reporting that Microsoft and News Corp has held discussions over a plan that would see Rupert Murdoch "de-index" his websites from Google. Murdoch originally hinted at plans to..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.11.2009

Death and Social Networking

Ever wondered what happens to Facebook profiles when their owner dies? As we previously reported, the social networking giant implements memorial pages. It can be quite depressing for family and frie..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.11.2009

Ballmer: Windows 7 sales are "fantastic"

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has a lot to be excited about, with the great success that is Windows 7. Steve Ballmer announced at the shareholders meeting that Windows 7 has sold more than double of an..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.11.2009

Report: Microsoft may help News Corp. delist sites

Maybe Rupert Murdoch was serious about wanting to go without Google.



Murdoch's News Corp. has initiated discussions with Microsoft over a plan to have the media company's Web cont..
Read source - winbeta.org - 23.11.2009

Apple's Schiller Defends iPhone App Approval Process

In his first wide-ranging interview on the matter, the Apple senior vice-president explains his company's App Store vigilanceand why it sometimes loosens up



Apple is under fire fr..
Read source - winbeta.org - 23.11.2009

Twitter use declines further

After a huge rush of success at its birth, the social networking website Twitter is seeing substantially less tweets as time goes on for US users. According to an article at eMarketer following spect..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.11.2009

Google to shut down GrandCentral website

As stated in an email to GrandCentral users, Google will shut down the website to their earlier telephone service prior to Google Voice, on December 31, 2009. Users were upgraded to Google Voice ear..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.11.2009

Internet Explorer exploit published online

An exploit for Internet Explorer was published online yesterday, showing signs of poor reliability. Symantec confirmed that the exploit affects Internet Explorer 6 and 7. Experts believe a fully fun..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.11.2009

Record company executive arrested for not posting on Twitter

Twitter has grown exponentially in the last few years, with it now being a highly used way for news and announcements to spread. However, this got a bit out of hand when a record company executive for..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.11.2009

YouTube to begin reinforcing restricted API access on Dec. 2

Since July of 2008, the Terms of Service for YouTube have restricted implementations of the technology on TVs utilizing the APIs. The means of gaining YouTube access, such as video scraping technology..
Read source - neowin.net - 22.11.2009

Google phone on the way?

Everything up to this point has been a warm-up for something big happening at Google. The Android operating system from Google has seen its growth increase with the launch of such devices as the Veriz..
Read source - neowin.net - 21.11.2009

Sale of Skype finalized

eBay, the online auction giant and owner of the popular Skype software has finally sold Skype and the deal is complete. A message on the official Skype blog from company President Josh Silverman reads..
Read source - neowin.net - 21.11.2009

Banned Xbox's flooding eBay and Craigslist

In the wake of the mass Xbox Live bans hundreds of Xboxs have appeared on online marketplaces such as eBay and Craigslist by gamers looking to offload their Xboxs. In the past two weeks Microsoft has..
Read source - neowin.net - 21.11.2009

Windows 8 is coming in 2012

According to the latest roadmap from Microsoft, it would appear that Windows 8 will arrive sometime in 2012. This would follow a three year product cycle that would keep it in line with Vista and Win..
Read source - neowin.net - 21.11.2009

Microsoft's problematic lack of nightly builds for IE

Many wonder why Microsoft doesn't offer nightly buildsor at least something fairly frequentof Internet Explorers. Ars talks to Microsoft's general manager for Internet Explorer, who says the IE9 devel..
Read source - winbeta.org - 21.11.2009

Google Chrome OS available for download

When Google finally showed off their new OS yesterday there was a lot of skepticism about working in the cloud, offline applications and many other thoughts and concerns. The good news is that if you..
Read source - neowin.net - 20.11.2009

Apple Seeks Patent for Embedded Ads in OS

According to a disclosed patent application discovered last month by The New York Times, Apple Computers is seeking rights to a technology that allows advertising to have a direct spot in a device ope..
Read source - neowin.net - 20.11.2009

YouTube Captions to Use Technology from Google Voice

In a move meant to boost accessibility and search engine relevance, Google has announced an automatic captions service for YouTube videos, using the "automatic speech recognition" (ASR) technology cur..
Read source - neowin.net - 20.11.2009

EU agrees with guidelines on Internet restriction

European MEP's and Council representatives have agreed on a set of guidelines that state restrictions to Internet usage may "only be imposed if they are appropriate, proportionate and necessary wi..
Read source - neowin.net - 20.11.2009

Twitter no longer asks "What are you doing?"

In an unexpected move, Twitter has removed the "What are you doing?" question from the user interface, confirming a change in uses for the popular social networking site. The official Twitter Blog ha..
Read source - neowin.net - 20.11.2009

Google releases Chrome OS information & source code

Google's Chrome OS has been a rather interesting project for many people as of late; it was said to be an operating system that was based in the "cloud", stored mostly online, though nobody knew a..
Read source - neowin.net - 20.11.2009

Microsoft Windows chief decries standards grandstanding

Microsoft will be compliant with industry standards in Internet Explorer 9 such as HTML 5, but Steven Sinofsky, president of the Windows and Windows Live division, decried the habit of vendors getting..
Read source - winbeta.org - 20.11.2009

Ballmer: it "matters" that Apple has gained share

Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer today warned at a yearly shareholders' meeting that the company needed to improve the standing of Windows in the future. The executive was emphatic that Microsoft was sti..
Read source - winbeta.org - 20.11.2009

Full length Channel 4 shows available for UK Youtube users

Channel 4's 4oD shows are now available for UK users of Youtube. Following the deal that was brought up a while ago, Youtube is now starting to host full-length episodes of top Channel 4 series, s..
Read source - neowin.net - 19.11.2009

Sky Player in Windows 7 Media Center now available

Sky Player, Sky's online TV service, is now available to Windows Media Center UK users in Windows 7. Sky kicked off the service on the Xbox 360 late last month. The service will allow users acce..
Read source - neowin.net - 19.11.2009

Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 available November 24th

The Windows Home Server Team is pleased to announce that Power Pack 3 will be available in all shipping languages (Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish) on November 24th, 2..
Read source - winbeta.org - 19.11.2009

Zbot trojan creators arrested in London

Police in London have arrested two people on suspicion that they created the ZeuS or Zbot trojan that infected many computers around the world. The couple used the trojan for monetary gain but author..
Read source - neowin.net - 19.11.2009

National Security Agency beefed Win 7 defenses

The National Security Agency helped Microsoft harden Windows 7 against attacks and is providing similar assistance to Apple, Sun Microsystems and Red Hat too, an agency official said.


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Read source - winbeta.org - 19.11.2009

Firefox 3.6 blocks sneaky addons

Computerworld is reporting that the forthcoming version of Firefox 3.6 will include a feature which disables the ability for other applications to "sneakily" install add-ons without the users knowledg..
Read source - neowin.net - 19.11.2009

Windows Mobile 7 UI confirmed by Microsoft?

Microsoft confirmed today that the company will unveil its plans for Windows Mobile 7 at the MIX 2010 conference in March next year. Microsoft Office Vice President Kurt Delbene confirmed the news at..
Read source - neowin.net - 19.11.2009

Duet Enterprise for Microsoft SharePoint and SAP Extends Collaboration and Productivity

Next step in partnership helps increase flexibility, interoperability between products...
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 18.11.2009

Microsoft Office 2010 Reaches Beta, Bringing Productivity Gains to the PC, Phone and Browser

Q&A: Kurt DelBene, senior vice president of the Office Business Productivity Group at Microsoft, discusses what is new in the public beta and what developers can expect from the upcoming release of Of..
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 18.11.2009

Moving From Challenge to Opportunity: Microsoft Empowers the Future of Application Development

As developers face a rapidly evolving computing environment, Microsoft helps them create applications that can be deployed across a number of platforms...
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 18.11.2009

TechSpot: ATI Radeon HD 5970 Reviewed, Dual-GPU Graphics

As we discussed in our preliminary Radeon 5870 review, on ATI's horizon ATI was a follow-up to the Radeon HD 4870 X2, code-named "Hemlock XT", which in essence would put together a pair of Radeon ..
Read source - neowin.net - 18.11.2009

Does Windows 7 return customization to the forefront?

For years it seemed like every new application and operating system was touting its "skinning" capabilities. Then, abruptly, this trend stopped with the release of Windows Vista as developers began to..
Read source - neowin.net - 18.11.2009

Microsoft Office 2010 top new features

Microsoft introduced a public beta of Office 2010 today. Neowin has taken a look at Office 2010 and we have pulled out our favourite new features. Check them out below. Embed, edit and manage videos ..
Read source - neowin.net - 18.11.2009

Microsoft Office 2010 public beta available

Microsoft has made the Office 2010 beta available publicly today. Earlier this week Microsoft released the beta to MSDN and TechNet customers. Neowin has taken a look at the top features of Office 20..
Read source - neowin.net - 18.11.2009

Microsoft goes social with Outlook 2010

As part of Microsoft's Office 2010 announcements today the company has taken the wraps off a number of social networking add-ins that will be available for Outlook 2010. Outlook 2010 features a n..
Read source - neowin.net - 18.11.2009

IE9 to support hardware-accelerated rendering

Microsoft is focusing on speedy graphics rendering for its next version of Internet Explorer.



Internet Explorer 9 will take advantage of a computer's graphics hardware to better r..
Read source - winbeta.org - 18.11.2009

Microsoft Office 2010, SharePoint 2010 public betas now available for download

Microsoft released on November 18 the public beta of Office 2010. It can be downloaded by anyone for free, as of 1 pm ET today.



Microsoft is making available several different ver..
Read source - winbeta.org - 18.11.2009

Microsoft touts groundbreaking 'clip-on' for Active Directory

Microsoft will pass out beta code Wednesday it hopes will define the next evolution of directories. It's a modular add-on that is built on a database and designed to add querying capabilities and perf..
Read source - winbeta.org - 18.11.2009

Google Chrome OS event planned for Thursday

As reported a few days ago, rumors had circulated that Google was planning to release part of their forthcoming Google Chrome OS sometime this week. Google has now sent out notifications that there is..
Read source - neowin.net - 18.11.2009

The Radeon HD 5970: Completing AMD's Takeover of the High End GPU Market

Lets get straight to the point, shall we? Today AMD is launching the 5970, their dual-GPU card that finishes building out AMDs technical domination of the high-end market. With it AMD delivers the abs..
Read source - winbeta.org - 18.11.2009

Microsoft's Ray Ozzie: Apps don't make your phone special

Microsoft's chief software architect Ray Ozzie weighed in at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference today on the battle between different smartphone plat..
Read source - winbeta.org - 18.11.2009

Inside "MinWin:" the Windows 7 kernel slims down

Back in 2003, Microsoft assembled a team of engineers to rethink the lowest levels of Windows, so that the OS could be more easily slimmed down and secured to run in servers and embedded applications...
Read source - winbeta.org - 18.11.2009

Oxford: 'Unfriend has real lex-appeal'

Social networking is everywhere these days and that hasn't escaped the lexicographers at the Oxford University Press. They have chosen 'unfriend' as the 2009 Word of the Year. Apparently ..
Read source - neowin.net - 18.11.2009

TechSpot: 7-Way Intel P55 Motherboard Round-Up

One year after its introduction, Intel Core i7 processors remain unchallenged in the high-end desktop segment. However with the recent introduction of the Core i5 and the LGA1156 platform, all of a su..
Read source - neowin.net - 18.11.2009

Age of the cyber rifle

Perhaps a little too much of a reminder of the film Die Hard 4 for many readers - the BBC Technology page is reporting that the age of Cyber Warfare may be nearly upon us, at a grander scale than was ..
Read source - neowin.net - 18.11.2009

Neowin hands on: Seesmic for Windows

Neowin met with Seesmic founder Loic Le Meur today at Microsoft's Professional Developers conference. Loic gave us a great walk through of the recently announced Seesmic for Windows WPF applicati..
Read source - neowin.net - 18.11.2009

Microsoft 'Dallas' muscles Google data crusade

Microsoft is hoping to out-Google Google by unlocking the world's information and slapping a GUI on the front end.



Today, the company unveiled Dallas, which chief software archite..
Read source - winbeta.org - 18.11.2009

ASUS best, HP worst for notebook reliability

A new study published by SquareTrade revealed that the smaller name brand notebook manufacturers are usually mor..
Read source - winbeta.org - 18.11.2009

From the Cloud to the Crowd: NASA and Microsoft Ask Citizen Scientists to Be a Martian

Built on Microsoft cloud services technologies, NASAs interactive citizen-science Web service lets anyone explore the Red Planet up close, while also contributing to Mars missions...
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 17.11.2009

On-Premises or in the Cloud, One Consistent Composite Application Experience for Developers

Microsofts new Windows Server AppFabric provides developers with new tools to develop, manage and deploy composite applications...
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 17.11.2009

Microsofts BizSpark Fires Up Startups, Ignites a Community

Marking its one-year anniversary at PDC 2009, BizSpark continues to gain momentum, expand its reach with new offers, and put partners at the center of the equation to turn startups into successful bus..
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 17.11.2009

Microsoft set to announce Internet Explorer 9 plans

Today at a packed out keynote for Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference (PDC) Microsoft's Ray Ozie hinted at the next generation of Internet Explorer. According to sources close to N..
Read source - neowin.net - 17.11.2009

UK's first free public Wi-Fi to cover Swindon

Swindon is to become the UK's first town to offer free public Wi-Fi, with Swindon Borough Council planning to have all 186,000 local citizens covered by April 2010. Council officials have stated t..
Read source - neowin.net - 17.11.2009

The Pirate Bay tracker gone for good

Today marks the end of an era, the end of The Pirate Bay tracker. The website is still up and running, but the owners of The Pirate Bay have decided to turn off their tracker and will not be re-enabl..
Read source - neowin.net - 17.11.2009

AMD turbo boosts Flash Player 10.1 with ATI Stream technology

Chip giant AMD has announced that the Flash Player 10.1 beta released by Adobe today is to offer support for platforms powered by Vision Technology from AMD to deliver high-quality, high definition (H..
Read source - winbeta.org - 17.11.2009

How Microsoft is (and isn't) using its Windows Azure cloud system

At its Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles this week, Microsoft will try to sell companies and developers on the benefits of its new Windows Azure cloud computing platform, in preparatio..
Read source - winbeta.org - 17.11.2009

Review: HP StorageWorks X510 2TB Data Vault

The HP StorageWorks X510 2TB Data Vault is a simple device with a lot to offer. What is the HP StorageWorks X510 2TB Data Vault you say? It's a home server that offers up to 5TB of storage, up t..
Read source - neowin.net - 17.11.2009

PDC 2009: Scuttling huge chunks of Vista architecture for a faster Windows 7

The reason Windows Vista seemed slow, and somehow, strangely seemed even slower over time, is now abundantly clear to Microsoft's architects: The evolution of computer hardware, particularly th..
Read source - winbeta.org - 17.11.2009

Adobe Releases Flash Player 10.1 And AIR 2.0 Both Include Multi-touch Support

A mere week after Adobe Systems reported that it would be shedding nearly 700 employees or
Read source - winbeta.org - 17.11.2009

More Apple Tablet Rumors

It seems the Apple Tablet rumors are circulating again, this time with CNN Money joining the mix. In a recent article CNN speculates that the Apple Tablet is going to appear within the next few months..
Read source - neowin.net - 17.11.2009

Microsoft to open source .NET Micro Framework

Microsoft announced today at PDC09 here in Los Angeles that they will be opening the .NET Micro Framework source code and also release the next version, 4.0. The release will be available under the A..
Read source - neowin.net - 17.11.2009

Turn Windows 7 into a Wi-Fi hotspot

If you have ever wanted to turn your laptop is a Wi-Fi hotspot, a secret feature has been revealed in Windows 7 code that allows you to tether your cell phone or other wireless device to your laptop. ..
Read source - neowin.net - 17.11.2009

Apple gives approval to previously rejected political app

Responding to a public outcry begun on the blog of MAD Magazine cartoonist Tom Richmond, Apple has reversed its decision to reject the Bobble-Rep iPhone app, which features caricatures of and contact ..
Read source - neowin.net - 17.11.2009

Google Chrome extensions imminent

Techcrunch is reporting that it appears Google Chrome is about to receive it's long awaited extensions - the latest builds of Chrome - including the Windows, Mac and Linux builds are showing vario..
Read source - neowin.net - 17.11.2009

BBC reveals Freeview HD rollout details

The BBC has confirmed a timetable that will bring high-definition Freeview channels to half of the UK before the World Cup next year, in June. The timetable will also make high-definition Freeview ava..
Read source - neowin.net - 17.11.2009

Microsoft donates .NET Micro Framework to open source

Microsoft has released part of its .NET Framework - the part for internet-connected smart devices - into the open-source community.



The company said on Monday that it's releasing ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 17.11.2009

Microsoft Office 2010 beta available on MSDN/TechNet

Microsoft has made the latest beta of Office 2010 available to MSDN and TechNet customers. The release follows news that Office 2010 beta builds have begun leaking from the software giant. It's ..
Read source - neowin.net - 16.11.2009

Microsoft makes available new high performance Windows Server test build

Microsoft made available on November 16 a code-complete beta of Windows HPC (High Performance Computing) Server 2008 R2 to selected tester..
Read source - winbeta.org - 16.11.2009

Office 2010 Beta Available for Download via MSDN and TechNet

The Beta bits of Office 2010 Beta along with Office Web Applications are now up on MSDN and TechNet Plus. TechNet Plus and MSDN subscribers can now download and evaluate Office 2010 Beta before the of..
Read source - winbeta.org - 16.11.2009

Zooomer adds full multitouch zoom to HTC HD2

Slashgear: A week ago we described HTC’s HD2 as the..
Read source - winbeta.org - 16.11.2009

Developers Meet at Geek Heaven in Los Angeles

Attendees from around the world gather at the Professional Developers Conference to learn about the future of Microsoft's developer platforms and network with fellow professionals...
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 16.11.2009

Does the Android Marketplace need a desktop client?

Ever since Google and T-Mobile launched the T-Mobile G1 users have been able to connect to the Android Marketplace to download applications both free and paid. The first version of the marketplace fel..
Read source - neowin.net - 16.11.2009

Apple wins summary judgement against Psystar

A judge has ruled in favor of Apple in it's copyright-infringement case against Psystar, who build and sell Mac clones running Apple's OS X. According to CNET, the ruling does not include an i..
Read source - neowin.net - 16.11.2009

Is it OK to use OEM Windows on your own PC? Don't ask Microsoft

Ed Bott: If Microsoft expects its customers to take license agreements seriously, it has a responsibility to communicate the terms of those agreements to its customers clearly and unambiguously. As I ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 16.11.2009

Google Chrome OS to launch within a week?

Previously said to launch in the fall, rumors are circulating that Google's Chrome OS will launch within the next week. While Google is mum on the launch of their new OS they have been known to la..
Read source - neowin.net - 15.11.2009

Microsoft Security Advisory 977544 Released

Mike Reavey: Today we released Security Advisory 977544 to provide information, including customer guidance..
Read source - winbeta.org - 14.11.2009

Microsoft: Sorry we used GPLv2 code illegally

Microsoft tonight issued an update on the reports that the company used open source code in their Windows 7 USB/DVD tool, illegally. Neowin originally reported earlier this week that Microsoft had pu..
Read source - neowin.net - 14.11.2009

Google: Firms can 'get rid' of Office in a year

In a year, most enterprises will have the choice to "get rid of Office if they chose to", suggests Dave Girouard, president of Google's enterprise division.



Girouard, ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 14.11.2009

The new 2010 Office.com online portal enters beta

As the public Microsoft Office 2010 beta approaches (build 14.0.4514.1007 if you're playing along), the Office online companion website set to take cente..
Read source - winbeta.org - 13.11.2009

Bill Gates praises Steve Jobs for saving Apple

When asked about Steve Jobs in a TV special that aired this week, Bill Gates said the Apple co-founder has shown "more inspiration" than any other leader in the tech industry.



The..
Read source - winbeta.org - 13.11.2009

Microsoft investigating zero-day Windows 7 hole

Microsoft confirmed to Cnet News that it is looking into a report of a vulnerability in Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 that could be used by a malicious attacker to remotely crash PCs. The software gi..
Read source - neowin.net - 13.11.2009

YouTube to get 1080p support next week

YouTube is the most popular source for video on the Internet; it has dedicated apps on a few smart-phones, millions of hours of video and it keeps getting increasingly popular. It can also display HD ..
Read source - neowin.net - 13.11.2009

Boxee Box hardware announced for open source Media Center

On the official Boxee blog, founder and CEO Avner Ronen has announced that the company has reached its first official partnership with a consumer electronics manufacturer. Though he refers to it as a ..
Read source - neowin.net - 13.11.2009

Microsoft Office 2010 beta build leaks

Microsoft's highly anticipated Office 2010 beta suite has leaked this week on peer-to-peer file sharing networks. The build, numbered version 14.0.4514.1009, is tagged with the "beta 2" naming. T..
Read source - neowin.net - 13.11.2009

Bing launches in the UK

Today a new search engine for the UK has been thrown into the mix. Microsoft's Bing UK, following a period of trial and continued in-depth analysis of consumer usage and behaviour, has been put th..
Read source - neowin.net - 13.11.2009

Google aims to speed up the entire Internet with SPDY

There are many aspects of technology that can be tweaked in order to speed a user's Internet experience up; web pages optimized, purchase a faster connection, or even just update software. Google ..
Read source - neowin.net - 13.11.2009

SPDY: Google wants to speed up the web by ditching HTTP

Google isn't content with providing us with fast search and a fast browser: we need a faster protocol between servers and browsers. The search giant would like us to start forgetting about HTTP:// and..
Read source - winbeta.org - 13.11.2009

Microsoft Bans 1 Million Xbox Live Accounts

It's being reported today the Microsoft has banned up to 1 Million Xbox Live Accounts. Fresh on the heels of the Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 release Microsoft has stepped up their attack on pira..
Read source - neowin.net - 13.11.2009

Academic institutions reject Kindle

There has been a great deal of talk about devices such as the famous ebook reader, the Amazon Kindle and the up and coming Apple Tablet replacing the way individuals interact with printed media. Howev..
Read source - neowin.net - 13.11.2009

Verizon Droid fails to match iPhone sales

With all the hype surrounding Verizon Wireless' Droid smartphone there seems to be one thing that the Droid can't do that Apple's iPhone can and that is move a lot of devices in the course..
Read source - neowin.net - 12.11.2009

Xbox 360 update coming November 17

Microsoft is ready to launch their next big update to Xbox LIVE dashboard, with Twitter, Facebook, Last.fm and Zune video will all be available. The update will be available to all Xbox LIVE members ..
Read source - neowin.net - 12.11.2009

AMD, Intel settle antitrust, IP cases

Intel and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) on Thursday announced that they have settled all antitrust litigation and patent cross-license disputes between the companies.



Under terms ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 12.11.2009

Windows 7 Grabs 4% of PC Market

Microsoft has a lot riding on Windows 7
after Vista was poorly adopted by enterprise users and consumers.
Windows 7 so far has been doing much better than Vista and is growing
rapidly in m..
Read source - winbeta.org - 12.11.2009

Courtois Joins Call for Europe to Lead in Innovation

Microsoft International President Jean-Philippe Courtois today joined with other European thought leaders to call for a new era of innovation and creativity in Europe. Courtois is a European Commissio..
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 12.11.2009

Neowin Live Blog: Microsoft PDC 2009, November 17-19

Neowin will be covering Microsoft's 2009 Professional Developers Conference (PDC) live from Los Angeles next week. We've team up with a number of well known Microsoft bloggers to blog the Day..
Read source - neowin.net - 12.11.2009

Bing and Wolfram Alpha team up

Microsoft's Bing search engine is to team up with Wolfram Alpha, the search engine that attempts to answer questions directly rather than providing links. The move will see Wolfram Alpha provide a..
Read source - neowin.net - 12.11.2009

Microsoft Office Starter 2010 beta invites sent out

Microsoft has begun sending invites to the Office Starter 2010 beta program today according to the I Think Different blog. The invites are the latest clear indication that Microsoft plans to release ..
Read source - neowin.net - 12.11.2009

Microsoft updates Windows Marketplace for Mobile

Microsoft announced today that it has made some important changes to its Windows Marketplace for Mobile. Marketplace for Mobile is Microsoft's Windows Mobile equivalent of the popular Apple iPhon..
Read source - neowin.net - 12.11.2009

Google Latitude now uses location history and smarter alerts

Google is announcing an update to its Latitude service, which will allow users to see not just where they are at the moment, but where they have been in the past. Google Latitude allows users to share..
Read source - neowin.net - 12.11.2009

Microsoft: Windows 7 was "inspired by Mac", oh no it wasn't

Microsoft's partner group manager, Simon Aldous, stated in an interview with PCR that Microsoft had tried to "create a Mac look and feel in terms of graphics" for Windows 7. The full quote from t..
Read source - neowin.net - 12.11.2009

Windows 8 planning and preparation underway

According to a job posting on Microsoft's career site, Windows 8 planning and preparation is currently taking place. The job posting, spotted by enthusiast site CodenameWindows, hints at third-pa..
Read source - neowin.net - 12.11.2009

MS: How we really designed the look and feel of Windows 7

Brandon LeBlanc: An inaccurate quote has been floating around the Internet today about the design origins of Windows 7 and wh..
Read source - winbeta.org - 12.11.2009

Windows Security Bug Revealed After Microsoft Patch Tuesday

Less than 24 hours after Microsofts Patch Tuesday, a security researcher revealed a zero-day bug aff..
Read source - winbeta.org - 12.11.2009

Bing revamp adds Wolfram Alpha

Microsoft is launching a Bing update that includes enhancements to the search engine's "hover preview" feature and incorporates data from Wolfram..
Read source - winbeta.org - 12.11.2009

Intel to roll out new low-cost and high-end SSDs

Intel will release a $120 solid-state disk (SSD) drive positioned as a server "boot drive" with only 40GB of capacity, but the drive could also be used in low-end laptops PCs and netbooks.

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Read source - winbeta.org - 12.11.2009

Garmin leaks plan for Android phone

As part of a webcast reporting its third quarter earnings, Garmin released a presentation containing a reference to a new Android OS handset for 2010. While the webcast did not call attention to the n..
Read source - neowin.net - 11.11.2009

Microsoft delivers new Zune HD games; Twitter and Facebook still to come

On the heels of providing a new firmware update to the Zune HD that provided support for forthcoming..
Read source - winbeta.org - 11.11.2009

Iraq Veteran's Long Journey Back to Microsoft

John West, a Microsoft employee and Army National Guard soldier who was nearly paralyzed by a roadside bomb in 2004, has overcome substantial mental and physical hurdles to walk again and to return to..
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 11.11.2009

Microsoft's Bing Maps updated

Microsoft have updated and optimised Bing Maps with a set of new features and an improved look and feel. Chris Pendleton, Bing Maps Technical Evangelist, confirmed the changes in a company blog post ..
Read source - neowin.net - 11.11.2009

New Zune HD games released

Last week Microsoft rolled out a v4.3 firmware update for the Zune HD which amongst other improvements added support for 3D games. Today Microsoft has released 6 new games for the Zune HD according to..
Read source - neowin.net - 11.11.2009

Microsoft rolls out Bing Video

Microsoft announced today that it is consolidating MSN Video into Bing Video. Bing Video will offer MSN's array of videos, and videos from sites such as Hulu, ABC, Youtube and more than 300 conte..
Read source - neowin.net - 11.11.2009

Microsoft set to release Vista Ultimate Extra games - free

Remember Vista Ultimate Extras? Well they are back according to Paul Thurrott, but this time they will be released for free in the form of two games, Microsoft Tinker and Hold 'Em. Microsoft'..
Read source - neowin.net - 11.11.2009

Google introduces new 'Go' programming language

Search, mail, mobile operating systems, advertising and mapping. These are all areas in which Google plays a big part. The company is ever expanding, however, and today they've demonstrated that: ..
Read source - neowin.net - 11.11.2009

Google apps getting the wave treatment

Earlier this week, Engadget received a set of images from an anonymous insider at Google showing a quick insight into the potential future of Google's web applications - with a hint of wave. It lo..
Read source - neowin.net - 11.11.2009

Ofcom blocks BBC's Freeview HD DRM plans

The BBC's plans for using digital rights management to prevent unauthorised usage of material broadcast on the coming Freeview HD service have been blocked by industry regulator Ofcom. The BBC had..
Read source - neowin.net - 11.11.2009

VESA accepts Apple's Mini DisplayPort standard

The Video Electronics Standards Association (commonly known as VESA) is essentially the deciding factor on new hardware specifications and standards. Earlier today, they announced that they have appro..
Read source - neowin.net - 11.11.2009

Microsoft Windows 7 download tool may have violated GPL

According to a report by Rafael Rivera, Microsoft's recently released Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool has used GPL code illegally. The tool, which has been pulled by Microsoft, allows end users t..
Read source - neowin.net - 10.11.2009

Firefox Reaches Five, Tops Vulnerabilities List

This week marks five years since the public release of Mozilla Firefox 1.0. First available in beta form as "Phoenix" the browser was an open-source evolution of the rendering framework designed for N..
Read source - neowin.net - 10.11.2009

Microsoft Launches Digital Video Series "Microsoft Health Tech Today"

Microsoft Corp. today announced "Microsoft Health Tech Today," a fast-paced online video series designed to showcase how software innovatio..
Read source - winbeta.org - 10.11.2009

TechSpot: Acer Timeline 14" 4810T Notebook Review

With so many different factors to consider when purchasing a laptop, finding the right one can be a daunting task. Portability and battery life are the current trends, along with value of course, whic..
Read source - neowin.net - 10.11.2009

Bing cashback exploit discovered, Microsoft sends in lawyers

A Bing cashback vulnerability has been discovered by Samir Meghani of the Bountii Team. The flaw exists due to a software API oversight that allows users to fake transactions to Bing. Currently, Bing..
Read source - neowin.net - 10.11.2009

Apple releases Mac OS X 10.6.2 Update

Coming in at two months after their previous update, Apple have today released their latest major update for Snow Leopard, which also arrives with a security patch that includes their previous OS X re..
Read source - neowin.net - 10.11.2009

Amazon Kindle for PC now available

Amazon announced today the availability of Kindle for PC. The small application (5MB) allows Kindle users to access Kindle books from the PC. On October 22 Microsoft demonstrated the application and ..
Read source - neowin.net - 10.11.2009

Sky launches Mobile TV app for iPhone [UK]

Sky has taken the wraps off its Mobile TV app for iPhone today. Available to UK subscribers, the iPhone application itself is free but a £6 per month subscription is required to stream content...
Read source - neowin.net - 10.11.2009

Office 2010 Public Beta to begin next week?

Today, Microsoft sent out an email to Click-To-Run Technical Preview participants that outlined the public beta which was announced by Microsoft last month; next week an email will be sent out to give..
Read source - neowin.net - 10.11.2009

UK O2 users now able to unlock iPhones

O2 confirmed today that from November 10 all O2 customers in the UK will be able to unlock their iPhone devices for use on other networks. The unlock will be free for pay monthly customers at any tim..
Read source - neowin.net - 10.11.2009

First iPhone worm, iRickRoll'd Jailbroken iPhones

Some Jailbroken iPhone users in Australia have been the first to be infected by the very first iPhone worm. The origins of the worm appear to be from Australia, as they're the first to report pro..
Read source - neowin.net - 09.11.2009

Google to acquire AdMob for $750 million in stock

Google has announced that they have signed an agreement to acquire AdMob, a mobile display advertising company based in San Mateo, CA. AdMob is a mobile advertising marketplace that connects advertis..
Read source - neowin.net - 09.11.2009

Microsoft releases updated Facebook SDK

Microsoft today unveiled an updated Facebook SDK targeted at .NET developers. According to a Microsoft spokesperson "the goal is to enable .NET developers to quickly and easily leverage the various f..
Read source - neowin.net - 09.11.2009

Microsoft 'builds a branch to Java developers" with Teamprise buy

Microsoft has bought the Teamprise assets from SourceGear LLC for an undisclosed amount, company officials announced on November 9.




Read source - neowin.net - 08.11.2009

Surfing the Google Wave

To write a simple message, whether by Email or text, has for a long time been a method to announce one's happiness, anger and even one's tardiness. It's arguable that these virtual deliver..
Read source - neowin.net - 07.11.2009

Apple opens its first retail store in France

Today Apple opened its second store on mainland Europe at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris, France. They don't stop there, however; another store in Montpellier, France opens next week on November..
Read source - neowin.net - 07.11.2009

Neowin's top 5 Windows 7 Features

We've all been playing with Windows 7 for quite some time now, and now that general availability has passed we recently asked the community what their favorite feature of Windows 7 was. We've ..
Read source - neowin.net - 07.11.2009

Microsoft emancipates Digital Cable Tuners with second Media Center update today

Scant hours after the SDV tuning, DRM-relaxing firmware update for Vista and Windows 7 Digital Cable Tuner users became available, Missing Remote let us know Microsoft has come through on the..
Read source - winbeta.org - 07.11.2009

Google introduces Google Dashboard

Google's one of the biggest companies on the Internet; between search, IM, email and everything else, they have a huge user base. Though, with that comes the worry of how much user data they'v..
Read source - neowin.net - 07.11.2009

Windows 7 surpasses Snow Leopard in under two weeks

In only two weeks since the official commercial launch of Microsoft's latest operating system, Windows 7 has managed to surpass Apple's Snow Leopard market share. Snow Leopard has been on the..
Read source - neowin.net - 06.11.2009

Seven perfectly legal ways to get Windows 7 cheap (or even free)

Ed Bott: Only suckers pay retail.



If youve read any reviews of Windows 7, youve seen references to its price list, which ranges from $120 for a Home Premium upgrade to $320 for a ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 06.11.2009

October 2009 OS stats: Windows 7 passes Snow Leopard, Linux

Windows 7 arrived two weeks ago and so far it's selling
Read source - neowin.net - 06.11.2009

Windows 7 sales exceed Vista sales by 234%

Consumer Market Research firm NPD has confirmed that initial sales of Windows 7 have surpassed those of the Windows Vista launch. According to NPD's weekly tracking service, Windows 7 software u..
Read source - neowin.net - 06.11.2009

Fortune names Steve Jobs 'CEO of the decade'

Fortune magazine has named Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, as "CEO of the decade". In an article confirming the title, Fortune wrote: "How's this for a gripping corporate story line: Youthful founder ge..
Read source - neowin.net - 06.11.2009

Bing aiming to win this Christmas

The holiday season is nearly upon us and Microsoft has signaled it wants to be the search engine for Christmas this year. A new commercial, released earlier this week and spotted first by the folks a..
Read source - neowin.net - 06.11.2009

How the default Windows 7 wallpaper evolved

Gizmodo tracked down Chuck Anderson, the creator of Windows 7's box art, default wallpaper and login screen. In an exclusive overview of the evolution of the Windows 7 wallpaper and login screen,..
Read source - neowin.net - 06.11.2009

Google CEO: Hopefully we won't repeat Microsoft's past mistakes

Eric Schmidt appeared on Fox Business Network tonight for an extensive interview with host Neil Cavuto, who pressed the Google CEO a couple times over whether the company has the potential to become t..
Read source - winbeta.org - 06.11.2009

Patch Tuesday for November

Microsoft is set to release six security bulletin patches this coming Tuesday. Three of the six have been labeled as Critical, Microsoft's highest security rating, and three more patches labeled ..
Read source - neowin.net - 06.11.2009

Danish students allowed use of internet during exams

In a bizarre alteration of examination rules, the Danish government has taken the bold steps of allowing pupils full access to the internet during their final school exams, according to the BBC's ..
Read source - neowin.net - 05.11.2009

Microsoft raises cloud computing concerns

Packaged software powerhouse Microsoft on Thursday released a paper outlining privacy concerns businesses should consider prior to leaping into the computing "cloud."



Shifting to ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 05.11.2009

Windows 7 sales outshine Vista

Judging by its initial sales, Windows 7 is certainly proving more popular than Vista.



Microsoft sold 234 percent more boxed editions of Windows 7 than it did Vista in the initial..
Read source - winbeta.org - 05.11.2009

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs named Fortune 'CEO of the Decade'

For his role in turning Apple into a groundbreaking technology leader and the most valuable company in Silicon Valley, Fortune Magazine has named Steve Jobs its "CEO of the Decade."

Read source - winbeta.org - 05.11.2009

10 Ways Vista is more annoying with Windows 7 available

We all know Windows Vista got a bit of a bum rap. Its biggest sin was that it shipped earlier than it should and its reputation has never recovered. However, with Windows 7 now out, those of us who h..
Read source - neowin.net - 05.11.2009

Rivals to Challenge Microsoft Browser Settlement

Three rivals of Microsoft are seeking last-minute changes to its proposed settlement with European regulators that would give buyers of computers loaded with Windows the ability to choose a default br..
Read source - winbeta.org - 05.11.2009

Sophos: Windows 7 vulnerable to 8/10 viruses, FUD alert

FUD - Fear, uncertainty and doubt Yesterday, a senior security advisor at Sophos, who is responsible for working with the security community and communicating information on security threats to IT pr..
Read source - neowin.net - 04.11.2009

Microsoft cuts 800 more jobs

Microsoft has confirmed that it will be cutting 800 jobs effective today. The jobs will be cut across many different product groups and about a quarter of them will come from the Seattle area. The..
Read source - neowin.net - 04.11.2009

Microsoft Courier's Swipes, Snips and Scribbles: The Leaked Interface

We've seen slides and videos of Microsoft's Courier booklet in action, but nothing has quite ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 04.11.2009

Microsoft laying off 800 more

Microsoft confirmed on Wednesday that it is cutting 800 more employees, completing the large round of layoffs the company announced in January.



With the goal of eliminating 5,000 ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 04.11.2009

Hoops Bring Hope to Children in Philippines

Two years ago, Microsoft employee Bill Hilf founded High Five Hope, an organization that uses basketball to help children in the Philippines build their confidence in hopes of giving them a path out o..
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 04.11.2009

TechSpot: Asus P7P55D Deluxe Motherboard Review

Asus anticipates selling nearly half a million P55 motherboards by the end of the year. If this is the case, it will mean that P55 products alone will have accounted for 10% of the annual motherboard ..
Read source - neowin.net - 04.11.2009

HTC HD2 available in Europe today, US 2010

HTC has officially confirmed that the HTC HD2 will be available today in the UK, Europe and Asia. The HTC HD2 is HTC's latest Windows Phone which includes the latest operating system Windows Mobi..
Read source - neowin.net - 04.11.2009

MSN unveils new-look home page

Microsoft's MSN.com has undergone a clean up, focusing on a cleaner look and access to essential information. MSN has also unveiled a new logo to complement the fresh looking web portal. The new ..
Read source - neowin.net - 04.11.2009

The Beatles' music finally available in MP3

The Beatles are finally available in digital form. However, you need to shell out $279.99 for it. Granted, it comes in an apple-shaped USB stick, both in FLAC and MP3 formats. It seems they are al..
Read source - neowin.net - 04.11.2009

MSN Music Downloads beta service launches today [UK]

Microsoft was originally planning to roll out MSN Music Downloads (beta) back in July this year but due to some quality issues it has finally launched today. Microsoft has penned deals with the four ..
Read source - neowin.net - 04.11.2009

Revamped MSN Wants to Be Your New Home Page

The newly redesigned MSN.com just might be the best home page on the Web with easy access to Bing search, favorite social networks, more relevant local content, and the latest news and entertainment ..
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 04.11.2009

AT&T to Verizon, "there's a lawsuit for that"

AT&T is now suing Verizon Wireless over their recent commercial about their "spotty" 3G coverage. The commercial takes a jab at AT&T and Apple's iPhone in the commercial, changing the popular iPh..
Read source - neowin.net - 04.11.2009

DirectX 11 coming to Vista

As with Windows Vista, the newest version of Windows brings with it a newer version of Microsoft's DirectX. Windows 7 was released with Direct X 11 support, and it was initially thought that Direc..
Read source - neowin.net - 03.11.2009

Adobe calls out Apple for lack of Flash support

Adobe has taken the gloves off on the fight to get flash onto the iPhone. iPhone users who travel to sites that require flash will get a direct message from Adobe saying that it is not their fault th..
Read source - neowin.net - 03.11.2009

European Commission contends UK over online privacy

According to BBC technology, the UK government has been accused by the European Commission for failing to protect the citizens' privacy. The European Commission stated that the UK government shou..
Read source - neowin.net - 03.11.2009

Hacker sneaks into jailbroken iPhones, demands ransom fee

Apple's iPhone is rather popular for a few reasons, and one of those is 'jailbreaking'; that is, freeing your device from Apple's limitations and installing any software desired. Howev..
Read source - neowin.net - 03.11.2009

Apple said to offer $30 iTunes TV subscriptions next year

Apple's iTunes Store is the biggest online media distributor on the planet; it offers music, movies, games for the iPod and iPhone, and even TV shows. Although you can buy season passes for shows,..
Read source - neowin.net - 03.11.2009

Young Reporter Visits Microsoft to Learn About the Future of Education

Brennan LaBrie, 10-year-old student journalist for the TIME for Kids weekly news magazine, visits Microsofts Redmond campus to explore new learning resources...
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 03.11.2009

Now Hiring: Neowin Writers

This autumn, Neowin has several news poster positions available. If you have a passion for writing informative and inspiring news articles, Neowin might be the right place for you. What are our expec..
Read source - neowin.net - 03.11.2009

Microsoft CIO Tony Scott Named to CIO Hall of Fame

CIO magazine has named Microsoft Chief Information Officer Tony Scott to its CIO Hall of Fame for his vision and leadership in the field of information technology...
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 02.11.2009

Microsoft Women Assemble for Leadership and Development Conference

More than 3,000 employees participate in annual womens networking and skill-building event...
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 02.11.2009

Inside Windows Azure's data center, one of world's largest

CNet was able to get an exclusive look inside one of the largest data centers in the world, owned by Microsoft to help power cloud-computing with Windows Azure. The secret location of the data center..
Read source - neowin.net - 02.11.2009

VMware Workstation 7 released with full Windows 7 support

VMware has announced the latest version it's flagship virtualization software - VMware Workstation 7 which is packed full of new features which are huge - including full 3D graphics support for vi..
Read source - neowin.net - 02.11.2009

Windows 7 SP1 details begin to surface

With Windows 7 out the door we already know Microsoft immediately starts work on the servicing of Windows 7. Engineers are now hard at work at creating hot fixes for application compatibility and iron..
Read source - neowin.net - 02.11.2009

Microsoft: Clean installs from "upgrade media" is pirating

Late last week, Microsoft published a post on the Microsoft SMB community blog announcing that using any "hack" to install Windows 7 from upgrade media is not necessarily "legal" - and that users do n..
Read source - neowin.net - 02.11.2009

Orange UK confirms iPhone date and pricing

According to details published on the Orange UK website today, the iPhone will be available to Orange customers very soon. Until now, many of the details regarding their provision of the iPhone have..
Read source - neowin.net - 02.11.2009

Google OneBox music service now live

Google has released its rumored music service and it's not quite what everyone was expecting. Most were expecting, or wanting, a service similar to what Google offers in China. In China, Google ..
Read source - neowin.net - 02.11.2009

Inside one of the world's largest data centers

On the outside, Microsoft's massive new data center resembles the other buildings in the industrial area.



Even the inside of the building doesn't look like that much. The ground..
Read source - winbeta.org - 02.11.2009

Spammer ordered to pay Facebook $711m

Facebook has been awarded damages of $711 million against Sanford Wallace, who spammed the social network with fake messages. Wallace was sued in February, alongside Adam Arzoomanian, for obtainin..
Read source - neowin.net - 01.11.2009

Bing for mobile now live at m.bing.com

Today we released an update to the Bing for mobile browser at m.bing.com. In addition to being a great resource for local searches, quick answers, and maps, we have some new features to tell you about..
Read source - winbeta.org - 31.10.2009

Facebook users targeted by botnet spam

Facebook users have been targeted by a large-scale spam attack that informs them that their password has been reset, and that the attached zip archive contains their new password. Instead of a new pas..
Read source - neowin.net - 30.10.2009

Google to announce how to host your own Google Wave server

TheNextWeb is reporting that Google may be set to announce Google Wave servers for federation later today. Currently Google has two Wave infrastructures available to those outside the company, the fi..
Read source - neowin.net - 30.10.2009

Awesome Windows 7 Resources

Microsoft Learning has developed a wide range of training and resources for IT Pros that address the benefits and key technical aspects of Windows 7. With these resources, IT Pros can prepare for depl..
Read source - winbeta.org - 30.10.2009

iTunes update kills Pre syncing

Apple has updated its iTunes platform making the current version 9.0.2. While it does add some new support for the newly released Apple TV 3.0 software, the biggest news is that this update breaks th..
Read source - neowin.net - 30.10.2009

Microsoft and Yahoo experience deal delay

The long rumored deal between giants Microsoft and Yahoo was due to come to its final stage yesterday. However, reports have said that putting pen to paper to finalize the deal, has been put on hold f..
Read source - neowin.net - 30.10.2009

Microsoft, Yahoo Delay Partnership Due to Details

Microsoft and Yahoo are insisting that the delay of their search-and-advertising partnership deal is due to details still needing to be worked out, and not some larger structural issue that could scu..
Read source - winbeta.org - 30.10.2009

TalkTalk threatens legal action over UK Government plans

British ISP TalkTalk has threatened legal action over Lord Mandelson's plan for a three-strike policy against file-sharers. The second largest ISP in the UK believes the plan constitutes an infrin..
Read source - neowin.net - 29.10.2009

Apple's yearly ad budget rises past $500 million

Apple's ad budget for its 2009 fiscal year surpassed $500 million for the first time, as noted in the company's Form 10-K filing with the SEC. Spendin..
Read source - winbeta.org - 29.10.2009

Lord Mandelson announces three-strike plan to reduce piracy

Lord Mandelson has clarified plans regarding the "three-strike policy" today, created in an effort to reduce piracy, according to the BBC. Whilst the plans were initially opposed by many, Lord Mandels..
Read source - neowin.net - 29.10.2009

Windows 7: The Next Generation of Customer Support

Automated diagnostics, new online forums, and Fix its in Windows 7 help customers help themselves...
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 28.10.2009

Spread the Word: Speech Recognition is the New Touch In Computing

The Speech at Microsoft group is integrating voice technology into some of Microsofts best-known applications, revolutionizing how people interact with their computers and mobile devices...
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 28.10.2009

Quarter of British gamers download games

A survey of British gamers has found that a quarter prefer to purchase and download their games online, often through their console's store, rather than purchase a physical copy from a retail stor..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.10.2009

FCC wants to expand mobile broadband services

The FCC is currently looking at ways to open up more airwaves so that mobile providers will be able to increase the availability of wireless broadband services. The reasoning for this is because the ..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.10.2009

Google set to offer free turn-by-turn GPS mobile app

Google announced today that it will be offering a free turn-by-turn directional GPS service for its Android 2.0 mobile devices. According to Gizmodo, Google is working closely with Apple to deliver t..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.10.2009

Eclipse Gets Interoperability and Next-Generation Experience on the Microsoft Platform

Part of an ongoing initiative to make its products more open, Microsoft Corp. today announced at the Eclipse Summit Europe new solutions that help developers using the Eclipse platform take advantage ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 28.10.2009

Scareware launched from blog advertising

According to the BBC Technology website, visitors to the technology blog Gizmodo have been warned that they may have picked up malware. According to the BBC, the security firm Sophos analyzed the in..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.10.2009

Google to introduce a Google Wave app store

Google's upcoming 'Google Wave' communication platform is an interesting one; it's currently in testing, but it's arguably one of the most discussed online services this year. It&#..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.10.2009

Experts warn of Windows 7's abilities to encrypt child porn

Windows 7 can allow potentially incriminating data (such as child pornography) to be encrypted on a user's hard drive and make detection by police "impossible", experts in Australia claim. Speakin..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.10.2009

Facebook announce memorial profiles for deceased members

Friends and families of deceased users on Facebook will soon be given the option to turn their profiles into memorials. The new feature will be introduced as a result of several complaints regarding s..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.10.2009

Apple App Store Milestone: 100,000 apps

Reaching yet another milestone, Apple's App Store has broken the 100,000 approved applications mark. According to TheNextWeb, Apple has approved 101,713 applications and games. Of course, not all..
Read source - neowin.net - 27.10.2009

Google announces Android 2.0 platform

Google has announced today the new Android 2.0 platform. Android 2.0 brings new developer APIs for sync, Bluetooth, and some other areas. Developers can now write applications to enable users to syn..
Read source - neowin.net - 27.10.2009

Sky Player on Xbox 360 off to a shaky start [UK]

British firm BSkyB has joined forces with Microsoft to give Xbox 360 owners the chance to watch live television and on demand content on their consoles. The two firms launched the new Sky Player serv..
Read source - neowin.net - 27.10.2009

Gartner: All PC vendors will offer smartphones

All major PC vendors will have announced plans to enter the smartphone market by the end of this year, a newly released report says. Worldwide smartphone sales will grow by 29 per cent year-over-year ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 27.10.2009

Microsoft Works to Strengthen Diversity of its Supplier Pipeline

Microsofts supplier diversity team is driving landmark business opportunities with government and enterprise customers, who need to stay competitive in the global economy with robust supplier diversit..
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 27.10.2009

TechSpot: Averatec N3400 13.3" Ultraportable Notebook Review

Netbooks have quite a few things going for them. They are extremely lightweight and portable, typically affordable, and more recent models come with full size keyboards, larger displays and great batt..
Read source - neowin.net - 27.10.2009

Is Intel delaying USB 3.0?

According to a report from EETimes.com, Intel has pushed plans to support USB 3.0 in its chipsets back until 2011. Without Intel's support for the standard, motherboard and gadget makers will be f..
Read source - neowin.net - 27.10.2009

Neowin give-away: Windows 7 Ultimate

Windows 7 launched last week and we held a little launch party with some other Windows bloggers. At that time we gave away a total of 12 copies to some lucky people in New York City. You can see a vid..
Read source - neowin.net - 27.10.2009

Google introduces Social Search

Google has announced the next step in its ever evolving search engine, Social Search. Google is currently rolling out a test version on Google Labs. The idea is simple, more relevant and personalised..
Read source - neowin.net - 27.10.2009

What if you could record and recall everything in your life?

This is the question that Microsoft researchers Gordon Bell and Jim Gemmell are attempting to answer. The talented researchers recently published a book titled Total Recall: How the E-Memory Revoluti..
Read source - neowin.net - 27.10.2009

Inside a Microsoft Store

Microsoft launched their first Microsoft Store last Thursday in Scottsdale, Arizona. With all the hoopla of the Windows 7 launch we thought we'd let that die down before posting a few details on M..
Read source - neowin.net - 27.10.2009

Microsoft drops support for Family Guy Windows 7 special

As you may remember, Microsoft recently announced that a Windows 7 branded episode of Family Guy would be airing in the U.S. on November 8. In a surprise twist, Microsoft has now dropped support for t..
Read source - neowin.net - 27.10.2009

Windows 7 Product Guide Now Available

Brandon LeBlanc: As many of you have noticed, there is a lot of information out there about Windows 7 now that it is available for everyone. You can find information on everything from the Action Cent..
Read source - winbeta.org - 27.10.2009

Apple: "Windows 7 is still Windows, complex and expensive"

Apple has come out swinging, or at least Brian Croll, Vice President of Apple's Mac OS X worldwide product marketing has when it comes to the new offerings from Microsoft. Croll states that "Wind..
Read source - neowin.net - 26.10.2009

ICANN getting ready to approve non-Latin web addresses

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (or ICANN) is expected to approve a new system this week that will allow for website addresses with characters other than those based on the Lat..
Read source - neowin.net - 26.10.2009

Microsoft plans to open up Outlook PST data format

Microsoft said today that it plans to open up the PST data format commonly used within Outlook. In a MSDN blog posting, Paul Lorimer, Group Manager of Microsoft Office Interoperability, confirmed Mic..
Read source - neowin.net - 26.10.2009

Windows 7 hourly tracking

Net Applications has a Windows 7 hourly tracker. Were a few days into the launch, so hows Microsof..
Read source - winbeta.org - 26.10.2009

Netflix announces upcoming PS3 streaming service

For those who are unaware, Netflix is a great service for renting movies over the Internet, saving the time and hassle of visiting the video store. The service is available for computers, Microsoft..
Read source - neowin.net - 26.10.2009

New Macbook Pros in the works?

It appears Mac lovers might be in for a treat in the near future, following some digging by Apple technology site Applesana.es. Having browsed through the configuration files of the latest build of M..
Read source - neowin.net - 26.10.2009

eBay tightens rules around unpaid item disputes

EBay has announced changes to the unpaid item dispute process; a move aimed at curbing the friction that can occur between buyers and sellers when something goes wrong at the auction site. The announ..
Read source - neowin.net - 26.10.2009

What Google's Sergey Brin wants to learn from Bill Gates

Google co-founder Sergey Brin wants to take a page out of the Bill Gates' playbook when it comes to giving away money. I..
Read source - winbeta.org - 26.10.2009

Magnetic-based HDDs still cheapest in 2020

A new study has found that if magnetic-based hard disk drives (HDDs) continue to progress at their current rate then by 2020 we'll see a 2.5" HDD with a capacity of more than 14TB at a cost of abo..
Read source - neowin.net - 25.10.2009

GeoCities closes forever

Once the third most visited domain on the Internet, the now ailing GeoCities will shut down permanently on October 26. GeoCities was founded in 1994 and was one of the first services offering an easy..
Read source - neowin.net - 25.10.2009

Microsoft Offers Windows 7 on USB Drives for Netbooks

Microsoft is allowing netbook users to download Windows 7, its new operating system, onto a bootable USB or burn it onto a DVD, in yet another move by Redmond to disseminate the operating system to as..
Read source - winbeta.org - 25.10.2009

Amazon confirms upcoming Kindle app for Mac

A few days ago, Amazon and Microsoft declared to the world that a Kindle app was underway for the Windows operating system. Just earlier, the online retailer has confirmed that an OS X version of the ..
Read source - neowin.net - 25.10.2009

eBooks: replacement or enhacement of the printed page?

In the 15th century Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing process. This new technology changed the world forever. One specific task was made incredibly easy — the spreading of written words. ..
Read source - neowin.net - 24.10.2009

ZFS filesystem for Mac OS X is dead

Apple's official project of porting ZFS to Mac OS X has been cancelled. In a simple message posted by MacOS Forge, Apple stated only "the ZFS project has been discontinued. The mailing list and r..
Read source - neowin.net - 24.10.2009

Microsoft's Office 2010 Technical Preview program closing

As Microsoft gets closer to a public beta of the next version of Office (Announced last week), the company has just announced that the Technical Preview program for Office 2010 is coming to an end. In..
Read source - neowin.net - 24.10.2009

Nokia sues Apple over the iPhone

News reported on the BBC news website states that Nokia, the world's giant in the manufacturing of mobile phone technology, is suing Apple for infringing patents on mobile phone technology used in..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.10.2009

Windows 7 launch day round up

Yesterday Microsoft launched Windows 7 which is arguably the most anticipated OS launch of the last decade. To help keep you informed on all that occurred, we have compiled a list of everything you n..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.10.2009

Windows and Xbox help Microsoft earnings beat predictions

Microsoft today confirmed their first quarter results stating that Windows and Xbox exceeded expectations due to strong consumer demand. Microsoft announced revenue of $12.92 billion for the firs..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.10.2009

Linux creator Linus Torvalds gives Windows 7 a thumbs up

Linus Torvalds, the father of the Linux Kernel gave Windows 7 the thumbs up in Japan yesterday. Torvalds was in town for the Japan Linux Symposium exhibition and Microsoft reportedly setup a big pro..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.10.2009

TechSpot: Windows 7 is Here - What You Need To Know

The much anticipated release of Windows 7 is finally upon us. This Thursday, October 22, Microsoft's latest operating system arrives on the scene looking to win over skeptics disappointed with the..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.10.2009

Apple tries to gatecrash Win 7 launch with new commercials

In the light of Microsoft releasing their brand new operating system, Windows 7, Apple did not stay quiet. Apple released three new "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" advertisements, focusing on users sw..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.10.2009

Mozilla unveils Raindrop communication platform

The company Mozilla, famous for its Firefox web browser, is constantly evolving its technologies; its Labs division regularly releases new products for testing, and today another has been pushed out. ..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.10.2009

Windows 7 launch NYC, Steve Ballmer round-up

Microsoft today unleashed their latest and arguably greatest operating system, Windows 7, to the world. Unless you've been living under a rock recently then you may have heard of Windows 7 and mo..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.10.2009

Engadget show: Live with Steve Ballmer

Neowin is currently attending the Engadget show filming with Steve Ballmer. The event is about to begin and you can tune in live below to watch Ballmer answer some potentially great questions. Video ..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.10.2009

Windows 7 adverts take over New York City

After the Windows 7 launch Neowin took a look around Times Square and found two huge adverts for Windows 7. Similar to the Vista advertising, Microsoft has taken out huge Windows 7 adverts in New Yor..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.10.2009

Bring a little Bing into your Windows 7

The team over at Bing wanted to show off their support for the launch of Windows 7, by putting together the top images on Bing in June, July and August into a Windows 7 theme pack. The 20 very stunni..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.10.2009

Microsoft Simplifies the PC With Windows 7

Today Microsoft Corp. announced the worldwide availability of its new Windows 7 operating system. Windows 7 delivers on a simple premise: make it easier for people to do the things they want on a PC. ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 22.10.2009

Burger King Windows 7 Whopper

Windows 7 hits retailers around the world today but that hasn't stopped Burger King getting in on the marketing fun. We wish we were joking but an image speaks a thousands words: Thanks to Neow..
Read source - neowin.net - 22.10.2009

Windows 7 Launch live stream

Today sees the launch of Windows 7 in New York City. Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO will be donning the stage shortly to introduce Windows 7 to the world. There will be a live stream available (embedde..
Read source - neowin.net - 22.10.2009

New Retail Stores Connect Consumers With the Best of Microsoft

Microsoft makes retail debut to bring consumers more choice, better value and great customer service...
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 22.10.2009

Windows Engineer Touches the Future of Computing

Yves Neyrand, the director of test for the Windows Developer Experience team, helped create multitouch functionality for Windows 7 that allows the use of touch to perform actions normally performed w..
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 22.10.2009

Microsoft releases 4 new Windows 7 commercials

With the official launch of Windows 7 currently underway around the globe, Microsoft has released four new advertisements to market Windows 7. This round of advertisements is very simplistic and dubbe..
Read source - neowin.net - 22.10.2009

Google announces seach deal with twitter

Google has announced a partnership with Twitter to offer google-indexed tweets on it's search engine. In the announcement, Google points out that they will offer up to the minute tweets in it'..
Read source - neowin.net - 22.10.2009

Microsoft gets search deal with Facebook and Twitter

Microsoft announced on Wednesday at the Web 2.0 Summit, that it has signed deals with Twitter allowing real time updates in Bing. These real-time updates will bring tweets directly onto bing.com/twit..
Read source - neowin.net - 22.10.2009

Neowin Hands on: Sky Player in Windows 7 Media Center

Microsoft today held a UK launch party for Windows 7 and announced a major partnership with Sky. Sky Player, Sky's online TV service, will be available to Windows Media Center users in Windows 7...
Read source - neowin.net - 22.10.2009

Windows 7 begins to release to the public across the world

Right now, it's October 22nd in some parts of the world, and Microsoft has begun releasing Windows 7 across the world at various launch parties and events. In New Zealand, Microsoft held events in..
Read source - neowin.net - 22.10.2009

Details: Microsoft confirms Bing deals with Twitter, Facebook

Microsoft just announced details of plans to integrate Twitter and Facebook feeds into Bing search results, confirming the Windows 7 launch on October 22 despite the fact that the compa..
Read source - winbeta.org - 22.10.2009

Windows 7 more popular than Harry Potter in the UK

Boy wizard Harry Potter has been outsold by Windows 7, as Microsoft's latest operating system becomes the biggest pre-order of all time, according to Amazon. More pre-orders of Windows 7 were sol..
Read source - neowin.net - 21.10.2009

UK Government will not cut off file-sharers 'willy nilly'

Persistent file-sharers would not be cut off 'willy nilly' in plans for a tough crackdown on Internet piracy by the British government, according to Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw. Lord Mandel..
Read source - neowin.net - 21.10.2009

Barnes & Noble enters the e-book reader market

There is a new e-book reader literally every month and the U.S. has many e-reader devices, each with its own share of pros and cons. Yet another big player, Barnes and Noble, has entered the market wi..
Read source - neowin.net - 21.10.2009

Google to potentially launch new music service very soon

Google's a big player in the realm of the Internet; it runs the biggest search engine on the planet, as well as being an email provider and even a developer of a mobile operating system. Now, the ..
Read source - neowin.net - 21.10.2009

Apple attempt to gatecrash Win 7 launch with product updates

Apple unveiled several new products today, some of which have been rumored for quite some time. This was a significant update for Apple especially considering that they didn't hold a special even..
Read source - neowin.net - 20.10.2009

Microsoft releases Windows-7-friendly version of Desktop Optimization Pack

Microsoft officials last month said they had revised their Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) plans so as to get a Windows-7-friendly version of its tools out to businesses around the time of ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 20.10.2009

Google takes its advertising campaign overseas

Google is taking its currently US-only "Gone Google" advertising campaign overseas to countries including Britain, France, Canada, Japan, Australia and Singapore, as the company seeks to lure business..
Read source - neowin.net - 20.10.2009

Windows 7 already in stores in Israel - still not priced

Windows 7 has already been delivered to stores in Israel, as were advertisement packs supplied by Microsoft Israel. However, to prevent retailers from selling Windows 7 before the scheduled release da..
Read source - neowin.net - 20.10.2009

Windows 7 on multicore: How much faster?

Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system is receiving raves in its pre-release testing. While much of the kernel that lies at the heart of the operating system is based on Vista code, several key advanc..
Read source - winbeta.org - 20.10.2009

Windows' new saleswoman talks '7'

In some senses, Tami Reller has one of the toughest jobs in technology. She is tasked with selling
Read source - winbeta.org - 20.10.2009

Android used as an E-book platform

Android has made a big splash in the tech sector. The open source platform has been adopted by many cell phone manufactures and, as announced by Spring Design, is also being used on an E-book reader...
Read source - neowin.net - 19.10.2009

TechSpot: Windows 7 Dual Boot Guide, Remove Partition How to

Windows 7 has proved to be quite the drastic improvement over Vista, enough that it even has XP stragglers crawling out of the woodwork to check it out. Your chance to test drive the release candidate..
Read source - neowin.net - 19.10.2009

Symantec: Fake security software on millions of computers

Millions of computer in the US are infected with fake security software, which their owners may have even paid for, according to a cybercrime report from security company Symantec. Such software would..
Read source - neowin.net - 19.10.2009

NeowinCAST In Depth: Mobile Broadband

Neowin is back with its series of In Depth podcasts, looking behind the news at recent industry developments. In this edition, recorded on October 18 2009, Rob Wright reviews the Novatel MiFi™ ..
Read source - neowin.net - 19.10.2009

Microsoft names Visual Studio 2010 dates

Microsoft has struggled with the best way to sell Visual Studio's application lifecycle management ever since it introduced Team System against IBM's Rational four years back. As the company prepares ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 19.10.2009

Mixed messages, the UK broadband commitment

Finland have recently passed legislation which secures their citizens a "legal right" to broadband. This step forward for Finland has resulted in a right to 1mbps broadband for all homes. This passing..
Read source - neowin.net - 19.10.2009

MS's "Lifeblogging" Camera Enters Mass Production

Remember Microsoft's camera to be slung around the necks of people with Alzheimer's to help them recall where they'd been? ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 18.10.2009

Microsoft opens Kid's Corner programming education website

Programmers are essential in this day and age. We all rely on technology, and having people who know how to make machines do what they do is a vital part of our daily activities; Microsoft, being a so..
Read source - neowin.net - 17.10.2009

Microsoft: Trojans like USA, worms prefer Brazil!

Following the public release of Microsoft Security Essentials a few weeks ago, Microsoft has combed its data and released an interesting set of results showing how different infections apply across th..
Read source - neowin.net - 17.10.2009

Silent Install Firefox Plugin Backfires on Microsoft

Whilst it's not okay in Microsoft's eyes for Google to install a plugin into Internet Explorer, increasing the potential surface area of attack, when Microsoft do it to Firefox, it's a different matte..
Read source - winbeta.org - 17.10.2009

Windows 7 vs Snow Leopard benchmarks

CNet.com has benchmarked Windows 7 and Snow Leopard using the same hardware to test both operating systems. The performance test ran using software available on both operating systems including iTune..
Read source - neowin.net - 17.10.2009

Microsoft book calls for 'data intensive' scientific discovery

Microsoft Research this morning is releasing a new book that aims to draw attention to the potential of bringing together large amounts of data from different repositories to help scientists make disc..
Read source - winbeta.org - 17.10.2009

Jim Gray eScience Award Recipient Unlocks Secrets in the Snow

Using satellites and powerful computing tools, Jeff Dozier has gained a deep understanding of the role snowfall and snowmelt play in creating healthy ecosystems...
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 16.10.2009

Steve Ballmer on SharePoint: A Great Tool for Pumping Up Productivity

Microsoft CEO says SharePoint business is on fire, looks forward to availability of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010...
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 16.10.2009

Brother's Sacrifice Inspires Employee's Call to Action

Microsoft employee Dan Shea lost his older brother and hero when Kevin Shea was killed by a rocket attack in Iraq. Five years later, Dan Shea is speaking out on behalf of those affected by war and rai..
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 16.10.2009

TalkTalk stages file-sharing wi-fi stunt

British ISP TalkTalk has staged a stunt aimed at proving to Lord Mandelson that his plans to cut-off file-sharers without due process is "naive". The company's stunt demonstrates how innocent part..
Read source - neowin.net - 16.10.2009

Wifi standards creator pockets first royalties from industry

The Australian Commonwealth Scientific & Research Organisation (CSIRO) has cashed its first royalties cheque relating to its patent of the 802.11 wireless network standard. These royalties come from ..
Read source - neowin.net - 16.10.2009

Microsoft giving out 777 copies of Windows 7

If you live in one lucky town in the Netherlands you have a chance to get a free copy of Windows 7. Microsoft will be giving out 777 copies of Windows 7 to the town of Zevenhuizen, which translates t..
Read source - neowin.net - 16.10.2009

Exclusive: Xbox 360 Sky TV channels and prices revealed

Neowin member Liam has tipped us off to some big news for those waiting on the Sky TV announcements for Xbox 360. According to Liam, over at http://xbox.sky.com there's a bunch of XML data which ..
Read source - neowin.net - 16.10.2009

Man wins right to sell Windows 7 party pack on eBay

Whilst we don't agree with people picking up party packs and then selling them, this story is rather unique. Neowin member Matthew Elder decided to list his Windows 7 party pack on eBay and profi..
Read source - neowin.net - 16.10.2009

Apple may not be Microsoft's biggest concern in retail

Microsoft's expansion into the retail arena may be a more difficult endevour than Apple faced when it opened its own retails stores back in 2001, according to Nick Wingfield of The Wall Street Jou..
Read source - neowin.net - 16.10.2009

Google enters the e-book arena

Google is preparing the shake-up the online book world, having announced at the Frankfurt Book Fair that it plans to infiltrate online book stores in the first half of 2010. The new service will be k..
Read source - neowin.net - 16.10.2009

Chrome OS leaks onto the internet

Just days away from an event at Google where the company will reveal more about one of their rumored and now confirmed projects - Chrome OS, package files and pictures have leaked showing the operatin..
Read source - neowin.net - 16.10.2009

Mozilla wants Windows ballot screen changed

Last week Neowin reported that Microsoft had made changes to the Windows browser ballot screen, which will make selecting a browser for consumers much easier. Mozilla was not happy with their placemen..
Read source - neowin.net - 16.10.2009

Suicide prevention takes a forward step

In a move to curb the alarmingly high rate of youth depression and suicide, social networking sites like Facebook, Myspace and Twitter could be scanned for signs of "at risk" behaviour. Researchers a..
Read source - neowin.net - 16.10.2009

Dell talks netbooks, diversifying, and Windows 7

At a sponsored dinner on Tuesday night, Dell Founder and CEO, Michael Dell, told of his dislike for netbooks and admitted that the "biggest mistake" of his career was not diversifying the company soon..
Read source - neowin.net - 16.10.2009

Twitter begins rolling out Lists feature for select people

Just recently, social media service Twitter announced a new feature named 'Lists', aimed at organizing those you follow, as well as helping with mass followings. Just earlier, the feature went..
Read source - neowin.net - 16.10.2009

Apple's Time Capsules dying in under 18 months

Apple's Time Capsule backup device has a lifespan of less than 18 months, if device users are telling the truth. This figure comes from The Apple Time Capsule Memorial Register, which is a new si..
Read source - neowin.net - 16.10.2009

Microsoft restores T-Mobile Sidekick users data

After a recent outage for nearly 800,000 T-Mobile Sidekick subscribers, leaving many users without the use of their mobile device features, Microsoft has confirmed a restoration process is about to be..
Read source - neowin.net - 16.10.2009

Can Apple Spoil Microsoft's Day?

The entire personal computer industry is gearing up for Microsoft's (MSFT) Oct. 22 release of Windows 7, by most accounts the best version of its operating system in years. Yet Apple (AAPL), Microsoft..
Read source - winbeta.org - 16.10.2009

Windows 7 launch meet up and give-away, New York Oct 22

Neowin is planning on joining a very special Windows 7 party in New York next week on October 22, Windows 7 launch day. Together with some of the top Windows and Microsoft bloggers and writers we wil..
Read source - neowin.net - 15.10.2009

Microsoft Hosted Online Service to Help Flu Sufferers Seek the Right Medical Help

Online H1N1 Response Center helps users quickly assess their symptoms so they can decide whether to get medical attention or recover at home...
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 15.10.2009

TechSpot: OCZ Agility EX 60GB SLC SSD Review

OCZ is showing strong commitment to be at the forefront of SSD technology. Over the past year the company has released nearly a dozen different series targeting every possible market, from affordable ..
Read source - neowin.net - 15.10.2009

Youth "cannot live" without the Internet

A survey published by online charity YouthNet, has found that 75 percent of 16-to-24 year-olds feel that they "couldn't live" without the Internet. The report also found that 82 percent would look..
Read source - neowin.net - 15.10.2009

TI sends a cease and desist letter to calculator hackers

Calculator hobbyists who blogged about the modification of the software included on Texas Instruments (TI) programmable calculators have been sent letters from TI demanding they remove the material. T..
Read source - neowin.net - 15.10.2009

Companies making Wi-fi easier, goodbye Bluetooth?

Business Week is reporting that a consortium of companies which includes the likes of Intel, Cisco, and Apple is set to release new technology called 'Wi-Fi Direct' which will turn a slew of g..
Read source - neowin.net - 15.10.2009

BlackBerry Storm 2 due October 26 [UK]

Research in Motion today launched the new BlackBerry Storm 2 on Vodafone in the UK. Vodafone is the first official carrier of the BlackBerry Storm 2 (model 9520). The new Storm 2 includes a better to..
Read source - neowin.net - 15.10.2009

Programming error gives CT scan patients radiation overdose

In a rather off-the-track technology related report, a hospital named Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has come into a bit of trouble due to problems with its CT scanner; a programming error has caused the..
Read source - neowin.net - 15.10.2009

Microsoft says most Sidekick data has been recovered

It looks like Microsoft and T-Mobile have under-promised and over-delivered on the matter of the loss of personal data
Read source - winbeta.org - 15.10.2009

Wal-Mart set to launch no-contract mobile service Oct. 18

With consumers around the globe looking for ways to cut costs across the board, Walmart today announced it will launch an exclusive service called Straight Talk nationwide on October 18th. Don't l..
Read source - neowin.net - 15.10.2009

Google is largest source of global Internet traffic

Search giant Google is now the largest source of global Internet traffic, taking up six percent of it, according to an article by Information Week. Over 256 exabytes of Internet traffic data were stud..
Read source - neowin.net - 15.10.2009

Finland makes broadband a legal right

Many people consider having broadband access a privilege but if you live in Finland, its become a legal right. Starting in July 2010 it will be a legal right for every person to have a broadband conn..
Read source - neowin.net - 14.10.2009

Teens admire Steve Jobs for making the world a better place

According to a survey by Junior Achievement, Steve Jobs is the most admired entrepreneur amongst 35 percent of teenagers, with nearly two-thirds of respondents who chose him saying they did so because..
Read source - neowin.net - 14.10.2009

Windows 7 powered Family Guy special to air November 8

Microsoft has signed a deal with Fox to sponsor a variety show produced by "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane. The special show, named "Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show..
Read source - neowin.net - 14.10.2009

Microsoft finds friend in Windows 7 ad push: The 'Family Guy'

Microsoft, meet the "Family Guy." Looking to drum up sales for the upcoming release of Windows 7, Microsoft today announced that it is working with "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane on an unique te..
Read source - winbeta.org - 14.10.2009

Intel CEO remarks on Netbooks, Windows 7

During Intel's earnings conference call on Tuesday, CEO Paul Otellini talked about the growth of notebook PCs versus Netbooks, and Windows 7 adoption in business, among other topics.


..
Read source - winbeta.org - 14.10.2009

The Future of Computing Gets 'eXtreme'

As computing undergoes profound changes, Microsoft's new eXtreme Computing Group stands poised to funnel cutting-edge ideas from Microsoft Research into products developed across the company...
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 14.10.2009

No refunds from Apple's App Store

Apple has come clear on its return policy for the App Store; don't even think about it. Apple has stated that there will be no returning of an App purchased on the App Store If you want to try..
Read source - neowin.net - 13.10.2009

Efficient Frontier: Microsoft Bing Gains in Click Share at Google's Expense

Microsoft Bing posted quarter-over-quarter gains in paid clicks and spend share, according to Efficient Frontier. Those gains appear to be coming at the expense of Google, whose share of search spendi..
Read source - winbeta.org - 13.10.2009

TechSpot: ATI Radeon HD 5770 Review

Last month AMD unleashed what went on to become the world's fastest single-GPU graphics card by a convincing margin, the Radeon HD 5870. This was followed shortly by a slightly watered-down versio..
Read source - neowin.net - 13.10.2009

Next Firefox can detect computer orientation

The upcoming version 3.6 of Firefox will be able to tell if you're listing to starboard--and pass that information along to applications running in the browser.



That's because th..
Read source - winbeta.org - 13.10.2009

Updated: Major bug in Snow Leopard deletes all user data

Reports have been cropping up on the Apple Support forums that users have been losing all their data due to a nasty bug in Snow Leopard, Apple's latest Operating System. Many users are reporting t..
Read source - neowin.net - 13.10.2009

Apple unfazed by Windows 7 launch, says Analyst

The launch of Windows 7 on October 22 is unlikely to cause any significant damage to Mac sales, according to Wall Street analyst Brian Marshall of Broadpoint AmTech. Marshall came to this conclusion ..
Read source - neowin.net - 13.10.2009

Norway: Group takes ISP to court over The Pirate Bay

It seems the world is not yet finished in its attempt at wiping BitTorret search engine The Pirate Bay from the pages of internet history. According to reports from PCWorld and MacWorld, a new trial ..
Read source - neowin.net - 13.10.2009

Potential privacy concerns with Apple's MobileMe service

A reader from The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) has discovered what could be potentially a significant privacy breach in Apple's MobileMe resgistration renewal process. According to the reader, ..
Read source - neowin.net - 13.10.2009

Google Street View goes live for Canadians

Many Canadians can now see their homes, streets, points of interest and landmarks on Google Street View. The street level view of the top major cities in Canada has finally gone live, after months of..
Read source - neowin.net - 13.10.2009

Stable build of Chrome available for OS X

When Google launched Chrome it was for the Windows platform initially. Google CEO, Eric Schmidt, has publicly stated the Google Chrome will be released in the near future for OS X but if you're w..
Read source - neowin.net - 13.10.2009

54% of companies ban social networking sites

News reported on the Wired blog 'Epicenter' warns office workers to check their employment contract or workplace rules before logging into Twitter, Facebook, or any other social networking web..
Read source - neowin.net - 13.10.2009

Microsoft still fighting claim it distributed 'spyware' to XP users

Even as Microsoft's product groups focus on Windows 7 and beyond, its lawyers are still battling disgruntled PC users over the way the company distributed an anti-piracy tool for Windows XP -- the ver..
Read source - winbeta.org - 13.10.2009

Sky Songs to take on iTunes

Satellite broadcaster Sky is to take on Apple's iTunes in the digital music marketplace, when it launches its new subscription-based music store later this month. While users of the service will b..
Read source - neowin.net - 12.10.2009

T-Mobile and Microsoft Danger Sidekick outage, lost data

Over the weekend T-Mobile and Microsoft Danger confirmed a huge outage on its Sidekick devices. In a statement issued to customers T-Mobile confirmed "we must now inform you that personal information..
Read source - neowin.net - 12.10.2009

Major bug in Snow Leopard deletes all user data

Reports have been cropping up on the Apple Support forums that users have been losing all their data due to a nasty bug in Snow Leopard, Apple's latest Operating System. Many users are reporting t..
Read source - neowin.net - 12.10.2009

Twitter adds video support. What!? No it doesn't!

Britain's Telegraph newspaper yesterday broke the story that Twitter's founders were planning to allow Twitter users to upload small video pieces of themselves directly to their profiles in co..
Read source - neowin.net - 12.10.2009

Are DVDs Nearing the End?

Watchers of streaming video trends are buzzing after a remark by Netflix CEO Reed Hastings in a


A key tenet of that approach ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 11.10.2009

Is Valve's Steam service growing too dominant?

Gearbox Software's President and CEO, Randy Pitchford, has expressed his concern about Steam's domination of the digital distribution market and its potential exploitation of small developers...
Read source - neowin.net - 10.10.2009

Apple releases new update beta to developers

Apple has released a second beta version of the next Snow Leopard update (10.6.2) to its developers, according to AppleInsider. According to users of this beta build, the new update has improved almo..
Read source - neowin.net - 10.10.2009

Indie labels priced out of the iTunes LP market

A recent discussion between Gizmodo's John Herrman and Brian McKinney who runs boutique record label Chocolate Lab Records, suggests that Apple's new iTunes LP feature may be just a pipe dream..
Read source - neowin.net - 10.10.2009

Apple & Psystar try to avoid trial in 2010

Apple and Psystar this week both requested summary judgements in the ongoing legal battle about Psystar's legal right to produce and sell macintosh clones. In its motion for summary judgement, Ap..
Read source - neowin.net - 10.10.2009

Editorial: An apology for Internet relationships

Thousands of years ago, our ancestors drew onto cave walls. That was their way of sharing feelings and aspirations. Communication methods have evolved since, but some things never change. Love still i..
Read source - neowin.net - 10.10.2009

Microsoft to release hardware reference designs for Windows Mobile

Microsoft plans to replicate some processes from the PC industry to try to boost its performance in the mobile market and expects to see a growing number of applications in its new Marketplace, an exe..
Read source - winbeta.org - 10.10.2009

New Armani Phone Unveiled

The stylish new phone from Samsung, powered by Windows Mobile 6.5, was unveiled by Giorgio Armani, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, and Won Pyo Hong of Samsung Mobile...
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 10.10.2009

85% of Mac owners have Windows too

According to a study done by the NPD group, 85% of people who own a Mac, also own a Windows based PC in their home. Approximately 12% of homes in the U.S. own a Mac computer, up from 9% in 2008, and ..
Read source - neowin.net - 10.10.2009

Let the Office Winter Games begin!

Yet more Microsoft Office news today, this is a more lighthearted piece regarding a Winter Game competition that the Microsoft Office team are running. The website for the Office Winter Games can be v..
Read source - neowin.net - 10.10.2009

Facebook mobile gets an update

Facebook have once again updated their website design, this time making changes to the mobile browsing part of the website. The new layout better matches full desktop version of the website, but also..
Read source - neowin.net - 09.10.2009

Tiny nuclear battery unveiled by researchers

Researchers at the University of Missouri have unveiled tiny nuclear batteries that produce power from the decay of radioisotopes. Although such batteries are currently used in devices such as pacemak..
Read source - neowin.net - 09.10.2009

Microsoft Exchange 2010 released to manufacturing

Microsoft officials have announced today that Microsoft Exchange 2010 is code complete and has reached RTM (Release to Manufaturing). The full press release can be viewed on the Microsoft Exchange Tea..
Read source - neowin.net - 09.10.2009

Hands on: Sony VAIO X Windows 7 Notebook

Sony took the covers off its new X series range of notebooks yesterday at a press event in London and Neowin was waiting in the wings for an early hands on. The new X Series is incredibly light and s..
Read source - neowin.net - 09.10.2009

Microsoft to fix first critical hole in Windows 7 on Tuesday

Microsoft confirmed on Wednesday that the company plans to push out a security fix for a critical security hole in Windows 7 next Tuesday. Microsoft officials posted an advanced security bulletin tod..
Read source - neowin.net - 09.10.2009

Microsoft Exchange 2010 holds challenges, rewards for IT executives

Those eyeing a migration to Exchange 2010 will find lots of options that improve the platform, but they won't come without careful attention to deployment details including the rollout of Windows Serv..
Read source - winbeta.org - 09.10.2009

Walt Mossberg: Windows 7 is 'best version of Windows ever'

The Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg gives Windows 7 a big thumbs up in his latest column, a signifi..
Read source - winbeta.org - 09.10.2009

New Microsoft social computing lab formed under Ozzie

Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie has launched another new lab, this one focused on social computing.



The 82-person Future Social Experiences Labs (FUSE) will be headed..
Read source - winbeta.org - 08.10.2009

Hotmail 'phishing' campaign is small peanuts

Access to the 10,000 compromised Hotmail accounts at the centre of a high profile breach might be obtained for as little as $90 on the black market.



Rik Ferguson, a security resea..
Read source - winbeta.org - 08.10.2009

Windows 8 and 9 may support 128-bit architecture

With Windows 7 still not available for everyone, news has surfaced that Microsoft is already researching and working on some of the architecture for Windows 8/9, which includes "128-bit architecture c..
Read source - neowin.net - 08.10.2009

Amazon confirms international launch for Kindle

News reported by BBC Technology explains the upcoming launch of the Amazon Kindle eBook reader to the UK and other worldwide markets. Currently, the most advertised eBook reader available in the UK ..
Read source - neowin.net - 08.10.2009

Pirate Bay deal may be overboard

According to an article posted on The Next Web, the latest chapter regarding the acquisition of The Pirate Bay, may prove difficult to complete. The Global Gaming Factory or GGF for short, is the lat..
Read source - neowin.net - 08.10.2009

Microsoft changes browser ballot screen, testing begins

Microsoft have made changes to the browser ballot screen that will prompt users in Europe to help them make selections on which browser they would like to use.

Read source - neowin.net - 08.10.2009

Could key-logging be behind webmail attack?

Key-logging malware could be behind the recent web mail attack that saw thousands of email addresses and their associated passwords leaked online, according to one security expert. Amichai Shulman, fr..
Read source - neowin.net - 07.10.2009

Microsoft makes changes to browser ballot screen; user testing to commence

Microsoft is making changes to the ballot screen that it proposed to the European Commission (EC) as a way to ensure more browser choice on Windows PCs.



The company announced on O..
Read source - winbeta.org - 07.10.2009

Facebook testing redesigned home page

You may be feeling a bit of déja vu from this headline; no, we're not talking about the Lite version of Facebook that was released recently, but instead, a redesign of the main page. The Ne..
Read source - neowin.net - 07.10.2009

Microsoft Open House a Showcase for 2009 Consumer Lineup

Event spotlights wide range of Microsoft products as well as new Windows phones, Windows Mobile 6.5, and family friendly technology...
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 07.10.2009

Apple and AT&T now allowing VoIP iPhone applications

Recently, a lot of dust has been kicked up about computing giant Apple's relationship with the cellular provider AT&T, and how it affects developers on the App Store. There's been a federal in..
Read source - neowin.net - 07.10.2009

Firefox 3.6 beta set to ship next week

Mozilla tentatively plans to release the first beta of Firefox 3.6 on 13 October.



The open source browser maker is expected to spin out the next iteration of Firefox in November, ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 07.10.2009

After beating Microsoft, Eolas sues everyone else

A company that won a $565 million patent-case judgment before settling with Microsoft in 2007 has filed suit against 22 more companies, alleging they also violated the same patent.



Read source - winbeta.org - 07.10.2009

Modern Warfare 2 PC delayed, new trailer released

As reported by Electronic Theatre, the PC version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has received a small delay. Intended for release alongside its console brethren worldwide on November 10, as well a..
Read source - neowin.net - 07.10.2009

The anatomy of a Hotmail phishing attack

Phishing schemes have become increasingly more common these days and, as we have seen over the past couple of days, can come as a big shock to the general public who are not aware of the concept of th..
Read source - neowin.net - 07.10.2009

Microsoft announces availability of Windows phones worldwide

Today can be marked as the last day of the "Windows Mobile" device brand as Microsoft has announced the availability of Windows Phones worldwide at an exclusive event in NYC hosted by Robbie Bach, pre..
Read source - neowin.net - 06.10.2009

Ballmer: Microsoft never recovered from Vista blow

As Microsoft prepares for the release of Windows 7, CEO Steve Ballmer admits that the companys reputation has never recovered from the launch of Vista.



This from the User..
Read source - winbeta.org - 06.10.2009

NPD: U.S. Mac Ownership Grows, But Nearly 85% of Mac Households Also Own Windows PCs

According to market research firm NPD's 2009 Household Penetration Study, approximately 12% of U.S. computer-owning households have an Apple computer, up from 9% in last year's study. But of these Mac..
Read source - winbeta.org - 05.10.2009

A CNET Conversation with Steve Ballmer

Steve Ballmer is never at a loss for words, but that doesn't mean he always spills the beans.



Such was the case with the top-secret Courier dual-screen tablet that Microsoft is sa..
Read source - winbeta.org - 05.10.2009

Breaking: Thousands of Hotmail passwords leaked online

Neowin has received information regarding a possible Windows Live Hotmail "hack" or phishing scheme where password details of thousands of Hotmail accounts have been posted online. An anonymous user ..
Read source - neowin.net - 05.10.2009

PlayStation 3 outsells Wii in Japan for the first time

Sony's PlayStation 3 games console has outsold the Nintendo Wii for the first time on a monthly basis in Japan, with 309,939 PlayStation's sold in September. The Wii ranked fourth, behind both..
Read source - neowin.net - 05.10.2009

Windows 7 retail boxes begin surfacing in stores

That's right, October 22 is creeping up fast, and Windows 7 is getting very close to being available to the general public, even though most of us probably have our hands on a copy by now. Accordi..
Read source - neowin.net - 05.10.2009

Software Investment Drives Continued Growth in Local Economies

IDC estimates that Microsofts partners worldwide will generate US$537 billion in 2009 despite global economic turmoil...
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 05.10.2009

Apple causes legal distress over revamped Woolworths logo

Halfway through last year, the company Woolworths Supermarkets announced that it was going to revamp its logo, in addition to making some other changes, altering the entire corporate branding strategy..
Read source - neowin.net - 05.10.2009

Adobe pushes Flash video on mobile devices

Adobe Systems has garnered the support of mobile heavy hitters such as Google, Motorola, Nvidia, Palm, RIM, and Qualcomm for its new Flash Player 10.1 software for smartphones, Netbooks, and other mob..
Read source - winbeta.org - 05.10.2009

Apple setting the trend in print

News of the long awaited Apple Tablet is coming thick and fast recently - it seems that there are certain sectors who are not eagerly anticipating the arrival of the Tablet as many consumers are. Ex..
Read source - neowin.net - 05.10.2009

IBM CEO Responds to Microsoft CEO Criticism

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that IBMs narrower footprint may not be to the benefit of IBM shareholders. As expected, IBM CEO Sam Palmisano
Read source - neowin.net - 01.10.2009

Happy 9th Birthday Neowin!

It's that time of the year again, the 1st of October, where we can celebrate a successful 9 years online! I'm happy to announce that this past year has seen a vast improvement to our news repo..
Read source - neowin.net - 01.10.2009

MSN Introduces Online Tools to Help People Make Smarter Health and Lifestyle Decisions

Today, MSN released the beta of My Health Info, a new online service that helps people manage their health information on the Web. My Health Info is a unique service that offers people a variety of to..
Read source - winbeta.org - 01.10.2009

Twitter unveils 'Lists' feature, API details to follow soon

The social networking site 'Twitter' has been firing out announcements regarding functionality lately; they've got an official 'Retweeting' feature in the oven, to add to an upcomi..
Read source - neowin.net - 01.10.2009

Nvidia Discloses Details On Next-Gen Fermi GPU

The Tech Report has published the first details describing the architecture behind Nvidia's upcoming Fermi GPU. More than just a graphics processor..
Read source - winbeta.org - 01.10.2009

SSL spoof bug still haunts IE, Safari, Chrome

Nine weeks after a hacker demonstrated how to spoof authentication certificates for virtually any website on the internet, users of Internet Explorer and many other applications remain susceptible bec..
Read source - winbeta.org - 01.10.2009

Pioneer to release first 12x Blu-ray Disc burner

Pioneer has nabbed victory in being the first company to manufacture a 12x Blu-ray writer for single and dual-layer media. The current generation of Blu-ray burners holds a maximum write speed of 8x, ..
Read source - neowin.net - 01.10.2009

NY Times: scurry past lines at airport security

Wouldn't it be great to have more time to saunter through duty-free shops? The question would you pay a yearly subscription to skip airport security lines. If there were such a service, many would..
Read source - neowin.net - 01.10.2009

Microsoft opens Chicago and Dublin datacenters; preps for more hosted offerings

Just a week after celebrating the opening its “chiller-free” Dublin dat..
Read source - winbeta.org - 01.10.2009

Online overtakes TV advertising in the UK

Online advertising has overtaken TV advertising in the UK for the first time, with a record £1.75 billion spent on advertising in the first six months of 2009. Internet advertising in the UK now..
Read source - neowin.net - 30.09.2009

GPU-Accelerated Flash Player In The Works

nVidia has been teasing the tech world with demonstrations of a gpu-accelerated flash player for a little while now, and has kept any media coverage at bay in preparation for a public announcement by ..
Read source - neowin.net - 30.09.2009

BT handed 100,000 file-sharer's IP addresses from BPI

The BPI have accused BT of not doing enough to prevent music piracy, after handing them 100,000 IP addresses of users allegedly caught sharing copyrighted files, according to an article by TorrentFrea..
Read source - neowin.net - 30.09.2009

Judge Ignores Jury to Hand Microsoft Victory

It seems that Microsoft is nearly always in court for one reason or another. But this time something has gone their way. Following a Rhode Island jury's decision in April that Microsoft violated s..
Read source - neowin.net - 30.09.2009

Microsoft gets big patent verdict overturned

A federal court on Tuesday reversed an earlier ruling that Microsoft's product activation technology infringed on another company's patent, overturning a
Read source - neowin.net - 30.09.2009

YouTube and Warner Music are best friends again

The Google owned company, YouTube, has one again made partners with music industry giant, Warner Music. The two media giants have finally ended a nine month dispute that started over royalty payments..
Read source - neowin.net - 30.09.2009

Dell Latitude Z introduces wireless charging

Dell's new Latitude Z brings new light to the laptop market, with wireless charging, allowing users to cut the cord. The tiny form factor comes in at 16" across and 14 millimeters at the most nar..
Read source - neowin.net - 30.09.2009

Google Wave spreading to 100,000 more users tomorrow

Google unveiled a new project of theirs back in may, which they gave the name 'Google Wave'. It was exciting for a lot of people who got to try it out early, as, though a pre-release (therefor..
Read source - neowin.net - 30.09.2009

Twitter, Facebook and Sky for Xbox 360 begin to appear

Back in June at this year's E3 gaming expo Microsoft announced that Facebook, Twitter and Last.fm integration would be coming to the Xbox 360 dashboard, allowing users to update their accounts and..
Read source - neowin.net - 30.09.2009

Microsoft Says Windows 7 Is as Green as It Gets

Microsoft has been pushing Windows 7 as greener than Vista or XP, designed with a variety of energy-saving options for both IT administrators and end-users. At the same time, it has been pursuing new ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 30.09.2009

BBC opens world's biggest zoo online

The BBC has opened what could be described as the world's biggest zoo, in the form of a new website containing hundreds of pictures, audio and video from their vast collection of wildlife programm..
Read source - neowin.net - 29.09.2009

Windows 7 OEM prices unveiled, 50% off list price

ComputerWorld is reporting that online retailer Newegg.com has unveiled Windows 7 OEM pricing. Newegg.com has priced the OEM version of Windows 7 Home Premium at $99.99 which is a price reduction..
Read source - neowin.net - 29.09.2009

See the US Navy's Command Center of the future

Once you enter the lobby you face wall of big screens, displaying current critical operations. Jeff Clarkson, research engineer at SPAWAR, wants you to see all relevant information, as you move throug..
Read source - neowin.net - 29.09.2009

Microsoft releases Security Essentials today

Finally, after a year-long development phase, Microsoft Security Essentials have been publicly released. If you can't wait to get your hands on Microsoft's latest security software, you don..
Read source - neowin.net - 29.09.2009

Vodafone UK set to sell iPhone early next year

24 hours after UK operator Orange announced plans to offer the iPhone in the UK, Vodafone has confirmed their intentions to offer the device in early 2010. Following the end of Apple's exclusive ..
Read source - neowin.net - 29.09.2009

Walk, don't run: Opera pleads with EU

Opera's Chief Technology Officer, Hakon Wium has told Reuters that he is, "slightly concerned about perhaps a premature settlement in ", following comments by the Europ..
Read source - neowin.net - 29.09.2009

Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 update

Nicole Berett: Weve talked extensively<..
Read source - winbeta.org - 29.09.2009

Microsofts New Tool in the Fight Against Malware Free to Consumers

Microsoft Security Essentials, Microsoft Corp.s new no-cost, core anti-malware service that helps protect consumers against viruses, spyware and other malicious software, will be available tomorrow, T..
Read source - winbeta.org - 29.09.2009

NVIDIA release OpenCL GPU drivers for Linux and Windows

NVIDIA have released certified OpenCL drivers for Windows and Linux, after passing conformance tests at Khronos in ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 29.09.2009

Dell Latitude Z Hands On: Kills Cords Completely With Wireless Charging

Someone at Dell must have tripped over some wires and after cleaning up the bloody gash came up with the $2,000 anti-cord Latitude Z: It has wireless charging and wirelessly connects to displays too.<..
Read source - winbeta.org - 29.09.2009

Apple's head start: 85,000 apps

With the launch of Microsoft's Windows Marketplace for Mobile just over the horizon, Apple is making it clear just how much catching up Microsoft will need to do. More than 85,000 apps are now availab..
Read source - winbeta.org - 29.09.2009

NVIDIA shows Ion accelerating 720p Flash video

NVIDIA at a recent presentation showed its Ion chipset accelerating HD video on a netbook. While the hardware can already process HD alread..
Read source - winbeta.org - 29.09.2009

American soldiers use iPods on the battlefield

What kind of music one listens to can certainly say a lot about one's character. Professor Jon Pieslak, a music theorist at the City College of New York, has based an interesting project on this n..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.09.2009

Apple's App Store passes 2 billion downloads

Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch App Store has reached another milestone today as it was announced that over 2 billion apps have now been downloaded through the service. It was only in April of this ..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.09.2009

More details about iPhone launch from Orange

Earlier today, Orange announced that it will be offering the iPhone 3G and 3GS to UK consumers later on this year. This will mark the first time that customers in the UK have a choice of network opera..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.09.2009

Apple pushes unwanted enterprise tool to Windows users

Apple has pushed out an unwanted update to Windows PC's through the Apple Software Update tool called iPhone Configuration Utility, reported by ZDNet. The unwanted utility was made available to e..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.09.2009

Microsoft confirms no Windows 7 restrictions on netbooks

Microsoft announced that they have removed the netbook restrictions that previously prevented users from installing any version of Windows 7 on their netbook. The lifted restriction means users can i..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.09.2009

Helios: Another Microsoft operating system project to watch

Microsofts researchers are working on yet another operating-system research project which can trace its roots to the companys Singularity project. This new operating system, known as Helios, is a hete..
Read source - winbeta.org - 28.09.2009

Ants inspire new generation of security software

The way ants behave when their colony is under threat is the inspiration behind a new generation of network security software, which has been successfully deployed by security experts. By mimicking th..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.09.2009

EU is considering volume limitations on MP3 players

The European Commission is going publish plans this week that will propose to limit the volume output on MP3 players and cell phones that are capable of playing music. The idea is that the current MP..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.09.2009

Orange UK set to sell iPhone 3G and 3GS later this year

Orange have announced plans to sell the iPhone 3G and 3GS to customers in the UK later this year. The deal marks the end of an exclusive agreement between Apple and UK provider O2 for the iPhone devi..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.09.2009

TomTom iPhone car kit price announced

TomTom announced pricing for their iPhone in car kit, which will be sold separately from the application, for a retail price for $119.95 US, available in October. Last month, TomTom released thei..
Read source - neowin.net - 27.09.2009

Google barks back at Microsoft over Chrome Frame security

Google hit back at Microsoft today, defending the security of its new Chrome Frame plug-in and claiming that the software actually makes Internet Explorer (IE) safer and more secure.


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Read source - winbeta.org - 26.09.2009

Browser makers complain about Microsoft's ballot-screen fix

Responding to a European Union questionnaire sent out this summer, Web browser makers have complained about Microsoft's proposed ballot-screen solution to antitrust concerns.



The ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 26.09.2009

"Broadband Tax" could become UK law

Revealed this week, a tax increase of 50p may become law for UK taxpayers that will go towards a fund to fuel growing development for the infrastructure of Internet networks throughout Britain. Appea..
Read source - neowin.net - 25.09.2009

Security experts claim malvertising must be tackled

Security experts have called for Internet companies to do more to tackle the growing threat of "malvertising", the practice of placing fake adverts on a website to convince visitors to download malwar..
Read source - neowin.net - 25.09.2009

Windows 7 PCs available early

Microsoft's new operating system, Windows 7, is set to officially launch and become generally available to the public on October 22. Some custom computer builders, however, have now been given per..
Read source - neowin.net - 25.09.2009

Analyst: Rumors of an EA takeover by Microsoft are "silly"

As reported by Barron's, Doug Creutz, analyst for Cowen and Company believes that the likelihood of Microsoft taking over EA is "inconsequentially low." "EA gets over 30% of its revenue from Son..
Read source - neowin.net - 25.09.2009

Microsoft, researchers release new operating system project: Barrelfish

You've likely heard of Microsoft's next-gen operating system projects Midori and
Read source - neowin.net - 25.09.2009

Apple rumored to be releasing new iMacs very soon

Another rumor has hit the world of Apple just earlier, bringing some whispers that the company has a refresh of its iMac line all geared up and ready to be released. As usual, AppleInsider has the sou..
Read source - neowin.net - 25.09.2009

Phoenix Instant Boot BIOS starts loading Windows in under a second

Phoenix is showing off a few interesting things at IDF, but the real standout is their new Instant Boot BIOS, a highly optimized UEFI implementation that can start loading an OS in just under a second..
Read source - winbeta.org - 25.09.2009

Ballmer: MS screwed up Windows Mobile

Microsoft executive Steve Ballmer recently acknowledged the company's problems getting Windows Mobile 7..
Read source - winbeta.org - 25.09.2009

Intel shows off light peak...on a hackintosh?

As recently reported by Neowin, Intel has developed a new technology called "Light Peak". With its impressive duplex 10Gps connection it can transfer data at incredible rates. Today Intel has shown ..
Read source - neowin.net - 25.09.2009

Early debut for Windows 7 PCs

Eager to get your hands on a new PC with Microsoft's Windows 7 preinstalled? If you play your cards right, you could get one as much as a week or more in advance of the software's official Oct. 22 rel..
Read source - winbeta.org - 25.09.2009

Twitter now worth $1 billion

At first many shared the same opinions about Twitter, when it launched. Even I asked myself how much more absurd could the idea of modern communication get. However, millions of people around the wo..
Read source - neowin.net - 25.09.2009

Microsoft's CodePlex Foundation leader soaks in stinging critique

After a stinging critique from a noted expert in establishing consortia, the ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 25.09.2009

Microsoft: Google Chrome Frame makes IE less secure

The release of Google Chrome Frame, a new open source plugin that injects Chrome's renderer and JavaScript engine into Microsoft's browser,
Read source - winbeta.org - 24.09.2009

Microsoft and Intel port Silverlight to Moblin Linux

Intel and Microsoft have announced a new port of Silverlight to Linux, specifically for the Intel-sponsored Moblin operating system running on Atom-pow..
Read source - winbeta.org - 24.09.2009

Microsoft Bing Engineer Echoes Google on The Future of Search

Jan Pedersen, chief scientist for core search at Microsoft, shared his thoughts on the current search market and its future direction in this post on the Huffington Post. Pedersen's piece echoes a lot..
Read source - winbeta.org - 24.09.2009

Intel shows off new Light Peak 10Gbps optical connector

At the IDF right now, the big talk is about USB 3.0, and for good reason. It's a fantastic improvement to the current USB 2.0 technology, and it's now beginning to show its head in the consume..
Read source - neowin.net - 24.09.2009

Microsoft opening Windows Cafe in Paris to promote Windows 7

With the release of Windows 7 coming up very soon, Microsoft is doing its best to help build excitement; from Windows 7 parties to marketing campaigns, the software giant is sure showing the world how..
Read source - neowin.net - 24.09.2009

AMD's Radeon HD 5870: Bringing About the Next Generation Of GPUs

Sometimes a surprise is nice. Other times it's nice for things to go as planned for once.



Compared to the HD 4800 series launch, AMDs launch of the HD 5800 series today is going t..
Read source - winbeta.org - 23.09.2009

Dell launches first laptop with Intel's Core i7

Dell is launching its first laptops with Intel's new Core i7 processor for laptops.



The Intel "Clarksfield" Core i7 processor boasts four cores and is the chipmaker's first mobile..
Read source - winbeta.org - 23.09.2009

Windows 8: More early clues start to emerge

As soon as Microsoft releases the final bits of a new Windows release to manufacturing and often before many users' thoughts turn to what’s next.



Windows 7 and its server ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 23.09.2009

Microsoft Research Thinkers Tap Fountain of Youth with Total Recall

Microsoft Research investigators Gordon Bell and Jim Gemmell envision a world where people will digitally record their lives life in minute detail. The two have written a book, Total Recall, that ex..
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 23.09.2009

Yahoo relaunches new web portal

Internet search engine Yahoo has launched its new web portal, alongside a $100m advertising campaign, with the company hoping the changes will boost traffic and turn a profit, according to the BBC..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.09.2009

TechSpot: ATI Radeon HD 5870 Review

Following a successful run with the codenamed R700 family of GPUs, which was originally released back in June 2008 as the Radeon HD 4000 series, AMD is launching the highly anticipated R800. Debuting ..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.09.2009

New round of Windows 7 adverts begin airing

Earlier this month Neowin reported on some potential Windows 7 adverts. Last night Microsoft began airing these adverts. The first ever TV commercial originally appeared earlier this month on US TV s..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.09.2009

'Courier' rumored to be one of many Microsoft prototypes

The unveiling of Microsoft's new Courier booklet device prototype by Gizmodo today got a lot of people excited; whilst this is great news, there may be more announcements to come, according to CNE..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.09.2009

New iPod nano banned in major gym chain's locker rooms

Apple's recently introduced iPod nano packed a couple new features, as is expected, but it also came with a built-in video camera. Whilst this is all well and good, the slim size of the nano makes..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.09.2009

Global Give Back Circle Helps End the Cycle of Poverty

Breakthrough project in Kenya utilizes a Microsoft technology lab and mentors from the company to help disadvantaged girls prepare for higher education...
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 23.09.2009

Microsoft's secret 'Courier' booklet device unveiled

With rumors abound that Apple is bringing out a tablet device at the start of next year, people seem to have forgotten about opposition. Gizmodo certainly haven't forgotten, and they've just r..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.09.2009

Mozilla plans to "Ribbonize" Firefox

Mozilla has unveiled plans to "ribbonize" Firefox 3.7 for Windows Vista and Windows 7 in an attempt to reduce on-screen clutter and free up screen real estate.



Mozilla
Read source - winbeta.org - 23.09.2009

Courier: First Details of Microsoft's Secret Tablet

It feels like the whole world is holding its breath for the Apple tablet. But maybe we've all been dreaming about the wrong device. This is Courier, Microsoft's astonishing take on the tablet.

Read source - winbeta.org - 23.09.2009

Courier tablet one of many Microsoft prototypes

Microsoft does indeed have a dual-screen tablet code..
Read source - winbeta.org - 23.09.2009

DivX Tech Preview Adds MKV Video Support to Windows 7

The latest DivX tech preview adds support for MKV video files to Windows 7, so you can use them in Media Center, Media Player, and eve..
Read source - winbeta.org - 23.09.2009

Push Gmail available on iPhone thanks to Google Sync update

One of the complaints that Apple commonly receives about its iPhone is that push email services are not available for Gmail, whereas they are for MobileMe, the paid service from the company, as well a..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.09.2009

Intel demonstrates 22nm chips scheduled for 2011 release

Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel, stated in a 1965 research paper that the number of transistors on a CPU will double approximately every two years; this belief became very famous, and is now known a..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.09.2009

Google brings Chrome rendering engine to IE6, 7 and 8

A thorn in the side of many web developers is Internet Explorer 6. It's an old browser that has many annoyances that cause those creating websites to have to add additional code just to have thing..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.09.2009

Microsoft uses swine flu to promote service

Microsoft has come up with a novel use for its online Office Live Workspace document sharing service. On a new website the company recommends that teachers should use the tools it provides to "continu..
Read source - neowin.net - 23.09.2009

Seagate release their first 2TB SATA 3.0 hard disk

Seagate have introduced their first hard drive which supports the new SATA 3.0 specification. The Barracuda XT is the Seagate's first drive to use the new interface, which has a theoretical bandwi..
Read source - neowin.net - 22.09.2009

Apple approves nearly 1400 Apps in one day

It's no secret that Apple's App store has been a huge success for Apple. It has helped to propel the iPhone to the de facto stature that it is today. Last Friday (9/18/09) Apple approved a m..
Read source - neowin.net - 22.09.2009

Microsoft Releases Windows 7 Technologies to Manufacturers of Specialized Devices

Today during an industry address at the Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) Boston, Microsoft Corp. announced its initial rollout of Windows 7 technologies to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 22.09.2009

Young Microsoft Innovators Cited by MIT Magazine

Jaime Teevan earns recognition with her work in information retrieval, while Shahram Izadi is cited for human-computer interaction projects...
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 22.09.2009

Apple states iPhone apps are not for business use

A Swedish customer found out the hard way that applications sold through the iTunes store are for personal use only, with business use forbidden by Apple, when trying to reclaim tax on a purchase he m..
Read source - neowin.net - 22.09.2009

AMD confirms six-core Thuban CPU

AMD has confirmed that it will be releasing a six core (or hexa-core) CPU in 2010. While it was speculated that this would happen, AMD had not confirmed that such a product existed until yesterday. ..
Read source - neowin.net - 22.09.2009

662,000 txts sent in 1 month and man receives 12K page bill

MobileCrunch is reporting that an anonymous AT&T subscriber in the US sent 662,000 txt messages in August and received a 12,000 paged paper bill. It could be an elaborate fake but judging by the vide..
Read source - neowin.net - 22.09.2009

iPhone developer ports game to Zune HD in a mere 12 hours

A few days ago, Novell unveiled its new 'MonoTouch' SDK to be used for developing iPhone applications in .NET, much to the happiness of some and, unfortunately, the opposite for others. It see..
Read source - neowin.net - 22.09.2009

Microsoft said to be hiring Apple Store managers and staff

Just recently, Microsoft unveiled their own range of dedicated stores in which they'll showcase their software and technologies, as well as directly compete with the opposing Apple Stores. Of cour..
Read source - neowin.net - 22.09.2009

Windows chief working on book

Windows 7 isn't the only major product due out this fall from Steven Sinofsky. The Microsoft Windows president has been working as a co-author on a book with Harvard Business School's Marco Iansiti, a..
Read source - winbeta.org - 22.09.2009

Microsoft's Twitter policy simple, straightforward

If you're curious about where Microsoft stands on employees' use of Twitter, take a look at Microsoft's "Tweeting Guidelines" (P..
Read source - winbeta.org - 22.09.2009

Microsoft gains U.S. search share: comScore

Microsoft Corp's new Bing search engine continued to take share from Google Inc, grabbing 9.3 percent of the U.S. Internet search market in August, according to data released on Monday.


Read source - winbeta.org - 22.09.2009

Microsoft begins confirming Windows 7 launch parties

Microsoft has begun confirming Windows 7 launch parties for hosts across the world. Neowin reported earlier this month that Microsoft is planning to offer copies of Windows 7 and party materials to t..
Read source - neowin.net - 22.09.2009

New Net Neutrality purposed by FCC chief

The chief of the FCC (Federal Communications Commission), Julius Genachowski, has outlined a plan on Monday with a new net neutrality plan to help keep the Internet open. The new purposed plan would ..
Read source - neowin.net - 21.09.2009

Message to Students and IT Pros: Prepare Today for Careers of the Future

As Microsoft launches a new career campaign this fall, company executives share their vision for the future of technology jobs, and how IT pros and students can start preparing now...
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 21.09.2009

Google to compromise on book search deal

When Google announced its book deal, they were immediately criticized by many groups and corporations for its potential to give Google too much power over "orphan books". Orphan books are books whe..
Read source - neowin.net - 21.09.2009

Microsoft: Security Essentials final edition in coming weeks

Microsoft's security essentials team has confirmed the final version of Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) will be made available in the coming weeks. MSE is Microsoft's free anti-virus and ..
Read source - neowin.net - 21.09.2009

Big cat on Microsoft campus (and it's not a Snow Leopard)

There have been multiple sightings of a big cat, presumed to be a cougar, prowling around Microsoft's Redmond campus. Whilst the reports are yet to be confirmed, there were two spottings in as man..
Read source - neowin.net - 21.09.2009

US DOJ urges court to reject Google's book deal

The US Department of Justice has filed its concerns over a deal between Google and several book publishers which would see the creation of what could be the world's biggest virtual library. They h..
Read source - neowin.net - 20.09.2009

Microsoft gives shareholders greater input on executive pay

Executive compensation can be quite a big deal if you're a shareholder with a company; as you'd expect, people want to be able to have a say on whether or not a high ranking member of an organ..
Read source - neowin.net - 20.09.2009

Intel Core i7 For Laptops First Benchmarks

PC Pro has benchmarked the first Intel Core i7 processors for laptops. The chips mark the debut of Intel's ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 20.09.2009

Microsoft approves 'say on pay' shareholder vote

Microsoft's Board of Directors on Friday approved a nonbinding shareholder vote on senior executive compensation, the company said.



The "say on pay" vote will allow shareholders t..
Read source - winbeta.org - 19.09.2009

Thief caught after stopping to check Facebook

A 19 year old Pennsylvanian man has been arrested after stopping to check his account on social networking website Facebook whilst burgling a house, and then forgetting to log out again. According to..
Read source - neowin.net - 19.09.2009

Apple opens App Store Resource Center for developers

Apple's App Store has only been around for a relatively short time, but it's grown phenomenally during the period of time that it has been available. Unfortunately for the company, it may have..
Read source - neowin.net - 19.09.2009

Pirate Bay sale faces more delays

The purchase of The Pirate Bay by Swedish software company Global Gaming Factory X AB (GGF) has looked unlikely for several weeks now as the firm has been struggling to raise enough funds for the deal..
Read source - neowin.net - 19.09.2009

School of gaming to open in New York

A new public school is to open in New York next month, which will use video games and software packages such as LittleBigPlanet and Maya to teach its pupils, as well as board and card games. Named Qu..
Read source - neowin.net - 18.09.2009

Microsoft launches Office Web Apps

Microsoft made available today to a select group of beta testers the Community Technology Preview (CTP) test build of its online version of Office. The online version of Office (while not intended to..
Read source - neowin.net - 18.09.2009

Google praises Microsoft's HTML 5 thoughts

In a rare display of public goodwill between Google and Microsoft, the companies are bonding over Microsoft's decision to actively participate in the HTML 5 standards process.



In ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 18.09.2009

Microsoft Web Apps: Office Goes to the Web

Q&A: Michael Schultz, director of marketing for Microsoft Office Services at Microsoft, explains the Office Web Apps Technical Preview program and the companys mission to empower people to work anywhe..
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 17.09.2009

Windows Mobile 7 info, 1,000 engineers working on project

Microsoft has confirmed that the current team of 1,000 developers, working on Windows Mobile 7, are planning to feature social networks as a key element of Windows Mobile 7. In a company job posting,..
Read source - neowin.net - 17.09.2009

Nvidia: DirectX 11 is not important

Nvidia's Sr. Vice President, Investor Relations, Mike Hara, has played down the significance of DirectX 11 at the Deutsche Bank Securities Technology Conference. Instead, Mr. Hara insists technologies..
Read source - winbeta.org - 17.09.2009

Tech support firm expects bump in business from Win7

With Windows 7 in the wings, on-demand tech support firm iYogi is expanding its staff to accommodate an anticipated run on its services, especially from those moving off XP.



The N..
Read source - winbeta.org - 17.09.2009

Internet pioneer Cerf urges IPv6 migrations

Internet pioneer Vinton Cerf repeated a call for migrations to IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) to stave off an anticipated lack of available addresses on IPv4.



Speaking at an ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 17.09.2009

Microsoft delivers a partial preview of its Office Web Apps

Ed Bott: When it released a technical preview of Office 2010 several months ago, Microsoft promised a companion suite of web-based Office applications. Today, the company released a partial preview of..
Read source - winbeta.org - 17.09.2009

Skype founders take eBay to court

The original founders of online telephony service Skype have filled a lawsuit against Ebay, and an investment group who recently agreed to buy the service, seeking millions of dollars in damages for u..
Read source - neowin.net - 17.09.2009

Microsoft: UK students to get Windows 7 for £30

Microsoft has taken the wraps off an amazing offer for UK students today. From October 1, students in the UK with a valid email address (an email address given by the college or university, e.g. name..
Read source - neowin.net - 17.09.2009

HP's DreamScreen Aims to Cut Ties to the PC

HP is trying to revive the idea of placing smart screens around the home to display content from the Web and PCs, though the number of Web sites available at first will be very limited.


Read source - winbeta.org - 17.09.2009

Mozilla picks up Firefox development pace with 'sprint' updates

Mozilla has switched to a quick-paced sprint cycle for Firefox that it hopes will bring new features to users faster, the companys browser architect said today.



We decided we n..
Read source - winbeta.org - 17.09.2009

Google Delivers New Java-like Language: Noop

The tireless, developer-centric engineers at Google have come up with Noop, a new language that runs on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM).

Read source - winbeta.org - 17.09.2009

Hacker: Snow Leopard less secure than Windows

As reported by Techworld, Snow Leopard, Apple's highly anticipated new operating system, lacks basic security features that are found in Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 says Charlie Miller..
Read source - neowin.net - 17.09.2009

Facebook grows and may generate income

News is being reported on the BBC Technology website regarding several aspects of Facebook's growth into a much greater entity. An announcement at TechCrunch 50 in San Francisco, a conference for ..
Read source - neowin.net - 17.09.2009

BBC submits plans to copy protect Freeview HD listings

The BBC has been criticised for its plans to copy protect high definition Freeview content, by encrypting certain data that only manufactures the BBC deem trustworthy will be given the decryption keys..
Read source - neowin.net - 17.09.2009

Bing gains market share

Microsoft's new search engine, Bing, has managed to take the third spot in the top search providers for August 2009. Bing was launched back in May 2009 and has managed to snatch 10.7% market shar..
Read source - neowin.net - 17.09.2009

Microsoft launches a 'private cloud' blog

Mary Jo Foley: For those wondering what Microsoft has up its sleeve, in terms of its "private-cloud" strategy, there’s a new resource worth tracking: Zune HD launch announcement yesterday: joy that ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 16.09.2009

Bug testers: Google is clean, Bing is buggy

An independent search engine bug bash gave high marks to Google's bug testers and found that while Bing is buggy, it's also doing a lot of things right.



A company called first birthday just two weeks ago, we looked forward to an action-packed year for the br..
Read source - winbeta.org - 15.09.2009

HP aims to take on MacBook Air with "Envy"

Hewlett Packard showed off several new products today, including its new "Envy" sub-brand which will be competing with Apple's MacBook Air and Dell's Adamo. Starting at $1699 - nearly ..
Read source - neowin.net - 15.09.2009

New Zune Moves to Cloud

Zune HD goes on sale starting today, and with it comes Zune 4.0, which uses cloud computing to let customers seamlessly move back and forth from watching video and listening to music on their Zune HD,..
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 15.09.2009

Windows 7 tip: Recycle Bin on your Windows 7 Taskbar

I'm not exactly sure when it became cool to abandon the use of your operating system's desktop, but a growing number of people these days prefer the "clean" look. Recent releases of Microsoft ..
Read source - neowin.net - 15.09.2009

Zune 4.0 software now available

Microsoft has officially released the Zune 4.0 software today. The software package introduces a number of new features for Zune owners and some great additions for Windows 7 owners. Outside of the s..
Read source - neowin.net - 15.09.2009

Zune HD apps and games confirmed, Twitter and Facebook due

Today is Zune HD day in the United States and just as the Zune HD is about to go on sale Microsoft has confirmed that the Zune HD will have applications and games later this year. In a press release,..
Read source - neowin.net - 15.09.2009

Zune HD hands-on and unboxing video

It feels like a long time from the early rumors to devices on shelves, but Microsofts latest PMP, the Zune HD, is finally here. Packing WiFi along with a touch-sensitive OLED display, the Zune HD is ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 15.09.2009

New Zealand to get country wide filtered internet

It looks like New Zealand is set to be the next country to get country-wide internet filtering, according to a blog post on Geekzone. The New Zealand department of internal affairs has released a draf..
Read source - neowin.net - 15.09.2009

Facebook gets an update, becoming similar to Twitter

Today, Facebook rolled out an update to their platform which allows users to "@" reply to their friends, in a very similar fashion to that of Twitter. Over the last year, Facebook has appeared to be..
Read source - neowin.net - 15.09.2009

Twitter is growing up: 18 million users by the end of 2009?

The popularity of social networking sites such as the giant Facebook and its baby brother Twitter is something which can be hard to quantify in terms of figures. Perhaps the best way to do so is to us..
Read source - neowin.net - 15.09.2009

MySpace, Hulu and others roll out in Windows Live this week

Late last year, Microsoft announced a rather large list of partnerships with some of the web's biggest social networks allowing Windows Live customers to share what they were doing with their netw..
Read source - neowin.net - 15.09.2009

Bing launches Visual Search, powered by Silverlight

Last week Neowin.net reported that Bing 2.0 was coming and would be powered by Silverlight. Microsoft has now unveiled its next version of their decision engine, Bing Visual Search. The new Visual S..
Read source - neowin.net - 15.09.2009

Microsoft to Shift Servers, Culture to New Green Lab

Microsofts Redmond Ridge 1, a new computer lab being built a few miles from the Redmond campus, aims to consolidate existing computer labs on campus and help shift company culture to remote software d..
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 14.09.2009

Next Wi-fi standard approved, 802.11N

You may recall Neowin's previous article regarding this topic, posted on the eighth of August this year. "The 802.11n technology, as it is known, was ratified by the IEEE, a body that oversees a..
Read source - neowin.net - 14.09.2009

Microsoft's $358 million damage award overturned

A US court of appeals has overturned a judgment in a patent dispute case of Alcatel-Lucent vs. Microsoft. The case, based around a patent for entering information into the calendar on Microsoft Outlo..
Read source - neowin.net - 14.09.2009

Microsoft Security Essentials or Forefront: Which should a Windows user choose?

It's been a while since Microsoft has shared any new information about its free antimalware offering, Microsoft Security Essentials (codenamed "Morro..
Read source - winbeta.org - 14.09.2009

Microsoft accelerates desktop virtualization plans

Microsoft has massively accelerated delivery of the next version of its desktop enterprise virtualization software, while unveiling the next release of its Application Virtualization, aka Microsoft TechEd Australia 2009 this week, Reed Shaffner from the Office team ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 12.09.2009

Browser Face-Off: Battery Life Explored

AnandTech: What we are going to look at today is the impact of your choice of browser on battery life, plain and simple. Except, coming up with a benchmark is neither plain nor simple. We have used se..
Read source - winbeta.org - 12.09.2009

Zune HD promo videos available, 3D gaming revealed

BuyTV has posted several promotional videos of the new Zune HD which goes on sale next Tuesday, September 15. In one of the videos, named "portable perfection", it's clear that the Zune HD will h..
Read source - neowin.net - 12.09.2009

IEEE ratifies 802.11n Wi-Fi standard after 7 years

The IEEE standards group today officially ratified 802.11n, the most recent standard for Wi-Fi. The move officially takes ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 12.09.2009

Apple fixes 33 security holes

Today Apple shipped another security update for Mac OS X, this time they published at least 33 updates according to ZDNet. The updates include various third party software updates affecting Mac OS X ..
Read source - neowin.net - 11.09.2009

DOJ requests more info on Microsoft-Yahoo search deal

The U.S. Department of Justice is expanding its review of the pending Microsoft-Yahoo search partnership the pair unveiled this summer.



The DOJ has requested more information from..
Read source - winbeta.org - 11.09.2009

Zune HD to remain US only, for now

Microsoft has gone on record saying that the Zune HD will remain a US device only. This means that if you are anywhere outside of the US then you will not see the Zune HD for some time as Microsoft m..
Read source - neowin.net - 11.09.2009

Palm Pixi makes its debut

Palm stole the headlines in the smartphone world this year with the introduction of its face-saving handset, the Pre. Now three months later, the little sister named the Pixi is here. The Pixi is due ..
Read source - neowin.net - 11.09.2009

Silverlight powered Bing 2.0 on its way this month?

That's the message coming out of yesterdays annual company meeting at Microsoft. Several Microsoft employees tweeted that Microsoft's improvements to Bing maps is "exciting" with one going as ..
Read source - neowin.net - 11.09.2009

Mainstream Quad-Core CPU Performance Comparison

Looking back, quad-core processors have had quite the run already. Intel's first quad-core CPU, the Core 2 Extreme QX6700 was released almost three years ago, with the much more popular Q6600 foll..
Read source - neowin.net - 11.09.2009

AMD Radeon HD 5800 outputs to six LCDs on one card

AMD at a press conference today demonstrated one of the core features of its upcoming Radeon HD 5800 series graphics chipset. Nicknamed Eyefinity, the ATI-branded technology gives a single video card..
Read source - winbeta.org - 11.09.2009

Microsoft airs first Windows 7 TV advert

Microsoft aired its first Windows 7 commercial last night at the 2009 company meeting and across TV stations in the US. Microsoft chose Europe's final countdown as the theme tune for the advert a..
Read source - neowin.net - 11.09.2009

Facebook ordered to hand over source code

Facebook has been ordered to hand over its source code, yet again, after an apparent patent infringement by Facebook on Leader Technologies' patent for "associating a piece of data with multiple c..
Read source - neowin.net - 11.09.2009

Microsoft to Break Windows 7 Campaign on CW's 'Vampire Diaries'

Microsoft's ad push for its new Windows 7 operating system breaks tonight, and this time, instead of relying on Bill Gates, Jerry Seinfeld or a raft of other celebrities, ad agency Crispin Porter & Bo..
Read source - winbeta.org - 11.09.2009

Facebook Lite available now for users in the U.S. and India

A while ago, it was discovered that Facebook, the popular social networking site, had started testing out a new version of its service dubbed 'Facebook Lite'. At the time, it was unclear as to..
Read source - neowin.net - 11.09.2009

Microsoft Launches Open Source Foundation

Just days after being accused of attempting to unleash po..
Read source - winbeta.org - 11.09.2009

Microsoft: We Didn't Underestimate Netbooks

Microsoft recognizes that sales of netbooks may cut into its sales and profits of Windows for laptops and desktops but it still embraces the revenue opportunity, the company's chief financial officer ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 10.09.2009

AMD's new laptop platform improves on graphics

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. today introduced new processors and improved graphics capabilities as part of its latest laptop platform that could up the ante in its battle with rival chip maker Intel Co..
Read source - winbeta.org - 10.09.2009

Support for Technical Community Continues to Evolve

As the community grows worldwide, social media helps Microsoft listen to and learn from customers and partners...
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 10.09.2009

Hubble sends first images after successful repair mission

After undergoing repair, Hubble is back online and is producing images that are both clear and the most detailed we have ever seen. The mission took place in May to update the aging telescope and ess..
Read source - neowin.net - 10.09.2009

Apple announces new iPod Nano and Touch models

Among the release of the iPhone / iPod Touch firmware 3.1 and the release of iTunes 9.0, Apple has announced a new iPod Nano to the market, available as of today. The new iPod Nano supports a slightl..
Read source - neowin.net - 10.09.2009

Q&A with Steve Jobs clarifies interesting product choices

Today's Apple event had some new, though not particularly breakthrough, products announced. The new version of iTunes, number 9, was released to the general public, in addition to the iPhone OS 3...
Read source - neowin.net - 10.09.2009

Microsoft offers Windows Embedded Standard 2011 tutorials

Microsoft has published two blog entries on how to use new features in its Windows Embedded Standard 2011 operating system. Posted on the Wind..
Read source - winbeta.org - 10.09.2009

Normal People Can Now Install CableCARD Tuners On Windows 7 PCs

Microsoft and CableLabs finally opened the door to have regular people add in CableCARD tuners by themselves, after they've purchased the PC and set it up. This is good news.



What..
Read source - winbeta.org - 10.09.2009

Microsoft unveils its thinnest Bluetooth-powered Keyboard

Microsoft announced today its thinnest keyboard dubbed "Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard 6000", which if you didn't notice in the name is designed exclusively for Bluetooth enabled PC's. The keyboard..
Read source - neowin.net - 10.09.2009

Orange and T-Mobile merger

Yesterday, news channels were littered with headlines concerning the possibility of two major mobile network carriers - T-Mobile, and Orange becoming one under plans to merge their two businesses. ..
Read source - neowin.net - 09.09.2009

Live: Apple's Rock and Roll iPod event

Neowin will be live blogging Apple's event which begins at 6PM London time (see other time zones). Apple is expected to announce new variations of the iPod nano and iPod touch which include camer..
Read source - neowin.net - 09.09.2009

Apple releases iTunes 9

Today at Apple's "Let's rock and roll" event in San Francisco, they officially announced the updated iTunes, releasing version 9 today. iTunes 9 comes with Genius Mixes, with more than 54 b..
Read source - neowin.net - 09.09.2009

Apple releases 3.1 iPhone & iPod touch firmware

Apple has announcedd the release of iPhone and iPod Touch firmware 3.1, available for immediate download. The free download, for both iPhone and iPod Touch 3.0 users, is said to improve battery life...
Read source - neowin.net - 09.09.2009

Microsoft Unveils Companys Thinnest Keyboard, Designed Exclusively for Bluetooth Computers

Thin is in; Microsoft Corp. today announced its thinnest keyboard ever the Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard 6000 made exclusively for Bluetooth notebook and desktop computers. Projections show that over 55..
Read source - winbeta.org - 09.09.2009

Plaintiff in Word case says that Microsoft destroyed its business

The company that won an injunction against sales of Microsoft Word, i4i Inc., laid out its case against the Redmond company's appeal in a lengthy brief filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals yesterday. ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 09.09.2009

Apple drops iPod prices hours before media event

With Apple's media event mere hours away, there are a ton of rumors flying as to what the announcements will include. Of course, the iPod range is expected to get a revamp, as it customary with ev..
Read source - neowin.net - 09.09.2009

Monopoly and Google join forces for online game play

The classic board game of Monopoly has been played for years in homes all over the world. But what if you could literally play Monopoly on the world against thousands of other players? The makers of..
Read source - neowin.net - 09.09.2009

Microsoft Security Advisory 975497 Released

Microsoft Security Response Center: We've just released Microsoft released Security Advisory 975497 that pr..
Read source - winbeta.org - 09.09.2009

IBM tool eases JavaScript development

Countering rivals Microsoft and Adobe Systems, IBM is offering a free tool to simplify development of JavaScript-based Web applications, featuring use of a modeling language, according to IBM sources...
Read source - winbeta.org - 09.09.2009

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Now Available

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 is the newest version of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, a Solution Accelerator for operating system and application deployment. MDT 2010 supports deployment of Windows..
Read source - winbeta.org - 09.09.2009

DSGi employees caught insulting customers on Facebook

According to articles by the BBC and PC Pro yesterday, employees from Dixons Store Group International (DSGi) reportedly labelled their customers "stupid", amongst other things, in an unofficial Faceb..
Read source - neowin.net - 09.09.2009

Report: Rivals eye Microsoft's former Linux patents

Microsoft has at times alleged patent infringement in its attempts to stifle certain Linux-based applications. But one group is hoping to fight back by using Microsoft's own former patents.


Read source - winbeta.org - 09.09.2009

Flaw in Windows 7 and Vista could allow remote reboot

Security experts warned Tuesday that a vulnerability in Microsoft's implementation of the SMB2 protocol can be exploited via the net to crash or reboot Windows Vista and Windows 7 systems. An ex..
Read source - neowin.net - 08.09.2009

Russia drops XP investigation

The Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service has dropped its investigation into Microsofts decision to stop selling Windows XP in favor of Windows Vista.



The FAS began a probe in July..
Read source - winbeta.org - 08.09.2009

Microsoft Doloto: Making Ajax page downloads faster

Microsoft is making available for download a tool developed by Microsoft Research that is designed to make Web pages more responsive by decreasing the initial download size of Ajax applications.
..
Read source - winbeta.org - 08.09.2009

Microsoft Raises the Bar for Delivery of Live HD Online Video Using HTTP

Bolstering its ability to provide the richest user experiences to consumers, Microsoft Corp. today announced plans to release Internet Information Services (IIS) Media Services 3.0, which enables deli..
Read source - winbeta.org - 08.09.2009

Windows 7 allows remote blue-screen attacks

Windows 7 when it ships next month will be vulnerable to an attack that hasn't been possible since 1999, a new vulnerability Adobe Flash Playe..
Read source - winbeta.org - 06.09.2009

MS Office 2010 Build 14.0.4417.1000 Download Link and Screenshot Gallery


Download and discuss:Silicon Alley Insider is saying that Loopt (a social network ..
Read source - jcxp.net - 05.09.2009

How to: Change your Google Chrome theme

For the following to work, you will need to download and install Google Chrome from the Developer Channel (Available at the end of this post). This guide is purely for Microsoft Windows, howeve..
Read source - jcxp.net - 05.09.2009

Showcase: Aero Xtreme 7 XP (Developed by InTime Applications)


Read source - jcxp.net - 05.09.2009

Patch Tuesday for September 2009

Microsoft's Security Bulletin for September contains five critical bulletins for release on Tuesday to block Remote Code Execution vulnerabilities in Windows operating systems. The five patches a..
Read source - neowin.net - 05.09.2009

How 136 file sharers became 7 million

Can we trust official governmental figures on file sharing? According to an enquiry by the BBC, the answer to this question is no. A recent governmental report puts the number of UK file sharers at th..
Read source - neowin.net - 05.09.2009

Microsoft permitted to continue Word sales for now

Microsoft Word fans across the world can rejoice and breathe a sigh of relief today as Microsoft has won a temporary stay, allowing Word sales to continue. In August 2009, a judge ordered Microsoft t..
Read source - neowin.net - 04.09.2009

Zune: software update Sep. 15 & Zune HD is only Zune left

Engadget spotted that Microsoft has confirmed the new Zune software update will be made available on September 15. In a newsletter to subscribers, Microsoft notes "soon you'll be able to experien..
Read source - neowin.net - 04.09.2009

The Pirate Bay four get an appeal

The Swedish court has ruled that the Pirate Bay four will receive an appeal, scheduled for November 9, 2009. The Pirate Bay four were convicted of "assisting in making copyright content available" th..
Read source - neowin.net - 04.09.2009

Microsoft wins stay of Word injunction

Microsoft has won a stay of a landmark injunction in a patent infringement case that would have required the software giant to stop selling its popular Word in its current form by next month.

Read source - winbeta.org - 04.09.2009

Microsoft to lay off 27 from Redmond, Bellevue

Microsoft confirmed Thursday the software giant is laying off 27 employees from its Redmond and Bellevue offices, effective Nov. 1.



The Seattle Times

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Read source - jcxp.net - 04.09.2009

Snow Leopard shipped with flash vulnerability

Apple's latest operating system, Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard), has been found to ship with an outdated version of Adobe's Flash Player (10.0.23.1). This version of Flash Player contains a vul..
Read source - neowin.net - 04.09.2009

AT&T to release iPhone MMS on September 25

AT&T announced today it will be launching Multimedia Messaging Service or MMS to the iPhone on September 25, 2009. The long awaited update to the iPhone, since its announcement of the 3.0 firmware ba..
Read source - neowin.net - 04.09.2009

AppStore to offer ready-made ringtones

The AppStore has been missing a few features from their online store for the iPhone, one of those is ready-made custom ringtone versions of songs, used for incoming calls.. Apple will be revealing..
Read source - neowin.net - 03.09.2009

Sony to ship PCs with Google Chrome browser

Google and Sony have announced a deal that will see computers in its VAIO range supplied with Google's Chrome browser pre-installed. This is the first time that Google has agreed such a deal with ..
Read source - neowin.net - 03.09.2009

Music videos return to YouTube in the UK

Earlier this year, YouTube blocked access to all premium music videos for users in the UK after failing to reach a deal over a new license with PRS for Music (formerly the Performing Rights Society). ..
Read source - neowin.net - 03.09.2009

Nvidia's Ian Buck Talks GPGPU

Tom's Hardware: With Snow Leopard and Windows 7 both offering GPGPU capabilities, we wanted to talk to Nvidia's Ian Buck. Not only is he one of the fathers of Brook, the programming language ultimatel..
Read source - winbeta.org - 03.09.2009

Microsoft Xbox 360 Least Reliable Console, Report Finds

Largely owning to the infamous Red Ring of Death (RROD), a survey finds the Microsoft Xbox 360 video game console is the least reliable console platform, lagging behind the PlayStation 3, which ranked..
Read source - winbeta.org - 03.09.2009

Red Hat takes aim at Microsoft, VMware with virtualization, cloud strategy

Red Hat this week lined up nose-to-nose with VMware and Microsoft laying out its bid to become a top-tier provider of virtualization and cloud computing infrastructure software for both the enterprise..
Read source - winbeta.org - 03.09.2009

Security Experts: Apple's Snow Leopard Is Less Secure Than Windows, But Safer

Apple users have less protection from viruses and malicious software than Windows users do. But theyre still safer, security experts agree, because so few malware programs target the Mac.

..
Read source - winbeta.org - 03.09.2009

System builders still waiting for Windows 7 tools

In early August, some PC makers were complaining they still didn't have access to tools they needed to get Windows 7 preloaded on new systems. A ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 03.09.2009

Authors Say: Create a Culture of Performance

Last year, two Microsoft employees wrote a book to fill a gap they saw in business literature about getting the job done. Their prescription: Focus on outcome, not the tools...
Read source - microsoft.com/presspass - 03.09.2009

China Unicom gets the iPhone, China Mobile to follow?

Mobile phone operator, China Unicom, has signed a 3-year deal with Apple to bring the iPhone to China. The first iPhones will ship sometime in the fourth quarter this year according to TechCrunch. Bot..
Read source - neowin.net - 03.09.2009

Apple store robbed in 31 seconds

Apple stores are known for their clean, modern, and user friendly layouts. What is also now known is that these stores can be picked clean by robbers in under 31 seconds. At the Sagemore, New Jersey..
Read source - neowin.net - 03.09.2009

Understanding Windows 7 upgrade paths

Windows 7 has already earned itself a blue ribbon, and it isn't even in stores yet. Many Vista users will migrate to Redmond's latest and greatest operating system in search of greener pasture..
Read source - neowin.net - 03.09.2009

Microsoft: Throw a Windows 7 house party and get a free copy

Microsoft is looking for some Windows 7 fans to throw launch parties between October 22-29. You can apply for the competition and if selected you'll not only receive a special "Signature Edition"..
Read source - neowin.net - 03.09.2009

Bing Leads in Successful Canadian Searches

Heather Hopkins: A couple of weeks ago we posted data on the success rate of Canadian searches, ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 03.09.2009

Happy 40th birthday to the Internet!

Today, September 2, is the Internet's 40th birthday! On this day, 40 years ago, in a test lab at the University of California, Los Angeles, two computers passed test data through a 15-foot gray ca..
Read source - neowin.net - 03.09.2009

Skype sold by eBay to private investment group

We've all known that Skype has been expected to be sold in the near future, and it's finally been announced, on the official Skype blog, just today. eBay has announced that they have sold Sky..
Read source - neowin.net - 03.09.2009

Google patent for minimalistic home page approved

Google's home page is very well known around the Internet, because it's simple, clean, and easy to understand. It may not seem as though much work has gone into it, but that doesn't mean i..
Read source - neowin.net - 03.09.2009

YouTube to potentially offer movie rentals in the future

YouTube has always been a great source of videos, be they commercially made or from individuals around the community. Occasionally, you get a person uploading full movies illegally, which of course ge..
Read source - neowin.net - 03.09.2009

Microsoft calling on thousands to host their own Windows 7 parties

Microsoft is putting a Tupperware-style twist on the upcoming Windows 7 rollout -- launching a new initiative to encourage thousands of employees, partners and technology enthusiasts to throw parties ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 03.09.2009

NVIDIA branded version of Impulse announced

NVIDIA and Stardock have announced a special Impulse 'NVIDIA Edition' which will be specially branded for NVIDIA users. Gamers will be able to be informed of video card driver updates and ins..
Read source - neowin.net - 02.09.2009

Windows 7 Enterprise 90 day trial available

Microsoft has made Windows 7 Enterprise available for free download with an evaluation period of 90 days for IT Professionals responsible for desktop administration and deployment. This evaluation pe..
Read source - neowin.net - 02.09.2009

Securing Application Execution with Microsoft AppLocker

AppLocker is a new feature available in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 that helps to prevent the use of unknown or unwanted applications within a network. Its functionality boasts both security ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 02.09.2009

Microsoft, Intel build fast, efficient Windows 7 machines

Microsoft has made enhancements to its upcoming Windows 7 operating system that will speed up applications on machines with Intel's multicore chips, resulting in better overall system performance and ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 02.09.2009

Microsoft Downplays SQL Server Database Vulnerability

Microsoft is disputing the severity of a vulnerability found in its SQL Server database that security researchers say exposes administrative passwords. The vulnerability, uncovered by Sentrigo, can be..
Read source - winbeta.org - 02.09.2009

Windows 7 will give your laptop longer battery life

It's no surprise that Windows 7 is getting good reviews and praise as the operating system is proving itself to be a rock solid platform. It seems as the news is only getting better as Microsoft ..
Read source - neowin.net - 02.09.2009

Microsoft Hyper-V still a work in progress, group says

Windows Server 2008 R2 will help Microsoft narrow the feature gap with virtualization products from VMware and Citrix Systems, but its new Hyper-V software still won't be "production-ready" for most e..
Read source - winbeta.org - 02.09.2009

Windows 7 Volume License and Trial Availability

Gavriella Schuster: Last month we made Windows 7 available to customers with Software Assurance and to MSDN and TechNet Subscribers. Today I am happy to announce two more ways for businesses to get Wi..
Read source - winbeta.org - 02.09.2009

Microsoft Delivers Windows 7-Based Windows Embedded Standard 2011 CTP

Today, Microsoft Corp. released the Windows 7-based Windows Embedded Standard 2011 (formerly code-named Quebec) Community Technology Preview (CTP) to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and deve..
Read source - winbeta.org - 01.09.2009

Microsoft to Deliver New Generation of Windows Phones on Oct. 6

Microsoft Corp. today announced that Windows® phones will be widely available at retail stores worldwide on Oct. 6, 2009. The new phones will be the first to feature Windows Mobile 6.5, the latest ve..
Read source - winbeta.org - 01.09.2009

Windows Phones set to launch on October 6

Microsoft has taken the wraps off its Windows Phone schedule today with the confirmation of Windows Mobile 6.5 devices for October 6, 2009. Microsoft re branded Windows Mobile to Windows Phone earlie..
Read source - neowin.net - 01.09.2009

eBay expected to announce Skype sale plans on Tuesday

There's been a fair bit of discussion about Skype in the technology world lately; whispers here and there have had some believe that it will soon be sold by its owner, eBay. The lads over at the N..
Read source - neowin.net - 01.09.2009

Windows Embedded Standard 2011 CTP now available

Microsoft confirmed today that it has released the Windows 7-based Windows Embedded Standard 2011 as a Community Technology Preview (CTP). "The availability of the Windows Embedded Standard 2011 CTP ..
Read source - neowin.net - 01.09.2009

Sony PCs to offer Google Web browser

Google Inc is shipping its Chrome browser with Sony Corp PCs, sealing the Internet company's first such deal since it introduced the Web browser last year to compete with Microsoft.


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Read source - winbeta.org - 01.09.2009

The Device Experience in Windows 7

Jack Tao: More and more, people are relying on devices besides PCs and laptops for their information, communication, and entertainment experience. Most of these devices can connect to a PC locally or ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 01.09.2009

Report: Netbooks Now A Fifth Of All Portable Computer Shipments

Maybe its because they are cheap. Maybe its because they are small. Or maybe its just because people dont need computers for much more than Net access these days. But the popularity of netbook compute..
Read source - winbeta.org - 01.09.2009

Adobe announces no CS3 support on Snow Leopard

John Nack, the principal product manager for Photoshop at Adobe, last week announced on his public blog that CS3 and earlier have not been tested on Snow Leopard. There have been reports of CS3 bein..
Read source - neowin.net - 31.08.2009

Apple holding a 'rock and roll' themed event, September 9th

Apple will be holding a rock and roll based event on September 9th, and if you use the past as an indicator, Apple will be announcing new iPods. The iPod Touch is rumored to keep the same form factor..
Read source - neowin.net - 31.08.2009

Microsoft denies "screw-Google" political lobbying

Microsoft is certainly working to outflank Google in Washington, DC, but it has dismissed the notion that it holds regular "screw Google" meetings.



A company spokesperson told
Read source - winbeta.org - 31.08.2009

German court rules against Google's terms

A German court has ruled that Google Inc. must change terms of service that could be interpreted to compromise a user's rights, a decision the consumer advocacy group that brought the suit welcomed Mo..
Read source - winbeta.org - 31.08.2009

VMware: Microsoft's No. 2 threat?

Bill Gates has contended that IBM remains Microsoft's biggest threat. Many others would say it's Google or Apple. But don't forget about VM..
Read source - winbeta.org - 31.08.2009

Stolen iPhone recovered using "Find my iPhone"

What do you do when a thief steals your iPhone, credit cards and all your cash? If you're like one victim in Pittsburg you will fire up your MobileMe account and use "find my iPhone" to locate yo..
Read source - neowin.net - 31.08.2009

Wikipedia to begin color coding untrustworthy text

Hot on the heels of Wikipedia's decision to begin using editors for certain pages, they've announced another method of attempting to keep things accurate on their website. According to Wired, ..
Read source - neowin.net - 31.08.2009

New Office 2010 build leaks

A new build of Office 2010 has surfaced around the web, identifying itself as "Microsoft Office 2010 Build 4417". The build is not a huge difference but offers small improvements and more stability ov..
Read source - neowin.net - 31.08.2009

VMware Free Service Simplifies ESXi Hypervisor Use

Because VMware only three months ago released the latest version of its bread-and-butter productvSphere 4.0, the so-called Cloud Operating Systemthe world's largest virtualization software maker is tu..
Read source - winbeta.org - 31.08.2009

The SSD Relapse: Understanding and Choosing the Best SSD

Anand Lal Shimpi: The third major SSD article on AnandTech is here. We go back and try to better understand how these SSDs work, how their performance is evolving and how TRIM is going to change every..
Read source - winbeta.org - 31.08.2009

A Hired Gun for Microsoft, in Dogged Pursuit of Google

Qi Lu knows as well as anyone just how difficult it is to take on Google.



For nearly a decade, Mr. Lu played a leading role in building Yahoos Internet search and advertising tech..
Read source - winbeta.org - 31.08.2009

OpenCL Benchmarks and Support for Both MacBook Pro GPUs

With the release of Mac OS X Snow Leopard, we're getting our first look at the possibilities behind Snow Leopard's OpenCL technology. Open..
Read source - winbeta.org - 31.08.2009

Is the Kindle more Eco-friendly than actual books?

If you are one of those people who reads more than 5 books per year then a Kindle is definitely for you. According to a report by the Cleantech Group, the Kindle is more environmentally friendly than ..
Read source - neowin.net - 30.08.2009

TV facing 'iTunes moment' warns Microsoft's Ashley Highfield

The TV industry has as little as two years to create viable digital businesses or face a version of the "iTunes moment" that saw the music business cede the online future to Apple, according to
Read source - winbeta.org - 30.08.2009

Mac OS X 10.6 Brings Serious Performance Gains

While our focus at Phoronix is on testing hardware under Linux, we remain friendly and interested in other BSD and UNIX operating systems too, including Mac OS X . With the launch of Mac OS X 10.6 "Sn..
Read source - winbeta.org - 29.08.2009

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 is a stand-alone product that provides a reliable and optimized virtualization solution enabling organizations to improve server utilization and reduce costs. With the..
Read source - winbeta.org - 29.08.2009

Microsoft: No IE 8 tab-hang fix in the works

Back in May, the Internet Explorer (IE) team left open the possibility that Microsoft might deliver a tab-responsiveness update f..
Read source - winbeta.org - 29.08.2009

Bill could give Obama control of Internet during emergencies

A new U.S. senate bill has been redrafted to give President Obama the power of control to shut down the Internet in case of emergency situations. The 55-page draft that was obtained by CNET appears t..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.08.2009

No Microsoft Office Web Apps test build in August, after all

Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft isn';t going to make its August deadline for delivery of a wide-scale test build of its Office Web Apps technology.



But officials told me they’re cl..
Read source - winbeta.org - 28.08.2009

Measuring Windows 7 appeal to businesses

There are a whole bunch of reasons why Windows 7 should appeal to businesses, but one threat--the still-sluggish economy--could overshadow all of those reasons to move to the new operating system.
Read source - winbeta.org - 28.08.2009

FSF make their case against Windows 7 with new website

The Free Software Foundation has sent 499 letters to the top Fortune 500 companies (with Microsoft being the exception), trying to persuade the decision makers in the companies not to use Microsoft so..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.08.2009

The Pirate Bay purchase approved by shareholders

On Thursday, The Pirate Bay got moved step closer to being sold to a Swedish software company that hopes to turn the world's largest BitTorrent tracker into a legitimate pay-to-download service, w..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.08.2009

Game studio founder says Microsoft 'destroyed' its culture

In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, the man who founded FASA Interactive bashed ..
Read source - winbeta.org - 28.08.2009

Intel's Next-Gen Centrino Timed With Windows 7

Intel plans to release its sixth generation of the popular mobile platform known as Centrino just in time for the October release of Windows 7.



The platform, codenamed "Calpella,"..
Read source - winbeta.org - 28.08.2009

Apple's App Store said to bring in $2.4B annual revenue

Apple's App Store is, arguably, the best thing to happen to the company in the last few years (not including the iPhone, but the two go hand in hand). It's certainly the biggest improvement to..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.08.2009

Facebook 3.0 launches for the iPhone

Users are able to get their hands on the latest Facebook 3.0 application for the iPhone a little early, directly from Apple via the AppStore. The application is believed to be in the final stages of ..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.08.2009

Racist advertising: bet you won't see that again?

There was an outcry earlier this week when it was discovered that Microsoft had digitally altered a publicity photograph by superimposing the head of a white person onto a black person's body. Now..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.08.2009

Apple approve Spotify app

According to PaidContent.org, Apple decided to approve the application 'Spotify' for use on the iPhone, despite controversy that Spotify represents a growing threat to Apple's iTunes. Dec..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.08.2009

IBM discovers the future of computing?

According to CNET News, IBM has had a little break through; scientists working for the enterprise computing giant have imaged the chemical structure of an individual molecule, increasing the possibili..
Read source - neowin.net - 28.08.2009

Dell, HP join Microsoft in fighting Word injunction

PC makers Dell and HP have joined Microsoft in its fight against i4i, a Canadian software developer that was responsible for an
Read source - winbeta.org - 26.08.2009

Apple store Genius finds child pornography on a Power Mac G5

A man in Stamford, Connecticut is now in police custody after taking his PowerMac G5 computer to an Apple store for repairs relating to problems with image files. Raymond Miller took his computer to ..
Read source - neowin.net - 26.08.2009

Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP2

WSUS 3.0 SP2 delivers important customer-requested management, stability, and performance improvements. Some of the features and improvements include the following: