Emergence Day Revealed: Critically Acclaimed Xbox 360 Title Gears of War to Surface Nov. 12, 2006
Countdown begins for the most anticipated game of 2006 as gamers eagerly await the flagship title from Microsoft Game Studios and Epic Games.microsoft - comments - 3.8.2006
ATITool 0.27 Beta 1
ATITool is an overclocking utility designed for ATI video cards. Design target is to write a light-weight application for the enthusiast - so no questionable registry tweaks.download - comments - 28.2.2007
BIG Comparison of 27 BitTorrent clients
The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of BitTorrent clients. Please see the individual products' articles for further information. This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up-to-date.common - comments -
Windows Home Server, officially available August 27
If theres one computing server product every enthusiast and home-user should be excited about, that would not be Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition for Itanium-Based Systems..windows - comments - 17.8.2007
27 Vista SP1 Copies Running Simultaneously on the Same Machine
Microsoft never contested the fact that Windows Vista's hardware requirements qualified the latest Windows client as resource hungry, but at the same time, the company did point out that, given the right system, the platform would deliver quite a performance. windows - comments - 9.6.2008
February 27, 2008: Microsoft plans a triple-play launch
Microsoft announced at its partner conference on July 10 that it will launch Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008 together in a single launch on February 27, 2008, in Los Angeles.microsoft - comments - 10.7.2007
MS Office 2010 Build 14.0.4417.1000 Download Link and Screenshot Gallery
Download and discuss:here
..jcxp.net - 05.09.2009
Queen Elizabeth embraces YouTube
Since 1957, the monarch has issued a yearly Christmas message to people in the United Kingdom and around the world. Fifty years ago this Christmas, Queen Elizabeth II's message was televised for the first time. This Christmas, the British Monarchy is embracing another new technology by launching The Royal Channel on YouTube. The first 1957 broadcast is also available on The Royal Channel, along with other rare and previously unreleased archive footage. At around 3pm BST on Christmas Day, this year's Christmas broadcast from the Queen will appear on YouTube as well as on television. Google does it again.neowin.net - 23.12.2007
The cost of all the Apps in the iWorld
Yesterday a journalist for Forbes.com named Elizabeth Woyke published an article stating how much it would cost if an individual wished to purchase ALL of the some 55,000+ applications currently available through Apple's App.Store. Why anybody would wish to have all of the applications is baffling, though you can be sure that some secretly rich prince has snapped them all up for his treasure chest of iPhones and iPod touches. The number you're probably waiting for is: $144,326.06 This seems like quite a lot and way more than many would ever be prepared to invest for the title of 'worlds most fanatic app Downloader'.Read full story.....
neowin.net - 09.07.2009
Microsoft's Pink: What's the latest?
Microsoft’s mysterious “Project Pink” is back in the news, with word from Ad Week that the Redmondians are obtaining bids from various ad agencies for a Pink campaign.Exactly what Pink is and isn’t has been tough to pin down especially given that Microsoft officials haven’t even been willing to acknowledge the codename.
winbeta.org - 15.04.2009
Google Presentations gets embeddable slide shows
The Google Docs team, has posted on their blog about the availability of a few new features for Google Presentations to start off the new year. The most significant of the new features is the ability to embed slide shows in web pages. It's not a surprise that Google decided to go this route, given the huge success of embeddable video with YouTube and other embeddable content around the web.winbeta.org - 06.01.2008
New web threat takes advantage of iFrame vulnerability, making its way to the U.S.
Security firm Trend Micro said that it has discovered a new threat that is currently making the rounds on the Internet. The threat is based on an iFrame vulnerability in webpage code to plant a keylogger to steal user passwords, or turn computers into proxy servers for various other attacks.Trend Micro said that the threat could have originated from a computer Trojan-making kit and relies on a scenario in which website owners are unaware that they are compromised, and website users are unaware that surfing through seemingly legitimate pages can actually be part of an infection process. This process, according to the security firm, involves a malicious IP address that is inserted into the HTML code (HTML_IFRAME.CU), a download of malicious Trojans (TROJ_SMALL.HCK, TROJ_AGENT.UHL, TROJ_PAKES.NC, PAKES) from another URL via a JavaScript routine.
TrendMicro said that the threat was initially detected in Italy, but apparently is making its way to the U.S.
winbeta.org - 19.06.2007
Windows Preinstallation Environment (PE) screencast Build a Custom Bootdisk
Chris Henley just released a new screencast on his Blue blog. This time our master storyteller has created a screencast on Windows PE. In the screencast Chris shows you how to get up and running in 17 minutes on a topic thats a bit tricky the first time you do it. Chris has more information in the subject in his blog post at http://blogs.technet.com/chenley/archive/2008/08/27/custom-win-pe-images.aspx. Theres a direct link there to the video in case you want to download it and watch it offline.winbeta.org - 28.08.2008
Obama inauguration: potentially the 'most viewed event' in history?
betanews.com - 19.01.2009
Microsoft Announces Game for Nintendo DS
Although we probably wont ever be seeing Mario on the Xbox, one of Microsofts latest franchises will be hitting a Nintendo system.Microsoft announced at Comic Con that Viva Piñata is headed to the Nintendo DS. The title will be based off the current title for Xbox 360 (also slated for the PC later this year) rather than the Party Animals mini-games package. The Microsoft-owned game developer studio Rare will be handling the development of this title in-house.
Rare describes the upcoming title in a news update on its website, This is a full-size Viva Piñata game in your pocket, featuring not only the entire range of paper beasts from the Xbox 360 title but also a few new ones thrown in to spice things up for those familiar with the established cast...
winbeta.org - 31.07.2007
Report: Adobe CS3 to Debut March 27
An analyst with Merrill Lynch says that Adobe will likely introduce Creative Suite 3 around March 27, with a ship date that would follow shortly afterwards. Most important to this refresh would be native support for Intel processors on the Macintosh platform...betanews.com - 21.02.2007
Microsoft: XP SP3 RTM date a typo
WB: One more small note: the XP SP3 Overview that Microsoft posted yesterday is also not for the final version as can be seen on the second page of the doc: "This is a preliminary document and may be changed substantially prior to final commercial release of the software described herein."Mary Jo Foley: Some sharp-eyed folks over at Neowin.net noticed Microsoft had posted to its Support Live Cycle Web site a release-to-manufacuturing date of March 31, 2008, for Windows XP Service Pack (SP) 3.
winbeta.org - 03.04.2008
CNET.com Announces First "Webware 100" Award Winners
CNET.com today announced the winners of its first ever "Webware 100" Awards. The Webware 100 winners were picked by users from a group of finalists that were selected by the editors of Webware.com, a CNET site. The "Webware 100" Awards recognizes the best Web 2.0 sites, services, and applications that are leading the next wave of innovations."True to the Web 2.0 revolution, the innovative sites and services in the Webware 100 were chosen by a community of users and our editorial team," said CNET Editor at Large, Rafe Needleman. "By leveraging the expertise of our editors, and the passion of our users, were able to recognize the companies that are redefining how we use computers and the Internet."
These are the results: the top 100 Web apps, 10 in each of 10 categories, determined by Webware readers and the fans of the sites that made the final cut.
winbeta.org - 19.06.2007
U.S. Consulate Web Site in Russia Breached
On September 10, the Web site for the U.S. Consulate General in St. Petersburg, Russia, was broken into and was serving up malicious iFrames, according to Sophos security researchers. After trying to load a malicious iFrame onto victims' systems from a remote server, the iFrame then attempted to silently load even more malware. The site, which has since been cleaned up, was actually only one of 400 compromised sites linking to two distinct malicious attack sites. The U.S. Consulate site was actually linked to both of those attack sites and was thus compromised with two malicious iFrames. One of the attack sites is hosted in the United States, while many of the compromised pages are in Russia.Malicious script being loaded from the U.S. site tried to exploit several browser vulnerabilities in order to install a Trojan on victims' systems. Sophos says that the increasing use of automation to re-encrypt and obfuscate Trojans points to a need for a system to continuously monitor files in order to keep up with detection. " Automation is clearly being used-many script families are updated several times daily, and some of the notorious malware families are being rebuilt every 1-4 days ," SophosLab's Fraser Howard wrote in an August paper (PDF) titled "Modern Web attacks."
neowin.net - 15.09.2007
What we just learned about Windows 7
Ina Fried: For those who want the full interview with Windows engineering head Steven Sinofsky, I've posted a nearly complete transcript. For those who want the abridged version, along with some quick analysis, keep reading.So what exactly did Steven Sinofsky reveal about Windows 7. I'd boil it down to three things...
winbeta.org - 27.05.2008
Acer Recalls 27,000 Sony Laptop Batteries
Thought Sony's battery recall woes were over? Think again. Acer has announced a voluntary recall of 27,000 batteries made by the company over short-circuiting and fire concerns...betanews.com - 26.04.2007
Microsoft readies pre-beta release of 'Windows 7 Server'
Microsoft is readying a beta of Windows Server 2008 R2, a k a "Windows 7 Server," and will share some more details about the features and rollout plans for that product during the companys Professional Developers Conference kick-off keynote on October 27.winbeta.org - 27.10.2008
Microsoft to Acquire Epic Games?
GamePro magazine is making a bold prediction: Microsoft will spend $1 billion this summer to acquire independent developer Epic Games.In the latest issue of the magazine, according to a WRAL.com report, GamePro Assistant Editor Travis Moses wrote, "Microsoft will buy Epic Games for $1 billion." Epic, the company behind the award-winning Gears of War and Unreal Tournament III, is considered especially attractive because of their Unreal engine technology, which is used by numerous other developers for game development on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.
winbeta.org - 18.02.2008
Server 2008: The Windows Workstation we always wanted
Mary Jo Foley: As discontent over Windows Vista (with or without Service Pack 1) continues to swirl, Microsoft is gearing up to launch on February 27 the “other” Windows: Windows Server 2008. Even though it is built from the same core as Vista, Windows Server is different from Vista in a number of ways, from its role-based configuration options, to its built-in hypervisor.Guest blogger Jason Perlow (of asbestos-underwear fame) has been an advocate for Microsoft making Windows Server 2008 available as in workstation/desktop form. Like the old Windows NT and Windows 2000 Workstation products, a Windows Server 2008 Workstation would be a form factor for power users who don’t need all the Vista desktop eye candy, but care more about manageability and performance.
winbeta.org - 26.02.2008
New proof: Office 14 slated for 2009
Mary Jo Foley: Even though Microsoft has yet to release a public test build of Office 14, it is tracking for a 2009 release and will likely be named Office 2009.Microsoft didn’t issue a press release announcing its plans. In fact, the company has been steadfast in refusing to provide a date for when the next version of its Office family will ship. A few previous leaks have pointed to 2009 as the target date, however.
The latest information on Office 14’s scheduled ship date comes from Microsoft’s Podcast for SharePoint (PKS) Q&A on the CodePlex site. From the Q&A (which I expect Microsoft to edit shortly after I post this, so as to remove references to 2009)...
winbeta.org - 10.06.2008
Wednesday is Data Privacy Day
betanews.com - 28.01.2009