Microsoft has begun sending out invitations to the Office 2010 Technical Preview. Microsoft is distributing the Office 2010 bits via its Connect testing site. The bits hold the build number 14.0.4006.1110 meaning they are older...
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In September, Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced details of a home access project allowing PC and internet access to families so that children can enhance their learning at home. The plan will see £300 million...
Shhh! Can you hear a hiss? That's the sound of naughty facts deflating the social networking balloon a tad. Whisper it, but numbers from web analytics outfit comScore have confirmed what the chatter in bars...
One Laptop per Child (OLPC), a non-profit organization launched in 2005 by MIT professor Nicholas Negroponte to design, manufacture and distribute affordable laptop computers to children around the world, announced that mass production of the...
Apple Inc. kicked off the month in which it plans to launch its new Mac OS X 10.5, "Leopard," OS by reminding users that the beta license for Boot Camp -- the utility that runs...
Yahoo Inc. ratcheted up its sponsored mobile search program on Wednesday, launching a beta test for all users of its mobile portal in the United States and United Kingdom. Phone users with access to the...
YouTube is exploring ways to monetize its traffic flow of 100 million downloads a day by launching a pay-for-play video advertising service. Its inaugural spot is a promotion for Paris Hilton's new album, "Paris." YouTube...
Yes, all puns intended. Robots are already taking jobs, will they soon replace athletes? This is a fun idea regardless. I can see it now, "All your footballs are belong to us." A football...
The day that most Windows community enthusiasts who have been following the beta program for Windows Vista, but haven't been part of it has arrived in the form of Windows Vista Customer Preview Program. Microsoft...
Samsung to now supply the majority of NAND flash memory and the media chip for Apple's iPod After PortalPlayer Inc. received what amounts to a death blow last week when Apple decided not to...
The 3GSM Annual World Congress 2006 kicked off today with a flurry of press releases from various companies. The 3GSM congress consists of anything and everything mobile telephone related. To summarise todays events:...
Today Nvidia is announcing a new program in which it will certify products for use with its new Scalable Link Interface, or SLI, GPU teaming technology. The program will cover four different types of products...
Gaming guru J Allard makes his case for DirectX to attendees as lattes and lectures herald the start of the developer-only event. This reporter is lucky to be here in Seattle at...
A public spat between UK games distributors Gem and 20:20 has exploded into a legal battle, it emerged today, as Caudwell-owned 20:20 reacted to allegations that it is poised to open up a High Street...
Mac Design magazine is set to kick of its second annual Mac Design Conference next week in Chicago, Ill. The conference will feature some of the most well known names in the graphics industry, who...
WinHEC Officially kicks off on Tuesday 4th May. But we're beginning our coverage a little early. We managed to get hold of a little sneak peek at the upcoming build that will be released to...
IBM Corp. is slated to announce its service-oriented architecture (SOA) strategy Wednesday, including new services offerings as well as new products to support customers in developing and deploying SOAs, the company said. Scott...
Microsoft launches an international, multi-million-dollar online and print ad campaign for its Windows Server System this week, highlighting individuals who work with the product and showing how it has helped them succeed at their jobs....
NVIDIA ATTACKED ATI with a slightly crippled high end card but the Canadian firm seems to have some answers to that. The Nvidia FX 5900XT is, so far, the best performer in the mainstream market...
An early Beta version of Microsofts next SQL Server version has been released to testers on BetaPlace.com Downloads available to testers are: Prospect.csv (272.26 KB) - Data Mining Tutorial ReadinessKit.exe (62.36...
Finally! you could say. :P Beta testers are receiving notifications that Windows Messenger 5 can be downloaded from BetaPlace. One sharp eyed reader by the name of Koen had already spotted the new...
While half a million additional users are expected to participate on Beta 2 of Office 11 Microsoft have showed no real signs of wanting to commit itself to the new name yet choosing to leave...
Thanks Anonymous for mailing me the link to this website that holds information to a free "do" that will open up the public side of the techinical beta in Yukon. The Microsoft...
Thanks to xStainDx for the heads up in BPN on our forums. He has found some documentation on Windows Codenamed Longhorn, the new Windows planned to follow XP. Microsoft have been keeping mum about this,...
Seen this at Silicon Strategies Getting an early jump on the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) event here this week, Intel Corp. today announced its long-awaited Prestonia microprocessor line and Plumas chip set...
Just a quick reminder for all (including me!) The first transitional period for the Data Protection Act (1998) ends on Tuesday and the second starts Wednesday morning - with huge implications for all...