As Microsoft moves forward with IE 8 it is hoping to introduce new features that will help stop the bleeding of consumers switching to other browsers. While many hope that IE 8 will also...
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A few days ago we announced that Microsoft was finishing up Wave 3 of Windows Live. The Windows Live Hotmail team has announced that it is officially rolling out the last of the Wave 3...
It seems as if throttling P2P is now the thing to do if you're a major ISP. We first broke wind that Comcast was doing it and that the Australia was putting the lock...
Major Nelson has released a list of 20 games for 2008, in three different categories, Xbox 360 Top Live titles, top Arcade titles, and top Original Xbox titles. The numbers are based on unique users...
Microsoft has been seeking to land new OEM search deals with various PC makers (like Lenovo) as a way to grow more quickly its lagging search market share. Not to forget their web search deal...
Microsoft Corp sees tens of millions of corporate e-mail accounts moving to its data centers over the next five years, shifting to a business model that may thin profit margins but generate more revenue. ...
Wal-Mart has announced what it called "a pilot" solar power project consisting of solar power arrays installed on 22 of its stores and warehouses in Hawaii and California that will generate up to 20 million...
Jim Wong, president of IT products at Acer Incorporated, believes that notebook battery safety (think overheating Sony fiasco) is the main reason why fuel cells and other advanced technologies that can be used as batteries...
I got my hands on a gold copy of Halo 2 for Windows Vista yesterday (it goes on sale in a few weeks) and after installing it I did a few things that, while geeky,...
Broadband Reports is running a story regarding the latest MS update to fix problems with animated cursors. "Users in our Security forum note that the latest critical Microsoft Windows update (KB925902) is causing all kinds...
Launched last July, Amie Street is a web-based music service that has always offered DRM-free music of independent artists for purchase. Amie Street recently signed a new deal with Nettwerk Music Group (home to well-known...
Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) and the Free Standards Group (FSG) have merged to form the Linux Foundation. Jim Zemlin, FSG's executive director, will be in charge of the new company. He announced Tuesday the...
Valve shot me off an email a couple of hours ago, telling me that a major update was coming for the Steam service sometime next week. According to the email this was a significant update,...
Activewin reports that Michael Howard mentions on his blog that recently MS had all the major OEMs on campus to discuss SDL (Security Development Lifecycle). MS asked the OEMs to enable DEP/NX in the BIOS...
Thanks to Voodoo Extreme for the heads up on this one. Seems Microsoft is going to push a rather large update to Xbox 360 users tomorrow in the form of a...
A group of 34 US states has filed a lawsuit against seven makers of DRam memory chips for alleged price fixing. Infineon Technologies, Hynix Semiconductor, Micron Technology, Mosel Vitelic, Nanya Technology, Elpida Memory and NEC...
Earlier this week, it was reported that Valve would be releasing a major update to its popular online only action game Day of Defeat: Source. In a press release yesterday, Valve announced more detail for...
Submitted by member oddcrap with thanks to Blackima for first reporting this in BPN. AMD will drastically cut prices on its desktop processors after the July 23rd release of Intel's Core 2...
Ageia, maker of the upcoming PhysX Physics Processing Unit, has announced numerous titles shipping with support for the add-in card to enhance environment physics in PC games. Included in the plethora of press releases...
According to a report by Red Herring, several major US music labels have been slammed with a class action lawsuit filled by San Diego lawyer William Lerach. The labels accused with price-fixing include Sony...
A recent survey from the Department of Trade and Industry has suggested that viruses are the single biggest security threat for UK businesses. Despite the number of business PCs falling victim to viruses falling by...
As if the upcoming expansion Kingdom of Sky and the much anticipated PvP enabled Update 19 weren't enough, some pretty major changes are coming very soon to the world of Everquest II. As Everquest II...
Today, at CES, Google have announced Google Video Marketplace. The service is described by the company as being the " first open video marketplace enabling consumers to buy and rent a wide range...
In an effort to reduce costs, Novell has cut it's Copenhagen R&D department and with it put one of the major XForms extention developers out of a job. Allan Beaufour, in his blog, explained how...
Thanks oddcrap. Google Inc. on Wednesday was sued by a major publishing association for digitizing library books without the permissions of copyright holders, the second such suit filed against the search engine giant. ...
The folks over at Blizzard are releasing the first major content patch for their hugely successful MMORPG World of WarCraft. Two new test realms are to go live for the new content to be...
64-bit computing is coming faster in the world of desktop PCs. Intel, AMD and Microsoft are leading the way and this time around it (unlike some years ago when a home dedicated computer system running...
A serious flaw in a comment element to Symantec's products has emerged this week; the company reported that the flaw was "high" risk. Symantec, maker of protection software, said the flaw was in the antivirus...
Security advice firm Secunia has released information concerning a new flaw with Microsoft's web browser, Internet Explorer. The exploit allows cross site scripting attacks to be performed on users. In the scenario that...
Google will expand its ability for searching books by working with Stanford and Harvard Universities, among others, to digitize out-of-print and copyrighted works. On Tuesday, the Mountain View, Calif.-based is expected to...
Over the past couple of weeks, members of the Playstation Underground Sony's US fan club, have been getting copies of Holiday 2004 Demo Disc. Unfortunately, gamers eager to sample the cel-shaded beat-'em-up...
PC welt in Germany said it has discovered a major bug in Windows XP Service Pack 2 which will crack open your PC like a song thrush breaks a snail shell. The magazine said that...
Yevgeny Kaspersky, of Kaspersky Labs fame, has raised concerns of a major attack on the internet today. Kaspersky has been widely quoted as saying that there would be a major online attack against Israeli sites...
LucasArts confirmed today a major restructuring of its development studio. It marks the first change within the company since Jim Ward took over as president in May. "Since joining LucasArts in early May, I've taken...
Users of Apples iTunes Music Store overseas now have a larger selection of music to choose from. Today Apple announced that they have signed up three independent music labels for its other Music Stores...
Don't worry folks, your friendly tech news source Neowin was not affected. *wink* An early morning Internet attack on Tuesday took down the Web sites of Microsoft, Google, Apple Computer and Yahoo,...
Well this is a shocker as I thought PHP 4.3.5 would be the last of the 4s. :S Maybe 4.3.6 will be the golden release :D In the spirit of release early, release...
Major Update of Nero 6 now available including the brand-new PowerPack! Ahead Software has now brought out Nero 6, a new version of a much-loved program. With its many useful features, Nero 6...
Video gaming's richest tournament has decided to move to Las Vegas and set up show alongside one of the world's largest consumer electronics shows -- and it's adding a women's category too. Cyber...
A report in a marketing magazine suggests that Microsoft is preparing to spend up to £3 million on Xbox promotions in Europe over the coming months, including tie-ins with companies such as MTV and Interbrew....
Leaked Samsung Galaxy S25+ images reveal a design that looks familiar
Acronis backup, cloning app gets Windows 11 24H2 BitLocker support; won't work on old CPUs
PowerToys 0.87 is out with a new utility for Windows 10 users and a lot of improvements
Samsung 85-Inch QLED 4K 120Hz QN85D with Dolby Atmos falls to lowest price
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