Many users were being greeted by a 'Working...' message when trying to download an app from the Beta Store in build 10080. Luckily, this issue has now been fixed, though your mileage may still vary.
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Microsoft is once again in talks with Yahoo to acquire its search business for $20 billion according to reports from The Times. The deal comes after two previously failed Microsoft attempts to take over all...
Steve Ballmer, at the recently held developers conference at Sydney, Australia, said that Microsoft is working on a App-store like software distribution. Apple's iPhone and App-store have really stirred the Windows Mobile Market. Though there...
In the midst of a global financial crisis, one company stood out from the crowd yesterday, that company is Google. Despite the whole world struggling and stock markets taking a battering, the company still managed...
MySpace Music is the name News Corp. executives are tentatively using for a proposed music service that they are pitching to record executives, two sources told CNET News.com. The news that News Corp., MySpace's parent...
After a couple of experiences dipping a toe into the mobile market, Mozilla Corp. said it plans to get serious about developing a mobile browser. Mozilla has recently hired two new developers to help work...
America Online is working on a critical patch for the company's highly popular AIM application. Researchers at Core Security Technologies Wednesday disclosed a bug that could enable a remote hacker to execute malicious code, exploit...
You've already seen bits and pieces of this morning's Today Show, but another segment in the broadcast managed to grab a trip inside Microsoft's Mobile Design Lab where engineers and "audio geeks" look to be...
With help from industry partners, the US Department of Justice and the FBI have released a statement that they have identified over one million computers who have become part of a botnet. The FBI and...
Even after users deployed a fix suggested by Microsoft Corporation, Windows systems are still locking up. Symptoms of the long-running problem, which the Windows Server Update Services team dubbed the "svchost/msi issue", include 100% CPU...
EA (Electronic Arts) seems to be following a trend after the surprising rise of the Nintendo Wii gaming console. In the past month, they've released no less than 3 Wii titles: "SSX Blur," "The Godfather:...
Funded by the U.S. Department of Defense, researchers at Saint Louis University have developed a fuel cell battery that can run on any type of sugar source and can supposedly last 3 to 4 times...
There's already an RFID security brouhaha brewing in Washington, and if some people have their way, it won't be the last legal fight waged in the nation's capital over use of the wireless technology. The...
Total Videogames has revealed that Square-Enix at a Final Fantasy XI Fan-Fest this past weekend, confirmed that they were indeed working on a Next-Gen console and PC MMORPG. The consoles were not specified, and no...
Canadian videogame developer BioWare Corp. has announced the opening of a new studio, BioWare Austin, based in Austin, Texas. It is the second of BioWare's studios and the first to be located outside of Canada....
Microsoft and Toshiba said Monday they will strengthen their joint development of PCs and consumer electronics goods and consider working together on next-generation DVD technology. Toshiba, the world's third-largest notebook PC maker,...
Thanks OrangeSoul for the news! :) IT MIGHT be the only chip capable of doing H.264 video in hardware for a while, as we believe that not even Nvidia G70 will be...
ATI has hinted that it wants to partner with Microsoft for the long haul following its involvement on the company's next-generation games console, Xbox 360, which is due to ship later this year with an...
Metal Gear Solid creator's next game will be unveiled next week; details under wraps. While it hasn't been too long since Konami's release of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, its director,...
Microsoft Corp. will build software for managing identities into Windows in order to beef up security by giving users more control over their personal information, the world's largest software maker said on Tuesday. The ID...
Britsoft developers get their first glimpse at Sony's next-gen plans in the flesh Several studios in the UK are already working with development hardware for the next-generation PlayStation console, GamesIndustry.biz has learned,...
Electronic Arts has revealed that it's working on a new game in the Command & Conquer: Red Alert series in an email sent to fan site operators by VP and executive producer Mark Skaggs. With...
Ailing publisher Eidos names the fourth installment in its assassin series, due next spring. In September, British publisher Eidos reported its financial earnings for the fiscal year 2004. Amid the disclosures of...
Developer 3D Realms, best known as the studio behind the Duke Nukem franchise, is working on a new unannounced original game as well as the much-delayed Duke Nukem Forever, according to an Internet post from...
Sony officially confirmed that the PlayStation 3 will use Blu-ray discs at the PlayStation Business Briefing held in Japan today. In addition, the company is working towards making the platform compatible with PlayStation 2 and...
Electronic Arts has secured the services of veteran dance and electronic music DJ Paul Oakenfold to contribute to its GoldenEye: Rogue Agent and FIFA Football 2005 games, the publisher announced this week. In his role...
Iridion developer Shin'en Multimedia is working on a Nintendo DS title called Nanostray, judging by a product page on the German developer's website. Its set to be published by Majesco in Q1 2005. See that?...
Microsoft is working hard to improve the search technology present in Office. As we know Microsoft is developing a new search engine to compete with Google. So it's no surprise to see Microsoft...
Nintendo has announced it will release a new Fire Emblem game for Game Boy Advance called Fire Emblem: The Jewel of Light and Darkness. The Jewel of Light and Darkness is expected to release in...
Microsoft is working into the night on the release candidate 2 of Windows XP service pack 2. Current builds stand at 2142, a steady 22 builds on from the current 2120 build that beta testers...
British technology firm Imagination is preparing to deliver a new arcade system to Sega at the start of next year, according to the company's financial statements, which will be based on the firm's next-generation graphics...
A new game could be announced as soon as this summer...Too Human, perhaps? Silicon Knights, the developer behind such games as Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, Eternal Darkness, and the GameCube version...
In addition to announcing its E3 lineup, VU Games gave the world a sneak peak at a new shooter it is currently working on with Tron 2.0 developer Monolith Productions. Accompanying VU's weekly newsletter was...
Dutch company PHI DATA yesterday received a € 18,000 prize from Intel, HP and Dutch IT weekly Computable for still owning and operating a vintage IBM 5160 (Intel 8088) computer from 1983. PHI Data uses...
1Up has an article covering their private viewing of the Phantom, down at CES, where the writer apparently played Return to Castle Wolfenstein on the device, which is somewhat at odds with this comment: ...
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said on Monday the company was working constructively with the European Commission as it investigates the software giant for possible anticompetitive practices. The Commission has been investigating Microsoft for abuse of...
Apple and AMD have been working together of late, a senior AMD official admitted at the launch of the chip maker's 64-bit Opteron processor this week. During the press Q&A, the head of AMD's server...
Affected Software Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Microsoft Windows XP Professional SYMPTOMS On computers with an AMD processor, programs that use Microsoft DirectX 8.1 may quit without displaying...
Ubi Soft has announced that it has started development on XIII, a first-person shooter based on the comic license of the same name from Belgian writer Jean Van Hamme. Fitting with the source of the...
Sun Microsystems is working on a project to let administrators quickly change the personalities of large groups of servers so the machines can switch from one type of work to another--a move Sun hopes could...