This Thursday, October 30, the Canonical team will celebrate the release of the latest version of their Linux desktop, Ubuntu 8.10. Based on Linux kernel 2.6.27, the release will feature some big improvements including the...
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Windows Mobile Gmail fans are getting antsy about a known glitch in the mobile e-mail offering that hasn't been fixed by Google in about a month. In October, Google began supporting IMAP (Internet Message Access...
DivX has announced that the Sony PlayStation 3 will soon support the DivX video codec. We suspected as much when the PS3 2.0 firmware was released, as it includes the ability to detect both DivX...
Vonage is still smarting from that legal tete-a-tete with Verizon, but after throwing together a trio of patent workarounds, it's confident that a full recovery is on the way. Today, during an earnings call with...
VMware on Friday introduced Fusion Beta 4, a new version of its virtualization software for Intel-based Macs. VMware Fusion enables Intel-based Macs to run PC applications and operating system software, similar to Parallels Desktop for...
Xerox Corp. research subsidiary Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) has struck a licensing deal with Powerset Inc. in San Francisco. The two are developing a search engine based on natural language processing, in hopes that...
Dave Graham has posted images of an AMD Opteron 2218 processor running on an ASUS L1N64-SLI motherboard, which is designed for AMD's Quad FX platform. The motherboard BIOS detects the processor correctly and functions properly....
Thanks to NeoXP for posting this in BPN. Softpedia is claiming "third party sources confirm that the next version of Internet Explorer is already cooking in the Redmond labs". Internet Explorer 8.0 is supposed to...
A reliable source close to the Call of Duty development teams has revealed not only the existence of Call of Duty 4, but vital details surrounding the game as well, including the fact that it...
Rajesh Jha, who leads the team responsible for launching Microsoft Office Live later this month, tells how this set of Internet software and services can help small-business owners gain a competitive edge. When Rajesh...
Eurogamer recently published an article explaining in detail how the PS3 online entertainment system will match that of the well established Xbox Live. They also speak of the interface when booting up the PS3, describing...
Microsoft is thinking of responding to Google's web based word processor Writely and Google Spreadsheet by giving away a basic version of Microsoft Works. Currently priced at $50, Microsoft Works includes a word processor, spreadsheet,...
Grisoft, the maker of the popular free antivirus software AVG has announced that Microsoft has fixed a bug that was preventing AVG from installing on Vista Beta 2. You need to get an update though....
Bill Gates, head honcho at Microsoft, has written an article for Fortune magazine revealing a number of insights on how he manages his day. Gates, unsurprisingly, makes good use of his company's technology,...
Microsoft said Friday that somepeople who use its Hotmail and MSN e-mail services are not receivinge-mail sent from Comcast accounts and other Internet service providers. Brooke Richardson, a groupproduct manager with Microsoft's...
When Internet Explorer 7 Beta released to testers it left testers with a broken Windows Update that wouldn't load properly, disabling the ability to update Windows with critical patches that have been released since the...
In a little-trafficked corner of the Web, a pair of classical music enthusiasts has spent half a decade obsessively re-creating hundreds of obscure pieces by Ludwig van Beethoven. Mark Zimmer, a tax...
Oracle and the Mozilla Foundation are keeping a joint venture under wraps, leading to speculation that the database giant may by planning to release an open-source product. The Mozilla Foundation revealed in...
Advanced Micro Devices plans to announce on Monday technology that will help its server processors run cooler when idle, a feature that could help customers grapple with electricity and air-conditioning costs. Processor...
Waiting for a Google browser is becoming more like "Waiting for Godot." Not only has Google's top executive denied that the company is developing a Web browser, but the Mozilla Foundation more recently has quashed...
A party at Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates' waterfront mansion recently became the focus of unusual police attention. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced a "temporary security zone" earlier this month around...
This download will remove error messages that might be received if you install Works 7.0 on a computer and Word 2002 is already installed on the same computer. Download: wks7dll.exe...
Last week a man charged with stealing proprietary technology from AltaVista search engine two years was arrested. No big deal right, well this man also is an employee at Microsoft and has been working...
This interview with Will Wright lets us know that a new iteration of the Simcity franchise is in the works. Here's the quote that confirms it: Will: A new version of "SimCity"...
Thomson, an entertainment and integrated media solutions provider, has a new Memorandum of Understanding or MOU agreement with China. The purpose of which is to set licensing conditions for the use of patented Thomson technology...
The Senate began debating a corporate tax bill yesterday that affects The Boeing Co. and Microsoft Corp. The House simultaneously started reworking its corporate tax cut, significantly reducing its cost to the U.S. Treasury, and...
Microsoft is pushing back the delivery date for the next rev of its stripped-down Internet service, while it is simultaneously working on its 2006 MSN release. Microsoft's MSN division has a lot...
Microsoft is changing its search strategy, by improving its own algorithmic Web search service and pulling out of the directory search business. Microsoft is enhancing its Web crawler search service to compete with...
Microsoft Works, the company's suite of productivity and consumer software often found on bargain PCs, has been refreshed for 2004. Billed as an outstanding value by Microsoft, Works lashes together several popular products for $100...
Ubi Soft confirms that the same team that created the last game based on the hit TV series is working on a new project. Ubi Soft has confirmed early reports of a...
International Business Machines Corp. and German chipmaker Infineon Technologies AG said they have made an important step toward developing a new kind of memory that could enable computers to boot up instantaneously. ...
High-speed Internet access via power lines is as close as an electrical outlet in a house north of New York City, but bringing it to the rest of the world may be a long way...
A number of reports are claiming that Activision, in a recent Earnings Call conference, has announced that another title in the Jedi Knight first-person shooter series is in the pipeline. The as-yet-unnamed game is apparently...
Toolkit will 'guarantee' data confidentiality As the Home Office prepares to publish a draft code of practice for part three of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Act due in June, a small band...
Shares of online payment system PayPal fell 2% Friday on news that MasterCard would no longer work with third-party credit card payment systems. PayPal is working hard to get an exemption from the...
Thanks Bob Dobbs, Hummer, and neo1980 for the heads up. Older versions of the Morpheus file sharing utility still work, The Register readers have discovered to their surprise. Earlier this...
Thanks neo1980 for posting this in our Back page News on the forums. Microsoft is putting the final touches on a patch to limit an MSN Messenger feature that allowed any Web site...
Thanks to our Affiliate AccessXP for the heads up. Six Integrated Applications Help Families Write Letters, Balance Budgets, Find Directions, Research Homework, Enhance Photos or Get Organized Quickly, Easily and Affordably. ...
Thanks to P5YCH0 for pointing this out. Excerpt from GBA-News.com's exclusive news: "Just as I was paying, the salesman looked at the worm-light with a little smile. Almost nostalgic, he said : "Hum......
