Have you ever wondered what technology might one day replace the Computer Mouse? If so, researchers at MIT may have your answer: Nothing! According to Wired.com, "In a magic trick that only geeks can pull...
At his keynote at the annual Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told the expectant crowd that they should see Windows 7 tablet slate devices by the end of the year. This won’t be...
After a victory for iPhone users was won by Fring last week, the social communications company is now facing the backout of their most valued collaborator, according to TechCrunch. Fring, a communications platform that enables...
Microsoft announced on Monday that the first Windows 7 Service Pack 1 public beta is now available. Speaking at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference in Washington, Corporate Vice President of Windows & Windows Live - Tami Reller...
Windows XP, the stalwart OS that kept Microsoft chugging through the rollercoaster days of Windows Vista, will be officially taking versions of XP running SP2 off the patch schedule tomorrow. This comes as no surprise,...
According to a study by OPSWAT, free antivirus software is most popular amongst users. OPSWAT retrieved their data from Windows users who use some of their applications; AppRemover, an application designed to uninstall security applications...
While the iPhone 4 may be getting all the attention with its antenna issue, all other iPhones are facing another issue with iOS 4. While at first thought to be a teething issue with...
Having written numerous articles comparing the current breed of GPUs from Nvidia and ATI, you likely know the drill by now. Nvidia finally readied Fermi-based graphics cards last March and while the release saw them...
Google has tonight launched a new do-it-yourself tool Android application creation tool, called "Google App Inventor for Android", which aims to make it possible for anyone to create an application for their mobile operating system,...
Valve, the developer behind Team Fortress 2, has rolled out another update for its critically acclaimed first-person shooter. Coming as the last of the class upgrades, the "Engineer Update" will be the last refresh of...
Microsoft’s Docs website has recently received its largest update since the online Office document editing service with Facebook integration was launched back in April of this year. In this update, the Microsoft Fuse Labs team...
Kotaku is reporting today that a new game based on Spore will be revealed at San Diego Comic Con. Below is an image of the listing from the Comic Con Programming Schedule that describes the...
The team behind popular social news recommendation tool Reddit, owned by media giant Condé Nast (whose titles include Wired and Vogue), have tonight launched a pay-what-you-wish subscription program, dubbed "reddit gold", in a bid to...
Google has reportedly invested more than $100 million in Zynga, a popular social gaming company, and is quietly preparing to launch a new product, Google Games, later this year. According to TechCrunch and their "multiple sources",...
It's been a big week for the YouTube team. On Thursday, a completely revamped mobile site was launched, and in the afternoon a preview version of Leanback -- a new way to experience YouTube videos...
These days finding a spare car park can be tough at the best of times, but Google has today revealed a mediocre solution which may help ease the pain. Google just released its latest Android...
According to ComputerAndVideoGames.com, “Nintendo believes that all-new anti-piracy tech in 3DS will be foolproof to cracks from illegal downloaders.” They spoke to THQ’s VP of Global Publishing, Ian Curran who had the following to say,...
Earlier this week, and to the dismay of the many users of Blizzard's official forums, Blizzard announced it would soon force all users to use their "Real ID" -- or their real name -- to...
When Steve Jobs announced the video chat capabilities of the iPhone 4 with its front facing camera, the Apple world was stoked. When he announced that the proprietary video chat app, Facetime, would only work...
Not too long ago, there was a bug on Facebook that allowed applications to be installed on your account without your authorization. Facebook claimed that they had fixed this bug, and that users...
Google's presence in China has been a almost never ending controversy over censorship, social responsibility, and human rights. It was always a struggle to try and keep up with China's complicated and sometimes intrusive legislation...
Microsoft said on Thursday that nearly half of all Windows 7 PCs are running 64-bit versions of the operating system. Early indications that 64-bit adoption rate was much higher than 32 began earlier this year. Statistics,...
Adobe is reportedly preparing to ride the current trend of 3D technology, revealing it will bring improved support for 3D in the next iteration of it's popular Flash technology. Adobe Flash, a "dying technology" according to...
A mandatory content filter for Australia, proposed by the current Labor government in 2007, has today been delayed for at least a year as Communications Minister Stephen Conroy announced new transparency features and a review which will...
Google has announced it will resume capturing images for its Street View service next week, after a scandal which saw private data accidentally captured by rogue code and left the search giant red-faced as privacy...
According to industry sources, Apple is currently working on agreements with major Television Studios to allow it to rent TV shows to consumers for 99 cents a piece. NewTeeVee reports that , "The TV rental...
Earlier this year, Sony revealed that it would be providing 3D firmware updates for the PlayStation 3. The updates were announced to occur in two phases. The first phase that they announced was the 3D...
ZDNet is reporting that codename "Vail" and "Aurora" may be available for beta testers next week. Vail and Aurora are low end versions of Microsofts Windows Server range of products, with Vail being the codename...
The latest ComScore results released today suggest market share for Google's mobile operating system, Android, grew strongly during the last quarter between March and May rising 4% since February at the expense of other mobile...
Apple has been known to limit developer access to certain hardware features of their phones since the launch of the App Store in 2008. There has also been no shortage of controversy surrounding the approval...
All it took was a few hastily typed words. In what may not seem like a blip on the technology news radar screen, a high-ranking CNN news editor was fired on Wednesday over a simple tweet....
A patent filed in 2009 by Microsoft which attempts to suggest the company invented the idea of a virtual page turning animation that was likely filed during the planning or pre-production process for the now...
Nextstop, a location-aware company which allowed users to view comments and multimedia about locations around the world, has announced it has been acquired by social-networking giant Facebook. The team behind nextstop, which was founded by ex-Google...
In an move reminiscent of Apple's recent fiasco with the iPhone 4, Nokia sent the police after a blogger to recover an unreleased smartphone. Eldar Murtazin published a harsh review of the Nokia N8 back...
The Pirate Bay just can't catch a break these days. Fresh of the heels of more European regulatory action against their previous hosts, German private ISP Cyberbunker, the infamous torrent aggregation portal is facing a...
Google news has been quietly updated in an overhaul that is cleaner and offers more options to share news. While it appears that only the US site has been updated, it’s probable that in...
Neowin's annual "Neowindex" staff get-together starts today. Staff from the Western side of the pond are meeting up in Toronto, Canada, for a fantastic weekend of brainstorming, sightseeing, and general debauchery in true Neowin.net style....
Microsoft’s latest catastrophe, the Kin, has quickly become a huge embarrassment for Microsoft employees of all levels. They only sold 10,000 units before killing the project, and internal embarrassment is quickly tuning into public...
Rumours continue concerning Microsoft's KIN sales numbers. Early estimates suggested the software giant had only sold 500 of the devices. John Gruber, a blogger notorious for his inside information on Apple, claimed Microsoft sold 503 devices....
In a previous article, we compared the value of pre-assembled, performance-grade desktops from popular vendors to the DIY Enthusiast's PC recommended in our buying guide. That research left us with the same conclusion hardware buffs...
