Sony has quietly updated the internals of the PlayStation 3. Japanese tech site PocketNews reports that the 65nm RSX GPU has been replaced with a smaller, more power efficient 40nm version, similar to the ‘slim’...
Jason Chen, Editor of Gizmodo.com, came home Friday night to a surprise visit from California's Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team, according to Gizmodo. Following the issuing of a warrant from the Judge of the Superior...
With Google I/O just around the corner, the Internet giant is expected to show off the progress of their app market and the staggering growth that it's seen. Last month alone, the Android Market had...
9to5mac is reporting that two iPod Touch prototypes had been posted on eBay and have since been removed. This, along with some of the devices' characteristics, lead many to believe that they were, indeed, legitimate...
Neowin reported just last week that McAfee had released a bad antivirus definition update that was causing major issues with users computers. The update was causing Windows XP SP3 clients to be locked out...
Microsoft has announced a public preview release of Windows Server Code Name "vail". "Vail” is the version 2 release of Windows Home Server based on Windows Server 2008 R2. Vail provides simple file sharing, remote access,...
Apple finally put out new MacBook Pros earlier this month, but the launch with Intel’s latest processors hasn’t come without a few problems. PC Authority’s hands on testing with the new 17” MacBook Pro found...
Google has updated their Nexus One page, and the news for Verizon customers patiently awaiting their chance to own Google's phone is, well, disappointing. On the pricing page, where we're used to seeing a T-mobile...
Steve Jobs is trying to make news in as few words as possible these days. We thought it was pretty succinct of Jobs to answer "Sorry, no" to a customers query about iPhone 2G support,...
Sony, according to CNET, has 70% of the 3.5 inch floppy market. They have announced that they are going to end all floppy sales in March of 2011. In 2002 Sony sold 47 million floppy...
If rumours are to be believed Microsoft's Xbox 360 is set to go slim and receive a subtle rebrand featuring black as the console's main colour when it is bundled with the much anticipated project...
Vodafone said on Monday that it will release Google's Nexus One phone on Friday April 30 for UK customers. Vodafone customers can pre-order the device today at vodafone.co.uk/nexusone. The Nexus One will be free for contracts...
According to Engadget, Research in Motion (RIM) was set to announce two new phones today. The two handsets were supposed to be the big announcement WES 2010, RIM's Blackberry expo. The two leaked handsets are the...
Apparently, Google's Nexus One has the hardware capability to connect to wireless-N Wifi networks. iFixit, in their dismantling of the smartphone, found that the wireless NIC was a Broadcom BCM4329EKUBG, a model that does support...
Ubuntu will soon begin to phase out its traditional "system tray" in favor of a new overhauled menu and notification system. Citing inconsistent behavior and weak notification ability, the Canonical Design Team has announced...
Neowin recently received a Lenovo A63 for review that was designed for businesses who are looking to upgrade their current workstations. In a world of mundane business machines, Lenovo is trying to stand out...
New videos of Microsoft’s upcoming mobile OS have surfaced demonstrating its strong depth in productivity features. The two short clips from Mobility Digest show real world scenarios that users would encounter when using Windows Phone...
The incident regarding Gizmodo and an apparently "lost" iPhone prototype recently was very interesting, and not just because it was the first major leak to come out of Apple in a rather long time. A...
Joystiq reports that Apple is taking a dedicated approach to how games are presented in the App Store with the hiring of long-time IGN Nintendo editor Matt Casamassina. Casamassina explains, "In a nutshell, I will...
BGR has an exclusive hands on with Microsoft Office for Mac 2011, with a nice gallery to boot. They take special notice of the general overhaul Microsoft gave the UI for this iteration, making people...
Computerworld reports that 1.5 million facebook accounts are up for sale by a hacker going by the moniker Kirllos. To be clear, that's .3% of the estimated 400 million total registered Facebook accounts. VeriSign's iDefense...
Earlier this year Ubisoft released Assassin's Creed 2 with DRM that required you to be online to play the game. Even if you only wanted to play single player you still had to have an...
YouTube has quietly rolled out a rentals service that offers both movies and tv shows. Costing between $.99 and $3.99 for 48 hours, the fee is paid with Google Checkout. By entering the 'pay...
We reported two days ago that a certain resourceful linux hacker managed to build a bootable copy of Android that will install on an iPhone 2G. However, the process isn't for the light of digital...
Google has stirred up a lot of trouble with their street view project. They've been sued for driving up a couples private drive and snapping a photo of their house and they even started blurring...
Google launched a turn-by-turn navigation update to Google Maps yesterday in the UK. During the press conference they stated that they plan to bring the update to other smartphone devices including the iPhone. Currently the only...
Sega announced today that they will be tackling a massive restructuring of their US and European operations. Sega West President Mike Hayes told IndustryGamers that there will be a total of 73 redundancies comprised of...
Blizzard posted an official annoucement on their forums that they have kicked over 320,000 accounts from Battle.net they found were violating the terms of service. We’ve recently banned over 320,000 Warcraft III and ...
After yesterday's introduction of Google Places, a revamp and streamlining of the already successful Local Business Center, Google is taking the business search engine one step further. In a few select trial cities, Google will...
Via the latest 10.6.3 update for Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Apple seems to be finally allowing third party developers to access the low level H.264 decoding power of the GPUs within its Macs. Adobe’s...
Microsoft announced on Thursday, a record third-quarter revenue of $14.50 billion for the quarter ended March 31, 2010. The financial figures are a 6% increase from the same period of the prior year. Windows revenue has...
We now know that Halo: Reach is days away from being feature complete, and with it being Bungie’s last hurrah in their hit franchise in the foreseeable future, they are going all-out with the Legendary...
Leaked Samsung documents today confirm that multiple iterations of 1Ghz+ mobile CPUs are scheduled for mass production in the next few years. Included within the leaked roadmap is a 1.2Ghz quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 chip scheduled...
NY Times reported a profit this quarter, according to TechCrunch. At first glance, this is surprising news. Print news has been suffering for a long time as the proliferation of free or cheap digital alternatives...
Microsoft has released the final build (4763.1000) of Office 2010 to MSDN and TechNet subscribers today. Microsoft said on Friday that its new Office suite, due in May for businesses and June for consumers,...
After a year of squabbling over licensing rights, Mechwarrior 4 will finally be available as a free download. If you haven't been following the drama, here's what's been going on. Smith & Tinker, an offshoot of...
As we now know, Google's next iteration of the Android operating system is rumored for release at Google I/O next month. To make matters even more interesting, Phandroid has posted some pictures showing a HTC...
TechCrunch has posted the results of a survey taken by Phones 4u regarding women and their attraction to iPhone carrying men. The responses from the 1,500 women who participated may make your head spin. PR...
Today marks the six month anniversary of the launch of Windows 7 on October 22, 2009. Six months on and Windows 7 is a winner for Microsoft. Some organizations are also claiming the success of...
Publishing giant Activision is planning to release three new Call of Duty games within the next two years, at least according to company blogger Dam Amrich who wrote on the Facebook page of the "Gamers...
