When your father is one of the richest persons in the world life can't be too bad right? Having direct access to all sorts of Microsoft goodies like a copy of Windows 7, an...
In a press article today, NVIDIA announced that it has released new graphics drivers for Windows 7 Beta, which it says will be "the start of regular NVIDIA driver updates for the forthcoming operating system"....
Amazon is to allow rights-holders to choose to disable the text-to-speech feature of the Kindle 2 e-book reader on a title by title basis, after the company received criticism that the feature would help Amazon...
Rumors are circulating that Apple will be hosting a hardware-based press event on March the 24th, to update some of its current product lines. These whispers come from World of Apple, who reported multiple sources...
Online advertising is a multi-billion dollar industry. Massive companies rely on it to display their products to the public, and other companies rely on those companies to pay for advertising. Look at Google, for example;...
According to WPXI, a Pennsylvania company has uncovered a security breach involving the President's Marine One helicopters, a P2P file-sharing program, and an IP address in Tehran, the capital of Iran. Although President Obama and...
Information Week is reporting that processor-giant AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) is planning to begin shipping 32nm chips next year, in 2010. The word comes from AMD's Chief Executive Dirk Meyer, stating that volume production of...
One of my favorite Windows Live applications is Live Mesh. There hasn't been much exposure for this application because it's still in beta. For those of you who don't know what Live Mesh is, I'll...
TippingPoint, a network-based intrusion prevention system company, has announced its plans for the Pwn2Own 2009 event - for the third year running. The event will be held at the CanSecWest Security Conference March 16th -...
Small robots the size of riding mowers could prepare a safe landing site for NASAs Moon outpost, according to a NASA-sponsored study prepared by Astrobotic Technology Inc. Researchers showed how small robots could comb...
After Kylie and Alexa, we had 'Battle between the Rookies' in the Rookies ad campaign, which brought mixed response amongst viewers. Here again we have Adam, who is 8 years old using Windows Live Photo...
It has been said that a person's clothes show the world who they are. Microsoft is looking to cater to the "hip but geeky" crowd with their new line of clothing, in partnership with...
Hypebot reports that the RIAA is in the midst of laying off a significant portion of their staff. They quote one anonymous source as saying, "It is about 90-100+ people across the US and global...
The month of love does not always end happily for everybody. One such case of an unhappy ending is that of Karim Emara. Reports have surfaced which state that Emara has been charged...
If you use Google Mail for your email needs and get frustrated that you can't select more then one file at once well you can now rejoice because Google have enabled the feature in their...
Microsoft stores, which will sell Xbox 360 games, hardware and PC titles, are to be opened in major European cities such as London, according to gaming site MCV. Neowin reported earlier this month that...
It has been a long time since Apple has muttered the words "Push" and "MobileMe" in the same sentence but it seems that all has been remedied at the Apple camp. Apple sent...
According to The Inquirer, an Apple PowerBook shocked office-workers in a London marketing agency when it unexpectedly burst into flames, melting keys on the keyboard and spewing acrid smoke into the room. Although the company...
Facebook is following up on recent news about them changing their Terms of Service, with a backlash from users worldwide in an uproar about Facebook owning people's content, than an update to revert back to...
Windows 7 already has built in DivX support in the current beta. Hidden inside the various changes since beta for the RC is a change to Windows Media Player to natively support the .mov files,...
Following on from the Internet Explorer 8 update that Microsoft released for Windows 7 Beta a day ago, another update has been released targeting application compatibility. Judging by these two updates released, Microsoft is progressing...
Nintendo Japan has announced a new controller for the Nintendo Wii but they haven't yet made the announcement that will be avaliable for the rest of the world. The new controller is based on the...
Today Microsoft announced that they have signed a deal with NBC Universal to allow their movies to be distributed through Xbox Live Marketplace in Europe. David Gosen from Xbox Europe commented on how this will...
Microsoft filed suit against TomTom today, alleging that the in-car navigation company's devices violate eight of its patents -- including three that relate to TomTom's implementation of the Linux kernel. It's believed to be the...
Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs wasn't even there, but at times it seemed like it was all anyone talked about at the firm's annual shareholders' meeting on Wednesday. In a lively, one-hour gathering at the...
There's an ever increasing trend that for many the laptop has become the new desktop. Whether that's because of the affordability of low-end notebooks and popularity of netbooks, or because the more costly laptops can...
After a long post yesterday by Steven regarding Windows 7 feedback, which focussed heavily on how Microsoft was gathering the feedback for Windows 7 and the feedback process, the E7 blog has posted the changes...
According to the Local, various members of the IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry) have taken the stand in the ongoing trial against the Pirate Bay now unfolding in Sweden. At one point, John...
With the Life Without Walls campaign moving swiftly, one ad stuck out in my mind as of tonight. Sure, we have Kylie, aged 4 and a half, who wants to send pictures of her...
Ultra-portable computers seem to be all the rage these days, and as Unwired View is reporting, Finland-based cellphone manufacturer Nokia is expanding their share in the market. The device that Nokia is producing is based...
VMware demoed a touchscreen Nokia N800 featuring its mobile hypervisor at its VMworld Europe 2009 conference in Cannes today, showing Windows CE and Google's Android running at the same time. VMware picked up Mobile Virtualisation...
Last week we had a rumor that Windows Vista SP2 RC was released to select testers. It turns out that it might be just a notification from Microsoft a week ahead that RC is done...
According to an article by the BBC, the UK government will very soon be making a push for open-source software, mainly in the public services. The government is considering open-source software as an alternative to...
Microsoft has recently released a 'compatibility and reliability' update for Internet Explorer 8, on the Windows 7 Beta operating system. The update fixes many things, including the following: When Internet Explorer 8 is installed with...
With the trial winding down to the wire, possibly at the end of this week, more evidence against The Pirate Bay comes into play, but is on shaky ground of being anything from evidence against...
After years of owning what is considered a standard-size laptop (14.1" Compaq V1000), I decided to replace it and upgrade to something smaller, lighter, with better battery life and about the same power. So clearly...
According to Microsoft, SQL Server 2008 SP1 CTP is now available for download. This release is available for general testing, and should not be used on production machines. In the SP1 Release, some issues have...
You can play for up to 30 hours straight of active gaming on a single charge or use the play-and-charge cable for non-stop gaming action - especially handy for those over 48 hour gaming events...
The world of technology is like a war these days, with every company competing to step above the rest and keep afloat in the current economic crisis. Microsoft is no exception, and CEO Steve Ballmer...
The micro-expansion to Ironclad's Strategy Game of the Year, Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment, is now ready for download on Stardock's digital download platform, Impulse. Fans that have the original Sins of a Solar...
