HP has recently come under fire from the Boston Globe, who have reported that Redington Gulf, a third-party based in Dubai has been selling HP printers in Iran for 11 years, since 1997. HP...
Yesterday Wal-Mart kicked off it's latest deal of the season, offering customers iPhones for $197. But who would have ever thought that a company would compete with Wal-Mart's "Always low prices"? AT&T has launched...
LG has confirmed that they will debut its first ever 3G cellphone watch at CES 2009. The tiny device, labeled as GD910 (Announced at CES 2008), has a 1.4 inch touchscreen. Some features announced...
What are you currently paying for your text messaging? Is it 20 or 25 cents or are you one of the millions of users who buy a text messaging package with your phone plan...
Consumers in the U.S. who wait too long before claiming coupons for digital TV converter boxes could find themselves empty-handed, according to Reuters. A Department of Commerce official who is overseeing the subsidy program said...
Blizzard announced in a press release last week that it's most popular game series - World of Warcraft - is now played by over 11.5 million gamers worldwide (and that number excludes players who have...
A Michigan-based networking company on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against Google, Microsoft, and Apple alleging that all three tech giants violated a patent it owns on the use of document-preview icons--or thumbnails--in operating systems. In...
Wal-Mart on Friday confirmed that it will be selling Apple's iPhone 3G beginning Sunday at about 2,500 stores. The price, with a new two-year service agreement with AT&T (or qualified upgrade), is $197 for the...
Reports surfacing on various Chinese and Russian forums today indicate that Windows 7 beta 1 (build 7000) has leaked to torrent. Neowin members have posted screenshots of the beta and we can confirm the 7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULFRE_EN_DVD...
Let's face it; supercomputers are by no means cheap and accessible to all. This isn't much of an issue for the average user as there are rare instances in which they would need hundreds of...
It seems that lots of technology companies are being hit hard by the U.S.'s economic problems. This time it's Wikipedia and they are asking for a donation. Wikipedia, founded in 2001, is a website developed...
Football game Fifa 09 has knocked Call of Duty: World at War off the top of the video game chart to become the best-selling computer game this Christmas. Call of Duty, which had occupied...
As the holiday season is upon us and it is Christmas day for many across the world, we would like to take this opportunity to thank all our readers for their continued support. 2008 has...
An Australian couple have been served with legal documents via the popular social networking site Facebook.Mark McCormack, a lawyer in Canberra, persuaded a court to allow him to use the unusual method after other attempts...
With 3rd quarter sales, revenue, and earnings posted and evaluated, several surprising facts come into play. iSuppli, a market research firm, has evaluated desktop and laptop sales, and for the first time ever, laptop shipments...
Microsoft has confirmed the existence of a new and potentially serious security threat to users of its SQL Server database software. "Microsoft is aware that exploit code has been published on the Internet for...
EA announced last week that they have teamed up with Crytek to provide gamers with a free 10 days of Crysis Wars - the multiplayer version of Crysis Warhead. It has been available to play...
Neowin and its members have compiled a list of their favourite applications that they can't live without. A list was compiled of the top 10 applications members require and keep on their iPhone. ...
ScrollMotion has signed contracts with major publishers such as Houghton Mifflin, Simon & Schuster, Random House and the Penguin Group. These publishers will bring hundreds of titles directly to the iPhone for reading. ...
Microsoft Live Labs recently announced Seadragon for iPhone which indicated Microsoft's interest with the iPhone. Microsoft's Live Search team has now joined that list and has released Live Search for iPhone, though the announcement was...
When it comes to PCs and laptops, Microsoft had little to fear with Linux as much as it does the Mac. But now the new threat to Windows comes in the form of 'netbooks' -...
Microsoft has extended the final OEM and reseller delivery date for the Windows XP from January 31, 2009 to May 30, 2009. The cut off date for PC makers to obtain licenses for the software...
Australia has been known to have high levels of censorship. It should come as no surprise to those in the land down under that the government is planning to filter P2P and Bit Torrent traffic...
Following the break of three underwater Internet cables in the Mediterranean early last Friday, France Telecom has sent a ship, the "Raymond Croze," to examine and repair the damage. The cables are now thought to...
Starting today, some of EA's biggest titles are available for purchase for the first time on Valve's Steam, a huge online superstore for Windows games. The first games availiable are Spore, Warhammer Online, Need...
Neowin will be covering CES 2009. Similar to our PDC coverage we aim to cover all the relevant gadgets and technology that we think our readers will enjoy reading. We have 4 members of staff...
It can't be argued that 2008 was the year of the netbook. Asus is credited with officially bringing the first netbook to market last year with their Eee PC, but as many first adopters will...
Several Microsoft watchers have speculated that Microsoft may release the Windows 7 beta to Microsoft Action Pack subscribers on or before the 5th January. Microsoft posted a note to its partner site regarding the latest...
With the pending 2009 release of Internet Explorer Mobile 6, Microsoft is making a major change in its approach to the mobile Web. In November Microsoft announced a package of emulator images, which developers...
As previously reported on Neowin last week, the iPhone dev-team has announced they've figured out how to unlock the iPhone 3G for use on any GSM network you have in your country. The patch will...
The Security Threat Report 2009 was just published by Sophos, the UK-based IT security and control firm, which examined the cybercrime trend over the last twelve months, and predicted the emerging cybercrime trends for 2009....
The end of the year is near, and the holiday season is just about to start. For hundreds of thousands of people, it's time for that yearly bonus. Search engine giant Google has taken a...
As we all know, Microsoft Affiliates Network was closed on December, 15th 2008. In an email sent to me yesterday, Microsoft Affiliates Manager Melissa Witt wrote about the new offers which will be available in...
Lenovo is all geared up to launch its Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds Workstation at the CES Expo this January. The most interesting thing about this workstation is that it features a dual screen display, hence the...
The former CIO at Diskeeper has filed a lawsuit claiming that his work forced him to take Scientology training courses, in order to keep his job at Diskeeper. Alexander Godelman and Marc Le Shay...
After Uptownlife.net published an article about the Dell's mystery product 'Adamo', New York Times and other blogs over the internet speculated the 'Adamo' to be Dell's answer to Apple's Macbook Air. Uptownlife.net later removed the...
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have stated that they will begin a new pilot program spanning 7 US states which will help fund Internet expansion into public libraries, as well as donating $850,000 to...
Today marked the start of something that could potentially be crippling to YouTube's new revenue endorsements. YouTube and Warner Music failed to reach an agreement to keep their content on the most popular video...
Many have questioned why Microsoft hasn't integrated the Zune and the Xbox ever since the launch of the Zune. The two products are the staples of Microsoft's hardware division and yet the two do...
Thanks to the feedback of thousands of users who reported scrolling issues with the recent release of Windows Live Hotmail, Microsoft has rolled out another update to customers fixing the issue. Users can now revert...
