AMD intros low power Shanghai CPU
With its 45nm production process now in full swing, AMD has announced the release of a low power variant of its popular Shanghai (Opteron) Server CPU. The "energy efficient" Shanghai sips just 55 watts ACP (AMD's own energy rating) compared to 75watts of a standard Shanghai and is designed to... Read on »
New mobile Trojan swipes money via SMS
Kaspersky Labs, maker of a popular antivirus application, has detected a new malicious program capable of controlling a user's mobile phone account. The Trojan called "SMS.Python.Flocker" is written in the scripting language Python, targets Symbian phones belonging to customers of an Indonesian mobile phone operators and is capable of sending... Read on »
Kaspersky releases Antivirus beta for Windows 7
Kaspersky Lab has announced the release of a "technical prototype" a.k.a beta of Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Windows 7. The prototype is based on a new antivirus engine which provides complete antivirus protection from all types of Internet threats. The new version of Kaspersky Anti-Virus is designed to secure computers running... Read on »
AMD releases Opteron "Shanghai" Server processor
Today AMD announced that it will begin shipping its latest processor the "Shanghai" quad-core Opteron processors for servers and workstations and will... Read on »
Sun to spread Live Toolbar via JAVA
Microsoft has announced a deal with Sun Microsystems to offer its MSN Toolbar when users download the Java Runtime Environment (JRE), from... Read on »
AMD 4800 Series to get a speed bump?
There are reports floating around the web today that ATI is planning to refresh its RV770 (4800 series to you and me) in an effort to add additional speed to its already highly successful card line-up. This would act as a stop gap until AMD is ready to release the... Read on »
Microsoft offers new art work for Zune customization
In an effort to push its iPod-a-like Zune portable music player Microsoft have added 46 new designs to its customization website. Zune is Microsoft’s music and entertainment brand providing an integrated digital entertainment experience. The Zune platform includes a line of portable digital media players, software, the Zune Marketplace online... Read on »
Windows 7 to have only one "compatible" logo
The Register is reporting on an interesting story from WinHEC about how Microsoft is planning to change how it will run the “compatible with Windows 7” logo program. Microsoft seems to have learnt its lesson after the disaster that was the Vista compatible program which had 4 different logos and... Read on »
WPA is going the way of WEP, cracked in 15 minutes flat
According to PC World the days of securing your WIFI network using Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) may be over, as researcher Erik Tews will show how he was able to crack WPA encryption in around 15 minutes at a the Tokyo PacSec Conference in two weeks time. WPA was designed... Read on »
The Winners! Neowin Annual Giveaway 2008
This year we had well over 1000 entries for the Neowin Annual Competition from members new and old. We would like to thank all the people that entered, even if you didn’t win. And without further ado the winners are: Minthost 4x Entry hosting packages for 1 year (1,000MB storage,... Read on »
AMD HD 4850 X2 finally hitting the shelves?
Neowin reported back in October that AMD’s Radeon 4850 X2 was getting ready for release, well now finally it seems you should be able to actually go out and by one. Reports are coming in from around the web, that the AMD Radeon HD 4850 X2 is hitting the shelves... Read on »
Alienware goes CrossfireX for its M17 Laptop
AMD and Alienware have joined forces to produce the first AMD CrossfireX Multi-GPU laptop. Alienware, famous for its extreme laptop and desktops has produced another first the M17 laptop. Not only does it have an Intel Quad-Core Mobile CPU it also includes a pair of Radeon Mobility HD 3870 GPU’s... Read on »
More AMD Deneb details leaked to spoil the Core i7 party?
As many of you have already seen Intel Core i7 reviews have hit the web, and most reviews have given the Core i7 the thumbs up. Benchmarks puts the i7 inbetween the Core 2 Quad Extreme series and the SkullTrail Gaming platform. This is an impressive feat for Intel, giving... Read on »
Neowin October Giveaway: Last chance to enter
Just a quick reminder to anyone who hasn’t yet entered the Annual Neowin Competition that today is the last day to enter. The cut-off point is today 23:59 GMT . Any entries after that point won’t be counted and you could miss out on winning an exclusive Neowin mug or... Read on »
Neowin Competition: Annual October Giveaway
Well it’s that time again! This month Neowin celebrated its 8th birthday and to celebrate the fact that we are yet another year older Neowin will be giving away some prizes to our readership as a big Thank You! for all of your continued support over the many years. This... Read on »
Android targeted in less than a week
CRN are reporting that less than one week after launch security experts at Baltimore, Maryland-based Independent Security Evaluators (ISE) have warned of a serious flaw that leaves it open for hackers to launch drive-by attacks. Google’s Android OS has been designed especially for mobile use and is compatible with all... Read on »
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