Microsoft Promises Better Mobile Gaming
Better games on your handheld or smartphone – that’s what Microsoft is claiming to bring to users of the Windows Mobile operating system that powers these devices. This push to get more graphically-rich games for Windows Mobile on both smartphones and Pocket PCs is a twofold assault – Microsoft itself... Read on »
MS to preview WinCE 5.0
Microsoft is set to release on Monday a beta version of an update to its Windows CE operating system for handheld devices, set-top boxes and other limited-function computing devices. The Technology Preview Kit for Windows CE 5.0, formerly code-named Macallan, will be provided to developers attending the Embedded Systems Conference... Read on »
EU in Piracy Crackdown
The European Parliament has passed an anti-piracy law, covering everything from handbags to music downloads. The final vote on the EU Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive took place in the European Parliament on 9 March. The directive was passed by 330 votes to 151. The law was drawn up to... Read on »
Are you ready for a Mobile Windows?
While not an obvious subject for Neowin front page news, I'm posting this news here as I think it represents major change... Read on »
Google Named as #1 Global Brand
Google, the top Internet search engine which is expected by bankers to list its shares this year, has gained a fillip as... Read on »
UK News: Private Credit Data to be used by Govn
So the UK govn. will soon be able to have a peek at UK'ers finances, eh? Strike another nail in the coffin of privacy if you will please. The government is planning to use databases of personal information from government departments and the private sector to carry out background checks... Read on »
Community Service for UK Hacker
A UK student who hacked into US Department of Energy computers responsible for US energy supplies and for the integrity and safety of US nuclear weapons has been sentenced to 200 hours community service. Sentencing, Judge Goymer told the teen, Joseph James McElroy, that it was understandable that the US... Read on »
In with a bullet: MyDoom is 'worst ever'
It's only two days old and still growing fast, but at least one security firm is ready to crown the MyDoom virus as the worst ever. Finnish security software and services company F-Secure made the coronation late Wednesday, declaring the MyDoom the fastest-spreading worm ever and "the worst email worm... Read on »
Napster and iTunes Euro debut delayed
Old-fashioned red tape is delaying the eagerly awaited European launches for iTunes and Napster. A maze of licensing contracts, music release dates that differ by country and incompatible billing systems have combined to sidetrack the services, which many recording executives still hope will make their European debut in the first... Read on »
UK News: David Brent to Train Microsoft
"I'm a monopolist first, geek second... probably an entertainer third..." Wernham Hogg's managerial genius that is David Brent has been employed by Microsoft to train its staff in personal development. Although the character's creator Ricky Gervais has previously shunned such work, it appears the opportunity to work with Microsoft was... Read on »
Mmm, shiny-newness @ CES
I feel your pain readers... you have scoured the CES news to find what's The Next Big Thing™, or what to start saving for. Well, wait no longer technophiles as the 2004 CES Innovations Awards Honorees have been announced, featuring delights such as: Category: Electronic Gaming Air Flo Technology www.nyko.com... Read on »
Eats, Shoots and Leaves…
No, it's not the classic Panda joke but rather a poor leader into a item telling of the massive Christmas as had at Amazon Towers in the UK, ahem, who merely act as distribution agents for Santa Claus..... If you spent Boxing Day watching Pirates of the Caribbean, listening to... Read on »
The browser is dead! Long live the browser!
The web may have popularised the internet, but most users now connect to the net using non-browser applications, according to figures released this week. Media players and instant-messaging applications are now by far the most popular internet applications, dwarfing the web browser, according to December figures from Nielsen//NetRatings released on... Read on »
UK News: Bank of England email scam
Yup, it's another scam email sent in a spoofy manner by a load of merchant bankers... The Bank of England says it has intercepted over 100,000 fraudulent e-mails masquerading as computer security software issued by the central bank. The bogus e-mail, which appears to come from a Bank of... Read on »
To Not CAN-SPAM?
On New Year's Day, Americans will wake up to more than a crushing hangover; they will have a new federal antispam law and, according to one commercial group, a new definition of spam. Representatives of the Direct Marketing Association said the CAN-SPAM Act, which President Bush signed into law Tuesday,... Read on »
Drumming up support for DRM
Philips Electronics said on Tuesday it was six months away from launching a system against illegal copying that will allow consumers to play digital video and music on any digital media player. Philips hopes the so-called digital rights management (DRM) system being developed by Intertrust, which it jointly owns with... Read on »
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