Sophos: Windows 7 vulnerable to 8/10 viruses, FUD alert
FUD - Fear, uncertainty and doubt Yesterday, a senior security advisor at Sophos, who is responsible for working with the security community and communicating information on security threats to IT professionals, posted an entry on his blog entitled "Windows 7 vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses". Given the bad... Read on »
How 136 file sharers became 7 million
Can we trust official governmental figures on file sharing? According to an enquiry by the BBC, the answer to this question is no. A recent governmental report puts the number of UK file sharers at the hefty figure of 7 million, however, a closer examination into this figure by the... Read on »
Neowin Forums get a Mobile skin
As part of Neowin's 8th birthday celebrations, we are proud to announce the launch of a forum skin specifically for our members who like to surf on the go. The new skin has been tested across a range of the most popular mobile browsers to give members a great Neowin... Read on »
Ultimate Steal returns to the UK
Microsoft have re-launched the UK arm of their programme that gives massive discounts to university students and staff. Discounts are available on... Read on »
Shift Linux 0.6.5 Released
Shift Linux 0.6.5 is the first public preview release of Shift Linux One. The version number may be confusing, but the team... Read on »
Shift Linux 0.6 Released
We have released Shift Linux 0.6 today. There are two versions released at this time: Shift Linux 0.6 Gnome and Shift Linux 0.6 Lite (for older computers). Shift Linux Lite contains two less resource hogging desk managers (XFCE-4 and Fluxbox), but will have a full compliment of packages and utilities.... Read on »
Shift Linux pre 0.6 KDE4 release
We are happy to announce that we have released a Shift Linux pre 0.6 KDE4 version for you to try. KDE4 was just released on the 11th, and we wanted to try this new desktop version with our distribution. We have based this test version on Ubuntu and have incorporated... Read on »
Neowin Shift Linux 0.5 Final Released
Shift Linux is a Linux project that was created by the Neowin community. Based on Morphix Linux, Shift is Debian based live CD; therefore it has access to all of the software and applications as other Debian distributions. Several versions of Shift Linux have been developed to produce for computers... Read on »
Shift Linux 0.5 RC-2 Released
Shift Linux is a project that was created by the Neowin community. Shift is Debian based, therefore it has access to all of the software and applications as other Debian distributions. Neowin's Shift Linux is designed to give the user an experience of being part of the Neowin community as... Read on »
Community fights back for AutoPatcher
Microsoft's move this week to close down the AutoPatcher project, a project well known and supported here on Neowin, that allows users to update their computers without requiring an internet connection, has met with cries of outrage from members of the Neowin community, and IT professionals from around the world.... Read on »
Shift Linux 0.5 (RC-1) Is Released
Shift Linux is a project that was created by the Neowin community. Shift is Debian based, therefore it has access to all of the software and applications as other Debian distributions. Neowin's Shift Linux is designed to give the user an experience of being part of the Neowin community as... Read on »
DreamScene Preview Ultimate Extra available
Microsoft have just released the 'Dreamscene Preview' Ultimate Extra to users of the Ultimate Edition of Windows Vista. Dreamscene, which was revealed at CES 2007, was missing from the lineup of extras at the launch of Vista, as it needed further work. This preview release allows Ultimate Edition users to... Read on »
Vanishing Point Game - Box 2 is now open
After an event today in LA, the first of four scheduled to happen over the day (The event in Austin was cancelled). Box 2 of the puzzle challenge has been opened. In another criptic display, clues to the puzzle were displayed in the skies over LA. Events in Sydney, Miami... Read on »
Colorado Sherrifs go Wardriving
The Sherrif's department is fitting several of its community service and patrol cars with devices designed to detect insecure wireless networks. This is part of a drive to bring down the use of such networks for illegal purposes, which could land the network owner in serious trouble, whilst the hacker... Read on »
Eurotech unveils ZYPAD
The Zypad is a new arm-wearable computer right out of Futurama. It can run Windows CE or Linux and has a 400 MHz CPU, 64MB Flash memory, 3.5 inch screen. The Zypad leaves the user's hands free — it has no keyboard, just a touchscreen and navigation keys. Voice recognition... Read on »
Video Sharing Catches up With Photo Sharing
Video files captured on modern cameras can tend to be quite large, then therefore somewhat difficult to share over the internet with friends and relatives. Sites like YouTube and Google Video have sprung up to support this gap in the market, but the videos available on there are often compressed... Read on »
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