Important correction regarding previous Microsoft Store URL
Yesterday we reported that Windows 7 pre-orders were available on the Microsoft Store website. In our rush to get the news out to our visitors, we inadvertently included a link to the development version of the store (store.microsoft-ppe.com), and not the production version. We noticed this problem first thing Friday... Read on »
Micro Center offering Windows 7 coupons for $39 and $89
We've just received a note from Neowin reader kilobyte1024 that let us know electronics retailer Micro Center is offering Windows 7 pre-orders for $10 less than the pre-order standard prices. There is a catch though, you have to go visit one of their 21 US locations to obtain a coupon... Read on »
Windows 7 Anytime Upgrade retail boxing revealed
AeroXperience's Bryant Zadegan has got his hands on an exclusive look at the Windows 7 Anytime Upgrade retail boxing. Those who are familiar with the Windows Vista Anytime Upgrade will remember that it was only pushed online, but Zadegan says that "Microsoft will indeed be pushing Anytime Upgrade through retail... Read on »
Microsoft offering $100 Technet discount till July 3
We've just received word that Microsoft has begun offering a discount on its Technet subscription. With Windows 7 coming out in October,... Read on »
Analysts say Apple violated SEC disclosure rules
Apple is coming under serious scrutiny from industry analysts, business leaders and now possibly the United States Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC)... Read on »
Colbert takes swipe at Microsoft, Project Natal
On the Bears & Balls segment of his show The Colbert Report last night, comedian Stephen Colbert took aim at Microsoft and Project Natal, he also gave us a look into the next generation Xbox, what he calls the "ex-Xbox". The segment begins by talking about the recent smoking laws... Read on »
Live from the floor of the HP Tech Expo
Shane Pitman, Neowin Editor in Chief, will be sitting down in just a few minutes with Brian Ignomirello, HP StorageWorks Americas Chief Technology Officer and Chris McCall, Manager for Product Marketing for Unified Storage, to interview him from the floor of the HP Technology Forum & Expo in Las Vegas.... Read on »
Apple offers Snow Leopard upgrades for $9.95
Want to buy a new Apple system but thinking about holding off until Snow Leopard is released in September? Apple is now offering an "Up-to-Date Program" to give you Snow Leopard for only $9.95. You must purchase a qualifying computer or Xserve between June 8 and December 26, 2009, that... Read on »
Date set for Sun stockholders to vote on Oracle merger
Sun Microsystems has announced that a special meeting of it's Board of Directors has approved a July 16, 2009 date for a special stockholder meeting to vote on the adoption of the proposed merger agreement with Oracle Corporation. On April 20, 2009, the companies jointly announced the merger. The transaction... Read on »
Ubuntu targets 10 second boot time for 2010 release
In an email to developers of the Linux distribution Ubuntu, Canonical's Scott James Remnant explained how they hope to achieve a 10 second boot time with Ubuntu 10.04, the version to be released in 2010, after 9.10 is released this fall. The projected speed improvements come with changes to the... Read on »
Marshymellow: Apple's hypocrisy is blinding
It would seem hard for any logical person to see the statements Apple made about Windows Vista and Windows 7 today, and think they were not anything but hypocritical. In case you missed it during the WWDC keynote today, Bertrand Serlet, Senior Vice President of Software Engineering at Apple, took... Read on »
Leak: New iPhone codenamed 'iPhone 3GS' (confirmed)
We should find out in just a few short hours some details on the new iPhone as Apple started the WWDC today. However, a recent Apple leak, via John Gruber at Daring Fireball, says the new iPhone has been codenamed "3GS." While this is only a codename, and may or... Read on »
Arrington vs Laporte, when tech journalists collide
Calling the ethics or motives of any journalist into question, is one sure fire way to really make them angry. So when Michael Arrington, (editor of one of the largest technology blogs on the Internet, TechCrunch) implies that Leo Laporte (the head of one of the biggest technology podcast networks,... Read on »
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