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Infographic: Are you obsessed with your cell phone?

cell phone By Brad Sams, 2 hours ago 10 Comments

We all know someone who has said “I can’t live without my cell phone”.  As the little devices become more powerful each year, the simple fact is that they become more integrated into our lives.  Cellphone.org has put together an awesome info graphic that tells the true tale of the... Read More »

Rock Band 3 confirmed for holiday release, will “revolutionize” genre

harmonix By Joshua Seed, 3 hours ago 8 Comments

  Speaking on the developer’s Facebook page, Harmonix has confirmed that Rock Band 3 will release this holiday season. Harmonix is developing Rock Band 3 for worldwide release this holiday season! The game, which will be published by MTV Games and distributed by Electronic... Read More »

PlayStation 3 to outsell Wii by 2013

gaming By Matthew Hopson, 5 hours ago 30 Comments

Sony's PlayStation 3 games console will outsell the Nintendo Wii by 2013, at least according to industry analyst David Mercer of StrategyAnalytics who wrote a short preview of the upcoming "Global Video Game Market Forecast" publication on his blog. In his blog post, the analyst wrote that there will be... Read More »

Microsoft starts rolling out new MSN homepage

microsoft By Benjamin Rubenstein, 11 hours ago 46 Comments

Last November, Neowin reported that Microsoft was testing a new design for their MSN homepage. Today, Ars Technica makes known that Microsoft has finally begun rolling it out to users. The roll out will gradually make its way to 100 million US customers over the next few weeks. Microsoft is... Read More »

Energizer needs to stick to batteries, software opens your PC to hackers

energizer By Brad Sams, 12 hours ago 39 Comments

Energizer is known for their batteries and not for their software.  So, if you have installed the software for the Energizer Duo battery charger to monitor the charging level of your batteries, remove the software immediately. According to Consumerist.com, “if you're using the Energizer Duo battery charger, and have... Read More »

Firefox's upcoming JavaScript engine uses Webkit code

mozilla By Benjamin Rubenstein, 13 hours ago 39 Comments

It's no secret that Firefox, which was once the fastest browser out there, has begun falling behind in the JavaScript speed race. Browsers, like Google Chrome and Opera, now make Firefox seem sluggish by comparison. This doesn't mean that Firefox is slow; but these days, a lot of attention is... Read More »

Google adds POP refresh button to Gmail Labs

google By Benjamin Rubenstein, 14 hours ago 19 Comments

Google has made the managing of multiple email accounts through Gmail much simpler. However, there's always been something missing--the lack of push. Let's say you have your Hotmail account set up in Gmail using POP and you receive an email. Depending on the algorithm used by Gmail to fetch from your... Read More »

Neowin Giveaway: D-Link DIR-685

dlink By Brad Sams, 16 hours ago 632 Comments

D-Link hooked us up with a DIR-685 and its time that we give this router away! If you didn’t catch the first part of the review, be sure to check it out here.  The winner will be announced in the second part of the review which will be... Read More »

HP shows off Windows 7 powered Slate UI, including Flash support

hp By Tom Warren, 19 hours ago 85 Comments

Ever since Steve Ballmer showed off the HP Slate at the Consumer Electronics Show this year, there's been a huge amount of interest in the new device. HP released a new video in late January with Phil McKinney, CTO of HP’s Personal Systems Group. McKinney claimed 2010 is the... Read More »

Intel investigates counterfeit processors; 300 fake chips [Updated]

Intel By Andrew Lyle, 08 March 2010 - 12:52 70 Comments

As Neowin reported during the weekend, Newegg shipped out counterfeit Intel i7 processors to customers, where customers received a clay mold of a heatsink, and even a piece of scrap metal as the processor.  Intel will investigate why there was counterfeit processors shipped out to customers and exactly how many... Read More »

Steam coming to OS X in April; no repurchasing required

gaming By Sam Symons, 08 March 2010 - 15:56 98 Comments

Earlier today, the company Valve, famous for its Steam platform and Half-Life series of games (amongst many others) announced that it will be shipping a native OS X version of Steam next month, with some very welcome new additions. Valve let the news out via a press release on its website,... Read More »

AT&T cripples its first Android offering; not suitable for devs

at&t By Benjamin Rubenstein, 08 March 2010 - 14:56 59 Comments

Not even a full day after releasing the Android powered Motorola Backflip, AT&T is being slammed for closing off the Android platform on the device. Last week, we reported that AT&T had stripped Google search from Android, in favor of Yahoo. However, we had no idea of what else was... Read More »

Verizon's LTE rollout becomes a little clearer

verizon By Brad Sams, 08 March 2010 - 13:54 9 Comments

Verizon has come out and revealed some of its plans for the 2010 year with regards to LTE.  Their latest press release states that they will deploy LTE in 25 to 30 markets that will cover approximately 100 million Americans.  Verizon has also stated the blatantly obvious, 4G is faster than... Read More »

.Net gets Fry'd as Stephen Fry tweets about interview

twitter By Matthew Hopson, 08 March 2010 - 09:53 47 Comments

In an ironic twist to the news last week that Stephen Fry can take down websites with a single tweet, .net magazine itself was brought down when Fry tweeted a link to the interview in which he discusses his "power". In the interview, Fry talked of how a site tweeted by... Read More »

TechSpot: Battlefield Bad Company 2 GPU Performance In-depth

gaming By Julio Franco, 08 March 2010 - 06:17 31 Comments

PC gamers are no strangers to the Battlefield franchise, making its first appearance in 2002 with the multiplayer focused Battlefield 1942. Several other titles and expansion packs have followed in recent years, though Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is the direct sequel to a game released in 2008 that only made... Read More »

Microsoft demos game across Windows Phone 7, Xbox 360 & Windows 7

microsoft By Tom Warren, 08 March 2010 - 04:04 19 Comments

Microsoft has demonstrated seamless and integrated versions of an Indiana Jones game running across Windows Phone 7, Xbox 360 and Windows 7. Eric Rudder, Senior Vice President of Technical Stategy at Microsoft, demonstrated the game at TechEd Middle East 2010 last week in Dubai. Engadget spotted that he demonstrated how the... Read More »