Windows 7 Beta 1 to be released at CES?
Bob Familiar, Architect Evangelist working for Microsoft, has posted a blog entry detailing next weeks MSDN Developer Conferences. The MSDN developer conferences take place across the United States from the 9th December through to the 19th February 2009. In the blog post Familiar states "attend an upcoming MSDN Developer Conference... Read on »
Announcing the Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 SP2 CPP
Mike Nash announced that this week Microsoft is opening up the Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Beta to a broader audience. Starting today, MSDN and TechNet subscribers will have access to the beta to begin testing. Beginning Thursday, Dececember 4, the beta available to everyone through... Read on »
Nokia launches N97, an advanced mobile computer
Nokia showed off its latest piece of hardware to the market today, the Nokia N97. Nokia calls this smartphone an advanced mobile computer, with 32GB of memory, supporting up to a maximum of 48GB of storage, a 5.0 megapixel camera attached to it, including a full QWERTY keyboard, running Symbian... Read on »
Apple, please stop 'thinking different'
When Apple unveiled its latest Macbook and Macbook Pro the world rejoiced. Steve Jobs and his gang at Apple are excellent at... Read on »
Joost your iPhone
Remember 2006, when Joost started delivering previously recorded TV shows to your computer for free? But then in 2007 they just seemed... Read on »
NeowIn-Focus: Solid-state drives revealed
Welcome to this, a comprehensive guide to understanding solid state drives. The purpose of this article is to help the reader understand how commercially available solid state drives came into existence as well as clarify some of the terms utilized when talking about these devices and some advantages and drawback... Read on »
Uncharted 2 revealed in latest GameInformer issue
The January issue of GameInformer features a 10-page article on Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, the sequel to the hit PS3 title from Naughty Dog. Little is known about the game, but what we do know is that the game will feature new climbing and stealth gameplay. As is usually the... Read on »
Six Apart buys Pownce, plans to shut it down on December 15
Pownce was started in June 2007 as a closed beta and was fully released to the public in January 2008. Today it was announced that Six Apart the owners of such services as Live Journal and Typepad will acquire and shut down the service on December 15. Pownce co-creators Kevin... Read on »
New EU plan to 'tackle hi-tech crime'
The BBC reports that a new five year action plan has been made to help European police forces tackle cyber crime. The plan should help police forces across Europe track down and prosecute criminals; the plan is focused mainly on reducing child pornography, and bringing down spam, viruses, and other... Read on »
Danish software firm goes bankrupt, CEO wanted by Interpol
One of Denmark's largest software firms, IT Factory, has declared bankruptcy after papers were discovered that indicated its CEO, Stein Bagger, had secretly defrauded the company and embezzled an amount equal to nearly $85 million USD. Bagger is now wanted by Interpol after he has disappeared while on a trip... Read on »
Xbox 360 claims historic Black Friday sales
Microsoft certainly is one company not feeling the economic downturn at the moment. During the biggest shopping weekend of the year, they pulled out a huge victory in the shops, and over Sony's rival PlayStation 3 system. In a recent press release, figures show that the Xbox 360 outsold PlayStation... Read on »
Amazon, meet Abe
Amazon.com, Inc today announced that it has completed it's aquisition of AbeBooks. AbeBooks, for those that have never heard of it, is more or less eBay meets Amazon Marketplace. It's a place where sellers around the world can list used, rare and out-of-print books. An agreement for the aquisition was... Read on »
The Simpsons mocks (m)Apple
Engadget reports that last night The Simpsons mocked Apple for a full 6 minutes. The Simpsons creator, Matt Groening, has a long history of using several well known celebrities including 50 cent, Ricky Gervais and even the former UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair. Last night Groening mocked Apple's cult following... Read on »
Microsoft-Yahoo deal is "total fiction"
A report by Reuters has suggested that earlier reports of a $20 billion deal between Microsoft and Yahoo are false and that the only possibility is an acquisition of the search division of Yahoo. We reported earlier that the deal between Microsoft and Yahoo would include the creation of a... Read on »
Happy Birthday mouse
The original mouse invention which is now in use on every office and home PC turns 40 next week. Looking like something that could take your fingers clean off, the wooden block with a single red button on top was unveiled to the world 40 years ago. Douglas Engelbart invented... Read on »
Microsoft and Yahoo working on $20 billion deal
Microsoft is once again in talks with Yahoo to acquire its search business for $20 billion according to reports from The Times. The deal comes after two previously failed Microsoft attempts to take over all of Yahoo. Also, Microsoft would support a Yahoo management team with $5 billion. This would... Read on »
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