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 »
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 product presentation and sales. One thing that was somewhat overlooked at the launch was the inclusion on of mini-DisplayPort. It sounds great but where did Apple get this... 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... 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... 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 »
Neowin HP Giveaway, enter now!
The HP Magic Giveaway has begun on Neowin today. The HP Magic Giveaway, is a competition that enables 50 top blogs to run their own contests to give away 50 prize packages whose value exceeds $6000. Microsoft and HP have decided, Neowin is one of the top blogs, and we... Read on »
Black Friday brings down online retailers
Amazon, like many other online retailers were brought down yesterday from eager users trying to get their hands on some limited offers from the sites. Sears.com, Saksfifthavenue.com, lowes.com, victoriassecret.com, amazon.com and many others were overwhelmed with internet traffic from users that the sites experienced down time due to too many... Read on »
Chinese Internet giant hit with scandal
Baidu, China's largest search giant has been accused by the state run media that it is allowing unlicensed medical providers to buy high search rankings. Baidu dominates the Chinese market with about 60% of the market; as a result of the information Baidu's stock tumbled on the Nasdaq. Robin Li,... Read on »
Flexible Smartphone Screens
Smartphones are great multi-functional devices able to replace the functions of cameras, torches, navigation units, media players, organisers and voice recorders. The only device they have trouble replacing is the personal computer. Why? The screen is too small! Luckily, flexible smartphone screens are coming. It was just last year that... Read on »
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