It's been revealed that a vulnerability in Windows 7 and 8, makes it easier for remote hackers to guess the targetted computer's password by decrypting the user password hint. More...

YouTube have launched a new video hub for the United States 2012 Elections that will allow users to watch 'key moments' from now until election day, all from the comfort of their computer chair. More...

Google have added a nifty feature that allows users to save their search settings and tie it to their Google accounts, regardless of which device or browser you're using. More...

For anyone not noticing the change, Google have updated their search engine icon to an all blue image, a move away from the former multi-coloured 'g'. More...

Microsoft revealed yesterday that amongst their financial performance, Skype usage has gone up 50% in the last quarter with 115 billion minutes worth of calls globally in the same period. More...

Forget Google's Street View for the road! The company has released new panoramic images of the South Pole and several 'landmarks' on our southern most continent. More...

The new look, and long overdue PayPal website revamp is coming tomorrow, and screenshots of the website reveal the more modern, simplified design that should appease customers More...

Mozilla are trying to make HTML/CSS easier to learn by launching an online editor that allows you to create and host webpages. More...

A hacker going by the name of Reckz0r or "Jeremy", claims to have gained over 50GB of data from Visa and Mastercard customers, it would be wise to watch your credit info closely. More...

If the changes late last year weren't enough, YouTube are now rolling out a re-designed homepage to reflect what they call "social integration." More...

Microsoft is releasing several updates today to correct 27 vulnerabilities, many of them being critical and related to allowing remote code execution. More...

Twitter has decided to simplify their logo for good, removing all text, leaving only the little blue bird to represent the site. More...

Mozilla have now finalised and released the next version of their popular, open source internet browser, Firefox 12. More...

The micro-blogging website, tumblr, has announced a somewhat controversial move to switch to paid advertising. More...

Amazon's cloud service is now said to power 1% of all internet traffic in North America, with a third of all users visiting an Amazon cloud site at least once a day. More...

It has been revealed that shortly before being shut down, Megaupload was investigating options for raising money for the organisation through a public stock offering. More...

A rising star in social media, Pinterest, has become the third most popular social network in the United States, after Facebook and Twitter. More...

A recent survey suggests that rich smartphone users prefer using Apple's iPhone and tend to shy away from playing games or tweeting on their phones. More...

A teacher's aide was fired due to content on her Facebook and refusing to give her Facebook password to her employer, now she's embroiled in a legal battle with the school district. More...

Microsoft's competitor to Google's Street View has finally gone international with the UK being the first on the list. More...

A HTC HD7 phone has been found to be up for sale on Facebook containing an early build of Windows Phone 'Tango'. More...

In a recent statistic report published by Forbes, Microsoft was ranked the 86th company in regards to being the most innovative, below Amazon, Apple and Google. More...

Microsoft has plans to fix 22 vulnerabilities this month in 13 bulletins, two of them being critical to Windows and Internet Explorer. More...

Adobe Edge has been confirmed to be coming to Microsoft's Windows Phone platform as well as Apple's iPhone. More...

The British government will officially announce tomorrow a proposed change of law that is claimed to have hindered innovation. More...

Mozilla reveals some of the latest user interface designs for the upcoming Firefox 8, predicted to be released in the early part of next year. More...

The long awaited BBC iPlayer iPad app for the world is launching today, with 11 European countries being the first to have access to the subscription-based service. Australia, Canada and the United States are due... More...

In a survey that was conducted of consumers in the United States of America, 7% of people preferred Microsoft's Windows Phone platform, compared to the BlackBerry's 6%. Consumer confidence was somewhat higher in other smartphone... More...

An unusually substantial amount of Google+ accounts have either been suspended or deleted in the past 24 hours, with talk from users suggesting Google is going tough on those not using their real name. The... More...

From figures released earlier today, it has been revealed that from May 2010 to May 2011, Google's Android platform saw an uptake of 634% in the United Kingdom alone. The exponential growth that's been observed... More...

In an unexpected move from Google, the company has now placed malware infection warnings in search results for users whose connections appear suspicious with the search giant. As seen in the image below, the large... More...

An American blogger who lives in China has made a rather unusual discovery; a fake Apple Store found in the remote Chinese city of Kunming. In the store itself, a variety of Apple products are... More...

Amazon has announced that it has agreed to a non-exclusive deal with CBS to allow the streaming of its video content on the Amazon shopping website. The deal specifically benefits those who sign up to... More...

A job advertisement has recently been posted as part of Microsoft's Windows Phone division and it hints at a new project that the company is currently working on. While the details were light for obvious... More...

BitTorrent Inc. has announced today that they are planning to launch a paid version of the popular µTorrent client. There is yet to be a complete list of features, however, so far they have revealed... More...

A state-run think tank of China, otherwise known as the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, has reported that it believes 1.3 million websites were shut down by the large Asian country last year. Despite the... More...

The European Court of Justice, the highest judiciary court in the European Union, has ruled that the auctioning site eBay has to take more responsibility for what is sold on its site. The court suggested... More...

It has been discovered that a CD which contains a copy Windows 8 Milestone 3, is on sale at the popular internet auction site, eBay. The seller, which appears to be based in Canada, is... More...

Microsoft has four more bulletins, otherwise known as updates, to apply to computers this July as part of the company's unofficial tradition of releasing updates on the second Tuesday of the month. Overall there are... More...

As we previously covered here at Neowin.net, Microsoft have stated that one of the 500 features coming to the Windows Phone platform with the Mango update, is visual voicemail. The feature, allows the user to... More...

YouTube has long been included in the modern history of the Internet and over time, the site has been open to several design changes that enhance the user experience. It would appear however that the... More...

According to a report which was released today from the Temkin Group, those that purchase Apple computers are more satisfied than their PC counterparts. From the results of the survey, Apple outdone competition in all... More...

Last week, Neowin covered a story on a deal that Microsoft agreed with Itronix, which allowed the rugged computer manufacturer, access to some of the software giant's patent portfolio. Earlier today it was revealed that... More...

Baidu, China's predominant search engine has signed a deal with Microsoft's Bing to offer an English language search to Baidu's users. This comes as we've known for some time that Baidu has wanted to move... More...

Microsoft have now discontinued the selling of its Zune HD original devices which were sold directly from the company. On its website, Microsoft recommends using Best Buy or Walmart to buy a Zune HD device,... More...

After an increasingly long battle between Apple and Samsung over patent disputes, Samsung has withdrawn one of its lawsuits against Apple. Samsung have previously made claims that the Cupertino based company was copying many of... More...

In a blog post by the PayPal president in which he announced that the company had 100 million active accounts, he also wrote that the company believes the public will no longer have to carry... More...

Last month, Neowin covered a report from IDC which stated that the Windows Phone platform would overtake that of the iPhone by 2015 in terms of market share. It would appear that the Market Intelligence... More...