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Facebook reverts back to old Terms of Use

Andrew Lyle — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:48:30 +0000

Facebook recently made changes to their Terms of Use on their web site, which gave Facebook all permissions of your images, videos, and content when submitting anything to the web site. The social networking web... Read more...

Update: Google search back to normal after hour long outage

Tom Warren — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:52:13 +0000

Update: Google Search seems to be back to normal, the issue was caused by "human error" according to Google. Google Search is currently not functioning correctly and returning "this site may harm your computer" on... Read more...

Apple pulls back NVIDIA Update released on Monday

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:12:25 +0000

Apple has retracted the NVIDIA Graphics Update 2009 released on Monday from its website and automatic software update system without any explanation. The update was meant to address issues with its Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link... Read more...

FCC fires back at Obama's DTV delay request

Brad Sams — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:36:43 +0000

FCC chief Kevin Martin has fired back at the Obama camp for its recommendation for a delay in the DTV transition. As previously reported on Neowin, the Obama office wants the FCC to delay... Read more...

Wal-Mart to carry iPhone, isn't rolling back prices, yet

Brad Sams — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:49:42 +0000

There has been much of a rumor that Wal-Mart would soon be carrying the iPhone. The rumor that the mega-store would soon be selling the almighty iPhone will finally come true by the end... Read more...

Microsoft Silverlight to back Ruby, Python in browser

Steven Parker — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:41:08 +0100

Microsoft plans to enable the Python and Ruby languages to be used for client-side development of rich Internet applications that leverage the company's Silverlight browser plug-in technology. The intent is to let developers continue using... Read more...

Twitter to make a come back at WWDC?

Imran Hussain — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:46:21 +0100

As a daily routine the first thing I did today after turning my system on was to check whether twitter is back or not and I was not disappointed. The big day has arrived (Worldwide... Read more...

Microsoft hits back at Google with Live Search News

Steven Parker — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:04:29 +0100

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As a part of its Rome release, Microsoft's Live Search team has launched a new Live Search News, a direct competitor to Google News. At this time, Live Search News looks like a simplified version... Read more...

Dell to Scale Back AMD Machines on Website

Sagittarius — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:37:26 +0000

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Computer maker Dell Inc. has stopped selling many computers with processors from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. on its Web site, although it will continue selling some through retailers. This decision is a setback for AMD,... Read more...

HP Wants That Inkjet Cartridge Back

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:30:50 +0000

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Heweltt Packard announced on Wednesday that it's making strides in its efforts to be more environmentally friendly through the development of an engineering process that allows the company to use post-consumer recycled plastics when manufacturing... Read more...

Back from the dead: CompUSA assets snapped up by TigerDirect

pyehac — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:40:08 +0000

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CompUSA will live on, thanks to a deal with electronics marketer Systemax. Systemax, which owns popular computer parts reseller (and CompUSA competitor) TigerDirect, announced yesterday that it has entered into an agreement to purchase the... Read more...

Clause in Contract means Paramount can go Back to Blu-ray

Slimy — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:31:43 +0000

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Paramount is poised to drop its support of HD DVD after Warner Brothers’ recent backing of Sony’s Blu-ray technology, in a move that will sound the death knell of HD DVD and bring the home... Read more...

E3 Back From The Dead?

Andrew Gallacher — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:26:22 +0000

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The Entertainment Software Association have confirmed that the E3 Media & Business Summit will be returning back to its historic digs at the Los Angeles Convention Center next year. Is the 'old' super-sized E3 back... Read more...

AMD Pushes Back Barcelona Ramp-Up to Q1 2008

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:41:07 +0000

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Advanced Micro Devices has revised an October pledge to make its new quad-core Opteron processors "widely available" by the end of the year and won't ship large quantities to the channel until the first quarter... Read more...

Get Back to the Farm, Mac Boy

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:40:56 +0000

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Has Leopard let the malware cat out of the bag? It's time to ask, given all the security potholes Apple has hit since the release of Mac OS X 10.5. The new QuickTime flaws and... Read more...

Xbox 360 November '07 Back Compat Update

Andrew Gallacher — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:40:26 +0000

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The Holiday comes a little early this year, as the BC team has just issued out another update. The latest backwards compatibility update is now available over Xbox Live (or will be very soon.) This... Read more...

PES 2009 Forced Back To Drawing Board

Andrew Gallacher — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 13:25:56 +0000

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Pro Evolution Soccer creator Shingo 'Seabass' Takatsuka has revealed that he's gone back to the drawing board for PES 2009 following the criticism of the 2008 edition on PS3. "It's so far from what we... Read more...

Microsoft brings back automatic ActiveX

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:06:48 +0000

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Microsoft is to remove a feature from Internet Explorer that required users to activate certain interactive features on a website. Prior to April 2007, the features functioned without any user interaction. The changes were made... Read more...

Linux wins Nigerian school desktops back from Microsoft

lbmouse — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:59:42 +0000

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Microsoft has apparently lost out in trying to persuade Nigeria's government to use Windows over Linux even after bribing a local supplier with a $400,000 marketing contract. Microsoft gave the money to the supplier... Read more...

PIRATE Act dons eye patch, swashbuckles back into Senate

mlauzon76 — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:29:26 +0000

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The PIRATE Act is back, and this time it means business. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) yesterday introduced the Intellectual Property Enforcement Act (PDF), with Leahy saying, "The PIRATE Act has... Read more...