Neowin News Feed for: Global

Analysis: Eric Schmidt says whole world will be online by 2020. Really?

Andy Weir — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:14:42 +0100

Google chairman Eric Schmidt has predicted that "everyone on Earth will be connected" by 2020. But with two-thirds of the population still without a web connection, how realistic is that? Read more...

iPhone 5 outsells Galaxy S III globally for the first time

Max Slater-Robins — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:00:46 +0000

New research has discovered that Apple's iPhone 5 and 4S both outsold the Galaxy S III globally in Q4 2012, which is the first time ever. Sales of iPhones now account for one in five phones sold. Read more...

Are businesses still reluctant to retire Windows XP?

Andrew Stevenson — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 13:19:17 +0100

With Windows 8 hitting the stores today, new figures from StatCounter show that Microsoft's 11 year old Windows XP still holds more than a third of the global OS market share. Read more...

South Korea censors internet, hides opposition to government

Paul Ferson — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:39:48 +0100

South Korea has been found to be controlling its internet more than you might realise, ensuring you don't say anything that could be inflammatory towards the government. Read more...

Google endorses Endangered Languages project

Paul Ferson — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 23:11:16 +0100

Google has provided its encouragement for the 'Endangered Languages' project, intended to protect languages which are in danger of dying out. Read more...

Email more popular than social networking in India

Paul Ferson — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:42:06 +0100

Reports suggest that a large number of Indian people continue to use email over social networking, despite the rapid growth of networks such as Facebook and Twitter. Read more...

Review: Verizon Wireless global services

Brad Sams — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 22:05:55 +0100

Verizon, while not widely known, has the ability to provide global cellphone coverage. Neowin tested out these services to see if Verizon's claims stand up to it its marketing hype. Read more...

Global attacks against critical infrastructure on the rise

Piers Hausjell — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:12:15 +0100

McAfee, one of the worlds leading technology security companies, recently carried out a report on the attack-state of critical infrastructure systems, such as gas, power and water and found surprising results. The firm sent a... Read more...

SourceForge falls victim to password hack; globally resets accounts

Alan Cone — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 15:03:49 +0000

SourceForge, a giant in aiding open source software and bringing developers together, has been the target of an attack regarding their login system. The attack hit multiple areas of the site, and even after taking... Read more...

78 microsatellites to provide global wireless network

Piers Hausjell — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 19:53:57 +0000

Microsat Systems Canada Inc. (MSCI), an established company, has announced that they are to launch a new worldwide polar communications constellation system comprising of 78 microsatellites. “The influx of millions of data-hungry mobile devices, such as smartphones and... Read more...

Thinner iPad with global connectivity in the works?

Brad Sams — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 20:29:05 +0000

It is Apple tradition to refresh its key products once a year and the iPad is no different. It is highly expected that Apple will release a new iPad sometime this spring with a camera... Read more...

Global warming : Whose tech should we believe in?

Brad Wardell — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:36:56 +0100

The Register has an explosive in-depth look at global warming using NASAs own numbers. The conclusion is that depending on which publicly available readings one uses, you could predict either catastrophic global warming or alarming... Read more...

Skype Launches Low-Cost Global Calling Plans

TonyLock — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:06:12 +0100

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Skype on Monday launched an aggressive $9.95-a-month international calling plan for U.S. customers that includes landlines and some cell phone calls to 34 countries. The action by the eBay unit comes just days after eBay's... Read more...

1,800 Gather for Microsoft 2008 MVP Global Summit

Steven Parker — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:39:00 +0100

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Microsoft Corp. honors its 2008 Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs), a highly select group of experts who represent the best and brightest in technical communities, at the 2008 MVP Global Summit April 14–17 in Seattle at... Read more...

MySpace, BBC Reach Global Video Deal

Slimy — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:28:36 +0000

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The online community MySpace is partnering with the BBC to bring some of the British broadcaster's programs to a worldwide audience in the site's first global content deal involving a major network. The move, to... Read more...

Global cell phone use at 50 percent

zhiVago — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:40:06 +0000

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Worldwide mobile telephone subscriptions reached 3.3 billion -- equivalent to half the global population -- on Thursday, 26 years after the first cellular network was launched, research firm Informa said. Since the first Nordic Mobile... Read more...

UN, Google and Cisco team up against Global Poverty

Slimy — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 01:19:53 +0000

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The United Nations, Google and Cisco have put together a global campaign, the Millennium Development Goals, that tracks progress towards decreasing global poverty by 2015. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched the project, called MDG Monitor,... Read more...

Nokia Ups Its Global Handset Share To Near 40%

Slimy — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:48:51 +0100

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Nokia in the third quarter accounted for nearly four in 10 handsets shipped worldwide, as the overall mobile-phone market grew a healthy 6.4% from the previous quarter, a market research firm said. The Finnish mobile... Read more...

Live Earth Global Concerts Reach More Than 10 Million Online

Slimy — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:34:28 +0100

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At 3 p.m. EDT on July 7, Live Earth concerts on MSN reached a total of more than 10 million video streams and achieved the most simultaneous viewers of any online concert ever. Live Earth's... Read more...

Taiwan's miCard chosen as global memory card standard

Brian Maher — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 15:29:57 +0100

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A Taiwanese research institute has produced a new global memory card standard, called the miCard (Multiple Interface Card), designed to work in smaller consumer gadgets such as digital cameras, mobile phones and any device with... Read more...