Neowin News Feed for: Group

Q&A with HP Personal Systems Group CTO, Phil McKinney

Shane Pitman — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 03:24:57 +0000

A few weeks ago during CES we had the opportunity to sit in on a presentation at CNTRSTG by Chief Technology Officer of HP's Personal Systems Group, Phil McKinney. Phil spoke to us about several... Read more...

"All-star bloggers" group liveblogging at PDC 2008

Tom Warren — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:06:20 +0100

I'm proud to announce that Neowin will be participating in a live blog of the daily keynote's from next weeks Microsoft Professional Developers conference in Los Angeles. Microsoft enthusiast and blogger Long Zheng arranged a... Read more...

Group Test: Firefox 3 vs IE 7 vs Safari 3.1

Steven Parker — Thu, 22 May 2008 10:30:04 +0100

A few short years ago the browser war seemed dead and buried. After Microsoft's Internet Explorer usurped Netscape's Navigator in the late 1990s, it's domination of the Internet seemed complete, over 95 percent of us... Read more...

Messenger Group – Enjoy group chat on your WL Messenger!

EthanJone — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:18:41 +0100

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Messenger Group, developed with Windows Live Messenger platform, is a service for a group of Messenger users chatting together in real time. Maybe you think that Windows Live Messenger supports multi-conversation, but this multi-conversation... Read more...

Trade group lists top 10 pirated software

recon13 — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:10:17 +0000

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The Software & Information Industry Association released its annual Anti-Piracy year in review this week, noting that it reached its largest piracy settlement yet in a case against Florida Benchmark – which was found using... Read more...

Consumer group slams RealPlayer as 'badware'

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:16:20 +0000

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A consumer advocacy group is blasting RealNetworks for installing adware and other software without properly notifying its users. In a report published Thursday, StopBadware.org faults the latest version of RealPlayer for secretly installing its Rhapsody... Read more...

Group Wants To Destroy Scientology

obsolete_power — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:12:10 +0000

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An anonymous group of hackers, 100,000 strong, fittingly known as "Anonymous," has declared war on the Church of Scientology. This is taking place as of right now. Their websites are down, their phone lines are... Read more...

Cancer Group asks Women to be Brazen Online

Slimy — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:58:40 +0000

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Canadian women are being asked to bare their breasts online in a brazenly novel campaign meant to keep them cancer-free. Hundreds of women have already uploaded their images -- including at least 20 breast cancer... Read more...

HD DVD group cancel CES press conference

Frank — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 22:52:10 +0000

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HD DVD Group canceled their CES press conference after Time Warner, the last "undecided" studio has announced that they are going the way of the big Blu-ray. Toshiba, a key player in the HD... Read more...

Neowin: Introducing the "Most Valued Contributor" Group

Steven Parker — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:47:31 +0000

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The staff have put their heads together and come up with a shortlist of forum members we feel best deserve recognition for their contributions over the years. As you can see below, recognition is as... Read more...

AT&T Considers Joining Google's Wireless Group

Sagittarius — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 17:25:07 +0000

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Phone-company AT&T is reportedly talking to internet search giant Google about joining its mobile-phone software alliance. According to an interview on Friday with Ralph de la Vega, chief executive officer of the AT&T's wireless unit,... Read more...

NPD Group Canada: Halo 3 spurs Xbox 360 sales in Canada

Slimy — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 01:19:58 +0100

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According to NPD Group Canada, Halo 3 greatly spurred sales of the Xbox 360 in Canada. In September, Microsoft sold nearly twice as many video consoles (51,000) as it did in August (26,700). Even more... Read more...

UWB group certifies first products

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:48:22 +0100

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The industry group behind UWB (ultrawideband) high-speed wireless has certified the first UWB chipsets, a move that helps usher in technologies including wireless USB and the next generation of Bluetooth. UWB is the radio technology... Read more...

Google Applauds Standards Group for Rejecting Microsoft

Slimy — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 02:36:48 +0100

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In a post on its internal Google Code blog, Open Source Programs Manager Zaheda Bhorat said that Google Incorporated agrees with the decision of the International Organization for Standardization not to approve the fast track... Read more...

SCO Group files for bankruptcy

Slimy — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 03:31:36 +0100

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The SCO Group Inc., licenser of the Unix operating system, filed for bankruptcy protection Friday, drained by unsuccessfully filing lawsuits claiming its software code was misappropriated by developers of the open-source Linux operating system. The... Read more...

Give the Group Policy team your feedback

Steven Parker — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:40:01 +0100

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Heres your chance to make a difference in the way Group Policies are setup in future versions of Windows, the Group Policy team has setup a survey that targets IT admins specifically that use Group... Read more...

IEEE group settles on faster Ethernet plans

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:02:45 +0100

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A technical group working on the next generation of Ethernet has agreed to disagree and will now work on a single standard that covers both 40Gbps and 100Gbps speeds. The Higher Speed Study Group (HSSG),... Read more...

8 Needed Facebook Group Improvements

Brad Wardell — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 03:42:36 +0100

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As Facebook continues to gain popularity as it expands its user base far beyond the college campus, the limitations of the Facebook interface and environment have started to become more apparent. Michael Crassweller lists 8... Read more...

Microsoft security group makes 'worst jobs' list

Slimy — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:53:16 +0100

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Popular Science magazine's 2007 list of the absolute worst jobs in science include whale-feces researchers, hazmat divers, and employees of Microsoft's Security Response Center. Popular Science has been compiling the list since 2003 and according... Read more...

Google accused by UK group over privacy practices

Steven Parker — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:46:51 +0100

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Web search leader Google Inc.'s commitment to consumer privacy came under fire from Privacy International, a British activist group that has previously singled out Google for criticism. The London-based group released a report on Saturday... Read more...