Neowin News Feed for: Launches

Obama launches Recovery.gov

Brad Sams — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:24:00 +0000

Obama has used technology like no other president in the past. From his YouTube addresses to websites, he is always embracing technology rather than resisting it. With the signing of the "The... Read more...

Microsoft launches Thrive for IT professionals

Sean Bradford — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:01:56 +0000

In this economic downturn, IT professionals around the world are faced with challenges they never thought they would face in their careers. From reducing costs to advancing current technology, companies across the globe are looking... Read more...

Microsoft launches Recite: Technical Preview

Sean Bradford — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:45:59 +0000

If you're a Windows Mobile fan Microsoft has just launched a technical preview of it's upcoming release of Microsoft Recite. The application will record short clips of notes, and you can later search for a... Read more...

Dell launches Latitude XT2 tablet PC with multitouch feature

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:13:09 +0000

Dell announced this week its Latitude XT2, industry's first Tablet PC with multitouch screen capabilities which will allow users to use natural gestures like a pinch or tap for scrolling, panning, rotating and zooming. There's... Read more...

Dell Launches Wasabi PZ310 ultra-mobile inkless printers

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:08:07 +0000

Dell has launched a new range of inkless printers with its new Dell Wasabi series. The Dell WASABI PZ310 Ultramobile Photo Printer produces high quality 2-inch-by-3-inch borderless digital photos in full color using the Zink... Read more...

Microsoft launches Windows 7 Readiness Program

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:01:34 +0000

With Windows 7 RC getting ready, Microsoft announced on Monday, the Windows 7 Ecosystem Readiness Program to help hardware and software partners (OEMs and ISVs) ensure that their existing applications, devices and systems will be... Read more...

EFF launches campaign to free phones from software locks

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:19:27 +0000

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is asking for the public's help in its new campaign to free cell phones from the software locks. The Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a U.S copyright law that... Read more...

Western Digital launches world's first 2TB Hard Drive

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:55:50 +0000

Western Digital haven't officially launched their brand-new WD20EADS 2TB Western Digital Caviar Green HDD, however it is already available for purchase at Australia's Mwave online store. Priced at AU$377.80 (US$250) Western Digital will be the... Read more...

Microsoft launches Live Search News Alerts

Sean Bradford — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:17:21 +0000

For those of us who are always on the go and don't have time to read our RSS aggregators frequently, Microsoft has launched a new subscription service for Windows Live Search News. Customers that have... Read more...

Microsoft launches XBox 360 Gold giveaway

Sean Bradford — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:35:34 +0000

Even with recent news that Microsoft is planning on laying off about 17% of it's employees, the software giant launched it's Lunar New Year promotion. From now until February 15th 2009, residents of Hong Kong... Read more...

Google launches Google Apps reseller program

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:41:40 +0000

Google has launched their GAPE (Google Apps Premiere Edition) reseller program on Wednesday, which is one step ahead from its current Google Docs offerings. From the end of March, authorized resellers will be able to... Read more...

Palm launches Software Store

Tom Warren — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:27:17 +0000

Apple and Google both have software stores for their devices but Palm has just announced its own official on-device application store for both Windows Mobile and Palm OS powered handsets. Palm's full catalog of applications... Read more...

Nokia launches N97, an advanced mobile computer

Andrew Lyle — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:14:50 +0000

Nokia showed off its latest piece of hardware to the market today, the Nokia N97. Nokia calls this smartphone an advanced mobile computer, with 32GB of memory, supporting up to a maximum of 48GB... Read more...

eHarmony launches site for same-sex love seekers

maplecookie — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:32:27 +0000

In a move which both thrills and irritates this writer, eHarmony has agreed to open a new matching service for those who are homosexual by March 31, 2009. By starting CompatiblePartners.net, a new site... Read more...

Microsoft launches their own online "Microsoft Store"

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:42:10 +0000

Microsoft has launched their first online store - Microsoft Store. Users can now buy directly from the store, straight from the source! The Microsoft Store offers the largest selection of Microsoft software, devices and hardware... Read more...

Microsoft launches PC advisor repair utility

HappyAndyK — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:25:48 +0100

Microsoft has quietly rolled out a preview release of the Microsoft PC Advisor to select members of the Windows Feedback Program. Microsoft PC Advisor will: -Monitor your PC for problems and give you solutions... Read more...

Google launches Mail Goggles

Tom Warren — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:53:29 +0100

Remember that time when you sent an email to an ex when you were drunk? Perhaps an email to that cute girl in the office that you've always wanted to speak to or perhaps a... Read more...

Google launches news archive search

Tom Warren — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 07:33:41 +0100

In partnership with newspaper publishers, Google has announced it is scanning print archives and making them available on Google's News Archive Search. The company has partnered with around 100 newspapers to digitize them and make... Read more...

Google launches internet browser

Tom Warren — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:30:59 +0100

Google is launching an open source web browser to compete with Internet Explorer and Firefox. The browser is designed to be lightweight and fast, and to cope with the next generation of web applications... Read more...

Microsoft launches new Windows Mobile homepage

HappyAndyK — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:28:36 +0100

Microsoft has launched an updated version of the Windows Mobile homepage over on Microsoft.com, powered by Silverlight. While not big news in itself, this launch is part of Microsoft's new project to better promote its... Read more...