Neowin News Feed for: Links

WhatsApp for Android blocks links for URLs related to a competitor

John Devon — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 05:16:01 +0000

Today the world's most popular messenger service took a cue from its parent company, Facebook, and blocked links to its emerging rival Telegram in private conversations. Read more...

Google now removing 1 million links per day thanks to DMCAs

Brad Sams — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 13:37:37 +0000

For the first time ever, Google is now removing an average of 1 million links to pirated content per day because of DMCA takedown notices, which is a large increase from a few years ago. Read more...

Clippy lives! Microsoft's animated Office Assistant returns

Andy Weir — Wed, 15 May 2013 13:44:23 +0000

Clippy, the animated Microsoft Office Assistant, is back. The irritating paper clip, and a bunch of its friends, have unofficially returned in JavaScript form, and can be embedded in any website. Read more...

Courtroom notes paint damning tale about MPAA prosecution

Paul Ferson — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 00:17:26 +0000

Information from the trial of Anton Vickerman, the owner of SurftheChannel, suggests that the MPAA's methods were totally corrupted, forcing the jury to believe his guilt from the onset. Read more...

SkyDrive gets a new, smaller feature; shortlinks

Brad Sams — Thu, 17 May 2012 19:09:02 +0000

If you have ever tried to share something with SkyDrive, you know that the links it generates can be rather lengthy; that all ends today with a new link shortening service. Read more...

Windows 8 Consumer Preview download links now live

Brad Sams — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:06:28 +0000

Been waiting to get your hands on the Consumer Preview? Wait no more as the download links are live and we have them posted after the jump. Read more...

Length Doesn't Matter: Twitter forcing universal URL shortening soon

Owen Williams — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 03:17:54 +0000

"Length doesn't matter" according to Twitter this week, with Twitter announcing that they will begin routing all links that travel through it's site through their own link shortening service, including links that are sent from... Read more...

Time Warner Links Web Prices With Usage

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:40:20 +0000

Time Warner Cable will experiment with a new pricing structure for high-speed Internet access later this year, charging customers based on how much data they download, a company spokesman said Wednesday. The company, the second-largest... Read more...

April Microsoft Updates - Links Galore

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:55:10 +0000

If for some reason (no need to say why) you aren't a fan of Windows Update or you are looking for one or many updates in a specific form, Bink has compiled a list of... Read more...

Dell Urges Telecom Firms to Deliver Fiber-Optic Links

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 13:02:20 +0000

The missing pieces that will allow consumers to use their PCs as digital media hubs are fiber-based broadband links to the home and seamless integration of multiple devices, Dell Chairman Michael Dell said in his... Read more...

Oracle links database developer tool to rivals

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 09:44:43 +0000

Oracle on Monday is shipping an upgrade to its free database development tool, adding a number of enhancements, including the capability to access competing databases such as Microsoft Access and MySQL. Oracle SQL Developer Release... Read more...

Microsoft Embeds Windows Live Links in New Vista Builds

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 09:13:45 +0000

Microsoft is set to deliver a new Windows Vista build—possibly Build No. 5506—to testers some time in the next few days, according to Vista testers who asked not to be named. The forthcoming build will... Read more...

Windows Vista to support Symbolic Links

Michael Stanclift — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 19:38:20 +0000

A feature Unix/Linux users have enjoyed for quite some time will make its way into Windows Vista when it ships next year. Ward Ralston, the developer who wrote the code explains on the TechNet blog... Read more...

Thompson links GTA with US school murder plot

Mon, 11 Oct 2004 14:56:02 +0000

Florida-based lawyer Jack Thompson has launched his latest attack on the interactive entertainment industry, telling the media that Grand Theft Auto was used by a Massachusetts teenager to prepare for a planned massacre at his... Read more...

Gallery North Course released for Links 2004

Sun, 06 Jun 2004 18:49:03 +0000

Microsoft Game Studios has today announced the Xbox Live release of The Gallery Golf Club's North Course for Links 2004. For $4.99, players can download the Arizona club's most exclusive course, which boasts the longest... Read more...

Microsoft links Outlook to Lotus

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 20:53:13 +0000

Microsoft released a software add-on Monday for the 2003 and 2002 versions of Outlook that allows the e-mail clients to work with a server running IBM's Lotus Domino software. The Notes Connector is available now... Read more...

Microsoft links Office with eBay

Mon, 01 Mar 2004 13:55:15 +0000

Microsoft Corp. and eBay Inc. on Monday delivered tools that enable links between the 2003 editions of Excel and FrontPage and the eBay online auction service. The tools are meant for developers to... Read more...

Kapalua Golf Course Now Available To Download For Links 2004

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 20 Feb 2004 16:17:53 +0000

London -UK - 20th February 2004 - Xbox® today announced today the arrival of new downloadable content for the popular Xbox golf series, "Links 2004." Beginning today, European golfers will be able to download the... Read more...

AOL links AIM with Verizon

Tue, 01 Jul 2003 19:54:18 +0000

Thanks xStainDx for the BPN America Online announced an agreement Tuesday that lets users of its AOL Instant Messenger program exchange text messages with Verizon Wireless TXT Messaging subscribers. AIM users can... Read more...

Macs to drive on HyperTransport links

Sat, 14 Jun 2003 10:09:01 +0000

Apple Computer plans to discuss how it will incorporate HyperTransport, a rapid chip-to-chip communications technology, into future computers later this month at its developer conference. The Cupertino, Calif.-based company will use HyperTransport... Read more...

MSN5 and MSN8 links removed

Steven Parker — Wed, 31 Jul 2002 09:44:11 +0000

We have received an urgent request to remove MSN8 and MSN5 code from Neowin, so in response we have removed the news post where the links to these programs were made available. Neowin did not... Read more...

Singapore stock site accidentally links to Web porn

Sun, 07 Jul 2002 13:24:37 +0000

A link on the Singapore stock exchange's Web site that led to a pornographic site instead of the intended plastics company site has been fixed, the exchange said Thursday. Until Wednesday, investors interested... Read more...

Image links violate copyrights

Thu, 07 Feb 2002 21:23:21 +0000

Search engines can display low-quality thumbnail copies of an image but cannot post full-size images through inline linking without violating copyrights, a federal appeals court has ruled. A panel of the 9th... Read more...

UPDATE: Official links to DirectX 8.1 available

Steven Parker — Fri, 09 Nov 2001 23:57:20 +0000

Those over at Activewin have spotted download links for the final of DirectX 8.1 over on Microsofts servers, heres what they had to say: "Looks like DirectX 8.1 has turning up on the... Read more...