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As new Hotmail rolls out, Google updates Gmail look

Tom Warren — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 09:41:19 +0000

Microsoft has just finished rolling out its Hotmail refresh to 350 million users but its main rival, Gmail, is hot on its heels. Google announced on Tuesday that it had updated the look and feel of... Read more...

Inside look at Facebook's new headquarters, 'the bunker'

Tom Warren — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:49:21 +0000

Facebook recently moved into new headquarters at a building formerly owned by HP in California, USA. The team over at TechCrunch were lucky enough to get a glimpse of the new working environment. The new... Read more...

Asus Eee Box - First Look

Steven Parker — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:29:26 +0000

As a brand name, Eee is a phenomenon. Scarily reminiscent of a console counterpart with which it rhymes, the Nintendo Wii, Asus' new Eee Box range has as much potential in the desktop sector. Of... Read more...

Under the hood, a quick look at browser engines

Michael Stanclift — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:21:45 +0000

For the better part of the last 10 years, browsing the Internet for most meant using Internet Explorer. However, the recent release of Google Chrome as well as the continued popularity of Firefox, Safari and... Read more...

Microsoft adds fresh new look to Live Search Club

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 05:21:11 +0000

If you've been a Live Search Club regular, you'll notice a new look and new features for the Club. Live Search Club offers members a fun way to experience Live Search's rich, useful search... Read more...

Computer viruses as they look in 3D

Steven Parker — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:29:21 +0000

Ever wondered what computer viruses might look like? Probably not, but that hasn't stopped conceptual artist Alex Dragulescu creating a set of 3D images. He was given the programming code for the most common... Read more...

First look at Firefox 3.0 Beta 1

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:21:03 +0000

I noticed that the Beta 1 for Firefox 3.0 was made available sometime yesterday. I've been curious as to whether the Firefox dev team would do a serious revamp for this release or just... Read more...

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 review: A look at Penryn

Julio Franco — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:05:10 +0000

Today we have in our hands the latest Intel Core 2 Extreme quad-core processor, and I know what you are thinking but no, this is not yet another extremely expensive processor featuring the same four... Read more...

Exclusive look at Messenger Plus! Live 4.50 beta

Andrew Fairbairn — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:39:06 +0000

Messenger Plus! Live 4.50, the hugely popular add-on for Windows Live Messenger, has been in beta testers hands for a few weeks now and there are some significant changes. A new design, numerous tweaks and... Read more...

Google's Android OS early look SDK now available

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:01:20 +0000

Just like the boys promised, the early look software developer kit for Google's soon-to-be huge phone OS has hit the streets... er, internet. Pedal your steam-engine over to the Open Handset Alliance site where you... Read more...

EU will not look at Google privacy issues

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:41:54 +0000

The European Union (EU) review of Google's $3.1bn (Â£1.5bn) bid for DoubleClick will focus solely on the competition aspects of the deal and not privacy issues. The European Commission will decide by the end of... Read more...

A first look at IBM's Symphony office suite

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:04:24 +0000

IBM is challenging Microsoft with a game of "anything you can do I can do." Its new Lotus Symphony office suite -- now available as a public beta -- does much of what the $400... Read more...

Security researchers look beyond Vista

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 10:59:11 +0000

The improved security in Microsoft's newest software products may leave some security researchers looking elsewhere for work. That was the message that some security professionals took away from BlueHat, an event last week on Microsoft's... Read more...

Look 'n' Stop 2.0.6p1 Beta

Razvan Serea — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 14:55:24 +0000

Look 'n' Stop is a personal Firewall. Secured by Look 'n' Stop, your PC becomes fully invisible to net hackers by stopping all suspicious traffic. Rated among the highest firewall in leak tests. Unlike other... Read more...

E-mail's future, pumped look

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:02:01 +0000

With IBMs launch earlier this month of Lotus Notes 8 and this week's unveiling of Lotus SameTime Version 8, industry analysts say we are beginning to see the evolution of the e-mail client from a... Read more...

What will Windows 7 look like?

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:42:20 +0000

By now, everyone has heard how Microsoft plans to release the next Windows client OS, Windows 7, in 2010. But what the company is not making clear is what new features the OS will have,... Read more...

IBM, Sun Look to Leave a 'Petaflop' Mark in Supercomputing

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:53:07 +0000

IBM and Sun Microsystems are looking to bring supercomputing into the "petaflop" era. The two IT giants will detail the specifics behind their new supercomputer systems to the audience attending the 2007 International Supercomputer Conference... Read more...

Taking a detailed look at Windows Vista DVD hologram

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:15:50 +0000

Microsoft has been quick to explain why the holographic image on the face of the Windows Vista DVD includes a microscopic picture of three men who just so happen to be members of the team... Read more...

Look 'n' Stop 2.0.6

Razvan Serea — Sat, 26 May 2007 21:09:31 +0000

Tech Gear takes a look at the Samsung Q1B

Mon, 21 May 2007 19:42:46 +0000

Tablet PCs have been around for a while now but for some reason they still haven't really replaced laptops despite their portability and flexibility. Now we already have ultra mobile PCs. Does anyone really need... Read more...

Banks Starting to Look to Microsoft Vista

Tom Warren — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 12:51:48 +0000

In February, Microsoft launched its much-anticipated Vista operating system (OS). According to the company, the successor to Windows XP sports several new features that are designed to increase productivity for Microsoft's clients -- including, of... Read more...

Look 'n' Stop 2.06 Beta 2

Razvan Serea — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 21:42:05 +0000

Look 'n' Stop 2.06 Beta 1

Razvan Serea — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:46:49 +0000

Microsoft, Mozilla look into browser flaws

Steven Parker — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 09:55:15 +0000

Microsoft and Mozilla are each working to tackle recently disclosed security flaws in the Internet Explorer and Firefox Web browsers. The vulnerabilities were described earlier this week in postings to a popular security mailing list... Read more...

A First Look at Mozilla Firefox 3.0

Steven Parker — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:35:42 +0000

ArsTechnica have posted an in-depth look at Mozilla's new project, Firefox 3.0. The significant jump from 2.0, released a mere 2 months ago is mainly due to Mozilla's use of the new Gecko rendering engine.... Read more...

Social Search Engines: An Inside Look with ChaCha

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:58:15 +0000

Social searching is a relatively new idea that gives search engines a special twist. While many search engines will constantly spew out irrelevant information, spam links, and other unwanted results, social searching aims to remove... Read more...

BF 2142 Community Update (aka look for a patch soon)

Todd Tanner — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:03:59 +0000

A DICE team member posted a community update on the EA forums a couple of days ago. More or less he acknowledged the issues players were having with stats and ranks, the constant punkbuster issues,... Read more...

Indepth Look at the Zune

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 16:41:50 +0000

Thanks to slimy for the heads up! Looks as though PodTech (Robert Scoble anyone?) sat down with Matt Jubelirer, product manager of the Zune program and got a 40 minute video out of it. The... Read more...

Analysis: Look for change at Microsoft after Gates

Steven Parker — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 13:22:24 +0000

With yesterday's announcement that Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates plans to move away from his day-to-day duties by July 2008, analysts said change is in the air for the company. That's... Read more...

Neowin Takes A Look At The iPod Radio

Fri, 13 Jan 2006 11:09:00 +0000

Earlier in the week, Apple announced that they would start selling an iPod radio accessory, to let you listen to radio on the go. We've got hold of one, and have written up our thoughts... Read more...

First look at Splinter Cell Essentials

Mon, 02 Jan 2006 16:24:44 +0000

Various online Spanish websites have posted scans from the French Playstation 2 magazine of what looks like a very impressive looking Splinter Cell Essentials for the PSP. Information gleaned from these... Read more...

Indepth Look at the Vista Interface

Tue, 20 Sep 2005 16:14:32 +0000

Channel9 has posted a great video featuring Kam Vedbrat, lead program manager on the Aero interface being developed for Windows Vista. Well worth the download for those that can spare the bandwidth. Vista will include... Read more...

A Look at NVIDIA's nForce 4 SLI X16

Tue, 09 Aug 2005 17:05:01 +0000

Since its entry into the market last year, NVIDIA's nForce 4 SLI chipset has been the chipset of choice for enthusiasts and hardcore gamers. The SLI chipsets feature two x16 PCI-Express slots capable of... Read more...

First look at Windows Vista Beta 1

Brad Wardell — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 00:15:48 +0000

Windows Vista has been put into the hands of beta testers and last week Microsoft gave us a sneak peek at what they had in mind. We couldn't say much until the first part... Read more...

Office 12 Gets New Look

Mon, 11 Jul 2005 22:35:09 +0000

When Office 12 comes down the pike in a year or so, it will have a new look and feel aimed at exposing a user's favorite features. Specifically, Microsoft is working on a "ribbon" concept... Read more...

A First Hand Look at Avvenu

Tue, 31 May 2005 14:50:08 +0000

What is Avvenu, you may ask? Avvenu is a new remote file sharing program. It was made to have an extremely simple setup for the average user to access their files from where ever they... Read more...

First Look at SUSE LINUX 9.3 Professional

Steven Parker — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 15:26:17 +0000

Thanks utomo for this submission. Like we ever get bored with Windows. Right? Well for those of you who do, or have the time and patience to dable in the world of the... Read more...

A closer look into Microsoft's Codename "Istanbul"

Steven Parker — Tue, 08 Mar 2005 06:45:25 +0000

Thanks to Neowin member Amsterdam for the submission of his editorial on a closer look at Codename Istanbul. Microsoft has released information of its new software client, codenamed "Istanbul." The client offers its... Read more...

WiMax Vendors Look to Mobility

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 11:15:18 +0000

WiMax equipment and component makers announced steady progress on fixed wireless broadband products but looked eagerly to a future mobile WiMax, as industry participants gathered at the Wireless Communications Alliance's WCA International Symposium and Business... Read more...

Apple to give its stores a Mini Me look

Thu, 14 Oct 2004 02:22:37 +0000

After dreaming up big plans for its network of retail stores, Apple Computer is starting to think small. The Mac maker plans to expand its network of retail outlets by creating a... Read more...