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Microsoft introduces 'Windows Scoop Fans' program in India for enthusiasts

Usama Jawad — Fri, 30 Dec 2016 07:12:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced a new 'Windows Scoop Fans' program for Windows Insiders in India, offering them access to a private Facebook group, access to app and device news and invitations to fan events. Read more...

Windows 7 upgrade coupon program details revealed

Sam Symons — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:44:58 +0000

It's common knowledge that people who have purchased a PC recently, or plan to do so in the near future, will (most likely) have it come with Windows Vista installed. It's also common knowledge that... Read more...

Windows 7 Upgrade Program shifts to June 28

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 23:26:21 +0000

TechARP has updated the Windows 7 Upgrade Program schedule with some slight changes. According to the new schedule Windows update program will begin on June 28, 2009 instead of July 1, 2009 which Neowin sighted... 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...

Google scraps newspaper ad program

Andrew Lyle — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:29:51 +0000

Google posted in their blog on Tuesday that they will be putting an end to Google Newspaper-ads, which currently links more than 800 U.S. based newspaper, after a failed attempt to sell the business. ... 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...

Microsoft Windows 7 upgrade program begins July 1

Tom Warren — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:43:54 +0000

According to a draft announcement leaked to TechArp by a Microsoft OEM partner, the company is planning on allowing users who purchase new PC/laptop hardware (with Vista) from 1st July 2009 onwards, a free upgrade... Read more...

New IE8 build available for program participants

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:23:37 +0000

Internet Explorer 8 beta participants today received a surprising e-mail about 'IE8 Partner Build' released to the IE8 Technical Beta to test and find issues. This build represents a preview of IE8's progress and is... Read more...

Windows Live Messenger 9.0 Beta program frustrates testers

Steven Parker — Wed, 14 May 2008 09:39:51 +0000

Just over a week ago, a frustrated beta tester submitted logs from the Windows Live Messenger 9 beta, the logs exposed issues relating to bugs that won't be fixed, and features that were voted up... Read more...

Blockbuster Sued For Participating In Facebook's Beacon Program

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:27:44 +0000

A Texas resident has filed a federal lawsuit against Blockbuster for participating in Facebook's Beacon program, which tells members about their friends' e-commerce activity. In the lawsuit, quietly filed last week, Dallas County resident... Read more...

AT&T announces flexible ETF program

Michael Stanclift — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:00:20 +0000

AT&T today announced a new approach to early termination fees (ETFs) that provides greater flexibility for wireless customers. Beginning on May 25, the company's new and renewing wireless customers who enter into one- or two-year... Read more...

Vista SP1 RC Refresh Public Availability Program 936330

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:26:24 +0000

Install Windows Vista SP1 Release Candidate through Windows UpdateWindows Vista Service Pack 1 RC Refresh is available to Beta testers through Windows Update. Experience the WU installation path for Windows Vista SP1 by following these... Read more...

YouTube Opens its Ad Program to Amateurs

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 05:28:20 +0000

Google's YouTube said two days ago that it would expand its pilot advertising program to a select number of amateurs, giving more users a shot to make money from their homemade videos. YouTube said it... Read more...

Symantec update removes Web filtering program

Steven Parker — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:07:32 +0000

An update for the company's Norton Antivirus software has yet again caused problems with its customers' computers. While Symantec is saying it was just a mistake involving a routine software update, the problems caused by... Read more...

Cisco Boosts Stock Buyback Program

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 17:26:48 +0000

Cisco Systems has boosted its stock buyback effort by $10 billion, a sign the Internet networking supplier still believes its shares are undervalued. The move, announced Friday, is a way for the San Jose-based company... Read more...

'Million solar roofs' program gets off to a bright start

Sat, 20 Oct 2007 16:26:11 +0000

California's solar initiative, better known as the million solar roofs program, has had "a very healthy start," according to Polly Shaw, the solar initiative analyst for the state's Public Utilities Commission. At San Jose's SunPower,... Read more...

Microsoft's 'Get Legal' Program

Steven Parker — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:06:37 +0000

Microsoft is providing businesses with unlicensed software—and the partners supporting them—a new option to purchase Windows XP. Yeah, Windows XP. It would be so easy to dis Vista, particularly given last week's XP OEM licensing... Read more...

Eudora E-mail Program Reborn as Open Source

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:47:48 +0000

After Qualcomm Inc. stopped selling Eudora, a pioneering e-mail program named after author Eudora Welty, in May of this year, it did not simply lay the program to rest in the collective digital graveyard of... Read more...

Sony Launches Expanded Recycling Program

Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:57:10 +0000

Starting on September 15, Sony Corporation will accept its products at 75 recycling stations around the USA, thanks to a partnership with Waste Management Incorporated. The recycling drop-off centers will accept any Sony or Sony... Read more...

Dell XPS 700 / 710 Motherboard Exchange Program Begins

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:32:20 +0000

Over the past few months Dell has been gearing up to replace perhaps thousands of motherboards in XPS 700 and 710 systems for free; finally the program has been kicked off. All customers who opt... Read more...

Apple Announces $85.95 iPhone Battery Replacement Program

Wed, 04 Jul 2007 23:03:30 +0000

Apple's iPhone may not have a user-replaceable battery, but now Apple is offering to replace said battery for $79 plus $6.95 shipping. Apple states that the repair will take three business days, not counting shipping... Read more...

Staples starts computer recycle program

Mon, 21 May 2007 18:42:05 +0000

Framingham-based Staples Incorporated is expanding its electronics waste recycling program by accepting used computers and monitors of any make that can now be dropped off for a $10 fee at any of the office products... Read more...

Outrage Continues Over Vista Upgrade Program

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 11 May 2007 09:20:06 +0000

Julie Marto of Medfield, Massachusetts, purchased a Dell Inspiron notebook running Windows XP last October. Through a program called Express Upgrade, she was promised a free copy of Windows Vista when the operating system became... Read more...

Program Names govern admin rights in Vista

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:22:53 +0000

Developers have discovered that the name given to a Vista executable affects whether or not it will require admin rights to run. Security experts said the feature might seem odd, but helps to catch out... Read more...

Intel To Unveil 'Inside 2007' Program, Google Marketing Pact

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:20:43 +0000

Intel has re-engineered its Intel Inside program and, as part of that effort, has executed a deal with Google to modernize its channel marketing. According to company documents viewed by CRN, the Intel Inside 2007... Read more...

Windows Help program (WinHlp32.exe) for Windows Vista

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:46:09 +0000

Windows Help (WinHlp32.exe) is a Help program that has been included with Microsoft Windows versions starting with the Microsoft Windows 3.1 operating system. However, the Windows Help program has not had a major update for... Read more...

Proof of concept adware program for OS X announced

Michael Stanclift — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 04:55:14 +0000

Online fraudsters may be ready to put Mac users in their sights. On Thursday, antivirus firm F-Secure published a brief analysis of a proof-of-concept adware program for the Mac OS X that could theoretically hook... Read more...

Vista Customer Preview Program is now closed

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 19:10:02 +0000

The Vista Customer Preview Program is now closed. We have reached our goal of 100,000 downloads for the pre-RC1 release and the program is now closed. Windows Vista RC1 will be available in the coming... Read more...

Worm appears as Microsoft antipiracy program

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 18:45:04 +0000

Security analysts have detected a new piece of malware that appears to run as a Microsoft program used to detect unlicensed versions of its operating system. The malware has been classified as a worm and... Read more...

Dell Expands Computer Recycling Program

Dave Legg — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:10:33 +0000

Dell announced yesterday it was to expand its current program to allow anyone to recycle their old machines, regardless of whether the owner was purchasing a new machine or not. This is a requirement that... Read more...

Windows Vista Customer Preview Program Kicks Off

Steven Parker — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 09:42:20 +0000

The day that most Windows community enthusiasts who have been following the beta program for Windows Vista, but haven't been part of it has arrived in the form of Windows Vista Customer Preview Program. Microsoft... Read more...

New Program Provides Apple Remote With More Capabilities

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 02:05:29 +0000

New beta software that makes the Apple Remote Control more useful is available now. Software developer CASE Apps has released the public beta solution, called Sofa Control. The software, which is available for Mac... Read more...

Apple Computer Recycling Program Begins

Thu, 01 Jun 2006 23:49:18 +0000

Apple has activated its previously announced free computer take-back program, offering to recycle old computers for US customers when they buy a new Mac. While it does not yet offer this service in its other... Read more...

Apple Extends Computer Recycling Program

Fri, 21 Apr 2006 14:23:25 +0000

Apple today announced an expansion of its recycling program, offering free computer take-back and recycling with the purchase of a new Mac system beginning in June. US customers who buy a new Mac through the... Read more...

Microsoft to Start $10 Hits Program

Fri, 03 Mar 2006 20:01:48 +0000

Popular Xbox titles to sell for $9.99; Microsoft confirms 16 participating games in program's "first wave." Greatest Hits, Player's Choice, Platinum Hits... Whatever the program is called, each current-generation system has a... Read more...

Longhorn Server CTP program starts in April

Steven Parker — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 12:21:56 +0000

Windows Server Devision Blog: One of the things we get asked a lot is when Longhorn Server will be released and when people will be able to get their hands on a new pre-release build.... Read more...

Adobe Program Rivals Apple's Aperture

Mon, 09 Jan 2006 21:10:32 +0000

Adobe Systems has launched a test version of Mac software that is seen as a rival to a professional photo program that Apple Computer launched last year. Adobe on Monday... Read more...

New backdoor program uses Sony rootkit

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 11:15:39 +0000

The media has already written extensively about how Sony BMG appliedrootkit technology to hide and protect DRM components used to prevent disks from being copied. One highly unfortunate effect of Sony's decision to use this... Read more...

Google launches their Enterprise Partner Program

Fri, 23 Sep 2005 19:00:55 +0000

The popular search engine giant Google has realized the corporate requirement for a functional search applications and have launched their Enterprise Partner Program. This is a program aimed at the developers, consultants, and independent software... Read more...

First Windows Vista Tweak Program Appears on the Web

Steven Parker — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 12:19:50 +0000

The TweakVista website has released it's tweak for Beta 1, allowing testers to use unsupported cards. TweakVista™ is the worlds first tweaking utility written specifically for the upcoming Microsoft Windows Vista™ operating system... Read more...