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Microsoft rolls out major Windows Live Hotmail updates

Sean Bradford — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 14:45:20 +0000

A few days ago we announced that Microsoft was finishing up Wave 3 of Windows Live. The Windows Live Hotmail team has announced that it is officially rolling out the last of the Wave 3... Read more...

Microsoft rolls out translation bot for Live Messenger

Michael Stanclift — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:54:12 +0100

Microsoft announced today a new translation bot for Windows Live Messenger, allowing users to translate strings of text to one of 12 different languages by simply sending a message to the bot. Users can take... Read more...

Adobe rolls out beta of Flash Player 10

Tom Warren — Thu, 15 May 2008 10:21:35 +0100

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Adobe today rolled out a beta version of its Adobe Flash Player 10 (formerly called Astro) browser plug-in, which adds features to help designers and developers create special effects and cinematic Web experiences. The new... Read more...

Microsoft Silently Rolls Out Anti-Hack Update For Vista

Steven Parker — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:24:30 +0100

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The release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 not only heralded a long-awaited update of the operating system, it also meant the end of two common Windows Vista anti-activation exploits - the Grace Timer exploit... Read more...

PS3 Firmware 2.30 rolls out 4/15/08 DTS-HD Included

Jme621 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:45:18 +0100

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Hey Everyone! We know you're all patiently waiting for the next PS3 firmware update, ver. 2.30, which includes the revamped PLAYSTATION Store. I have more good news to report today – the system software update... Read more...

Linksys Rolls Out Affordable Wireless-N Gear At CES

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:17:03 +0000

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Linksys is out to prove that the high-speed wireless gear, especially based on the soon-to-be-standard Wireless-N protocol, doesn't always come with the highest price tag. The San Jose, Calif.-based consumer and small business networking vendor,... Read more...

Ask rolls out search privacy tool

Tom Warren — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:52:21 +0000

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Search engine Ask has launched a feature that it hopes will prove a selling point for consumers concerned about their online privacy. AskEraser allows users to immediately delete search queries stored on Ask's servers,... Read more...

Samsung rolls out coolest 1TB drive

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:53:44 +0000

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Samsung has begun shipping its F1 series 1TB hard drive promising the world's highest recording density using only three disks. The Serial ATA 3.5in F1 Series run at 7,200rpm and provide a higher data storage... Read more...

Qualcomm Rolls Out EV-DO/HSPA Chip

Sagittarius — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:52:14 +0100

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Beleagered chipmaker Qualcomm Inc. launched its new "Gobi" chip today that will make it easier to build laptops compatible with the two dominant cellular broadband technologies in the United States, HSPA and EV-DO. Currently, business-oriented... Read more...

eBay rolls out new shopping interface

Steven Parker — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:05:37 +0100

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eBay is getting a facelift. And while it's probably long overdue, we're not quite sure if its necessary.While pretty much every new website you see these days use newfangled tools like AJAX and Flash animation... Read more...

Apple Rolls Out Refurbished iPhones For $100 Less

Slimy — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 05:40:33 +0100

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Two months after the iPhone's launch, Apple has begun selling "Apple Certified Refurbished" 8GB and 4GB iPhones online for $499 and $399, representing a 17% and 21% discount, respectively. Apple offers free shipping on both... Read more...

Microsoft Rolls Out Key Development Tool Betas

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:08:44 +0100

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Within the next few days, Microsoft will release key development technology to help developers build applications across a variety of platforms, including the Web, desktops, servers and mobile devices. In an interview with eWEEK at... Read more...

Fujitsu Rolls Out 300GB Mobile HDD

Slimy — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:26:41 +0100

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Fujitsu has announced a 300GB external 2.5" HDD featuring a SATA interface internally and a USB 2.0 interface for connecting to a notebook computer. The drive also features a 16-point omnidirectional shock mounting design to... Read more...

Fujitsu Rolls Out Three "Santa Rosa" Notebooks

Slimy — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:44 +0100

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Fujitsu has lost no time and has released three new Santa Rosa-based notebook models for the Japanese market. The company launched two 15.4" Santa Rosa notebooks: the FMV-BIBLO NX and FMV-BIBLO NF. The NX features... Read more...

Verizon rolls out nationwide WAN service

Slimy — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 21:24:10 +0000

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Verizon Business has rolled out a nationwide WAN service, dubbed Virtual Private LAN Service, or E-VPLS, the first such service from large telecom carriers. The service, delivered over Verizon Business' existing converged packet network, allows... Read more...

Microsoft rolls out tutorial site for new programmers

Slimy — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 03:47:04 +0000

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Microsoft Corporation has launched the Beginning Developer Learning Center Web Site, designed to help people with no programming experience learn to build Windows applications or Web sites using Visual Studio 2005. It currently offers 45... Read more...

Yahoo rolls out new ad search platform

Slimy — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:45:43 +0000

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As previously announced, Yahoo launched its Project Panama ad-ranking platform in the United States in an effort to compete with Google. The Sunnyvale, California-based company said the project would be constantly evolving based on user... Read more...

Linksys rolls out home-network storage system

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 11:15:36 +0000

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Linksys has rolled out a network storage system aimed at home and small office users. The news comes just hours after Microsoft announced its Windows Home Server device, manufactured by HP, at the Consumer... Read more...

SanDisk rolls out flash hard drives for laptops

Michael Stanclift — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 15:51:58 +0000

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SanDisk wants to replace the hard drive in notebooks with flash memory, a swap that it says will make thin laptops faster and more reliable. The switch, however, will cost you a few hundred dollars... Read more...

AMD Rolls Outs New Athlon Processors

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:15:24 +0000

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Advanced Micro Devices is rolling out two additional dual-core processors as part of its Athlon 64 X2 family of chips. The Sunnyvale, Calif., chip maker announced Dec. 12 that it would begin shipping the Athlon... Read more...