Trend Micro has warned that attackers are already exploiting a bug in IE 7 that was patched by Microsoft in the Security update last week with critical status. Trend Micro researchers have spotted a small-scale... More...
Microsoft has extended the final OEM and reseller delivery date for the Windows XP from January 31, 2009 to May 30, 2009. The cut off date for PC makers to obtain licenses for the software... More...
Given its history of moving deadlines at a moment's notice, it hardly seems surprising that Microsoft is keeping Windows XP alive even longer than expected, but its latest move looks particularly bad for Vista. The... More...
Microsoft may not be willing to let Apple have the last word about Windows Vista, after all. According to a June 20 Fortune Magazine article, Microsoft has earmarked "an additional $200 million for Windows advertising... More...
Microsoft Videos lets us explore and watch Microsoft's collection of online video. The whole experience is built using Microsoft Silverlight platform. The site is a collection of all types of Microsoft videos which includes demos,... More...
Having recently launching its first dual-core Celeron E1000 series CPU, E1200, Intel is ready to launch another family member with a faster core frequency in the second quarter of 2008, according to sources at motherboard... More...
Mary Jo Foley, an online journalist often given the title of “The Microsoft Watcher”, is reporting that the software giant has released a new refresh build of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RC (build 17128... More...
Vista’s performance is one of those topics that won’t be exhausted until Windows Seven hits RTM. It all comes down to trade-offs. Ever since the features of Vista were finalized, Microsoft tried to tip the... More...
It seems that every few months the FBI manages to come up with yet more people to charge in connection with Operation D-Elite, the joint ICE and FBI raids against the US-based BitTorrent tracker EliteTorrents,... More...
Neowin became seven years old on October 1st. I blogged about it briefly on the 29th and said pretty much all of what I wanted to say on the day so I didn't post about... More...
Those guys over at CNet really have it in for Vista, this time it's Robert Vamosi suggesting that users that are waiting for SP1 to make the switch will be disappointed. In all fairness it... More...
Less than a month after pushing back the delivery date for its Windows Server virtualization technology, Microsoft decided Viridian would not arrive in the first half of the 2007 and instead was pushed to the... More...
Intel has invested a total of $31 million in six companies through the company's venture capital arm: Intel Capital. In the first quarter of this year, Intel Capital invested $154 million in 43 deals worldwide,... More...
Another executive is leaving Microsoft's Internet search group as the company continues to struggle to compete with Web search leader Google. Dane Glasgow, general manager of Windows Live Search, is leaving the company, a spokesman... More...
Research In Motion Limited is making internal changes to ensure that a massive outage of its BlackBerry e-mail service like the recent one that hit North American and left business executives, lawyers, politicians and other... More...
Cisco Systems bought selected assets of Utah Street Networks, a seven-person San Francisco company founded in 2003, and in this way effectively continues to buy its way into social networking. The San Jose, California-based company... More...
Sorry for not posting this a bit sooner. Needless to say some good news for some of you who enjoy The Ship free weekends, which seem to be popping up every month or so now.... More...
Once rumoured to see the light of the day in the first quarter of the year to coincisde with the launch of Microsoft Windows Vista, chipsets with built-in DirectX 10-supporting Mirage 4 graphics core from... More...
China's TCL Computer Tech. Co. has begun selling notebooks and desktop computers using Advanced Micro Devices processors. Desktops using AMD 64 processors are currently available while AMD 64 laptops are expected in April. The TCL... More...
The update fixes a vulnerability, which was disclosed in November as part of the Month of Kernel Bugs campaign, that affects both the server and client versions of Mac OS X, Apple said in its... More...
Just Another Jabber Client (JAJC) is a ICQ-like Jabber client designed to run in any Windows (32 bit) environment. Jabber is an open source instant messaging architechture being built on top of XML. Jabber... More...
Buzz about a Windows Vista zero-day vulnerability is troubling enough (although probably overblown). Now, there appears to be a second product activation hack, this one designed to fool the activation timer into not counting down.... More...
There is a second confirmed zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Word software program that is being targeted by unknown attackers. According to a US-CERT advisory, the latest bug is a memory corruption issue that occurs when... More...
The stock options scandal that has affected Apple, McAfee and CNet has claimed another victim, and this time it's one of the pioneers of Silicon Valley's chip business. The San Jose Mercury News reports: ... More...
Blizzard Entertainment announced earlier today that they had laid the smack down on more than 76,000 hacking idiots in that little known MMORPG World of Warcraft. In addition to the bans, Blizzard also nuked 11... More...
Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) isn't the only Microsoft anti-piracy scheme that might raise the hackles of future Vista customers. Volume Activation 2.0 is worrying some Vista testers who've had a chance to dabble with early... More...
Digital Home is advising readers to purchase neither a HD-DVD player nor a blue-ray player based on the existing sales of both players. Early adopters have only purchased 25,000 HD-DVD players in the last 150... More...
Graphics cards featuring Nvidia's new GeForce 7100 GS graphics processor unit (GPU), which was recently added to the company's entry-level product lineup, will hit the market in the middle of September, according to sources at... More...
When the Windows Vista client finally ships, VARs will have to make sure database customers are running the latest-and-greatest SQL Server bits as well. Though it's not widely known, Vista and the even more... More...
Advanced Micro Devices is stepping up the pressure on Intel over alleged anticompetitive practices by filing another complaint, this time with German authorities. The latest complaint was filed last week with Germany's Federal Cartel... More...
The summer is heating up for Intel as it prepares to propel three new products into the market in upcoming weeks. Intel's latest offerings include the Core 2 Duo chip for desktopPCs, Montecito chip... More...
Will there be anything left when Vista finally ships? Microsoft seems to be cutting 'features' from Vista left and right. Would you rather wait longer and have a full featured OS, or would you rather... More...
Thanks -tom for pointing this out on the forum! In yet another silent release by Apple, the U2 iPod has been rereleased. It silently appeared on Apple's site today, with the slogan "Back for... More...
If yet another Windows release date falls by the wayside, would anyone care? That's the question that Microsoft watchers are asking, as Microsoft comes into the home stretch with its Windows Vista release. Researchers with... More...
A media rights group has identified a third dissident that the Chinese government arrested based on information seemingly supplied by a Yahoo subsidiary. On Wednesday, Reporters Without Borders announced that it has obtained a copy... More...
Secunia published an advisory on Tuesday stating that an error could be exploited to fake the address bar in a browser window. This tactic could be used in phishing scams that attempt to trick people... More...
After the Sony rootkit fiasco, you'd think that companieswould have learned their lesson involving dangerous copy protection methods.Well according to some rather alarming news from cdfreaks.com, it appears thatStarforce is following in the footsteps of... More...
It has been reported today that Sony's next generation optical media, Blu-Ray, has gained another ally in the ever changing format battle. The newest supporter of Sony's format is Warner Bros, one of the largest... More...
Apple Computer is once again gathering the press together as it rolls out new innovations. The latest invitation-only event will be held in New York City on October 19, 2005 on the eve of PhotoPlus... More...
ABC is an improved client for the Bittorrent peer-to-peer file distribution solution. CHANGELOG: Single port core Several improvements to reduce cpu usage, display flicker, and otherwise cut... More...
The Mozilla Foundation has shipped release candidates for a new version of its Firefox Web browser to provide a thorough fix for a known code execution security vulnerability. The Firefox 1.0.7 makeover comes just one... More...
Microsoft's efforts to extricate itself from antitrust disputes received another setback last week when the founder of the Go Corporation, a maker of a portable computer operating system in the 1990's, filed suit in federal... More...
Winamp have released an update for their popular media player. The fixes are listed below : * Fixed: OSD stays onscreen in DirectDraw Mode * Fixed: Fullscreen video OSD doesn't reappear after using... More...
Thanks to Copernic for the heads up on this news item. The popular DVD ripping tool DVD Decrypter has ceased all activities following an order by an as yet unnamed company. The author... More...
In another major move by Electronic Arts, they have now bought the exclusive license to the CLC (College Licensing Company) for a term of six years. Under the new agreement, EA will have exclusive rights... More...
From Teamxbox: Last week, we brought you the first info on a Microsoft patent that reveals some of the technologies that will presumably power the Xbox successor. Today, we bring you a new... More...
Here at NVIDIA's Editor's Day event today, NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang addressed questions about the company's plans for a possible second spin of its popular but ill-fated SoundStorm audio solution. Apparently, a reprise of SoundStorm... More...
On Wednesday, Microsoft announced it had released to manufacturing the version of its Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) for embedded devices. Called "Windows XP Embedded With SP2," the new release contains many of the... More...
Search engine darling Google Inc. has patched a hole in its search engine the could have allowed malicious hackers to modify the content of the Google search results page or silently modify search results, but... More...
In a surprise move, Infinium in court documents made public today threw up it's hands and admitted that it couldn't produce the documents requested. Or should I say "wouldn't produce". We'll get to that in... More...