We earlier saw some leaked screenshots of Windows Mobile 6.5 build 21159 which showed some changes in the user interface. One such improvement was that of the Windows Media Player This seems... More...

ScrollMotion has signed contracts with major publishers such as Houghton Mifflin, Simon & Schuster, Random House and the Penguin Group. These publishers will bring hundreds of titles directly to the iPhone for reading. ... More...

Adobe first experimented porting its products to Linux back in November of 2004. Since acquiring Macromedia in mid 2005, Adobe has also been committed to porting Macromedia's assets, such as Flash, to Linux. The most... More...

All your favorites from Rockstar Games are now on Steam! To celebrate, you'll save 10% on every title, from the complete Grand Theft Auto and Max Payne series to Manhunt, Midnight Club II, and more.... More...

In one of the most bizarre agreements I have yet reported on, the makers of Jackass 1 and 2 have agreed to team up with Microsoft to release JACKASS 2.5, for free, using the software... More...

Apple has begun offering hit television programming from Canada’s top networks, US broadcasters and the National Hockey League for $1.99 (CAD) per episode from the iTunes Store in Canada. The television shows, which are only... More...

Adobe and Yahoo are teaming up to trial putting advertisements inside PDF documents. Ads for Adobe PDF Powered by Yahoo, as the new service is known, presents publishers with an alternative to conventional subscriptions, which,... More...

Compared with previous Patch Tuesdays, November's version was quite small with Microsoft releasing only two patches for the Windows operating system: one rated critical and the other important. The critical patch addresses an issue with... More...

Microsoft is to remove a feature from Internet Explorer that required users to activate certain interactive features on a website. Prior to April 2007, the features functioned without any user interaction. The changes were made... More...

Demonoid.com now reads: "The CRIA threatened the company renting the servers to us, and because of this it is not possible to keep the site online. Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for your understanding."... More...

Something seems to have gone horribly wrong in an untold number of IT departments on Wednesday after Microsoft installed a resource-hogging search application on machines company-wide, even though administrators had configured systems not to use... More...

Yahoo has launched a new search engine that aims to deliver more relevant results. The oneSearch service offers results from a number of sources, combining web pages with videos and images. Users hesitating when they... More...

MSI has announced its new NX8600GT Twin Turbo, which uniquely features dual video BIOSes, each containing different core and memory clock settings. Users can switch between the two clock speed profiles with the press of... More...

Adobe Systems plans to take its popular Flash Player technology to the next level Tuesday, unveiling an update codenamed "Moviestar" equipped with high-definition video technology. Moviestar will support the H.264 codec video compression standard now... More...

Nero, leaders in digital media technology, announced today that Nero Linux 3 is now available worldwide. The first Linux application to offer Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD data burning support, Nero Linux 3 has been... More...

Amid significant customer demand, the computer maker said on Thursday that it has returned to offering the older Windows version as an option on some of its consumer PCs. Like most computer makers, Dell switched... More...

At Wednesday's Game Developers Conference, Sony unveiled Home, an immersive 3D social space created exclusively for the PlayStation 3. Phil Harrison, Sony Computer Entertainment's president of worldwide studios, gave a keynote regarding Home, which is... More...

The fastest selling gaming system in the world, the Nintendo DS, is getting the best selling game in the world, the Sims series. After confirming at the beginning of February that the company is developing... More...

Today at the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Microsoft Corp. showcased the growing momentum behind HD DVD through its contribution of core technologies. Microsoft helped deliver the highest-quality video with the VC-1 codec, advanced... More...

Netgear at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has unveiled a new media adapter that allows users to access Youtube videos on a regular television. Using the Youtube application programming interface (API) that Youtube... More...

Microsoft is helping law enforcers hunt down criminals who try to steal bank account details on the Internet and has initiated 129 lawsuits in Europe and the Middle East, the U.S. software company said. One... More...

AMD has announced the ATI Radeon X1900 G5 Mac Edition, a next-generation graphics card that combines workstation-class creative productivity and cutting-edge 3D game performance, according to the company. The ATI Radeon X1900 G5 Mac Edition... More...

Major Nelson, Director of Programming in the Xbox Live Group, has posted an update on his blog confirming the date and time of a new Xbox 360 dashboard update. The major system update will be... More...

EA Canada QB details popular pigskin franchise's debut for Nintendo's new console; with new controller, popular football series won't be just about pushing buttons. Exec says EA Rev games won't be straight ports. Electronic... More...

Microsoft Corp. will on Wednesday release the first beta of Exchange "12"—the next version of its e-mail, calendaring and unified messaging server—to a closed group of some 1,400 testers selected from its global customer, OEM,... More...

Last week we reported on the hidden files that some Sony CDs install on Windows machines, quoting Sys Internals concerns that the software and files could not be easily removed. Facing unrest from the masses... More...

Microsoft has brought back veteran product closer, Chris Jones to run the Longhorn beta. Chris Jones was one of the primary forces behind getting Whistler (Windows XP) out the door. He replaces Joe Peterson... More...

Mandriva (pronounced "Man-dree-vah"!), the company formerly known as Mandrakesoft, today released Limited Edition 2005, a special new version of its operating system that blends the most up to date popular open source applications, including Firefox... More...

Ask Jeeves is preparing to release a related-search feature that it hopes will relieve Web searchers from the burden of repeatedly refining their queries. Executives from the Oakland, Calif., company demonstrated a prototype of the... More...

In what it is billing as "e-mail portability," Google Inc. is opening access to its Gmail e-mail service from desktop clients and mobile devices. On Wednesday, the company began providing free POP3 (Post Office Protocol... More...

Please note that this is likely only to be an issue with MacAlly & Acomdata external hard drives, and that a simple firmware update will fix the problem. Apple has released an... More...

In a move to bolster it's media and entertainment division, Yahoo! Inc. has hired Lloyd Braun, a former ABC television programmer. Mr. Braun's primary objective is to convince movie, TV and music companies to distribute... More...

Silicon Graphics has brought high-end graphics abilities to its Linux- and Itanium-based computers, an important step in the company's expansion from its more proprietary equipment. The Mountain View, Calif., company sells two... More...

Xbox®, the video game system from Microsoft, today announced that on sale from the 21st October, will be the limited edition EA SPORTSTM FIFA Football 2005 Xbox Live Starter Kit which will include a full... More...

IBM has improved the processor of its JS20 blade servers and now sells them with its AIX version of the Unix operating system, the company plans to announce Tuesday. The changes mean the blades now... More...

Not long ago in the IT sector, it seemed outsourcing jobs overseas was the logical, better and cheaper thing to do. Now, as many have said all along, they are realizing that it wasn't the... More...

Instead of puddle jumping during a rainy Midwestern spring, physics researchers at Indiana's Purdue University have been doing some puddle linking -- tying together pools of a few dozen electrons sandwiched inside a semiconductor. The... More...

Network middleware has announced the launch of the first BitDemon 1.0. This software is designed to make the stage of adding networked multiplayer to PC, PS2 and Xbox games easier. BitDemon's network multiplayer software also... More...

Don't worry folks, your friendly tech news source Neowin was not affected. *wink* An early morning Internet attack on Tuesday took down the Web sites of Microsoft, Google, Apple Computer and Yahoo,... More...

UK-based developer Climax is handling the Xbox port of NovaLogic's Delta Force - Black Hawk Down, adding Live support and co-operative missions along with various new maps, modes and tweaks to the arcade-oriented shoot-'em-up ahead... More...

Super Mario Sunshine co-director Takeshi Koizumi will be on hand to help promote a new title at E3, Nintendo recently confirmed. Koizumi, who directed the latest Mario adventure for the GameCube alongside Kenta Usui,... More...

US software giant Microsoft Corp has unveiled a new worldwide partner programme that would provide it with a single approach to working with all its various types of partners. The Microsoft Partner... More...

Publisher association ELSPA is to engage in discussions with government departments in the UK regarding the problem of software counterfeiting and piracy, following a successful meeting with senior officials. Representatives from ELSPA met... More...

Intel on Monday introduced a budget chip for notebooks that the company hopes will bring wireless computing to the masses. The Celeron M is a discount version of the Pentium M processor,... More...

Software running on thousands of computers worldwide will become inoperable in a few weeks because of an obscure date-related glitch, and developers are rushing to create and apply patches. Sound familiar? Software... More...

No longer limited to arias in the shower or Jimi Hendrix air guitar in the car, Americans can now move their performances into the living room. With the recent launch of Microsoft® Xbox® Music Mixer,... More...

Adobe Systems announced Monday new versions of Photoshop and other key publishing and graphics products, but some of the biggest changes won't be in the applications. The software maker's new product combines... More...

U.S. Internet media company Yahoo said it is debuting its popular music service called Launch Music in Europe on Wednesday, its first crack at the region's burgeoning online music market. Launch carries free and subscription-based... More...

Our favourite Jurassic kid is heading to the Cube. Japanese magazine Famitstu Weekly published some interesting news about Hudson in its latest issue. In a frenzy of re-relases of old... More...

Leading Telematics Software Platform, Windows Automotive, Launches Amid Global Partner Support With New Features to Enable a Safe Connected In-Car Experience Do consumers want hands-free communication, real-time traffic updates and turn-by-turn directions... More...