The leaked build 9369 hit the web a few hours ago but users are already starting to uncover features that were not present in the previous leaked Windows 8.1 build, such as the new Files app. More...

We've all been there: you want to attach a file in Gmail that's a few megabytes only to find the recipient server rejects it, or it's a little too large to attach. Now Google has a solution for that. More...

Gmail's latest addition might help you dig up documents you forgot you ever received, indexing .doc and .pdf files among others so they can be hunted down with a simple search in the web interface. More...

Dropbox is the easiest way to store, sync and share files online. File Sync 2GB of online storage for free, with up to 100GB available to paying customers. Sync files of any size or type. Sync Windows, Mac and... More...

Dropbox is currently offering an extra 1GB of space to Facebook and Twitter users. Dropbox is a web-based cloud storage system. The client works on Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone and iPad devices and allows users... More...

Prevent v 1.0 is a freeware app which runs on all Windows. If you don't want anyone deleting or renaming or messing around with your data, maybe your younger sibling, then Prevent may be able... More...

STDU Viewer is a document viewer for multiple file formats. The goal of this software is to replace the multiple document viewers with a single simple application. STDU Viewer supports TXT, TIFF, PDF and DjVu... More...

Microsoft recently released Windows Live ID Sign-in Assistant 6.5 Beta for Windows 7 which allows you to link your Windows User Accounts with your Windows Live ID. This may sound something similar to .NET Passport... More...

On Thursday, Midway Games filed for a chapter 11 bankruptcy, which means it will still plans to stay in operations and not liquidate its stock, to ward off creditors. The company is unlikely to... More...

MagneticSoft today announces Folder Castle 2.2, the newest upgrade of the security software for protecting computer files from snoops and thieves. Now, Folder Castle can hide files and folders automatically when you log off, shut... More...

Recover My Files data recovery software will easily recover deleted files emptied from the Windows Recycle Bin, or lost due to the format or corruption of a hard drive, virus or Trojan infection, unexpected system... More...

Recover My Files data recovery software will easily recover deleted files emptied from the Windows Recycle Bin, or lost due to the format or corruption of a hard drive, virus or Trojan infection, unexpected system... More...

Nortel Networks Corp., the Canadian maker of telecom equipment, filed a lawsuit on Friday against Vonage - claiming that it violated nine patents related to Internet phone services and related features such as 911 and... More...

Microsoft is ramping up its fight against counterfeit software, this time targeting people alleged to have sold pirated versions of its programs on online marketplaces. The company said late yesterday that it has filed lawsuits... More...

Opera Software ASA, the only company that can put the Web on any device, filed a complaint with the European Commission yesterday which is aimed at giving consumers a genuine choice of Web browsers. The... More...

Online criminals are exploiting a flaw in the Microsoft Office Access database to install unauthorized software on computers, the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) warned Monday. In its brief warning, US-CERT offered few... More...

You just can't seem to throw enough memory at Vista. There have been a number of issues that Vista users have reported relating to copying and moving data, especially large numbers of files. Often there... More...

The SCO Group Inc., licenser of the Unix operating system, filed for bankruptcy protection Friday, drained by unsuccessfully filing lawsuits claiming its software code was misappropriated by developers of the open-source Linux operating system. The... More...

From US import bans to patent fines, it seems like popular chip maker Qualcomm just can't cut a break; as the saying goes, when it rains, it pours, and Nokia seem intent on adding its... More...

After developer Silicon Knights sued Epic Games on the grounds of Epic providing a less-than-capable Unreal Engine 3 to Silicon Knights, Epic has responded with a Motion to Dismiss. From Gamasutra: Quote -... More...

Microsoft has released a pair of tools that help protect computers from Office 2003 files containing malicious software code. Both tools, which were announced earlier this month, are designed to help defend against Office "zero-day"... More...

Chinese PCs running Symantec antivirus software have been incapacitated by a faulty virus signature update delivered automatically to users on Friday about 1:00 a.m. Beijing time. Symantec's antivirus scanning engine mistook two critical system files... More...

Internet based phone company Vonage has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington D.C. to vacate and remand a U.S. District Court's judgement and injunction against it in a patent dispute with Verizon. In... More...

Hewlett-Packard, the world's largest PC vendor, has filed another lawsuit against its fastest growing rival, Acer, as competition in the PC industry continues to heat up. The new suit alleges that Acer and a U.S.... More...

US Trade Representative Susan Schwab has announced that the US will file two complaints with the World Trade Organization against China over what Schwab described as "inadequate protection of intellectual-property rights." The complaints cover widespread... More...

Here's one I can relate to, Jim talks about the improved Offline files feature in Vista, something I use myself and am very happy with. One of the key things that we focused on for... More...

MySpace.com, which is owned by News Corp., has filed a lawsuit Friday in Los Angeles against the self-proclaimed "Spam King" for allegedly blasting the portal with spam between July and December 2006. The suit alleges... More...

The California Attorney General's office late Wednesday charged former Hewlett-Packard Chairwoman Patricia Dunn, a second high-ranking HP executive and three others with felony fraud and conspiracy in the wake of a controversial internal investigation launched... More...

One of the more eagerly awaited features of Office 2007, the ability to save files in PDF, will now have to be downloaded separately. The exact reasons for this are unclear but it seems that... More...

Computer maker Tangent has filed a federal antitrust suit against Microsoft, accusing the software maker of anticompetitive behavior that forced it to overpay for the Windows operating system. The suit, filed last... More...

System Shock's rights to the spiritual successor may have been locked by Take-Two, but Electronic Arts is making sure the original franchise stays up. Electronic Arts registered a trademark last month on the title"System Shock"... More...

Microsoft has filed a new lawsuit against the European Commission, the latest move in its long-running battle against antitrust sanctions imposed by the Commission for abuse of its dominant Windows software. The lawsuit before the... More...

Thanks to Inertia for sending this in. Computer users anxious about viruses and identity theft have a new reason to worry: hackers have found a way to lock up the electronic documents on your... More...

Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, on Monday said it was filing lawsuits against eight computer system builders and resellers in seven U.S. states, accusing them of distributing counterfeit and unlicensed software and software... More...

The French news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) has filed a lawsuit in the District Court of the US District of Columbia against the search engine operator Google. The object of the agency's lawsuit is to... More...

Google has unceremoniously, and without comment, yanked its latest labs "project" after less than twenty four hours. In 'Google X' a software engineer had replaced the main text navigation bar on the Google home page... More...

Microsoft Corp. filed seven lawsuits against senders of spam, or unsolicited e-mail, for transmitting messages without labeling them as sexually explicit content, the world's largest software maker said on Thursday. Microsoft said the defendants, who... More...

Multiple security vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Library libpng(3) which also affect Netscape 7 shipped with Solaris since Netscape 7 includes the affected libpng routines. This may allow an unprivileged... More...

As is their way, Epic Games has now issued the updated source files for Unreal Tournament 2004 in version 3339. As usual, the two packages offer all of the .UC (UnrealScript) source files and the... More...

The Recording Industry Association of America has filed new lawsuits against 761 people who allegedly use peer-to-peer software to trade music files without permission, the trade group announced this week. The lawsuits included users of... More...

Much like GMailFS and the Gmail Shell Extension that were discussed previously, RoamDrive allows users to store files using the free space available on their Hotmail accounts. Unlike the other two, however, ... More...

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on Thursday announced it has filed 750 new lawsuits against alleged file-traders using peer-to-peer (P-to-P) software. The 750 new lawsuits were against "John Doe" defendants not yet identified... More...

World Wrestling Entertainment asks court to nullify THQ's license to produce WWE games, alleges bribery and racketeering scheme. World Wrestling Entertainment today announced that the company has filed suit against video game... More...

Following weeks of intense speculation, it seems that the end is finally nigh for Acclaim, after the publisher/developer filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy at the US Bankruptcy Court in Central Islip, New York. US news... More...

Another variant of the ubiquitous Bagle worm is now making its way across the Internet, flooding in-boxes with infected Zip files. The newest member of the Bagle family, named Bagle.AQ, arrives via an e-mail message... More...

Seagate Technology has filed a complaint in a Minnesota court attempting to prevent one of its ex-employees from joining Western Digital, a competitor.Pete Goglia recently left Seagate Technology LLC to join Western Digital Corp., where... More...

Cambridge Display Technology, a developer of next-generation screens for consumer electronics devices, has filed for an initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Cambridge, England-based CDT filed late last week... More...

RealNetworks Inc. says it has created technology that allows songs purchased through its online music services to be played on Apple Computer Inc.'s popular iPod player, just a few months after complaining that Apple was... More...

Both Apple and Microsoft are being sued by BTG International. BTG International claims that these two software companies infringing on the Teleshuttle patent which covers Web-enabled software updates. BTG International also claims that... More...

The Massachusetts Attorney General's office has filed suit against a Florida man suspected of sending spam e-mail to thousands of consumers, in what's considered to be the first claim brought by a state under the... More...