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Government authorities in Barcelona have decided that they are ditching Microsoft and transitioning to open source software, in order to save money on expensive proprietary software licensing deals.

Snap's Spectacles - featuring a built-in camera that records short video clips in a circular format, which can then be shared on Snapchat - are heading to Europe, and are already available in the UK.

Major cities around the world are reportedly banding together in an effort to use their size and market power to bring Airbnb, Uber and other "charing economy" companies to the negotiating table.

The GSM Association has signed an agreement to ensure that Barcelona continues to host the annual Mobile World Congress event until 2023, while the city itself remains 'Mobile World Capital'.

Neowin is in Barcelona this week to bring you coverage on cool new products, exciting innovations and emerging trends from across the mobile industry, at the Mobile World Congress 2015 expo.

Microsoft will be live-streaming it's MWC keynote on March 2, Neowin will be there to cover the event live as it unfolds. A couple mid-range devices may be unveiled at the press-event as well.

Samsung is sending out invites to a 'Galaxy Unpacked' event next month, at which it's expected to launch its new Galaxy S6 flagship - and the teaser image promoting the event is certainly intriguing.

The Sony Xperia Z4 specifications leaked just a month afther the launch of Xperia Z3, and now we learn that the much awaited flagship will come in two versions tailored for different markets.

Samsung's Galaxy S5 is one of the most hotly anticipated devices of the year, and its launch seems to be close, with an official announcement expected on February 23, before it goes on sale in April.

The HP Discover conference will be in Barcelona from December 10-12, and Neowin will be on the ground covering it live. Tune in for the latest in storage, security, big data and more!

Nokia announced two new Windows Phones today - the Lumia 520 and Lumia 720 - at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. We go hands-on - do these budget-friendly devices create a good first impression?

Next week, the mobile industry will convene in Barcelona for the annual Mobile World Congress - and Neowin will be there. We take a look at some of what to expect from the massive event.

Today AMD announced that it will begin shipping its latest processor the "Shanghai" quad-core Opteron processors for servers and workstations and will talk about the new chip today in its annual Financial Analyst Day...

British chip designer ARM will demo an Android-based prototype mobile phone at the Mobile World Congress wireless show in Barcelona next Monday. Google's open-source Android software platform will be used by T-Mobile and HTC when...

Micro-Star International (MSI) has announced the K9NU Speedster motherboard and P1-106 server barebone, which support the recently launched AMD Quad-Core Opteron processors (Barcelona). Paired with the Nvidia nForce 3400 chipset, the K9NU-Speedster motherboard and P1-106...

Intel is confident, with a few benchmark exceptions, that it will still have the fastest x86 processor in the market following today's launch of AMD's Barcelona Opteron processor. "We feel quite good about our performance,"...

There's no question the channel is eager to get its hands on Advanced Micro Devices' first quad-core x86 microprocessor. Monday's belated launch of the long-awaited server chip code-named Barcelona finally brings to market the "game-changing"...

AMD is denying reports that its highly anticipated Barcelona quad-core processor has been hit by a delay. Barcelona is scheduled for release this summer and is still on track, AMD spokesman Andrew Fox told vnunet.com....

Randy Allen, corporate vice president for server and workstations at AMD, announced the company is on track to ship its Barcelona quad-core server chip in production volumes sometime around the middle of this year. Server...