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The improved security in Microsoft's newest software products may leave some security researchers looking elsewhere for work. That was the message that some security professionals took away from BlueHat, an event last week on Microsoft's...

Walt Disney Co. has already sold more than 1.5 million digital downloads of television shows such as "Lost," "Desperate Housewives, and "Kim Possible" through Apple's iTunes, but the company is also looking to target iTunes...

A security flaw that could let an attacker remotely crash computers running Windows exists in several versions of the operating system, not just Windows XP. Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server...

Google has introduced a full version of its desktop-search software, with a developer's kit and support for the Firefox and Netscape browsers. The Mountain View, Calif., company on Monday released a PC...

Fresh off the launch of its Sonoma platform in January, Intel (Profile, Products, Articles) is pushing ahead with new mobile technologies designed to improve the performance and manageability of notebook PCs, executives said Wednesday. ...

Thanks to Neowin's own s.mod BOOGSoftball™ for the heads up on this news. Passwords alone won't be enough to get onto America Online under a new, optional log-on service that makes AOL...

Microsoft is looking beyond Windows for technologies to fuel the future growth of the company. Talking to financial analysts Bill Gates said search software, games, consumer goodies and lab research would all...

Little surprise at the recent Comic-Con Convention in San Diego that several game publishers were in attendance. After all, they were there to show off licensed products and to hopefully lure in another wave of...

It's been a bit of a slow summer for PC releases, but that's all about to change in a few weeks with the release of DOOM 3, one of the most highly anticipated game releases...

A German playable demo of Gorky Zero: Beyond Honor is now available to renew the opportunity for trying out the imminent third-person stealthy action adventure by Metropolis. This demo supersedes the earlier Polish version to...

A proposal to expand Maine's laptop computer program from middle schools to high schools showed signs of life Tuesday, a day after several lawmakers declared it dead. State Rep. Glenn Cummings, a Democrat from Portland...

Larian Studios today announced that its long awaited new RPG, Beyond Divinity, has completed development and will ship to US & UK retail stores before the end of April. "Once again we have delivered a...

A version of Skype software for PDAs (personal digital assistants) is expected in the next few months, founder Niklas Zennstrom said in a recent interview. Currently, the software is available only for personal computers. Skype's...

The hype is finally turning into reality. Over the next two years, you'll start to use "invisible" PCs small enough to fit inside a desk drawer, powered by chips that chew through massive files like...

The man who claims there are Unix copyright violations within the Linux open source operating system is taking his fight to the Berkeley Software Design (BSD) (define) community, which maintains an open source "genetic" version...

As expected, the playable demo for Uru: Ages Beyond Myst is now available, allowing you to try out this imminent single- and multi-player 3D adventure game by Cyan Worlds. Word is this demo offers "only...

A Polish playable demo for Gorky Zero: Beyond Honor has been released, offering the first opportunity to try out this upcoming third-person stealthy action adventure by Metropolis. The demo features a virtual training level and...

A playable demo for Beyond Good & Evil is now available, allowing you to try out this upcoming third-person action adventure by Ubi Soft Entertainment. This demo contains three parts: the Fight level Domz Attack,...

Microsoft is still king of personal-computer software, which propelled it to legendary success since its founding 28 years ago. But to maintain the growth that made its stock attractive for years, Microsoft increasingly needs to...

Thanks OoO for this gem. "AMD said on Tuesday that it would embrace a strategy of developing processors for a wider range of products outside computers and called on the industry to focus...

Westwood Studios' upcoming massively multiplayer online role-playing game, due for release Summer 2002, features flying your own starship as well as docking at a space station and walking around. In Earth & Beyond you can...

Westwood Studios has released a major patch for the current public test of its upcoming MMO title, Earth and Beyond. Including new grouping features, an upgraded skill system, and an improved chat interface, Earth and...

We're familiar with last wills and testaments, epitaphs and posthumously published books. These voices from the other side are now joined by e-mail messages. Yes, for an annual fee, you can create...

thanks chris for sending this in! Awful is right. As any future anti-Unix run will provoke gales of laughter from the Slashdotter sysadmin types...And "the we really didn't mean 'Sun' with the...

In a sign of maturity for the Java platform, Sun Microsystems execs said this week's JavaOne Developer Conference in San Francisco will go back to the basics by delivering less hype and more technology. Instead...

The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday conceded that it settled with Microsoft in part because trustbusters failed to prove part of the basic theory of the antitrust case. In his presentation before...

Cheers ShOcKz1104 for the heads up on this one over at Activewin. Bob has posted exclusive details of the up and coming MSN Explorer 8. Read on! MSN Explorer 8 has just passed...

UK based firm Sesaura technology is to have its 3D sound technology included in Microsoft's Xbox games console, expected to be released in the US later this month. The system allows the illusion...

Thanks JimF for this one. TechTV is airing a half-hour special on Windows XP tonight at 6:30pm, 9:30pm, and 12:30am Eastern. If you have DirecTV it's on channel 354. Eight months ago, Microsoft...