Apple has announced it has dropped the NDA (non disclosure agreement) regarding development of iPhone software. In a statement on the company's website Apple explains "We put the NDA in place because the iPhone OS... More...

Less than 24 hours after Tecmo said no thanks to its $200 million offer, Square Enix has officially withdrawn it. Initially, the Japanese role-playing game giant didn't rule out a hostile bid for Tecmo. However,... More...

In December, Microsoft released a $2,999 Xbox 360 HD DVD emulator that allowed developers to test HD DVD projects on the 360 from a USB drive or networked PC. It was an easy way to... More...

It is now clear that New Line (Owned by Warner Bros.) will also drop HD DVD in favor of Blu-ray. The announcement comes on a day that can only be described as a nightmare for... More...

Samsung Electronics, a leading maker of various equipment, has quietly started to sell its BD-P1400 Blu-ray disc (BD) player for $299 in certain locations. The decision moves Blu-ray format into the same price range as... More...

According to Toms Hardware, AMD has drop 3 places to #11th, while Intel managed to solidify its expansion in the market place. The acquisition of ATI helped AMD to enter the chip top 10 last... More...

AOL has quietly stopped offering its free Active Virus Shield software in favor of a competing alternative from vendor McAfee. The free anti-virus software, based on technology from Kaspersky Lab, had been available for the... More...

Microsoft Corp. has discontinued a line of digital photo software, saying that the functions can now be found in Windows Vista and other Microsoft software. Copies of Digital Image Suite will be available while supplies... More...

Sony has announced that its second-generation Blu-ray Disc player, originally set to launch at $599.99 this summer, will ship to retailers this week at a reduced price of $499.99. The BDP-300 will essentially cost half... More...

At the Mix'07 conference in Las Vegas—Microsoft's annual event for web designers and developers—the spotlight has largely been on Microsoft's Silverlight platform, formerly known as Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere. Silverlight is a set of tools for... More...

Late last year, a team of coders found a way to strip the WM DRM system from media files, allowing playback of said media on any device, with a tool called FairUse4WM. Claiming the creator... More...

The cheaper 20GB flavour of Sony Computer Entertainment's two PlayStation 3 consoles is getting harder to find in the U.S. In addition to Best Buy dropping the $500 version, Sony's own online store, SonyStyle, now... More...

iSuppli has raised its forecast by 3% to 75.2 million LCD-TVs, which is 42.7% higher than the 52.7 million units sold last year. While the growth is impressive, it marks a slowdown compared to 2006,... More...

Following Nokia, Motorola is the world's second-largest wireless handset vendor. Despite the company's recent success, Motorola has recently reported a 48% plunge in its fourth quarter profit, from $1.2 billion in 2005 to $624 million... More...

Google Blogger has officially left its beta tag behind. Google bought Pyra Labs in 2003 and introduce the beta version of "Blogger" last August. The Blogger web site now introduces "the new Blogger" on its... More...

ArchLord™, the MMORPG where one player will rule the world, [will ship to stores in North America on October 3rd] will launch on Friday 6th October, Codemasters Online Gaming confirmed today. It is also announced... More...

A Long Island politician has dropped a federal lawsuit that had claimedthe search engine company Google Inc. profits from child pornography. Jeffrey Toback, a member of the Nassau County Legislature fromOceanside, filed suit in May... More...

Submitted by member oddcrap with thanks to Blackima for first reporting this in BPN. AMD will drastically cut prices on its desktop processors after the July 23rd release of Intel's Core 2... More...

On Friday, Yahoo's board of directors have brought Chairman and CEO Terry Semel's annual salary to one dollar! This is done while boosting overall future compensation through stock options and grants. In a filingwith the... More...

Dell Inc. stopped selling its most expensive digital music players after failing to take market share from Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod. Dell, the world's largest personal computer maker, discontinued three Digital Jukebox players that sell... More...

After several years of distributing Apple Computer's iTunes software with its new PCs, Hewlett-Packard is shifting its allegiances to rival RealNetworks' Rhapsody music service, the companies plan to announce Thursday. The computer... More...

Jeffrey Lee Parson, the teen convicted of writing a variant of the MSBlast worm, won't have to pay $500,000 in restitution. The damages were to be paid to Microsoft for the teen's... More...

Mozilla has just announced that it will not be releasing or supporting any subsequent versions of its "Mozilla Suite" software. The suite has been moved aside so that Mozilla can focus on developing its key... More...

A computer system being produced by the FBI to read e-mails and other online communications has been dropped. Feds are instead turning to commercial software to eavesdrop on traffic during investigations into suspected criminals, terrorists... More...

A week after its launch, internet portal Lycos has decided to pull the download of its controversial spam fighting screensaver. Dubbed "Makelovenotspam", the Lycos screensaver was designed to flood known spam servers with useless traffic,... More...

From Paul Thurrott: "A source close to Microsoft today sent me documentation about an Update Rollup for Windows 2000 that the software giant will release in 2005 in lieu of a Service Pack... More...

Intel Corp., the world's largest maker of silicon chips for computers, has decided to abandon the plan to incorporate wireless LAN functionality into its i915- and i925X-series desktop chipsets. The move was said to be... More...

Polyphony Digital's long-awaited PS2 racing title Gran Turismo 4 is on track to meet worldwide release dates in early December - but at the cost of online play, which has been removed from the game.... More...

EA Sports' B-baller travels to the factory early; will now be released before ESPN NBA 2K5 for just $39.99. When the August NPD best seller charts were revealed, they left no question... More...

Following on the heels of a similar price cut in the United States earlier this month, Nintendo of Europe has today announced that the GBA SP is set to drop to UKP 69 from September... More...

Fighting game will include songs by Busta Rhymes, LL Cool J, Method Man, Big Daddy Kane, Public Enemy, and Ultramagnetic MCs. With over 30 hip-hop artists appearing in Def Jam: Fight for... More...

Pint-sized console drops in price ahead of the arrival of the DS. The price point of the Game Boy Advance SP is to drop to $79.99 in the United States later this... More...

Grand Theft Auto makers causing media trouble again. British electronics retailer Dixons has removed Rockstar's Manhunt title from stores, after newspapers and TV news shows reported allegations that the title had influenced... More...

Two weeks after Todd Hollenshead used his .plan to announce Doom 3 had gone gold, another id Software staffer has used his own .plan to reveal more details about the game. In a lengthy update,... More...

Game giant's DIY dream team service will have real-time coverage of stats, standings and injury reports, league news, cheat sheets, and more. At today's EA press event, EA gave the press its... More...

IBM is taking off its kid gloves. IBM, the blue-chip company with a buttoned-down reputation, on Friday fired off a full-page newspaper ad in both the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal aimed... More...

Today, Eidos released new info to keep console racer fans up to speed on Crash 'N' Burn. Currently in development at Climax's Brighton studio, the Xbox and PlayStation 2 racer will let up to 16... More...

The Recording Industry Association of America has pulled the plug on a controversial program that offered file sharers amnesty from the group's legal campaign to stop the unauthorized swapping of music files over the Internet.... More...

Controversial Linux seller Lindows.com is back in business in Europe, minus a few letters. The software company, in the midst of a wide-ranging dispute with Microsoft regarding trademark rights to the Windows name,... More...

A high-tech group associated with Hollywood has dropped a long-running lawsuit against a California programmer accused of publishing DVD-cracking code online, attorneys for both sides said Thursday. The DVD Copy Control Association... More...

Dell Computer said Thursday it will stop using a contractor that relies on prison labor to dismantle and recycle computers. Dell said it has hired two new contractors to perform the work,... More...

Microsoft announced today that, as of this month, they will halt development of their SideWinder series of PC joysticks, gamepads, steering wheels and force-feedback devices. The SideWinder lineup will still be available in stores as... More...

West Virginia's attorney general said Monday he would drop the state's appeal of the landmark Microsoft antitrust settlement, leaving Massachusetts as the final hold-out pushing for stricter sanctions. West Virginia Attorney General... More...

SCO Group, which turned its ownership of Unix intellectual property into a Linux-related lawsuit against IBM and a legal threat to hundreds of companies, has officially dropped its old name of Caldera International. The measure... More...

I just knoooooooow its IE :D "Michael Roberts, the CEO of Lindows, has told customers that future plans for LindowsOS include dropping the Netscape 7.0 browser in future versions, to be replaced with... More...

SNEAKY LITTLE Chimpzilla has been playing the stage magician's game of distracting the eye of those watching the show. In this case, the show was the Opteron launch. It provided a neat distraction from AMD... More...

Those nice chaps at Zen Internet have sent us a note, with special interest for UK readership... "Zen Internet is "hammering down" the cost of ADSL with completely FREE ACTIVATION on all broadband... More...

Sun is dropping its free email service MySun from March 24, in a house clearing exercise. In an email to users last week, Sun said: "We have come to the conclusion that... More...

The group that oversees Internet addresses finalized changes Thursday that end direct elections to its board of directors -- a move critics complain could make the group indifferent to ordinary users and hurt innovation. ... More...

America Online is sending a new message to subscribers using broadband satellite connections: It's not good enough for you. The Web giant will no longer support one-way satellite connections for broadband subscribers who use AOL... More...