Google plans to pay Android application developers starting in the first quarter of 2009 for each application sold, with 70% of the proceedings to the developer, and to keep 30% for itself, to cover carrier... More...
The money crisis has not only rippled through the offline lives of millions, but those who felt they were safe from losing their homes or retirement funds are now facing new risks each time they... More...
Worried about your civil liberties and privacy? Then it may come as a shock to discover that you have unwittingly been allowing your phone to signal your every move. Bluetooth, a wireless link built into... More...
With the recent announcement of Dell selling its PCs at Best Buy, many began to wonder who would be responsible for the Tech Support. It turns out that Dell has authorized both the Geek Squad... More...
Toshiba’s Digital Product Division, a division of Toshiba America Information Systems Incorporated, has lowered the starting price on its HD DVD notebook line to $899 (starting with the Satellite A205 notebook). In addition to the... More...
After a bruising month where it had to admit a series of missteps with its quad-core microprocessor strategy, Advanced Micro Devices got a boost Jan. 3 from Hewlett-Packard. On Thursday, HP announced that it would... More...
Microsoft's WebFives acquisition should bolster the company's services for sharing digital content and online socializing about it. Like many other Microsoft acquisitions, there was no splashy announcement. There is simply a notice on WebFives' home... More...
The United Nations telecommunications agency in Geneva gave the upstart technology called WiMax a vote of approval, providing a sizable victory for Intel and something of a defeat for competing technologies from Qualcomm and Ericsson.... More...
Microsoft Corporation Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer received a $1.3 million pay cheque ($620,000 in salary and a $650,000 bonus) for fiscal 2007, a year which ended June 30 and in which profit at the... More...
A year-old bug in QuickTime that, when paired with Firefox allows, hackers to hijack PCs and Macs now has Mozilla Corp. scrambling for a fix, the company's chief security officer said Wednesday. According to Petko... More...
Dell said Monday that the Nasdaq Board of Directors granted it a reprieve, just hours before the company's stock was set to be delisted from the stock exchange. In a statement, Dell provided few specifics... More...
Japanese women may soon be tapping on the hit Nintendo DS handheld game machine for beauty tips: "Dream Skincare" is part of recent efforts by Nintendo to attract newcomers to gaming. Players input their daily... More...
Samsung has announced that it has developed a new 4GB multi-chip package destined for mobile phones. The electronics giant calls its new chip package "moviMCP" and calls the NAND flash memory included within the package... More...
Software developers aiming to tweak their applications for multicore microprocessors have gained a boost from Advanced Micro Devices at a Sunnyvale, California developer center packed with computers running on multicore AMD microprocessors, including the upcoming... More...
Google Mobile Maps is now available to UK users for route planning and local searching. The service, integrated with Google Earth for showing satellite images, has been available as a Java application for a while.... More...
The company shows off Katmai, the next version of its data platform, at its first business intelligence conference. Microsoft is giving a sneak peek at the next version of its SQL Server data... More...
Microsoft finds monochromatic stripes dull, and has put its weight behind a colored bar code format. The color bar code is being targeted especially for use on commercial media such as movies, video games and... More...
According to a study by market tracking agency Nielsen VideoScan, Blu-ray movie sales have surpassed HD DVD movies sales in the USA thanks to Sony bundling some PlayStation 3 game machines with a BD movie... More...
Graphics cards featuring Nvidia's new GeForce 7100 GS graphics processor unit (GPU), which was recently added to the company's entry-level product lineup, will hit the market in the middle of September, according to sources at... More...
PC peripheral player Logitech has motorized the computer mouse scroll wheel with two new models that ease scanning and scrolling through large computer documents, spreadsheets, pictures, lists and other data. The Fremont, Calif.-based company said... More...
"According to The Washington Post, Blue Security has closed its doors, which can be confirmed by the Blue Security application failing to work today and their domain no longer resolving. Blue Security's CEO is quoted... More...
Oh yea! Microsoft handing out free stuff, count me in! Although this will only be interesting for people who code in Visual Basic, it's still worth a mention. Get a focused, first look... More...
With all the hoopla of the video iPod and speculation that Apple was going to release a media center-style PC and switch to Intel chips, it seems that the media last September inadvertently – or... More...
An Alabama judge has denied a motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed against Take-Two by the families of two police officers and a dispatcher killed by a Grand Theft Auto-playing teenager. Judge James Moore's decision... More...
Microsoft boss says early launch will give the Xbox 360 an advantage, but concedes PS3 will be "a little faster in a few areas." In a meeting with financial analysts at Microsoft's... More...
PlayStation 3 may be faster on paper, but Xbox 360's easier to harness, says Huddy Microsoft's Xbox 360 will have better graphics performance than the PlayStation 3 despite the better on-paper specifications... More...
Microsoft on Wednesday plans to release the first preview version of Indigo, giving developers a chance to test drive the new communications subsystem for Windows. Set for general availability in 2006, Indigo is intended to... More...
Opera Software has announced that it will make its popular web browser available free of charge to universities and colleges. Originally, schools had to purchase licenses in bulk at a cost of $1 each. Institutions... More...
Combating malaria has been one of the primary goals of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and its latest gift of $42.6 million will fund a nonprofit drug company's high-tech take on an ancient Chinese... More...
Although the next version of Windows is still about two years from release, Microsoft on Friday offered developers an early look at the new graphics engine that will accompany it. The Redmond,... More...
The Japanese government has approved Sun Microsystems' open-source desktop software for use within one of its ministries, Sun is expected to announce. Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has endorsed Sun's Java... More...
AFTER OUR WGF story that we wrote a few days back, Microsoft decided to react to the article. It didn't want to comment on future naming of DirectX even though we know it will be... More...
Longhorn's delay may be Linux's gain, according to Linux vendors and analysts. With Longhorn shorn of most of its most important features, such as WinFS (Windows File System), Linux supporters are hopeful that the Linux... More...
A US software company that gives its workers free beer on Friday afternoons has been named the "Best Small Company to Work for in America". Analytical Graphics, Inc (AGI) also gives workers access... More...
Microsoft is getting ready to release a new version of its MSN TV set-top box, this one aimed at the Internet-savvy buyer rather than the technology neophyte. Whereas the original WebTV and... More...
Never one to let a government agency push it around, Microsoft has politely declined to follow the Japanese Fair Trade Commission's (JFTC) request that it alter sales practices when dealing with Japanese PC makers. ... More...
Last week Google acquired Picasa which enables users to easily manage and share digital photographs. Now you can download Picasa from Google for free (version 1.6). Before Google acquired Picasa its software was... More...
In its fourth annual report on marketing violent entertainment to children, the Federal Trade Commission applauds and chides publishers. The Federal Trade Commission yesterday released its fourth report on the marketing... More...
Just a short piece of news that I came across and thought that it might interest the Neowinians who use PayPal's services regularly. Appearantly, PayPal is hoping to improve customers' protection standards by introducing a... More...
If you like Roxio's digital media player and Napster then you're in luck. With a one-year subscription you can get a Rio Chiba Sport or 1.5GB Rio Nitrus. Roxio Inc.'s Napster... More...
In its spyware-fighting tool released in beta last week, Yahoo Inc. left out for automatic detection a category of often-unwanted software for which its paid search division has a financial stake. Yahoo's Anti-Spy beta for... More...
How do you measure Bill Gates' success? Forbes magazine puts a dollar figure on the Seattle, Washington-area native's net worth -- $46.6 billion in 2003 -- and crowned him the world's richest... More...
If Java 2 Enterprise Edition 1.4 was about bringing Web services into the enterprise Java fold, then J2EE 1.5 is all about ease of development in the enterprise Java space. In a session at the... More...
Yahoo on Monday is expected to launch a makeover of its popular instant-messaging software, just days after similar moves by rivals America Online and Microsoft. Called "The All New Yahoo Messenger," the... More...
Thanks xStainDx Futuremark Corporation, the developer of the industrial 3DMark benchmark for testing performance of graphics cards intended for gamers, today gave a sneak peak on the next-generation benchmark for graphics cards.... More...
Bungie has recently redesigned its website, and has released a new screenshot today. The in-engine shot showcases the game's impressive particle effects and detailed textures, backing sentiments that this title will be one of the... More...
The creator of the upcoming EverQuest II announces a brand-new, highly unusual feature to appear in its upcoming online game. Sony Online Entertainment has announced a brand-new feature that will appear in... More...
Software will include IBM's ViaVoice voice recognition technology. Opera Software will include voice capabilities in its updated browser software, using IBM's embedded ViaVoice technology, the company says. The upgraded... More...
Dell Inc. said Thursday that Michael Dell, the PC maker's founder, will relinquish the chief executive post in July but remain as company chairman. The company said Kevin Rollins, currently president and... More...
IBM has begun to produce PowerPC chips using a new manufacturing process that promises to improve their speed and energy efficiency. The tech giant plans to announce on Friday that it has... More...