Microsoft has updated the support section of its website to use the new Metro design language. The updated page is now live on the site and uses the now popular live tiles to distinguish each product. More...
Microsoft is releasing "Fix It Center", a tool that allows users to quickly solve their PC problems by letting Windows do everything for them. This tool, currently in beta, will be available to anyone using... More...
Microsoft Research have released an online game to help fine-tune search results for Bing. The game is named "Page Hunt" and the basic idea is to show the player a random web page, and... More...
The death toll from wildfires in Victoria State, Southern Australia has reached at least 108, the worst in the country's history. Entire towns in Victoria state were destroyed as fires were fanned by extreme temperatures... More...
Microsoft has silently removed the Windows Live Help Community service and the link now redirects to Windows Live Help. This is one of the many Windows Live services being dropped in recent times. And... More...
A new report has recently been published demonstrating the hard savings available from Windows Vista's Power Saving functionality. If your company has hard C02 reduction targets, or you would like to tell your management that... More...
Hungarian scientists are working on computer software analyzing dog barks that could allow people to better recognize dogs' basic emotions, Hungarian ethologist Csaba Molnar said. Molnar and his colleagues at Budapest's ELTE University have tested... More...
PetaFLOP is such a great word. It perfectly straddles (as few other technical terms can) the borderline between scientifically impressive and downright silly simultaneously. Strictly defined as a quadrillion Floating Point Objects per Second, a... More...
The UK government is considering intervening in the way broadband is rolled out, in an effort to speed up the deployment of super-fast services. Stephen Timms, Minister for Competitiveness, ordered a summit to look at... More...
Controversial publisher Rockstar is asking for the industry's support in its battle to revoke the BBFC's 'no rating because it's revolting' decision on Manhunt 2. In an interview with Develop, Rockstar Leeds chief Gordon Hall,... More...
Once relatively indifferent to government affairs, Google Inc. is seeking help inside the Beltway to fight the rise of Web censorship worldwide. The online search giant is taking a novel approach to the problem by... More...
Denver-based online mapping vendor MapQuest Incorporated has released a new beta API that allows software developers to use Adobe Systems Incorporated's ActionScript 3.0 programming language to create richer online applications and capabilities for MapQuest users.... More...
Professor Kerstin Dautenhahn, Dr. Ben Robins and Dr. Ester Ferrari at the University of Hertfordshire's School of Computer Science are partners in the European Sixth Framework funded, €3.22 million Interactive Robotic Social Mediators as Companions... More...
Some Japanese cell phone users are photographing their meals and sending the image to nutritionists for analysis and recommendations. Public health insurance offices in Osaka prefecture in western Japan have launched the service on a... More...
Korean MMO specialist NCSoft has revealed Q1 sales of KRW 84.7 billion (EUR 67.8m), a nine per cent boost, and profits of KRW 14.1 billion (EUR 11.2m), due to the strong sales and subscriptions of... More...
Hot on the heels of Dell's recent announcement to begin shipping laptops preloaded with the Ubuntu Linux operating system, Canonical (corporate backer of the Ubuntu project) announced today the development of a Ubuntu Mobile operating... More...
UK Home Secretary John Reid want Apple to help fight street crime by developing technologies for this in its iPod music players. He plans to approach Apple (and Sony) to enlist their help in developing... More...
Remember Project Offset? A game being developed, that we literally know nothing about. Well we still know nothing about it, but the evil developers of the game have come up with a unique (kinda) way... More...
According to web metrics firm comScore, Microsoft's search engines saw their first market share increase in nearly a year (0.4% from February to March). One month of progress is nothing to write home about, as... More...
Windows Help (WinHlp32.exe) is a Help program that has been included with Microsoft Windows versions starting with the Microsoft Windows 3.1 operating system. However, the Windows Help program has not had a major update for... More...
A new study released by SupportSoft, a provider of technology-glitch automation software, evaluated about 2 million call logs for 20 large global companies and found five problem areas contribute to 75% of the calls corporate... More...
In January, when Electronic Gaming Monthly noted that PS3s were rather easy to come by, SCEA CEO Jack Tretton famously responded that he'll pay $1,200 for every PlayStation 3 "in North America that's been on... More...
IBM, one of the creators of the Cell architecture, has sent its engineers to a game developer's workshop at High Moon Studios in Carlsbad, California where they are giving tips on how to better harness... More...
The Beta of the 1.20 Patch will be available for public testing beginning Friday February 2nd. In this update we have addressed many issues including: Fix for Squad Leader Spawn Beacon... More...
Technology companies Microsoft, Google, Yahoo and Vodafone are in talks with human rights and press freedom groups to draw up an Internet code by the end of 2007 that would counter such trends as the... More...
Intel posted a quarterly profit that beat the average Wall Street estimate. The top computer chip maker owes the success to new high-end processors. Intel's fourth-quarter net profit was $1.5 billion, or 26 cents per... More...
Over the next few months, Ebay will be offering its PayPal users a new tool in the fight against phishers: a $5 security key. The security key is actually a small electronic device, designed to... More...
IBM said Tuesday that it will work with the Chinese government to develop a tech and business services curriculum for the country's top universities. "This services initiative will strengthen our role as China's innovation partner,"... More...
London-based children's internet safety organisation, Childnet International, today announced the launch of Know IT All for Parents aimed at helping parents better support their children's positive and safe use of the internet. The interactive CD-ROM... More...
The clamour continues as press and pundits ponder Apple's 'Showtime' announcement next week, and the prospect of online movie sales through iTunes is the topic driving the debate. Apple is widely expected to be... More...
Google is asking surfers with time on their hands to help it categorize and label the images indexed by its search engine, building a database of knowledge about the contents of the images. The company... More...
With the dreaded bird flu expected to hit the United States this coming summer, poultry experts are already making plans on how to quarantine the virus as quickly and effectively as possible. By mapping out... More...
A media rights group has identified a third dissident that the Chinese government arrested based on information seemingly supplied by a Yahoo subsidiary. On Wednesday, Reporters Without Borders announced that it has obtained a copy... More...
A recent study says that playing games is a workout. According to a study done by Dr. Arlette Perry from the University of Miami, playing videogames can be a physical workout. Dr. Perry gathered... More...
ROSE Online, the North American service has announced that it needs help! For future reference, ROSE stands for Rush on Seven Episodes and NA means North America. ROSE NA... More...
EFF is collecting stories from EFF members and supporters who have purchased Sony-BMG CDs that contained the "rootkit" copy protection software. We're considering whether the effect on the public, or on EFF members, is sufficiently... More...
British scientists are developing a tiny robot to fit inside MRI machines, which will improve the accuracy of biopsies taken to screen for prostate cancer. Needle biopsies are currently taken from the... More...
Thanks to Hurmoth on BPN for the heads-up A leading internet lawyer will defend Mac news site Think Secret after it was sued by Apple for publishing details of the company's new... More...
Reuters is now reporting that 120,000+ people are dead as a result of the tsunami that hit countries on Boxing Day. There are tens of thousand of people still un-accounted for, and the real figure... More...
Microsoft will give customers advance notice of its monthly security updates in an effort to help them prepare to install related software patches, the company announced today. Starting this month, Microsoft will publish on its... More...
With all the hoopla about the impending Firefox 1.0 release, its notable to point out that Firefox's e-mail companion software, Thunderbird, will be releasing at 1.0 the same time as Firefox. To help... More...
Today Microsoft donated $46,000 dollars worth of software to agencies fighting internet crime (phishing). Crimes like sending fake e-mails to bank customers and other institutions, asking for personal information. Personal information like back... More...
Yesterday at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2004, Mike Nash, corporate vice president for the Security Business and Technology Unit at Microsoft Corp., provided an update on the continued commitment Microsoft has made to help... More...
IBM has developed an add-on to its WebSphere server software designed to improve the management of back-end computing gear in demanding situations. The new WebSphere Extended Deployment is meant to let corporate customers... More...
According to Crusher, X-Bit Labs has reported that for the first time, Intel will be rolling up its sleeves and aid regions to implement the WiMax infrastructure. Two major industrial city in China, Dalian and... More...
Good old Microsoft. Hundreds of refugees and asylum seekers here are flocking to a local community center where they can develop IT skills and obtain information to help improve their lives. In... More...
Google is looking for feedback on a standard they want to submit which will help "tackle" or fight dubiously installed software on your system - spyware. Clearly a cynical standpoint can be taken here; Google... More...
Real Networks wants to make its music files playable on Microsoft's Windows Media Player format. The company, which is suing Vole for a billion dollars, said it needed the Redmond Giant's help to flog its... More...
One of the big problems with space travel is that one cannot over pack. Suppose astronauts reach Mars. How do they explore the planet if they cannot weigh down the vessel with fuel... More...
People around the world watching live on a Web cam as a horse gave birth called for help when the mare -- in pain and confused -- kicked her owner after delivering her foal. ... More...