Microsoft's Bing search engine lost market share in the US for the month of July. Google took the top spot once again with Yahoo, Ask, and AOL all gaining over June's results. More...

Windows Vista had a rough start when it first launched. While there were many reasons for the instability of the platform that were fixed with service pack updates, the platform brand image never recovered. If you... More...

The NPD Group, the top game-industry research firm has released figures of the total amount spent on video game products in the United States during July. The company has revealed that US consumers shelled out... More...

Microsoft is planning to launch Silverlight 3 and its Expression Studio 3 designer tools on July 10 company spokespeople confirmed today. Silverlight 3 introduces more than 50 new features, including 3D support, GPU acceleration, H.264... More...

According to a draft announcement leaked to TechArp by a Microsoft OEM partner, the company is planning on allowing users who purchase new PC/laptop hardware (with Vista) from 1st July 2009 onwards, a free upgrade... More...

After Dreamscene was finally released, the anger built up over the months was somewhat subdued amongst Windows Vista Ultimate users. And yet, everyone was quite curious on what took so long, as there didn't seem... More...

AutoPatcher is a comprehensive collection of patches, addons and registry tweaks that give you peace of mind in the knowledge that your Windows system is up to date, even before you connect it to the... More...

Mary Jo Foley has just posted some interesting information about Microsoft gearing up for the imminent launch of Windows Vista SP1 Beta: "Just when Microsoft had customers, partners and competitors all believing that it was... More...

This Malware Removal Tool was designed to take care of malicious software and spyware which are too new, take multiple steps to remove, or are not eliminated by the major anti-spyware companies. For best results,... More...

Well, who couldn't see this one coming a mile away? Hey folks, a confusingly worded quip in the June-issue next-month box made it sound to some that we had a Duke story planned for July,... More...

Yes, it lives! Maybe. Duke Nukem Forever will (supposedly) make his long awaited appearance in the July issue of (the US version) of PC Gamer! Not much else is known, is this going to be... More...

The new E3 Media and Business Summit will be held July 11-13, 2007, in Santa Monica, California, and will combine the best elements of the former trade show into a business event celebrating the video... More...

Neowin.net & PowerUser.TV present the NeowinCAST News Edition for the week of July 26th 2006. This week our panel once again consists of bangbang023, LOC, and shanepitman. Topics discussed this week include: AMD to buy... More...

Microsoft has released Update Rollup KB919803. This update is intended for systems running Update Rollup 2 for Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. This update rollup is cumulative and supersedes the following updates: ... More...

Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of news, the constant variety of corporate competition, the thrill of fragging and the agony of defragging. Neowin.net & PowerUser.TV present the NeowinCAST News Edition for... More...

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The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 (formerly known as WinFX), is the new managed code programming model for Windows. It combines the power of the .NET Framework 2.0 with new technologies for building applications that have... More...

Neowin.net & PowerUser.TV present the NeowinCAST News Edition for the week of July 10th 2006. Our panel consists of bangbang023, LOC, DaveLegg and returning from a week off, shanepitman. Topics discussed this week include: British... More...

Neowin.net & PowerUser.TV present the NeowinCAST News Edition for the week of June 28th 2006. This week, NeowinCAST regulars bangbang023 and LOC are joined by fellow staffers DaveLegg and Marshalus. Our discussion this week includes:... More...

Intel plans to add its dual-core Itanium 2 CPU line, dubbed "Montecito," to to its current Xeon 5100 series (codenamed Woodcrest) and Dempsey processor offerings on July 18, according to sources at Taiwan server makers.... More...

The launch of the Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800, Core 2 Duo E6300, E6400, E6600 and E6700 processors, which were originally expected to arrive on July 23, will be postponed to July 27, according to... More...

Thanks to Spartan_X for the spot. The gravity bending, mind altering monster known as Prey has now gone gold. The upcoming PC and Xbox 360 FPS that was... More...

Microsoft said Friday that it was preparing to migrate its Spaces blogging service to its Windows Live brand, and with the change the company will add new features and tighter integration with other Windows Live... More...

Hitachi and Mitsubishi have both announced today that (in Japan at least), they will be releasing single layer HD DVD-Rs, with RW and dual layer blanks to come later this summer. Still no recorders announced,... More...

The moment of truth is almost upon us. With the NDA set to expire on July 4th, will we finally see an unbiased review? Will there soon be a fair third party AMD vs. Intel... More...

PC Gamer, the UK's best-selling PC games magazine, is covermounting a set of six high-quality precision screwdrivers with its July issue, on sale early next month. The set of four flat-head and two Phillips-head screwdrivers... More...

Windows XP Media Center Edition Join Windows XP Media Center Edition experts the third Thursday of each month at 11:00 AM Pacific as they answer your questions in an online chat. ... More...

Visual Studio Team Edition for Software Developers & Visual Studio Team Edition for Software Testers Join us to discuss the Profiler, Test Tools (Unit, Generic, Manual), Web Load Testing, and Code Analysis (FxCop &... More...

Another week is almost drawing to a close so this brings another comprehensive look at the week's interesting technology news all rolled into one article, this week Paul tells us how Windows is superior to... More...

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Security in Microsoft Products Join Mike Nash, Vice President for the Microsoft Security Business Unit, and his team of security experts each month. Microsoft is working hard to improve security and Mike and his... More...

Vulnerability in Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution (903672) A vulnerability exists in Word that could allow an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerable to take complete control of the affected system. ... More...

Thanks neufuse for this piece taken from Paul Thurrott's weekly short takes for the week ending July 4th. As for Longhorn Beta 1, that milestone release is still on track for "this summer,"... More...

Electronic Arts has maintained its position as the number one publisher in the USA in July, holding on to 26 per cent market share as NCAA Football 2005 sold over half a million units on... More...

The consolidated sales of the five largest Taiwan-based TFT LCD makers – AU Optronics (AUO), Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO), Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT), Quanta Display and HannStar Display – declined 8-20% in July, according to... More...

HL2World.com is delighted to confirm that a playable version of Haf-Life 2 and Counter Strike: Source will be on hand at this year's G-Phoria. Valve's Doug Lombardi today confirmed with HL2World.com that both versions will... More...

Today Microsoft delivered a slew of Security Bulletins for its Microsoft Windows Operating System totaling seven in all. According to Microsoft many components of Windows have been affected. You are advised to visit... More...

Confirming rumors, Sega and Take-Two announce that production of Visual Concepts' discounted footballer has kicked off. ESPN Videogames has announced today that ESPN NFL 2K5 has gone gold and will be released... More...

Great news for people who wanted an iPod mini, but lived outside of the US. Apple announced today that the iPod mini will soon be available worldwide on July 24. Apple delayed the... More...

The tech giant IBM is expected to unveil new Unix servers on July 13. These new servers will be using IBM's Power5 processors. Several sever models will be announced ranging from two, four,... More...

Next Monday, Ubisoft and Crytek will release the 1.2 update for their best-selling PC shooter Far Cry. The update, which can be reserved now via GameSpot DLX, will implement numerous gameplay tweaks and bug fixes,... More...

Nevrax lets old and new players enter the game world for the holiday weekend. Players feeling left-out of the beta for the upcoming massively multiplayer online role-playing game The Saga of Ryzom... More...

N-Gage QD reached the stores in Europe and Asia 2 weeks ago. Nokia negotiated with American carriers but could not confirm QD to sell below $199 when it now arrives at June 24. QD has... More...

Ubisoft and Sony Online Entertainment will begin accepting applications for the European EverQuest II beta test next week. Ubisoft and Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) have today announced that the European public beta... More...

VIA Technologies will hike its chipset prices by 6-10% starting July 1 to reflect its rising production costs, according to sources at the chipset maker. This will be VIA's second price increase this year, following... More...

Apple Computer Inc. will delay global sales of its new iPod mini digital music player until July due to stronger-than-expected U.S. demand, Apple said on Thursday. Tight supplies of the hard drive, which is at... More...

Microsoft Corp. said on Friday that a new engine for its MSN Search service will start up in July, another step in its plan to challenge Google Inc.'s pole position as the Web's top search... More...

ATI Technologies will officially release its budget line Radeon 9200SE graphics card by the end of July, according to sources. The 9200SE is already available in limited amounts in certain markets, but a worldwide debut... More...

Thanks Johnny_Mac from mess.be for the heads up As we previously announced a month ago, Microsoft have confirmed the date of July 17th for the Official launch of MSN Messenger 6. ... More...