Some people, like Chris ”Moot” Poole, take their online identities very seriously. The 4Chan founder is requesting a US start-up, moot.it, change its name to avoid confusion between the two. More...

Microsoft has decided on a new name for Metro and they have carefully selected the name, Windows 8. While we wish we could make this up, make the jump to learn more about the new naming convention. More...

After a disconcerting amount of Google+ users were kicked from the infant social network last week over enforcement of the “real name” rule, many are worried that the seemingly draconian measures taken to ensure that... More...

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 7 will be the final name for the next generation operating system. In a blog, Mike Nash, Corporate Vice President, Windows Product Management confirmed the news. "Since we began development... More...

Fiji's government says it's still trying to contact the Microsoft Corporation to discuss the company's plans to launch a product called Microsoft Fiji. Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum told Fijilive his country wants an amicable... More...

Google Inc. announced yesterday that it would begin to take increasing measures against domain name tasting, a practice which exploits a grace period originally designed to rectify legitimate mistakes, such as registrants mistyping the domain... More...

First, number one Zune fan Steven Smith got a Zune tattoo on his arm. Then, he went and got a second Zune tattoo on the other arm, and a few months later picked up a... More...

An online video site backed by media companies NBC Universal and News Corp. took a step closer to launching on Wednesday, saying it will call itself "Hulu" and begin a trial run in October. Little... More...

A Chinese firm is suing the internet giant Google over its Chinese name, saying it is too much like its own name and is harming its business. Google's Chinese subsidiary has transliterated its name to... More...

While BenQ just announced it will change its Chinese name from "Jia Da" to "Jias Da" (transliterated from Chinese) last week, the company recently stated the official English name for the new company will be... More...

Microsoft Windows Server Code Name "Longhorn" helps you to increase the flexibility of your server infrastructure while saving time and reducing costs. Powerful new management tools and security enhancements allow you to have more control... More...

It was announced, yesterday, that the popular multi-headed instant messaging client, Gaim, has undergone a name change. The new name, Pidgin, comes after years of secret discussions and legal issues with internet giant, AOL. The... More...

Office Live LLC filed a trademark-infringement suit against Microsoft in the U.S. District Court of Central California in Los Angeles earlier this month over Microsoft's Web-based small business package of the same name. Microsoft Office... More...

Thank you to Tech_Dude_5000 for submitting this to our front page. It seems Apple Incorporated has successfully evaded a particularly problematic trademark issue with network equipment maker Cisco Systems Incorporated. Cisco sued Apple for trademark... More...

Midomi. Try to remember that name, chances are it will come in handy when you can't figure out which song is stuck in your head. The technology allows searching for a song by typing the... More...

Access announced today that it was renaming the PalmOS operating system for mobile devices (latest version being PalmOS 6) to "GarnetOS." The company is going to market the OS and devices that use it under... More...

The organization behind ".um", the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute, decided the domain wasn't worth the effort. Since it wasn't being used anyway, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers unanimously decided... More...

Microsoft has finally pulled it off, the longest product name ever: Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate UPGRADE Limited Numbered Signature Edition. It was so long, I couldn't fit it in the neowin title box by itself.... More...

Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, the duo that brought the world Skype and Kazaa, have chosen the name 'Joost' for their new online-video start-up. The name has no meaning in Danish, it was simply chosen... More...

Visual Studio code name "Orcas" delivers on Microsoft's vision of smart client applications by enabling developers to rapidly create connected applications that deliver the highest quality rich user experiences. This new version enables any size... More...

Thanks to maash for posting this in BPN. Cisco Systems Inc. has owned the name "iPhone" since 2000 and today announced that it is suing Apple Inc. in federal court. Cisco obtained the trademark... More...

Sony promised that users around the world hoping to buy a PS3 could register their online name on launch day, this promise, although kept, has been released a month late, but of course, is very... More...

Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" delivers on Microsoft's vision of smart client applications by enabling developers to rapidly create connected applications that deliver the highest quality rich user experiences. This new version enables any size... More...

The Development Tools for .NET Framework (RC1) provides developers with support for building .NET Framework 3.0 applications using the final released version of Visual Studio 2005. This support includes XAML Intellisense support through schema extensions... More...

Unsurprisingly given yesterday's announcement that the Windows Live Search client will be called Windows Live Search Center, Mail Desktop is to follow suit and become Windows Live Mail Center. Ignoring the fact that the... More...

A well-known Microsoft Corp. Web logger Tuesday downplayed the proposed use of a new name for RSS (Really Simple Syndication) in the next version of Internet Explorer (IE) following several days of intense discussion about... More...

British sources confirm previously rumoured details about Microsoft's new console. British sources have confirmed that the next generation Xbox is indeed called Xbox 360, that the logo is a simple, round nexus,... More...

An internet entrepreneur is taking legal action against computer giant Apple over the iTunes domain name. Benjamin Cohen, 22, registered itunes.co.uk in 2000, but earlier this month the UK domain name registry, Nominet, handed the... More...

Embattled software giant Microsoft has today announced a resolution with the European Union on the name of a new copy of Windows XP. After being found guilty by a court in 2004 of breaking EU... More...

When Microsoft launched their free weblog service, MSN Spaces, many of you (this writer included) might have thought that you'd seen that name before in a similar context. You'd be right. Edict, a company based... More...

If you're wondering what's happening with Longhorn and whether we'll see Longhorn at WinHEC 2005 then wonder no more. It's not likely that we will see the first beta of Longhorn at WinHEC... More...

Company has applied for a trademark on the term but is vague about how it plans to use the name. The SCO Group Inc. is trying to revive the name of the... More...

Although Wario Ware's GameCube outing is an enticing prospect for some, there was understandably some disappointment when Nintendo opted to stick mainly to the mini-games (sorry, microgames) that comprised the original Game Boy Advance offering.... More...

Now a days it seems like everyone wants a piece of Google. It's either another search engine, Fortune 500 Company, or in this case a company that sells children's goods called Googles. Googles has... More...

Domain name buying is back in fashion once again--with registrations reaching levels last seen in 2000. While domain name carpetbagging became a sport during the dot-com boom, as entrepreneurs snapped up URLs they... More...

In a case that could have forced Linux vendor Lindows to change its business name worldwide, a Netherlands court ruled this week that Lindows' current limited use of the Lindows name does not violate Microsoft's... More...

The original owner of the Sex.com domain name has settled his lawsuit against VeriSign, ending a protracted battle over the transfer of the domain. The settlement comes roughly nine months after the U.S.... More...

Lindows, a firm which markets a user-friendly version of the Linux operating system, has bowed to Microsoft in a lengthy dispute over its name. The company said it would no longer be... More...

After being forced to stop selling Lindows in The Netherlands earlier in the week, Lindows CEO Michael Robertson is now asking his users to come up with a possible temporary name that could be used... More...

Lindows.com Inc., a maker of low-cost computers running Linux software, on Friday said it had halted operations in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg in the latest round of its cat-and-mouse legal battle with Microsoft Corp.... More...

Finally a judge sees sense in the lowlands, now the rest of the world - Ed Thanks Bink, for this article translated from Dutch. The use of the name Lindows is not... More...

The next release of the Linux kernel will be named after an Australian animal following a frenzied bidding war at Linux.conf.au 2004 in Adelaide. As part of the Penguin Dinner held for attendees... More...

Former "Baywatch" star Carmen Electra has won control of the Internet name www.carmenelectra.com in a ruling by a United Nations panel, a U.N. spokeswoman said Thursday. An arbitrator for the World Intellectual... More...

Microsoft is turning to developers for ideas on what to call the current Longhorn Technologies when they're shipped. Developers who are part of the "Longhorn Developer Platform" on Betaplace have been given the opportunity to... More...

.eu Domainnames will be available from November 2004. In March preparation and translation of regulations will begin, followed in June by accreditation of .eu registrars. From September 2004 those holding prior rights to a name... More...

To avoid a trademark dispute, Intel has changed the code name of Tanglewood, a version of its Itanium expected to come out after 2005 that will contain several processor cores, to Tukwila, an Intel spokesman... More...

Intel will upgrade its flagship PC chip in the beginning of the year, but it will keep the current name. "Prescott," the code name for an optimized version of the Pentium 4,... More...

Next years Zelda games have had their names changed: Tetra's Trackers has been renamed "Navi's Trackers" and Four Swords is now "Hyrule Adventure". PLUS! A new game Legend of Zelda: Shadow Battle has... More...

A team of university researchers says it will oppose Red Hat's attempt to trademark "Fedora," the company's moniker for its new hobbyist Linux line, based on their prior use of the name. Computer... More...

Wal-Mart Stores is developing a plan to launch its own brand of PCs. The retail giant plans to begin offering notebooks under its own brand name during the first quarter of 2004,... More...