Scientists at the world's most advanced physics laboratory, CERN, have embarked on a project that seeks to preserve the original hardware and software used to give birth to the World Wide Web. More...

A full-featured Internet browser, Opera includes pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing, integrated searches, and advanced functions like Opera's groundbreaking E-mail program, RSS Newsfeeds and IRC chat. And because we know that our users have different needs,... More...

Blogger Robert Scoble has posted a message on his FriendFeed account, hinting at a Microsoft announcement next Monday, related to Google's OS. In the posting, Scoble notes "why did Google announce Chrome OS this week?... More...

MTV Multiplayer posted highlights of New York's Comic Con today, where Todd Howard, Executive Producer and Game Director for Bethesda Softworks, revealed that one of Bethesda's next projects will be for Apple's iPhone. News... More...

Microsoft is currently readying the release of Internet Explorer 8 RC1 for early next week, company sources indicate. In a blog posting by Microsoft's Frank Olivier, the UX and Compatibility program manager confirms "we're... More...

Microsoft is planning to unveil three new mobile services at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona next month. The software giant is aiming to move your mobile data into the cloud and rival Apple's... More...

One of the nifty features missing in the Messenger for Mac is Audio/Video (A/V) support. It is not possible to do a video or audio chat using the Messenger for Mac. The recent update, Messenger... More...

The sleeping giant is finally awaking on the front of Social Networking. The one area where Microsoft has failed to get into was Social Networking. Microsoft has been building Windows Live profiles over... More...

A survey by online job site CareerBuilder.com has found that 22% of hiring managers regularly screen social networking sites, like Facebook and MySpace, before hiring new applicants. An additional 9% of hiring managers do not... More...

Mozilla Corp. has released the first preview of Firefox 3.1, the fast-track update that the open-source company has pegged with a late 2008 or early 2009 ship date. Code-named "Shiretoko," named for a national park... More...

Kicking off the festivities at QuakeCon, id CEO Todd Hollenshead took the stage during the keynote presentation and promised he would be showing off either Rage or the previously unannounced Doom 4. So which did... More...

Neowin Editor-In-Chief Steve Parker (Neobond) has put a call out to features users would like to see on Neowin.net coming up. Neowin is in the process of going through its next major development... More...

Fifteen years ago, the world wide web was the playground of boffins. Its design reflected the open ethos of those users: it had no central managers, no main menu and no investment in content –... More...

Microsoft plans to fix critical bugs in its Word, Publisher, and Jet database software next week. The software vendor also plans to release a less-critical update for its antivirus products, fixing a flaw that attackers... More...

Google Inc confirmed on Thursday it had been an active bidder in recent U.S. auctions for licenses to create a national wireless network and that it will weigh in as regulators set new rules. In... More...

Now that Windows Vista service pack 1 has been released, all eyes have shifted to Microsoft's plans for Windows XP service pack 3, the final package of updates for the trusty OS. And, according to... More...

They're the leading figure in PC benchmark programs, technology showcases and cutting edge demos. You'd be forgiven if you thought there was nothing else that Futuremark Corporation could do but amazingly there is, and today... More...

Wikia co-founder and chairman Jimmy Wales announced the public will get its first view of Wikia Search, an open source, community-driven search engine, on January 7. Wales admits his company's search engine is not an... More...

Symantec's security software is gearing up for the New Year with a few enhancements. The Cupertino-based security vendor slated the release of Norton 360 Version 2.0 Beta for early January. While the basic Norton 360... More...

Microsoft has announced that Mac Office 2008, the Macintosh version of their incredibly popular Windows productivity suite, has gone gold, and is shipping to manufacturers. It's been nearly half a decade since Microsoft updated the... More...

Samsung Electronics next year plans to begin mass production of a new type of graphics memory that both consumes less power and is significantly faster than existing chips. Called GDDR (Graphics Double Data Rate) 5,... More...

Microsoft is looking to release the Release Candidate (RC) test build of Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 to selected testers the week of December 1, according to sources close to the company. Microsoft's plan... More...

Microsoft announced earlier this week it's plans to release a new update (or rather a second update) to Windows Home Server (WHS), this update is scheduled for delivery on Tuesday, November 27, 2007. Microsoft first... More...

Mozilla is set to release a Firefox bugfix next week, repairing a long-standing security flaw in the software. The 2.0.0.10 update is in testing right now and should be released to the public next week.... More...

Executive vice-president of product development Frank Pearce talks WoW 2, StarCraft 2 and Diablo 3. Blizzard is sitting pretty at the moment. Having just announced that the world's most popular MMO, World of Warcraft, has... More...

Microsoft plans to release a major update to its Windows Live OneCare security suite next week, according to online retailer Amazon.com. Amazon has already begun accepting orders for OneCare 2.0, which it says will ship... More...

Asustek Computer is developing a desktop version Eee PC which it hopes to launch in 2008, according to Jonathan Tseng, president of marketing at Asustek. Tseng noted that the PC will not include a display,... More...

Security administrators should have a pretty easy time of it next Tuesday as Microsoft says it will issue just two updates in its monthly security software release. Microsoft said Thursday that next week's updates will... More...

Upcoming 'Penryn'-based 45nm high-end quad-core CPUs may well attract an even higher price premium than before, it has emerged. Intel has apparently informed customers that next year's Core 2 Extreme processors will cost up to... More...

Next Patch Tuesday, Microsoft plans to release seven security updates for: Windows, Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, Word, and SharePoint – four of the seven will be rated critical, Microsoft's highest ranking, while the remainder will... More...

"The significance of this ruling for the [European] commission is that we have been reinforced and confirmed in our approach in putting consumers before innovation and research and we have been supported in our interpretation... More...

Media attention these days focuses mostly on the high-definition Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD formats. Yet in this interim period--while high-def adoption ever-so-slowly ramps up--standard DVD continues to see updates and new products. Here's a... More...

Microsoft Corp. will release nine sets of security patches next week, including six critical updates for Windows, Office, Internet Explorer and its Visual Basic development software. The updates will come as part of Microsoft's regular... More...

Advanced Micro Devices said on Thursday that even though its ATI Radeon HD 2000-series graphics chips family has experienced massive delays, the company is still positioned to deliver competitive graphics solutions to the market place.... More...

According to Dean Takahashi, Microsoft is working on project code-named Falcon: another hardware upgrade for the Xbox 360. It will have an IBM microprocessor and an AMD/ATI graphics chip that are manufactured in a 65-nanometer... More...

Microsoft will release six groups of security patches next week, fixing bugs in the latest versions of Excel, Windows XP, Vista, and Windows Server 2003. Online criminals will typically e-mail the victim with a maliciously... More...

Advanced Micro Devices, the world's second largest manufacturer of x86 central processing units (CPUs) will delay the roll-out of its new enthusiast-class platform to next year, according to sources familiar with the plans of AMD.... More...

The BBC will launch its iPlayer TV-on-demand service on 27 July, allowing viewers to watch programmes over the internet up to seven days after broadcast. The software has been tested by some 15,000 users already,... More...

Microsoft has announced plans to issue four "critical" security bulletins next week that address vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer, Outlook Express and Windows Mail in Vista. "Critical" is the most severe ranking Microsoft assigns to... More...

In South America, the Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade at a Brazilian law school has joined forces with consumer group Idec to mount an anti-DRM campaign of its own. The group doesn't advocate an end... More...

Microsoft is slowly developing a second generation HDD-based Zune and the long-rumoured flash-based Zune. The latter will be Microsoft's attempt to take on the iPod Nano, seeing as it is Apple's most successful mp3 player.... More...

Rumors surrounding the next installment of the Star Wars Battlefront series have been swirling around the Internet for months. However, it's unlikely that most net jockeys saw where the franchise was headed given that its... More...

One of the worst-kept secrets in the games industry is finally out. After weeks of rumors, Activision has finally confirmed that Guitar Hero: Rocks the 80s is in the works. So far, the game has... More...

The newly announced Simpsons game may be the 22nd title based on the long-running animated Fox sitcom, but in developer Electronic Arts' opinion, you might as well think of it as the first. Simpsons games... 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...

Intel will showcase its next-generation Penryn 45nm processor at the upcoming Computex 2007 (June 5-9) trade show, while AMD will also demonstrate its native Quad-Core Opteron processors (Barcelona), during the show, according to sources. The... More...

Long standing UK GSP Wireplay has relaunched this week with a brand new forums and website. Not to mention 30 top of the range servers sponsored by Pipex Communications. Quote - ... More...

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates cited a survey done in the United States on "where will the next big success and where the next Bill Gates come from" when visiting the town of Boao in south... More...

Harmonix, developer of the blockbuster Guitar Hero franchise, MTV: Music Television, a division of MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom, and Electronic Arts today announced Rock Band, an all-new platform for music fans and gamers... More...

Jetpac Refuelled, a remastering of Rare's first game, is coming to Xbox Live Arcade Wednesday, March 28. Created in 1983 under Rare's early company name of Ultimate Play the Game, Jetpac puts you in the... More...