Sources have been cited as saying that Microsoft will announce its second-generation Surface tablets at its BUILD conference in June - but the report comes from the notoriously unreliable Digitimes. More...

According to a patent that has been outed from Sony, the company aims to completely block used games meaning once a game is executed on a system, that game can no longer be executed on another. More...

Microsoft's next-gen Xbox console is expected to launch ahead of the 2013 holiday season, according to sources, who also echo earlier claims that it will be announced in the middle of next year. 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...

ATI, graphics product group of Advanced Micro Devices, reportedly aims to release its next-generation code-named R700-series graphics processing units (GPUs) in mid-2008. The news comes as a surprise, as earlier it was revealed that the... 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...

AppleInsider has learned that Apple's popular line of iMac personal computers are about to undergo a substantial facelift that will showcase striking new industrial designs aimed at leaving both competitors and onlookers smitten. People familiar... More...

All processors below are under the Stars series and will use AM2+ motherboards, except Agena FX. These processors can plug into existing AM2 motherboards today given the proper BIOS updates, but without the AM2+... More...

AMD has announced the ATI Radeon X1900 G5 Mac Edition, a next-generation graphics card that combines workstation-class creative productivity and cutting-edge 3D game performance, according to the company. The ATI Radeon X1900 G5 Mac Edition... More...

Nvidia has beat out Broadcom to supply the multimedia chip inside the next-generation video iPod, according to a Wall Street analyst. "Based on our analysis, we believe Nvidia is designed into the next-generation vPod socket... More...

Thanks to OrangeSoul for the heads up in BPN. Singularity is a research project focused on the construction of dependable systems through innovation in the areas of systems, languages, and tools. We... More...

Toshiba has claimed that they have developed the first laptop computer with its new HD DVD drive. This supports the Microsoft's claims that the format is suitable for the next generation portable computers. The company... More...

Sun Microsystems' Java technology will be built into Blu-ray DVD players, executives said on Monday, a development that advances the technology in the consumer electronics market for which Sun originally developed the software. ... More...

Microsoft and Toshiba said Monday they will strengthen their joint development of PCs and consumer electronics goods and consider working together on next-generation DVD technology. Toshiba, the world's third-largest notebook PC maker,... More...

Today, Google officially launched video.google.com. Alongside the new site comes a new browser plug-in based on VLC, the open source video player. With the plug-in installed, users can search and view videos marked with a... More...

ATI Technologies Inc., is revolutionizing gaming with the introduction of CrossFire™, the ultimate gaming platform. The CrossFire platform has been designed to give gamers the best performance and more flexibility and game compatibility than any... More...

Microsoft is now one of the three required video codec's for the next-generation DVD format. The Microsoft format that is being required is VC-9 technology which is used in Windows Media Video 9. ... More...

Via Technologies Inc. provided a glimpse on Tuesday of features that will be offered with the company's upcoming next-generation processor core, called Esther. The first Esther-based processors from Via are expected to be available during... 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...

Microsoft Corp. today announced XNA (TM) , a powerful next-generation software development platform. XNA empowers developers to deliver breakthrough games while combating rising production costs and ever-increasing hardware complexity. Games for future iterations of all... More...

Sun Microsystems will discuss a future high-end processor Wednesday, a chip code-named Rock that will combine features of own designs with technology it acquired from Afara Websystems, sources said. David Yen, executive vice president... More...

After Intel pushed its future-generation desktop Tejas chips at a later date last week, this was only a question of time when it transpired that DP server Xeon processors with "Jayhawk" core are also postponed... More...

Intel plans to open the floodgates on a new generation of Pentium processors in the next few weeks, but its next chip for notebooks will not be among them. The chipmaker said... More...

Royal Philips Electronics has launched the Nexperia PNX7200, a single-chip MPEG-2 codec for DVD recording applications. The Nexperia PNX7200 enables a low system-cost solution, reducing bill of material (BoM) costs by up to 30%, according... More...

Hotmail has updated its public servers to the Next-Gen Hotmail as planned. This means MSN Premium can rely on Hotmails backend for some of its various services. There are no changes from the... More...

Following on from the early September preview of MSN's Next Generation Hotmail, MSN yesterday released a brand new flash movie outlining all Hotmail's planned new features. Once the introduction movie has completed, users... More...

It's a hard-drive industry mantra: Each succeeding generation must be faster and fit more data into less space. But while performance gains have been modest recently, areal density (gigabytes per square inch) continues to grow.... More...

An excellent partition and multi boot manager with a powerful and simple to use set of tools to quickly partition, image, or multi boot your computer. It combines the features of several standalone products costing... More...

Thanks Avenger for the heads up It looks as though MSN Hotmail are planning a big upgrade to the functionality and appearance of MSN Hotmail. The icons due to be replaced on... More...

Just as expected, Intel Corporation today disclosed key technical details of its next-generation of Intel XScale technology based processors to be used in cell phones, PDAs and other wireless devices. The Bulverde will allow easy... More...

The Defense Department said on Friday it planned to link its high-tech weaponry, battlefield sensors and other communications systems to an upgraded Internet operating system within five years. John Stenbit, the Pentagon's chief information officer,... More...

Learn more about Microsoft's Next-Generation Secure Computing Base (NGSCB): new security technology for the Microsoft Windows platform. Explore the resources on this page to discover how NGSCB can help create a more trustworthy computing environment.... More...

Eidos Interactive, one of the world's leading publishers and developers of entertainment software, announces that the next instalment in the Thief series is currently in development for Xbox and PC. The game is being developed... More...

Today at NAB2003, the National Association of Broadcasters convention, Microsoft Corp. announced that the forthcoming release of Microsoft® Windows® CE .NET version 4.2 will include the latest Windows Media® 9 Series, which offers the same... More...

Molyneux confirms a GameCube version of the heavily reworked PC classic. Pete Molyneux recently confirmed that the console version of Black & White is also heading its way to the GameCube. Previously only... More...

With the looming menace of the Itanium from Intel the future of server-oriented processors seemed set to be in Intel's hands, but now Sun have started fighting back with their new range of UltraSPARC processors.... More...

It seems ATI has picked some tech sites as an outlet for detailed information on their heavily revised and yet to be released software package named ATI Catalyst. The new software features the following: SMARTGART... More...

The first next generation wireless LAN products have been released in the UK by Intel. These conform to the 802.11a standard and allow a five-fold performance increase on Wi-Fi networks. The previous standard, 802.11b, functioned... More...

Hardcore ware has publish a very good review on the "abit max" motherboard series. Never has the announcement of a motherboard created as much buzz around the PC hardware enthusiast community as... More...

ViewSonic Corporation announced a number of consumer-focused display products at the 2002 Consumer Electronics Show, including its first wide-format smart display capable of high-resolution data and video, along with two new lightweight, affordable, feature-rich projectors.... More...

At the Streaming Media East 2001 conference in New York this week, Microsoft is unveiling its next-generation Windows Media Technologies (code-named Corona). According to the company, Corona dramatically improves streaming media through new... More...

Apple has hired Taiwanese contract manufacturer to produce one million iMacs with built-in 15in LCD screens, the United Daily News, a Chinese language newspaper, has reported. The contract appears to confirm the... More...

Thanks configure for the heads up on this one. After months of closed-door negotiations, open source developers are now sure of royalty-free access to one of the most significant new storage formats of the future:... More...