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Mac Dock and Windows 7 Superbar - Part 1

Mac Dock and Windows Taskbar Overview The Dock in OS X Leopard is a bar of icons that sits at the bottom or side of the screen, and employs a 3D perspective. The Dock... More...

CES 2009 Keynote Press Queue Part 2

Here's the rest of the line. The first picture was from about where we arein line to the back of the line. This shot is what's in front of us.... More...

Quickly ramp up on XNA Development, Part 1: Getting Started

Interested in ramping up on XNA but like to learn in short and sweet videos? Jennifer Marsman has created a short set of videos to help you learn XNA five minutes (or less!) at a... More...

Microsoft at CES Part 1

This year's CES saw the last keynote speech by Bill Gates as a full-time Microsoft employee. Microsoft's booth focused on a number of key initiatives this year. What seems to be the single biggest... More...

TSMC reportedly to make only GPU part of AMD Fusion

Motherboard makers predict that AMD will retain production of the CPU portion of its Fusion processor at its own fabs or that of Chartered Semiconductor until at least 2009, with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)... More...

Inside the Windows Vista Kernel: Part 1

Here comes another article from Mark Russinovich, the maker of the famous SysInternals tools. This time, he delves into the world of the Windows Vista Kernel and the improvements that have been made. ... More...

CES 2007 in Pictures, part two

With 2,700 exhibitors, filling 1.8 million net square feet of exhibit space, and over 140,000 attendees, CES is simply the largest consumer electronics show in the world. For the past few days we have been... More...

CES 2007 in Pictures, part one

The Ship Free Trial Weekend Part 2 - Dec 22 - 26!

Yeah, go Outerlight! The Ship, Outerlight's MMT (massively multiplayer thriller) will have its second free trial weekend this weekend! So for all of you who missed the first free weekend, or for those of you... More...

Judge tosses part of AMD suit against Intel

Judge Joseph Farnan, of the U.S. District Court in Delaware, has dismissed a large portion of AMD's antitrust lawsuit against Intel, saying that U.S. law does not cover many of AMD's claims. Sunnyvale, Calif.-based AMD... More...

Windows Vista Editions Revealed Part 2

As we exclusively revealed last week the Windows Vista editions are finalised. Microsoft asked us to remove the information but we can now reveal that these are the final editions: ... More...

Google Has Your Data: Should You Be Afraid? Part Two

As Part One of this story discussed, Google is bent on monetizing users through keeping a careful watch on every Web page users access and every file users open on local machines, a strategy that... More...

Black & White II Video - Part 2

The recent flood of Black & White II movies continues with another trailer for 3D god-playing strategy sequel under construction at Lionhead Studios. This trailer comes in two sizes and presents chapter 2 of the... More...

Inside the Xbox 360, Part II: the Xenon CPU

Part I of this series covered Microsoft's vision for dynamic content creation in the next generation of console games. The XBox 360's procedural synthesis techniques were explained, and a general overview of the multicore PowerPC... More...

Spam Becomes Accepted Part of the Net

Net users are becoming more accepting of spam as a way of life, according to a new survey released yesterday. It found that while we're just as annoyed by junk e-mail as ever, more and... More...

We Got Next - Part One (Xbox)

For several GameSpy editors, Game Developers Conference (GDC) is one of the best and most enjoyable events held each year. One of the primary reasons for GameSpy's GDC love is that the editors get to... More...

IBM Settles Pension Suit in Part, Continues Appeal

IBM said Wednesday that it has reached a partial settlement in a massive lawsuit alleging that it discriminated against older workers when it switched pension plans in 1999. Under the terms of the agreement --... More...

Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 will not be a part of MSDN

Microsoft have decided to not make available Virtual Server 2005 for MSDN subscribers. Instead, the company has arranged a special promotion: The VS and MSDN teams have collaborated to create a special... More...

Half-Life 2 Preload, Part 3

Valve announced today that the third phase of the closely-watched Half-Life 2 preload has begun. Subscribers to the company's Steam distribution service will now preload a majority of the game's models, though of course in... More...

Interview: Goldeneye: Rogue Agent, Part Two

Courtesy of yesterday's GoldenEye: Rogue Agent presentation by senior producer Chris Plummer, we brought you a ton of information on the pseudo-sequel to Rare's N64 smash hit (anyone who missed it, click here). Today we... More...

Thief: Deadly Shadows Interview, Part 2

Garrett is a master thief. A cynical, distrustful loner, he's no altruist or popular hero. He does steal from the rich, but only to benefit himself, and in The City where he resides, it's not... More...

Silicon Knights and Nintendo Part

IGNcube today learned that Canada-based development studio Silicon Knights has ended its second-party status with Nintendo Co. Ltd. The company will effective immediately be allowed to develop software for multiple consoles including Microsoft's Xbox and... More...

NV40 is a 16 pipelines part

AFTER DAYS, nay weeks of inquiring we can now confirm that NV40 is not 8x2 marchitecture part as we previously suggested. Nvidia is behaving as if the NV40 was the Crown Jewels of Her Brittanic... More...

Doom 3 -- An Interview with id, Part 2

Everyone's heard of Texas tall tales, but when the crew at Mesquite-based id Software talks, it's rarely with exaggeration -- and people listen. id CEO Todd Hollenshead, Doom 3 Lead Designer Tim Willits, and id's... More...

Xbox 2 CPU To Be A 65nm Part

Last month, we posted an announcement made by Sony and Toshiba (one of the two Sony's partners for the PlayStation 3) telling the world that trial production of chips (the cell) using a 65-nanometer manufacturing... More...

Who's Patching Open Source? - Part 2

Part 1 of this two-part series addresses the special challenges inherent in fixing problems as they arise in open-source software. Part 2 takes a look at some potential solutions. Companies that provide third-party support for... More...

Part Four: Introducing User Experiences

In sharp contrast to competitors such as Apple Computer and the various open source groups working on Linux, Microsoft has worked for years to really think through the whole user experience in Windows, a phrase... More...

Neowin 3rd Birthday Giveaway : Part 2/3

In celebration of our 3rd Birthday, for our members we've organised a large giveaway with many many prizes! Today, we've drawn the second of three draws for the following products. At this point, i'd like... More...

Part 1/3 : The Neowin 3rd Birthday Giveaway!

In celebration of our 3rd Birthday, for our members we've organised a large giveaway with many many prizes! Today, we've drawn the first of three draws for the following products. At this point, i'd like... More...

Inside the Xbox 2 - part 1

We're proud to bring you today the very first info on the Xbox 2 GPU. Our highly placed source within the industry informed us that the graphic technology powering the Xbox successor is a derivative... More...

Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit Part 2

Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit: Automating and Customizing Installations This book provides comprehensive information about planning, designing, and implementing automated installations in medium and large organizations. Options range from automated installations of a basic... More...