TechARP has updated the Windows 7 Upgrade Program schedule with some slight changes. According to the new schedule Windows update program will begin on June 28, 2009 instead of July 1, 2009 which Neowin sighted... More...
With Windows 7 RC getting ready, Microsoft announced on Monday, the Windows 7 Ecosystem Readiness Program to help hardware and software partners (OEMs and ISVs) ensure that their existing applications, devices and systems will be... More...
Google posted in their blog on Tuesday that they will be putting an end to Google Newspaper-ads, which currently links more than 800 U.S. based newspaper, after a failed attempt to sell the business. ... More...
Google has launched their GAPE (Google Apps Premiere Edition) reseller program on Wednesday, which is one step ahead from its current Google Docs offerings. From the end of March, authorized resellers will be able to... 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...
Internet Explorer 8 beta participants today received a surprising e-mail about 'IE8 Partner Build' released to the IE8 Technical Beta to test and find issues. This build represents a preview of IE8's progress and is... More...
Just over a week ago, a frustrated beta tester submitted logs from the Windows Live Messenger 9 beta, the logs exposed issues relating to bugs that won't be fixed, and features that were voted up... More...
A Texas resident has filed a federal lawsuit against Blockbuster for participating in Facebook's Beacon program, which tells members about their friends' e-commerce activity. In the lawsuit, quietly filed last week, Dallas County resident... More...
AT&T today announced a new approach to early termination fees (ETFs) that provides greater flexibility for wireless customers. Beginning on May 25, the company's new and renewing wireless customers who enter into one- or two-year... More...
Install Windows Vista SP1 Release Candidate through Windows UpdateWindows Vista Service Pack 1 RC Refresh is available to Beta testers through Windows Update. Experience the WU installation path for Windows Vista SP1 by following these... More...
Google's YouTube said two days ago that it would expand its pilot advertising program to a select number of amateurs, giving more users a shot to make money from their homemade videos. YouTube said it... More...
An update for the company's Norton Antivirus software has yet again caused problems with its customers' computers. While Symantec is saying it was just a mistake involving a routine software update, the problems caused by... More...
Cisco Systems has boosted its stock buyback effort by $10 billion, a sign the Internet networking supplier still believes its shares are undervalued. The move, announced Friday, is a way for the San Jose-based company... More...
California's solar initiative, better known as the million solar roofs program, has had "a very healthy start," according to Polly Shaw, the solar initiative analyst for the state's Public Utilities Commission. At San Jose's SunPower,... More...
Microsoft is providing businesses with unlicensed software—and the partners supporting them—a new option to purchase Windows XP. Yeah, Windows XP. It would be so easy to dis Vista, particularly given last week's XP OEM licensing... More...
After Qualcomm Inc. stopped selling Eudora, a pioneering e-mail program named after author Eudora Welty, in May of this year, it did not simply lay the program to rest in the collective digital graveyard of... More...
Starting on September 15, Sony Corporation will accept its products at 75 recycling stations around the USA, thanks to a partnership with Waste Management Incorporated. The recycling drop-off centers will accept any Sony or Sony... More...
Over the past few months Dell has been gearing up to replace perhaps thousands of motherboards in XPS 700 and 710 systems for free; finally the program has been kicked off. All customers who opt... More...
Apple's iPhone may not have a user-replaceable battery, but now Apple is offering to replace said battery for $79 plus $6.95 shipping. Apple states that the repair will take three business days, not counting shipping... More...
Framingham-based Staples Incorporated is expanding its electronics waste recycling program by accepting used computers and monitors of any make that can now be dropped off for a $10 fee at any of the office products... More...
Julie Marto of Medfield, Massachusetts, purchased a Dell Inspiron notebook running Windows XP last October. Through a program called Express Upgrade, she was promised a free copy of Windows Vista when the operating system became... More...
Developers have discovered that the name given to a Vista executable affects whether or not it will require admin rights to run. Security experts said the feature might seem odd, but helps to catch out... More...
Intel has re-engineered its Intel Inside program and, as part of that effort, has executed a deal with Google to modernize its channel marketing. According to company documents viewed by CRN, the Intel Inside 2007... More...
Windows Help (WinHlp32.exe) is a Help program that has been included with Microsoft Windows versions starting with the Microsoft Windows 3.1 operating system. However, the Windows Help program has not had a major update for... More...
Online fraudsters may be ready to put Mac users in their sights. On Thursday, antivirus firm F-Secure published a brief analysis of a proof-of-concept adware program for the Mac OS X that could theoretically hook... More...
The Vista Customer Preview Program is now closed. We have reached our goal of 100,000 downloads for the pre-RC1 release and the program is now closed. Windows Vista RC1 will be available in the coming... More...
Security analysts have detected a new piece of malware that appears to run as a Microsoft program used to detect unlicensed versions of its operating system. The malware has been classified as a worm and... More...
Dell announced yesterday it was to expand its current program to allow anyone to recycle their old machines, regardless of whether the owner was purchasing a new machine or not. This is a requirement that... More...
The day that most Windows community enthusiasts who have been following the beta program for Windows Vista, but haven't been part of it has arrived in the form of Windows Vista Customer Preview Program. Microsoft... More...
New beta software that makes the Apple Remote Control more useful is available now. Software developer CASE Apps has released the public beta solution, called Sofa Control. The software, which is available for Mac... More...
Apple has activated its previously announced free computer take-back program, offering to recycle old computers for US customers when they buy a new Mac. While it does not yet offer this service in its other... More...
Apple today announced an expansion of its recycling program, offering free computer take-back and recycling with the purchase of a new Mac system beginning in June. US customers who buy a new Mac through the... More...
Popular Xbox titles to sell for $9.99; Microsoft confirms 16 participating games in program's "first wave." Greatest Hits, Player's Choice, Platinum Hits... Whatever the program is called, each current-generation system has a... More...
Windows Server Devision Blog: One of the things we get asked a lot is when Longhorn Server will be released and when people will be able to get their hands on a new pre-release build.... More...
Adobe Systems has launched a test version of Mac software that is seen as a rival to a professional photo program that Apple Computer launched last year. Adobe on Monday... More...
The media has already written extensively about how Sony BMG appliedrootkit technology to hide and protect DRM components used to prevent disks from being copied. One highly unfortunate effect of Sony's decision to use this... More...
The popular search engine giant Google has realized the corporate requirement for a functional search applications and have launched their Enterprise Partner Program. This is a program aimed at the developers, consultants, and independent software... More...
The TweakVista website has released it's tweak for Beta 1, allowing testers to use unsupported cards. TweakVista™ is the worlds first tweaking utility written specifically for the upcoming Microsoft Windows Vista™ operating system... More...
Microsoft has announced the opening of the Private Beta program for Microsoft Office Communicator Web Access (aka Budapest). Microsoft Office Communicator Web Access is the web client for Live Communications Server 2005, which MS expect... More...
In response to mounding pressure from environmental activists, Apple today announced a free recycling program for its iPod digital music players. Beginning today, customers can bring iPods they no longer want to... More...
The test version of Windows Server 2003 R2, which is built atop the code from the SP1 release of last month and supports both 64-bit and x86 systems, sports streamlined versions of several management systems,... More...
Microsoft has created an intellectual-property licensing program aimed at entrepreneurs and small businesses. In exchange for its technology, Microsoft hopes to get a financial stake in the companies that participate. The program, called... More...
With Windows 2003 SP1 out the door, Microsoft is continuing its push with its latest Server OS. Plans are already underway to expand is features. According to our sources Microsoft has sent... More...
Microsoft have drawn to a close on one of the largest and most public beta programs in its history. The final result, MSN Messenger 7, was released officially yesterday, and offers several improvements over previous... More...
IBM wants to turn more customers on to pay-as-you-go PC ownership. The company's Global Services division this month began offering a new menu-based service that will enable companies to treat PCs as... More...
Some Apple iBook G3 owners seeking repairs under the company's extended logic board replacement program may receive a slightly faster machine after repairs are complete. Apple Computer may begin substituting 700MHz logic... More...
Today Nvidia is announcing a new program in which it will certify products for use with its new Scalable Link Interface, or SLI, GPU teaming technology. The program will cover four different types of products... More...
When it launched its "Windows Genuine Advantage" pilot program in September, Microsoft Corp. was hoping 20,000 customers would opt into the voluntary program, via which Microsoft checks whether customers are running counterfeit copies of Windows.... More...
HP, once notorious for lavish and often extravagant expenditure, has announced a massive share buy back program. The company will be spending a whopping $1.3 billion on its shares, amounting to ~4% of shares available.... More...
Dacris Software has just announced the beta program for ActiSetup 2005, an advanced setup authoring tool for Windows Installer. It will allow developers and software publishers to create installation packages for software products, with maximum... More...