Images of Windows 8.1 build 9385 have today leaked to the internet. The build is expected to include numerous bug fixes and the possibility of the returned Start button evident in code. More...

Mary Jo Foley of ZDNet is reporting that Microsoft may bring back the familiar Start Button in Windows 8.1 following user feedback, after a source revealed information about plans for the update More...

Although every product deserves healthy criticism, many opinions of Windows 8 seem to be based on misconceptions, especially when it comes to the viability of Metro as a Start menu replacement. More...

In the first of a series of posts on the Building Windows 8 blog, Microsoft explains the evolution of Windows's Start Menu and the reasons behind the sudden move to a new Start screen. More...

Despite a 100 million dollar marketing campaign, the Blackberry Storm has gotten off to a bumpy start. Early buyers have complained about technical bugs with Research In Motion's (RIM) first touch screen BlackBerry, according to... 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...

Next week may begin a test of non-English Internet addresses, enabling local users to create Web pages and domains. If successful, non-English top-level domains, such as ".com" or ".net", could be used by the finish... More...

Asustek Computer will begin shipping its ultra low-cost notebook, the Eee PC, simultaneously to clients in the US, Europe, China as well as Taiwan, in mid-September, with the first-round shipments targeting 20,000 units, according to... More...

Nvidia Corporation's new code-named MCP72 core-logic series will fully support new AMD Phenom processors based on AMD's new micro-architecture that belong to the "Stars" family of chips. All versions of the MCP72 will support HyperTransport... More...

The duo that call themselves Mondo Armando and Müstaschio have kicked off their first month of MySpace vulnerabilities, with what they acknowledge as a slow start. The first problem, credited to mybeNi websecurity, involves URL... More...

The DISH Network is rumored to be soon announcing an IPTV service. DISH already has the IPTV section of its website ready but empty. SatelliteGuys.us is reporting the DISH IPTV service will offer SD... More...

Microsoft is predicting that Windows Vista will be adopted by companies at twice the speed as its predecessor, Windows XP. Twelve months after the release of Vista, Microsoft expects that usage share of the oft-delayed... More...

Windows Vista is set to show off a ton of changes in the way we look at Microsoft Windows. Meanwhile, the third bi-annual GUI Championships are set to begin next week. The GUI... More...

Notebook makers in Taiwan predict that AMD's first batch of dual-core Turion 64 mobile processors, which will reportedly be released on May 9, may start a price war in the dual-core notebook market sooner than... 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...

Microsoft launched its Xbox 360 in Japan recently, merely weeks after the United States launch of the product. According to a survey conducted by Enterbrain, a company that publishes Japanese gaming magazine "Famitsu," less... More...

Microsoft's new small business accounting software will weigh in at $149 a pop after rebate. And the SBA/Office combo will list for $569, or $399 as an upgrade, after rebates. Pricing will be among the... More...

Computer giant Dell and the music service Napster stated today that they would partner together to bring a new digital music download service to U.S. college campuses. The deal will call on Dell... More...

Taiwanese hardware maker Giga-byte Technology has stumbled upon a faster way to boot up PCs based on Microsoft's Windows XP operating system. Giga-byte's IRam is a PC add-in card with four DDR DRAM (double data... More...

With mobile gear getting smaller as time goes on, the demand for a smaller storage device has increased. With that in mind, Samsung has recently begun production of its new NAND flash memory chips. ... More...

Speaking in an exclusive interview with GamesIndustry.biz, SCEE development chief Phil Harrison has said that the PS3 will be cheaper to develop for than the PS2 was initially, with the system's power being much easier... More...

America Online on Monday announced plans to launch a Web-based radio service with XM Satellite Radio in a move that may help XM win customers from AOL's 24 million subscribers, driving XM shares higher. The... More...

A warning to all members and visitors who use the Microsoft MSN service, Messenger. Mess.be are reporting that the service is expected to be rocky between 3AM and 1PM GMT starting on... More...

Japanese camera and office equipment maker Canon Inc. said on Tuesday it would start producing rear projection televisions later this year, aiming to secure a chunk of the rapidly growing market for big screen TVs.... More...

MSN has reached a deal with New York City to provide live, online coverage of its New Year's Eve festivities. Through MSN Video, people around the world can watch the famous Waterford crystal ball drop... More...

VIA JOINED what seems be a pell-mell rat-race to produce X86 based processing last week, but it's still very unclear what performance benefits - if any - the technology is going to bring us. All... More...

Valve's Doug Lombardi confirms assets for the long-delayed shooter will be loaded onto the developer's Steam service next week. Two days after Gabe Newell obliquely mentioned it on the Half-Life 2 Fallout... More...

The omnipresent Microsoft watcher, Mary Jo Foley, appears to have suggested in her most recent news letter that Bill Gates, Microsoft founder, could start blogging. "Bill Gates has a reputation for coming late... More...

Video game developer id Software, famed creators of games like "Doom" and "Quake", will likely start work on its new project almost immediately after completing four years of work on "Doom 3", its chief executive... More...

Blizzard will soon begin accepting submissions to test its upcoming MMORPG. Blizzard software has announced that it will soon begin accepting applications for the beta test of its upcoming massive multiplayer online... More...

Latest cons show increasing sophistication of cyber-criminals Online shoppers are being warned to look out for fraudulent websites dressed up as real businesses following the launch of a police investigation into a... More...

Redmond, Wash. -- Dec. 8, 2003 -- AT&T Wireless and Microsoft Corp. today launched the Windows Mobile (TM) Start Service for customers of the Motorola MPx200 phone. The new Windows Mobile Start Service is a... More...

After a slow start, tablet personal computers are starting to take off, fueled by Microsoft Corp.'s release of its operating system Windows XP Tablet PC and manufacturers rolling out a wider variety of easier-to-use devices.... More...

Taiwan based Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) is set to start pilot runs of 512Mbit DDR2 production in the second quarter of 2004, with technology support from Japan-based Elpida Memory, according to sources. The DDR2 production... More...

According to our connections at Core Design, Angel of Darkness should not be on the shelves yet. The release date they were shooting for was Christmas 2003, probably a November release date as most of... More...

Thanks pjak. EBay Inc. will start charging Value Added Tax (VAT) on European seller fees from July 1, in accordance with European Union regulations, the company said Thursday. Unless sellers submit a... More...

Thanks xStainDx...While we originally told you that Intel would be able to bring 3.80GHz Prescott processors into the market shortly after the Prescott launch, it now seems that the company reconsidered its strategy and will... More...

A number of Microsoft's server products will be showing up months or years later than originally anticipated, officials said Monday at TechEd. As part of his kick-off keynote at Microsoft's TechEd convention... More...

Thanks ooo for telling me that he noticed a new Beta program in his Contact Info page called "VS Customer Preview" that can only refer to the Microsoft Virtual Server Beta which we reported on... More...

Microsoft has agreed to reposition a program in the Windows XP Start menu so users can more easily set non-Microsoft programs as their default choices, as part of the company's antitrust settlement with the U.S.... More...

Sales of portables running Microsoft's Tablet PC software started strong out of the gate in Europe, according to market researcher Context. Despite only a partial quarter of sales, Microsoft tablet PCs... More...

Electronic Arts' massively multiplayer online role-playing game The Sims Online is off to a slower-than-expected start according to the SoundView Technology Group. The title sold about 12,000 units in its first two days; 40,000 beta... More...

NTT DoCoMo Inc., Japan's dominant mobile phone company, said on Thursday it will begin offering third-generation (3G) wireless data services in four U.S. cities with AT&T Wireless Services Inc by December 2004. The... More...

Spanish Internet media company Terra Lycos SA said on Thursday it will bring together several instant messaging services it offers globally by year-end into a new service built on IBM Corp.'s technology. ... More...

Following from the story yesterday that advocates of open source are to march to promote proposed legislation in California that would make state agencies use open source software, there has been a report on a... More...

Thanks Yuri for this.. Start Killer is utility that remove the Start button from your taskbar. When you run Start Killer it remove the Start button from taskbar and give you additional space on taskbar,... More...

A pilot program unveiled on Tuesday will allow national security and emergency personnel in Washington and New York to use mobile phones to speed calls through overloaded wireless and landline networks that blocked calls on... More...

ok ok call me stupid if you have seen this somewhere else or its been reported earlier (not that I remember, but hey!) The point is, if its been reported earlier why is it still... More...

Looks like 2002 is starting off the way 2001 was going, with resident IE and bug hunter/guru, George Guninski, having found another hole in IE, this time relating to an earlier bug, the GetObject(), which... More...