Microsoft has started two new blogs centered around Windows 7, to complement the existing "Engineering Windows 7" blog most Microsoft enthusiasts are already used to reading. The first one hosted on the Microsoft Developer... More...

Set a Guinness World Record Enjoy a Better Web Sounds like a good deal, right? All you have to do is get Firefox 3 during Download Day to help set the record for most software... More...

Intel, the world's biggest computer chipmaker, is being investigated by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. Mr Cuomo is looking into claims that Intel forced customers not to deal with rival Applied Micro Devices (AMD).... More...

MoDaCo has picked up on a recent popup that occurs when you try and sign into Windows Live Messenger from a Windows Mobile powered device. The following message is displayed: "Hello! Starting today, your 30... More...

What began as a ninth-grade prank, a way to trick already-suspicious friends who had fallen for his earlier practical jokes, has earned Rich Skrenta notoriety as the first person ever to let loose a personal... More...

Just hours after Microsoft rolled out its Skydrive online storage service on Thursday, Google Inc. unveiled pricing for shared online storage available to both Gmail and Picasa, the search giant's Web-based photo and e-mail services.... More...

Dell seems just as interested as anyone else in terms of the ultra-high-end mobile phone market. The world's second largest PC-maker is using its online store to sell Nokia mobile phones which are completely unlocked,... 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...

Google clip dump YouTube is to trial revenue sharing with normal users by adding some of its favourite uploaders to its partnership programme. YouTube already shares advertising dollars with big commercial content firms who threaten... More...

Sky News is using a managed network to deliver broadcast-quality news coverage over the internet and eliminate the need to transmit information by satellite. The news channel started using Streambox technology late last year to... More...

Here's a quick note for all of those interested in a Pink Zune. Amazon.com has began selling the Pink coloured Zune 30 GB Digital Media Player, not to be confused with rumoured Zune 2.0 in... More...

Microsoft Corporation has started private testing of Office 2008 for Mac, the first version of Office for the Macintosh that runs natively on both Intel- and Power PC-based Macs. As well, the new software adds... More...

Governments and development organizations in Eastern and Southern Africa are starting to adopt solar energy to bolster energy resources for Information and Communication Technology in rural areas. The e-school project in Africa is already using... More...

It turns out that the demand for electronic dictionaries is fairly big, and growing. Enough anyways, for Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., Ltd. to announce the mass production of its 5.01-inch monochrome, highly reflective, thin... More...

It's official! The consumer release of Windows Vista and Office 2007 will be celebrated in New York on January 29 at a launch event the software giant has dubbed "The WOW starts now." The invitation... 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...

VIA Technologies has begun shipments of its PCIe-enabled integrated chipsets supporting Pentium 4 and K8 platforms this quarter, albeit in small volumes, according to company sources. The sources noted that though demand for VIA's integrated... More...

Yahoo, in conjunction with several universities and two European archives, says it plans to make books available online beginning later this year in a move similar to Google's "Google Print" service. Collectively the group... More...

As reported on Neowin back in May of this year, the BBC will be offering viewers in the UK the chance to watch missed TV shows (up to one week from the original broadcast date)... More...

BBC News is reporting that UK mobile operator 02 has launched a trial for technology which will allow mobile users to watch TV on their handsets. The technology is called DVB-H, which stands for digital... More...

Microsoft is offering a selected group of testers an early preview of Windows, Code-Name "Longhorn,". Longhorn Beta Program participants will preview software for the next generation of Windows as well as Internet Explorer 7 for... More...

A US Government auction for airwaves in the states has netted just under a billion dollars worth of bids, Reuters reports. The FCC is auctioning licenses that bankrupt NextWave Telecom gave back as... More...

The Inquirer is reporting that Microsoft have begun cracking down on pirate copies of Windows. The action comes as part of Microsoft's Genuine Advantage program, launched recently. The program asked users to validate their computer... More...

Intel Corp., the world's largest producer of computer chips, Monday started to offer its clients Intel Pentium 4 processor with 64-bit extension technology known as EM64T. Intel Gets 64-bit Desktop Parts ... More...

Neowin previously reported about SpaceShipOne's initial launch and successful flight. Yesterday, they officially announced their run for The X Prize and to prove once and for all that space exploration isn't restricted solely to government... More...

I just recieved this from AOL..."Dear Beta tester We are now recruiting Beta testers to help us test the AOL Thailand Preview TOD. TOD stands for Tool On Demand. When... More...

Ubisoft and Sony Online Entertainment will begin accepting applications for the European EverQuest II beta test next week. Ubisoft and Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) have today announced that the European public beta... More...

TOKYO — Sony Corp.'s Nagasaki 300-mm fab has begun test production of Cell processors, Ken Kutaragi, Sony's executive deputy president and COO, acknowledged this week. He declined to elaborate. Sony and IBM Corp. recently announced... More...

Intel Corporation announced that it has begun a $2 billion construction project to convert a 200mm wafer fabrication facility to a 300mm facility in Chandler, Arizona. The conversion of Fab 12 is scheduled to be... 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...

Yahoo! Inc. is setting out to prove its recently acquired Overture Services division can deliver innovation as well as advertisements. Inspired by Overture's past work, Yahoo has formed a research lab that... More...

MARKET RESEARCH firm iSuppli said that Serial ATA is beginning to make inroads into the corporate marketplace. But such systems may only represent one third of enterprise class data systems even by 2007, iSuppli cautioned.... More...

Best Buy Co. Inc. will soon start a test selling Macintosh computers in some of its stores. Dawn Bryant, a spokeswoman for Richfield-based Best Buy, confirmed that the company is running the pilot program in... More...

Thanks xStainDx for posting this in our Back Page News Maxtor has begun to sell its world's largest MaXLine II HDDs in Japan and possibly some other countries. The devices boast... More...

Select testers have just received emails of their participation on the Microsoft® SQL Server "Yukon" Beta program, heres a snip:Ladies and Gentlemen: Welcome to the Microsoft® SQL Server "Yukon" Beta program! You... More...

Dear Beta Tester, We have approved your application for participation in the Windows XP Media Center Edition Update Beta program. As a beta tester for Windows XP Media Center Edition Update, your... More...

Dear Microsoft iSCSI Beta Tester, Welcome to the Beta 2 release of the Microsoft iSCSI initiator and iSNS Server. We will be providing support for the beta program through newsgroups... More...

REDMOND, Wash. -- Jan. 7, 2003 -- Today Microsoft Corp. announced the immediate availability of Windows Media® 9 Series, the next-generation digital media platform that offers benefits for hardware and software vendors, the media and... More...

A US FIRM APPEARS to have jumped the gun and has started selling Opteron based systems well ahead of the launch date. A search on Polywell Computers – motto: American made Computers – and using... More...

Thanks Zyth of WiNBETA for telling me he received his invite to the SQL Server 2000 SP3 Program that is due to start on Oct 1st 2002. This is what he got: Ladies,... More...

AS WE NOTED SOME weeks back, demand exceeds supply for Radeon products and now it appears that its major foundry partner, TSMC, has received an order to produce extra wafers to help its graphics chip... More...

Sony has begun taking orders for a $200 kit that lets Linux run on its PlayStation 2 video game console. In an announcement Thursday, the company said it's taking preorders for the kit. The... More...

Microsoft Corp. is pushing ahead with a campaign to try to get Internet users to switch to the software titan's MSN service from industry leader AOL, offering $50 cash to new subscribers. The... More...

Well, that same little bird that has been updating The C-A-D with the latest news about the FBI piracy busts has a sad story to tell. He himself has been raped of his computer,... More...

Know this is not tech news, but it's major and substancial news none the less. All over the airwaves, both on radio and TV, comes word that the President of the United... More...