During the heights of the protests in Egypt, the Egyptian government cut off Internet in the entire country. This led to companies like Google to offer a voice recognition service for Egyptians to share information... More...
A bill created last year by US Senators Joseph Lieberman and Susan Collins that would give the President power over the internet in the event of a "cyberemergency" and prohibit any review by the court... More...
A breakthrough in technology could see the memory capacity of devices such as the iPod increase by 150,000 times, Glasgow University researchers claimed. Two experts said they had developed a molecule-sized switch which means... More...
Nearly half of businesses are in some phase of preparing to update desktops to Windows Vista, with small businesses moving the fastest to implement the OS, according to a xreport released last week. The number... More...
Yahoo is shutting down Yahoo Photos, a photo storage site, and asking users to move instead to its photo-sharing site Flickr, which emphasizes community features, a Yahoo executive said on Thursday. In June, tens of... More...
Nvidia's first release Vista drivers were simply incomparable to the performance of drivers for Windows XP. PC Perspective interviewed Nvidia's Software Engineering VP Dwight Diercks and finally asked what was on every Nvidia user's mind.... More...
Sophos security said that the 10 most commonly found pieces of malicious software all targeted Windows machines. In contrast, it said, none of the "malware" were capable of infecting the Mac OS X operating system.... More...
IBM is offering $20,000 to customers to switch from Microsoft Exchange to IBM's Lotus Notes and Domino platform, part of a new "Migrate to the Penguin" program, which is part of IBM's "Move2Lotus" program. The... More...
Following the announcement that Apple will be switching to Intel in 2006, IMG contacted several Mac game developers to get their initial thoughts. As you might expect, the reaction has been one of shock and... More...
Apple Computer plans to announce Monday that it's scrapping its partnership with IBM and switching its computers to Intel's microprocessors. Apple has been using PowerPC chips to power their Macintosh line of computers since 1994.... More...
This is cool! Mark Russinovich just "discoverd" a new boot.ini switch for winXP and 2003. /BOOTLOGO Use this switch to have Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 display an installable splash... More...
Paul Otellini showed an interesting slide at the NY analyst meeting last night which shows how fast Intel hopes to move to multicore processors. As we reported this morning, this is essentially the end of... More...
Hip Games has released a playable demo of kill.switch, the Namco's military shooter is being adapted to the PC platform by the Bitmap Brothers team. kill.switch will be published and distributed in Europe by L.S.P.... More...
One of the salient differences between computer electronics devices and computers is that when you press theon-button on the former, they (usually) switch on and work, whereas the computer's on-button generally functions as some kind... More...
Comcast says "a majority" of former AT&T Broadband subscribers have switched over to its Comcast.net domain name and the change was fairly smooth--although a small number of customers experienced delays in receiving e-mail. ... More...
In the latest of his legendary keynote stage shows, Steve Jobs kicked off Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference this morning in San Francisco by showing off the company's speedy new aluminum G5 desktop Mac. But while... More...
Manufacturers and a key industry group expect to introduce a kill switch for controversial radio frequency identification tags before the inventory-tracking chips are shipped in products to retail shelves. The Auto ID Center, which is... More...
Good review on some neat linksys gear... "Having more than one PC is no longer considered unusual. A primary machine sitting next to a file/mail/web/ftp server is common in many an enthusiast's home.... More...
Yes its finally here, its been talked about a few times on the forums and amongst Neowin staff but now its a reality. Neowin is proud to announce a "Lite mode" for dial-up users or... More...
Apple Computer has a new weapon in its campaign to woo PC users: a $59 piece of software that makes the switch to Macintosh easier. Detto Technologies has started selling Move2Mac, a combination of software... More...
Heres a nice commentry I saw @ BetaNews on Apple switchers, good read for a Sunday now theres no World Cup anymore. Apple is courting potential PC switchers with a new ad... More...
Some Yahoo members on Friday reacted angrily to changes in the Web portal's e-mail marketing practices, comparing the company's revised policy to an open invitation to spam. "I never received any notification... More...
America Online may be too late to launch a full-scale offensive in the browser wars, but it might be able to broker a lasting peace. AOL recently disclosed that it is testing... More...
Twelve countries in the European Union switch from their own currencies to the Euro (€) tomorrow but the US dollar ($) still rules in the IT business. A vast amount of excitement is being generated... More...
Thanks to Andy Tolson for sending this in. Online game players using Microsoft's Zone site complained of persistent problems accessing the service Tuesday, as Microsoft required all users to switch to its Passport... More...