Well, It doesn't appear that Microsoft will be taking direct aim at the iPhone on Tuesday. Rather, the software maker is playing to its strengths, announcing a new piece of server software to help businesses... More...

McAfee Avert Labs has uncovered a new zero-day in Yahoo Messenger Webcam and are warning people not to accept invites from people they don't trust until a patch is out. Avert Labs is calling this... More...

Even though patent talks between Microsoft and Red Hat broke down last year before Microsoft went on to sign a technical collaboration and patent indemnity deal with Novell, Red Hat is still willing to work... More...

Apple® today announced that iPhone™ will deliver significantly longer battery life when it ships on June 29 than was originally estimated when iPhone was unveiled in January. iPhone will feature up to 8 hours of... More...

Bill Gates discusses the software and computer industry, and how Microsoft has contributed. Gates also discusses his views on the future of the computing industry. The talk was recorded in 1989 but was only recently... More...

Google has released the Google Talk Gadget – a web-based module of Google Talk. What better way to communicate than from your home page (assuming it's the Google Personalized Homepage)? Both Gmail and Google Talk... More...

Google Talk is a lightweight Jabber-based instant messaging client with voice capabilities. Google Talk is easy and intuitive to use. All you need to make free calls is an Internet connection, a microphone, and a... More...

Google Talk is a lightweight Jabber-based instant messaging client with voice capabilities. Google Talk is easy and intuitive to use. All you need to make free calls is an Internet connection, a microphone, and a... More...

UK Broadband ISP, Plusnet, has reacted to Talk Talk's offer of Free Broadband by announcing it's own range of pick'n'mix calls, line rental and broadband packages. From July, punters of the Sheffield based plc will... More...

In it's ever increasing endeavors tolure users to its services, search engine giant Google Inc. has announced plansto join its popular Gmail e-mail service with its Google Talk Instant Messagingservice. By combining services Gmail users... More...

Are Macs impervious to malicious software? No. Have Macs been the subject of catastrophic attacks? No again. Should Mac users be vigilant anyway? Of course. It's time for me to... More...

It appears Google Talk has started federating with other Jabber servers. Gary Burd, a Google software engineer, flipped the switch toconnect the Google Talk Service to the public XMPP network thismorning. Google... More...

In its everbroadening presence, Google has announced that it is expanding its services tothe BlackBerry platform. Available immediately, Google Local for mobile can bedownloaded for free, and will provide BlackBerry users with maps and satelliteimagery... More...

Rates Technology (RTI), a company that owns several internet voice communication patents, is suing Google for $5 billion claiming the search giants' Google Talk software uses two RTI patented technologies without licensing them. The... More...

Microsofthas cleared up speculation regarding possible HD-DVD functionality infuture versions of the Xbox 360, saying that it currently has no plansto release an Xbox 360 equipped with a next-generation DVD player. The unusually direct statement... More...

Microsoft is about to announce that it is acquiring an Internet start-up called Teleo. Teleo is developing a voice over IP technology that is similar to what is found in Skype and the new... More...

Hot on the heels of the recent launch, we've got some fun things to do with Google Talk! There are some secret parameters that allow you to change the way the program runs. The most... More...

After days of speculation, Google has officially launched Google Talk! Google Talk enables you to call or send instant messages to your friends for free–anytime, anywhere in the world. Google Talk is... More...

Express Talk is a VoIP service similar to Skype that lets you make calls from your PC. With Express Talk you can call anyone on the internet who has Express Talk installed (or any other... More...

Corporate mudslinging between game console makers begins as leaders on all sides size up the competition. The Electronic Entertainment Expo marked the start of the next-generation console war. With all sides gearing... More...

The Japanese creators talk about their reasons behind joining Microsoft and give hints on their respective game projects. In the beginning of March, Microsoft announced that Yoshiki Okamoto, former Capcom executive and... More...

Microsoft and Sun Microsystems on December 1 will deliver a joint update on their collaborations pursuant to an April 2004 technology-sharing agreement to boost interoperability between the two vendors' products, according to a Microsoft representative... More...

The popular IM from Yahoo is once again blocking other programs like Trillian, Kopete, etc... According to Yahoo "the block is meant as a pre-emptive measure against spammers from its Yahoo Messenger service."... More...

Paul Thurrott is back at it again with part two of his interview with Hillel Cooperman and Tjeerd Hoek (Longhorn Windows User Experience Team). This second part goes into more detail of how Microsoft... More...

Hillel Cooperman and Tjeerd ("cheered") Hoek are two of the key figures in the Windows User Experience team at Microsoft, and they've worked on some the company's more advanced user interface projects over the past... More...

THE MAN who masterminds PR on desktop CPUs for the Intel Corporation has been talking Yamhill-talk to internetnews.com. The wire quotes George Alfs, who isn't related to the River Alph in Coleridge's Kubla Khan, as... More...

At Sun Microsystems' first European user conference, the inescapable issue for CEO Scott McNealy in meetings with customers and the media was Sun's financial situation and future prospects. Sun came in for heavy... More...

Selling politics to today's youth is no easy task. But while Iain Duncan Smith, the Conservative leader, flails in a search for youth- orientated policies, it seems Tom Watson, Labour MP for West Bromwich East,... More...

Shares of Sun Microsystems Inc., which makes computers that run networks, rose more than 5 percent on Friday as takeover speculation emerged yet again, analysts said. "This sounds a lot more like takeover... More...

Undoubtedly the biggest new for gamers in the last two days has been the announcements for the sequel to the critically acclaimed FPS "Half-Life", "Half-Life 2". When it was released in November 1998, "Half-Life" redefined... More...

Thanks again to our friend Joe from Cnet|news.com for this entertaining read As someone dealing with Microsoft on an almost a daily basis, I can attest that spokespeople and company marketing material... More...

Microsoft announced on Friday free software that lets companies running IBM's Lotus Domino e-mail server--designed for the Lotus Notes e-mail application--give employees access to Microsoft's rival e-mail program. Microsoft Outlook 2002 Connector is add-in software... More...

Hi everybody! we all know that last week saw some amazing and magical slow-downs on our server, some have even noticed that the slow-downs are all but gone. The reason Neowin was... More...

Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O on Friday denied it is building the "HomeStation", a rumored living room entertainment hub industry watchers have speculated could combine the software giant's Xbox video game console with digital video, music and... More...