The two underdogs in the US carrier wars, T-Mobile and Sprint, may be joining forces. According to Bloomberg’s “people with knowledge of the matter”, Sprint and Deutsche Telekom have been in talks to make T-Mobile... More...

Secret talks have been taking place between the United States, Russia and the United Nations in an attempt to reach agreement on strengthening Internet security and limiting use of cyber-warfare. Reported by the New York... More...

At last year's QuakeCon, id Software gave GameSpy a first good look at its latest major title, Rage. Using the new id Tech 5 engine, the game was presented with a setting of a post-apocalyptic... More...

In the latest turn of events in the Yahoo! takeover bid by Microsoft, Yahoo! have announced that no further talks with Microsoft relating to any business deals between the two giants will occur. This has... More...

Science educator Roy Gould and Microsoft's Curtis Wong give an astonishing sneak preview of Microsoft's new WorldWide Telescope -- a technology that combines feeds from satellites and telescopes all over the world and the heavens,... More...

Tough talking is a way of life in the airline business, a sector over-stuffed with suppliers teetering on the brink of extinction, and with a reputation for costly and poor service. Two months after plucking... More...

Apple Inc and Thailand's Advanced Info Service ADVA.BK (AIS) are in talks about selling the U.S. firm's popular iPhone in Thailand, a senior official of the Thai firm said on Monday. "We are negotiating on... More...

The New York Times' Saul Hansell has interviewed Microsoft's J Allard, an important figure behind the Xbox who is now working on the Zune and a few other secret product efforts. I would strongly recommend... More...

Long Zheng has conveniently clipped out about 8 minutes worth of video footage of the current Windows 7 kernel, taken from a much longer (over one hour) video of Microsoft's distinguished engineer Eric Traut' October... More...

Cesar Menendez, a Microsoft employee working on the Zune, has posted battery life tests for the new Zune 4 ($199) and Zune 8 ($249) models, slated to be released this mid-November in the United States,... More...

Microsoft Corp is talking to Facebook about buying a minority stake in the fast-growing online social network that could value the company at $10 billion or more, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web... More...

Microsoft seems to want to emphasize that Windows Vista SP1, slated for release to manufacturing in the first quarter of 2008, is not meant to be about new features, but about already existing components gaining... More...

Reports in the Wall Street Post which indicate that E-Trade Financial, the pioneering online discount broker with Silicon Valley roots, is in merger talks with TD Ameritrade Holding had shares of both companies ticking upward... More...

Microsoft and Red Hat are no closer to a deal involving intellectual property cooperation, Microsoft has confirmed. "Red Hat and Microsoft have previously had conversations about interoperability, but none of our recent conversations have included... More...

By filing requests with the World Trade Organization, the European Union and Mexico have shown their hope to join Japan and Canada in helping the United States add pressure against China over increasing piracy concerns.... More...

The Sunnyvale, Calif., chip maker will be talking up its DTX standard, an open set of specifications for small-form-factor desktops, at the CeBIT show in Hannover, Germany. On March 15, AMD plans to offer a... More...

A number of businesses have been developing programmes for making space travel available to the masses: RocketPlane Limited, who have been involved in the recent Vanishing Point Game from Microsoft, have set up a SkypeCast... More...

Although MySpace and eBay have not made any public announcements, Wall Street Journal is reporting that for several months, News Corp.'s Web network MySpace has been in talks with online auction company eBay Inc. about... More...

Let's talk SiN Episodes. Was the first episode, Emergence, successful financially? Why haven't we seen any Episode 2 news? The first episode did well, but not good enough to completely self-fund the... More...

The BBC is in advanced negotiations with Google to make programming available via a branded channel on the search giant's video-sharing site, MediaGuardian.co.uk can reveal. It is understood that BBC executives are keen that the... More...

In an interview with an American television station, Reggie Fils-Aime, the president of Nintendo of America, said that Nintendo has done all it can to persuade Take-Two Interactive Software to bring the Grand Theft Auto... More...

Gamesindustry.biz managed to grab Peter Moore, corporate vice president of, interactive entertainment at Microsoft for an interview this week, asking a range of questions, and delving deep into what Mr Moore really thinks of the... More...

Konami today released further details on Pro Evolution Soccer 6, confirming that the title will be making its next-generation debut on the Xbox 360. Boasting improved visuals, enhanced animations and a plethora of gameplay additions,... More...

In trying to end phone tag, Microsoft may find there's a lot of competition over just who is "it." The software maker on Monday announced its vision for so-called unified messaging, which brings together e-mail,... More...

The post-Eisner Walt Disney is close to buying Pixar Animation Studios in a deal that could allow Steve Jobs and his team to exert significant creative influence at the entertainment giant, reports The Wall Street... More...

This week at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in Taipei, Intel has been discussing its next-generation dual-core mobile processor, known as Merom, which will come out in the second half of 2006. Merom will succeed... More...

According to an article in the Wall Street Journal today, Time Warner and Microsoft and resumed discussions of a possible alliance between each company's internet units, America Online and MSN. The main focus of... More...

eBay is in talks to acquire Net phone company Skype for between $2 billion and $3 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Citing people familiar with the matter, the newspaper said the deal would... More...

Apple Computer recently held discussions with major recording companies, seeking to license music videos to sell through the company's iTunes Music Store, according to a report in Monday's edition of The Wall Street Journal. ... More...

Team Ninja guru also further confirms Microsoft will make a major announcement in Japan later this month. In an interview published in the latest issue of Famitsu Xbox Magazine, Tecmo producer and... More...

Technological advances will one day allow computers to be implanted in the human body -- and could help the blind see and the deaf hear -- Bill Gates said Friday. But the Microsoft Latest News... More...

For the last two weeks, Microsoft has been in talks to buy a private Silicon Valley company, a move that underscores just how eager Microsoft is to catch up with Google, the search and advertising... More...

Sony's next-gen console will use hardware and software to play PlayStation and PlayStation 2 games; SCE president says Xbox "killing itself." Since Sony announced the PlayStation 3 would play both PlayStation and... More...

Japanese publisher Square Enix has confirmed that among the projects it is developing for next-generation consoles are a new Final Fantasy game from the team behind Final Fantasy X, and a new massively multiplayer game... More...

A recent interview with Square Enix president Youichi Wada at Japanese site Impress Game Watch suggests good things both for Nintendo's networking plans and the next generation Revolution system. In response to Nintendo... More...

At a Doom 3 event, id Software CEO reveals that the upcoming shooter will appear at the annual frag-fest, says development of PlayStation 3 and Xbox 2 games "will happen." At 12:01... More...

Microsoft has released software that allows users to control a Pocket PC using voice commands. Voice Command for the Pocket PC brings applications normally found on mobile phones to PDAs running Windows Mobile 2003. These... More...

Many readers will be familiar with the name Bit Torrent, yet might be less familiar with the creator of Bit Torrent, Bram Cohen. We've been lucky enough to grab a few minutes of... More...

With the recently released Service Pack 2 for Windows XP we at Neowin wanted to know more about Microsoft's security commitments to their customers. We recently had the chance to ask Microsoft a... More...

I sent an email to Dave Massy, Senior Program Manager on the Internet Explorer (IE) Team at Microsoft, asking him what Microsoft had in store for the next release of IE. The next major update... More...

Software giant Microsoft Corp. hopes an impending court ruling on its five-year antitrust battle with the European Union will bring both sides back to the negotiating table, but EU regulators still balk at resuming direct... More...

Thanks to jerry for posting this in the Back Page News. Following the release of the Mercury Market share figures, ATI held an Analyst conference last week in which numerous point of ATI's... More...

The brain behind Electronic Arts' PSP titles spills some tantalizing details on the PSP's wireless link play and launch titles planned for the US and Japan. In an interview posted on Electronic... More...

Windows Gaming general manager Dean Lester updates GameSpot about next-generation consoles, XNA, and what Microsoft's new OS will mean for PC games. Recently, GameSpot sat down Windows Graphics and Gaming general manager... More...

Record labels and Microsoft are in discussions about ways that the next generation of the Windows operating system, code-named Longhorn, can support copy-protected CD technology. The music labels, in large part led by top executives... More...

Sony is slowly but surely spreading the word about its PSP portable gaming system in Japan. Following last month's PlayStation Meeting, where the system was first shown to the Japanese press, company representatives have been... More...

Eidos has confirmed with a number of companies regarding a possible takeover bid, responding to recent rumours, which has caused the company's share price to rebound. Eidos said that its "preliminary discussions with a small... More...

Publisher Atari has indicated that an announcement about future Matrix titles will be forthcoming in the next few weeks, as the company's first quarter results revealed major declines in revenue and profits. Revenues... More...

Noted composer/musician discusses creating the theme song and ambient texturing in the game. Within the realms of video game music the name Chris Vrenna is spoken with a certain amount of reverence.... More...

It's been a bit of a slow summer for PC releases, but that's all about to change in a few weeks with the release of DOOM 3, one of the most highly anticipated game releases... More...