Love it or hate it, there are kind hearted reviewers out there that will break devices for the greater good. With that said, do you want to see the Nexus 4 from LG/Google get dropped from six feet? More...
It's already been confirmed that the News Feed would contain featured stories from advertisers in the near future, but now, Facebook is allowing users to advertise their posts to their friends. More...
According to Nokia's new TV commercial for the Lumia 900, the smartphone beta test we have all had to deal with for the past five years is finally over and done with. More...
Google is testing a new email signup page where it will ask the user to enter their credit card information to also create a Google Wallet account. More...
Browser speed has always been a talking point in the never-ending mobile OS war(a war we hope doesn’t end anytime soon). According to Blaze, a website optimization company, Android’s native browser blows iOS’s Safari out... More...
Volvo has completed phase one trials for the European Commission's Safe Road Trains for the Environment (SARTRE) project. Hands free driving is an old idea but tech firms, such as Idiada of Spain, are hoping... More...
Yahoo said on Tuesday that it has begun testing organic (also referred to as algorithmic) and paid search listings from Microsoft for up to 25 percent of Yahoo Search traffic in the U.S. The testing will... More...
Microsoft released Internet Explorer 9 platform preview 3 today, marking the third and possibly final release prior to the beta phase. The updated platform preview code includes support for the HTML5 video tag. Platform Preview 3... More...
The three member panel of Technical Advisers (Technical Committee - TC) to the antitrust regulators which monitor Microsoft's compliance with a 2002 antitrust settlement will test Windows 7 more thoroughly, according to a status report... More...
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Australia has been known to have high levels of censorship. It should come as no surprise to those in the land down under that the government is planning to filter P2P and Bit Torrent traffic... More...
Can machines think? That was the question posed by the great mathematician Alan Turing. Half a century later six computers are about to converse with human interrogators in an experiment that will attempt to prove... More...
Some of the biggest names in the security industry have failed the latest Virus Bulletin 100 test. The test used 100 pieces of malware collected from active samples and put them up against a number... More...
School pupils are trying out desks with interactive screens that can recognise more than one person's finger presses. Researchers at Durham University observed classroom interactions then worked with manufacturers to produce the necessary software... More...
Virus Bulletin this month released the results of a major comparative of the latest security products, covering a range of metrics. These include detection rates over various types of malware, false positive rates, scanning speed,... More...
Microsoft will begin alpha testing the next version of Office in November or December, according to a blog posting by a Microsoft employee that was later pulled from the Web. According to the blog posting,... More...
IETester is a free web browser specifically designed for testing web sites in Internet Explorer including IE 8 beta, IE 7, IE 6, IE 5.5 on both XP and Vista. Like any web browser,... More...
Computers that run the Linux operating system instead of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows didn't attract enough attention from Wal-Mart customers, and the chain has stopped selling them in stores, a spokeswoman said Monday. "This really wasn't... More...
A private firm funded by Google Inc launched its Web-based DNA test in Europe on Tuesday, hoping to build on a successful start in the United States, where the $999 service went on sale in... More...
WHEN will Windows get truly useful features like: undelete support, ability to read+write cross-platform volumes (Linux, MacOS), multiple desktop support, etc.... More...
We've learned that the next generation 3Dmark will have two points that are going to suit ATI a lot. The new 3Dmark06 will have a DirectX 10.1 test, at least that is the current plan,... More...
Microsoft has let the world know that Internet Explorer 8 will support web standards. It has taken Microsoft years to recognise that developers want to have a web browser that supports web standards. According to... More...
Microsoft released on Wednesday new test versions of Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista Service Pack, two highly anticipated technologies that are scheduled to be released early next year. Microsoft also revealed partner resources to... More...
Researchers at Virus Bulletin have released the results of the latest VB100 computer security test, highlighting failures at a number of leading security vendors. Products from Sophos, Trend Micro and Kaspersky were among those that... More...
Soulseek is a unique ad-free, spyware free, and just plain free file sharing application. One of the things that makes Soulseek unique is the community-related features. Based on peer-to-peer technology, virtual rooms allow you to... More...
CNET Labs have just published the results of their Zune 80 audio-only battery drains and the numbers are somewhat disappointing. Microsoft rated the Zune 80 for 30 hours of audio playback with the Wi-Fi feature... More...
Does Firefox 3.0 beta 1 do a better job of handling memory than earlier versions? In a test put Firefox 3.0 beta up against Firefox 2.0.0.9 in a series of tests. Before I... More...
Microsoft has delivered yet another test build of Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 to testers. On November 14, the new build — designated the SP1 Release Candiate (RC) Preview — went to a slightly... More...
Back in April 2006, we made a change to how Internet Explorer handled embedded controls used on some webpages. Some sites required users to "click to activate" before they could interact with the control. Microsoft... More...
Soulseek is a unique ad-free, spyware free, and just plain free file sharing application. One of the things that makes Soulseek unique is the community-related features. Based on peer-to-peer technology, virtual rooms allow you to... More...
If you grow old in Japan, expect to be served food by a robot, ride a voice-recognition wheelchair or even possibly hire a nurse in a robotic suit — all examples of cutting-edge technology to... More...
Soulseek is a unique ad-free, spyware free, and just plain free file sharing application. One of the things that makes Soulseek unique is the community-related features. Based on peer-to-peer technology, virtual rooms allow you to... More...
The Orange Box-featuring Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Team Fortress 2, and Portal, as well as the complete Half-Life 2 experience to date-is now available for pre-purchase via Steam, a leading online platform for the distribution... More...
Soulseek is a unique ad-free, spyware free, and just plain free file sharing application. One of the things that makes Soulseek unique is the community-related features. Based on peer-to-peer technology, virtual rooms allow you to... More...
Soulseek is a unique ad-free, spyware free, and just plain free file sharing application. One of the things that makes Soulseek unique is the community-related features. Based on peer-to-peer technology, virtual rooms allow you to... More...
The US Government has given a failing grade today to a prototype device that Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Dell Inc. and other technology companies said would beam high-speed Internet service over unused television airwaves. In... More...
All three of the anti-malware products submitted by Trend Micro for Virus Bulletin's independent tests failed because they produced false positives. Of the 20 products submitted for testing, six generated false positives when scanning a... More...
In order to give players the high quality of experience they expect, the Test Drive Unlimited PC patch will be released in mid-June following further testing to ensure the complete stability of the code. As... More...
Google has launched its AdSense for Video pilot program to test its system to allow publishers to insert streaming video ads in online video content on their Web sites. Christine Lee, AdSense product marketing manager,... More...
Ping0, LLC, a joint-venture between Flagship Studios and HanbitSoft, Inc., today announced the successful completion of the alpha test program for the highly anticipated massively multiplayer online role-playing game Mythos™ developed by Flagship Studios Seattle.... More...
According to the government's annual agency information security reports cards, Uncle Sam has a cumulative score of 72.9 – the government's first overall passing grade. The Department of Justice climbed from a D in 2005... More...
Atari confirm that Eden are currently working on a patch for the PC version of Test Drive Unlimited which will be available in May. With the patch Eden are working to address the following issues:... More...
VideoLAN is an excellent multimedia player with it's own plugins for playing different formats, so it doesn't need any codecs to be installed. It works great for previewing partially downloaded files too as well as... More...
It seems as that the initial 12,000 beta testers isn't enough, so IBM is publically allowing computer users to sign up for a free open beta program for Lotus and Domino 8. The completed versions... More...
Three Google engineers (Eduardo Pinheiro, Wolf-Dietrich Weber and Luiz Andre Barroso) put a report together that examined 100,000 commercial hard drives, ranging from 80GB to 400GB in capacity from a wide variety of manufacturers and... More...
Nvidia is scrambling to improve the low performance of its graphic-card drivers on Windows Vista. The maker of the GeForce graphic processors and related daughterboard products has received lots of flack from gamers who say... More...
Microsoft's Windows Live OneCare security suite has failed a test to detect or stop 37 malicious programs on Windows Vista. Independent security certification body Virus Bulletin tested 15 security suites on Windows Vista against a... More...
The Beta of the 1.20 Patch will be available for public testing beginning Friday February 2nd. In this update we have addressed many issues including: Fix for Squad Leader Spawn Beacon... More...
Conventional satellite radio, such as services offered by XM and Sirius, uses new satellites and networks of ground-based transmitters. This new European system, which has been in development for three years, uses existing communications satellites... More...
Testers who responded to the Microsoft call up to be re-included into the Windows Longhorn Server beta test have been notified that the test has been "restarted" under the old name "Windows Vista, Longhorn Server... More...