The latest figures from IDC show that growth in Windows Phone helped Microsoft's mobile OS to jump to third place in global smartphone shipments, as BlackBerry market share fell from 6.4% to 2.9%. More...

As Windows 7 RC gets ready for its release, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard build 10A261 is released officially to select beta developers and testers this week according to an Italian Website, Macity. Compared... More...

Microsoft has hit back at claims made by Nintendo that the Wii sells the most third party games, saying instead that it's Xbox 360 sells the most. Last week, Nintendo of America's vice president of... More...

A third undersea cable was cut on Friday, just two days after two breaks near Egypt disrupted Web access in parts of the Middle East and Asia, Indian-owned cable network operator FLAG Telecom said. FLAG,... More...

In response to wide criticism that the company's latest portable device is limited to Apple's software, Steve Jobs today announced a Software Development Kit for the iPhone and the iPod touch. However, developers and endusers... More...

Apple Incorporated seems to have reached a deal with former Beatle Ringo Starr for the distribution of his solo works released by EMI through the iTunes store. Starr's solo albums that were released on Koch... More...

Apple is now once again holding third place in the US PC market, sales figures from market watcher IDC have revealed. A return to form? Not quite, since its 5.6 per cent share is well... More...

It would appear that Ask.com has evolved into Ask3D. With new search technology and a three-panel design, it's supposed to give searchers what they need, faster, according to Ask CEO Jim Lazone: "Search engines have... More...

Google has acknowledged that a dictionary of Chinese words used with one of its recently released software tools came from a third party. Google's Pinyin Input Method Editor (IME) "was built leveraging some non-Google database... More...

A hacker who goes by the handle "TheSpecialist," who was one of the first hackers to modify the Xbox 360 DVD drive firmware to play backup games, has released a tool that allows any Western... More...

New email monitoring data has revealed a "sudden" 30 per cent reduction in global spam volumes over the past week. Security firm SoftScan believes that the drop is most likely to be the result of... More...

Nvidia Corp., a leading chipset developer, and EVGA, a supplier of graphics cards and mainboards, have released more BIOS versions that should correct the already well-known issues with Serial ATA storage devices and mainboards powered... More...

Exploit code for a third, unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft Word has been posted on the Internet, adding to the software maker's struggles to keep up with gaping holes in its popular word processing program. The... More...

Apple Computer has settled with the last of three men it said leaked prerelease versions of Mac OS X Tiger onto the Internet. The company confirmed on Wednesday that it has reached... More...

An international group of scientists and engineers have broken the world network speed record for the third consecutive year. The team consists of physicists, computer scientists, and network engineers from the California Institute of Technology,... More...

Google's rapidly rising profits soared to new heights in the third quarter as its internet-leading search engine churned out a sevenfold earnings increase that blew past analyst expectations. The Mountain View, California-based company said Thursday... More...

A playable demo for Freedom Force vs. The Third Reich has been released, allowing you the chance to try out this imminent superheroic 3D action role-playing sequel by Irrational Games. This demo contains an intro... More...

Software being offered for free by third party companies is giving users the latest protection against current Internet Explorer Vulnerabilites. Security outfit Secunia recently announced three new vulnerabilites with Internet Explorer.... More...

Electronic Arts is pleased to announce that its upcoming title, The Lord of the Rings, The Third Age has gone gold and is scheduled to ship Nov.2, 2004. Third Age is a turn-based role playing... More...

Both Sega and Square Enix have confirmed that they will have software for the Nintendo DS in their booths at the show, with each publisher confirming one title apiece for the platform. Several third-party publishers... More...

Nintendo is planning to release a third batch of Famicom Mini titles in Japan on August 10th, according to reports on Game Watch and elsewhere this week. Priced around 2,000 yen (less than €20) the... More...

After announcing the plan for wireless hard drive, Maxtor has launched the follow-up to its MaXLine products with MaXLine III. MaXLine III is a high capacity storage that employs the native SATA technology as well... More...

Sales of the Nintendo GameCube have risen above the Xbox for the first time since November, according to the latest set of hardware sales figures from UK research body Chart-Track. For the seven-day period to... More...

Eidos announces new camera option for the previously first-person stealth series, confirms rumored title. New screens inside. Eidos confirmed today what GameSpot reported last week: the third installment in the Thief series... More...

Microsoft Corp. today announced revenue of $7.84 billion for the quarter ended March 31, 2003, an 8 percent increase over revenue of $7.25 billion for the same period in the prior year. Operating income for... More...

The Third Reich, a Total Conversion for Unreal Tournament and Unreal Tournament 2003, has finally been released and is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Features: Two sides with 11 available roles, 15... More...

THE SHORTAGE OF HARD DISKS has sent prices spinning upwards. Systems builders have reported hard disk prices rising by up to a third in recent weeks and say they will be forced to increase the... More...

Wireless technology giant Motorola Inc. said on Wednesday it still sees a return to profitability in the third quarter after a year and a half of expected losses, thanks to new cost cuts and improved... More...

Ahh! one of my all time fav IT Tongue in cheek news reporting sites took a blow this week when it had to lay of a third of it's staff. Many Neowin readers will know... More...

Members from five mod teams previously selected will be in attendance as well as members of Sierra and Valve. The event takes places on Nov. 29 at 7pm to 9pm (PST) with... More...

Users can run multiple OSes -- now including Windows XP -- on a single PC VMware, Inc., the global leader in virtualization software for Intel computers, today announced general availability of VMware(tm)... More...

Thanks to configure, the hardcore Linux fan :), for this. This makes the second Linux related news for the day KDE Ships Alpha of Third Generation of the Leading Linux Desktop for Developers.... More...